Overview
- Police registered a murder case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, citing prima facie evidence from CCTV footage, eyewitnesses, and the post-mortem.
- Santosh Bamaniya and Saurabh Arya were arrested and remanded to judicial custody, and investigators said they seized the wooden stick allegedly used in the assault.
- The autopsy described the death as homicidal and attributed it to traumatic haemorrhagic pancreatitis caused by blunt trauma.
- CCTV and witness accounts show a chase and baton assault in Indrapuri before the 22-year-old was taken to AIIMS Bhopal and declared brought dead.
- Protests grew in Bhopal and statewide scrutiny of police conduct deepened, with separate arrests of other Madhya Pradesh officers adding pressure on authorities.