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Police Arrest Suspects In Filicide, Kidnapping And Protest Clash Across India

Authorities report swift breakthroughs even as searches and one suspect hunt remain unresolved.

Overview

  • Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh: Meena Devi confessed to pushing her 12-year-old daughter into the Yamuna; she has been jailed while multi-team river searches have not found the body.
  • Delhi: At an India Gate pollution demonstration, posters and slogans for Maoist commander Madvi Hidma appeared; police say some protesters used chili spray, six were detained and FIRs were filed.
  • Hyderabad: Golconda police recovered a four-year-old within 24 hours and arrested an auto driver and his former wife for abducting the child to pass her off as their own.
  • Lucknow: Two men were arrested and a third is on the run after recovery agent Shashi Prakash Upadhyay was killed in a dispute over Rs 101, with a glass shard cited as the weapon.
  • Sangli, Maharashtra: A drunk Skoda driver going the wrong way hit 5–6 vehicles, injuring 6–7 people; locals restrained and beat the driver before police took him into custody.