Overview
- Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur police retrieved the third missing youth’s body on day five after NDRF/SDRF searches, pond dewatering and drone scans, and suspended local officers over earlier lapses while suspects remain at large.
- Dehradun police arrested five in Anjel Chakma’s stabbing, including two juveniles sent to a shelter home, and the SSP said no conclusive evidence of a racial or hate-crime motive has emerged in the probe.
- Lucknow investigators formed teams across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi to track KGMU accused Dr. Rameez Malik, last traced to Khattima, with police saying he has switched off his phone to avoid detection.
- Bengaluru–Nagpur inquiries into the newlyweds’ deaths continue, with a dowry harassment and abetment case tied to the wife’s death and an accidental-death case registered in Nagpur after the husband was found hanging.
- The India Meteorological Department forecast a persistent cold wave through 4 January across North India, with Patna reporting flight cancellations and wider transport and health advisories in effect.