Overview
- Bhadrak police arrested the main accused, identified as Satyabrata Das, within about 24 hours after a 10-year-old was found dead with suspected sexual assault.
- Locals in Chandbali staged blockades, gheraoed the police station, and later demolished suspect Ganesh Das’s house, prompting heavy security deployment.
- Authorities formed special teams, conducted the post-mortem, and began scientific evidence collection, as the Chief Minister announced Rs 10 lakh for the family and ordered strict action.
- In Sambalpur, West Bengal migrant worker Jewel Sheikh, 30, died after a beating near a tea stall, with six arrests reported and two co-workers injured.
- Co-workers and relatives allege he was targeted after being called a Bangladeshi and asked for Aadhaar, while police attribute the assault to a dispute over a bidi and say the parties were acquainted.