Overview

• Police escorted the accused to the Sri Sharda Institute, questioned him in the so‑called ‘torture room,’ and examined what CCTV feeds he could access.
• He remains in five days’ police custody after a Patiala House Court order that called his custodial interrogation pivotal to the probe.
• An aide identified as Hari Singh Kopkoti was arrested in Uttarakhand for allegedly threatening a victim’s father; his phone was seized by police.
• Investigators sent three phones, an iPad, and the DVR for forensic analysis; officials say he claimed anxiety and said he forgot his device passwords.
• Police cite weeks of evasion through 13–15 low‑cost hotels and ashrams, have frozen about ₹8 crore, and recovered forged UN/BRICS cards as they record staff statements and trace alleged accomplices.