Overview
- Mahendra Nagar, an expelled local BJP booth functionary, was held along with two relatives, taking total arrests to four in the Ganeshpura case.
- Police allege a group of about 15 assaulted farmer Ram Swaroop Dhakad, ran a Thar over him, and blocked medical help for roughly an hour before he died during treatment.
- Dhakad’s wife and teenage daughters were injured and alleged assault and tearing of clothes; the family is under medical care.
- FIRs name 14–18 accused under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including murder, criminal conspiracy, and outraging women’s modesty, and bounties were announced for absconders.
- The BJP expelled Nagar, and authorities said searches continue as officials also moved to clear land encroachments linked to the accused.