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ED issues show-cause notices to Xiaomi and three banks over FEMA violation in illegal remittances

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ED issues show-cause notices to Xiaomi and three banks over FEMA violation in illegal remittances

The Adjudicating Authority has issued show-cause notices to Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited, its officials and three banks under section 16 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act on the basis of a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) with respect to illegal remittances made by the company to the tune of Rs.5551.27 crore, an official statement said on Friday.

The show cause notices were issued to the company along with Manu Kumar Jain, ex-managing director and Sameer B Rao, present director and chief financial officer of the company. The Adjudicating Authority also issued show cause notices to three banks — CITI Bank, HSBC Bank and Deutsche Bank AG — for contravention of Section 10(4) and 10(5) of FEMA and directions issued by RBI by allowing foreign outward remittances in the name of Royalty through the banks without conducting due diligence and without obtaining any underlying Technical Collaboration Agreement from the company, the statement said.

Earlier, ED had seized Rs 5551.27 crore of M/s Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited lying in its bank accounts under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999, for unauthorised remittance of this amount in the guise of Royalty abroad by the company, the statement added.

The competent authority, appointed under Section 37A of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, has confirmed the said seizure order.

The authority, while confirming the seizure, held that ED is right in holding that foreign exchange equivalent to INR 5551.27 crore has been transferred out of India by Xiaomi India in an unauthorised manner and is held outside India on behalf of the group entity in contravention of Section 4 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the same is liable to be seized in terms of provisions of Section 37A of the FEMA, the statement further said.

The authority also observed that payment of royalty is nothing but a tool to transfer the foreign exchange out of India and the same is in blatant violation of the provisions of FEMA.

According to the statement, ED had initiated an investigation in connection with the illegal remittances made by the company last year. During the investigation under FEMA, it was found that the company had remitted foreign currency equivalent to INR 5551.27 crore to three foreign-based entities, including one Xiaomi group entity, in the guise of royalty.

Under the cover of various unrelated documentary facade created amongst the group entities, the company remitted this amount in the guise of Royalty abroad which constitute a violation of Section 4 of the FEMA.

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

Maharashtra: Illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan built by AIMIM MLA in Dhule bulldozed after local Hindus filed a complaint

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Maharashtra: Illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan built by AIMIM MLA in Dhule bulldozed after local Hindus filed a complaint

On 8th June 2023, an illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan built in a square in Dhule was bulldozed by the local municipal corporation after local Hindus raised a complaint against it. This Tipu Sultan memorial was built right in the middle of the 100-feet wide road by the local All India Majlis e Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA Dr Farooq Anwar Shah to appease the Muslims who are a majority in the nearby Vadjai Road area.

The Dhule unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha had written a letter to the Home Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of the state Devendra Fadnavis in this regard. The copies of the letter were also given to the local SP and the commissioner of the municipal corporation of Dhule. The letter said, “In Dhule city, a 100-feet road has been constructed by the municipal corporation starting from D-Mart to the bypass highway. There is a lot of traffic on this road. Also, both sides of the road are home to most Muslims.”

Advocate Rohit Chandode of the BJYM further wrote in this letter, “Dhule city MLA Dr Farooq Shah has played with the sentiments of Hindus and misused his official position by constructing a memorial of the anti-Hindu tyrant Tipu Sultan without any government permission at the intersection square between 100-feet Road and Vadjai Road in the Muslim area of Dhule city.”

The letter demanded strict action as it said, “I request the municipal administration to take action to demolish the construction of this illegal monument so that the peace of the city remains intact. The concerned should be directed to take action to register a case against Farooq Shah under the City Defacement Act.”

On 8th June 2023, late in the night, the illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan was bulldozed by the local administration. No violence, protests, or law and order situation was reported during or after the demolition.

Recently a temple was vandalised in the city

Notably, the idol of Lord Ram in the Ram Temple situated in the Moghalai area of Dhule city was desecrated on the night of 6th June 2023 by unknown antisocial elements. The incident caused tensions in the city.

