The Antilia Bomb Scare case and the Mansukh Hiren death case have tarnished the reputation of the Mumbai Police gravely. More and more revelations are being made every day and in the thick of it is the disgraced cop and accused Sachin Vaze.
While attention has been focused on Sachin Vaze since his involvement in the matter became evident, there is another name the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad is looking into, Mid Day has reported. According to the report, the Maharashtra ATS has launched a manhunt for a police officer by the name of “Tawade”.
The deceased Mansukh Hiren’s wife, Vimla, has said that her husband had gone to meet Tawade at Ghodbunder Road on the night of 4th of March. According to Vimla, Tawade is from the Kandivli Crime Branch.
However, the ATS has learnt that there is no such officer or staff at Unit XI, located at Kandivli Police Station with the said name or surname. The ATS has thus far questioned multiple people to ascertain the identity of the individual but to no avail.
“We have activated all resources across Maharashtra and are taking the help of local police stations to examine every person, even for the most minor links,” an officer was quoted as saying by Mid Day.
Twenty teams have been assigned the task of identifying the said individual using technical and human intelligence but they have not encountered any success thus far.
Sachin Vaze was arrested on the 13th of March after hours of interrogation. NIA says that it has accessed CCTV footage, fingerprints and other evidence against Sachin Vaze. NIA gained access to CCTV footage covering a 2 km radius of Sachin Vaze’s CIU office from 25th February to 5th March 2021.
The NIA seizes a black Mercedes car used by the tainted Mumbai cop from the Crawford market area. The NIA officials also recover the number plate of the Scorpio car that used to plant bombs outside Antilia from the Mercedes car.
Top sources in the Maharashtra ATS say that they had found injuries on the body of businessman Mansukh Hiren’s head and neck. An unnamed source in the Maharashtra ATS says that Hiren might have been assaulted before his death. The ATS official says that it appeared that someone might have assaulted Mansukh Hiren with a blunt and heavy object.
A week after the Rutgers-Newark University apologised to Hindu students after they were abused and threatened for speaking up against Hinduphobic ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke, radical Islamic organisations that have links with terror groups and far-left ‘activist’ groups have extended support to the historian.
A group of controversial Islamic groups, far-left organisations and Kashmiri separatist networks have now released a letter in support of alleged historian Audrey Truschke after Hindu students had exposed Truschke’s bigotry against Hindus, who had depicted Hindu Gods as a “misogynistic pig” and had claimed that Hindu texts promote rape culture.
In the letter signed by mostly non-Hindu groups and some extremist groups, the signatories have accused Hindu students of being Nazi sympathisers and putting out false propaganda to target ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke for expressing her “unwavering opposition” to Hindutva.
Letter to Rutgers University in Support of alleged ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke
In the letter of support issued by a few radical Islamic organisations and far-left groups, they’ ‘unequivocally’ extended their support to Dr Audrey Truschke against an “ongoing systematic campaign of vilification against her”, including vile threats of extreme violence against her and her family.
Hindu students’ letter is an outright lie, says supporters of Audrey Truschke
The letter also stated that the claims in the complaint from the Hindu students were dubious or outright lies. Defending the lies peddled by Audrey Truschke, the letter written by Islamist organisation and far-left groups whitewashed the crimes of Mughal invader – Aurangzeb by asserting that he did not kill as many Hindus as suggested by Hindu groups.
Extending their solidarity, the Islamic organisations have claimed in the letter, “The real reason behind the campaign of intimidation against Dr Truschke is her courageous and unwavering opposition to Hindutva, the supremacist ideology espoused by the RSS and its affiliates. It is this hateful ideology that is the driving force behind the rapidly escalating bigotry and horrific violence in India. The campaign attacking her scholarly integrity is intended to silence her, curtail her academic freedom as well as her advocacy for peace and pluralism.”
Targeting Hindus for exposing the vile Hinduphobia of Audrey Truschke, the letter said that Hindutva’s propagandists hate Dr Truschke because she deployed her scholarship to debunk the supremacist myths Hindus are desperate to perpetuate.
Hindu students are linked to RSS and PM Modi, the letter claims
Unsurprisingly, the Islamic and far-left groups have also attempted to associate the Hindu students of Rutgers University with RSS and PM Modi, by claiming that the students are “intimately connected” with the RSS and PM Modi.
