TOI correspondent from London: British-born Sikh Vickrum Singh Digwa was convicted this week of murdering 18-year-old Southampton University student Henry Nowak with a 21cm kirpan, a verdict that ignited political demands to ban carrying the ceremonial dagger in public spaces even for religious reasons.
The ruling, delivered by a jury at Southampton Crown Court, also sparked accusations of two-tier policing over officers' treatment of the dying victim, based on Digwa's now-disproven claim that he was provoked by racial abuse.
