Overview
- A fire at an animation‑studio‑operated building in Aliganj, Lucknow on Monday killed 15 people, many aged about 20–24 and described as students or junior employees.
- Lucknow police registered an FIR naming six people, arrested three individuals and set up a state two‑member SIT while LDA engineers were suspended pending inquiry.
- Preliminary technical checks show the building had residential approval but was used commercially, had an approved 20 kW commercial connection while recorded load rose to about 34.10 kVA, and rescue teams said dense smoke and a single narrow exit made reaching upper floors nearly impossible.
- In Pune investigators have moved the Lohagad fall of Ketan Vishal Agarwal from accidental to suspected murder after digital forensics and call‑record analysis showed 2,004 calls and about 238 hours of contact between two suspects, who are now in custody.
- In Kanpur police arrested a man accused of multiple chemical attacks on women, recovering a chemical bottle and narcotics, and the three probes together are prompting wider scrutiny of misuse of residential premises, enforcement lapses and the growing role of call data and CCTV in changing case trajectories.