Amusingly, the letter also goes on to make false assertions by claiming that the students criticising Truschke are nothing but the admirers of Adolf Hitler as they share links with the RSS, which according to Islamists had embraced Adolf Hitler in 1939.
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“In the end, we would like to share with you that the RSS has long been an admirer of Adolf Hitler…That, in essence, is the ideology of Hindu nationalism, adhered by the RSS and its followers, in India and in the U.S. They are the people who attack Dr Truschke for her erudition and courage. They are the people behind the petition against her,” the letter signed by CAIR, IMAC and other far-left organisations in support of Audrey Truschke read.
Radical Islamic organisation linked to terror groups, Kashmiri separatists groups are signatories of the letter
Interestingly, the signatories of the letter that extends support to alleged ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke also include radical Islamic organisation such as Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and Kashmiri separatists groups such as ‘Stand with Kashmir’.
The death threats, some of which are laced with anti-Muslim sentiment, received by professor @AudreyTruschke are disturbing. We ask for @RutgersU to ensure the safety of all its staff and studentshttps://t.co/v7QbTblMw9
Far-left organisations such as the Indian Civil Watch, which have been whitewashing crimes of Urban Naxals and sympathisers of left-wing terror, who are accused of plotting to kill Prime Minister Modi, are also signatories of the so-called letter. Some other far-left organisations that have expressed solidarity with Audrey Truschke include – ICNA Council for Social Justice, India Civil Watch International, Coalition to Stop Genocide, Justice for All, Center for Pluralism, South Asian Left Activist Movement.
Interestingly, one of the members of freelance protestor Yogendra Yadav’s ‘Swaraj Abhiyan’ is also a signatory to the letter in support of Audrey Truschke.
Letter to Rutgers University in Support of alleged ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke
Here are some details about some of the organisations that have signed in support of Audrey Truschke’s Hinduphobia:
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Council of American Islamic Relations is also known for having ties with Islamic terror organisations such as Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-e-Islami. The terrorist-linked organisation has time-and-again spewed venom against India, especially Hindus, and has a history of propagating false anti-Hindu propaganda.
Council of American Islamic Relations has been one of the prominent organisations in the United States that sponsors anti-India propaganda. It has hosted Kashmiri separatists in several webinars to peddle lies about human rights violations in Kashmir. CAIR, along with the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), have been strong backers of Kashmiri separatism.
It is important to note that CAIR aims to attack the Indian government’s decision on the Abrogation of Article 370 and to peddle lies about the “atrocities to Muslims in Kashmir” allegedly carried out by the Indian government. It is worth mentioning that CAIR receives most of its funding from Qatar and Turkey. CAIR is included in the list of groups identified as the Palestine Committee, a group created by the Muslim Brotherhood to support terror outfits such as Hamas.
Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC)
Similarly, IAMC – another radical Islamic organisation that has now descended to support Truschke, also has a history of spewing anti-Hindu lies and has alleged links to terror outfits such as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
According to Hindu American Organisation, the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) is well known for its anti-India and Hinduphobic views. IAMC, established by Shaik Ubaid, has hosted Mohammad Siddiqi, the founder of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), a banned terrorist organization in India. The organisation has been extensively carrying out anti-India propaganda in the US and has reportedly hired a lobbying firm in the US to target Hindus.
The Islamist organisation often misrepresents publicly available facts and ignores ground realities, to undermines India’s secular judicial system by promoting the empowerment of separate minority courts.
In addition to these groups, several far-left groups claiming to be Dalit and Amberkarite organisations, along with Kashmiri separatists groups have also extended their support to the controversial writer Audrey Truschke. One such group is StandWithKashmir (SWK).
StandWithKashmir (SWK):
StandWithKashmir (SWK) describes itself as a “Kashmiri diaspora-driven independent global citizen grassroots group committed to standing in solidarity with the people of Kashmir in ending the occupation and supporting their right to self-determination.”
As per its website, it is a “Kashmiri diaspora-driven independent global citizen grassroots group committed to standing in solidarity with the people of Kashmir in ending the occupation and supporting their right to self-determination.” Calling India’s military presence in Kashmir an ‘occupation’ reveals amply the ideological orientation of the network. The organization further says, “We believe any proposed resolutions must foreground Kashmiri aspirations. We condemn the use of Islamophobia to undermine Kashmiri aspirations for freedom.”
