{"id":619698,"date":"2026-06-03T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619698\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:00:08","slug":"protests-erupt-as-u-k-police-face-criticism-over-handcuffed-students-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619698\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests Erupt as U.K. Police Face Criticism Over Handcuffed Student\u2019s Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">However, the Sikh Federation (UK) has disputed that characterization, saying the blade used by Digwa was not a kirpan.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Some prominent right-wing figures, including Restore Britain party leader <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RupertLowe10\/status\/2059979930620870827\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rupert Lowe<\/a> and Reform UK spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZiaYusufUK\/status\/2060299963976847443\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zia Yusuf<\/a>, have called for the right to carry a kirpan in public to be repealed.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Labour lawmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TanDhesi\/status\/2061821422746370151\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi,<\/a> who is Sikh, has accused those political parties of deciding to \u201cpoliticize people\u2019s pain, attacking the Sikh community for wearing the kirpan and wanting it banned, even though the kirpan was not used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Jas Singh, an adviser to the Sikh Federation, tells TIME there is \u201ca collective feeling of grief, worry, genuine concern and fear\u201d among the Sikh community following the fallout from Nowak\u2019s murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">The comments being made by right-wing figures are \u201chighly irresponsible and dangerous,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Singh tells TIME that since Digwa\u2019s arrest in December, he has heard from dozens in the Sikh community who have been targeted with violence and harassment because of their faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, the Sikh Federation (UK) has disputed that characterization, saying the blade used by Digwa was not 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