Overview
- In Kurla, Mumbai, police arrested three men on Thursday after Wednesday night's shooting and stabbing of Baba Pawar, and a court sent them to police custody as officers examine a revenge motive tied to a prior assault.
- In northwest Delhi, Virender walked into Shalimar Bagh police station on Tuesday, confessed to killing his tenant over a suspected affair, and investigators used CCTV and forensic checks to back his account.
- In Dombivli, Thane, Manpada police booked 14 members of a family under murder, rioting and the SC/ST Act over an attack that killed 60-year-old Bama Jadhav, with several suspects still absconding and other reports citing nearly 20 named.
- In Virar West, officers registered a double-murder case after Shivam Upadhyay allegedly killed his girlfriend Nancy Mishra and her mother following a rejected proposal, and he is under treatment after an apparent suicide attempt.
- Navi Mumbai detectives said they cracked a “blind” Belapur murder within 11 days by tracking two daily-wage labourers through dozens of CCTV feeds, underscoring the use of video and quick custody across this week’s cases.