Overview
- The state home department issued a notification on Wednesday consenting to a CBI takeover and forwarded a proposal to the agency, but the CBI has not yet formally accepted or begun the investigation.
- Three men — businessman Bharat Singh (about 60), Virendra Pratap Singh (32) and Nagendra Singh (53) — were killed in mid‑June after attackers allegedly rammed their SUV, jammed its doors, poured fuel on the vehicle and set it on fire.
- Police arrested four members of the rival Tripathi family and registered two linked cases at Sonhat Police Station under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Officials say one of two injured eyewitnesses has recorded a statement while the other will be recorded when medically fit, and security has been put in place for witnesses.
- Local authorities say the violence grew out of a long-running dispute over sand-mining and stone-crushing rights and a CBI probe could broaden the inquiry, add central resources, and affect how motive and wider links are established.