The attack on Silver Oak, the residence of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, by striking Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) workers on Friday, was pre-planned and the police were in the know about this almost a day earlier, a statement of a police constable has revealed. The Gamdevi police had registered an offence in the Pawar residence attack case late on Friday night. The FIR had the statement of Constable Santosh Pandav, a mill special attached with the Gamdevi police station.

The statement reveals that advocate Gunratna Sadavarte had instigated the protesters and conspired with striking workers to carry out the attack. Pandav’s statement further revealed that the Gamdevi police had intelligence about the attack and had set up bandobast and barricades 30 minutes before the incident. The protesters, however, outnumbered the police.