Overview
- In Jharsuguda, Odisha, five police personnel died and three were critically injured when a speeding trailer hit their Bolero, and the driver has been detained as the probe continues.
- Delhi Police apprehended three juveniles and recovered a knife after a 17-year-old, identified as Lalu, was fatally stabbed in Mangolpuri following a minor quarrel, with the case proceeding under juvenile provisions.
- In outer Delhi’s Narela, two men were arrested and a minor was apprehended over the premeditated stabbing of businessman Ravi Singh, which police say was plotted after a workplace dispute.
- Jharkhand police called the killing of a youth in Palamu a clear case of mob lynching, arrested two named suspects, seized evidence and are searching for six others.
- Wedding-linked violence continued as two brothers were shot dead at a Patna reception with cartridges recovered, and in Bulandshahr an FIR and a cross-complaint were filed after an IAF personnel and his father were assaulted, with one person taken into custody.