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Gujarat: Christian family booked for forcibly converting Hindu girls in the Tapi district

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Gujarat: Christian family booked for forcibly converting Hindu girls in the Tapi district

A complaint has been filed against a Christian family living in the Tapi district of Gujarat for forcibly converting Hindu girls to Christianity. An FIR was registered in the Vyara police station of the Tapi district on 21st April 2022 against five members of the Vasava family living in the Ambika Nagar area of Vyara in the Tapi district. Complainant Mansiben Dilipbhai Gamit said in her complaint that the five accused members of the Vasava family are involved in forcibly converting her and another girl into Christianity.

The complainant was in love with the accused Christian boy

In her complaint, Mansiben Gamit said, “When I was earlier studying at the taluka school Vyara, Yohan Rakeshbhai Vasava was also studying there. I had an affair with Yohan. We have been talking to each other on mobile phones. As Yohan was also my brother’s friend, sometimes he used to live in our house. Since Yohan’s parents were aware of our love affair, I used to go to his house, their family practices Christianity.”

The accused trapped them for converting

She further said, “On 20th April 2022, while I was present at my house, at about eight o’clock in the morning, Yohan called me on my mobile phone and said that his father had called me to their house. when I went to Yohan’s house, his parents Rakeshbhai Vasava and Rekhaben Vasava, and two brothers Rasin Vasava and Yakub Vasava were already present there. His father cut off the holy threads of the temple tied to my hand, and his mother oiled my forehead and feet. Yohan took my mobile phone and switched it off as instructed by his father. At the same time, Mital Dhirubhai Choudhari arrived there, she is the girlfriend of Yohan’s brother Rasin Vasava. Yohan’s father Rakeshbhai Vasava oiled her feet and forehead and told us that we were unclean and we were called there only to make us pious. He told us that we should not go to our home for four days and stay there only.”

‘Jesus has put one lakh rupees to my account’

Mansiben Gamit added in her complaint, “Yohan’s father told me that the Jesus has put one lakh rupees into his account and one lakh rupees in his wife’s account and told him to discard all the old mobile phones and the old car and buy new ones. After this, he lit up candles and performed some Christian rituals. On 21st April 2022, the conversion rituals took place that lasted till 5 o’clock in the evening. It was only after the rituals that our mobile phones were switched on. I informed my parents about the whole thing. Subsequently, they reached the spot and brought me back home.”

Furthermore, she said, “Yohan Rakeshbhai Vasava, Rakeshbhai Kathudiabhai Vasava, Rekhaben Rakeshbhai Vasava, Rasin Rakeshbhai Vasava, and Yaqub Rakeshbhai Vasava are all residents of Ambika Nagar Vyara who cheated me under a criminal conspiracy and called me home. They tied my hair with a veil and switched off my mobile, illegally detained me against my will to get me married, and forcibly converted me to Christianity against my will.”

The police have booked all the five accused under section 4 of the Gujarat Religious Freedom Act and sections 342, 417, and 120B of the Indian Penal code act. The accused were arrested on 21st April 2022 late in the night.

Irfan Pathan vs Amit Mishra, with clown journalists in between: How Mishra gave a befitting response to Pathan

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Irfan Pathan vs Amit Mishra, with clown journalists in between: How Mishra gave a befitting response to Pathan

Earlier today cricketer Irfan Pathan had shared a tweet. Lamenting over India’s future. In a tweet, Pathan wrote, “my country, my beautiful country, has the potential to be the greatest country on earth. BUT…..”

Irfan Pathan’s tweet

Though Irfan Pathan did not elaborate on the context, it was evident that he was commenting on the current socio-political events. A number of instances of communal violence have occurred recently, where Islamic mobs had attacked Hindu religious processions on the occasion of festivals.

In Karnataka’s Hubbali, a large Muslim mob had resorted to arson and had attacked a police station and a temple over a young boy’s social media post that allegedly ‘Insulted Islam’.

A few hours after Irfan Pathan’s tweet, Delhi Capitals player Amit Mishra tweeted in a similar format. Though Amit did not reply to or quoted Irfan’s tweet, it was clear that Mishra’s tweet was a response to Irfan Pathan’s earlier tweet about India’s ‘potential’.

