Overview
- Angel (Anjel) Chakma, 24, died on December 26 after a December 9 assault in Dehradun that his family and witnesses say followed racial slurs.
- Investigators said they have found no evidence so far of a racist motive, a stance that contradicts accounts alleging the attackers called the brothers “Chinese.”
- Five accused, including two juveniles, were arrested on December 14, and murder sections under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita were added after Chakma’s death.
- Police are seeking an absconding suspect suspected to be in Nepal with a ₹25,000 reward announced and teams dispatched to trace him.
- New CCTV footage of the assault surfaced as political leaders voiced condemnation, Tripura’s chief minister conferred with his Uttarakhand counterpart, and the CM spoke with the victim’s father; the family also alleges an initial FIR delay.