In the past, StandWithKashmir has supported terrorists such as Yasin Malik who has ties with the LeT, Riyaz Naikoo, a senior commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen who was eliminated by security forces. SWK also calls Asiya Andrabi a ‘sociopolitical activist’ despite her known links to terrorists.
There are even more problematic aspects of SWK’s ideology. In the ‘Origins of Conflict‘ segment of its website, it traces the roots of the Jihad in Kashmir to 1931, a decade after the Khilafat Movement that led to the creation of Pakistan, but never calls it as such. Instead, SWK paints it as ‘secular’. Furthermore, not once does it mention the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits.
Intriguingly enough, a member of the SWK is a member of the Joe Biden administration. Sameera Fazili of Kashmiri origin has been appointed as the Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. She is a member of SWK and has made problematic comments in the past.
Faculty members of Rutgers university defend controversial ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke
Earlier this week, the faculty members of the university had come out to support the controversial professor after Hindu students had accused Audrey Truschke of whitewashing her anti-Hindu remarks and views as ‘academic freedom’.
The faculty members, which includes Gaiutra Bahadur, Manu Samriti Chander, Sadia Abbas, Akil Kumarasamy, Johan Mathey and Karishma Desai, refused to accept that Audrey Truschke is Hinduphobic, and defended her work which involves glorifying the Mughal regime in India and denying that Mughals destroyed Hindu temples to build mosques in their place. The letter signed by faculty also said that the agitating students should be intellectually challenged in the issue.
This letter of unreserved support is authored by faculty of South Asian origin at Rutgers and co-signed by colleagues at other universities.
“We insist that a critical examination of Hindutva, a political ideology, is not the same thing as Hinduphobia,” the statement issued by the Rutgers faculty members said. It then goes on to familiar Hinduphobic narrative, accusing Hindus of atrocities against Muslims and other minorities.
The faculty members had claimed that they have every confidence in “Truschke’s respect for Hindus and Hinduism and its compatibility with a critique of Hindu nationalism as a social and political enterprise”.
The letter by the faculty members had come as a response after Rutgers University had issued an apology to the Hindu community for failing to communicate properly causing misunderstanding during the Audrey Truschke controversy. Though the university had issued an apology to the Hindu students, they have remained silent in their latest statement about the conduct of Audrey Truschke.
Hindu students expose Audrey Truschke’s Hinduphobia , Rutgers hails it as ‘academic freedom’
The controversy broke out after several Hindu students of Rutgers University had written a letter to the university in reaction to ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke’s attempts to sell Hinduphobic fiction in the name of ‘history.
In its petition, the group of Hindu students studying at Rutgers-Newark pointed out that Audrey Truschke tired to trivialise and downplay the Hindu genocide committed by the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb. The students who initiated the petition were miffed with Truschke’s continuous vile and bigoted opinions against Hindus.
In an open letter written to the university authorities, the students said that they are “aghast at the bigotry being peddled against Hindus via continued derision of our religion, our deities, and our sacred texts” in the university, which may be a potential threat to their security, as it may lead to “potential attacks, bullying, and backlash, either on campus or via social media, due to our faith”.
The petition specified how the atmosphere in the university is at odds with the Hindu student due to the hateful and vile anti-Hindu remarks made by professor Audrey Truschke on various occasions.
However, Rutgers University, instead of addressing the concerns of Hindu students, had backed Audrey Truschke and whitewashed her vile and bigoted anti-Hindu remarks as ‘academic freedom’.
While the mystery of Mansukh Hiren’s death is yet to be solved, another dead body has been recovered from the same place where Hiren was found dead. The dead body has been found in the Mumbra Reti Bunder area, the same place where Mansukh Hiren’s dead body was found. Mumbra police have arrived at the spot and are investigating further.
The body has been identified as that of a 48-year-old man Sheikh Salim Abdul, resident of Reti Bunder, Mumbra. Police are investigating whether it is suicide, murder, homicide or accident.
The dead body has been detected two weeks after Mansukh Hiren, whose Scorpio car was used to plant gelatin sticks outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the same location. It was alleged that he had committed suicide by jumping into the Kalwa creek. However, his autopsy report revealed that Mansukh had injuries on the back of his head and neck. Based on this autopsy report, it is being suspected that he might have been subjected to physical assault before his death.
