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‘I don’t believe that a Muslim killed them’; Sajid slits throats of Hindu minors in Badaun, Islamists and liberals on social media call it a fabricated story

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‘I don’t believe that a Muslim killed them’; Sajid slits throats of Hindu minors in Badaun, Islamists and liberals on social media call it a fabricated story

On Tuesday (19th March), one Sajid killed two Hindu children Ayush and Honey by slitting their throats in their house in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. The accused Sajid has been killed in an encounter. Another accused Javed is also involved in this incident and is on the run. However, now Islamic fundamentalists have also come to the defence of these killers.

Islamic fundamentalists and liberals are trying to prove in this case that there was an old dispute between Sajid-Javed and the families of the deceased children. Through this, they are trying to present this gruesome murder as an outcome of a mutual dispute. Some fundamentalists are worried about why the common people of Badaun vented their anger at Sajid and Javed’s shop and set it ablaze.

One Md Sameed wrote, “Ram Rajya in Uttar Pradesh. Double murder in Badaun district. Brothers Ayush (14 years) and Honey (6 years) were murdered with razors. The accused are salon operators Sajid and Javed. The public set fire to the salon kiosk of the accused. There was some old dispute between both the parties!!”

Shadab Chauhan, who constantly spreads hatred on Twitter and calls himself a spokesman of the Peace Party, seemed more worried that the general public took out anger at Sajid and Javed’s shop. Shadab insisted that anger should not be shown against Javed and Sajid. He wrote, “Remember people, no one has the right to take someone’s life. If someone commits such a heinous crime, we strongly condemn it and demand strict action against the criminals, but this does not mean that some stray mob will go and kill someone. Burn the house. He will also become a criminal in the same way or the police will start doing the work of the court in the name of encounter, it is the job of the court to provide justice to the victims and punishment to the criminals. There can be many differences among the neighbours, there can be a dispute over something but it does not mean that someone becomes a murderer and on the other hand, the people on the other side, in a spirit of revenge, torch the house of a criminal to take revenge. , We condemn both the incidents.”

He also tried to peddle the narrative that there was a dispute between the two families and that is why the murder took place and then the house was burnt. However, it is clear that the house of the accused was not burnt but the salon run by the accused was vandalised. Shadab also said that the encounter killing of Sajid was wrong.

Another account named Babu Khan asserted that the rich get away with murder and that those who slit children’s throats are poor Muslims. Babu Khan, not expressing sensitivity to the murder, saw the Hindu-Muslim angle in this case and said that the killer was Muslim, which is why he was killed in an encounter.

He wrote, “Whoever commits murder, he must be punished. No matter what religion he belongs to. But the new law of India is that if the murderer is a Muslim, he should be punished, but if he is a Hindu, welcome him with garlands of flowers, and take out rallies, this is the new law of India, only for the poor. If the rich commit murders they become a leader, and people also welcome them.”

Another user Abrar Ansari highlighted issues like mob lynching rather than Muslim killers. He wrote, “An accused is accused. His place is in jail and he should get punishment. Otherwise, some people try to save the criminals by taking out rallies and celebrating mob lynching.”

Another person said on this matter that it is a conspiracy of ‘Sangh’. He said that the murder of children by slitting their throats with a razor is a made-up story. He also linked it to elections. He wrote, “The ‘Sangh’ got the job done. Javed was caught so quickly and was even killed. It’s all a ready-made story, many more such stories will come before the elections. Now all the Hindus are pouring out like a flood, praising Yogi and the police and abusing Muslims with hatred. The election atmosphere heated up. This is called the ‘Sangh’ politics.”

He even refused to believe that the murderer was Muslim. He wrote, “I do not believe that a Muslim killed, it is all a lie and a fabricated story like Godhra.”

News channel Aaj Tak also published news in this regard. In the comment section of the news channel Aaj Tak, many Muslims started calling it false news. They insisted that the accused was killed in an encounter because he was a Muslim.

Comments on the Aaj Tak news. Image Source: Screenshot of the comment section

Right now the police investigation is going on in this case and the accused Javed is being searched. Post-mortem of the children killed in the Badaun double murder case is yet to be conducted. A large police force is deployed to maintain law and order in Badaun.

The family of the victim has denied any existing dispute with Sajid and Javed, and said that they used to visit their salon for haircuts. The kids were killed when the two brothers visited their house to borrow ₹5000, and therefore the angle of existing dispute can be dismissed.

