In northern India today, thousands of people took to the streets after the brutal murder of a Hindu tailor. Many of the protesters in the city of Udaipur carried saffron flags — a holy color in Hinduism. They were calling for the death penalty for two Muslim men accused of beheading the tailor, Kanhaiyalal Teli. The incident has pushed religious tensions in India to a boiling point. Host Marco Werman spoke to freelance journalist Sushmita Pathak about the incident.
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