Overview

• In West Bengal’s Nadia district, four people related to the lynched couple were arrested in the Class‑3 boy’s murder as police also held a villager in the lynching case and registered a suo motu FIR; the post‑mortem found the child was strangled.
• Odisha police said five madrasa students were sent to a juvenile home after the sexual abuse and murder of a 12‑year‑old classmate, with POCSO and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections invoked and the institution closed since the incident.
• Delhi Police arrested a 24‑year‑old within hours of allegedly stabbing an 18‑year‑old; officers reported a confession, recovery of the knife, and the victim’s treatment at GTB Hospital.
• Kolkata police registered an FIR after a 20‑year‑old alleged gang rape by two acquaintances during a birthday visit in Regent Park; the accused, identified as Chandan Mallick and Dwip (Deep) Biswas, remain absconding.
• In Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, police said a woman confessed to strangling a six‑year‑old with her 17‑year‑old partner after the child saw them in a compromising situation; the woman was arrested and the teenager detained.