{
  "id": 19844341,
  "title": "'Will Police Come Only After We Are Dead?' Sanjay Shirsat Questions Security After Attack On His Home",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/will-police-come-only-after-we-are-dead-sanjay-shirsat-questions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T17:43:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/will-police-come-only-after-we-are-dead-sanjay-shirsat-questions-security-after-attack-on-his-home"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai: Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat has accused the police department of failing to protect his residence from an alleged attack by three youths. Shirsat called the Director General of Police (DGP), Sadanand Date, at midnight on Thursday to express his dissatisfaction after local police allegedly failed to respond to his call regarding the incident. Three individuals, identified as Rohit Bhutale, Shivam Gaikwad, and Pratik Kute, were alleged to have thrown stones and glass bottles at Shirsat's residence in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The police guards stationed at the minister's home intervened and arrested the accused. However, Shirsat criticized the police for their response, stating that despite the attack on a minister's residence, neither the Commissioner of Police, Director of Police, nor any other senior police officer visited the scene promptly. The minister expressed his concerns about the lack of seriousness in the police's approach to security.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: On Friday, Sanjay Shirsat became the second minister to face the alleged insensitivity of the police department in the last 10 months. The Social Justice Minister had to call the Director General of Police, Sadanand Date, at midnight on Thursday to complain about an alleged attack on his personal residence in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after the local police allegedly failed to respond to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}