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Chhattisgarh: IED weighing 25 kg recovered in Bijapur; was planted by Naxals to damage vehicles

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Chhattisgarh: IED weighing 25 kg recovered in Bijapur; was planted by Naxals to damage vehicles

A joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG), local police and security forces recovered an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) bomb weighing 25 kg near Munda pond under the Mirtur police station area in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday.

According to the police, the bomb was planted by the Naxals in the middle of the Bechapal-Etepal road with the aim of damaging large vehicles. The team of DRG, Mirtur Police and security forces of Etepal camp went on a road patrolling and area domination on the Nelasnar-Mirtur-Gangalore road of the district on Saturday.

During the operation of road patrolling and demining, the 25-kg IED bomb planted by the Naxals in the middle of Bechapal-Etepal road near Munda pond was recovered.

The IED was connected to a command system whose switch was placed 100 metres away from the bomb.

Besides, the IED and the electric wire were kept wrapped in carbon so that they could not be detected by the metal detector. But with the alertness and vigilance of the security forces, the bomb was recovered. After that Mirtur Bomb Disposal Squads (BDS) immediately neutralised the bomb.

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Shah Rukh Khan’s NGO Meer Foundation donates to Delhi hit and drag victim Anjali Singh’s family

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Shah Rukh Khan’s NGO Meer Foundation donates to Delhi hit and drag victim Anjali Singh’s family

Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s philanthropic NGO, Meer Foundation came forward to help the 20-year-old Delhi hit and drag case victim Anjali Singh’s family.

As per sources, Meer Foundation donated an undisclosed amount to the family of Anjali, who lost her life in a brutal hit and run that took place in Delhi’s, Kanjhawala on New Year’s night.

She was the sole breadwinner of the family consisting of her mother and siblings and the Meer foundation aims to help the family, especially the mother with her health issues while providing adequate relief to her siblings.

In the horrific incident, a 20-year-old woman, named Anjali was killed in the early hours of New Year after her scooty was hit by a car and she was reportedly dragged for over 12 kilometres under the vehicle on the city’s roads.

Seven accused in the case are now in the custody of Delhi Police.

“In the Sultanpuri case, the sixth accused Ashutosh has been arrested who had given false information to the police. Further investigation is on,” the Special Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Delhi Police Sagar Preet Hooda said Friday.

The other five accused in the case- Deepak Khanna, Amit Khanna, Krishan, Mithun and Manoj Mittal were arrested earlier. The five were driving the car that they borrowed from Ashutosh.

All the accused were taken to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital on Thursday night for a medical examination. Police said that they were taken during the night as a security precaution.

A total of 18 teams of Delhi Police are investigating the case.

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Two minor Hindu girls threatened by Wahid and Aman to marry and become Muslims, case registered in Indore

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Two minor Hindu girls threatened by Wahid and Aman to marry and become Muslims, case registered in Indore

A shocking case of love jihad has emerged from Indore where two Hindu girls were targeted by two Muslim youths for conversion. In Mhow near Indore, police have registered a case against two Muslim youths. These youths threatened two Hindu girls and asked them to get married to them and become Muslims.

Not only this, these two young men threatened the young minor girls that if they do not become Muslims by marrying, then they will not be able to show their faces anywhere in society. As soon as the matter was reported, the police registered a case against the two Muslim youths and started searching for them.

According to a report by Jagran, the two Hindu young girls who were being threatened are both 16-year-old minors. The accused have been identified as Wahid and Aman. The victims told the police that the accused were indulging in obscene acts with them and pressurising them to get married. When the young girls refused to marry, the accused said that they have no value in Hindu society. The accused said to the victims, “Marry us and convert to Islam.”

During this, accused Wahid caught a girl very tightly and when her friend tried to save her, the other accused Aman also caught her and started doing obscene acts. After this, both the accused threatened the minors that if they did not change their religion, they would not be able to show their face to society.

The Mhow police have registered a case against the two accused for obscene acts under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, POCSO Act, and relevant sections of the IPC. The area’s Town Inspector Mahendra Singh Bhadoria said that an investigation has been started into the case. A search is on for both the accused and strict action will be taken against them.

Disturbing statistics of forced conversions, murders, and rapes of religious minorities in Bangladesh: Reports

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Disturbing statistics of forced conversions, murders, and rapes of religious minorities in Bangladesh: Reports

The Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance has informed that a total of 154 religious minorities, including Hindus, were killed in the country between January and December 2022.

The organsiation held a press conference in Dhaka on Friday (January 5) morning during which it presented the annual report of atrocities on Bangladeshi minorities.

Also known as the Bangladesh Jatiyo Hindu Mahajot, it revealed that 39 women belonging to the minority communities were raped (27 of them were gang-raped). About 14 of the victims were killed after committing rape.

