Overview
- Patna police registered a murder case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita naming JD(U) candidate Anant Singh and three others over the shooting and death of Jan Suraj supporter Dularchand Yadav in Mokama.
- Witness accounts describe rival campaign convoys clashing on a narrow road before Yadav was shot in the leg and fatally run over, with protests and roadblocks reported as tensions rose in the area.
- Singh accused rival leader Surajbhan Singh of orchestrating the violence, while opponents denied the charge, and the victim’s past criminal cases and recent political shift were noted in local reporting.
- In Mumbai, police ended a hostage standoff at R A Studio; suspect Rohit Ary, who had aired grievances over alleged unpaid government work and idea theft, was shot during the operation and later died as reviews of the encounter were initiated.
- In Abbotsford, British Columbia, Indian-origin businessman Darshan Singh Sahasi was killed in a CCTV-captured attack that reporting links to the Lawrence Bishnoi network after a social-media claim of responsibility and threats by an associate.