Overview

• In Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district, three suspects are still at large after hacking Special Sub-Inspector Shanmugavel to death during a domestic dispute intervention, prompting the deployment of special police teams and a murder case under arms charges.
• Bajal Hembram surrendered to Taljhari police in Jharkhand after allegedly murdering his wife and two children over a land dispute and remains in custody on triple-murder charges.
• Odisha Police arrested three adults and two minors in Angul district for gang-raping a woman in a forest and detained three suspects, including a brother-in-law, for repeatedly raping an 11-year-old in Mayurbhanj, with both cases filed under POCSO and BNS provisions.
• In Bihar’s Darbhanga district, Premshankar Jha and three family members were named in an FIR under arms act and BNS sections after allegedly shooting nursing student Rahul Kumar over his inter-caste marriage, and inquiries are ongoing.
• In Banaskantha district, Gujarat, a father and his brother have been charged with strangling an 18-year-old over her relationship; the uncle is in custody while the father remains wanted.