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Prashant Bhushan shares a morphed picture of President candidate Draupadi Murmu to label her as ‘RSS rubber stamp’

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Prashant Bhushan shares a morphed picture of President candidate Draupadi Murmu to label her as ‘RSS rubber stamp’

On Tuesday (July 5), advocate and activist Prashant Bhushan courted controversy after he shared morphed pictures of NDA’s Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.

In a tweet, Bhushan claimed that Murmu had recently visited the RSS headquarters in Nagpur and that suggested how she would be a ‘rubber stamp’.

His tweet read, “BJP’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu visits Mohan Bhagwat at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur! Is there any doubt that she will just be a rubber stamp and not be able to function independently?”

Screengrab of the Twitter post by Prashant Bhushan

In a bid to lend credence to his outlandish claims, Prashant Bhushan posted a picture of Draupadi Murmu with RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat. The duo were seen paying respect to an image of Bharat Mata.

The Truth behind the image of Draupadi Murmu

However, the picture posted by the Supreme Court advocate is the outcome of digital manipulation. Two different images were clubbed and mirrored to create the morphed picture, which was tweeted by Prashant Bhushan.

One of the pictures was taken from a tweet, which was uploaded by the official handle of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on March 11, 2022. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was seen alongside general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale at an event in Gujarat.

The duo was seen offering flowers and seeking blessing from Bharat Mata. The image also had a group of people in the background.

Similarly, the picture of Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu was taken during a meeting with Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren. The image appeared during a reverse Google search on an article by The Quint.

Screengrab of The Quint report

As evident from the morphed image of Prashant Bhushan, both the real pictures were rotated by 180 degrees to create a mirror effect. The image of Draupadi Murmu was superimposed on that of Dattatreya Hosabale’s picture with Mohan Bhagwat.

Prashant Bhushan and misinformation campaigns

Prashant Bhushan is a serial fake news peddler. After the obvious photoshop was called out by many on social media, he has now deleted his tweet. Until last year, the Supreme Court advocate was busy peddling misinformation about Covid-19 and creating vaccine hesitancy in India.

In February this year, Prashant Bhushan had advocated that financial resources allocated towards Covid-19 vaccines in Union Budget 2021 ought to be relocated to migrant workers and farmers. In his defence, he had claimed that Covid-19 was “naturally dying down” in the country. 

Two months later, India witnessed the deadly second wave of Wuhan Coronavirus. Bhushan had also claimed younger population has a higher chance of dying through vaccination as compared to suffering severe complications or even death due to coronavirus.

His anti-vaccine bile came after Twitter had removed Prashant Bhushan’s anti-mask tweets for spreading misinformation.

FIR filed against Ajmer Dargah Khadim Salman Chishti, had offered his own house as bounty to kill Nupur Sharma

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FIR filed against Ajmer Dargah Khadim Salman Chishti, had offered his own house as bounty to kill Nupur Sharma

The Ajmer police have registered a case of abetment to murder against Ajmer Dargah Khadim Salman Chishti, reports News 18 India. The case was filed after a video of Chishti went viral on social media platforms in which he threatened to kill the former spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nupur Sharma.

Earlier in the day, Chishti released a video wherein he claimed that he would hand over his house to anyone who brings Sharma’s head. A case has been filed by Ajmer Police in the matter. Chishti is a history-sheeter with over 13 cases filed against him, including murder and attempt to murder.

The video released by Chishti is similar to the one that was created before killing Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur. It is being said that the video is around 4-5 days old. In the video, he said, “I swear by my elders, I swear by my mother, I will shoot her openly. I swear by my children, whoever brings Nupur Sharma’s head, I will give this house to him.”

Further, he described himself as a ‘true soldier of Khwaja’ and tried to incite Muslims. As per reports, Khadim Gauhar Chishti of Ajmer Dargah had given a provocative speech during a silent procession taken outside the Dargah on June 17, in which slogans of “Gustakh-e-Rasool ki ek hi saza, sar tan se juda’ were raised.

