Weeks after the Nikita Tomar murder case, a new case of Grooming Jihad has come to light. A Muslim youth named Aman Khan allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old minor in Sector 48 of SGM police station area, Faridabad on 16th November.
The mother of the victim said in her statement that a youth named Aman Khan, aged 19 years, accompanied by his friends, had kidnapped her daughter. The family filed a complaint in SGM police station. The police were first describing it a case of the missing person, but later, under pressure, they registered a case of kidnapping. As per the reports, the girl has been recovered.
Aman was waiting with his friends
As per the victim’s mother, the girl was returning home from the shop at around 5 PM in Sector 48 on 16th November to get a sweater. Aman Khan was waiting with his companions at some distance. Aman allegedly forced the girl into an auto and fled from the scene. She ran after them but the accused escaped. They tried to find her but failed. Later, at around 10 PM, the victim’s family went to the police station and filed a complaint. As per reports, SHO of SGM police station first tried to file a missing person complaint, but the matter caught the eye of the media after which a case of kidnapping was registered. According to the police, a case of theft was already registered against Aman.
Police have rescued the girl
As per reports, Police tracked Aman’s location at G Block, NIT and arrested him after two days. A case has been registered against him under IPC Sections 363 (Kidnapping) and 366A (Procuration of minor girl). The girl was handed over to the family after recording her statement under Section 164 in front of a judge.
Nikita Tomar murder case
On 26th October, a 21-year-old woman named Nikita Tomar was shot in broad daylight by one Tauseef because she refused to return his advances. She was killed just 6KM away from her home. Tauseef reportedly kidnapped her in 2018, but the case was withdrawn after a panchayat was held. Tauseef is the grandson of Congress leader Kabir Ahmed.
On the 17th of November, celebrated singer Sonu Nigam uploaded a video on his YouTube account with 1.2 million subscribers. In the video, seated in a house from where the Himalayan range was visible, Sonu Nigam lashed out at the media, especially Tribute and CNN Lokmat.
In the video, Sonu Nigam says that he woke up in the morning and read an article that spoke about how he does not want his son to become a singer in India, and then, he says that the article quoted troll comments on his views.
He then says, ‘Ye video un dallon ke liye hai’ (This video is for those brokers), referring to the media organisations that published that article.
Further in the video, he then specifically refers to the Tribute editor and says, “tu sota kaise hai dalle?” (How do you sleep at night?).
He says his son is multi-talented and he will eventually do whatever it is that he wants to do in life. “He sings, but that does not mean he has to become a singer”, says Sonu Nigam in the video he uploaded.
The tongue-lashing that Sonu Nigam gave the media, specifically Tribute does not end there. He further says that the media is so Leftist, that they have started hating even their right hand and they don’t even wink with their right eye anymore. He says that the media thinks anyone who is to their ‘right’ is considered a ‘right wing’ by the media. “I am what you will never be. I am a true Indian. I am a centred person. I am neither Left, nor Right. That is what you should have also been, as a journalist”, he says.
Referring to the Tribune editor as a ‘Dalla’ yet again, Sonu Nigam further wades into the Nepotism debate that has been raging in the country ever since the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. He says that in the Nepotism debate, it is being said that in the Bollywood industry, the debate says that singers make their children singers, actors make their children actors, so on and so forth. And the media should appreciate if he is saying that he does not want his son to be in this industry.
Asking the media, especially Tribune to be in their limits, Sonu Nigam ends his video by training his guns at News18 Lokmat. ‘News18 Lokmat, tu bhi bhaunk mat” (News18 Lokmat, don’t bark)”, he says as he ends his video.
The report that Sonu Nigam was furious about
On the 15th of November, Times Now Digital published an exclusive interview of Sonu Nigam, taken at the launch of his new devotional song, Ishwar Ka Vo Sacha Banda.