Yesterday, video footage recorded outside the Crime Branch surfaced in which the tainted Mumbai Cop and former Shiv Sena leader Sachin Vaze was seen with Mansukh Hiren, the owner of the bomb-laden Scorpio. According to Republic TV, Sachin Vaze, the prime accused in the Antilia bomb scare case, was seen arriving at the Crime Branch unit in a Land Cruiser Prado along with Mansukh Hiren. The footage was recorded on February 26, a day after the bomb-laden Scorpio was detected outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai.
It is yet to be established if the dead body recovered has any connection with the Antilia bomb scare case and the recovery of Mansukh Hiren’s body.
Antilia bomb scare and connection between Mansukh Hiren and Sachin Vaze
On February 25, a Scorpio car with 20 gelatin sticks was found parked near Antilia, the multi-storey residence of Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai. A few days later, it was revealed that the car belonged to a person named Mansukh Hiren. The bomb-laden car was owned by Mansukh Hiren, who had alleged that his car was stolen from Mulund-Airoli link road. Hiren had also filed a police complaint about the missing car.
Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis had made sensational disclosures related to the Antilia bomb scare while speaking in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and said that the bomb-laden vehicle belonged to Hiren.
Speaking in the assembly, Fadnavis alleged that the owner of the Scorpio car, which was used to plant gelatin sticks and a threat letter outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai, was in touch with a mobile phone number that is registered under the name of Mumbai Police officer and ‘encounter specialist’ Sachin Vaze.
However, hours after Fadnavis had made a statement in the legislative assembly, Hiren’s body was washed ashore in the Kalwa creek, which only deepened the mystery surrounding the attack against Mukesh Ambani. Mansukh Hiren’s family have accused suspended police officer Sachin Vaze of murder. Following the family’s complaint, Maharashtra ATS had registered a murder case to investigate the death on March 7.
In a series of astonishing revelations thereafter, it came to fore that the Scorpio car was never stolen and that it was used by Sachin Vaze. Another car Innova in the case was recovered from one of the Mumbai Police offices. The NIA also found that Sachin Vaze had sought the CCTV footage of his society in Thane and tried to tamper with it, presumably to destroy the evidence. It was also revealed that the two drivers of Scorpio and Innova were both working in the police force.
The NIA court on Friday has rejected the plea of suspended API Sachin Vaze to meet his lawyer privately. Sachin Vaze is being probed by the NIA for his role in planting an explosive-laden car near Mukesh Ambani’s residence, Antilia, and his role in the suspected murder of the owner of the Scorpio car in which explosives were laden, Mansukh Hiren.
The Special Public Prosecutor (SSP) has told the NIA court that Sachin Vaze is not cooperating in the interrogation. SSP further contended that “My basic purpose will be failed if we allow them to meet.”
Abad Ponda, the lawyer for Sachin Vaze contended that the investigation is at a ‘crucial stage’ and that, he should be allowed to meet his client (Sachin Vaze). “The investigation is at a crucial stage, please allow me to meet my client during non-interrogation hours; let’s not infringe on my fundamental rights”, he said.
Vaze’s lawyer further claimed that whenever they have been present at NIA, the interrogation was not conducted. Ponda further argued that they have set up camp at a near-by hotel so they can immediately be present at NIA when the interrogation takes place, however, they were never called. “We have also booked one room at Shalimar hotel near the office so that we can immediately reach to see my client during his interrogation”, he said.
After hearing both parties, Sachin Vaze and the Special Public Prosecutor, the NIA judge ruled that his previous order was clear in its ruling.
Judge Sitre had passed an order saying that a lawyer of Waze’s choice will be present at a visible distance during his interrogation by NIA but not at a hearing distance. Essentially, the order meant that the lawyers will be able to watch NIA interrogating Sachin Vaze, however, they will not privy to the questions being asked of him.
Interestingly, another application was rejected by the NIA court. An application moved by Sachin Vaze’s lawyer sought time to meet Vaze between the interrogations, however, the judge rejected this application as well.
Sachin Vaze – an accused in the Antilia bomb scare case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested ‘encounter specialist’ Sachin Vaze for being a part of the group that planted the explosive-laden Scorpio on Carmichael Road (near Antilia) on February 25.
The top cop was also investigated for his alleged role in the death of Mansukh Hiren, the owner of the Scorpio found near the Ambani residence.
Two cars – an Innova (white colour) and a Scorpio (green colour) were used to plant the bombs outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai on February 25. The police had traced the Scorpio to Mansukh Hiren, an auto part dealer in Thane.