After the video had gone viral, the Additional Superintendent of Police Vikas Sangwan said, “The investigation has been initiated in the case after registered FIR under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code.”

The video is especially concerning as it has been released at a time when Islamists across the country and those in the Gulf have waged a war against ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her comments on Prophet Muhammad derived from authentic Islamic Hadiths.

At least two individuals—Kanhaiya Lal and Umesh Kolhe—have had their throats slit for merely extending support to Nupur Sharma on social media in protest against the death threats and unwarranted hounding she had been receiving for standing up against insults meted out on her faith and its Gods.

English Premier League footballer due to represent his country in World Cup later this year arrested in North London over suspicion of rape

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English Premier League footballer due to represent his country in World Cup later this year arrested in North London over suspicion of rape

A footballer currently playing in the English Premier League, and set to represent his country in the World Cup in Qatar later this year, has been arrested from Barnet in North London over suspicion of rape charges. The alleged incident of rape took place in June this year.

British newspaper The Telegraph reported that an “internationally renowned” footballer in his late 20s had been arrested in north London and taken into custody over an alleged attack that is said to have taken place in June. The woman is also said to be in her 20s and showed pics of her bruises while filing the complaint.

The footballer is reported to be 29 years old which set off a round of speculation over all the 29 years old players playing for North London clubs.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said, “On 4 July, an allegation of rape of a woman in her 20s was reported to the police. It was reported the alleged rape happened in June 2022. Enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.”

According to The Sun newspaper, the footballer was arrested at 3 AM on Monday after six police cars arrived at his mansion in an early morning swoop. The arrested footballer, who can’t be named yet for legal reasons, is described as one of the best players of his club side.

The allegedly famous player spent over 15 hours under interrogation by detectives from the metropolitan police. He had already begun pre-season training ahead of the upcoming premier league season and was scheduled to fly out with his team for their pre-season tour before he was arrested.

Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspurs are the two premier league clubs based in North London, though footballers from other London clubs are also known to live there.

Farooq Abdullah once again pushes the fake claim that a Muslim man spotted Shiva Lingam in the ancient Amarnath cave, here is how he is categorically wrong

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Farooq Abdullah once again pushes the fake claim that a Muslim man spotted Shiva Lingam in the ancient Amarnath cave, here is how he is categorically wrong

Farooq Abdullah, President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, has once again pushed the myth of the Amarnath caves being discovered by a Muslim named Buta Malik. In light of the recent incidents of street violence by Muslims, Abdullah stated that no Muslim has ever raised a finger against any faith and that it was a Muslim who unearthed the Shivling in the Amarnath cave.

Several individuals rebuked Farooq Abdullah for his words, and he was reminded again that the story he is narrating is a fabricated story from the realm of fiction. Users highlighted that the Amarnath cave is a pilgrimage site that has been known for ages.

Journalist Aditya Raj Kaul wrote, “Stop spreading fake news, Farooq Abdullah. Read history. Amarnath cave has ancient origins. Read Neelmat Puran, Rajatarangini. Read your class teacher and my great grandfather Master Samsar Chand Kaul’s – The Mysterious Cave of Amarnath. It’s several centuries old pilgrimage.”

The fabricated myth of the discovery of the Amarnath caves by a Muslim can be easily debunked with a few internet searches. Numerous ancient texts have described this pilgrimage, proving it to be an old custom that has remained undisturbed until today.

The Amarnath cave

The Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine in Jammu and Kashmir and is an important site of Sanatan Dharma. The cave is located in Lidder Valley and is surrounded by glaciers and mountains most of the year, except for a brief period in summer when it can be visited by pilgrims. The yatra is currently underway.

The Shiva Lingam inside the cave is a stalagmite formation that is formed when water drops fall from the cave’s roof onto the floor and freeze, resulting in an upward vertical development of the Lingam.

The pilgrimage to the Amarnath caves is an ancient custom mentioned in Kalhana’s Rajtaringini, Nilamata Purana, Francois Bernier’s memoirs, and many others. The references in the aforementioned writings demonstrate that the ancient custom is both religious and cultural in nature.