Anti-Hindu Delhi riots 2020: Sharjeel Imam terms his seditious speeches as ‘Gandhian’, Police opposes bail plea saying ‘he left no room for peaceful protest’

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Anti-Hindu Delhi riots 2020: Sharjeel Imam terms his seditious speeches as ‘Gandhian’, Police opposes bail plea saying ‘he left no room for peaceful protest’

On Tuesday (19th March), the Delhi Police opposed the bail plea of Sharjeel Imam filed in the Delhi High Court. The bail plea was submitted in a sedition and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case filed against Sharjeel Imam for his provocative speeches in Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University during anti-CAA protests in Delhi on December 13, 2019, and January 16, 2020, respectively.

The police mentioned Imam’s provocative speeches to argue that he rallied people of the ‘minority community’ and propagated ‘chakka jam’ as a means of disruption with “no window for peaceful protest.”

Notably, Sharjeel Imam, United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi, and several others, including Umar Khalid, have been charged under the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly being the masterminds of the February 2020 anti-Hindu riots in North-East Delhi, which killed 53 people and injured over 700 during anti-CAA protests.

On Tuesday Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad said that the protests were part of a scheme by the accused to incite violence during then-US President Donald Trump’s visit. Prasad added that Sharjeel Imam, in his public speeches, advocated the idea of ‘chakka jam’ as a plan of action, adding that “confrontational violence has to happen.”

“His speeches are completely for the purpose of mobilisation. It is targeting ‘you will be finished if you don’t come on roads, you will have nothing left’. All speeches are identical. All are about chakka jam, Babri, triple talaq, CAA and article 370. So mobilisation has been done, chakka jam has been done, confrontation has been done and then the riots happen,” Prasad said.

The Special Public Prosecutor further highlighted Imam’s speech wherein he spoke about “cutting off” the Northeast from the rest of the country by blocking the “chicken neck” corridor.

Meanwhile, Imam’s counsel contended that the accused’s means of disruption was ‘Gandhian’ and that he did not make calls for violence or terrorist act in his speeches.

This comes after the court rejected Sharjeel Imam’s statutory bail plea last month. While rejecting the plea, the Court had noted that even though Sharjeel Imam did not ask anyone to pick up weapons, his speeches captured the minds of people of “a particular community” and might be the reason for the outbreak of riots in the city. The next hearing in the matter is to take place on 20th March.

Sharjeel Imam was arrested by Delhi Police on 28th January 2020, from Bihar over inflammatory speeches against the Citizenship Amendment Act, advocating for the secession of Assam from the rest of India.

The accusations against Sharjeel Imam were framed under sections 124A (sedition), 153A, 153B, 505 of the IPC, and 13 of the UAPA as per Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat.

Imam has been charged with sedition, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, imputations prejudicial to national integration, and public mischief under the Indian Penal Code, and indulging in unlawful activities under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against Sharjeel Imam in the matter, alleging that he offered statements inciting hatred, contempt, and disaffection toward the central government, as well as instigating the people who resulted in the December 2019 riots.

In January 2022, Delhi’s Karkardooma court slapped a fresh sedition charge against Sharjeel Imam over his provocative anti-CAA speeches.

Multiple FIRs were filed against Imam for a speech in which he allegedly asked the protestors to cut off Assam from India. FIRs were filed at Police stations in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. He also got bail in the cases filed at Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Imam was accused of making provocative speeches outside Jamia Milia Islamia University in December 2019 that led to violence outside the campus. In April 2020, he was charged with sedition by Delhi Police. According to the FIR, his speech promoted enmity between communities that led to the riots at the area where the University is located.

Another FIR in the Jamia case was registered against Imam in the Aligarh district. Both FIRs were registered in January 2020 under Sections 124 A (sedition) and 153 A (promoting or attempting to promote disharmony or feelings of enmity on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community or any other ground whatsoever), 153B (making statements provoking breach of peace) and 505(2) (statements made which are alarming, false intention to create disharmony) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Badaun: After barber Sajid killed two Hindu children, enraged locals set fire to the shop of the murderer, take to the streets demanding justice

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Badaun: After barber Sajid killed two Hindu children, enraged locals set fire to the shop of the murderer, take to the streets demanding justice

Tensions flared up late night on Tuesday, 19th March, after Sajid slit the throats of two Hindu boys identified as Ayush, 14 and Honey, and injured a third child named Piyush. Sajid was killed in counter-fire by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

As per reports, as soon as locals heard the screams of the mother, they dragged her outside the house and shut the door. However, Sajid managed to escape. He was chased by the police and encountered.

