Sohail Khan

Rajasthan’s Mautana tradition a key issue in tribal sub plan areas

In the Mautana (compensation for death) tradition, upon a person’s demise, the body is placed in front of the house of village leaders, officials or the individual deemed responsible for a week or more, awaiting resolution. In the past, seeking vengeance by harming a relative of the accountable person was commonplace

Police constable killed after speeding truck runs over him in Udaipur: Police

According to police, he was standing along with his team during a road checking outside the Tidi police station when the accident took place around 9:30am

Tiger at Rajasthan park dies day after relocation

A six-year-old male tiger was found dead in the Sajjangarh Biological Park in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Wednesday, a day after it was relocated from state’s Ranthambore tiger reserve.

Bajrang Dal worker allegedly shot dead in Udaipur, activists stage protest

Udaipur superintendent of police (SP) Vikas Sharma said the preliminary probe reveals that the killing was due to personal enmity over a land dispute

Witness to Udaipur tailor’s beheading bedridden after brain haemorrhage in Oct

Rajkumar Sharma is an eyewitness to his employer Kanhaiya Lal’s beheading in Rajasthan’s Udaipur in June

Rajasthan teacher recruitment exam cancelled after 44 arrested for paper leak

The Udaipur police stopped a suspected bus and found that the candidates travelling in the bus were having the leaked examination papers in their possession

Yet to get ₹50 lakh share, say 2 of 5 men arrested for Udaipur’s 12 crore loot

The robbery was plotted in a Bihar jail where the gang leader Guddu was lodged earlier. The two suspects arrested by Udaipur police allegedly said that each of them was to get ₹50 lakh but Guddu was yet to pay them

Masked men loot jewellery worth ₹12 crore, cash at gunpoint in Udaipur

Police superintendent Vikas Kumar Sharma said that the robbers barged into Manappuram Finance Limited’s office in Pratap Nagar in Udaipur and looted the jeweller and cash

‘How long will I get security’: Hate crime witness fears for safety

Rajkumar Sharma was seated on a stool facing the wall in the front room of Kanhaiya Lal’s tailoring shop in Udaipur when he heard Lal’s cries.

BJP denies link with Udaipur attacker amid furore

The Congress said that Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari, who along with Gaus Mohammad allegedly hacked to death 47-year-old Kanhaiya Lal on Tuesday over social media posts supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in the Prophet Mohammed row, was a BJP member.

Udaipur tailor murder: BJP dismisses allegations that accused was party worker

The Rajasthan BJP minority cell president Sadiq Khan said that the accused in the Udaipur tailor murder case, Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari, might have gone to some party programme with the intention of recce and got photos clicked with the local leaders

Udaipur tailor’s security was withdrawn in 3 days, say kin; police defend move

On June 9, Kanhaiya Lal – who had a tailoring shop in Udaipur’s Bhoot Mahal for about two decades – shared a Facebook post backing suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, whose controversial comments on Prophet Mohammed caused an international storm.

Udaipur killing accused paid ₹1,000 to get ‘2611’ for bike number plate: Cops

The Udaipur murder accused fled from the spot using a motorcycle with registration number 2611, a possible reference to the date of 2008 Mumbai terror attack

Jagannath Rath Yatra to be held as per schedule in Udaipur

The curfew imposed in the city following the brutal murder of a tailor has been relaxed along the route for the procession

Udaipur killing: Police gave security to bizman who received similar threats

The development was confirmed by the family of the businessman, the local police, and members of a local organisation that filed a First Information Report (FIR) against him.

Udaipur killing: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot meets tailor’s kin amid protests

On Tuesday afternoon, Riyaz Akhtari and Gaus Mohammed walked into Kanhaiya Lal’s tailoring shop and murdered him with sharp knives because the man had backed controversial comments by Bharatiya Janata Party member Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammed.

‘Killed him like cowards’: Grief, rage shroud Udaipur after murder

At 11.45am, his young sons Yash and Tarun brought out Lal’s body for the final journey, accompanied by their mother Yashoda, dressed in a bright red sari. The crowd roared – the savage killing had galvanised the city in grief and anger – and some young men raised communal slogans of revenge.

25 students of govt boarding school test Covid positive in Rajasthan’s Udaipur

Chief medical officer Dinesh Kharadi said 80 students and 10 staff members of the school were tested after a teacher tested positive for the disease. He added the students who tested positive have been kept under isolation

Man, his four minor sons found dead in Rajasthan

Police said the man was alcoholic would often beat his sons and wife under the influence of alcohol. The bodies would be handed over to the relatives after their post-mortem

Udaipur man kills himself after murdering four kids, wife

The man was said to be under financial stress.

13 tribal children being trafficked to Gujarat rescued in Udaipur

Rajasthan man arrested for trying to kill father to get government job, say police

The accused allegedly wanted money to start a restaurant.

Rajasthan violence leaves 1 dead, five injured; state seeks RAF from Centre

Hundreds of tribal youths blocked NH-8 in Dungarpur on Thursday before setting vehicles on fire and injuring several policemen. They have been demanding the filling of 1,167 unreserved posts of government teachers with ST candidates

Internet suspended, section 144 imposed in four Rajasthan districts after violent protests

The protesters demanded filling of 1,167 unreserved posts of government teachers with ST candidates.

Farmer gets electricity bill of over ₹3 crore for 2 months. This followed

Superintending engineer Girish Joshi said the operator who records meter readings mistakenly keyed in meter number in the column for reading.

US NGO pitches in to restore 140-yr-old legacy in Rajasthan’s Udaipur

The haveli is owned by the Bachhawat Mehta clan and was built by military commander-in-chief of the erstwhile princely state of Mewar in Rajasthan

No space, no problem! Rajasthan youth quarantines himself on neem tree amid Covid-19 lockdown

Ishwar Lal Rawat who belongs to Daabkiya village of Bhinder, quarantined himself on the tree as there was no extra room at his house.

UP migrant worker quarantined in Udaipur commits suicide

The man was from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh and was among the 187 labourers who were quarantined by the Udaipur district administration at the facility when they were travelling to their home town.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Vote split by Hanuman Beniwal’s party in Ajmer division worries BJP, Congress

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Top contenders BJP and Congress face competition from newly formed Rashtriya Loktantrik Party led by Jat leader and MLA Hanuman Beniwal in Rajasthan.

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Much at stake for veterans Girija Vyas of Congress and BJP’s Gulab Chand Kataria

Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Girija Vyas of Congress and Gulab Chand Kataria of BJP are contesting from the Udaipur assembly seat. Both are entrenched in the politics of the region.