Rishi Bhrigu, according to Hindu epics, was the first to explore the Amarnath cave. It is said that the Valley of Kashmir was immersed underwater centuries ago, and Rishi Kashyapa drained it through a succession of rivers and tributaries. As the water receded, Rishi Bhrigu was the first to encounter Lord Shiva in the Amarnath cave.

The Amarnath cave is also referenced in the Nilmata Purana, an old Kashmiri work that provides information about its history, geography, religion, and folklore around it, and was composed during the sixth and eighth centuries AD. it mentions, “One is honoured in the world of Rudra by seeing the mountain Mahadeva after having a plunge in the Mahuri in front of Tripuresa.”

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“By bathing at Amaresa, a man may get the merit(gift of) a hundred cows…,” Nilmata Purana further mentions. The Amaresa mentioned in the Nilmata Purana refers to Amareshwar. Amareshwar is another name for Amarnath. While explaining the splendour of numerous Shiva pilgrimages in Skanda Purana’s ‘Maheshwarkhand Arunachal Mahatmya Khand,’ Amresh Tirtha is described to be the epitome of human pursuit, where Mahadev and Parvati dwell.

Even in Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, a book on ancient Kashmiri history, it is mentioned that the Kashmiri kings visited the sacred Shrine of Amarnath on a regular basis. Rajatarangini was written in the 12th century AD, much before the story of Buta Malik was peddled. In Book II v. 138, Kalhana says that King Samdhimat Aryaraja (34 BCE-17CE) used to spend “the most delightful Kashmir summer” worshipping a Linga formed of snow in the regions above the forests. This appears to be a reference to the Shiva Lingam at Amarnath. There is yet another reference to Amareshwara or Amarnath in the Rajatarangini (Book VII v.183). According to Kalhana, Queen Suryamati, the wife of King Ananta (1028-1063), granted under her husband’s name agraharas at Amareshwara and arranged for the consecration of Trishulas, Banalingas, and other sacred emblems.

Returning to contemporary history, Godfrey Thomas Vigne, a British tourist, visited the holy Caves in 1842 and published a thorough chapter about it in his book. In 1842, he wrote about the Amarnath Yatra and its complete route. He narrated, “A stream descends from it to Palgam, and there joins the Lidur, which comes rattling down the larger valley on the right, at the end of which are seen the snowy mountains on the way to Umur Nath.”

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There are numerous additional references that may be used to learn about the cultural and religious significance of Amarnath cave and its presence as a pilgrimage since time immemorial. Pilgrimages to the Amarnath caves are as old as time. It has withstood nature’s fury, the medieval Islamic tyranny, and terrorists in independent India thanks to the sheer determination of Hindus who, despite all odds, ascend those peaks and pray to Mahadeva.

‘The observations virtually exonerate the Udaipur beheading’: Retired judges, bureaucrats, and armed officers slam SC Judges over remarks on Nupur Sharma

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‘The observations virtually exonerate the Udaipur beheading’: Retired judges, bureaucrats, and armed officers slam SC Judges over remarks on Nupur Sharma

On Tuesday, 15 retired judges, 77 retired bureaucrats, and 25 retired armed forces officers issued a statement against the two Supreme Court Judges for passing ‘indiscreet remarks’ against ex-BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The bench led by Justice Surya Kant and Justice Pardiwala, while hearing the petition by Nupur Sharma last week had held her responsible for Kanhaiya Lal’s beheading in Udaipur.

The statement signed by 15 retired judges, 77 retired bureaucrats, and 25 retired armed forces officers called the comments made by SC judges ‘unfortunate and unprecedented’. The list of 117 signatories includes Former Chief Justice Mumbai High Court Kshitij Vyas, Former Rajasthan High Court judges RS Rathore and Prashant Agarwal, Former Judge Delhi MC Garg, Former DGP Jharkhand Nirmal Kaur, Former DGP Manipur Mirnal Kanti Das and Veterans Sanjay Kulkarni, PK Roy, SP Singh and more.