Besides, it stated that 62 religious minorities went missing in 2022 and 849 people were threatened with death. Another 424 religious minorities were attempted to be killed and 360 of them were left injured.

According to Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance Secretary General, Gobinda Chandra Pramanik, a whopping 89,990 acres of land belonging to religious minorities in the country remain occipied. And 572 families were also evicted from their homes last year.

Pramanik informed that 445 families of religious minorities were forced to leave Bangladesh altogether. In all, Hindus, Christians, Buddhists and other minorities suffered a total financial loss of Taka 220 crore 89 lakh.

The annual report of atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh said that about 319 families and temples were looted while 173 businesses were vandalised in 2022. Moreover, 519 cases of arson and 891 cases of attacks on residences were also registered.

The Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance also pointed out that there have 128 instances of temple attack, 72 cases of idol theft and 481 cases of vandalism in the last year. It added that 152 religious minorities were forcibly converted in 2022 and attempts for conversion were made on 40 others.

The Hindu organisation said that about 791 religious minorities were arrested on false cases of blasphemy. It lamented that a hateful environment of intolerance has been created in Bangladesh and that the Hindu community has never been able to experience ‘real freedom.’

The Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance demanded the establishment of 60 reserved seats and separate electoral system in the National Parliament of the country. It also demanded setting up of Ministry of Minority Affairs and to prevent violence against the Hindu community and other religious minorities.

Hindu home attacked, idol vandalised by leader of youth wing of ruling Awami League party

In November 18 last year, the residence of a Hindu family was attacked and their puja mandap was vandalised in the Kostapara area in Bhuanpur Upazila in Tangail district in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.

As per reports, the home belonged to local Hindu resident Subhas Ghosh. About 10 members of his family were injured during the attack and at least 4 out of them were admitted to the Bhuanpur Upazila Health Complex for medical treatment.

Those hospitalised in the aftermath of the attack were identified as Ratan, Nikhil, Ashok, and Shanto Ghosh. On the other hand, the accused was identified as Khorshed Bepari.

Flight service between Bhubaneswar and Rourkela begins ahead of Hockey World Cup, CM Patnaik thanks PM Modi and Civil Aviation Minister

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Flight service between Bhubaneswar and Rourkela begins ahead of Hockey World Cup, CM Patnaik thanks PM Modi and Civil Aviation Minister

Under the UDAN initiative, operations of commercial flight services between Bhubaneswar and Rourkela commenced on Saturday morning.

Flagging off the first flight to Rourkela Airport from Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar this morning, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that this new air connectivity would help Odisha and its people.

On this occasion, CM Naveen Patnaik tweeted and expressed his thanks and appreciation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his support to improve connectivity to the hinterland of Odisha under UDAN.

“Glad to have flagged off the 1st flight to Rourkela Airport. Thank PM Narendra Modi ji for the support to improve connectivity to the hinterland of Odisha under UDAN. It will boost connectivity, commerce and tourism, fulfilling aspirations of people of the region,” he said in a tweet.

He also thanked Union Minister Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia for all his efforts especially to coordinate between the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for the flight service to Rourkela Airport under UDAN ahead of Hockey World Cup 2023.

“Thank Union Min Scindia ji for all the efforts, especially to coordinate between SAIL and DGCA for the flight service to Rourkela Airport under UDAN ahead of HWC2023. It will offer seamless connectivity to sports fans coming to celebrate hockey in Odisha,” Patnaik tweeted.

He said that the new air connectivity will improve commerce in Odisha.

In his tweet, Patnaik said, “This new air connectivity would improve air connectivity between the Capital city of Bhubaneswar to the steel city of Odisha, Rourkela. It would improve commerce in Odisha. It would also help to develop tourism for Odisha.”

The Chief Minister further said that would provide seamless connectivity to sports fans coming to celebrate hockey in Odisha.

“With the Hockey World Cup 2023 taking place from January 13, 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, this new air operation would lead to Hockey fans enjoying swift and comfortable air mobility between the two cities where the Hockey World Cup 2023 is being held in Odisha,” he added.

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Air India peeing case: Accused Shankar Mishra sent to 14-day judicial custody

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Air India peeing case: Accused Shankar Mishra sent to 14-day judicial custody

On Saturday, January 7, Delhi’s Patiala House Court sent Shankar Mishra to 14-day judicial custody. Mishra is accused of urinating on a female co-passenger in an inebriated state while onboard Air India flight AI-102 on November 26, travelling from New York to Delhi. The court denied Mishra’s custody to the police and instead agreed for judicial custody.

Mishra was arrested earlier in the day by Delhi Police in Bengaluru and brought to Delhi.

The Delhi Police registered an FIR in the case on Wednesday and were looking for the accused since then. Several teams were constituted to nab the accused who was finally arrested from Bengaluru.

