On 12 February 2013, Chandrakant Gaikwad, a Dalit HRD was shot dead by a man who had previously made threats against him. Chandrakant Gaikwad was shot dead in Indapur, Pune district, Maharashtra, when meeting a fellow Dalit human rights defender. They were attacked by a group of dominant caste people led by Satpal Rupnavar who allegedly fired the deadly shots against Chandrakant Gaikwad and then fled the scene of the crime. As an active Dalit human rights defender, Chandrakant Gaikwad had filed an atrocity case against Satpal Rupnavar for committing a crime against Dalits in 2011. He was also the witness in two further atrocity cases filed against the accused in 2012. As a result of these complaints, Satpal was arrested in January 2012, but released on bail later that year. According to press reports, Satpal Rupnavar is a notorious criminal. Following his release, he reportedly issued a number of threats against Chandrakant Gaikwad and two other Dalit human rights defenders. They complained to the authorities, including the police, the Home Ministry and the National Human Rights Commission, but were not offered any protection. The deceased was a volunteer with the National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ), which is part of the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR). He had supported atrocity victims in their attempts to access justice and also monitored human rights abuses against Dalits. UPDATE: 08/03/2013- A Joint Allegation Letter is sent to India by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; the Independent Expert on minority issues; and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. As of November 2013, the Indian government still had not acknowledged the communication.