A few days later, his dead body was found in a creek. While initially it was claimed to be suicide, further investigation revealed that it is possibly a murder. After Mansukh Hiren’s death, his wife, Vimla Hiren alleged that the vehicle was lent out to Sachin Vaze for four months till February 5. After that, it was reported stolen. She had accused Vaze of killing her husband.
Later, it was found out that Mumbai top cop Sachin Vaze had used the same explosive-laden Scorpio found outside Reliance Group’s chief Mukesh Ambani’s residence Antilia to escort Alibagh Police in Arnab case.
Earlier, the National Investigative Agency officials had also recovered the white Innova car from the Mumbai Police Commissionerate office. A white Innova was also suspected to be used, in addition to the Scorpio, to plant the bombs outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai on February 25.
Editors Note: This is a story from 2014 that was reported today and made viral by ANI and TimesNow.
Amidst the deteriorating strategic relationships between Riyadh and its long-time patron Pakistan, the former has prohibited its men from marrying women from Pakistan. Along with Pakistan, the men in Saudi Arabia have also been barred from marrying women from Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar, a local Arab newspaper Makkah daily reported.
The Saudi Arab administration has made it clear that if any local men wish to marry a foreigner from these 4 nations would have to now face tougher regulations, Makkah daily quoted the Makkah Police Director Major General Assaf Al-Qurashi.
These stricter additional rules have been implemented to discourage Arab men from marrying outsiders.
Those wishing to marry foreign women should first obtain the consent of the government and submit marriage applications through official channels. It has been reported that the applicants would have to be over 25 and attach identification documents signed by the local district mayor as well as all other identity papers, including a copy of his family card. Divorced men will not be allowed to apply within six months of their divorce.
“If the applicant is already married, he should attach a report from a hospital proving that his wife is either disabled, suffering from a chronic disease or is sterile,” Police Director Major General Assaf Al-Qurashi said.
According to unofficial figures, there are about 500,000 women from these four countries currently living in Saudi Arabia.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vijaykant Sagar has said that tainted cop Sachin Vaze was chargesheeted in a 25-lakh extortion case in September 2018, reportedHindustan Times. The revelation comes days after the former assistant police inspector (API) has been remanded to NIA custody for his involvement in the Antilia bomb scare.
DCP Vijayakant Sagar (Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar) said that Vaze’s name had surfaced during a probe in the extortion case by the Vasai Crime Branch. Although the trial is yet to commence, the tainted cop had secured an anticipatory bail in the case. DCP Sagar stated that after the custodial murder of Khwaja Yunus and his eventual suspension, Sachin Vaze had helped accused Dr Anil Yadav and Amol Patil to destroy evidence in the extortion case.
Sachin Vaze had reportedly had met Yadav in Gujarat, where the evidence was destroyed and handed him a car. Under the tutelage of ex-API Vaze, Yadav and Patil would extort money from builders. Sachin Vaze would also guide them to run from the law enforcement authorities and escape arrest. Accused Anil Yadav is a doctor by profession who had turned into a Right To Information activist.
“Vaze would advise Yadav on how to escape the law and was instrumental in helping him flee to Uttar Pradesh. Yadav was arrested in April 2017,” DCP Sagar said. He added that the local Crime Branch had also recovered a revolver from Yadav used for extorting money from the builder in Vasai. It must be mentioned that out of 25 lakhs, co-accused Amol Patil had taken ₹2 lakhs as the first instalment.
Sachin Vaze’s connection in the Antilia Bomb scare case
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made a sensational disclosure on March 5 in Vidhan Sabha when he claimed that Assistant Police officer Sachin Vaze was in touch with Mansukh Hiren, the owner of the Scorpio car that was found laden with explosives outside the Ambani residence. Fadnavis has alleged conspiracy behind the attack against Mukesh Ambani, alleging that it could not be a coincidence that the car was stolen from Thane.
The IO, investigating the case, also lived in Thane. Shortly after his revelation, Mansukh Hiren was found in a creek in Thane. Hiren’s wife had accused Vaze of murdering her husband. The case was transferred to the Anti-Terrorism Squad on March 6, and Vaze was removed from the Mumbai Police Crime Branch after his name surfaced in connection with the matter.
NIA also seized Mercedes, unaccounted cash from Vaze
Earlier this week, the NIA officials had seized a black Mercedes car used by the tainted Mumbai cop from the Crawford market area. The NIA officials had recovered the fake number plate attached to the suspicious Scorpio car from the Mercedes car. In addition to the number plate, the officials also recovered unaccounted cash of Rs 5 lakh, a few clothes and a cash counting machine from the car.