Police have arrested three suspects. Following the incident, the encroachment was removed in the afternoon after a complaint was received that an illegal business was operating at night in the shed set up illegally near the temple.

A local family is responsible for offering regular prayers at the temple. The family forgot to lock the temple door on Tuesday night. Seeing this opportunity, unknown miscreants created a ruckus in the middle of the night. They desecrated the idol of Lord Ram by pouring alcohol. The incident came to light when devotees came for worship in the morning. A case in this regard was registered at the city police station. The police said that all three suspects arrested are from the Hindu Bhoir community and therefore there is no communal angle in this case. However, tension prevailed in the city.

‘Naseeruddin Shah said such a cheap and childish thing’: Mukesh Khanna lambasts Shah for his recent “Muslim hating” comment

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‘Naseeruddin Shah said such a cheap and childish thing’: Mukesh Khanna lambasts Shah for his recent “Muslim hating” comment

Mukesh Khanna, renowned for portraying Shaktimaan in the show with the same name and Bhishma in B. R. Chopra’s Mahabharat, has lashed out at Naseeruddin Shah for his prejudiced assertions. Shah recently alleged that it is currently popular to hate Muslims and even educated people despise them. Mukesh Khanna responded to the statement by recounting all the love jihad incidences and questioned how Muslims are endangered in the nation.

He used his YouTube channel ‘Bhishma International’ to discuss the growing bigotry of the ‘A Wednesday’ actor. He remarked that at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), the Naseeruddin Shah was a classmate of his. However, when he sees and hears him now, he is rather stupefied. He used to think that there is no caste or religion exclusive to artists because they play all kinds of roles, but he is shocked to observe Naseeruddin Shah transitioning from a talented actor to a zealot today.

“I came to know after seeing Naseeruddin Shah that a great actor can say such a cheap and childish thing. It is said that Muslims are not safe in India. Sakshi, Shraddha, Ankita incident, apart from vandalism in Kanpur Hanuman temple, even after the gruesome incident of the beheading of a tailor in broad daylight, you have the audacity to say that Muslims are not safe in our country,” he wrote while sharing the video on his Instagram account.

He added, “If there is anyone unsafe, they are 100 crore Hindus only. You have become a fanatic which does not suit you as an actor. If so, then join the gang promoting the team of love jihad. You have to think otherwise people have to stop watching your films. May God grant you common sense!”

Naseeruddin Shah has become infamous for giving controversial statements in the past few years. He regularly glorified Mughals, attacked the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party government and even compared the current dispensation to Nazi Germany. “Muslim hating is fashionable these days, even among educated people. It’s what the ruling party has very cleverly tapped into this nerve. We talk about secular this, democracy that, so why are you introducing religion into everything,” he claimed. The veteran actor added that the election commission is a mute spectator and doesn’t stop politicians from exploiting religion as a political tool.

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim youth offers namaz in a Hindu temple in Hapur; case registered, temple purified

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Uttar Pradesh: Muslim youth offers namaz in a Hindu temple in Hapur; case registered, temple purified

On Friday, 9th June 2023, a Muslim youth barged into a Hindu temple in the Kotwali area of Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. The youth offered namaz on the floors of the temple. the incident was followed by a heavy uproar from the local Hindu community. A case was registered in this regard at the local police station. The police are searching for the absconding accused. Hindus cleaned the temple after the accused was thrashed out of the temple.

Chandi Mandir is situated at Chandi Road in the Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh. At around 5 AM in the morning, an unidentified Muslim youth entered the temple and offered namaz on the floors of the temple. The women devotees in the temple opposed him. After some time, more devotees reached the temple and then the accused was thrashed out of the temple.

When the devotees saw the youth offering namaz inside the temple, they opposed it. Later the temple floor was cleaned. When Hindu organizations learned about namaz being offered inside the temple, they also expressed their opposition and demanded the arrest of the person involved.