This comes after accused Shankar Mishra, who was absconding since the incident came to light, issued a statement through his lawyers claiming that he had paid ‘compensation’ to the victim and the lady displayed no intention of lodging a complaint.

Yesterday Shankar Mishra was fired from US financial services firm, Wells Fargo. Releasing a statement on Friday, January 6, 2023, Wells Fargo said the charges against Shankar Mishra were “deeply disturbing”.

Shankar Mishra worked as a vice president for the Indian chapter of Wells Fargo, which is a multinational financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The incident occurred on November 26, 2022, but it only came to the fore after the media, on January 4, 2023, reported about the letter from the woman flyer submitted to Tata Group’s chairman N Chandrasekaran. In the letter, the woman, in her 70s, narrated her harrowing experience onboard Air India.

FIR filed against Congress’ Afzal Lakhani for pretending to be a ‘Thakkar’ to create enmity within the Hindu community on social media: Details

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FIR filed against Congress’ Afzal Lakhani for pretending to be a ‘Thakkar’ to create enmity within the Hindu community on social media: Details

Youth Congress IT cell convener Afzal Lakhani, who was jailed for his derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraba, has been booked for allegedly posting on social media with the intention of deliberately defaming religion, caste, and institutions by assuming Hindu identity.

A complaint has been lodged at the Jamnagar police station by a person associated with the Hindu Sena and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) seeking legal action. On the basis of this, Jamnagar police have registered a case against Afzal under various sections and started an investigation.

A copy of the FIR is available with OpIndia in which the complainant has accused Afzal Lakhani of creating a fake ID called ‘Jigar Thakkar’ and posting derogatory remarks about Hindus, Brahmins, and RSS, etc.

“All the posts were baseless and full of malicious rumours and the accused, despite being from another religion (Muslim), tried to create enmity and animosity in different societies against the Brahmin caste by creating the identity of Thakkar community of Hinduism, misleading various castes by using this false identity,” the complaint said.

The posts about which the complaint has been made have been posted from a Facebook account called ‘Jigar Thakkar (Afzal Inc)’ in which the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been described as a terrorist organization and Afzal Lakhani has demanded a ban on RSS.

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In one of the posts, the RSS was accused of poisoning religious events.

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A few other posts made comments about the Brahmin community.

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The complainant said the post hurts his feelings towards caste and religion and makes him feel humiliated. He also provided screenshots of all these posts to the police.

Based on the complaint, Jamnagar police have registered a case against Afzal Lakhani under sections 153A, 295A, 298, 499, 500, 501, and 505(2) of the IPC and started further investigation.

It may be recalled that Afzal Lakhani, who works in the Congress IT cell, had made lewd and derogatory posts about the PM and his mother on his Facebook page after the death of PM Modi’s mother Hira ba. A case was also registered against him after that and he was arrested. He is currently in police custody and another complaint has been lodged against him.

Bengaluru school gets bomb threat on email, turns out to be hoax by a student of another school who did it for fun

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Bengaluru school gets bomb threat on email, turns out to be hoax by a student of another school who did it for fun

On Saturday, January 7, the Karnataka police informed that a bomb threat mail sent to National Academy for Learning (NAFL) in Bengaluru was sent by a minor boy. It has been revealed that the minor that studies in a different school did it for ‘fun’.

In this case, the police took the minor boy from school and handed him over to the State Juvenile Justice Board. According to police, the boy was identified using the IP address used to send the threat email, and when questioned, he stated that he did it for fun. He told police that he obtained the school’s official email address through a Google search.

The hoax mail was sent on Thursday to the official email ID of NAFL in Basaveshwarnagar at 8:28 pm from the mail ID ‘[email protected]’.

On Friday, after noticing the mail at around 10:30 am on Friday, the school management informed the police. The email read: “I have four gelatine sticks of dynamite and I will blow it up tomorrow afternoon during lunch – your favorite student.”

Nearly 1,000 students were moved from their classrooms and evacuated to safe locations after receiving the mail. Tension prevailed on Friday among parents and locals after knowing about the threat mail and students being taken to safe places. Later, the students were allowed to meet their parents. 

The police deployed a bomb squad as well as a dog squad to find the bomb as mentioned in the mail. However, no explosives were recovered from the campus and later the police declared the threat a hoax.

Following a complaint registered by the school authorities, the police launched a probe, and tracked down the IP address from where the mail was sent.

Laxman B Nimbaragi, DCP West Bengaluru said that the minor student from another school sent the bomb threat mail without realizing the consequences that might follow. He added that a report will be given to Juvenile Board after further inquiry. 