According to Times Now Digital, on being asked if his son Neevan aspires to become a singer, Sonu said, “Frankly, I don’t want him to be a singer, at least not in this country. Anyway, he does not live in India anymore, he lives in Dubai. I have already got him out of India. He is a born singer but he has another interest in life. As of now, he is one of the topmost gamers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He is number 2 in Fortnite. There is a game called Fortnite and he is the top gamers in the Emirates. He is a brilliant child with a lot of qualities and talent. And I don’t want to tell him what to do. Let’s see what he wants to do himself” (sic).
While he also spoke about how people are getting drawn to positive music, Tribune and several other media houses decided to pick up only the part where he says he does not want his son to become a singer. Tribune, who Sonu Nigam has lashed out at, specifically put the fact that his son had moved to Dubai in the headline.
In the article, after citing what Nigam had said, Tribune proceeded to quote several trolls who questioned him about ‘moving to Dubai’ since he had earlier questioned the loudspeakers used during Azaan.
The Tribune quoted a troll saying, “I am glad #sonunigam moved to a country where he can’t hear azaan. He was greatly troubled by the sound of azaan in India, and asked for its ban on speaker. #dubailife“.
It must be recalled that back in April 2017, Sonu Nigam stirred up a storm after tweeting his exasperation of usage of loudspeakers for azaan, the prayer call for Muslims. Even back then, the fundamentalists had attacked him for voicing his displeasure against the forced religiousness through loudspeakers. Some had even wished for throat cancer for the singer for wanting to stop the usage of loudspeaker for azaan. After his tweet went viral, a bounty of Rs 21 crore was given on his head by one Rizwan Malik for the same. A maulvi in West Bengal issued a fatwa and announced a prize of 10 lakh rupees for any person who shaves the head of Sonu Nigam. Sonu took the fatwa head-on and proceeded to himself shave his head. But, the Maulvi refused to pay up, citing that he had two more conditions: that someone put a garland of old torn shoes around his neck and tour him around the country.
Two youths in Madhya Pradesh were reportedly stabbed after they expressed solidarity with Sonu Nigam. Shivam Rai a resident of Ujjain had posted his support for Sonu on Facebook and also declared that henceforth he would only listen to his songs. This incensed some Muslim youths from Begumgunj and a verbal spat ensued. He was also allegedly threatened over the phone by these youths named Mohammad Nagori and Faizan Khan and eventually stabbed, along with his friend.
While Sonu Nigam had said nothing wrong about loudspeakers being used, Sonu was trolled mercilessly, that ended with his deactivating his account. In fact, in a 2015 the Bombay High Court had observed that there were about 822 Mosques and 90 Temples which did not have licenses to operate loudspeakers. Also in 2014 the Bombay High court had called for a removal of Illegal loudspeakers from Religious structures in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai the order which was also welcomed by Muslim leaders.
Perhaps Sonu Nigam lashed out at Tribune because the media portal was clearly raking up an old controversy where Sonu Nigam had questioned loudspeakers being used for Azaan and was threatened mercilessly by Islamists. That they used his son for their pettiness makes it far worse.
46-year-old Delhi-based businessman Neeraj Gupta was beheaded, his body stuffed in a suitcase, taken aboard Rajdhani Express and dumped off in Bharuch, Gujarat all over a love affair. The accused Zubair, fiance of the woman named Faisal, has been arrested along with Faisal and her mother, Shaheen Naaz.
As per reports, Gupta was having an extra-marital affair with 29-year old Faisal since past 10 years, who was one of his employees. Her parents wanted her to get married to one 28-year-old Zubair and got her engaged. When Gupta got to know of this he allegedly discouraged her to get married.
On November 13, he went to her house in Adarsh Nagar area of Delhi where Zubair and Faisal’s mother, 45-year-old Shaheen Naaz were also present. The argument turned violent where Zubair reportedly hit Gupta with brick. Enraged Zubair then stabbed Gupta with a knife thrice in the stomach before beheading him.
Zubair, Faisal and Shaheen then devised a plan to get rid of the body. As per a statement released by the cops, they stuffed Gupta’s body in a suitcase, booked a cab through an app and went to Nizamuddin Railway station. Zubair, who works in the railway pantry, boarded Rajdhani Express towards Goa. On the way, he disposed off the body in Goa.
