Overview
- Udaipur police arrested the IT firm’s CEO Jitesh (Jayesh) Sisodia, an executive head named Shilpa, and her husband Gaurav Sirohi after an alleged gangrape in a moving car, citing dashcam recordings and a medical exam showing injuries consistent with assault.
- District SP Yogesh Goyal has assigned ASP Madhuri Verma to lead the probe, and the accused have been produced in court for remand with police also examining whether the victim was incapacitated with any substance.
- The Delhi High Court’s suspension of Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s sentence in the Unnao case prompted demonstrations outside the court as petitioners moved the Supreme Court, renewing debate over whether legislators qualify as “public servants” under relevant criminal statutes.
- In Bangladesh’s Rajbari district, Hindu man Amrit Mondal died after a mob attack on December 24; police describe the case as tied to local criminal activity rather than communal motive, a characterization disputed by community voices, as separate reports note arson attacks on Hindu homes in Chattogram.
- Municipal politics in Maharashtra are reshuffling, with BJP contesting with Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, Ajit Pawar aligning with Sharad Pawar in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, and Congress moving to team up with Uddhav and Raj Thackeray in Pune, while in Patna the Lalu–Rabri family began shifting out of the 10 Circular Road bungalow after a government notice.