Overview
- Pune Rural Police arrested three suspects, including NCP MLA Shankar Mandekar’s brother Balasaheb Mandekar, after a shot was fired at Ambika Lok Kala Kendra; police filed an FIR under the Arms Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and continue probing political influence allegations
- In Kushinagar district, Khadda police injured and arrested alleged cattle smuggler Maqsood following an exchange of fire at a checkpoint, seizing a pistol, spent cartridges, six cattle and the pickup truck used
- Three police officials in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, were suspended for failing to detain a liquor smuggler and secure evidence during a seizure, raising questions about frontline enforcement accountability
- Heavy monsoon-soaked roads saw fatal incidents in several states, including an HRTC bus plunge near Mandi that killed at least four passengers and an NBSTC bus crash in North Dinajpur injuring over 40 TMC activists, alongside multiple other collisions causing further deaths and injuries
- Authorities launched an inquiry after a 22-year-old died at an unqualified clinic in Etah and dispatched fire teams to investigate a factory blaze in Thane, highlighting enforcement gaps in medical and industrial safety