Overview

• Sixty-seven individuals and eight juveniles have been arrested in Prayagraj’s Karchana area over clashes on June 29 linked to Chandrashekhar Azad’s blocked village visit.
• Authorities have filed FIRs under the National Security Act, the Gangster Act and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to pursue strict legal action.
• Police say the unrest began after they detained Azad at the Prayagraj Circuit House and prevented him from visiting Isota village and Kaushambi to meet families of victims.
• Supporters of the Bhim Army and Azad Samaj Party reacted with stone-pelting and vehicle vandalism when they learned Azad would not reach the villages.
• Security forces remain deployed in affected areas as investigators analyse CCTV and call-detail records to identify additional participants and recover property-damage costs.