Enraged, locals assembled in the area and vandalised Sajid’s salon shop and set it on fire. Some more shops near the salon were set ablaze by the angry crowd. As per reports, the angry crowd were nearing the place of worship of a particularly community, implying a mosque, in the area when the police stopped them.

Videos doing the rounds on social media show angry residents confronting the police authorities at the spot and raising slogans against the administration. They can be heard narrating to the police the brutality of the crime.

The angry locals also reached the police station and began sloganeering. As per reports, the SSP tried to reason with the crowd. Heavy police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in the area to prevent the tensions from escalating.

Suspecting that the accused was inside the police station, the crowd also attempted to set fire to the police station by pouring petrol on the premises.

It was reportedly after the demonstration by the locals that Sajid was killed in the encounter. SSP Alok Priyadarshi gave orders to shut all markets in the city.

Vehicle movement was stopped on Majhiya road leading to a crowd jam near the police station. The crowd was eventually disbursed. Demonstrations were made by locals at the site of murder too.

As per reports, the police also raided the family of the accused Sajid in Sakhanu in the Alapur Police Station area where his family lives.

Meanwhile, SSP Priyadarshi has said that the situation is under control now and there is no problem in the city. The police are also closely monitoring social media.

A flag march was held by the police on Wednesday morning, 20th March.

Further investigation has revealed that Sajid used to frequent the house of the victim as his shop was located right opposite their residence.

After murder of Hindu children by Sajid, Taliban-loving Islamist Shadab Chouhan condemns police encounter, had incited violence in Haldwani too

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After murder of Hindu children by Sajid, Taliban-loving Islamist Shadab Chouhan condemns police encounter, had incited violence in Haldwani too

A horrific double murder of two minor Hindu children in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district has sent shockwaves across the country. The minor children were murdered by accused Sajid and Javed after slitting their throats on the 19th of March. While the gruesome murder of two innocent Hindu children has angered the country, the Islamists have come out in defence of accused Sajid who was neutralised by the Uttar Pradesh Police in an encounter last night.

On Tuesday, Shadab Chouhan, a Peace Party spokesperson and full-time Islamist said that the Police should not have killed the accused Sajid in an encounter. The Taliban-loving Islamist was also miffed with the ‘stray mob’ for allegedly burning down the accused’s barber shop.

In an X post (archive), Shadab Chouhan wrote, “If someone commits such a heinous crime, we strongly condemn it and demand strict action against the culprits, but that does not mean that a bunch of stray mobs can go and burn someone’s house. He will also become a criminal in the same way or the police start working in the name of encounter, it is the job of the court that the victims get justice and the criminals are punished.”

“There can be many differences among the neighbours, there can be disputes about something, but this does not mean that someone becomes a murderer and on the other hand also the people in front of him burn his house to take revenge on a criminal, we condemn both the incidents,” Chauhan continued.

Unsurprisingly, Islamist Shadab Chouhan adopted a Janusian approach in the matter since the accused are his co-religionists. On one hand he is ‘condemning’ the heinous crime of Sajid and another accused Javed, on the other he is calling the agitated locals as ‘stray mob’ for allegedly burning down the “someone’s” house. Moreover, the Islamist also criticised Uttar Pradesh Police for killing accused Sajid in an encounter, as if it was a revenge exercise. However, contrary to his assertions Badaun SSP Alok Priyadarshi has informed that accused Sajid was trying to escape and had opened fire on police officials. Consequently, he was killed in a retaliatory fire.

“The accused Sajid…entered the house yesterday at around 7:30 pm and went to the terrace where the children were playing. He attacked the two children and murdered them. He then came down where the crowd tried to hold him back but he escaped…Police teams swung into action when they got to know that the accused had escaped…The accused fired at the police and was killed in retaliatory fire. The murder weapon and the revolver have been recovered…In the FIR, the family of the deceased children has also named the brother, Javed of the accused. Teams are working to find him and he will be arrested soon…According to the family, the accused had demanded Rs 5,000 from the father of the deceased children…” Badaun SSP said.

