Overview

• Uttar Pradesh Police transferred both the assault and counter-FIR investigations from Etawah to Jhansi Range, citing the sensitivity of the matter under the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• Earlier this week four villagers were arrested for forcibly tonsuring and humiliating two Yadav kathavachaks and nineteen protesters were detained after stone-throwing at police and vehicles were seized.
• A counter-FIR accuses Mukut Mani Yadav and Sant Singh Yadav of cheating and identity fraud during religious programmes by concealing their caste through forged documents.
• Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged a BJP-backed conspiracy to target Yadav storytellers; Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh insisted all actions were based on criminal evidence, not caste.
• Authorities have deployed extra security across Etawah to prevent further unrest and the Jhansi probe remains under intensified judicial monitoring.