Overview
- Udaipur police arrested an IT firm CEO, a company executive and her husband in an alleged car gang-rape, citing dashcam audio-video and a medical report showing injuries consistent with assault, with the case led by ASP Madhuri Verma and the accused sent to remand.
- Delhi High Court suspended former MLA Kuldeep Sengar’s sentence in the Unnao case based on a view that elected representatives are not public servants under the relevant statutes, prompting street protests and fresh challenges in the Supreme Court as the CBI also prepares to contest the order.
- Bangladesh reported the Dec 24 mob assault and subsequent death of Amrit Mondal, which police described as tied to criminal-gang activity even as minority-safety concerns grew alongside reports of arson attacks on Hindu homes in Chattogram.
- Maharashtra’s municipal map is shifting as BJP stays with Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, Ajit Pawar aligns with Sharad Pawar in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Congress moves to contest Pune with Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray’s MNS, with seat-sharing talks underway and the 30% vote-share ceiling shaping tactics.
- Bagpat police detained a husband after his wife was found strangled in a property dispute, sending the body for post-mortem and opening a probe into the contested house transfer at the center of the case.