Overview

• An FIR was registered and five suspects — Vaibhav Singh, Vipin Kumar, Vijay Maurya, Suresh Kumar, and Sahdev — were arrested and sent to jail, with raids ongoing to detain additional accused.
• Unchahar SHO Sanjay Kumar was removed from his post and attached to the crime branch, and three police personnel were suspended for alleged negligence.
• Investigators said they recovered a leather belt, the victim’s shirt and vest, and a eucalyptus stick believed to have been used in the assault.
• A viral video captures the victim faintly saying “Rahul Gandhi” as assailants respond that “everyone here is with Baba”; Congress alleges the attackers were supporters of the chief minister, and Rahul Gandhi spoke with the family.
• In a fresh case linked to the same panic, three men were tied to a pole and beaten in Salon area on Saturday, with 10 arrests reported, as police stepped up patrols and cited statewide measures such as a drone register and a ban on unauthorized night flights.