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A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow in India died by suicide after her husband made derogatory remarks about her in front of her sister, police said. The incident took place on Wednesday in the Takrohi area of Indira Nagar.

The deceased has been identified as Tannu Singh, an aspiring model who had been married to her husband for the past four years. Her husband, an auto-rickshaw driver, reportedly passed the remark during what he described as a joking exchange.

Indira Nagar Station House Officer (SHO) Sunil Tiwari confirmed the incident, stating that the woman was allegedly called a “monkey” by her husband. Police said no written complaint has so far been submitted at the station.

According to the husband, the incident unfolded on Wednesday afternoon when he, his wife, their son, and his sister-in-law Anjali were at home. During light-hearted banter, he allegedly mocked Tannu, following which she became upset and quietly left the room.

Shortly afterward, the husband stepped out to bring food. Upon returning, he asked Anjali to call Tannu. When repeated calls went unanswered, Anjali went to the room and found it locked from inside. Looking through a window, she saw her sister hanging from the ceiling.

Hearing her screams, neighbours and family members rushed to the spot and brought Tannu down from the noose. She was immediately taken to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead. 

A post-mortem examination later confirmed hanging as the cause of death. Police said further legal action would be decided after reviewing the post-mortem report and recording statements from family members.

Indian police have arrested a man in connection with an assault on two Kashmiri shawl sellers from illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in Uttarakhand’s Vikas Nagar area, following an incident in which one of the victims said the attackers referred to their religious identity.

In a video statement posted on X, Dehradun senior superintendent of police Ajay Singh said the main suspect, identified as Sanjay Yadav, had been taken into custody and that further investigation was underway.

The victims, brothers Danish Ganai and Tabish Rashid, are residents of Kupwara district in Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Ganai has been travelling to Uttarakhand during the winter season for the past three to four years to sell Kashmiri shawls. This year, Rashid joined him after insisting on contributing to the family’s income.

According to Rashid, the assault occurred on Wednesday evening after the brothers returned from Poanta Saheb in Himachal Pradesh, where they had been selling shawls earlier in the day. While heading back to their accommodation, they stopped at a shop on the outskirts of Vikas Nagar to eat.

Rashid said the shopkeeper objected to them speaking in Kashmiri and told them that Uttarakhand was not Kashmir. “The shopkeeper initially took offence because we were speaking in the Kashmiri language. He said that Uttarakhand is not Kashmir. Then he pushed me and asked us to leave,” he said.

As they stood up, the shopkeeper allegedly picked up their sack containing shawls and other belongings and threw it onto the road. Rashid said the brothers protested, telling him they had done nothing wrong. “We told him we had not committed any mistake to deserve this humiliation,” he said.

The dispute then moved outside the shop, where Rashid alleged the shopkeeper took out a baton and began beating his brother. When Rashid attempted to intervene, another man arrived carrying an iron rod.

“He was speaking as if being a Muslim and a Kashmiri was a crime,” Rashid said. He added that the man pushed him aside and struck him on the head with the iron rod, causing him to lose consciousness.

Before passing out, Rashid said he heard the assailant tell the shopkeeper: “They are Muslims. Let’s finish one first and deal with the other later.”

Mohd Shafiq, another resident of Kupwara who has been assisting the brothers in Uttarakhand, confirmed that the two men were assaulted by the shopkeeper and his associate. He said several local Hindu men and women intervened during the incident and stopped the attack.

Rashid sustained injuries, including a fracture in his arm, while Ganai suffered wounds to his leg. 

Rashid said he regained consciousness at a hospital, where he was surrounded by other Kashmiri shawl sellers and local residents. He later learnt that a Hindu woman who witnessed the incident testified that the brothers were not at fault.

Police at Vikas Nagar registered a case under Sections 117(2) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against two persons. Rashid said cash amounting to nearly Rs 21,000, along with their shawls and other belongings, was missing after the assault. “There were 47 shawls worth several thousands in the sack,” he said.

He said his father had arrived in Uttarakhand and would decide the next course of action. “We have been attacked today, it will be someone else’s turn tomorrow,” Rashid said.

A Malaysian court has fined 23-year-old social media influencer Tang Sie Luk RM40,000 ($12,800) for filming and posting an offensive video showing teenage boys giving a homeless man rice mixed with chicken bones.

Tang pleaded guilty to knowingly creating and uploading extremely offensive content with the intent to cause annoyance under Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, according to foreign media reports. 

Judge Sazlina Safie also ordered a four-month prison term if Tang failed to pay the fine. He paid the fine immediately after the verdict.

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The video was first uploaded to the Chinese social media platform Douyin on August 3, 2025, before spreading rapidly to Instagram, where it went viral and drew strong public condemnation.

The video begins with a voiceover stating, “Today we are going to do a kind deed.” It then shows three teenage boys eating fried chicken from a KFC box before saying it would be “a waste” to throw the bones away. They packed the chicken bones with rice and claimed they planned to donate the food.

The boys later handed the food scraps to a homeless man along Jalan Wong Ah Fook in Johor Bahru while recording the interaction.

During mitigation, Tang, who represented himself, requested a minimum fine, expressing remorse and apologising for his actions. He admitted to uploading the video, which was over a minute long.

However, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission deputy public prosecutor Fadhi Ab Wahab urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence, saying the act caused real harm to the victim.

“The victim has also said he felt insulted and angry by the accused’s actions. This was not an act of charity. It was a calculated act of exploitation, using human suffering to create social media content for entertainment and public attention,” he told the court.