A CCTV video from Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district has sparked widespread attention after it showed Samajwadi Party women's wing district president Gargi Patel being allegedly assaulted inside her residence by SP leaders. According to police, an FIR has been registered against five people following the incident. Investigators are examining CCTV footage and other evidence to determine the sequence of events and the motive behind the altercation.

Prateek Yadav, the younger son of late Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and half-brother of Akhilesh Yadav, has died suddenly in Lucknow at the age of 38. According to the postmortem report, Prateek Yadav died due to cardiorespiratory collapse caused by massive pulmonary thromboembolism. His body was taken to KGMU for autopsy under tight security and videography surveillance. Akhilesh Yadav, while mourning his half-brother’s death, hinted that business-related stress may have affected him in recent months.