Telangana: Brothers Azmath and Akbar Ali repeatedly rape a minor Hindu girl for 6 months, arrested

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Telangana: Brothers Azmath and Akbar Ali repeatedly rape a minor Hindu girl for 6 months, arrested

The Telangana police on Wednesday, January 4, arrested two brothers Azmath Ali and Akbar Ali from the Mills Colony area in the state’s Warangal district on charges of rape. The duo was arrested based on a complaint filed by the father of a 15-year-old Hindu girl, who accused the duo, living in their neighbourhood, of sexually assaulting his daughter several times in the last six months.

After receiving the complaint, police registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO Act in the wee hours of Wednesday and took up the investigation.

Speaking about the incident, Warangal Commissioner of Police, AV Ranganath on Wednesday night said that the Warangal police received a complaint from the parents of a minor girl stating that their daughter was allegedly lured and raped by two Muslim neighbours multiple times in the last six months.

The police official said that the team took immediate action after receiving the complaint.

“As we received the complaint, we immediately lodged an FIR in the wee hours and took the two accused persons into custody. Both the accused have been booked under relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO Act,” he said.

According to the authorities, the abuse began at the hands of the older brother, a 27-year-old man who works in a second-hand furniture store. He brought the minor girl to his house under the guise of befriending her and raped her. He continued to take advantage of the minor on several occasions.

When his 22-year-old brother came to know about it, he started sexually exploiting the minor girl as well. The unemployed younger brother assaulted her in an isolated area of the neighbourhood.

The duo also threatened the victim with dire consequences if she revealed the matter to her family or approached the police.

The girl, fearing repercussions did not share her ordeal with anyone. The matter came to light when the girl’s father suspected the behaviour of the youths and installed CCTV cameras in front of his house. As soon as the father realised what his daughter went through, he lodged a complaint with the Mills Colony Police Station on Tuesday.

BJP and members of Hindu organisations protest, demand quick action against accused

As the news of the incident spread, members of various Hindu outfits and the BJP gathered outside the Warangal PS demanding speedy action against the accused. The BJP members staged a dharna outside the police station alleging that the police had deliberately delayed registering a case in the matter.

On Thursday, an irate crowd attacked the accused persons’ residences and vandalised two-wheelers and windows of the residence. Later, along with the girl’s relatives, the mob blocked Warangal-Narsampet’s main road. They demanded the public hanging of the accused.

Kanjhawala hit and run case: Eyewitness Nidhi was arrested in 2020 in a drug smuggling case

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Kanjhawala hit and run case: Eyewitness Nidhi was arrested in 2020 in a drug smuggling case

Eyewitness Nidhi, who was riding pillion with Anjali Singh, the 20-year-old who died after her scooty was hit by a car that dragged her for several kilometers in the national capital on New Year’s Day, was earlier arrested in a drug smuggling case, Delhi Police said.

Nidhi was arrested in Agra in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, (1985) case according to an FIR registered in December 2020. Currently Nidhi is out on bail, police sources said. 

Nidhi had been intercepted and arrested on December 6, 2020 at the Agra railway station for bringing ganja (drugs) by train from Telangana. She was subsequently placed under arrest. Two boys named Sameer and Ravi were also arrested along with Nidhi.

Meanwhile, in the Kanjhawala case, Delhi Police said on Friday that Nidhi has been asked to join the investigation and clarified that she has not been arrested.

“There are media reports that Nidhi (eyewitness) has been arrested by police. It is clarified that she has been called by Police to join the investigation,” Delhi Police official said.

On Tuesday, Nidhi who was with Anjali at the time of the incident told the media that the latter was drunk on the day of the incident.

“She was in a drunken state but insisted on driving the two-wheeler. After being hit by the car, she came under the car and got dragged with it. I was scared and ran away and returned home, didn’t tell anything to anyone. It is the fault of the girl who was driving in an inebriated state. I insisted that she shouldn’t drive. I told her ‘I am conscious, let me drive’. She didn’t trust me and trusted herself instead,” Nidhi claimed on Tuesday.

Anjali’s body was found on January 1 in the Kanjhawala area of the national capital. She was dragged for over 12 kilometres by a car that hit her scooter near Sultanpuri. Seven accused in the case are now in the custody of Delhi Police.

“In the Sultanpuri case, the sixth accused Ashutosh has been arrested who had given false information to the police. Further investigation is on,” the Special Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Delhi Police Sagar Preet Hooda said Friday.

The other five accused in the case- Deepak Khanna, Amit Khanna, Krishan, Mithun and Manoj Mittal were arrested earlier. The five were driving the car that they borrowed from Ashutosh.

All the accused were taken to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital on Thursday night for a medical examination. Police said that they were taken during the night as a security precaution.

On Thursday, Hooda said that the other two accused were Ashutosh and Ankush Khanna. Both of them are the friends of the five men in custody and had tried to protect the accused.

According to the Special CP, the duo also attempted to tamper with the evidence as they tried to help the accused. A total of 18 teams of Delhi Police are investigating the case. During the interrogation, it was found that the car was driven by Amit, not Deepak.

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

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