“Unfortunate and unprecedented comments emanating from the two-Judge Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court-Justice Surya Kant and Justice J. B. Pardiwala, while being seized of a petition by Nupur Sharma, have sent shockwaves in the country and outside,” the letter said.

Criticising the comments made by the SC judges, the letter read, “By no stretch, these observations, which are not part of the judicial Order, can be sanctified on the plank of judicial propriety and fairness. Such outrageous transgressions are without parallel in the annals of Judiciary.”

The letter also read that observations made by the Supreme Court judges had no jurisprudential connection with the issue raised in the petition, and it transgressed in an unprecedented manner all canons of the dispensation of justice. The letter said Nupur Sharma was defacto denied access to the judiciary, which led to the outrage on the Preamble, spirit and essence of the Constitution of India.

“By such observation perceptionally, there is a virtual exoneration of the dastardliest beheading at Udaipur in broad daylight. The observations also graduate to the most unjustifiable degree that this was ‘only to fan an agenda’, the letter further read.

“In the annals of the judiciary, the unfortunate comments have no parallel and are an indelible scar on the justice system of the largest democracy,” the open letter lambasting the oral observations made by SC judges further added.

The 115 signatories to the letter also commented on the order passed by the Supreme Court denying Nupur Sharma to club the FIRs filed against her. “Hon’ble Supreme Court instead of safeguarding the fundamental right of the Petitioner, refused to take cognizance of the Petition and forced the Petitioner to withdraw the Petition and approach appropriate forum (High Court) knowing fully well that High Court does not have jurisdiction to transfer or club the FIRs/cases registered in other States,” it said.

Retired Delhi HC SN Dhingra criticises SC judges for their oral observations against Nupur Sharma

This comes days after SN Dhingra, retired judge of the Delhi High Court slammed SC judges for passing comments on Nupur Sharma and said that if a judge wants to deliver a speech, he should become a politician. “Supreme Court itself cannot hold anyone guilty without any investigation. The case was put in front of the Supreme Court only for transferring the FIRs and not for proving any charges against her. I don’t understand how the Supreme Court can make such oral observations? If the Supreme Court had guts, it would have given those comments as a part of the written order”, he had added.

He also said that the incident gave a very bad message in the country that ‘the Supreme Court itself is high on the power it has and nobody can stop the Supreme Court from saying anything at its own will’. Also, the Jammu-based human rights forum had written to the CJI seeking withdrawal of the indecent remarks made by Justice Surya Kant and Justice JB Pardiwala.

The forum labelled the remarks made by the judges as unconstitutional and said that the observations made by the Judges would justify the inhuman act undertaken by the murderers of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur. Kanhaiya Lal was murdered by two radical Islamists named Riaz and Ghous Mohammed.

The duo disguised as customers and entered the tailoring shop of the deceased. While Kanhaiya Lal was busy taking the cloth measurements, one of the accused attacked him with a long sharp knife. According to the post-mortem report, he was stabbed 26 times on his body from his neck to shoulder. Kanhaiya Lal was killed for uploading a social media post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

Enforcement Directorate raids 44 locations during the probe against Chinese mobile manufacturing company Vivo under provisions of PMLA

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Enforcement Directorate raids 44 locations during the probe against Chinese mobile manufacturing company Vivo under provisions of PMLA

On Tuesday, July 5, The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at as many as 44 locations across the country linked to the Chinese mobile company Vivo. The searches are being conducted in a money-laundering investigation against the Chinese smartphone manufacturing company.

Among the states where searches are in progress are Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana.

The searches are being carried out under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

In May, the Indian units of ZTE Corp., a Chinese partially state-owned technology company and Vivo Mobile Communications Co. had come under the scanner for alleged financial irregularities.

Chinese mobile company Xiaomi’s India unit slapped with three show cause notices worth Rs 653 crores

Vivo is not the only Chinese mobile company under the scanner for financial irregularities. In January this year, the Finance Ministry issued three show-cause notices to Chinese phone maker Xiaomi’s India unit ‘Xiaomi Technology India’ for evading customs duty by way of undervaluation. With the notices, the tax authorities are demanding Rs 653 crore in tax from the company. This development came after a detailed investigation was initiated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against Xiaomi India and its contract manufacturers.

