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Sanchar Saathi: Here is how you can block lost or stolen phones, find out numbers issued in your name. Govt launches AI-powered portal for mobile users

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Sanchar Saathi: Here is how you can block lost or stolen phones, find out numbers issued in your name. Govt launches AI-powered portal for mobile users

On Tuesday, the Department of Telecom launched a new portal named Sanchar Saathi which will help mobile phone users to block and track their lost or stolen mobile phones across India. Moreover, users will also be able to view all the mobile phone connections which have been issued on their documents. “People will be able to block, track and check the genuineness of a used device before buying them,” said Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw while launching the portal.

“Under PM Modi’s vision for Telecom user’s safety we have launched Sanchar Saathi Portal under which there are three reforms for telecom users’ safety that will help protect a user’s digital identity. These reforms perfectly fit the PM’s vision to benchmark India’s telecom sector globally,” he said.

The first reform, as per the Minister, is the Centralised Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) which helps block, track and trace a mobile phone if it is lost or stolen. “If the SIM card is removed and a new SIM card is inserted still the phone can be blocked. The CEIR will help keep phone data and personal belongings safe,” the Minister said while addressing the masses at the launch event.

The second reform is Know Your Mobile. The consumer will get the facility to know how many SIM cards are there in their name, and what kind of documents have been attached. The users can now turn off their SIM cards as phone numbers are connected to KYC. “This will be done with an AI algorithm,” the Minister said.

The third reform is the ‘Astra’, an all AI-based framework to prevent cases where a fraudster takes multiple connections using different identities. According to the Minister, till now over forty thousand Point of Sale (POS) systems, that were supporting these fraudsters, have been blacklisted with Astra. With the help of Astra, 87 crore connections were traced, about 40 lakh connections were found fake, and 36 lakh connections have been closed following a detailed procedure. “In two cases it was found that one person has taken 5200 connections and the other has taken 6900 connections,” he added at the launch event.

He said that consumers can use the TAFCOP service on Sanchar Saathi to see if other mobile numbers are using their names without their knowledge or consent.

The facilities for Sanchar Saathi were created by C-DoT. The Department of Telecom’s technology development division has been successful in adding a capability to monitor the usage of counterfeit mobile phones across all telecom networks.

Prior to a mobile device’s sale in India, the government has now made it essential to provide the IMEI, a 15-digit unique numeric identity. The list of allowed IMEI numbers will be available to the mobile networks, allowing them to verify for the presence of any unlicensed mobile devices on their network.

The IMEI number of the device and the mobile number associated with it will be visible to telecom carriers and the CEIR system, and the data is utilised in some states to trace your lost or stolen mobiles using CEIR.

One of the typical methods used by criminals to avoid being found and blocked from using stolen mobile phones is to alter the IMEI number of the device. With the use of numerous databases, the CEIR will be able to prohibit any cloned mobile devices on the network.

In various telecom circles, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and the North East, C-DOT has been operating the technology’s pilot programme. Using the CEIR system, the Karnataka Police recently found and returned 2,500 missing mobile phones to their owners. With the aid of Apple id, a method for tracking stolen smartphones already exists, but Android-based smartphones have mostly caused problems.

Using stolen cell phones will be futile with the new system in place. The technique created by Sanchar Saathi may also aid in reducing phone smuggling.

Here is how the various services on the Sanchar Saathi platform can be used.

Know Your Mobile (KYM): There are three options to use this service, SMS, KYM and web portal. It provides all the information related to the IMEI number provided.

Lost Phone: It has the option to block a lost or stolen mobile phone, unblock a phone if it is found later, and track the request status. To block a number, information about the lost/stolen phone and the location where it happened, and the phone owner’s personal information has to be provided. Mobile number and device brand are mandatory fields for the information about the phone, while others like IMEI numbers (each SIM in a phone have individual IMEI numbers), second number if there was a second SIM, model name etc can be provided. The owner’s name and identity details are also mandatory.

Mobile connections in your name: After providing the mobile number, the system lists all phone numbers issued to the owner of that number. Only the first 2 and last 4 digits of the numbers are displayed, and three options are given against each number, Not My Number, Not Required, and Required. If a number is not recognised by the user and it was issued without the knowledge of the user, this option can be selected. This will raise a request for disconnection of the number.

The ‘Not Required’ option is for those numbers which were taken by the user in the past but are no longer in use, selecting this will also raise a request for disconnection of the number. For the numbers which were taken by the user and are currently in use, the Required option should be selected before clicking the Report button.

Meet Santosh Jain: A financial exec working in Sudan who provided diesel for Indian Embassy’s vehicles during Operation Kaveri

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Meet Santosh Jain: A financial exec working in Sudan who provided diesel for Indian Embassy’s vehicles during Operation Kaveri

April 15 was just another day for Santosh Jain who worked as a financial head in a company in Sudan. He went to his office in a steel factory as he did daily. Little he knew his life would turn upside down within hours of reaching the office.