Mishra wrote, “My country, my beautiful country has the potential to be the greatest country on earth…..only if some people realise that our constitution is the first book to be followed.”

Mishra’s tweet appeared to be sly at a certain group of people who believe that a religious book is over and above India’s constitution.

Interestingly, many “liberal” journalists took to Twitter to respond to Mishra’s tweet, hailing him for keeping the Constitution above everything, without realising that his tweet may just be a sly towards their favourite community and their propensity to keep their Holy book above the law of the land.

TheWire journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani, who is a self-proclaimed “Muslim journalist” and often spreads lies to peddle the Muslim victimhood narrative and whitewash Islamists, quote tweeted Mishra and tweeted, “respect”.

Perhaps Arfa did not realise that the tweet could be aimed towards the same community that she regularly protects and ends up putting the Quran over the Constitution of India.

While Arfa has not deleted her tweet yet, another journalist, who quoted the tweet by Amit Mishra and hailed him, has.

Sakshi Joshi, who also regularly shields Islamists, quote tweeted the tweet by Mishra and said, “respect”.

Tweet by Sakshi Joshi

After realising that the tweet could be aimed towards the community that keeps the Quran over the Constitution, the journalist promptly deleted the tweet.

AAP govt in Punjab reveals that it formed SIT against Tajinder Singh Bagga for ‘harming and causing hurt’ to Arvind Kejriwal by his tweets

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AAP govt in Punjab reveals that it formed SIT against Tajinder Singh Bagga for ‘harming and causing hurt’ to Arvind Kejriwal by his tweets

The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Punjab has disclosed that a Special Investigation Team was formed to look into the ‘provocative’ statements made by BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga.

On Wednesday, the Punjab police filed its response in the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the notice issued by the court in connection with the plea to quash the FIR against Tajinder Pal Bagga. The AAP-led Punjab government has disclosed that a Special Investigation Team was formed to look into the ‘provocative’ statements put out by the BJP leader against the AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.

On April 6, Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the investigation against Bagga and had issued notice to Punjab Police. In its response, the Punjab government stated that the FIR against Bagga was not registered solely on his one statement targeting Delhi Chief Minister but also on several such tweets that were allegedly “provocative, false, inflammatory, and communally divisive, besides causing harm and criminally intimidate” Arvind Kejriwal.

The Punjab government also claimed that the FIR against Bagga was registered for carrying out well-planned and orchestrated offences by issuing such statements. The AAP-led government also submitted before the High Court that they had found more offensive remarks made by Tajinder Pal Bagga.

The Punjab government counsel also argued that two more complaints had been registered against Bagga for posting posters supporting Kashmiri Hindus in the Muslim-dominated Malerkotla district and Saneta, which read, “Hindus, whose blood is not boiled is not blood at all”. The Punjab government argued that the posters were in response to the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus in the Kashmir valley in the 1990s. They argued that the complainants had alleged that such posters were divisive and created communal tensions in the area.

In the response petition, the Punjab government also disclosed that an SIT was formed to look into the statements put out by Tajinder Bagga, which found objectionable statements and posts on his Twitter handle to promote disharmony, especially against Arvind Kejriwal.

The Punjab government has filed a response petition in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, saying the BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga was a habitual offender and had several cases against him. The Punjab government has also urged the court to dismiss his petition seeking quashing of the FIR filed against him by the Punjab government.

In the petition, Bagga had sought quashing of the FIR filed against him by Mohali Police on April 1 on charges of making provocative statements, criminal intimidation and promoting enmity between different groups. The petition was filed by senior advocates RS Rai and Chetan Mittal on behalf of Bagga in the Court of Justice HS Sidhu.

Complaint filed against Tajinder Pal Bagga

On April 2, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga said in a statement that while he was in Lucknow, Punjab Police arrived at his home in Delhi, presumably to arrest him.

The BJP leader had alleged that Punjab Police failed to inform Delhi Police about their arrival in the state, which is against the law. Bagga had challenged Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to register 100 FIRs against him, saying that he would not stop until Kejriwal apologised for his statement against Kashmiri Hindus.