Upon receiving the information, Inspector Sanjay Pandey reached the temple and inquired about the incident to priests and other individuals present. He collected the CCTV footage and launched an investigation. The officials who arrived at the scene conducted a comprehensive inquiry into the incident. In response to the public’s anger, a substantial police force was deployed around the temple premises.

Prerna Sharma – the district magistrate of Hapur – visited the spot and took a review of the situation. She said, “This matter here at the Chandi Mandir came to light. I along with the SP and other police officers have discussed with the members of the temple committee and other devotees present here about this incident. We have also recorded their statements. This matter is being further investigated. We are also checking the CCTV footage.”

SP Abhishek Verma, accompanied by ASP Mukesh Mishra and a contingent of police forces, arrived at the temple and stationed the police personnel. Vinay Agarwal, a member of the temple management committee, told the media that namaz was offered in the temple courtyard. A First Information Report (FIR) is also filed in this regard. The members of Hindu organizations called for appropriate measures to be taken.

Here is why Canada is sending back over 700 students from Punjab and AAP is desperate for the Centre’s help

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Here is why Canada is sending back over 700 students from Punjab and AAP is desperate for the Centre’s help

The lives of 700-odd Indian students, studying in Canada, were turned upside down in March this year after they received deportation notices from the Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA).

The students were informed that their ‘admission offer letter’ to a prominent educational institute in Toronto, namely Humber College, was fake. Some of them had completed their 12th exam a year earlier while others were closer to finishing their diplomas and degrees. The majority of the students are from Punjab.

Many of them were hoping to get permanent residence (PR) in Canada but in vain. All these students had one thing in common – they had applied for study visas through an agent named Brijesh Mishra in Jalandhar city of Punjab.

Mishra ran a consultancy firm named ‘M/S Education and Migration Services’ in Jalandhar alongside one Rahul Bhargava, now arrested for fraud. He started the company in 2014 under the Punjab Travel and Professional Regulation Act.

A resident of Bihar, Brijesh Mishra was arrested in 2013 for sending students abroad on forged documents. At that time, he used to run a company named ‘Easyway Immigration Consultancy Services’ along with Rahul Bhargava. Back then, police raided his office and recovered cash and passports.

Mishra is currently on the run from the law enforcement authorities. But the career of 700-odd Indian students still hangs in the balance. As per reports, they have paid a whopping ₹16 lakhs to Mishra who promised to facilitate their admission to Humber College.

Besides, they also shelled out extra cash for air tickets and security fees. The affected students filed their applications with the agent between 2018 and 2022. According to the police, Brijesh Mishra also took the franchise of another Delhi-based consultancy firm for facilitating student visas for Canada.

He would generate ‘fake admission offer letters’ for the students and fake fee deposit receipts from Humber College. Using these two, the accused would help his victims secure study visas from the Canadian embassy.

After the students would arrive in Canada and learn that Humber College had made no such admission offer letter, Brijesh Mishra would tell them that their admission had been cancelled.

He would ask them to secure admission to other colleges and return the college fee, after deducting a commission fee of ₹5-6 lakhs per student. The accused did this to avoid raising any suspicion.

The scam was unearthed after some students, who had completed their diplomas/degrees, applied for permanent Residency. After scrutinising the initial offers letters of Humber College along with the study visas, the Canadian authorities were able to unearth anomalies in the case of 700 Indian students from Punjab.

On May 26 this year, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser assured, “Our focus is on identifying culprits, not penalizing victims. Victims of fraud will have an opportunity to demonstrate their situation & present evidence to support their case.”

Given that the Canadian government has so far not withdrawn the deportation notices, the affected students launched a protest on May 29 outside the head office of the Canadian Border Security Agency in Mississauga. Similar demonstrations are being carried out in Ontario.

An Indian student by the name of Lovepreet Singh is set to be deported on June 13, 2023. Some students are fighting it out in Canadian courts while others are awaiting their fate.

One student named Balbir Singh said, “We are victims, not culprits. A protest has been going on in Toronto for the last 10 days. Students are spending 24 hours there without any shelter, seeking justice.”