On that day, the war reached his city. Jain was stuck in the office, his wife, Jyoti Agarwal, was locked in the house, and his two children were stuck in the school while there were tanks on the roads. Jain and 162 workers in his factory were stuck in the middle of the ongoing war. When Indian Embassy informed him that there was no diesel for the rescue vehicles, Jain provided the fuel from the steel factory he worked at.

In an interview with Dainik Bhaskar, Jain said his day was routine. Before he left for the office, his wife had already sent the children to the school. He came to the office and started working. Soon, he heard noises from the outside. He could listen to the noises of bullets being fired and bombs falling around the factory. It was a horrifying situation for everyone in the factory. They shut the doors and hid inside two rooms. After a few hours, the paramilitary barged into the factory and looted their cash and mobile phones. They obliged to armed personnel’s demands to stay alive.

Jain said he received a call from his children’s school, which asked him to take the children back home. However, he could not do anything as he was stuck in the office, and his wife was stuck in the house. He requested a school teacher to take his children with her. He could only bring back his children home the next day.

During the time between the war started in his city and the day of the rescue, Jain and his family lived on a minimal ration that was stored at their house. He said, “I had to bring 162 families with me. I could not leave them behind. Many of them could not speak English, Arabic or other Sudanese language.” 

Hurdles in Operation Kaveri and How Jain helped

Jain said he received a call from the Embassy that the vehicles would reach his city soon for the rescue. It was a 12-hour drive to the Sudan Port. However, the rescue operation kept delaying for a couple of days. Later, Embassy officials informed him that there were vehicles, but it was impossible to arrange diesel for them.

Jain said, “There was a tank full of diesel in our steel factory. I thought this was more important; the rest could be figured out later. I told them to send the vehicles. All the tanks were filled with diesel from the factory, and we left for the Sudan port.” Jain said the vehicles were to reach at 3 AM but could only reach 8 AM. Soon all tanks of the vehicles were filled with diesel from the steel factory, and they started the journey back home. It took them 12 hours to reach Sudan Port and within a week.”

Jain told Dainik Bhaskar that throughout the journey to the port, there were checkpoints where all passengers were checked to make sure no Sudanese was among them. They had to hide their expensive phones out of fear of being snatched away. “We came back only with two pairs of clothes. We left everything we had built there in the last ten years,” said Jain.

The Horrifying Tales of the Sudan War

Jyoti told Dainik Bhaskar that they ate only lentils and rice stored in the house for days. There was no electricity. The weather was extremely hot, and it felt as if they would boil. She said, “Our children wanted to sleep with gates open. We could not let them. A pregnant woman living next door slept in the open. A bomb fell next to her, and she was blown into pieces.”

Jain saw a building rumble into pieces right in front of his eyes while hiding in the office. They had told their relatives in India that if they did not get a call for a couple of days, assume there was no electricity. If they did not reach out for over a week, assume they were dead.

Jain and his family are now settling in India. Their children have joined a school in Faridabad and the couple is running a start-up to sell clothes. They hope to see a brighter future in India.

Operation Kaveri

The government of India launched Operation Kaveri to evacuate Indians from war-hit Sudan. Under the ongoing Operation Kaveri, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan went to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to manage the evacuation. Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar regularly updated about the evacuation process on social media. Apart from Indian Nationals, foreign nationals were also evacuated by India.

The Indians were evacuated from Port Sudan to Jeddah after the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to extend their ceasefire amid ongoing violence in the capital Khartoum and the western Darfur region. Indians are being taken from Port Sudan to Jeddah on Navy ships and C-130J planes, from where they are being flown to India on C17 jet planes. On April 30, Dr S Jaishankar informed that 229 Indians reached Bengaluru. On April 29, 365 passengers reached India in one batch, and 231 reached home in another batch. In a tweet, Muraleedharan mentioned that around 2,100 Indians were scheduled for evacuation from battle-torn Sudan.

Sudan war

There is an ongoing conflict between Sudan’s military and its main paramilitary force. They are fighting to take control of the country. The war threatens the stability of Sudan and the wider region. The details of the conflict can be read here. Our coverage of Operation Kaveri can be read here.

Yavatmal: Sheikh Aftaab booked for posting video showing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bowing to Aurangzeb, counter FIR filed against Hindus after Muslims were booked

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Yavatmal: Sheikh Aftaab booked for posting video showing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bowing to Aurangzeb, counter FIR filed against Hindus after Muslims were booked

On May 15, Maharashtra Police filed an FIR against one person identified as Sheikh Aftaab Shiekh Mannan for uploading an Islamist propaganda social media story on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The accused person posted a video in which Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was seen bowing down before Aurangzeb. “Aurangzeb Hindustan ka Baap,” the video captioned.

The incident is said to have happened in the Pusad region of the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra on May 14. Team OpIndia accessed the FIR copy of the incident in which the complainant named Gajanan Chavhan said that the accused had hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus by deliberately posting an anti-Hindu video on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The video has also been accessed by OpIndia.

