Gandhinagar, Sept. 29 -- ADalit lawyer and activistin Gujarat's Kutch district was killed by a man from Mumbai on Monday, allegedly over his social media posts criticising Brahminism,The Indian Expressreported. The accused and five other suspects were arrested on Saturday.

The lawyer, Devji Maheshwari, was a senior member of the Indian Legal Professionals Association and the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation.

Crime Branch official in Mumbai told the newspaper that the accused, identified as Raval, had threatened Maheshwari in the past too. They both belonged to Rapar town in Kutch. "Maheshwari wrote and shared posts critical of Brahminism on his Facebook page," the official said. "Raval disagreed with thos...