On 14th November, one of Gupta’s friends filed a missing person report when he didn’t return home. During police inquiry, Gupta’s call records revealed his location, but they were not able to trace it. Later, Gupta’s wife filed a police complaint and named Faisal as one of the suspects as she knew of the affair of several years.
Faisal was questioned where she initially gave conflicting statements. However, she later broke down and revealed how the brutal murder unfolded. She said she worked in Gupta’s Karol Bagh office and was having an affair with him since several years. Gupta didn’t want to leave his family and hence they didn’t get married. However, Gupta also apposed her marriage to Zubair, she alleged.
The police have recovered the brick and knife used in murder but have not been able to trace Gupta’s body.
A Muslim woman was recently arrested and escorted out from an American Airlines passenger aircraft after she picked up a fight with another passenger for going ahead of her in the security check line.
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, a self-proclaimed political activist, was ejected and arrested from an American Airlines flight after she harassed a fellow passenger in first class.
On November 14, the 28-year-old Amani al-Khatahtbeh took to Twitter to narrate the entire incident and claimed that the trouble began at the security check. Al-Khatahtbeh said that she bent over to take her shoes off in the TSA screening line and a man walked in front of her.
He then proceeded to not only shove his things before mine, but then RUN THROUGH THE MACHINE and TSA did NOTHING!
Not only did they not do anything, a TSA officer had the audacity to tell ME to “cut it out.” 2/3
The Muslim woman said that the white man “cut in front of her” while she took time removing her shoes. The man told her that he had the TSA ‘pre-check’ designation and therefore could go in front of her because those with pre-check are not required to remove their shoes.
“I had the craziest experience in TSA (Transportation Security Administration) this morning,” she tweeted, adding that the other passenger had placed his luggage ahead of hers to be checked before skipping the queue to pass through a metal detector.
“When I said he could wait like everyone else, he started going off about how he’s ‘pre-check’ and ‘first-class’,” she said. It is notable here that it is a common practice in airports for pre-check passengers to go ahead in the line when the person ahead of them is taking time to empty their pockets or remove their shoes.
Pulling her Muslim card, Amani said that just because she was a ‘veiled Muslim woman’, the TSA security did not pay heed to her complain and allowed the ‘white man’ to cut the line.
Y’all know if I, a VEILED MUSLIM WOMAN, had the audacity to throw a temper tantrum and run through TSA security, I would have gotten BODIED. I would have been detained, missed my flight, possibly gotten charged, etc.
As per a recent report that has emerged after complete facts of the issue were discovered, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh started filming the ‘white man’ on board the AA flight to Charlotte. AA crew have now revealed that once she was on board, Amani confronted the passenger and started using profanities while live-streaming her rant, accosting him and creating a ruckus on the flight.
When Amani Al-Khatahtbeh did not budge and refused to exit the aircraft, the aircraft was emptied and she was escorted away by security personnel. She was reportedly taken briefly into custody, before being released without charge.
This is the @AmericanAir manager coming onboard to tell me that they’re removing me from my flight because “there is a passenger onboard who doesn’t feel comfortable” with me. pic.twitter.com/pwBS5NkvAn
Essentially, Amani was insinuating that she, being a Muslim, was removed from the flight after receiving a complaint from a ‘white man’ travelling in first class.
Was the lady removed because she was Muslim?
As various reports gave a religious spin to the whole controversy, an American Airlines spokesperson clarified saying that the initial witness accounts indicate the conflict began during TSA screening.
“Our understanding is that Ms Al-Khatahtbeh believed the other passenger, who is enrolled in PreCheck, was getting favourable treatment because he was allowed to proceed through security while she was removing her shoes.”
“This led to a verbal altercation that continued through the terminal and on the plane, where Ms Al-Khatahtbeh confronted the passenger and began filming him before taking her seat,” the American Airlines spokesperson said highlighting that she was removed for unauthorized photography or video recording onboard the flight. AA’s photography policy prohibits unauthorised filming of fellow passengers, crew or flight equipment.