On Friday, hundreds of Muslims gathered at the Jama Masjid in the National Capital to protest against the petition filed by ex-Shia Waqf Board Chairman (UP) Waseem Rizvi. The development comes days after he had filed a petition in the apex court, demanding the removal of 26 ‘problematic’ Quranic verses.
As per reports, the protestors began their demonstration following the Jummah (Friday prayers). They raised slogans demanding his arrest and labelled Rizvi as ‘Quran ka Dushman’ (Enemy of Quran). One of the placards, held by the protestors, read, “Tehfuza Quran ke liya jaan bhi kurban (We can sacrifice our lives for the protection of the Quran.)”
The protestors, belonging to both Shia and Sunni communities, had alleged that Waseem Rizvi had been ‘deliberately’ trying to drive a wedge between the two communities. They had urged the Muslim community to boycott the Shia leader, accused him of corruption and looting Waqf Board properties. The demonstrators were also seen marching towards the Supreme Court of India.
However, since no permission was sought from the Delhi Police for such a ‘protest march’, they remained restricted to Jama Masjid. According to Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad, Waseem Rizvi’s petition was aimed at getting ‘famous’. “We do not want any [part] of the religious book to be altered or disrespected like this. We want strictest actions against Rizvi,” he opined.
Calling for Rizvi’s ostracism, another protestor said, “Such kind of person shall be boycotted from each corner of the society as such people disturb the peace of the community by making derogatory remarks against the holy book.” Meanwhile, Injuman-e-Haideri officer bearer Zahrul Hasan has blamed ‘Zionist lobby’ in Israel and ‘hard-line Hindu forces’ behind the petition of Rizvi to the apex Court, seeking removal of 26 Quranic verses.
Muslims send memorandum to Centre, State governments: Details
In a memorandum sent to the Centre and the State governments, Muslim participants demanded the ‘immediate arrest’ for his satanic act. They warned that inaction against Rizvi would imply that the current political dispensation in support of the petition. “Waseem Rizvi is now indulged in insulting Holy Quran, hence he is no more a Muslim in faith,” they emphasised. Furthermore, they said that he should not be appointed in any Muslim institution.
The memorandum further urged Muslims to not invite Waseem Rizvi for social or religious gathering, else they would face ‘similar consequences.’ It has asked the NIA to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Rizvi for spreading terrorism, after concluding that he must be an ‘agent of anti-India forces.’ The participants also cautioned, “Since Waseem Rizvi is no more a Muslim by faith, his body should not be allowed to be buried in a Muslim graveyard after his death.”
The Quran controversy and aftermath
Syed Waseem Rizvi, the ex-chairman of the UP Shia Central Waqf Board, has recently stirred the hornet’s nest by filing a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the removal of 26 verses from the Quran. In his petition, Rizvi has argued that the Quran contains “some verses that are used to promote terrorism, violence, jihad.”
He said, “These verses were added to the Quran, by the first three Caliphs, to aid the expansion of Islam by war…after Mohammad, the first Caliphs Hazrat Abu Bakr, the second Caliphs Hazrat Umar and the third namely Hazrat Usman released the Quran as a book, based on the oral preachings of Mohammad.” according to Rizvi, terrorists use these verses to fuel jihad.
This had led to a series of threats, with a Muslim cleric even offering a bounty of ₹20,000 for anyone who brings Rizvi’s head. Amir-ul-Hassan Jafari, a Shia lawyer and ‘activist’, had also announced ₹11 lac bounty for whoever beheaded ex-UP Shia Board Chief Waseem Rizvi for his petition. In his statement, the former president of Moradabad Bar Association said that Rizvi was a demon. “He is not a Hindu or Muslim; he is a demon. I want to announce that whoever beheads him, I will give him Rs 11 lakh.”
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the Antilia bomb scare case recreated the crime scene where the explosives-laden Scorpio case was found near the residence of Mukesh Ambani. According to the CCTV footage of the area, suspended API Sachin Vaze, who is a prime accused in the Antilia bomb scare case was made to walk the scene.
Interestingly, Sachin Vaze was also been made to wear an over-sized Kurta, a mask and a handkerchief over his head to recreate the ‘PPE-wearing’ man spotted approaching the car on February 25.
