Overview

• Five accused were lodged in the newly inaugurated Baksa District Jail after a court sent them to 14-day judicial custody and directed placement in a low-inmate facility for safety.
• Large crowds pelted stones and set vehicles on fire outside the jail, and police responded with lathi charge, tear gas and warning or rubber rounds, leaving several people injured including journalists and officers.
• The Baksa administration imposed prohibitory orders within 500 meters of the jail and suspended mobile data services across the district until further notice.
• Police said they identified third-party instigators and asserted they used minimum force, while one local report said an 18-year-old student was shot dead, a claim not confirmed by authorities.
• The SIT said Singapore has shared an autopsy report and is cooperating; statements from NRIs are being recorded, two more accused are scheduled for court on October 17, and officials warned that a circulating post-mortem document is fake.