Like most people in the village, Pehlu’s family too heard about it after a WhatsApp photograph made its way to Jaisinghpur village in Haryana’s Nuh. Most people in the village received the newsof Junaid’s killing via Facebook and WhatsApp before television and newspapers reported the incident. What is happening?” said Pehlu’s 25-year- old son Irshad, as his brothers Arif and Mubarik nodded in agreement. Sitting at a tea stall outside the village was Nijru Khan, a villager who knew all about the Junaid case. Recalling what happened to his friend Pehlu and Junaid, he said, “Anyone on the road can abuse and harass us today.

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2017 19:30 UTC