Notably, the agitated locals had reportedly burnt down the accused’s barber shop after learning about their horrifying deed. It is impossible for an Islamist like Shadab Chouhan to condemn a crime involving his co-religionist as accused without downplaying the crime, criticising the police and angry locals more than the criminal. In his post, Chauhan said that no matter how heinous the crime is, an “Aawara Bheed ka jhund” cannot burn “someone’s” house as if the locals burnt down a random person’s house. While violence in any case is not justified, the burning down of the accused barber shop is merely a reaction of the people over the gruesome murder of two innocent children.

If the crowd actually wanted to exact revenge, or deliver ‘mob justice’ they would have burnt the accused Sajid, not his shop.

Shadab Chouhan had a different reaction during Haldwani violence, he didn’t believe in ‘court justice’ then

Interestingly, while Shadab Chouhan is upset with the locals setting accused Sajid’s shop ablaze he himself had been at the forefront of inciting the riots in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani earlier this year. As we reported last month, Shadab Chouhan had posted provocative posts on X to instigate his co-religionists against the Uniform Civil Code.

“Open your ears and listen, CM Pushkar Dhami. No one has the guts to stop the Muslims in India from following the diktat of Allah and the ways of Prophet Muhammad. You are committing a big mistake if you consider us as weak. You do not have any idea of our power and might. We are ready for all forms of ‘constitutional struggle’,” one such post by Chauhan read.

It must be recalled that Islamists had resorted to stone pelting and arson in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani area on the 8th of February this year. The frenzied mob attacked authorities who went there to demolish a madrasa, which was built on illegally encroached govt land near the Banbhulpura police station, as per a court order. The Islamists pelted stones at the policemen and Haldwani Municipal Corporation workers present there. Later, they surrounded the police station and went on to set fire to the vehicles stationed outside the Banbhulpura police station. The rioters injured over 100 police personnel.

Notably, back in 2021, Shadab Chouhan had hailed the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. “On the auspicious occasion our #IndependenceDay we got information that #Talibans entered in #Kabul peacefully. We congratulate them and hope they will run govt as per Ahkam e Ilahi Nizam e Mustafa, where any discrimination didn’t have place. We believe in peace & justice”, Shadab posted on X on 15th August 2021. The Islamist, however, deleted his X post later after facing backlash (not from his Indian co-religionists though).

Shadab Chouhan also has a history of threatening journalists like Aman Chopra in addition to supporting the persecution of Muslim women, protesting against the imposition of hijab in Iran.

‘Pelted stones, kept attacking, wanted to kill’: Union Minister Nitish Pramanik says TMC goons led by West Bengal minister Udayan Guha attacked him. Read details

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‘Pelted stones, kept attacking, wanted to kill’: Union Minister Nitish Pramanik says TMC goons led by West Bengal minister Udayan Guha attacked him. Read details

On Tuesday (19th March), West Bengal’s cabinet minister Trinamool Congress Party’s leader Udayan Guha and his supporters allegedly attacked Union Minister of States Nisith Pramanik in Dinhata of West Bengal. The incident took place when Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate from Coochbehar Nisith Pramanik was returning from his campaign at Chowdhury Hat. Reportedly, Udayan Guha was coming back from Dinhata municipality chairman Gourishankar Maheshwari’s house where Maheshwari’s birthday was celebrated in the presence of several TMC workers.

These workers accompanied Guha on his way back where they encountered the union minister, tried to halt his convoy, and attacked him. Nisith Pramanik said in a media interaction that the TMC goons led by Udayan Guha wanted to kill him.

Dinhata SDPO Dhiman Mitra got injured in this incident. He received a head injury and was immediately admitted to a hospital. SDPO Mitra, arriving at the scene with a contingent to restore order, was struck on the head with a stick. He was not in uniform at the time. Additionally, two others suffered injuries.

A heavy police force was deployed in the area even after the police pacified the matter. Meanwhile, the TMC has called for a 24-hour bandh on Wednesday (20th March) after this incident. This is the first attack by the TMC goons on the BJP leaders and workers in West Bengal since the announcement of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections.

BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya posted from his X handle, “TMC goons attack Union Minister and BJP’s Coochbehar candidate Nishith Pramanik. The cars in his convoy were vandalised. Udayan Guha, minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet, lead the gang of armed criminals… This kind of state-sponsored crime signals the complete breakdown of law and order.”

While talking to the media about the incident, Nisith Pramanik said, “While returning from our scheduled campaigning program, we witnessed a TMC program. However, a group of TMC workers suddenly pelted stones at us, targeting our vehicle. They started attacking our vehicle with sharp objects. My convoy advanced a little then and the vehicles behind my convoy were under attack. My vehicle was also damaged.”

