Overview
- The Instagram clip showed youths climbing on the Agri-Koli statue at Vashi Mini Seashore, prompting objections from residents.
- Within 24 hours, Vashi police formed special teams and used technical analysis to trace an Instagram account titled "ILAAS 11."
- Officers located the suspects in Mankhurd’s Lallubhai Compound, detained both minors, and seized the phone used to record and upload the video.
- A case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 298, 299, 302 read with 3(5), along with relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act.
- The statue was installed by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to honor the Agri-Koli community, and police urged citizens not to share objectionable content.