Bihar Police arrest an STF constable in connection with an alleged “fake encounter” case involving Bharat Bhushan Tiwari, according to reports from The Hindu and Times of India. The deceased, 28-year-old Tiwari, is alleged to have been killed in Bhojpur district on June 17, 2026. Sources state that Tiwari had surrendered to the police shortly before the incident. Investigators are treating the case as a potential unlawful killing staged as an encounter and are probing the circumstances around the operation that led to Tiwari’s death. The arrest is reported to involve an STF personnel named in connection with the investigation. Both outlets frame the development as part of a probe into whether the encounter was genuine or fabricated. The information currently available across the two reports centers on the alleged surrender, the date and location of Tiwari’s death, and the arrest of an STF constable by Bihar Police as the investigation progresses.