It's been close to two months that Sharmila Shinde's body was recovered from her rented accommodation in The Hague, but the Mumbai police are yet to trace her husband, Avdhut Shinde, the prime suspect in the case. Though the Dutch police have put him on the international search list, they have made an administrative request via the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, which appears to be extremely ambiguous. It mentions that the Mumbai police should only trace Avdhut and not arrest him. But, cops here are asking if Avdhut cannot be detained, what would they do with him after tracing him.

Two top officers of the Mumbai police told mid-day, "The administrative request from the Dutch police via INTERPOL is very ambiguous. We have been asked to trace Avdhut but what will we do after that? We cannot even detain a person if no case has been registered against him." They also said that this was the reason why Avdhut was roaming scot-free and making temple runs across the state.