He added, “Later, I got down from my car when our vehicles were attacked. Udayan Guha with his TMC goons kept advancing towards us and attacking us. It’s really shameful how a public representative does hooliganism publicly. Before this, we have seen a close associate of Udayan Guha threatening the local businessmen in Cooch Behar. Tomorrow is Holi and TMC calls for a bandh before Holi Celebration. First, they attacked my convoy today, then they have called for a bandh ahead of Holl celebrations.”

TMC Minister Udayan Guha called for a 24-hour bandh in Dinhata, Coochbehar tomorrow in protest of what he called the “torture by central forces and Nisith Pramanik on people and police.” He said, “I was celebrating Municipality chairman Gourishankar Maheswari’s birthday when Nitish Pramanik’s convoy was crossing. He said certain things from his car and the TMC workers raised slogans ‘Jal Bangla’, later the BJP people came with sticks and bamboo in their hands and started beating people up, even people in the street were injured.”

‘I gave him tea & Rs 5000 which he asked for his wife’s delivery’: Bereaved mother narrates how Sajid & Javed emotionally blackmailed her before butchering her boys

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‘I gave him tea & Rs 5000 which he asked for his wife’s delivery’: Bereaved mother narrates how Sajid & Javed emotionally blackmailed her before butchering her boys

Sajid and Javed cut open the throats of two minor boys in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Tuesday, 19th March sending a shockwave across the country. Sajid was killed in an encounter by the UP Police whereas a search for Javed is underway.

A third boy was also attacked, however, he escaped. The police are investigating the motive behind the spine-chilling murder.

The accused had entered the house of the victim fully prepared with weapons and their plan to butcher the innocent Ayush, 14 and Honey, 6.

Narrating the sequence of events, the mother of the deceased said that there were two accused and one had run away. Her account reveals that the accused laid an emotional blackmail trap by mentioning the delivery of his child and how he had lost several kids.

“One had shut shop early and he was waiting downstairs,” she said adding that both of them visited their house.

The mother added, “They first asked for clature, so I gave them 3 clature and they gave me Rs 50 and I returned Rs 5 and told them it’s Rs 15 each and Rs 45 total. They said ok. Then they said they have come for some work and need Rs 5000.”

The mother of the deceased said that she called her husband and told him that Javed and that (Sajid) are asking for money. “My husband said no issues, they are right kids, give them, they must have some issue,” she said.

The bereaved mother narrated that the accused told her that they were given the time of 11 AM at the hospital as his wife was to give birth.

“He said he lost 5 of his kids and that his kids don’t survive. I said it’s alright, everyone faces problems, you sit here. You go at 9 when you shut shop,” she told the accused not aware of their intentions.

The mother further narrated that she served them tea. “He ordered tea upstairs, I thought alright I’ll take the tea upstairs, maybe he is just passing time, he must be anxious. Then he called the children upstairs. He engaged the elder one and told the youngest to get water and told the middle child to get gutka (tobacco),” she said.

“My children never bring gutkah for anyone. When the child went with a glass, he held him and the glass fell from his (the child’s) hand. I asked but I didn’t hear back. I thought maybe he didn’t respond,” the mother narrated.

She said that the accused was heading downstairs with a knife and covered in blood when he grabbed the middle child too. “The knife fell from the hands of the accused so the child escaped and came down running,” she said.

The mother said that the second accused, Javed, was sitting downstairs throughout the murder. The mother added that the two accused shut their shop at 8 PM every day but on Tuesday they shut it at 6 PM.

Meanwhile, the father of the deceased said that two brothers were involved. He said that there were no ties of the family with the accused as such besides that sometimes he, the father, would get a haircut from the salon of the accused.

The father said he doesn’t know why this has happened or whether someone has made this happen. He said that the middle child who escaped is fine now.

While Sajid has been killed in an encounter, a search for Javed is underway. The police said that he will be arrested soon.

Umesh Kolhe, butchered for supporting ex-BJP leader Nupur Sharma, had also helped his murderer Dr. Yusuf Khan

Medical store owner Umesh Kolhe was brutally murdered in Amravati by Islamists for supporting ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Kolhe considered the instigator Dr. Yusuf Khan, as his friend. Khan was the eldest of the arrested accused instigated all the murderers for this murder.

