Overview
- Rajani says he and his wife were detained at the Shivaji Park protest on July 22 and that officers shoved them into a police van, leaving him with a neck sprain and his wife with rising rib pain.
- On July 26 Rajani shared multiple short videos that he says reconstruct the incident, including footage of a man in a red shirt pushing his wife into the van and a uniformed officer in khaki kicking her inside the vehicle.
- Rajani reports a doctor ordered an X‑ray after the pain persisted and he says the scan showed a fractured rib for his wife; this medical claim has been reported by several outlets but not independently verified by police.
- The couple filed a complaint at Shivaji Park Police Station and say they are waiting for a senior officer to register an FIR, while Mumbai Police had not issued a public response to the specific allegations at the time of reporting.
- The allegation comes during nationwide NEET protests led by the Cockroach Janata Party and adds to broader public scrutiny of police conduct, with citizen-shot videos playing a central role in documenting disputed incidents and prompting calls for formal investigation.