The Calcutta High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to form a three-member Special Investigation Team to probe allegations of evidence tampering in the RG Kar doctor assault and murder case. Headed by a joint director, the team is mandated to submit its findings to the court by the twenty-fifth of June. This development follows a petition by the victim's parents, who expressed dissatisfaction with the initial investigation that resulted in the life imprisonment of the main accused. The court has instructed the agency to examine the sequence of events from the victim's dinner on the fateful night until her cremation. Furthermore, a separate petition filed in the Sealdah Court seeks action against a former Trinamool Congress legislator. The petition alleges that the politician was at the helm of affairs during a hurriedly conducted cremation process, raising suspicions that it was done to tamper with crucial evidence. The high court has asked the agency to re-examine these specific charges.
Air India flight AI 2651, operating from Delhi to Bengaluru, experienced a tail strike incident during landing at Bengaluru airport on Thursday. The airline confirmed that the aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew disembarked normally.
The West Bengal government has issued a formal notification making it mandatory to sing the national song before classes begin across all state-run and state-aided madrassas.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has joined the ongoing Youth Congress protests against the NEET paper leak.
Hamza Burhan, an Al-Badr commander and mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack, has been shot dead by unknown assailants in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
