Amid heavy police deployment and imposition of section 144, the last rites of 22-year-old Bhuneswar Sahu, who was killed in a clash unfolded between two communities following a minor dispute, was performed in Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
The accused were identified as Tilak (19), a resident of Khora colony in Ghaziabad and Vikas Dubey (19), an e-rickshaw driver, police said, adding that both are drug addicts.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Sacred Heart Cathedral Catholic Church in the national capital on Easter Sunday, Fr. Francis Swaminathan of the church said the visit will demonstrate his support for the minorities.
Ramban Police said that while going from Jammu to Srinagar by road, the Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju's car met with a minor accident.
BJP and Congress leaders took swipe at each other on Friday during the poll battle in Karnataka as electioneering gathered pace in the southern state with almost a month left for polling
Similar to the situation of minorities in Pakistan, the women of the country face discrimination and mistreatment. Due to the rise in domestic violence cases in the country, many have now called for 'solutions'.
According to the police, the officials were able to apprehend the accused by identifying him from the yellow shirt he was wearing while he allegedly committed the crime.