Overview
- Mumbai police arrested four family-member roommates for the death of taxi driver Javed Ahmed Khan after a dispute over bringing dinner, with a court remanding them to custody until November 8.
- An FIR for murder under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions was registered in the Sakinaka case, where the victim was allegedly kicked, punched, and struck with a stick in a shared room.
- Investigators in Mumbai are reviewing CCTV footage and technical data to firm up the sequence of events and verify the accuseds' accounts.
- In Pune, 17-year-old Mayank Kharare was hacked to death on Bajirao Road and his friend was injured; police detained three juveniles and recovered a kukri used in the attack.
- Pune police say the killing stemmed from old enmity among youths from the Parvati/Janata Vasahat area, with no indication of gang involvement as inquiries proceed.