Overview

• Police in Banaskantha have launched a murder investigation into the unexplained June demise of an 18-year-old who died days before her habeas corpus hearing
• In Meerut, 28-year-old Ravishankar Jatav surrendered on August 2 after admitting he slit his seven-month-pregnant wife Sapna’s throat during the Teej festival
• Delhi Police arrested Soniya (34) and her partner Rohit (28) for the year-old killing of her husband Pritam Prakash, whose body was recovered from a Sonipat drain and is being identified via DNA
• Fingerprint analysis and review of over 500 CCTV feeds led Southeast Delhi officers to arrest Vanketesh alias Raja and Gaurav alias Mulli for murdering painter Rakesh over a suspected affair and unpaid loans
• Gurugram police detained five suspects—including Ravindra, accomplices Manish and Fariyaad and the victim’s wife, Soni Devi—for strangling and burying Vikram on July 26 and have exhumed his remains for post-mortem