Overview

• Hyderabad police arrested three auto drivers in the gangrape-murder of a 32-year-old woman whose body was found on September 16 after the September 14 assault, while in Kollam a husband confessed on Facebook Live to killing his wife and then surrendered as an FIR and forensic probe moved ahead.
• Overnight rain left large parts of Kolkata waterlogged, suspending a section of metro services and disrupting suburban trains, and a 60-year-old man died by electrocution in flooded streets, officials said.
• A three-storey building collapsed after rain in Indore’s Ranipura, killing two people and injuring 12; administration and NDRF teams concluded a five-hour rescue and have ordered an inquiry into the structure’s condition.
• A powerful blast derailed and overturned coaches of the Jaffar Express in Mastung, Balochistan, hours after a separate attack on security forces in the area, with rescue operations underway and officials yet to release casualty figures.
• Sitapur jail received release orders in 72 cases against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, clearing procedural steps toward his release after 23 months, as Prashant Kishore’s corruption allegations prompted BJP’s R.K. Singh to publicly seek explanations from NDA colleagues.