Overview
- Balasore police registered a mob‑lynching case under BNS 103(2) and arrested six after 35‑year‑old Sheikh Makandar Mohammed died from a public beating seen in a viral video now under forensic review.
- Officers in Odisha also filed a separate case against the pickup’s owner and driver under animal‑cruelty and cow‑slaughter laws after finding an injured bovine in the overturned vehicle.
- In Mali, self‑styled spiritual healer Karamogo Sinayoko was arrested on fraud allegations after reportedly taking about £30,000 from fans to ‘ensure’ AFCON success and facing vandalism at his home when the team lost.
- Mumbai’s Amboli police arrested former staffer Surendra Kumar Dinanath Sharma in BJP MP Manoj Tiwari’s burglary, citing CCTV that showed duplicate‑key access and cash theft linked to a total loss of about ₹54 lakh.
- In Prayagraj, Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand declined the Mauni Amavasya bath alleging assaults on disciples as police countered that crowd‑control rules were enforced, while in Greater Noida a 27‑year‑old died after his car plunged into a flooded basement with speed and fog cited initially.