Overview
- Police say neighbour Mangesh shot 25-year-old law student Sajan Bhati outside his Sakipur home after a fight over burning drain waste.
- Officers intercepted Mangesh near the Moser Baer junction, say he opened fire, and arrested him after return fire that left him injured; they recovered a country-made pistol, two live cartridges, and a car.
- Police later arrested his 38-year-old brother in Surajpur after a brief gunfight and said he sustained a leg wound.
- Investigators booked the suspects’ mother on allegations she instigated the killing, and they are still hunting other accused with multiple teams in the field.
- A case is registered at Surajpur Police Station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, India’s new criminal law, as the victim’s family disputes parts of the police narrative and the probe continues.