Overview
- Two 19-year-olds were arrested and two minors detained in Pune after a confessed kidnap-murder over an old rivalry, with police preparing to exhume the victim’s body.
- Investigators say a fake Instagram profile may have been used to lure the 17-year-old; that claim is under verification, and the adults are in custody until January 9.
- Technical leads traced the Pune suspects to Belagavi, while the minors were sent to an observation home through the Juvenile Justice Board process.
- In Kanpur, local YouTuber Shivbaran Yadav was arrested and Sub-Inspector Amit Kumar Maurya remains absconding as four teams search for him and the SUV registered to him has been seized.
- After a viral complaint, the FIR was revised to name the accused and add POCSO, the SHO was suspended and a DCP removed, the survivor’s statement was recorded before a magistrate, and police cite evidence placing the SI near the scene.