Overview
- The SIT recovered Aqil Akhtar’s mobile phone and laptop on Tuesday, after earlier taking two other phones and a diary, and has secured CCTV for analysis.
- Twenty Punjab Police personnel assigned to the family’s security were questioned over two days, with household staff set to be examined next.
- Forensic teams inspected the wife’s nearby rented accommodation and collected samples as part of the ongoing investigation.
- ACP Vikram Nehra said the cause of death is still unconfirmed pending lab results and noted evidence of tension and ideological differences within the family.
- Haryana has requested central consent for a CBI takeover following the October 20 FIR for murder and conspiracy that cited a purported August video, while the family asserts Aqil battled psychosis and drug addiction.