Contrary to religious angle for her removal from the flight, her filming of another passenger against his consent violated onboard photography policy of American Airlines, resulting in her removal from the aircraft.
In a shocking incident, a neighbour of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has reportedly committed suicide in Baramati and has named NCP leaders in the suicide note as the reason for his death, as per a report by Aajtak.
According to the reports, a Baramati based businessman named Pritam Shah committed suicide due to harassment by some NCP leaders over interest money. Baramati police inspector Namdev Shinde said that the son of the businessman Pritam Shah has lodged a complaint against some NCP leaders who have been harassing his father.
This incident has now caused a huge row in the Baramati city. Reportedly, the accused had lent money to Pritam Shah at the high-interest rate of 30%. Pritam Shah had already repaid the loan, however, the NCP leaders wanted to extract more money from Shah and were allegedly harassing him for it. Reports say that the accused wanted to get a bungalow in their name.
According to the complaint filed by Pritam Shah’s son Prateek Shah, NCP leaders Jaisingh Ashok Deshmukh, Kunal Chandrakant Kale, Sanjay Kondiba Kate, Vikas Nagnath Dhanke, Praveen Dattatreya Galinde, Hanumant Sarjerao Gawli, Sunny alias Sunil Avale, Sanghar Gawale, Mangesh Amas have been named as accused.
One of the accused is also the former chairman of Baramati Bazar Samiti and others were active members of the NCP. Among the accused persons is a current corporator of Baramati municipality, and the director of Baramati Cooperative Bank.
The Baramati police have now registered a case against nine people, including the current NCP municipal leaders of the city, on charges of abetting a businessman to suicide through harassment. Six of the accused have been arrested while three of them have been absconding.
A shocking case of Grooming Jihad has emerged from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh where a Muslim doctor allegedly raped a nurse, made her pregnant and then forced her to convert to Islam. As per a report by Navbharat Times, the Muslim married doctor working in a private clinic got into a romantic relationship with the nurse in the hospital and raped her for seven months after promising marriage. He then put up condition of religious conversion for getting married to her. The nurse is six months pregnant.
He had allegedly hidden his religious identity as well as the fact that he was married and already has two sons. As per report she has said she was also kept confined forcefully for months.
Baghpat Grooming Jihad case
As per the report, the woman worked as a nurse in private clinic. The doctor hid his religious identity and befriended the woman. He claimed that he was a divorcee and proposed to marry her. He had been in a physical relationship with her for past seven months. He allegedly even made an intimate video with the woman. Whenever she would bring up the topic of marriage, he would show her the video and shut her up, she alleged. After she got pregnant, the doctor tried to force her to abort the child. When she refused, he allegedly beat her up and forced her to convert to Islam.
She further alleged that when she met the doctor’s wife on Tuesday, she kicked her pregnant belly and also tried to induce abortion. This worsened her health. Somehow, she managed to escape the clutches and reached the police station to file a complaint.
The woman has further alleged that the Muslim doctor had made all preparations to get her to convert to Islam. He had allegedly even prepared a fake Nikahnama (marriage certificate as per Sharia, the Islamic law).
As per the report, the woman was initially married in 2012. However, due to some issues, she got divorced. Since then she had been working in the hospital. There she came in touch with the Muslim doctor who claimed to be a divorcee himself. He had said he had a son. However, the truth came out only when she became pregnant.
Main accused absconding
The police have arrested two people in the matter.
उक्त प्रकरण में अभियोग पंजीकृत कर दो आरोपियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया है। शेष की गिरफ्तारी हेतु विशेष टीम गठित कर दी गई है। अपर पुलिस अधीक्षक बागपत द्वारा दी गई बाइट। pic.twitter.com/QdKD3TLAGJ
As per a statement released by the police, two people have been arrested in the case. The accused’s wife and his brother are arrested while the main culprit is still absconding. A case has been registered under relevant sections.
A Dalit woman auto driver named Chithra Lekha from Kannur, Kerala has announced that she would be converting to Islam after allegedly facing caste discrimination at the hands of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the state. Chitra Lekha made the announcement through a Facebook post on November 16.
