It is the 13th day since Neha Hiremath, 23, was killed in Karnataka’s Hubballi. “He said he was unable to bear this ‘insult’ and killed her,” Sukumar says, adding that his statement needed corroboration. “But Fayaz fought with him saying they were in love and wanted to get married.” Neha’s parents refute this story. At KLE Technological University, people say …
Niranjan Hiremath, the father of deceased Neha Hiremath, who was stabbed to death by her former classmate Fayaz last week in Hubbali, has stated to media that his daughter was forced to convert her religion, and she refused. As per reports, Congress leader Niranjan Hiremath told before media that Fayaz killed Neha because she had refused to convert to Islam. …
On 20th April, Hubballi-Dharawad police arrested two men identified as Sadiq Imam Saab Tadakoda and Adil, both residents of Dharwad, for social media posts justifying Fayaz stabbing his former classmate Neha to death in Hubballi. Several posts with captions such as “Justice For Love” and “Justice For True Love” have gone viral on social media justifying Fayaz’s actions. In a …
On Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh police initiated disciplinary action against its constable Fayaz Khan for hailing deceased Mukhtar Ansari on social media. In screenshots that surfaced on social media, the police constable had written, “The parents and grandparents of those people whose pants would turn wet on hearing the roar of a lion…They are now hailing the Baba and singing …
The lockdown was so sudden,” says Mizga Shaikh, 38, recalling the initial months of the covid-19 pandemic in Mumbai and the calls for help. For 10 years, Shaikh and her husband Fayaz, 45, have been running an informal educational institution, Zeal English School, for underprivileged children in Malad’s Ambujwadi area, home largely to migrant workers. “We have started distributing ration …