Additional Sessions Judge expressed surprise that Kurundkar had been awarded the President’s Medal for Gallantry in 2017, despite being an accused in the murder case

Rahul Gandhi had earlier claimed that the RSS and the government would shift their focus towards Christians and church land after the successful passage of the Waqf Act.

Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, a 28-year-old Indian Air Force fighter pilot, was laid to rest with full military honours in his native village after a Jaguar jet crash near Jamnagar. Grieving family and villagers attended the ceremony, which included a gun salute. An inquiry has been launched into the accident.