Dr. Yusuf Khan was a good friend of Umesh Kolhe who had helped him many times. Dr. Yusuf Khan was the admin of the WhatsApp group in which Umesh Kolhe had shared a post supporting former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma, which led to his murder.

Umesh Kolhe’s murderers were all closely related, as several of them worked with an NGO run by the key conspirator Sheikh Irfan, who was identified as the mastermind behind the crime.

Veterinary doctor Yusuf Khan and chemist Umesh Kolhe knew each other for the past several years, and they were good friends. Yusuf Khan often sought help from Umesh Kolhe who seldom disappointed his friend.

He used to lend money to Yusuf Khan in hours of need. Umesh Kolhe had helped Dr. Yusuf Khan at the time of his sister’s wedding and his children’s admissions too. Despite such good relations, Dr. Yusuf Khan conspired to kill Umesh Kolhe.

Dr. Yusuf Khan is the eldest among the arrested accused. He was supposed to keep a watch on viral messages on social media and identify the targets. He was the admin of the group called Black Freedom in which Umesh Kolhe had shared a post supporting Nupur Sharma.

Dr Yusuf Khan shared this information with another group called Rahebariya and informed his friends Sheikh Irrfan and others, and created hatred in their minds for Umesh Kolhe.

Zomato says that its newly launched ‘Pure Vegetarian’ fleet will continue to wear red instead of green, as previously announced: Here is their statement

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Zomato says that its newly launched ‘Pure Vegetarian’ fleet will continue to wear red instead of green, as previously announced: Here is their statement

Popular food delivery and restaurant aggregator company Zomato has decided that its newly introduced ‘Pure Vegetarian’ delivery fleet will continue to wear Zomato’s trademark red instead of green as originally conceived by the delivery start-up. 

“All our riders — both our regular fleet, and our fleet for vegetarians, will wear the colour red,” Deepinder Goyal said on Wednesday in its latest update. 

“This means that the fleet meant for vegetarian orders will not be identifiable on the ground (but will show on the app that your veg orders will be served by the veg only fleet). This will ensure that our red uniform delivery partners are not incorrectly associated with non-veg food, and blocked by any RWAs or societies during any special days… our rider’s physical safety is of paramount importance to us. We now realise that even some of our customers could get into trouble with their landlords, and that would not be a nice if that happened because of us” Goyal said in his post on X. 

Earlier on Tuesday, Zomato said it had launched a ‘Pure Veg’ delivery fleet to serve customers with purely vegetarian dietary preferences. Zomato said this segment was introduced after getting feedback from purely vegetarian customers who are very particular about how their food is cooked, and how their food is handled. 

Zomato had said that the ‘Pure Veg’ delivery mode would consist of a curation of restaurants that serve only pure vegetarian food and will exclude all restaurants which serve any non-veg food item. 

“Our dedicated Pure Veg Fleet will only serve orders from these pure veg restaurants. This means that a non-veg meal, or even a veg meal served by a non-veg restaurant will never go inside the green delivery box meant for our Pure Veg Fleet,” said Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal in a post on his X timeline. 

In his comments on X, the Zomato founder said that the concept of a ‘Pure Veg’ fleet had drawn overwhelming response from customers. 

“I have received an overwhelmingly positive response on this launch from so many people. A lot of comments from young people who eat non-veg food saying “now my parents can also use Zomato”. I would like to repeat that this feature strictly serves a dietary preference. And I know there are a lot of customers who would never order food from a restaurant which serves meat, irrespective of their religion/caste” Goyal posted. 

“But why did we need to separate the fleets? Because despite everyone’s best efforts, sometimes the food spills into the delivery boxes. In those cases, the smell of the previous order travels to the next order, and may lead to the next order smelling of the previous order. For this reason, we had to separate the fleet for veg orders. Please note that participation in our Veg delivery fleet will not discriminate on the basis of our delivery partner’s dietary preferences” he added. 

“There’s an opinion that some societies and RWAs will now not let our regular fleet in. We will stay alert for any such cases and work with these RWAs to not let this happen. We understand our social responsibility due to this change, and we will not back down from solving it when the need arises. And I promise, that if we see any significant negative social repercussions of this change, we will roll it back in a heartbeat” he further said. 

To start with, Deepinder Goyal himself stepped out to deliver some pure veg orders with his delivery partners. This feature will see a phased rollout across the country in the next few weeks. 

