Overview

• A panel post-mortem at AIIMS Bhopal cited pancreatic haemorrhage and baton-inflicted injuries on the 22-year-old engineering student.
• Constables Santosh Bamnia/Bamaniya and Saurabh Arya were suspended, and investigators seized CCTV footage that appears to show a baton strike.
• Senior officers launched departmental and criminal probes, recorded witness statements, and indicated legal opinion will guide whether to pursue murder or culpable homicide charges.
• Friends said the incident followed a late-night encounter in Indrapuri, after which the youth was taken to hospital and declared dead.
• Family members and students protested at the Piplani police station demanding a murder FIR and a judicial inquiry, while friends also alleged a Rs 10,000 bribe demand by the policemen.