B B Shinde, the assistant commandant at SRPF, Group V, had lodged a complaint against havaldar Prakash Eknath Jadhav in this case. According to the police, about 20 new recruits at PTS Nanvij had filed a complaint against Jadhav with R M Ladke, Commandant of SRPF Group V. The recruits had alleged that Jadhav was demanding Rs 300 every month from them. Ladke ordered a probe into this matter. Assistant Commandant Shinde was heading the investigations.

A couple of days ago, Jadhav went to Shinde's house. Throwing a cash of Rs 10,000 on a table in the house, he asked Shinde to give him a clean chit in the case. Angry at this, Shinde immediately called two of his officers at the spot for carrying out a panchanama. He then reported the incident to the commandant.