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PM Modi speaks up on global propaganda against India, refers to Greta Thunberg toolkit in Assam

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PM Modi speaks up on global propaganda against India, refers to Greta Thunberg toolkit in Assam

Prime Minister Modi while inaugurating development programmes in Assam, launched a scathing attack on the global conspiracy to defame India.

PM Modi said that people who are conspiring to defame India have stooped so low that they are not sparing even Indian tea. Assam produces more than half of India’s tea. PM Modi, while addressing the gathering, said that they must have heard in news that these conspirators are vowing to malign the image of Indian tea in a systematic manner across the world. “Will you accept this attack? You will accept the people involved in this attack? Will you accept those praising these attackers?,” PM Modi said.

Without naming it explicitly, PM Modi talked about the toolkit leaked by professional child-protestor Greta Thunberg on February 3, 2021 which exposed several organizations, celebrities, and leaders for conspiring against India. One of the documents shared was prepared by Poetic Justice Foundation which had a dedicated plan going back as far as 3rd January 2021.

The organisation had prepared a step by step guide for the global campaign to malign India. One of the slides in the presentation was one that detailed their ultimate ‘objectives’.

Objective shared by Poetic Justice Foundation

The fourth objective in the list states, “Disrupt “yoga & chai” image of India in general”.

Tea and Yoga have been quite synonymous to image of India globally. Further, PM Modi worked as a tea-seller in his childhood and has been recipient of ‘chaiwallah’ jibe from the elitist for defying social norms and becoming the head of the state despite not being from a political family. Further, he has also managed to put yoga on global platform with the International Yoga Day celebrations since 2014.

These two aspects of the campaign’s objectives have nothing to do with the farmers, but it is about causing damage to India’s image on an international platform.

“We have to malign the image of tea in the world, these documents say. These documents, which have come to the fore, shows how some foreign forces are trying to attack the identity of chai (tea) which is associated with India. Do you accept this attack? Do you accept those who stay quiet after this attack? Do you accept those who praise who attack India? All those responsible for tarnishing the image of Indian tea will have to be answerable. Every tea garden will question those political parties who are silent. Every tea drinker will question them,” he said.

Gorakhpur: CM Yogi Adityanath’s intervention leads to resolution of compensation dispute, hundreds of farmers to get 2.5 times price for acquired land

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Gorakhpur: CM Yogi Adityanath’s intervention leads to resolution of compensation dispute, hundreds of farmers to get 2.5 times price for acquired land

A years-long dispute between administration and farmers has been resolved in Gorakhpur district resulting in 2.5 times compensation payment to farmers against acquired land. The district court has passed the judgment in favour of farmers in Manbella.

As per the reports, in 2009, the Gorakhpur Development Authority (GDA) had acquired about 215 acres of land in Manbella. The administration had decided on a price of Rs.18 lakh per hectare. The farmers were not happy with the price. MP Yogi Adityanath had intervened at that time, and the price was increased to Rs.28 lakh per hectare, but the farmers continued their fight. As a result, no project could start in the region.

CM Yogi formed committee in 2017 to resolve dispute

In 2017 after becoming Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath formed a committee to resolve the decade-old dispute. The committee suggested the price of Rs.71 lakh per hectare. However, once the project has been awarded, it is not legally possible to increase the compensation rate. Thus, 70 farmers went to the district court for resolution. A few days ago, the District judge gave a verdict in farmers’ favour and ordered the administration to pay the price difference with interest.

Some farmers had got Rs.18 lakh per hectare, and some farmers were paid Rs.28 lakh per hectare. As per the judgment, all farmers will get the benefit of the decision and will receive Rs 70 lakh per hectare. Those who had filed the petition will get compensation from the court. In contrast, the remaining farmers who were not part of the petition have to file a copy of the said order under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition application for enhanced compensation to the Land Procurement Officer.

Farmers thanked Chief Minister

As the increase in compensation was because of the intervention of CM Yogi Adityanath, the farmers have expressed gratitude to Chief Minister. Barkat Ali, Chairman of the Manbella Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, said that CM Yogi has been standing with them to fight for their rights from the beginning. He further said that the increased compensation had been made possible because of CM Yogi’s efforts.

GDA secretary Ram Singh Gautam said that a proposal would be placed in front of the board after getting a legal opinion, and the board will decide on the further action to be taken.

