Overview
- AIIMS Rishikesh confirmed the gangster’s death on Saturday morning, three days after he was shot on the Laksar overbridge during a court transfer.
- Haridwar police added Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to the case after the death was confirmed.
- Two suspects identified as Sunny Yadav and Ajay Saini have been arrested and sent to judicial custody, with police citing a repayment dispute involving Tyagi.
- Three escorting police personnel were suspended for alleged dereliction of duty as a departmental probe reviews prisoner-transport procedures.
- Tyagi’s family alleges a conspiracy tied to a large cache of illicit money and benami documents reportedly worth hundreds of crores, claims that officials have not verified.