Nehru's descendant faces hate-crime charges

The great-grandson of India’s first prime minister is to be charged with inciting hatred against Muslims during a speech at a political rally.

Varun Gandhi, 29, descendant of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, a founding father of India’s secular democracy, compared a Muslim political rival to Osama Bin Laden and pledged during the rally ahead of next month’s national vote to “cut their throats after elections”.