Land freed from land mafia after 38 years

In other news, after CM Yogi Adityanath’s intervention, 2.5-acre land has been freed from the land mafia in Gorakhpur Khowamandi in the Golghar region. As per the reports, Rajendra Yadav, a resident of Gorakhpur Khowamandi, has given a letter to CM Yogi Adityanath informing him about his 2.5-acre land that was grabbed by the land mafia in 1983. Yadav alleged that he had bought the land in 1983, but land mafia Prabhakar Dwivedi, with the support of local administration, grabbed the land. Since then, he had met several officials, but no one helped him.

Yadav met Yogi Adityanath in his Janta Darshan program on February 4 in Gorakhpur and requested him for help. CM Yogi directed police officials and the revenue department to take immediate action, after which the land was free within an hour.

Navy officer abducted from Chennai airport dies after being set on fire in Palghar, Maharashtra. Read details

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Navy officer abducted from Chennai airport dies after being set on fire in Palghar, Maharashtra. Read details

On Saturday, a 27-year-old Navy sailor named Suraj Kumar Dubey succumbed to his injuries after being abducted and set ablaze in Palghar town of Maharashtra.

As per reports, Dubey was a resident of Ranchi, Jharkhand. He had recently got engaged and was to be married in about three months’ time. He worked as a seaman at INS Agrani training school in Coimbatore. The victim, who was on a leave, had returned to Chennai on January 31 via a flight. At around 9 pm, the Navy sailor was threatened by three people with a revolver and his cellphone was snatched away. The unidentified men then forced Dubey into a white SUV and asked him to pay ₹10 lacs as ransom.

He was kept hostage at an unknown location in Chennai. After being detained there for 3 days, the Navy official was taken to a forest in Vevji village in Talasari Taluka in Palghar near the Maharashtra-Gujarat border on Friday (February 5) morning. He was doused with petrol and set ablaze by the three perpetrators. Dube suffered 90% burn injuries as he lay without clothes in the forest.

On finding him naked, the locals informed the Vevji police station. Dubey was then admitted to a hospital in Dahanu, where his condition continued to worsen. He was rushed to the military hospital INHS Asvini and was declared dead on arrival.

Case lodged in Palghar murder case, probe commences

A case was registered against 3 unidentified people at the Gholwad police station under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 34 (acts done in furtherance of common intention), 302 (murder), 364 (kidnapping), and 392 (robbery). The police have initiated a probe in the case and are investigating how the Navy sailor was taken 1500kms away to a forest in Palghar from Chennai. The cops are analysing mobile call records and CCTV footage to get leads on the culprits.

While speaking about the case, Palghar SP Dattatray Shinde informed, “Navy officer refused to pay a ransom of Rs 10 lakhs. The locals informed police, then brought in the district civil hospital, later in Mumbai. He was abducted near the Chennai airport. Navy officer refused to pay a ransom of Rs 10 lakhs. The locals informed police, then brought in the district civil hospital, later in Mumbai.”

Father of Navy official demands justice

Meanwhile, the father of the deceased Navy sailor, Mithilesh Dubey, had demanded justice for his son. He said, “I want justice for my son. That’s the message I want to get across via media. He gave a statement before dying that he was kidnapped and imprisoned for three days, being made an object of ransom. He was then brought to Palghar and burnt to death.”

The lynching of two Hindu Sadhus in Palghar

On 16th April 2020, two Sadhus of Juna Akhara, Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), and Sushilgiri Maharaj (35) were lynched along with their 30-year old driver by a mob. The incident took place at Gadchinchale village in Palghar district, Maharashtra. They were on their way to Surat, Gujarat. The police were present at the scene, but the allegedly did not try to stop the mob or did anything to save the sadhus.

The fact-finding committee constituted to unravel the truth of the Palghar case, had revealed that the left-wing organizations working in the area have created hatred in the minds of the tribals against Hindus, its religious gurus, and sadhus. Vivek Vichar Manch formed the fact-finding team that comprised of retired judges, lawyers, and police officers.

The fact-finding team’s investigation had also concluded that the growing violence in the area came to the fore after Chrisitan organizations such as the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Tenancy Organizations, Bhoomi Sena, Adivasi Ekta Parishad, CPM began exerting their influence in the region.

MeToo accused and co-founder of leftist propaganda website The Wire Sidharth Bhatia elected as President of Mumbai Press Club

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MeToo accused and co-founder of leftist propaganda website The Wire Sidharth Bhatia elected as President of Mumbai Press Club

Sidharth Bhatia, one of the co-founders of leftist propaganda website ‘The Wire’ and an accused of sexually harassing women, has been elected as the new President of the Mumbai Press Club.

