Overview

• Seelampur, Northeast Delhi: 15-year-old Karan was fatally stabbed steps from a police booth; a juvenile suspect was apprehended and the knife recovered, police said.
• Investigators said the Seelampur suspect had been released on bail three to four months ago after being named in a Narela double-murder case last year.
• Family members protested at the Seelampur site, prompting heavy deployment and a visit by a senior officer, while forensic teams collected evidence.
• Outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri recorded a separate death of a 15-year-old after an alleged group assault; a case is registered, several juveniles are detained, and CCTV and eyewitness accounts are being examined.
• Dhar, Madhya Pradesh: five-year-old Vikas was killed inside his home; the accused, identified as Mahesh, was caught and beaten by locals and later died in hospital, with police ordering a judicial inquiry and reviewing indications of mental instability.