a public interest litigation (pil) was filed by activist ketan tirodkar, urging the case to be investigated by the national investigation agency (nia) instead of the state police, due to a lack of faith with the latter. the bombay high court sought responses from the nia on 24 september. on 15 october, nia said the case was well within the indian penal code, adding that it was only the assumptions of the petitioner that right-wing activists were involved and it was a scheduled plan.