According to the reports, Bhatia secured a victory against Sudhakar Kashyap to be elected as the President of the Mumbai Press Club. The elections were held on Saturday.

Journalist Smita Deshmukh took to Twitter to report that a group of radical left ‘journalists’ had contested the Mumbai Press club’s elections under a grouping – ‘Progressive Democratic Alliance’. Sidharth Bhatia had contested for the post of President while another far-left ‘journalist Gurbir Singh of the Indian Express and Samar Khaldas of the Maharashtra Times had contested for the post of Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively.

According to another journalist Shrikant Bhosale, the Progressive Democratic Alliance had fielded six candidates for the post of office bearers and ten others for committee members’ posts. All the 16 candidates of Progressive Democratic Alliance, led by far-left ‘journalist’ Sidharth Bhatia have secured victory.

In 2018, when the MeToo movement hit India, Bhatia was accused by two women for sexually harassing them.

Sidharth Bhatia is accused of sexual harassment by two former colleagues

During the ‘MeToo’ movement, Bhatia was named by at least two different women, in two separate incidents and accused of having used his power to sexually exploit women. One woman has accused Bhatia of ‘propositioning young interns in DNA (where Bhatia was previously associated with) by offering writing tips’. The second Twitter user has accused Bhatia of licking his ‘lower lip seeing bra straps of young women’ in office.

However, Bhatia had claimed that the lady who accused him of inappropriate behaviour while he was at DNA was false. He had said that no lady with that name worked at DNA while he was there. Bhatia had asserted that the allegations made by another lady, who worked for The Wire, was also untrue because The Wire Hindi has no female staff.

Following the severe backlash against the Wire editor, Bhatia has filed a police complaint to investigate the Twitter handles which made these accusations. Bhatia has maintained that the allegations were false. Brazening it out, Bhatia said that they had requested the ladies to come forward with more details, but nobody has.

The Wire – a far-left fake news website

The controversial left-wing website ‘The Wire‘, which claims to be a media outlet, is known for spewing anti-Hindu hatred and has often taken extreme anti-India positions to further its ideological narrative. The ‘news website’ started by American citizen Siddharth Varadarajan, Radia-tapes famed MK Venu and Sidharth Bhatia has a long history of peddling false propaganda and fake news.

The Wire has been caught several times peddling the most outlandish lies with impunity. They have never retracted or apologised when called out. Here are some of the outlandish lies and false propaganda propagated by The Wire in the name of journalism.

A series of FIRs were recently registered against The Wire Founder-Editor Siddharth Varadarajan for spreading fake news against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and also during the recent ‘farmer’ protests in the country. Apart from Siddharth Varadarajan, another former news anchor Vinod Dua was booked for misreporting the Anti-Hindu Delhi riots and also on charges of creating a public nuisance by false “contextual reporting”. Dua, too, was accused of sexual harassment.

Shiv Sena goons thrash a senior citizen, blacken his face for criticising Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, post video online

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Shiv Sena goons thrash a senior citizen, blacken his face for criticising Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, post video online

In a despicable incident, Shiv Sena goons assaulted a senior citizen for allegedly criticising Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The video was uploaded by one Prashant Jagtap, who identifies as ‘Shivsainik’ and handles the party’s social media. In the said clip, the goons could be seen surrounding the victim from all sides and blackening his face with ink. The victim has been identified as one Shirish Katekar, who is an RSS Swayamsevak from Pandharpur in Maharashtra.

Katekar was forced to wear bangles (considered a sign of weakness by misogynists) and a saree was draped around his head. He was paraded in public and the goons sloganeered in unison. Despite the intervention of a police official, the Shiv Sena workers continued with their assault. Social media users have pointed out that the assault took place after the victim had criticised the Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

While labelling the senior citizen as a ‘BJP pimp’, Prashant Jagtap applauded the Shiv Sena workers for their act of brutality. With no fear of legal consequences, Jagtap mockingly admitted that the party workers might have broken 15-20 bones of the victim.

Screengrab of his tweet

He further added that the senior citizen will not be in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward for more than 6 months.

Navy veteran assaulted by Shiv Sena goons

A veteran of the Indian Navy was attacked by Shiv Sena goons in Maharashtra in September last year for sharing a cartoon on WhatsApp. A complaint filed has been filed and an FIR has been registered regarding the matter, Times Now has reported. The veteran confirmed that he was brutalised for sharing the WhatsApp forward. He also said that the Police has first come to arrest him.

