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UP CM Yogi Adityanath to meet Kamlesh Tiwari’s family tomorrow, family assured of financial help, security, gun license and job

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

Earlier today, UP DGP OP Singh had informed in a press conference that the three suspects and the two killers were all radicalised and they had planned Tiwari's murder.

Crime

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: Son welcomes NIA probe, says ‘no faith in administration’

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

Gujarat ATS had today arrested 3 accused- Shamim, Faizan and Mohsin Sheikh from Surat in connection with the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari

Opinions

Fight against Islamism must become institutionalized like that against racism or sexism

Abhishek Banerjee - 19 October, 2019

The killers of Kamlesh Tiwari appear to have become “radicalized” by the words of Kamlesh Tiwari himself, according to UP DGP

News Reports

‘Target for Jihadis’: 2 days before his murder, Kamlesh Tiwari wrote about UP IB speaking to him about threat to his life

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

Only two days before his murder, Kamlesh Tiwari had taken to Facebook to speak about how Uttar Pradesh Intelligence Bureau (UP IB) thought that he was a 'target for Jihadis'.

News Reports

UP DGP confirms: Maulana Anwar-ul-Haq and Mohammed Mufti Naeem Kazmi detained and being interrogated in Kamlesh Tiwari murder

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

Uttar Pradesh ATS has confirmed that Maulana Anwar-ul-Haq and Mohammed Mufti Naeem Kazmi have been detained and are being interrogated for their role in the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari

Crime

Shamim, Faizan and Mohsin Sheikh admit they killed Kamlesh Tiwari over his Prophet Muhammad remarks, plot hatched over 2 months

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

According to reports, persons arrested have admitted that they killed Kamlesh Tiwari over his remarks against Prophet Muhammad.

News Reports

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: ISIS arm Al Hind Brigade claims responsibility on Telegram, UP police says assailants could have used fake names to gain access

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

Late on Friday night, a lesser-known arm of ISIS, Al-Hind Brigade claimed responsibility for the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari.

News Reports

Media spin or confusion? Section of media reports ISIS angle being ruled out, another refutes the claim in Kamlesh Tiwari murder

OpIndia Staff - 18 October, 2019

Times Now reported that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary of Home Ministry had confirmed that both ISIS terror angle and bounty hunting angles were ruled out in Kamlesh Tiwari murder, a TOI journalist contested the claim

Opinions

Lest we forget: When countless Muslims marched, went on a rampage and rioted demanding the head of Kamlesh Tiwari

Sanghamitra - 18 October, 2019

In December 2015, protests had broken out in several cities, from north to south, east to west, demanding a death sentence for Kamlesh Tiwari because he had called prophet Muhammad gay.

Crime