Overview
- Thai authorities have initiated procedures to send co-owners Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra back to India over the Goa nightclub blaze that killed 25 people, with the Indian embassy coordinating the process.
- Kanpur’s SIT says arrested fraud suspect Ravindra Nath Soni has about ₹22 crore in identified assets so far, with six FIRs filed and more than 700 people contacting police as probes trace links to Delhi, Dehradun, Dubai and beyond.
- Delhi Police seized ₹3.59 crore in demonetised ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes near Shalimar Bagh and arrested four suspects accused of peddling old currency on false claims of RBI exchange.
- A Maharajganj court sentenced main accused Sarfaraz (Rinku) to death and nine others to life for the 2024 murder of Ramgopal Mishra, finding extreme brutality in the killing.
- More than 50 former judges publicly opposed the impeachment move against Madras High Court Justice G.R. Swaminathan, warning that such actions threaten judicial independence.