Overview
- Special Task Force officers detained the two Pakistani nationals near Ambala railway station within about 20 hours and handed them to J&K Police, officials said.
- The search for local gangster Karajeet ‘Gugga’ Singh remains active, with five associates detained for questioning and police noting his mother is missing and believed to be with him.
- Police registered an FIR citing Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions and the Arms Act, and forensic teams are examining how a country-made pistol entered the facility.
- CCTV footage captured an inmate firing inside the R.S. Pura observation home during the escape, which left a head constable and an SPO injured and hospitalized.
- Investigators cited inter-state coordination across J&K, Haryana and Punjab and said the captured pair appeared to be heading toward Nepal via Uttar Pradesh, based on preliminary questioning.