Punjab Police had registered a complaint against Bagga based on a complaint filed at Cyber Crime Police Station, Mohali. The complaint was filed by Dr Sunny Singh Ahluwalia, Lok Sabha Incharge & Spokesperson, Aam Adami Party. In his complaint, Ahluwalia alleged that Bagga and other unknown persons gave a statement on March 30 in which he instigated his followers to cause violence, use force and cause hurt to Delhi CM Kejriwal and other AAP leaders.

With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli woefully out of form, should India look beyond them for the T20 World Cup?

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With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli woefully out of form, should India look beyond them for the T20 World Cup?

Even though this season of the IPL may not be getting high TRPs like some of its predecessors, thanks to fan favorites Mumbai and Chennai hogging the bottom 2 places of the table, this has been one of the most intriguing and open seasons of the IPL so far. Newcomers Gujarat and Lucknow have smashed their way into the top 4 at the halfway stage, while everyone else is also still in the running for the playoff spots, except Mumbai realistically.

However, while the tournament looks alive and well with this stiff competition for the playoff spots, the performances so far must be very worrying for the Indian selectors, especially from their 2 stalwarts Captain Rohit Sharma and ex-Captain Virat Kohli. With half of the IPL gone, Rohit Sharma has managed to score 114 runs at an average of 16, while Kohli has done marginally better scoring 119 runs at an average approaching 20.

While Kohli has been bailed out by his teammates, especially the new Royal Challengers captain Faf du Plessis and their finisher Dinesh Karthik, Rohit’s struggles at the top of the order have been the major contributor to Mumbai Indians starting the season with 7 defeats in a row. To make matters worse, Rohit’s opening partner and another Indian international, Ishan Kishan has managed just 110 runs in his last 6 innings at a strike rate below run a ball. Even though Kishan started the tournament positively with an excellent 81*, it has been all downhill since then.

To compare these numbers to the rest of the regular Indian international contingent in IPL, we have KL Rahul being absolutely brilliant once again in the tournament with a century and a half-century already in this edition averaging 44 with a healthy strike rate. Newly appointed Kolkata skipper Shreyas Iyer has also been mighty impressive for his new franchise scoring at an average of nearly 40 with a strike rate pushing 150.

Surya Kumar Yadav, despite missing the first 2 matches of the IPL, is already among the top scorers for the season and he is scoring those runs at a strike rate well above 150. Perennial injury concern Hardik Pandya has also reacted well to his captaincy responsibilities at Gujarat and has been impressive with both bat and ball.

Dinesh Karthik has also taken the opportunity during this IPL to announce that his career is far from over and has made a very strong case to be a part of the Indian side as a finisher during the T20 World Cup. Several other batsmen on the fringes of Indian T20 selection, like Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, and even old warhorse Shikhar Dhawan are performing much better than the veteran Rohit-Kohli duo.

If these 2 great servants of Indian cricket don’t manage to turn their form around during the second half of the IPL, should India pick a side for T20 internationals on the basis of reputation alone, or should they look towards in-form players who are scoring runs for fun during the IPL against international level bowlers?

The point to remember here is that the only time India did win the T20 World Cup, in 2007, India won when all the senior players like Tendulkar, Dravid, and Ganguly stayed at home and India took a very young side under a new captain to the tournament. Maybe returning to that formula won’t be the worse thing for India with their seniormost players being woefully out of form.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his MLA brother in trouble as Election Commission seeks details in quarry lease case, High Court to hear PIL

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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his MLA brother in trouble as Election Commission seeks details in quarry lease case, High Court to hear PIL

Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has stirred outrage after the mines department in the state gave him a lease for a stone quarry near Ranchi. The issue was brought to the attention of the Raj Bhavan when a Bharatiya Janata Party delegation led by former Chief Minister Raghubar Das filed a memorandum on February 10.

Soren had violated Section 9A of the Representation of the Peoples Act 1951 by misusing his office’s power, according to the memorandum. Because Soren acquired the mining concession despite being the chief minister, the BJP said it was an example of profiteering from his position.

The BJP has also demanded that Soren be ousted as chief minister for violating the 1951 Representation of the Peoples Act. According to reports, the Election Commission has also called the chief secretary, requesting that the government validate the papers relating to mining lease issuance.

