Overview

• Tripura police registered abetment of suicide after a half-burnt body was found in Mirza, with the chief minister ordering a detailed inquiry, four arrests announced and an assistant sub-inspector suspended for negligence.
• The victim’s husband in Tripura alleged assault by three men including a local BJP MLA’s nephew, while opposition leaders accused police of shielding suspects and held protests demanding further action.
• Kanpur police arrested Suraj Kumar Uttam and his associate Ashish Kumar, citing call records, location data and a photo of a suitcase on the accused’s phone, with both men confessing to dumping the body in the Yamuna.
• Search operations continue across Banda, Kaushambi and Prayagraj to recover the Kanpur victim’s body, which police say was transported in a suitcase after a July 21 killing that came to light following an August 8 complaint.
• In Saharanpur, an 18-year-old woman was found dead with a pesticide packet nearby in a suspected suicide, the post-mortem is pending, and police detained her two minor brothers for questioning in a related murder case.