Overview

• At GMCH in Guwahati, an AIIMS-led team completed a second postmortem on Zubeen Garg, confirmed by SDM Divya Pate ahead of state-arranged rites.
• A large public farewell was organized in Guwahati with viewing at the Arjun Bhogeshwar Barua Sports Complex and a cortege planned to Kamarkuchi for final rites with state honors.
• Courts issued release orders in 72 cases enabling Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s exit from Sitapur jail after 23 months, as he thanked supporters and Akhilesh Yadav hailed the outcome.
• Local officials and activists reported Pakistani strikes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tirah Valley that killed at least 30 civilians, and the provincial government announced PKR 1 million compensation per bereaved family.
• Separate investigations are underway into a fatal Indore building collapse that killed two and injured 12, a Facebook Live murder confession case in Kerala’s Kollam, and suspicious deaths in Dehradun and Noida now under forensic review.