The case concerns a stone quarry mining lease awarded by the District Mining Department to Hemant Soren in June 2021 for 0.88 acres of land in Ranchi’s Angara block.

A PIL has also been filed in the Jharkhand High Court by Shiv Shankar Sharma, who sought the disqualification of the current CM’s membership for fraud. The PIL was filed to request an investigation into the assets earned by the Soren family members, Hemant Soren and his brother Basant Soren, other than their recognised source of income.

On Friday, April 22, the Jharkhand High Court will hear the petition filed against the Soren family. The case has been scheduled for hearing by a bench consisting of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad. The petition requests that the court conduct an investigation. There has been a demand in the petition for investigation of the entire property by the CBI, ED and Income Tax Department.

In this matter, CM Hemant Soren, the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, and Basant Soren, among others, have been named as respondents.

India lashes out at Ilhan Omar, Biden official says her PoK visit was ‘unofficial, personal’, does not represent US government policy: Details

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India lashes out at Ilhan Omar, Biden official says her PoK visit was ‘unofficial, personal’, does not represent US government policy: Details

A day after the US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar visited the part of Kashmir illegally occupied by Pakistan and met former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, the United States has affirmed that Omar’s visit to Pakistan occupied Kashmir was unofficial and personal.

Derek Chollet, Counselor to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that Omar’s visit is unofficial and personal and it does not represent any policy change on behalf of the United States Government. Omar yesterday visited Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and met its President Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry and Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbad Sharif. She discussed the alleged violation of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir with Chaudhry and assured him about discussing the issue in the United States.

The Indian Ministry of External affairs however had condemned Omar’s visit to PoK and had said that she should practice ‘narrow-minded politics’ at home. “She visited a part of J&K currently illegally occupied by Pak. If such a politician wishes to practice her narrow-minded politics at home that may be her business, but violating our territorial integrity in its pursuit makes this ours. Condemnable”, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had said.

Omar also met PTI chairman Imran Khan earlier yesterday at his residence in Islamabad and praised him for his position and his work against ‘Islamophobia’ globally. Khan also meanwhile appreciated her ‘courageous and principled position on issues. The US Congresswoman further noted that Pakistan and United States had huge potential to improve and strengthen bilateral relations.

It is important to note that Pakistan has made several attempts to internationalize the issue of Kashmir though India has repeatedly affirmed that ‘Kashmir is an integral part of India and that Pakistan should not interfere in its internal matters. Chollet’s statement issued on April 22 is of significance as Omar’s unofficial visit to Pakistan occupied Kashmir could have fueled the country to pull the issue of Jammu and Kashmir again at the global level.

Omar is first member of US Congress to visit Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir after a new coalition government came into power in Islamabad last week. Apart from meetings with the political leadership in Islamabad, she has plans to visit Lahore for four-days till April 24.

Udupi: Students who filed petition against Karnataka Hijab ban not permitted to take exams wearing burqa

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Udupi: Students who filed petition against Karnataka Hijab ban not permitted to take exams wearing burqa

The Karnataka hijab row has taken yet another turn after the two petitioner who had moved court petitioning against Hijab ban in educational institutes were not permitted inside their classroom for their final class 12 board examination after they insisted on taking the exams wearing burqa.

In defiance of the Karnataka High Court order that upheld the ban on burqas in schools and colleges, Aliya Assadi and Resham were bent on giving their exams wearing burqas. They had collected their hall tickets and turned up wearing burqas to take the exams at the Vidyodaya PU College in Udupi.

The duo tried to persuade the invigilators and the college principal for around 45 minutes to allow them to take their exams in burqa but were eventually denied permission citing the court order that upheld the state government’s ban. After being denied permission, the duo quietly left the college without giving examinations.

The class 12 examinations commenced on Friday and will continue till May 18. The first examination was on Business Studies. According to the government, 6.84 lakh students are slated to appear for examinations at 1,076 centres across the state. The government has enhanced security and deployed personnel at various centres to ensure examinations are conducted smoothly and no untoward incident regarding students not following dress code is reported.

BC Nagesh, the state Education Minister, has categorically stated that students not conforming with state’s rules on dress codes won’t be allowed to take their examinations.

