Overview

• In Kerala, a jewellery shop owner succumbed to burns after being set on fire over a financial dispute; the suspect surrendered to Kottayam Police.
• A man in Haridwar was arrested for allegedly pushing his 17-year-old daughter into a canal after she defied his objections to her relationship.
• Monsoon-related dangers claimed lives as three farm workers were electrocuted by a live wire in Uttar Pradesh, two children drowned in Madhya Pradesh and a Sikh devotee fell into a ditch near Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand.
• In Palghar district, villagers beat four alleged kidnappers, including three disguised men, before handing them over to police following children’s alarm.
• Regulatory and oversight bodies have acted, with the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission issuing a notice over police mishandling of a woman’s body and the Maharashtra FDA suspending a canteen licence after an MLA’s assault on staff.