The veteran also said that he had never expected such a thing to happen to him in his own country. He said that he was helped by the local MLA who is from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to put an end to the ‘Gundaraj’ and demanded strong punishment for the guilty.

Mumbai Police arrests actress-model Gehana Vasisht and others for shooting and uploading porn

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Mumbai Police arrests actress-model Gehana Vasisht and others for shooting and uploading porn

Property Cell of the Crime Branch, Mumbai Police has arrested actress and model Gehana Vasisth for her alleged role in shooting and uploading porn videos on her website. As per the reports, police also found that more models, production houses and side actresses are involved in editing and uploading films shot by the gang on websites and mobile apps.

A senior police official said that so far, she has shot 87 pornographic videos and uploaded them on her websites. People have to pay subscription fees of up to Rs 2000 to watch the content. Gehana had won the Miss Asia Bikini crown and appeared in the Alt Balaji web series Gandi Baat. She has also been featured in several advertisements in both Hindi and Telugu cinema. Police will produce her in court on Sunday.

Multiple complaints led to arrests

Mumbai Police has said that they had received complaints from at least three more victims who had been told that they were forced into doing a role in porn films. Based on the complaints, a team of crime branch raises Green Park bungalow at Madh Island in Malad and raided several people, including Yasmin Beg Khan alias Rowa (producer and director), Pratibha Nalawade (graphic designer), Monu Gopaldas Joshi (actor), Bhanusuryam Thakur (assistant) and Mohammed Asif alias Saify (cameraman).

Kedari Pawar, senior Inspector of property cell, said, “We had received information that a gang was giving advertisements for fresh faces and under the pretext of giving them a role in movies, they used to first take them to these bungalows and make them do odd scenes and then lured them with handsome money make them sign agreements and then forced them to act in this porn movies.”

They also rescued a victim of the racket who was sent for rehabilitation. Police seized three bank account associated with the racket with an Rs.36 lakh balance that they had generated through the subscription of the apps. The police also recovered six mobile phones, a camera and related equipment, a laptop, memory cards and 5.68 lakh cash.

Reports have suggested that a case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Information Technology Act and Female Subliminal Form Prohibition Act. All accused have been sent to custody till February 10.

Mumbai Police falls for Arnab Goswami’s parody Twitter account, names it in defamation notice

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Mumbai Police falls for Arnab Goswami’s parody Twitter account, names it in defamation notice

In a hurry to carry out their witch-hunt against Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami, the Mumbai Police have ended up embarrassing themselves after they listed a ‘parody’ Twitter account of Arnab Goswami as the official handle of the Republic TV chief to allege that he had made defamatory statements against the Mumbai Police.

After trying all every trick up its sleeves to harass Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami, the Mumbai police on Friday had registered a criminal defamation complaint against the journalist over some claims made by him during a debate revolving around Sushant Singh Rajput death case in August 2020.

Mumbai DCP Abhishek Trimukhe had filed a criminal defamation complaint against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, his wife and the owner of the channel ARG Outlier for alleged defamatory statements made against him by Goswami under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 499, 500 (defamation) and 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory).

“The said defamatory attacks have been made with a singular view of assassinating his (DCP Trimukhe’s) official character and thereby…maliciously and deliberately causing undue humiliation of the Mumbai Police Department,” the complaint said.

Mumbai Police falls for a ‘parody’ account

However, in the defamation complaint, the Mumbai Police officer referred to tweets from a fake Twitter handle impersonating to be Arnab Goswami. The complaint further alleged that Arnab Goswami runs the Twitter handle @arnab5222 with nearly 2 lakh followers, and claimed that he recirculated the defamatory telecast to an even larger audience, through Twitter.

Mumbai Police complaint

As per the complaint, Arnab Goswami made “grossly false”, “malicious” and defamatory statements during the coverage of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide last year. It further claimed that these defamatory statements were telecast on the channel Republic Bharat during a discussion about phone records of actor Rhea Chakraborty on August 7, 2020.

The complaint lists six tweets put out by the parody account of Arnab Goswami “@arnab5222” to claim that Republic TV chief defamed DCP Trimukhe.

Mumbai Police complaint

In its defamation suit, the Mumbai Police officer claimed that account ‘arnab5222′ put out a series of defamatory posts’ on August 7, 2020, allegedly operated by Arnab Goswami. The account since then appears to have been deactivated and a new account with same user name was created in October 2020.

@arnab5222 account created in October 2020

Interestingly, Arnab Goswami does not have a presence in the social media platforms. Confirming the same, Arnab Goswami’s lawyers said that the tweets referred to in the complaint filed by DCP Abhishek Trimukhe were from a fake Twitter account. Republic TV, too, has time and again clarified that Arnab does not have any social media account.

