Mumbai girl gets death threat over social media post on Udaipur killing

     Mumbai, Jul 6 (PTI) Mumbai police have registered an offence against an unidentified person for allegedly threatening to kill a 16-year-old city-based girl over her Facebook post on the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur, an official said on Wednesday. <br>        The girl, a resident of Girgaon in south Mumbai, lodged a complaint at V P Road police station in this connection, he said. <br>        "The girl had made some remarks over the killing of Kanhaiya Lal on her Facebook wall. After that, an unidentified person made a WhatsApp call to her and threatened to kill her for her comments in the post," the official said. <br>        "Based on her complaint, an offence was registered against the unidentified person for threatening to kill her," he said, adding that a probe is underway.<br>        Kanhaiya Lal was murdered at his shop in Rajasthan's Udaipur city on June 28 for posting a message on social media supporting Nupur Sharma, who has been suspended by the BJP for making controversial comments about Prophet Mohammad. <br>        A week before that - on June 21 - chemist Umesh Kolhe was killed in Maharashtra's Amravati city for the same reason, officials have said. PTI DC <br> <br>NP   NP

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