Chithra Lekha reportedly wrote in her Facebook post that she was constantly targeted because of her caste by the ruling CPM party. She said that she had lost all the hopes of getting justice from the government or the courts. Therefore, she was planning to get rid of her Dalit identity by converting to Islam. She wrote that she struggled alone against the CPM’s caste discrimination for 20 years and she could not continue any longer. She added that she did not want to live under the fear of the CPM whom she called a hypocrite secular party.
CPM government cancelled land allotted to her by previous government
Reportedly, Chithra Lekha had earlier alleged that CPM workers did not allow her to work due to caste discrimination. He autorickshaw was allegedly burnt down. Chithra Lekha was reportedly allotted some land and money for a house by the previous UDF government in the state in Kattampally, Kannur two years ago. However, the CPM government cancelled the land allotted to her and refused to provide her with the allotted money. She had protested in front of the Collectorate office but the government did not change its decision.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at several places in connection with Bengaluru riots, including four offices of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). SDPI is the political wing of the Muslim extremist organisation Political Front of India (PFI). According to a statement issued by NIA, the raids were conducted on a total of 43 locations in Bengaluru, Karanataka in relation to the horrific riots that had shaken the city of Bengaluru in August this year.
The NIA officials seized incriminating material relating to the SDPI/PFI along with weapons like sword, knife and iron rods during the raids. The agency has informed that 293 persons have been arrested in connections with the riots so far. In this, 124 arrests were made in relation to the riots in HJ Halli Police Station case and the rest 169 arrests were in relation to the riots in KG Halli Police Station case
Absconding Congress leader arrested in Bengaluru riots case
Congress leader and former Bengaluru Mayor R Sampath Raj, who was absconding for several weeks, was arrested by the Karnataka police on November 17 in connection with Bengaluru riots. He had escaped from private hospital where he was admitted for the treatment of Covid-19. Raj had field anticipatory bail application during his treatment which were rejected by court. Police had also arrested one of Raj’s associates named Riyazuddin on November 16 and another Congress corporator named Abdul Rakeeb Zakir for helping him escape.
An 850-page preliminary charge sheet was filed by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Karnataka police in October this year in connection with the riots. In the charge sheet, the CCB named 52 persons as accused and recorded the statements of over 30 eyewitnesses. Raj and another Congress party member Zakir Hussain have been named as accused in the charge sheet.
SDPI’s involvement in the riots
A violent Islamist mob had burnt down the city of Bengaluru in violent riots on August 11 this year over an alleged Facebook post of nephew of Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy about Prophet Mohammad. The riots unleashed by violent Muslim left four people dead and 60 police personnel injured. Two police stations and the house of Srinivas Murthy was torched down. After taking over the investigation of the riots, the NIA had named SDPI leader Muzamil Pasha for “instigating the mob” to unleash violence on the streets of east Bengaluru.
Reportedly, 124 accused in connection with violence at DJ Halli police station and 169 accused in connection with violence at KG Halli police station have been arrested so far.
In a major embarrassment for the TMC leadership, senior legislators of the party have openly voiced their grievances against Prashant Kishor who was roped in by Mamata Banerjee following BJP’s impressive performance on the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal.
The BJP’s victory on 18 of the 42 seats had sent alarm bells ringing for the TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, who decided to avail the services of poll strategist Prashant Kishor for the West Bengal state assembly elections. However, it appears that Banerjee’s decision had boomeranged as TMC leaders have taken to openly criticising Kishor. Interestingly, the rebels, who are displeased with Kishor advised unpopular reshuffle in July this year, have said that Mamata Banerjee is losing control of her party.
TMC is no longer Mamata Banerjee’s party: rebel MLAs
Senior TMC legislator Mihir Goswami from the Cooch Behar South constituency, who had renounced all his organisational responsibilities in October this year, said that he was ready to tender his resignation from the party. Writing a long post on social media, he said that he had tolerated adverse situations since 1989 but did not leave the party because of Didi (Mamata Banerjee).
