Overview
- Officials identified the dead suspect as Zeeshan of Amroha, stating he sustained two bullet wounds in an encounter and died at a hospital.
- Wastik was attacked on February 27 at his Loni office-home by two helmeted men on a motorcycle who stabbed him multiple times in the neck and abdomen before fleeing.
- Doctors at Delhi’s GTB Hospital performed surgery, and his son says he remains on ventilator support with a severe throat injury.
- An FIR filed on his son’s complaint names several local figures, and police formed 10 special teams and conducted raids at four sites in Delhi and Ghaziabad as the hunt for accomplices continues.
- Investigators have not confirmed a motive, and social-media claims linking the assault to specific accounts or groups remain unverified as the chief minister orders strict action.