“Students paid 40000 thousand dollars in fees and have been paying taxes for the last five years, now they are paying lawyers thousands of dollars. Can the Canadian authorities give these students half a decade and their money back?” another student asked.

On June 8, Sean Fraser tweeted, “We are actively pursuing a solution for intl students who are facing uncertainty due to having been admitted to Canada with fraudulent college admission letters. Those who have taken advantage of people genuinely hoping to study here will face consequences for their actions.”

He added, “Innocent victims will be given every opportunity to have their case considered fairly. Due to the complexity of the situation, we remain committed to working with CBSA to determine a fair outcome.”

Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party-led- Punjab government is not shying away from appearing ‘all concerned’, even vowing to provide free legal aid to the 700 students facing deportation from Canada.

Kuldeep Dhaliwal, Punjab NRI Affairs Minister, announced that the affected students will be assisted by lawyers who are experts in Canadian immigration laws. He also wrote to Punjabi-origin Canadian MPs to help resolve the issues of the students.

While it is evident that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is going to take up the matter at a diplomatic level, Dhaliwal attempted to create a spectacle on Twitter about writing to EAM S Jaishankar and seeking immediate intervention.

“I shall be highly grateful if you again look into the matter personally and take up the matter with concerned agencies including the High Commission of Canada and the government of Canada so that these students can be saved from being deported,” he wrote.

Dhaliwal demanded that the “Students shouldn’t be deported & given work permits considering their VISAs”.

Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal also wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar requesting him to intervene in the matter. She said while 700 students had faced action on the same ground earlier, now it had come to light that 200 more students had been served deportation orders by the Canadian Border Services Agency after scrutiny of their papers.

Given that the Modi government has helped rescue Indians under extremely difficult circumstances, as evident in Operation Ganga, Operation Shakti and Operation Kaveri, it is obvious that it is trying to resolve the matter through appropriate diplomatic channels.

However, desperate for political clout, the AAP is exploiting an issue affecting Indian students in Canada.

‘She was like a daughter, never had physical relationship’: Saraswati Vaidya murder accused claims she committed suicide and he has HIV, police say they were married

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‘She was like a daughter, never had physical relationship’: Saraswati Vaidya murder accused claims she committed suicide and he has HIV, police say they were married

56-year-old Manoj Ramesh Sane, who is accused of the brutal murder of his live-in partner 32-year-old Saraswati Vaidya, in Mumbai’s Mira Road, reportedly claimed that he is HIV positive and denied ever having a physical relationship with her. He claimed that she was like a daughter to him.

He is charged with murdering Saraswati Vaidya, dismembering the body with an electric tree cutter, and disposing of the pieces by boiling them in a pressure cooker and roasted them on gas so he can dispose of them easily. He sliced the pieces so small that police could not even count them and stored them in a bucket, tub, stove, and other kitchen containers.

The duo have known each other since 2014 but started living together at the Mira Road flat for the past three years. He informed the authorities that he first met her 16 years ago while working at a ration store.

Additionally, he claimed that she committed suicide. He further claimed that attempted to dispose of the body because he was worried about being indicted of murder. He then allegedly intended to commit suicide, the officer revealed. Details of his statements made during the interrogation are being verified, according to the officer who went to the scene on Wednesday night after learning of the tragedy.

He has been charged under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (evidence destruction) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the First Information Report (FIR). He has been placed in police custody till June 16 after being presented before a Thane court, per Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jayant Bajbale of zone-1, Mira-Bhayander Vasai Virar police.

“During the preliminary inquiry, Sane told police that in 2008 he discovered that he was HIV positive. Since then, he has been on medication. He said that he suspects he contracted the disease due to the use of infected blood during his treatment a long time ago after he had met with an accident,” the senior official unveiled.

The victim was quite possessive and believed he was cheating on her every time he arrived home late, the officer mentioned, which was in line with his statement to the police. The officer quoted from his admission made during questioning and commented that she was preparing for the Class 10 Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examinations and that he was teaching her maths. The officer pointed out to have discovered a board with arithmetic calculations scrawled on it on one of the walls of the seventh-floor apartment.

