In another room, eight-year-old Nihit lay in a pool of his own blood, clutching multiple severe lacerations to his torso.

According to the official timeline presented by the prosecution, the criminal incident originally took place nearly two decades ago on January 19, 2008.

At the same time, the Telangana State Education Department is conducting its own inquiry into the school’s curriculum and operational guidelines.

Right from his very first day in office, Mundhe directed a highly stringent enforcement of food safety rules across the entire state-wide milk supply chain.

The trial of Aftab Poonawala has become an indictment of the Indian criminal justice system's capacity to deliver swift closure.