Overview
- Rajasthan authorities confirmed seven deaths after a fire in the ICU at Jaipur’s SMS Trauma Centre as the chief minister ordered a formal inquiry and police said FSL analysis will pin down the cause after early reports showed conflicting tolls.
- Cuttack imposed a 36-hour curfew and a 24-hour internet shutdown after Durga immersion violence injured about 25 people, including eight police personnel, with flag marches and warnings against rumour-mongering.
- Firozabad police said wanted gangster Naresh Pandit was killed in an encounter and ASP (Rural) Anuj Chaudhary escaped harm when a bullet struck his bulletproof vest, with pistols, cartridges and cash recovered.
- Kashmir Police reported the arrest of alleged overground worker Mohammad Yusuf Katari linked to the Pahalgam attack after forensics traced a partially burnt Android charger through serial-number records.
- In separate enforcement actions, Ghaziabad suspended and jailed two constables over a fake court order to free inmates, and Hyderabad police detained 65 people, including 22 minors, in an alleged rave under NDPS provisions.