The perpetrator explained to the authorities that he spotted Saraswati Vaidya on the morning of June 3 lying on the floor of their flat with froth coming from her mouth. He added that she was dead when he checked her pulse and opted to get rid of the body because he was worried about the action against him.

He also admitted to having an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) qualification but has been working at a Public Distribution System (PDS) store for the past 10 years since he was unable to get an appropriate job. The top cop noted that Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital has received the body fragments removed from the kitchen for forensic examination.

Notably, Saraswati Vaidya was described as an orphan by the police on Thursday. Her three sisters, however, went to the Naya Nagar Police station on Friday to provide testimonies.

The DCP divulged that the police team had identified the deceased’s family and her sisters confirmed that she was in fact their sibling. “We are now working to match the DNA of the three sisters with the dead body while the procedure of handing it over is underway. We learned through the investigation that the pair was married at a temple and they had also told her sisters about it. However, due to their age disparity, they kept this knowledge from others.”

Police are attempting to identify which body parts are missing with the aid of medical professionals. They’ve seized the electric cutter.

Police believed that the crime occurred earlier but it came to light when neighbours complained about a bad odour coming from the couple’s flat on Wednesday. When the police were notified about the same, they forced through the door to the apartment and located the woman’s body in the kitchen, cut to pieces.

Manoj Sane went back to his house in the evening, unaware of the police presence. An officer proclaimed that he was captured while attempting to flee. A senior official highlighted that the man had shown no remorse during his interrogation.

National-level baseball player Sanjana Barkade commits suicide after one Abdul Mansoori threatens her to convert to Islam, had pretended to be Hindu earlier

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National-level baseball player Sanjana Barkade commits suicide after one Abdul Mansoori threatens her to convert to Islam, had pretended to be Hindu earlier

On June 5, Monday, a national-level baseball player Sanjana Barkade committed suicide by hanging herself after facing continued threats to convert to Islam in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. The accused who has been identified as Abdul Mansoori alias Rajan Khan was arrested on Thursday by Sanjeevni Nagar police on charges of abetment to suicide. The deceased victim’s mother said that Abdul Mansoori was pressuring Sanjana to convert to Islam. Sanjana’s father said that Abdul lied about his real identity to trap the victim. Sanjana hanged herself in her bedroom while her parents were away at a family function.

According to a Dainik Bhaskar report, the investigation indicated that Abdul Mansoori and Sanjana Barkade had been in a relationship for over a year. A few days ago, the two had a rift over an Instagram story. On the other hand, Sanjana’s friends said that she was quite jittery after hearing the news of love jihad cases. She distanced herself from Abdul, but he continued to threaten her. 

The deceased victim’s mother claimed that the accused threatened her over the phone a few days ago. Accused Abdul Mansoori had asked, “You’re the girl’s mother? It’s good that you picked up the call. I wanted to talk to you only. You persuade your daughter to accept our religion (Islam). I want to do nikah with your daughter. If you do not accept our religion, we have come to find out where you live. We will kill you. Nothing will happen if you accept Islam.”

After hanging up the phone, Sanjana’s mother inquired as to who the caller was. Sanjana responded by saying she did not know him and switched off her phone. Meanwhile, Sanjana’s father stated that he learned three months ago that the person Sanjana spoke with on the phone was not a Hindu boy Rajan but a Muslim. Sanjana distanced herself from Abdul after learning about his real identity. This infuriated accused Abdul, who tortured Sanjana. He also stole Sanjana’s documents, as well as medals and certificates which she won in various baseball competitions. When Sanjana asked him to return her medals and documents, Abdul asked her to convert to Islam. 

Meanwhile, the deceased victim’s father stated that the perpetrator was detained following his complaint. This has given him some relief, however, justice will be served only when Abdul gets punished. According to the police, Abdul told them during interrogation that his relationship with Sanjana had been going on for a year. He also visited Jabalpur three times to meet Sanjana. But Sanjana began distancing from him. He was continually pressuring her to continue the relationship by threatening to make her pictures and videos viral on social media if she did not consent. 