Expressing his distress over not receiving a phone call from Banerjee in the last six weeks, Goswami lamented, “This is no longer Didi’s party. She is aloof. My party is no longer in the hands of my leader. That is why Didi’s men are no longer required. If you have to stay, you have to be a ‘yes man’ or else, leave.”
Speculations of Goswami joining the BJP started gaining momentum after his meeting with the BJP’s Cooch Behar Lok Sabha MP, Nisith Pramanik. “I am giving everything a deep thought,” Goswami said on Tuesday, when asked whether he would leave the TMC.
Goswami is not alone in voicing his grievances against the party. He has found support from another senior TMC leader, Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia, the legislator from Sitai constituency in Cooch Behar. Basunia backed Goswami and questioned internal changes being made at the recommendation of Kishor and his team.
Prashant Kishor is root cause of all trouble: TMC legislator from Hariharpara
Another TMC legislator from Hariharpara, Niamot Sheikh openly questioned Kishor’s authority at a rally on Sunday. “Prashant Kishor is the root cause of all trouble. Suvendu Adhikari resurrected the party in Murshidabad. And now leaders who talk to him are facing action,” Sheikh said at the rally.
Earlier last month heavyweight TMC legislator and Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari had openly revolted against the party leadership. Considered as the second-in-command of the TMC leadership, Adhikari has been pulling no punches in carrying out veiled attacks against the party in the election rallies that he is addressing.
There were rumours doing the rounds that Adhikari was dissatisfied with his sidelining as the profile of Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee steadily rose. However, one of the TMC MP rubbished the speculations, saying it is a false rhetoric put up by the opposition parties to sow discord within the party.
West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh urges rebel MLAs to join the saffron party and breathe oxygen
On the other hand, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has claimed that the saffron party will win more than 200 seats of the total 294 in the state assembly elections.
In an exclusive interview to India Today, Ghosh said, “The BJP has been toiling hard in West Bengal for the last 3-4 years, the results of which were seen first in the panchayat elections and then in the Lok Sabha polls when the party won 18 seats. The central leadership is assessing the ground situation and telling the party where it can do better.”
However, the internecine conflict within the TMC wasn’t lost on the BJP state chief. Taking cognisance of the imminent implosion of TMC, Ghosh remarked that their legislators are feeling suffocated and are deprived of oxygen. He has urged them to join the BJP and abandon living under “corona-like” situation.
“We are roaming around with oxygen cylinders. We’ve told everyone, come join us. Breathe in the open. Why are you living in a Corona-like environment?” Dilip Ghosh said, making an open offer to the TMC leaders to join BJP.
Recently, social media websites were awash with a picture of a news report published in a newspaper stating that one Congress leader had eloped away with the wife of another Congress leader.
The intriguing nature of the story led many netizens to wonder if the news about a Congress leader running away with another Congress leader’s wife is true and several of them shared the picture to question the authenticity of the report published in a Hindi newspaper.
— वोक श्री सनीचर (चायिना एक्स्पर्ट) (टाइटविंगर) ? (@Ruchhan) November 18, 2020
The truth about the report about Congress leader eloping away with another Congress leader’s wife
At first blush, the amusing nature of the story makes one believe that the picture shared on the social media websites would be an act of mischievous image editing. However, on closer inspection, it emerges that the report published about the Congress leader eloping away with another Congress leader’s wife is true.
The incident pertains to Madhya Pradesh and is from February this year. The case is from the Bhawar Kuan police station area of Indore. Earlier this year, a Congress leader’s wife had gone missing along with her two children. The politician desperately searched for his wife, scoured through the CCTV footage, when he came to know that his wife was on a bike with another Congress leader.
Instead of approaching the police for his missing wife, the Congress leader approached the state Congress office in Bhopal with a complaint against his party member. The aggrieved Congress leader was then sent back to Indore and asked to contact DIG Ruchi Vardhan Sharma. He had demanded that his wife be brought back to him. It was alleged that the Congress leader, who was accused of eloping another leader’s wife, was an office-bearer of the Seva Dal and associated with a woman Congress leader.
