Police are investigating the murder of a Union Bank assistant manager, Bhuvaneshwari, allegedly by her husband, Balamurugan. He claims a divorce notice enraged him, but police haven’t found it. Balamurugan confessed to planning the murder for a year, procuring a pistol, and observing her routine before shooting her. Investigations into the weapon’s origin and deleted phone data are ongoing.

Members of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad protested at Jagannath Temple in Puri over the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and Amrit Mondal in Bangladesh, demanding justice.

The year 2025 has emerged as a turning point, with 2,167 surrenders recorded so far, the highest for any single year in the period under review.