Articles by Sohail Khan
Minor girl found dead in Udaipur; leopard attack suspected: Police
The deceased girl had gone to graze goats on Wednesday afternoon but she didn’t return home till late night and family members found her body the next morning
Published on Sep 19, 2024 04:42 PM IST
Rajasthan: Illegal arms dealer turns out to be absconding murderer; arrested
The accused, a native of Udaipur’s Keshav Nagar, had eloped with a 33-year-old married woman from Rajsamand in 2019 and later murdered her
Published on Jan 22, 2024 09:32 AM IST
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
Published on Dec 02, 2023 02:38 PM IST
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
Published on Sep 19, 2023 03:36 PM IST
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.
Updated on May 11, 2023 12:59 AM IST
Sohail Khan, Udaipur
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
Published on Feb 07, 2023 04:43 PM IST
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
Published on Jan 09, 2023 04:42 PM IST
Sachin Saini and Sohail Khan
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
Updated on Dec 24, 2022 06:21 PM IST
Sachin Saini and Sohail Khan Sachin Saini and Sohail Khan
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
Published on Oct 21, 2022 10:58 PM IST
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
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Updated on Aug 30, 2022 01:12 AM IST
‘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.
Updated on Jul 03, 2022 04:50 AM IST
Shiv SunnySohail Khan, Udaipur
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.
Updated on Jul 03, 2022 12:50 AM IST
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
Updated on Jul 02, 2022 04:01 PM IST
Sachin Saini and Sohail Khan
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.
Updated on Jul 02, 2022 04:07 AM IST
Shiv SunnySohail Khan, Udaipur
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
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 07:51 PM IST
Sachin Saini/Sohail Khan
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
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 10:49 AM IST
Shiv Sunny & Sohail Khan
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.
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 01:41 AM IST
Shiv SunnySohail Khan, Udaipur
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.
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 01:42 AM IST
‘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.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 01:41 PM IST
Shiv Sunny, Udaipur
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
Published on Mar 05, 2021 04:53 PM IST
Sohail Khan
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
Updated on Feb 10, 2021 05:03 PM IST
Sohail Khan
Rajasthan man arrested for trying to kill father to get government job, say police
The accused allegedly wanted money to start a restaurant.
Published on Oct 17, 2020 04:01 PM IST
Udaipur | Sohail Khan
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.
Updated on Sep 08, 2020 06:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Udaipur | Sohail Khan