Reacting to the gaffe of the Mumbai Polie, the Republic Media Network will said they will respond legally, as per due process.

Chakka Jam: At a time when nation needs to scale new heights, Opposition wants India to come to a halt

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Chakka Jam: At a time when nation needs to scale new heights, Opposition wants India to come to a halt

There are a lot of things I don’t understand. One of them is the logic behind chakka jams, the road blocks.

How is causing inconvenience to anyone, who just wants to go about do his work, earn their bread and come home a legit form of protest. How is bringing the nation to a standstill, the very country you claim to love and vow to die for, helping?

At a time when the world economy is in shambles, no thanks to the Chinese coronavirus that has infected crores of people worldwide, leaving over 2 lakh people dead in just a year, how is this bid to stop economic activities across nation a good idea? Of all the economies in the world, India is pegged to be one of the fastest to recover despite pandemic.

And the opposition parties in India are standing by the chakka jams. These will also be the first to whine when companies have to shut down because of the heavy losses incurred by these road blocks. It is imperative to know that the ‘farmers’ have been blocking Delhi borders since past more than two months.

No matter what happens, it is the national capital that has to suffer.

Like last year, it was anti-CAA protestors who had blocked the Delhi-Noida road for over two months. This when the law they were opposing was not even applicable to them. The Citizenship Amendment Act only fast-tracks Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities in three neighbouring Islamic countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Non-Muslims from these countries who have taken refuge in India, were to get fast-tracked Indian citizenship. “But what about Muslims in these countries? What if they seek refuge in India?” Sure, they can take the regular route. “But Indian Muslims are being left stateless”. How? No one knows. How can an Act, not applicable to Indian Muslims, leave them stateless? It still baffles me. But these Shaheen Bagh ‘dadis’ were ‘fighting for their identity’.

Speaking of protesting against things needlessly, the ‘farmer unions’ like Bharatiya Kisan Union and even opposition parties like Congress and others had demanded and promised the exact same things these new farm laws give. They wanted free market, they got free market and are not protesting against free market. The hypocrisy is staggering.

Which brings us to chakka jams. What does chakka jam do? It brings in international media attention. That is also why the ‘tractor rallies’ were carried out. The ‘farmers’ tried to instigate the police to use force by trying to mow them down and even desecrating the national monument just when the official Republic Day parade was happening just few kms away.

What did it bring? International media attention. Hollywood celebrities and celebrity protestors were tweeting ‘why are we not talking about these human rights violations’ for blocking internet.

Wait, so blocking Internet is ‘human rights violation’, but blocking roads is ‘democracy’.

These ‘road blocks’ also occur with the same ‘human’ angle. There will almost always be a wedding party which takes part in these protests. Or these ‘protestors’ will clear up the road block for ambulance. ‘You see, we don’t want to cause inconvenience to anyone’, they will tell the media. Once camera is off, they are issue death threats to elderly people who just wish to see a doctor.

Chakka jams and tractor rallies are nothing but a spectacle, well planned and well organised to get international attention and defame India on global platforms.

NCP supremo Sharad Pawar ‘advises’ Sachin Tendulkar to exercise caution while speaking on matters outside cricket

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NCP supremo Sharad Pawar ‘advises’ Sachin Tendulkar to exercise caution while speaking on matters outside cricket

After several Indian cricketers and celebrities came out openly against the coordinate international campaign to destabilise India by supporting the anti-farm law protests, the opposition parties have chosen specifically target Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. The legendary batsman has been targeted by the Congress and the left parties after he had tweeted against global celebrities like popstar Rihanna, pornstar Mia Khalifa and others posted tweets supporting the farmer protests.

Now NCP supremo Sharad Pawar had joined the list to attack Bharat Ratna awardee Sachin Tendulkar for his opinion on the issue. The veteran politician issued a veiled threat for the former Cricket India Captain, saying that he should exercise cause while speaking about any other field. Pawar told media, “Many people have reacted sharply to the stand taken by them. I would advise Sachin to exercise caution while speaking about any other field”.

It is notable that when alien popstars and porn-stars support the farmer protests, the opposition parties welcome them, but when an Indian legend issues a different point of view, a leader like Sharad Pawar says cricketers should not comment on non-cricketing issues.

Earlier, Congress workers in Kerala had protested against Tendulkar for his views, and his cut-out was smeared with black oil by them.  The Congress and left attack on the legend started after he had tweeted that external forces can be spectators but not participants.

