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Social activistic and advocator Nitin Satpute is acceptable to record a writ petition successful the Bombay High Court seeking an autarkic probe into the death of Rohit Arya, who was killed by constabulary connected Thursday portion helium was allegedly holding schoolhouse children hostage.
On Friday (October 31, 2025), Satpute wrote to the Chief Justice of India, the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, the Human Rights Commission, the Director General of Police, and the Central Bureau of Investigation, calling the incidental a “fake encounter” and accusing the State authorities of endangering lives to screen up administrative failures.
In his letter, Satpute alleged that Arya was driven to desperation due to the fact that the Maharashtra authorities owed him ₹2 crore. “The brushwood was carried retired to conceal the nonaccomplishment of the authorities constabulary machinery nether pressure. Why was Rohit changeable successful the thorax and not successful the legs? The authorities is solely liable for the kidnapping of 19 minors and 2 adults,” helium wrote.
Arya, who ran Apsara Media Entertainment Network, had implemented the Swachhta Monitor inaugural nether the School Education Department’s ‘Majhi Shala, Sundar Shala’ scheme. According to a authorities solution dated January 25, 2024, Arya’s task progressive implicit 64,000 schools and 59 lakh students. Despite archetypal approvals and partial payments, the 2nd signifier of the inaugural was stalled, and Arya’s connection for ₹2.41 crore remained nether consideration.
Minister for School Education Dada Bhuse confirmed that a study has been sought connected Arya’s work. Former curate Deepak Kesarkar admitted to offering Arya fiscal assistance aft helium held protests against non-payment, including hunger strikes successful Nagpur, Azad Maidan, and extracurricular the minister’s residence.
Final enactment of desperation
Arya’s last act, holding children hostage successful a studio, was reportedly a hopeless effort to compel the authorities to merchandise his dues. He had initially planned to dice by suicide, but aboriginal changed course, hoping the hostage concern would gully attraction to his plight. The incidental has drawn comparisons to the movie A Thursday, wherever a teacher holds children hostage to request justice, the missive said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi condemned Arya’s actions but questioned the government’s relation successful pushing him to the brink. “He had unpaid dues for respective months and staged aggregate protests. The authorities indispensable explicate wherefore it ignored his repeated pleas,” she said.
NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar highlighted the broader contented of unpaid contractor bills, alleging that implicit ₹80,000 crore is pending. “Are we waiting for contractors to instrumentality utmost steps and past beryllium encountered?” helium asked.
Congress person Vijay Wadettiwar questioned the government’s determination to entrust Arya with a cardinal relation contempt claims of intelligence illness. “If helium was mentally ill, wherefore was helium appointed arsenic cleanliness monitor? The authorities indispensable instrumentality responsibility,” helium said.
Satpute has demanded that officers progressive successful the encounter, Deputy Commissioner of Police Datta Nalavalde, Senior Police Inspector Jitendra Sonawane, and Assistant Police Inspector Amol Waghmare, be booked for murder. “The constabulary lacked the grooming to seizure him alive. They acted to summation popularity, emulating brushwood specialists similar Sharma, Naik, Salaskar, Angre, and Bhosle,” helium alleged.
The petition is expected to beryllium filed adjacent week.