This development came a month after the Income Tax Department had conducted searches on leading Chinese mobile companies across the country on December 21. The searches were conducted in offices of Oppo, Xiaomi, and One Plus in Delhi and 11 states including, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, and Rajasthan.

The search revealed that two major companies had made remittances in the name of royalty, to and on behalf of its group companies located abroad, which aggregates to more than Rs 5500 crore.

After OpIndia and Nupur J Sharma, AG gets letter to initiate contempt proceedings against retired Justice Dhingra and two others

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After OpIndia and Nupur J Sharma, AG gets letter to initiate contempt proceedings against retired Justice Dhingra and two others

An advocate by the name of Jaya Sukin has fired off a letter to Attorney General KK Venugopal, seeking permission to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against retired Judge SN Dhingra, and advocates Aman Lekhi and Rama Kumar.

The trio had made scathing remarks on the disturbing statements issued by Justice Surya Kant and Justice JB Pardiwala over the recent beheading of Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur.

As per Law Beat, advocate Jaya Sukin claimed that the remarks made by Justice Dhingra and advocates Lekhi and Kumar caused ‘irreparable injuries’ to the Indian Judiciary and the nation.

The letter also alleged that the use of unparliamentary and derogatory language against the Judiciary fell within the scope of the Contempt of Courts

The development comes days after Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale had sought consent from AG to falsely implicate Opindia and its Editor-in-Chief Nupur Sharma for questioning the contentious remarks of Justices Kant and Pardiwala.

OpIndia, in an article, had stated that the statement of the judges has emboldened the Islamists.

If they want to deliver speech, they should become politicians: Retired judge SN Dhingra

In a recent interaction with a news channel, retired justice SN Dhingra said that if a judge wants to deliver a speech, then, he should become a politician. SN Dhingra also asked why the Supreme Court did not include its oral comments in the written order.

“If the Supreme Court had guts, it would have given those comments as a part of the written order. The Supreme Court has only written in the order that the petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Why?” he had asked.

SN Dhingra further said, “This gives a terrible message in the country that the Supreme Court itself is high on power and nobody can stop the Supreme Court from saying anything at its own will.”

It is notable here that the Supreme Court judges Justice Surya Kant and Justice JB Pardiwala had held Nupur Sharma ‘single-handedly responsible’ for the Udaipur murder that was committed by Islamists for a mere social media post. They had stated that Sharma should have apologised to the ‘entire nation’ on TV and had addd that the chaos and violence that have been unleashed across the country by Islamic organisations are because of Sharma.

The statements, however, did not make it to the official order that refused to grant Nupur Sharma permission to club all FIRs against her to Delhi.

UP: Talib Hussain sells chicken wrapped in paper with images of Hindu deities, attacks the police team that went to arrest him

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UP: Talib Hussain sells chicken wrapped in paper with images of Hindu deities, attacks the police team that went to arrest him

On Sunday, July 3, a shopkeeper named Talib Hussain was arrested for selling chicken wrapped in paper bearing images of Hindu deities. He is also charged with attacking the police officers who reached his shop to arrest him. The incident came to the fore after some locals complained to the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district.

The Sambhal police have taken to Twitter to inform about the same.

According to the Police, the action was taken after some locals complained that their religious sentiments were hurt due to Hussain’s action.

When the police reached Hussain’s shop to investigate the matter and arrest him, he reportedly attacked the police team with a sharp knife. The police, however, overpowered him and nabbed him. The FIR filed against him read that Talib Hussain attacked the cops with an intention to kill.

The accused has been booked under IPC Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 307 (attempt to murder).

The police are currently investigating the matter in detail.

Prevailing communal tensions and killings over ‘blasphemy’ after Mohammed Zubair’s dog-whistling against Nupur Sharma

The incident occurred amidst prevailing communal tensions that flared after Mohammed Zubair of Alt News dog-whistled against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her comments on Prophet Muhammad derived from authentic Islamic Hadiths. Since then, Islamists across the country and those in the Gulf have fulminated against the beleaguered leader, calling for her beheading for what they perceived to be ‘blasphemy’.