Reportedly, this is the CCTV footage of Sachin Vaze being made to walk to re-create the scene where a man in PPE suit was spotted approaching the explosives-laden car on the 25th of February.
NIA making Sachin Vaze recreate crime scene where the explosive-laden Scorpio was found near Antilia
Earlier, it was reported that Sachin Vaze’s staff had told the NIA that the man seen wearing a PPE suit and walking towards the Scorpio was Sachin Vaze himself. Reportedly, the staff has revealed to the investigating officers that Vaze was spotted near Antilia wearing a PPE kit on the eve of the bomb scare incident. The staff has also revealed that Vaze later destroyed the PPE kit. The National Investigating Agency officials had recovered a shirt from Sachin Vaze that was allegedly worn inside the PPE kit.
This recreation of the crime scene where Sachin Vaze is wearing an over-sized kurta, a mask and a handkerchief on his head seems to lend credence to the report that the NIA has evidence of the man in PPE kit being none other than Sachin Vaze himself.
According to a Republic TV report, NIA suspects that the white Landcruiser Prado car seized from Sachin Vaze’s house was used to carry the gelatin sticks on February 25. The gelatin sticks were then transferred to the Scorpio car parked outside the Ambani residence (Antilla). The Prado is now being investigated for trace evidence of Gelatin.
Over the last few weeks, the Antilia bomb scare case has taken a dramatic turn with the arrest of Mumbai police “encounter specialist” Sachin Vaze. The controversial cop and former Shiv Sena leader Sachin Vaze is also accused of murdering Mansukh Hiren, an important witness in the case. After his arrest by NIA, Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh has also been transferred from his post.
From the recovery of an explosives-laden vehicle outside Ambani’s residence to the transfer of the Mumbai Police Commissioner, the case has turned to be one of the most controversial cases in recent history.
Sachin Vaze – an accused in the Antilia bomb scare case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested ‘encounter specialist’ Sachin Vaze for being a part of the group that planted the explosive-laden Scorpio on Carmichael Road (near Antilia) on February 25.
The top cop was also investigated for his alleged role in the death of Mansukh Hiren, the owner of the Scorpio found near the Ambani residence.
Two cars – an Innova (white colour) and a Scorpio (green colour) were used to plant the bombs outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai on February 25. The police had traced the Scorpio to Mansukh Hiren, an auto part dealer in Thane.
A few days later, his dead body was found in a creek. While initially it was claimed to be suicide, further investigation revealed that it is possibly a murder. After Mansukh Hiren’s death, his wife, Vimla Hiren alleged that the vehicle was lent out to Sachin Vaze for four months till February 5. After that, it was reported stolen. She had accused Vaze of killing her husband.
Later, it was found out that Mumbai top cop Sachin Vaze had used the same explosive-laden Scorpio found outside Reliance Group’s chief Mukesh Ambani’s residence Antilia to escort Alibagh Police in Arnab case.
Earlier, the National Investigative Agency officials had also recovered the white Innova car from the Mumbai Police Commissionerate office. A white Innova was also suspected to be used, in addition to the Scorpio, to plant the bombs outside Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai on February 25.
A week after a case of dog rape was reported from Mumbai, a similar case of sexual assault on another dog has come to light in the Kalina area of Santacruz in Mumbai.
According to the reports, a 20-year-old Muslim youth identified as Toufeek Ahmed was caught on a CCTV surveillance camera sexually abusing a female dog. An FIR has been lodged against Ahmed for ‘unnatural sex’ at the Vakola police station.
Speaking to the media after lodging the complaint, Savita Mahajan, the chairperson of Animal Rescue And Care Trust (ARAC), said that they have also submitted all the electronic evidence, including the CCTV footage of the crime, which took place recently.
Thanking the Mumbai Police for assuring strict action, Mahajan said that the sexual abuse of a female dog named Cheenu was discovered recently when CCTV cameras were installed at the site where private cars are parked in order to prevent thefts of car parts.
“The accused man is a hawker who sells bread in the locality. In the CCTV video, he is clearly seen raping the dog, which is bestiality. After the FIR was lodged this week, the Valoka police went to his local address to nab him. However, he has reportedly left for his native place in Uttar Pradesh. We request the police to arrest him soon,” said Mahajan.
A case has been registered against Toufeek Ahmed at Vakola police under IPC section 377 for unnatural sex.
