Overview
- The viral video shows nonagenarian Devla Bai mourning the tree she planted decades ago, drawing national attention after Union Minister Kiren Rijiju shared it.
- Police arrested land dealer Imran Memon and associate Prakash Kosre, and a court remanded both to judicial custody.
- Investigators say Memon admitted ordering the removal to level or access land opposite his purchased plot.
- Authorities registered charges under BNS Sections 298 and 238 and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and officers noted the tree stood on government land.
- Villagers held rituals and planted replacement saplings, including one presented by MLA Yashoda Verma, as divers search a river for the discarded cutting machine and police seize a scooter tied to the case.