Karnataka HC upholds hijab ban

On March 15, the Karnataka High Court had upheld a government order (GO) that empowered college development committees of government colleges in the state to ban all religious attires inside the college premises and mandate uniform dress codes.

A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna S Dixit and JM Khazi had held that the hijab was not an essential religious practice and hence the constitutional articles that grant religious freedom cannot be used to violate the uniform dress code rules mandated by respective educational institutions.

Karnataka hijab row

Some Muslim students at a Pre-University College in Udipi, Karnataka, petitioned the High Court to be permitted to attend lectures while wearing the hijab. They were denied entry to classes, according to the college administration, since the hijab is not part of the college uniform and so cannot be worn in class. Since then, the students have been holding demonstrations dressed in burqas.

In December 2021, several Muslim students began wearing hijab and burqa to school and college in violation of uniform regulations after meeting with the Campus Front of India (CFI), the student section of the Islamist organization Popular Front of India (PFI). 

Jahangipuri violence mastermind Ansar Sheikh has close links with TMC, was part of TMC goons that attacked Suvendu Adhikari’s car, says West Bengal BJP

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Jahangipuri violence mastermind Ansar Sheikh has close links with TMC, was part of TMC goons that attacked Suvendu Adhikari’s car, says West Bengal BJP

After both BJP and AAP alleged that Jahangirpuri violence masterming Ansar Sheikh is the member of the other party, now another party’s name has name has been dragged in the case. West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has said that Ansar Sheikh is close to the Trinamool Congress party, and is actively involved in the acts of political violence by the TMC goons.

The BJP leader said on Thursday that Ansar regularly visits Haldia in West Bengal, and alleged that Ansar was involved in the attack on his car after the assembly elections last year. On 2nd May last, year, the day the results for the assembly elections were announced, Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy was attacked in Haldia by TMC goons.

Now Adhikari has said that Ansar Sheikh was among those who had led the mob to attack him. He said, “When I had gone to Haldia on 2nd May 2021 to collect the election certificate after defeating Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, my car had come under attack, everyone had seen that. This Ansar had smashed my car in that attack.”

Suvendu Adhikari said that he remembers two persons who had attacked his convoy, as they were leading the attack, and Ansar Sheikh was one of them, who had smashed his vehicle with bricks.

The BJP leader further said that the same Ansar is now the mastermind behind the violence in Delhi. ‘Under the Trinamool rule, West Bengal has become a hub to supply gangsters, scoundrels, rioters to the entire country,’ he added.

Republic Bangla posted a video of the incident from last year, and said that a man in sky blue shirt seen in the video is actually Ansar Sheikh.

West Bengal BJP leaders have said that Ansar Sheikh has close links with Sheikh Ajijul Rahman, TMC councillor from Ward No 15 in Haldia municipality. Photographs have also emerged showing them together, one of them showing Ansar placing his hand on Ajijul’s shoulder.

Ansar Sheikh with TMC councillor Sheikh Ajijul Rahman

However, TMC has denied any links with Ansar Sheikh. Ajijul Rahman also said that he knows Ansar as a local residence, but denied any links with the party.

It is notable that Ansar Sheikh owns a luxurious mansion in Haldia, the industrial town in East Midnapore district, and he frequently visits the place as alleged by state BJP. Reportedly, Delhi Police have already started to probe his Bengal links in the case.

Md Aslam, the other prime accused in the Jahanghirpuri violence where he had fired a gun, is also from Haldia. He worked as a carpenter in the area before moving to Delhi around six months ago. Reportedly, he went to Delhi with the help of Ansar Sheikh.

‘Hateful, inciteful, obnoxious’: Delhi HC observations while hearing plea challenging refusal of bail to Delhi anti-Hindu riot accused Umar Khalid

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‘Hateful, inciteful, obnoxious’: Delhi HC observations while hearing plea challenging refusal of bail to Delhi anti-Hindu riot accused Umar Khalid

On Friday, April 22, a division bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar termed one of the speeches given by Umar Khalid as ‘offensive’, obnoxious’ and ‘inciteful.’ The court made the scathing remarks while hearing the plea challenging the refusal of bail to the former JNU student, one of the prime accused in the 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots.

