A Kanpur pharmaceutical trader was stabbed to death on September 5. Three people have been arrested, and one of them has told police he carried out the killing at the instance of a co-accused, an allegation she denies. Police have sought custody remand of two of the accused and say the investigation is continuing. No charge has been established and the allegations remain untested.
Six years after Disha Salian’s death was closed as an accidental death, the CBI has registered an FIR on the Bombay High Court’s direction. The Court directed a fresh investigation while expressly protecting persons whose names have surfaced, holding that nobody is to be treated as an accused on that basis alone. Nothing has been established.
Several high-profile murder investigations involving spouses or romantic partners, including the Sonam Raghuvanshi and Muskan Rastogi cases, have sparked nationwide debate. While attracting intense media attention, each prosecution must ultimately be decided solely on legally admissible evidence presented before the courts.
