New Delhi, 20 March 2022

As per news report of NDTV, In a First Information Report, lawyer Umapathi S alleged he received a video message on WhatsApp that gave an "open threat of murder" to Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi. The hijab is not an essential religious practice, the Karnataka High Court had said as it backed a ban on hijabs in classrooms on Tuesday, weeks after violent protests in many parts of the state against the restriction. "I was shocked to see the video and its content. That's why I immediately approached the (high court) Registrar," the lawyer told NDTV. In a letter to Registrar, the lawyer said, "I received WhatsApp video message around 9:45 am from my contacts. The said video message is in Tamil language and after listening the same I was shocked to know the open threat of murder and target Hon'ble Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court and others in the wake of recent judgment of Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka banning of hijab."

Source - NDTV
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