Satish Jarkihoili wrote in his letter, "I am withdrawing that statement which I said that day and I regret if anyone has been offended by this statement."
The deceased, identified as Sunil Kumar, a resident of Jianagla village in Bareilly, was killed over an alleged love affair with a girl from the Muslim community in the same village, the family has stated.
While the two accused Islamists have admitted guilt in the brutal murder of the Hindu man in Udaipur, mainstream media resorted to their standard practice of downplaying horrific crimes since here too too the accused are members of the minority community
The 25-year-old Billapuram Nagaraju, a resident of Marredpally, was stabbed to death by his Muslim wife's family members at the Saroornagar Tehsildar’s office.
The Hindu seer also condemned the Mayiladuthurai district administration's decision to ban the 'Pattina Pravesam' ritual saying that the ritual is a 500-year-old tradition and attacks on traditions of a particular religion in this manner are not fair.