INLD Leader's Brother Murdered in Panipat; Body Burned, Police Encounter Accused

• Jaideep Rathi, brother of INLD District President Kuldeep Rathi, was abducted and murdered in Panipat, Haryana.
• Accused confessed to burning the body in a furnace and throwing partially burnt remains into a canal; body unrecovered.
• An encounter between police and accused resulted in one accused injured and arrested, while another escaped.
• Jaideep, an ophthalmologist, went missing on December 27; family suspected land dispute behind the abduction.
• Four accused, including Pritam and Ravinder Rathi, were remanded; police teams are searching in UP, Himachal, and Punjab.

Why It Matters: Abducted INLD leader's brother murdered in Panipat; body burned, accused arrested after encounter.