Overview

• The Centre withdrew the CRPF’s proposed Z-category role and returned the chief minister’s security to the Delhi Police, which has upgraded it to Z+.
• Officials detailed tighter access controls at events, including multiple friskings and a two-ring arrangement handling close protection and crowd screening.
• Investigators say they have recovered the knife the prime accused claimed he discarded near Civil Lines after bringing it from a vendor by New Delhi Railway Station.
• Police have arrested prime suspect Sakriya Rajeshbhai Khimji and associate Tahseen Syed, adding criminal conspiracy under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to earlier charges.
• Probe work includes CCTV review, mobile and tower-dump analysis, and scrutiny of alleged coordination between the two men, including a Rs 2,000 transfer and prior reconnaissance that reportedly included considering the Supreme Court.