The Navi Mumbai police have finally booked Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Nishikant More for molesting the minor daughter of his friend at her birthday party in June this year. The police began the process of registering the case on Maharashtra's Director General of Police (DGP) Subodh Jaiswal's orders. Jaiswal was given an enquiry report by the Navi Mumbai police, whose chief had earlier told mid-day that there was insufficient evidence to register an FIR.

The 17-year-old girl recorded her statement in front of female police officers from Taloja police station and her family at her residence on Wednesday and Thursday. mid-day has been persistently reporting about the June 5 molestation and Navi Mumbai police dragging its feet in filing an FIR. A complaint had been sent in July to DGP Jaiswal too. After mid-day's November 23 report, the DGP ordered an enquiry.