Overview
- Around 300 displaced residents of MV-26 returned after a peace committee agreement, with officials reporting no new violence for roughly 50–60 hours.
- Police recovered the victim’s severed head about 15 km from the torso and arrested 42-year-old Subha Ranjan Mandal in the murder investigation.
- The Home Department extended the district-wide block on social media and mobile data to curb false and inflammatory messages.
- Security remains reinforced with BSF and Odisha Armed Police deployments, new CCTV coverage in vulnerable areas and continued prohibitory orders.
- Two state ministers visited to review law and order and meet both communities, damage assessment and relief continued, and the BJD formed a seven-member fact-finding team.