On April 2, a woman called Anu Mokal was walking with her friend near the Satara bus-stand area in Sangli district. They passed a police inspector, Dayanand Dhome, who began abusing them aggressively. When they told him they were just taking a tiffin to their friend at the civil hospital, he called them liars.u00a0He and his subordinates started beating up the two women. Inspector Dhome kicked Mokal repeatedly. She kept pleading with the policemen to stop, saying she was four months pregnant. But they persisted and finally took the women to the lock-up.u00a0When taken to the civil hospital for treatment as is normally required when cops have kicked you senseless, and senselessly, Mokal told the doctor she was pregnant.

Illustration/ Amit Bandre