Notably, the particular speech the court condemned was given by Umar Khalid in Amravati and was a part of the charge sheet against him in the larger conspiracy case related to the Northeast Delhi riots.

“This is offensive, obnoxious. Don’t you think? These expressions being used, don’t you think they incite people? You say things like aapke purvaj angrezun ki dalali kar rahe the, (your ancestors were British slaves) you don’t think it is offensive? It is offensive per se. This is not the first time that you said so in this speech. You said this at least five times. It is almost as if we distinctly get the impression that it was only one particular community that fought for India’s independence,” said the division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar after Khalid’s lawyers read the contents of his speech before the court.

“Don’t you think it foments religious ferment between groups?”, the court further asked Senior Advocate Trideep Pais, representing Khalid, who submitted that it was an opinion of an individual being given in a speech and that there was “absolutely no incitement” and no reaction among the public afterwards.

Coming down hard at Pais’ argument, the court asked whether the right to free speech extends to making “obnoxious statements” and whether it does not attract the provisions of 153A and 153B of the Indian Penal Code.

Reading the relevant portion of the speech, Justice Bhatnagar said, “all we can say that Prima facie this is not acceptable.” The court added, “Everything else may be acceptable within the four corners of democracy and free speech, this is not acceptable.”

When Umar Khalid’s lawyer responded by saying, “It is so easy to invoke UAPA today. Your lordships may find the speech obnoxious”, Justice Siddharth Mridul curtly reiterated, “Yes we do. It’s inciteful.”

When advocate Trideep Pais insisted that he would prove that the speech was not inciteful, the court rescheduled the hearing of the case on April 27 and asked SPP Amit Prasad to share the digital charge sheet and also other portions of the speech and overt act. It also asked the police to file a short reply within three working days.

Umar Khalid was booked under UAPA

The Delhi Police apprehended Umar Khalid on September 13, 2020, and charged him on November 22, 2020, under several provisions of the UAPA and the Indian Penal Code. In July 2021, Khalid filed a bail application.

It may be noted that Khalid’s bail plea has been rejected thrice since his arrest in September 2020. Most recently, the Delhi Court had refused bail to so-called activist and former JNU student Umar Khalid on 24th March in connection with a case pertaining to the bigger conspiracy in the 2020 Delhi riots, involving offences under the Indian Penal Code and UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act). The order was issued today by Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat.

The FIR filed against Khalid includes serious allegations such as Sections 13, 16, 17, 18 of the UAPA, Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act of 1984. He is also charged with a number of offences listed in the Indian Penal Code of 1860.

The bail application of Umar Khalid, represented by Trideep Pais, Ld. Senior Advocate, filed under Section 437 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) read with Section 43­D(5) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on 6th September 2021.

Jahangirpuri Riots: Delhi Police Commissioner writes to ED, asks for probe against prime suspect Ansar under PMLA

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Jahangirpuri Riots: Delhi Police Commissioner writes to ED, asks for probe against prime suspect Ansar under PMLA

In the case of violence against a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri in Delhi, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana has written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director to probe the prime suspect Ansar under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Ansar was arrested the day after the riots when he was identified as the individual who initiated the violence by confronting the procession.

As per reports, the Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra was proceeding peacefully in the Jahangirpuri area on April 16. When the procession reached Jama Masjid in C-Block, Mohammed Ansar, with his men, descended on the procession and started the argument. In no time, there was massive stone-pelting by Islamists from the mosque and surrounding areas.

Ansar has shared several pics of his wealth on social media even though several journalists tried to portray him as a poor man suffering due to the system.

Source: Twitter

As per Firstpost, Delhi Police suspect gambling money was used by Ansar to purchase land and properties in various places. Sources in ED said, his properties and bank details are under scanner and the case is no longer of rioting. The probe of illegal funds is also underway. With him flaunting BMWs and massive gold chains, the authorities are zeroing in on his financial dealings.

Ansar was also found to be involved in multiple illegal cases previously and has been arrested several times, although NDTV gave him a clean chit by saying his neighbour said he has always been a good person.

However, with ED entering the frame, Ansar may have to finally explain his BMWs and gold chains and gold rings he accumulated while living in slums, even though he very famously made “jhukega nahi saala” pose from the Pushpa movie.

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