Overview

• West Bengal police arrested Deshraj Singh near Nautanwa in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district as he allegedly tried to enter Nepal and brought him to Krishnanagar on transit remand.
• Kuldeep Singh, the accused’s maternal uncle, was earlier arrested in Jamnagar, and investigators say his interrogation provided the breakthrough and exposed the use of fake identity documents.
• Officials said college student Ishita Mallick was shot inside her Krishnanagar home on August 25, and an initial post-mortem found three gunshot wounds to the head with a bullet recovered.
• Police are probing a possible relationship-dispute motive, with reports of prior threats and a video of an attempted suicide sent to the victim under examination as part of the case.
• Authorities say the suspect’s father is in BSF custody in Jaisalmer for forthcoming questioning, and investigators plan to complete the probe and submit a chargesheet in roughly 45 days.