Overview
- Hamirpur police arrested sub-inspector Ankit Yadav in the killing of 30-year-old Kiran Devi, citing phone data, call records and vehicle CCTV, and say he confessed as a car, an iron rod and the victim’s phone were recovered.
- Officials said departmental action is underway against the accused officer after multiple teams used technical analysis to identify him within hours of the body’s identification.
- In Bharatpur, the father of Priyanka filed a dowry-murder complaint against her husband, a former BJP youth wing office-bearer, as police halted a quiet cremation, seized the body and initiated post-mortem and FSL examination.
- Moradabad police registered a case after viral CCTV showed a 13-year-old being molested, named the suspect as Ibrahim and deployed teams to arrest him.
- In Meerut, a woman alleged her husband installed CCTV even in the bedroom, assaulted her and restricted her movements, with police registering a case and opening an inquiry, while RJD’s Rohini Acharya publicly distanced herself after a row with Tejashwi Yadav and accusations against his aides.