Overview
- Anjel (Angel) Chakma, 24, died after more than two weeks in hospital following a December 9 attack in Dehradun’s Selaqui area that witnesses and a police complaint say began with racial slurs.
- Doctors told investigators the stabbing damaged his spinal cord and he never regained full consciousness; his brother Michael was also injured.
- Five of six accused were arrested on December 14, including two juveniles sent to a reform home, as charges escalated from causing hurt to attempt to murder and now murder with common intention under the BNS.
- Police say the main suspect, identified as Yagya Awasthi, is absconding and suspected to have fled to Nepal, with teams dispatched and a ₹25,000 reward announced for information.
- Tripura’s chief minister said Uttarakhand’s chief minister assured strict action as protests and calls for a national law against racial hate crimes grew across the Northeast; Chakma’s body was flown to Agartala.