Forty-five days after a special investigation team (SIT) was formed to look into the mowing down of a social media influencer, the alleged perpetrator of the offence roams free. The 26-year-old complainant has now approached the Bombay High Court. I suspect that the police are trying to save Ashwajit Gaikwad [the accused]. It’s been two months since he tried to mow me down with his car. Now he and other co-accused are roaming free as they received bail the very next day after the incident.

The police recorded my statement when I was under the influence of anaesthesia and I had demanded that they re-record it but so far no one had approached me for this. I suspect that the police added bailable sections deliberately. They are not giving me satisfactory answers regarding the slow investigation so I decided to file a writ petition in the high court,” said the woman.