Overview
- Police arrested HPCL employees Dharmendra Yadav and Munendra Vikram Singh for allegedly helping the prime accused enter the plant, citing call records and gate access as evidence of a planned conspiracy.
- The prime accused, former vendor Ajay Pratap Singh, surrendered shortly after the March 12 shootings and is jailed, while police say eight additional suspects are in custody for questioning.
- District and tehsil authorities used bulldozers to demolish about a dozen shops linked to the accused and his uncle after PWD notices found the structures encroached on government land, with tenants reporting heavy losses.
- Officials said separate cases are being prepared over alleged illegal electricity connections tied to the accused’s family, expanding the administrative actions linked to the case.
- A state-appointed SIT led by the Bareilly divisional commissioner inspected the HPCL plant and recorded staff and security statements, as Pilibhit authorities moved to grant gun licences to victim Harshit Mishra’s father and wife following reported threats and allegations of inaction.