Pawar also said that if senior leaders of the govt like PM, Defence Minister & Nitin Gadkari come forward and speak with the agitating farmers, a solution can be found. He conveniently forgot that senior ministers like Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal are already talking with the farmer unio leaders, but the protesters have made it clear they are not ready for any negotiation. They are adamant that the farm laws should be scrapped, has refused the union govt’s proposal to postpone the implementation of the laws for 12-18 months, and have refused to participate in a committee appointed by the Supreme Court of India.

Uttar Pradesh: Shadab, Sariq, Shahbaz, Shehzad arrested after shooting dead Rachit Jat in full public view, NSA slapped on them

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Uttar Pradesh: Shadab, Sariq, Shahbaz, Shehzad arrested after shooting dead Rachit Jat in full public view, NSA slapped on them

The Bijnor police have arrested four Muslim youths after they brutally gunned down one youth named Rachit Jat, son of Bablu Jat, in Bijnor’s Jhalu town in Western Uttar Pradesh in broad daylight in full public view. While the four accused namely Shadab, Sariq, Shahbaz, Shehzad, all residents of Mohalla Pirzadgan in Jhalu town were arrested along with their murder weapons, one of them named Iqbal managed to flee.

Speaking to the media, police said that they have expedited the investigation in the case and are in the lookout for the fifth accused. Police further said that soon a charge sheet will be filed and the stringent National Security Act will be invoked in the case, after which the accused would be tried in a fast track court. The police assured that all possible steps are being taken to make sure that the culprits are brought to book.

According to the police, the accused fired at least 13 rounds with country pistols killing Rachit Jat on the spot. The police have said that the preliminary investigation suggests that the incident was a fallout of an old enmity. In the video given below, the attackers can be seen giving the count of bullets fired by them at Rachit.

The four Muslim youths arrested confess of firing 13 rounds killing Rachit Jat in a cold blooded murder

How five Muslim youths killed the Jat youth in full public view on the streets of Jhalu, Uttar Pradesh

In what transpired, Rachit Jat, a resident of Seohara Girdhar, a small hamlet in Jhalu block in Bijnor District of Uttar Pradesh, went shopping in Jhalu on Friday. He was standing near an umbrella shop when the five Muslim youths accosted him and started indiscriminately firing at him. Rachit ran for his life. He hurriedly went into a shop which stood 50 metres away from the umbrella shop. The accused followed him and gunned him down. Rachit died on the spot.

Shockingly, reports suggest that the accused not only shot at Rachit in full public view, after murdering the youth, they allegedly sat at a local cigarette shop, joked and smoked cigarettes while Rachit lay in a pool of blood in a nearby shop where he ran to take shelter before being brutally gunned down. In fact, after killing Rachit, the Muslim youths reportedly threatened the locals gathered at the market place not to testify before the police.

The accused seen smoking cigarettes after killing Rachit Jat

They warned the people of the Jat community that if they wanted to live in the area they would have to bow down to the Muslims living there, and fired in the air.

In fact, in a video which has been widely shared on the microblogging site Twitter, one the accused, while being taken away on a bike by the police, shouts out to someone: ‘Make sure our video comes on YouTube’.

The killers in police custody

Netizens slam Rakesh Taikat, who has been talking about Jat-Muslim unity, for not condemning the brutal attack on a Jat by Muslim youths

Here, it becomes imperative to mention that the area where this cold-blooded murder of a Jat youth at the hands of five Muslim men took place in the same region in Uttar Pradesh from where self-declared farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has been trying to draw support for his protest against the agricultural reforms by evoking a narrative of Jat and Muslim brotherhood.

After the incident, netizens have now been questioning Rakesh Tikait and the members of the union, which have for all this while been hailing the Jat-Muslim unity, as to how then Muslim youths in the area could effectuate such a barbaric act on a Jay boy. They have also slamed Taikat for not speaking a word of condemnation against the youths who brutally killed the Jat youth.

Jat community in Jhalu, Uttar Pradesh demand strict action against the accused

After Bijnor police received information about the incident, SP Dr Dharmveer Singh, CO City Kuldeep Gupta and Inspector-in-Charge reached the spot along with the police force. The police rounded up 4 accused, while the fifth escaped.

The whole town and market area is in terror after this brazen murder. Members of the Jat community, who were infuriated at the cold blooded murder of a member of their community, along with other locals, gathered outside the police station in Bijnor demanding stringent action against Rachit’s murderers.

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