Overview

• Lalu Arjun Yadav, a 23-year-old with a history of 23 criminal cases, was found dead in a dam near Bhopal on May 23, days after being reported missing.
• Investigators believe the murder was motivated by a dispute over Yadav’s relationship with Raksha, the sister of prime suspect Shubham Nageshwar.
• CCTV footage shows Yadav entering Shubham’s lounge on May 19 and later captured Shubham and associates leaving with a large carton, suspected to contain Yadav’s body.
• Shubham and several accomplices have been arrested, with police recovering key forensic evidence, including the murder weapon and transport vehicle.
• Yadav’s family accused police of inaction despite providing leads, staging protests that heightened scrutiny of law enforcement’s response to the case.