Overview
- Balongi police said arrests on January 1–2 followed raids using CCTV footage and technical leads.
- Mukesh Baghel, 23, was stabbed around 1 pm on January 1 in Jujhar Nagar and was declared dead at Civil Hospital, Phase 6.
- Investigators named the accused as Chaturbhuj (alias Ajay Mishra), Shiv Kumar (alias Sheebu), Arjun Mishra, and Manish Kumar (alias Munna), all reported as residents of Uttar Pradesh.
- Police registered charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Sections 103 (murder), 190 (unlawful assembly), 191(3) (rioting with a deadly weapon), and 351(3) (criminal intimidation).
- The case stems from a quarrel that began on December 31 and a brief scuffle the next morning, and police said interrogation and efforts to recover the murder weapon continue, with the accused to be produced in court Saturday.