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DMK leader calls Hindu religion a menace; US cop jokes after running car over Indian student; more

After comparing Sanatan Dharma to diseases like leprosy and HIV, now DMK leader A Raja has called 'Hindu religion a menace not only to India but to the world'. Earlier on September 7, A Raja had likened Sanatan Dharma to diseases like leprosy and HIV which had social stigma, prompting the BJP to accuse opposition leaders of suffering from "deep-rooted Hinduphobia".

A US police officer who struck and killed an Indian grad student in January this year was heard joking about the accident in bodycam video. The Seattle cop ran over the 23-year-old Northeast University graduate student while responding to a call. A Seattle police watchdog agency is investigating rank-and-file union leaders over body-camera audio in which they laugh, joke about and downplay the death of the woman, suggesting her life had “limited value” and that the city should “just write a check.”

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