Overview
- Tanveer Ahmad Chopan, 25, vanished on Sunday in Ramban after residents say attackers chasing him over cattle transport drove him to leap into the fast Nallah Bishlari.
- By Wednesday, multi‑agency teams from the police, SDRF and NDRF, with local volunteers, were still combing boulder‑strewn stretches downstream, and officials said no body had been found.
- Police registered an FIR, set up a Special Investigation Team led by the SDPO Banihal Surinder Singh Biloria, and arrested four Ramban residents identified as Surjeet, Sandeep, Digvijay and Kewal Singh.
- Following Monday’s blockade, officials reopened NH‑44 after assurances of a transparent probe, restoring traffic on the Valley’s main road link used for people and essential supplies.
- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah denounced the assault as a killing and urged the Lieutenant Governor to act firmly, a call sharpened by local claims of repeated harassment by self‑styled cow vigilantes in the area.