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Devpalik Gupta, digital communication manager of Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party, vanished from the Ranchi-Patna Jan Shatabdi Express on Monday and was found dead on Tuesday near Muri Junction in Jharkhand. The cause is unknown; the postmortem is awaited. Colleagues allege police delay.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
A suspect has been detained and questioned on day 16 of the search for a seven-year-old girl who vanished from her home near Gingee in Villupuram district on 12 October. The CB-CID has the case, and police say there is a 90 per cent chance she is alive. She has not been found.
Subhash Gupta4 min
Three men who went missing while returning from Bahraich, where one had gone to see his injured son, were found dead in a car that had plunged into a roadside pond near Panchpir village in Sitapur. The car was pulled out with a crane around 1.30 am on Tuesday. Police suspect the driver dozed off.
Amita Sahani4 min
Five people were shot dead and one injured at Hotel Bilas Inn in Guwahati's Ulubari on Monday night. Police arrested Ghanakanta Gogoi within an hour and seized a licensed .32 bore pistol. A dispute over the hotel's lease is under probe. Four of the dead were from the owner's family.
Amita Sahani4 min
Two suspected steel bombs exploded in Kannavam in Kannur district, near the forest range office and at nearby Chundayil, between 11.30 pm on Sunday and midnight. Windowpanes were broken and no one was hurt. Police have registered a case under the Explosive Substances Act; no suspect is named.
Subhash Gupta4 min
A blast at an under-construction building in Bengaluru's Pulakeshinagar on 20 October injured two workers. Police are examining a parcel account and a battery theory, and the NIA has asked for the investigation reports. The cause is not yet confirmed.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min