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  Udaipur, Rajasthan: The Udaipur tailor who was killed in the most horrific way possible had returned to his shop after days of absence, his wife told NDTV today before his funeral procession left their home. Kanhaiya Lal had skipped work for several days after he received death threats over his social media posts, his wife, Jashoda, explained to NDTV. Yesterday, he decided to attend to business again. He had been at work for a few hours when two men arrived, posing as customers. Kanhaiya Lal, age 48, began measuring one of them; suddenly, he was attacked with a giant cleaver. The other man filmed the murder in gory detail. Then, both left the shop on a motorcycle, their faces covered to conceal their identity. Gos Mohammad and Riyaz Akhtari, the two men seen in the grotesque video, were arrested last night. The Home Ministry has assigned the National Investigation Agency or NIA, which handles terror investigations, to the matter. The accused men released two videos ...

 While giving protection to a Muslim couple aged 16 and 21 years from their family members, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled on Monday that a Muslim girl over 16 years of age is competent to enter into a contract of marriage with a person of her choice. The single-judge bench of Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi passed the order on a plea by a Pathankot-based Muslim couple who had approached the court for protection. “Merely because the petitioners have got married against the wishes of their family members, they cannot possibly be deprived of their fundamental rights as envisaged in the Constitution of India,” the bench said. Citing Islamic Sharia rule, Justice Bedi said the marriage of a Muslim girl is governed by the Muslim Personal Law. Read More : https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/muslims-girls-can-marry-at-16-high-court-upholds-minor-marriage-1964431-2022-06-20