Overview
- A five-member Special Investigation Team led by STF IG Nilesh Anand Bharne has been tasked to examine the farmer’s video and his emailed complaint.
- Twelve police personnel from the local units were shifted to Garhwal postings, and two sub-inspectors were earlier suspended to support an impartial probe.
- An FIR naming 26 people was registered on a complaint by the deceased farmer’s brother.
- The Uttarakhand High Court declined immediate relief to petitioners seeking to quash the FIR or halt arrests and directed the state to file a detailed status report.
- A Congress delegation met the state DGP seeking the Udham Singh Nagar SSP’s suspension, swift arrests, and a CBI probe, as the chief minister pledged a thorough investigation.