Social activist and advocate Nitin Satpute is set to file a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking an independent investigation into the death of Rohit Arya , who was killed by police on Thursday while he was allegedly holding school 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 incident a “fake encounter” and accusing the State government of endangering lives to cover up administrative failures.

In his letter, Satpute alleged that Arya was driven to desperation because the Maharashtra government owed him ₹2 crore. “The encounter was carried out to conceal the failure of the state

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