Overview
- Police set up a special investigation team to track down the lone absconding suspect, identified as Yagya Awasthi.
- Senior Superintendent of Police Ajai Singh said preliminary findings do not establish the use of racial slurs in the incident.
- Investigators describe a brief confrontation in a crowded area, saying remarks exchanged among the accused may have been misconstrued.
- Anjel’s brother Michael and father told media racial epithets were used, but the original complaint cited casteist slurs, according to police.
- Michael, the lone eyewitness, posted a video asking media outlets to stop pressing him for interviews while the family grieves.