Overview

• Damoh police filed an FIR at Patera police station naming Anuj alias Anju Pandey and others, citing BNS sections tied to public order and common intent, and said efforts to arrest the accused are underway.
• Officials said preventive action is in place with patrols and outreach to local leaders as investigators collect evidence from Sataria village.
• A widely shared video shows Purushottam Kushwaha washing Anuj Pandey’s feet and apologising, a sequence described by some as coercion and by Pandey as a voluntary guru–shishya act.
• Police sources indicated a separate case may be lodged against Kushwaha over the AI-generated image that mocked Pandey before being deleted.
• The episode followed a village panchayat’s sanction against Pandey over an alleged breach of a self-imposed liquor ban, and Kushwaha’s family has expressed fear of reprisal.