Deepinder Goyal said Zomato also plans to add more specialised fleets for special customer needs. It said a special cake delivery fleet is coming up with hydraulic balancers which will prevent the cake from getting smudged during delivery. 

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Badaun Murder: Sajid had asked for tea before brutally killing Ayush and Honey, injuring Piyush inside their home

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Badaun Murder: Sajid had asked for tea before brutally killing Ayush and Honey, injuring Piyush inside their home

On 19th March, Uttar Pradesh Police killed the main accused Sajid in an encounter in the Badaun murder case. Two minor kids, Ayush and Honey, were brutally murdered by Sajid. Shocking details of the incident have surfaced since the murder. As per reports, Sajid distracted the mother of the victims by asking her to prepare tea for him.

The victim and accused lived in Baba Colony. The mother of the victims runs a beauty parlour from home. She was alone with her children when the incident took place. Sajid, the accused in the case, owned a salon opposite the beauty parlour. He shut his shop early and went home. At around 7.30 PM, Sajid went to the house of Vinod Singh, father of the deceased kids. He asked the victims’ mother to prepare tea for him.

While the mother was preparing tea, he went upstairs where the children were playing. Suddenly, he attacked the three children of Vinod with his shaving blade. Two of the kids died on the spot, while the third one, Piyush, was injured. He was rushed to the hospital, where he is getting treated for the injuries. The incident occurred only a few meters from Mandi Police Station under Civil Lines Police Lines.

Deputy General of Police Prashant Kumar said in a statement that the accused was killed in an encounter hours after the incident. The locals were agitated following the incident, but the police managed to maintain law and order.

Badaun murder case: Two innocent minors killed by Sajid in Badaun

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in the Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh, two minor Hindu children were murdered by accused Sajid after slitting their throats. A third child also suffered severe injuries on the neck, he is currently being treated at the hospital. Members of Hindu organisations, along with the relatives of the deceased, have gathered at the police station in protest after the murders. The victim’s family members say that the accused Sajid and Javed slit the throats of the deceased children. The family members have said that the accused even drank the blood of the victims after murdering them.

When the police tried to catch the accused, he opened fire at them. He was shot dead in the encounter. The family said Sajid’s brother Javed was with him. The police was looking for Javed at the time this report was published. Further investigation into the Badaun murder case is underway.

Uttar Pradesh: Sajid kills 2 Hindu children by cutting open their throats with a razor, tries to kill another child, killed in encounter

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Uttar Pradesh: Sajid kills 2 Hindu children by cutting open their throats with a razor, tries to kill another child, killed in encounter

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh, two minor Hindu children have been murdered by accused Sajid after slitting their throats. A third child also suffered severe injuries on the neck, he is currently being treated at the hospital. Sajid was accompanied by his brother Javed, who is on the run and search for him is underway.

Members of Hindu organisations, along with the relatives of the deceased, have gathered at the police station in protest after the murders. The victim’s family members say that the throats of the deceased children were slit by the accused Sajid. The family members have said that the accused even drank blood of the victims after murdering them.

The accused Sajid and Javed run a salon. One of the accused Sajid has been killed in an encounter with police after the murders. A large number of police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed at the location to maintain law and order.

This incident is being reported from Civil Lines area of Badaun. Vinod’s family lives on the third floor of a house in Baba Colony here. Vinod’s wife worked in a beauty parlor. Vinod works as a water tank contractor in Ghazipur. The couple was not at home at the time of the incident. Their three children were present at home. Sajid reached their house at 6 pm on Tuesday evening. He took the children inside the house on the pretext of feeding them something. After locking them inside a room, he slit the necks of all the children one by one using a razor.

The deceased children are 14-year-old Ayush and 6-year-old Honey. Javed also tried to slit the neck of the third child in the house, however, he somehow freed himself and ran away. The injured child is undergoing treatment in the hospital. Hearing the screams of the children, people started gathering at the spot. Seeing the gathering of people, Javed ran away.

The family members have said that Sajid even drank the blood of the children after murdering them. IG Range has said that a proper investigation will be conducted about the allegations.

Police started searching for the absconding accused after being notified of the crime. Ultimately, Sajid was caught by the police. Sajid attacked the police and tried to escape, after which he was killed in an encounter. Along with Sajid, another youth named Javed is also reportedly involved in this crime. Angered by the murders, people vandalised a salon in the city, which apparently belonged to Sajid.

