Overview
- Gurugram crime branch shot dead four suspected gang members and wounded a fifth after a late‑night clash in Sushant Lok in which police recovered five automatic weapons and said the operation tied to an alleged extortion plot by Deepak Nandal.
- Police and families say two of the dead were 17‑year‑old boys whose relatives question how they were recruited and why non‑fatal wounds were not reported, raising legal and child‑safeguarding concerns as identification and forensics continue.
- BJP’s decision to nominate Ashutosh Tiwari instead of Narottam Mishra for the Datia by‑poll prompted large protests that blocked NH‑44, led to stone‑pelting, injuries to police, collective local resignations and multiple arrests, after which Mishra publicly urged calm and offered to negotiate with workers.
- The SIT investigating alleged theft of Ram‑temple offerings has registered an FIR, arrested eight people, frozen about 30 bank accounts and uncovered probes into transfers through relatives and investments that include share market activity, while the trust has begun administrative changes ahead of a July meeting to consider reforms.
- Officials now face three linked risks—violent organised crime, political unrest and opaque donation flows—and outcomes to watch are forensic financial findings, formal reviews of the encounter and whether the trust’s July meeting yields concrete transparency measures.