Following Sanjana’s suicide, police are trying to determine the cause of the fight between the accused and the deceased victim. Sanjana’s father has reportedly accused Abdul Mansoori, a street vendor in Rewa of trapping his daughter in love jihad. 

Maharashtra: After converting Rajesh Jani to Mohammed Riyaz, Islamists target his family in Vasai, keep a ‘watch’ over their house, daughter says

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Maharashtra: After converting Rajesh Jani to Mohammed Riyaz, Islamists target his family in Vasai, keep a ‘watch’ over their house, daughter says

On 8th June 2023, members of the Jani family in Vasai Maharashtra spoke to the media revealing that the head of their family Rajesh Jani is brainwashed and converted to Islam by some Islamists. The family members also said that after Rajesh Jani, the Islamists are targeting the whole family for conversion. They have also accused the local Muslims of keeping watch on them.

Rajesh Jani lived in Vasai with his family. He was converted to Islam as he was brainwashed by the Islamists he came in contact with. The Jani family has now accused the Muslims of troubling them over phone calls and asking them to convert too.

While speaking to the media, Rajesh Jani’s wife said, “We are receiving calls from Muslims. they say that your husband has converted to Islam, so it will be better for you and your children if you also convert to Islam. They are pressurizing us and sending us various links about information on Islam.”

She added, “When I asked them what will happen to us, at that time they said that Allah will do everything right and good. Some day or other we all will be together. When I asked what is meant by that, then they said that Allah will do all good and we all will live together.”

Rajesh Jani’s daughter said, “We see Muslims here near our building. It looks like they are deliberately making rounds here and trespassing in this area to keep a watch on us. This never happened before.”

She added, “The Muslims calling us have said that they have converted 400 Hindus to Islam so far. They also said that their next target is Banswada and Dungarpur in Rajasthan. We will continue to believe in our Dharma. we are staunch Hindus. We don’t believe in Islam. My father was pressurised and brainwashed. He was lured for something. We don’t wish to convert to Islam. In fact, we want to bring our father back to Hindu Dharma.

Gujarat: One Ahmad Mohammad arrested in Navsari for selling beef samosas calling them chicken and mutton samosas, meat supplier on the run

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Gujarat: One Ahmad Mohammad arrested in Navsari for selling beef samosas calling them chicken and mutton samosas, meat supplier on the run

In a shocking incident, an eatery in Gujarat’s Navasi was found to be selling beef samosas calling them chicken and mutton samosas. Recently, the state police booked two persons named Ahmad Mohammad and Chacha Ajim Bhai for selling Samosas filled with beef stuffing in Navsari’s Dabhel region of the state. The police arrested Ahmad while the other accused absconded from the spot. They were selling the samosas from a food truck named ‘A-One Chicken Biryani’.

According to the reports, the incident came to the fore after the police received a tip about the sale of beef-stuffed samosas at Dabhel village and went to investigate. The meat was examined by the cops at the A-One Chicken Biryani restaurant beside the community lake. The offender was then caught by the police selling beef in samosas under the guise of chicken and mutton. Reports mention that the accused had been selling samosas with beef filling, calling them chicken and mutton samosas, for past four years.

Ahmad Mohammad apparently attempted to throw the samosas into the lake when he spotted the police approaching his food truck and realised that his vehicle would be searched. He reportedly had done this previously also, but this time the police caught him before he could toss the beef-filled samosas into the lake since they had been alerted.

The samosa samples sezed from the truck were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory, and the test report confirmed that beef was present in the fillings of the samosas.

Ahmad Mohammad has now been charged by the police under Sections 5, 6, and 8 of the 1954 Mumbai Animal Protection Act and Sections 6(a) and 6(b) of the 2017 Gujarat Animal Protection Amendment Act.

Ahmad Mohammad, who is alleged to have committed the crime, was previously detained but freed without being examined. But this time, the accused was found to have a little amount of paste that was later discovered to have been combined with meat.