Paramilitary forces have been deployed to handle the situation and maintain law and order.

Shattered Hanuman idol, put shoes on Hindu deity during 2002 riots: Know Hindu-hate history of Rafiq who attempted to burn 12 labour families in Anjar

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Shattered Hanuman idol, put shoes on Hindu deity during 2002 riots: Know Hindu-hate history of Rafiq who attempted to burn 12 labour families in Anjar

On Sunday (17th March), early in the morning, a contractor Mohammad Rafiq in Anjar of the Kutch district in Gujarat set ablaze 12 huts of daily wage labourers in an attempt to burn them alive along with their families. The accused torched the huts located in the Mochi Bazar near Khatri Chowk in Anjar because the workers refused to work for him unless he paid their pending dues for the earlier work.

While the police action against Rafiq is underway after his arrest, it has come to the fore that the accused is a history-sheeter and has been in jail previously for deliberately demeaning the Hindu religion. As per the reports, during the 2002 riots, Mohammad Rafiq and his associates smashed the eyes of the deity at Anjar’s Hanumanji shrine and dismembered it. Rafiq also put a necklace of shoes on Lord Hanumanji’s idol. He was then charged with offending Hindu emotions and for taking part in the 2002 riots after which the court sentenced him to three years in prison.

A copy of the court order of the Anjar court is available with OpIndia. According to the court order, on the night of April 2, 2002, the accused Mohammad Rafiq Kasam Kumbar and Dilawar Viram Raima had offended the faith of Hindus by breaking the idol at Hanumanji temple in Turiawad area of ​​Anjar. At that time the accused Mohammad Rafiq was only 19 years old. The court order stated that these two accused entered the Piplia Hanumanji temple at night. Further, both the accused together removed the eyes of Hanumanji’s statue and threw them away. Apart from this, the idol was damaged in many ways.

Not only that, but both of the accused had painted the idol of Hanumanji green and garlanded it with shoes. While all this was happening, the home guard Jawan present had left for some task. When he returned, he saw that someone had desecrated the Hanumanji temple. Later it was discovered that the act committed by the accused was part of the 2002 Gujarat riots which were still ongoing at that time. 

The police arrested both the accused and produced them before the court

During 2002 riots, there were serious tensions in Gujarat. Even this incident in Anjar was a shock to the Hindus. The members of the Hindu community then registered a police case in this matter and the Anjar Police booked the accused under sections 457, 295, 295-K, 153-K, and 120-B of the IPC. Later, the police also filed a charge sheet against the accused in the court.

Both accused parties denied having committed the crime when questioned by the court. The Hindu party’s representatives gave the court 28 pieces of evidence, including witness testimony. Many other people’s testimonies were also obtained in addition to this.

Attorneys for the prosecution, AK Tiwari, and for the accused, N.V. Rathore and SH Palan were locked in a protracted debate. Years of hearings were held in the interim period. On August 28, 2014, the Anjar Court issued the final ruling following the hearing of the parties’ closing arguments.

The court awarded three years of rigorous imprisonment to Rafiq

After rendering a final ruling, the court sentenced accused Dilawar and Muhammad Rafiq to three years in prison under Section 248(2) of the CrPC as well as Sections 457, 295, 295-A, 153-A, and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In addition, a ₹5,000 fine was also imposed by the court.

The accused Rafiq was convicted of his role in the 2002 riots and sentenced to three years in prison in 2014. On Sunday, seven years after end of his jail term, Rafiq committed another crime. He attempted to burn alive 12 Hindu labour families who lived in Anjar’s slums. He used to carry out contracting jobs without paying the employees. When the workers sought payment, Rafiq became enraged and tried to burn the labourers.

OpIndia contacted the Anjar Police to get more information on the matter. We spoke to PI Sisodia of Anjar Police Station. Confirming the incident, PI Sisodia told OpIndia, “I came to know about the incident through a phone call at around 8:30 am. As soon as we were informed, we reached the spot along with a team of personnel from our police station.”

“Upon reaching there, we saw that all the huts were burnt to ashes,” the PI told OpIndia, “but it was a relief that there were no casualties. We immediately initiated action.”

Explaining the reason behind the fire, the PI said, “There was a rift between the complainants and the accused Rafiq, because of that, he committed this act. Within two and a half hours of filing the complaint, our team of Anjar Police arrested Rafiq from the railway station. Proceedings in this matter are ongoing as per the norms.”

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