Overview
- The SIT, led by the Uttarkashi deputy superintendent of police, is examining CCTV footage, electronic evidence, call records and conducting a technical evaluation of the car.
- A postmortem found internal chest and abdominal injuries with no external assault marks, which police say could be consistent with a car accident.
- Relatives dispute the accident theory, citing threatening calls to delete videos about a district hospital and a school, and they continue to seek an impartial investigation.
- Pratap went missing on September 18; his damaged car was recovered on September 20 from the Bhagirathi riverbank with the ignition on and a slipper inside, and his body was found on September 28 near the Joshiyara barrage.
- Political and media voices, including Rahul Gandhi, Harish Rawat and the IIMC Alumni Association, have called for a transparent probe, while one report quoted the local SP describing a preliminary electrocution angle under review.