Police have also found that the other accused Chacha Ajim Bhai was supplying beef to Ahmad, and are looking for him.

Earlier a similar incident was reported from Surat district of Gujarat. A case had been registered against two persons for cow slaughter and sale of beef. Ismail Yusuf, who operated a snack shop in Kosadi village of Mangrol panchayat, used to sell samosas stuffed with beef. The police had initiated action after receiving information about selling cow meat at the snack shop.

During the questioning, Ismail Yusuf then had admitted that he used to buy cow meat from one Suleiman alias Sullu Salim Bheekhu and Nageen Vasava alias Simon Vasava to make beef-stuffed samosas. He also informed that Suleiman and Nageen slaughtered cows near the Kosadi village river bank.

‘Liberals’, Islamists, including ex-SIMI father of Umar Khalid, hold program to brand him ‘innocent’ as he completes 1000 days in jail, whitewash role in Delhi anti-Hindu riots

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‘Liberals’, Islamists, including ex-SIMI father of Umar Khalid, hold program to brand him ‘innocent’ as he completes 1000 days in jail, whitewash role in Delhi anti-Hindu riots

On 9th June 2023, liberals and Islamists in Delhi organised a program in the Press Club of India as it marks 1000 days of Islamist Umar Khalid being in jail. The program contains addresses by so-called secular lawmakers, propagandists, self-proclaimed activists, and a Muslim lawyer. The panel discussion is titled, ‘Democracy, Dissent, and Censorship’. It is followed by the show of a play. Hashtags like Free Umar, 1000 Days of Injustice, free all political prisoners, etc. were mentioned in the poster of the program.

The apologists of Islamism who called themselves ‘concerned citizens’ participating in the panel discussion include Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha, JNU professor Prabhat Patnaik, propagandist and YouTuber Ravish Kumar, Supreme Court lawyer Shahrukh Alam, and Umar Khalid’s father SQR Ilyas. The session will be moderated by self-styled activist Gurmehar Kaur. Notably, a Twitter handle demanding Umar Khalid’s release is also active since September 2020.

This discussion is followed by a play by the Jatan Theater group of Haryana. The play is titled ‘Tanashahi Ke SamayPrem Ki Dastan’ which means ‘a love story in the times of dictatorship’. The play is written and directed by Naresh Prerna and Nooruddin Hassan is playing the lead role in the play.

It is pertinent to note that several Islamists who pretend to be neutral have been trying to portray Umar Khalid as an innocent ‘activist’ while the chargesheet filed in the Delhi Riots case proves that he was one of the chief instigators of the Delhi Riots.

Co-founder of AltNews, Muhammad Zubair, who regularly spreads fake news and attempts to whitewash Islamists and their crimes also took to Twitter to declare the innocent of Umar Khalid.

Interestingly, one of the people who would be a speaker at this event is SQR Ilyasi – Umar Khalid’s father. It is important to note that Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas is a former member of the banned Islamic Terrorist organization, SIMI. He had left it in 1985, well before Umar Khalid was born. In the year 2019, he also contested the Lok Sabha Elections from West Bengal on a ticket from the Welfare Party of India (WPI) from the Jangipur constituency, a Muslim-dominated seat in the Murshidabad district. The former SIMI member is now a member of the Central Advisory Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and AIMPLB.

On 14th September 2020, Umar Khalid, former JNU student and son of an ex-SIMI member was arrested for his role in the Delhi anti-Hindu riots that broke out on the 24th of February. He, along with others, was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA and relative provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for being the masterminds of the riots. Notably, 53 people lost their lives, and 700 were injured during the riots that spurred on the pretext of the Citizen Amendment Act 2019 and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

In October last year, the Delhi High Court dismissed Khalid’s bail plea. It said that prima-facie, the anti-CAA and NRC protests that resulted in the riots, were orchestrated at various meetings he had attended. Though a Delhi Court had acquitted him and one other accused in one of the cases linked to the Delhi Riots 2020, Umar Khalid remained in jail for the connection in other cases.

