Locals said Patil had also threatened residents with a knife two days earlier, for which a complaint was filed. However, police had then registered only a non-cognizable offence (NC)

Following assurances from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde and based on the Bombay High Court’s (HC’s) directions, residents who had been on a 50-day hunger strike over their demands called off their protest and agreed to move into the flats