Overview

• Chandigarh IG Pushpendra Kumar confirmed Section 3 of the SC/ST Act was added to the FIR after the widow objected to what she called diluted provisions.
• The family has withheld consent for a post-mortem and protested the body’s transfer to PGIMER; Chandigarh’s police chief said the autopsy will proceed only with their approval.
• A 31-member committee at a Chandigarh mahapanchayat demanded the Haryana DGP’s removal and arrests within 48 hours, citing the officers named by the deceased.
• The Haryana government transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, who was named in the note, as ministers met the family to seek agreement on the autopsy.
• Political leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati called for an impartial investigation, while Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann met the family and sought the Administrator’s intervention, and Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini pledged action regardless of rank.