Umesh Kolhe, a pharmacist from Amravati in Maharashtra who had shared social media posts backing BJP leader Nupur Sharma, was murdered by “radicalised Islamists of Tablighi Jamaat”, as per the NIA chargesheet filed in a court.
Most of the websites targeted were of the Gujarat government. Portals of the chief minister’s office, home, finance, education, health and tribal ministries were some of the 475 government websites identified that were breached.
Protests continued in Hyderabad after the release of suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh over his alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said 90 protestors picked by the police were released after his intervention.