Overview

• The FIR, registered at Sector-11 police station, cites BNS Section 108 and provisions of the SC/ST Act, with police reviewing call records and documents as the process to form an SIT begins and the chief minister promises a transparent inquiry to the family.
• In Ayodhya’s Paglabhari village, five people including three children died after a house was flattened; rescue continued overnight as officials pointed to a likely cooker or gas-cylinder blast and reported no explosive residues, with FSL and bomb-disposal teams on site.
• Assam singer Zubeen Garg’s death probe advanced as the CID took his cousin and APS officer Sandipan Garg into custody, after earlier arrests of four associates, with reports noting he was in Singapore at the time.
• Ghaziabad police arrested five, including the victim’s pregnant wife, over an alleged plot to kill her husband, recovering three country-made pistols and digital evidence, while two more suspects remain at large.
• Maharashtra ATS and Pune Police raided 18 locations in Kondhwa on intelligence about radicalisation, detaining several for questioning and focusing on identity checks and mobile-digital activity.