Officials of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar (MBVV) Police Commissionerate subsequently took Merchant into custody and produced him before the Patiala House Court

The complaint against the local BJP leaders was lodged by Suhas Ghag, who runs a pest control business. According to the FIR, Ghag went to meet a relative in Shivajinagar on the night of August 11, when a crowd had gathered amid an ongoing altercation