Toufeek Ahmed escaped after raping dog, says NGO
According to Street dogs of Bombay, a collective that works for the welfare of street dogs in Mumbai, Toufeek, who worked as a hawker selling bread on roads, raped female dogs at midnight.
In an Instagram post, the activist group said that a volunteer has now sent the rape victim Cheenu to Animal Rescue and Care and a report was filed at Vakola police station. The Police have visited the area to check dog Cheenu, said the NGO.
As per the NGO, the accused Toufeek has gone missing ever since the video went viral. It is suspected that Toufeek has returned to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh.
The horrific incident comes just a week after a 67-year-old man was arrested for raping dozens of stray dogs in suburban Andheri West.
Ahmad Shah arrested for raping over 30 stray dogs in Juhu area
Last week, a 67-year-old vegetable trader Ahmad Shah was arrested by DN Nagar police station for sexually abusing a dog at the Juhu Galli area. An NGO volunteer had caught Ahmad Shah raping a stray dog. A complaint was lodged by Vijay Mohnani from NGO Bombay Animal Rights, who submitted a video to the police in which Shah could be seen raping the dog.
The police reportedly suspect that the vegetable vendor has raped over 30 dogs between 3 am to 4 am in the night over a long period of time. He allegedly offered the animals meat and raped them while they ate. The accused even claimed that since he had been feeding the animals and the animals “did not object”, it is not a crime.
Soon after the horrific incident came to light, there was a massive uproar across the country. Several social media users took to social media to demand justice for the sexually harassed dog ‘Sheru’ and demanded strict action against Ahmad Shah. Netizens voiced their opinion on the internet by trending the “#SorrySheru” hashtag and expressed anguish over the increase in cases of dog rape in recent days.
This is the fourth case of dog rape that has been reported from Mumbai in the last few months. In October last year, an 8-year-old female canine named Noorie was raped inside the Galleria shopping complex in Powai, Mumbai. A week before, a 65-year-old man was arrested for raping a dog at the Nerul railway station complex in Navi Mumbai.
The protesting Punjab ‘farmers’ in India on Friday graduated from burning stubble to burning bras after American Vice President Kamala Harris’ niece, Meena Harris, in a tweet referred to bras as ‘monsters’.
I hate bras so much now I don’t care if I have 5 mins between zooms I am taking that monster off
Harris took to Twitter to claim that she hates bras so much that now she does not care how long it takes between Zoom calls, but even if she gets 5 minutes break, she takes those ‘monsters’ off.
To this, porn star Mia Khalifa suggested she could wear something called ‘Negative Underwear’, which is the most comfortable thing in the world.
Negative Underwear. Most comfortable things in the world ?
The new cryptic message from the celebrity supporters were left wondering on what could this message mean. Netizen, however, were more than happy to help them decipher. An eminent intellectual named Mr Keh Ke Pehno (announce it while wearing it) explained it such.
OpIndia has reached out to Mr Keh Ke Pehno for his comments over the cryptic tweet exchange and how the two women have announced before not wearing the monsters, but he has declined to comment.
The protesting ‘farmers’ from Punjab, who have graduated to making more permanent structures at the Delhi borders to help them protest in comfort, were baffled with this latest instruction from the toolkit. It is imperative to note that both Harris and Khalifa have recently extended support to protesting Punjab ‘farmers’ and called the farm laws which aim to benefit farmers as ‘anti-farmers’.
The Punjab ‘farmers’ had expressed their gratefulness to the American Vice President’s niece and porn star for supporting their cause. Hence, when the new set of instructions were being discussed on Twitter, they were left baffled. However, on seeing the two women’s extreme dislike for the women’s undergarment, they decided to do what they are best at – burn those monsters.
Harping Farmer, a protestor from Canada and a Bhindrandwale fanboy, was the first to burn the first bra. Khalsa Aid, an organisation that regularly likes to come to rescue of those in need, also donated 786 bras for the burning festival.
Mohammad Zubair, a goat-loving animal rights activist, who has been supporting the farmer protest from day one because ‘I can eat bakri, but bakri needs ghaas which farmers grow’, was left baffled. Zubair, who likes to steal women’s underwear which are put to dry for his sexual pleasure, was taken aback at the existence of ‘negative underwear’. He was shocked that if women start wearing negative underwear, what will he steal.
However, Asif, his best friend, explained that negative underwear is just an underwear women wear above their clothes instead of inside them. “Sorry, Asif,” Zubair said for raising a false alarm.