What was the role of Umar Khalid in Delhi anti-Hindu riots 2020

Umar Khalid, son of Ilyas on the other hand admitted to the Delhi police that he was involved in organizing Muslim groups, instigating them, and preparing for the large-scale violence. He had mobilized the Muslims against the law, by asserting that the new law was ‘against Muslims’ and had also planned to involve women and children in the ‘Chakka Jam’ amid the visit of US President Trump to India. He had allegedly met the former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain and another accused Khalid Saifi to assure logistical support during the riots through his contacts in the PFI.

According to the reports, the agencies have been watching and warning about the nexus between Maoists whose front organization Khalid is aligned with, and hardline Islamists allegedly represented by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Welfare Party of India, and banned outfit SIMI.

The first evidence of Umar Khalid’s role in the Delhi Riots came when a speech made by him surfaced. The speech was allegedly made on the 20th of February in Amravati. In the speech, he was clearly heard saying that on the 24th of February, when President Donald Trump visits India, Muslims should ‘show’ the visiting US president that the people of India are fighting against the ruling party of India.

The entire speech was about 17 minutes long where Khalid invoked the false narratives of ‘targeted mob lynching’ against Muslims and then went on to say that when the Muslims did not revolt against the Ayodhya judgement by Supreme Court, the government took it for granted that they can bring any law against Muslims.

Inciting the crowd further, saying the CAA has been brought to harm Muslims, Khalid says that the people should show the government its ‘Aukaad’, and take to the streets to throw it out. He further says that if enough people take to the streets, first the CAA will go, then the NPR and then NRC, eventually the government will also go.

It was 4 days after this speech, on the 24th of February, as Umar Khalid had predicted, that riots broke out. Ankit Sharma was stabbed over 50 times by the mobs of Tahir Hussain. Dilbar Negi’s arms and legs were chopped off and he was burnt alive by Muslims. Amidst chants of Allahu Abkar and Nara e Taqbeer, Hindus were specifically targeted. 

The Left and Islamist cabal found nothing wrong with this speech. They, in fact, called it a peaceful speech and said there was nothing in it that incited violence. They find nothing wrong with the fact that Umar Khalid, only 4 days before riots broke out, had specifically mentioned the date 24th of February and said that on that day, they will “show” how they fight with the government. 

But was Umar Khalid’s role limited to just this speech? 

By insinuating that the speech was the only thing for which Umar Khalid was arrested, is a gross misrepresentation of facts. In several chargesheets, Umar Khalid’s role in the larger conspiracy has been mentioned in details. The Special Cell has 180 days to file a chargesheet against Umar Khalid specifically, however, his role has been hinted in abundance in the other chargesheets and FIRs filed. 

In the chargesheet filed in FIR 114, the role of Umar Khalid in the conspiracy hatched is mentioned clearly. It says that Tahir Hussain was connected to Khalid Saifi of United Against Hate Group and through Saifi, he was also in touch with Umar Khalid. Khalid Saifi, it says, had arranged a meeting between Umar Khalid and Tahir Hussain on the 8th of January at Shaheen Bagh. In that meeting, it was decided to take ‘big action’ so the government gets shaken up on the issue of CAA and NRC and also, ensure that the international community takes notice of that action. 

In the chargesheet, it is also mentioned that Umar Khalid had told Tahir Hussain not to be concerned about the funding for the riots as the Popular Front of India (PFI) would provide the funding as well as logistic support. It was categorically mentioned that the riots were to take place when President Donald Trump would visit India. 

From everything that is alleged in the chargesheet, it is clear that Umar Khalid was perhaps one of the masterminds who was also constantly in touch with Pinjra Tod activists who are also accused of grave sections. Khalid Saifi of UAH, who is also a close associate of Umar Khalid was coordinating with Tahir Hussain after their initial meeting in Shaheen Bagh on the 8th of January. Further, Tahir Hussain was coordinating with other rioters and instigators. 

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