Overview
- On May 22nd Twisha Sharma’s husband, Samarth Singh, surrendered to a Jabalpur court after withdrawing his anticipatory bail request and the Bar Council of India provisionally suspended his lawyer’s licence while authorities arrange a possible second post‑mortem by an AIIMS team.
- Police have arrested Biggan Ansari in connection with the discovery of a dismembered 15‑year‑old girl known as Shabba on a train, and investigators are treating the case as a suspected honour killing after CCTV footage identified the accused and accomplices.
- Violence between Kuki and Naga communities in Manipur has escalated since mid‑May with ambush killings, dozens of abductions, reciprocal economic blockades that have halted traffic on National Highway‑2 and ongoing efforts to secure and release hostages.
- A pre‑dawn collision between a private bus and a tanker on the Agra–Lucknow Expressway sparked a fire that killed two crew members and injured many passengers who were sent to nearby hospitals, prompting rescue and traffic diversion operations.
- Post‑election unrest in West Bengal is visible in low turnout at a major TMC protest and mass municipal councillor resignations while viral publicity for a Jhargram jhalmuri vendor who fed the prime minister has prompted international threat calls that police are investigating.