Top news of the day: Nine policemen sentenced to death in Sattankulam custodial deaths case; Supreme Court directs ECI to add verified names in Bengal supplementary list by tonight, and more

Nine policemen sentenced to death in Sattankulam custodial deaths case All nine police personnel convicted in the 2020 Sattankulam custodial deaths case, in which trader P. Jayaraj (58) and his son J.

Benicks (31) died in police custody, were awarded the death sentence by the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday (April 6, 2026).

On March 23, 2026, the court convicted all nine police personnel in the case but had said that the quantum of their sentence would be pronounced later.

Supreme Court directs ECI to add verified names in Bengal supplementary list by tonight The Election Commission, represented by senior advocate D. S.

Naidu, informed the Supreme Court bench that the remaining claims would be decided during the day and that a supplementary electoral roll would be published later on Monday night (April 6, 2026).

Strait of Hormuz will never return to previous status: Iran’s IRGC Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday (April 6, 2026) that the Strait of Hormuz, a critical international waterway connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, has undergone “irreversible strategic changes” and will never return to its previous status.

“The era of foreign hegemony over this critical waterway is definitely over,” the IRGC Navy said in a statement. Recent regional developments have established a new reality so that the U. S.

can no longer dictate terms in Iran’s immediate maritime environment, it said.