Overview
- Delhi Police said forensic student Amrita Chauhan, with two accomplices, strangled UPSC aspirant Ramkesh Meena and tried to burn the body using oil, ghee and alcohol to stage an accidental fire, with CCTV, call data and recoveries supporting the case.
- Investigators added that a July 8, 2024 newspaper notice disowning Amrita by her parents has been placed on the court record as evidence, alongside seized devices including a hard disk and phones.
- Separately in Delhi’s Bharat Nagar, police arrested the victim’s father after concluding an alleged acid attack was staged; officials say CCTV and forensics indicate the minor injured herself with toilet cleaner, not acid.
- In Bihar’s heated campaign, Tej Pratap Yadav launched Jan Shakti Janata Dal to run against RJD candidates, and police arrested nine after stone-pelting injured NDA candidate Anil Kumar in Gaya, with security stepped up for contenders.
- NDRF and SDRF teams were deployed after a boat capsized on Bahraich’s Kaudiyala river with more than 20 reported missing, while overseas Israeli airstrikes in Gaza followed accusations of a truce breach, with deaths reported and officials warning the ceasefire remains fragile.