The name Mohammad Deepak has been trending widely on social media, with users sharing reels, posts and debates around it. Many have been left wondering who this person is and why his name, a mix of Muslim and Hindu identities, is drawing attention.

The political battle between the Assam Congress and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has intensified ahead of next year’s Legislative Assembly elections.

The judiciary will “teach a lesson to the police,” the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has said, pointing out that a man was “beaten to death for nothing”.