At least two individuals—Kanhaiya Lal and Umesh Kolhe—have had their throats slit for merely extending support to Nupur Sharma on social media in protest against the death threats and unwarranted hounding she had been receiving for standing up against insults meted out on her faith and its Gods.

Rajasthan: Rajkumar, Pavan, and three others arrested by Police for circulating Kanhaiya Lal’s murder video

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Rajasthan: Rajkumar, Pavan, and three others arrested by Police for circulating Kanhaiya Lal’s murder video

On July 4, Rajasthan Police arrested Rajkumar, Pavan, and three other people in separate cases related to circulating the beheading video of Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal from Udaipur. The arrests were made by different Police Stations in the Hanumangarh district. Notably, the Rajasthan Police had urged the public not to share the video of the murder.

Superintendent of Police, Ajay Singh, said that 36-years-old Sirajjudin Hussain was arrested from Hanumangarh town. Sangaria Police arrested Tarsem Puri, Sadar Police arrested Rajkumar Jat and Mohammad Shakur, and Nohar Police arrested Pavan Kumar. All of them were arrested by the Police for sharing the video of the murder and photos or videos with arms on social media. SP said the images and videos were shared allegedly with an intention to create terror among people.

Murder of Kanhaiya Lal

On June 28, a Hindu man named Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered in Udaipur, Rajasthan, over an alleged post in favour of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The post was allegedly made by accident from Kanhaiya Lal’s phone by his 8-years-old son while playing a video game.

His neighbour Nazim filed a complaint against Kanhaiya Lal, following which he was arrested. Nazim also leaked Kanhaiya Lal’s number, photograph, and address to his community groups. After being released on bail, he continued to receive threats.

Fearing for his life, Kanhaiya Lal shut his shop for six days and approached Police for protection. Instead of giving him protection, the Police asked him to compromise with the Islamists who were threatening him. After six days, when he opened his shop, two Islamists came as customers and beheaded him. The two attackers, identified as Mohammed Riyaz Akhtar and Mohammed Gos, were arrested by the Police. The case has been taken over by NIA under the Ministry of Home Affairs’ direction. So far, four people have been arrested in the case. Further investigation is underway.

Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur Police arrests builder Haji Wasi, accused of funding prime suspect Zafar Hayat Hashmi in Kanpur violence

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Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur Police arrests builder Haji Wasi, accused of funding prime suspect Zafar Hayat Hashmi in Kanpur violence

In the Kanpur violence case, the Kanpur Police apprehended another suspect, Haji Wasi. Haji Wasi, a builder, is one of those accused of sponsoring the June 3 Kanpur riots. According to police, Haji Wasi was the primary financier of the chief accused, Zafar Hayat Hashmi. Kanpur Police had already arrested his son Rahman.

According to reports, the SIT had already secured a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) from the court against him and 18 other defendants in the case. Haji Wasi’s name was also highlighted during the anti-CAA protests, as reports suggest.

Haji Mohammad Wasi is also accused of erecting unlawful buildings valued at 100 crores. According to the reports, the police officers have requested papers from the registrar’s office. The police have details about 31 such buildings in the city, all of which are unlawful. Eleven of these buildings’ plans were not filed. Land investments have been undertaken in the names of family and close friends. The Income Tax Department will now look into the income of crores of rupees over a ten-year period.

Kanpur violence

Days after BJP Spokeswoman Nupur Sharma got death threats for allegedly committing “blasphemy” against Prophet Muhammad, horrific violence occurred in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district, with Islamists calling for a district-wide shutdown to protest against the statement and demanding her arrest. After Friday prayers, thousands of Islamists joined the rally and began pelting stones at the police and the public.

Later, the police detained over 40 miscreants in the case and demolished unlawful properties possessed by primary accused Hayat Zafar Hashmi and his cronies. The police also discovered damning communications on Hashmi’s phone and investigated his bank accounts in order to track down money received from Gulf nations to allegedly support the violence.

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