“We had organized a procession honouring Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in our city. After the procession, I saw a Facebook story was deliberately uploaded by Aftaab saying that Aurangzeb is the father of Hindustan. He also posted a video showing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bowing down before Aurangzeb. This has hurt the religious sentiments of us Hindus. This was also an attempt to incite communal violence in the city,” Chavhan added.

FIR copy obtained by OpIndia

He also stated in the complaint that he showed the status to his other Hindu associates named Gajanan Karade, Mahesh Saroshe, Ganesh Bokshe, Prashant Pagir, Mahadev Dakhore and Khandu Shelgavkar who helped him file a police complaint. “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is like God to us. And the accused has caused insult to him,” the complainant said.

Screenshots of video posted by Aftaab (Video obtained by OpIndia)

Counter FIR filed against Hindus an hour after Aftaab was booked

Team OpIndia talked to Mahesh Saroshe, one of the persons who helped Chavhan in filing a police complaint. He said that Gajanan Chavhan has not been seen in the city and that he is not reachable since the complaint has been filed against the accused. OpIndia also contacted Chavhan’s brother regarding the case. He also confirmed that Gajanan had gone into hiding and that his phone was not reachable.

“The tension between Hindus and Muslims here is long-standing. This time they uploaded Islamic status on the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It was definitely a deliberate attempt. This has hurt our religious sentiments. Moreover, the Muslims have filed another complaint against us for allegedly hurting their religious sentiments. And now the police are looking for us instead of arresting Aftaab,” Mahesh said.

Notably, an hour after Aftaab was booked for posting Islamic status and attempting to incite communal violence, a Muslim person named Mohammed Mobin Sheikh Mujammel registered an FIR against Mahesh Saroshe and Ganesh Bokshe for posting a social media story praising Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and allegedly causing insult to Aurangzeb.

The FIR copy obtained by OpIndia stated that Mahesh and Ganesh posted a video saying, “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is father of Aurangzeb.” Mahesh confirmed to OpIndia that he posted the video and said that it was in response to the video posted by Aftaab.

FIR copy obtained by OpIndia

Police detained Aftaab’s two brothers but then happened to release them

He claimed that the police booked him and his friend but took no action against Aftaab. “The Police detained two of his brothers and released them after inquiry. Aftaab is believed to have absconded. But the police are looking for Gajanan Chavhan and also us (Mahesh and Ganesh). We are struggling to file an anticipatory bail in the case so that we are not trapped for raising our voice against pro-Islamist activity,” Mahesh confirmed.

The police have booked Sheikh Aftaab Shiekh Mannan, Mahesh and Ganesh under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Team OpIndia tried to connect to the SDPO Pusad office and also Khandala Police Station, but the calls remained unanswered. The report will be updated once we hear from the authorities.

Kerala: 17-year-old girl found hanging in a Madrassa in Balarampuram, family alleges mental torture by a ‘teacher’

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Kerala: 17-year-old girl found hanging in a Madrassa in Balarampuram, family alleges mental torture by a ‘teacher’

A 17-year-old girl named Asmiya Mole was reportedly discovered dead inside a library at a Madrassa in Balarampuram city, Kerala. She was a resident of Beemapally in Thiruvananthapuram. Her family has alleged that the girl was being abused by a teacher of the madrassa named Al Aman.

The mother of the deceased filed a report of the alleged mental abuse of her daughter by a Madrassa teacher to Balarampuram police station. According to the police, a case has been launched under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code, and an investigation is currently underway. The victim was a resident of the hostel and a student at a nearby religious study institute.

She contacted her mother on Saturday afternoon and requested to be sent back home, as per Balarampuram police. She reached the institution, but the authorities allegedly did not allow her to meet Asmiya. After some time, she was told that her daughter was found dead.

Police said, “Her mother reached the Madrassa around 4.30 pm. She was asked to get permission. Around 6.30 she was informed that the girl was found hanging inside the library. Her mother took her to a private hospital in Neyyattinkara. She was declared brought dead on arrival at 7 pm.” The autopsy of the body was later conducted at the Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram.

In accordance with Asmiya Mole’s uncle Tajudeen, she came home during Ramazan and informed her mother that a new Madrassa instructor was psychologically tormenting her.

“She returned to Madrassa on May 2 and complained to her mother again about the teacher. After reporting the matter to the Madrassa administration, the Ustad (teacher) asked her mother why Asmiya did not complain to him instead,” he revealed.

“We came to know from the media that 135 students were studying there. The primary report says it was hanging. We want to know what prompted her to commit suicide. What were the problems she faced there? We only wanted to know who was behind her death,” he added. The family has demanded a thorough inquiry into the serious matter.

CBI arrests media channel India Ahead’s Arvind Kumar Singh, says transferred crores through Hawala to firm handling AAP’s Goa election publicity

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CBI arrests media channel India Ahead’s Arvind Kumar Singh, says transferred crores through Hawala to firm handling AAP’s Goa election publicity

On Monday, May 15, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that Arvind Kumar Singh, the commercial head and production controller of Noida-based India Ahead news channel in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam on Friday. Following his arrest on the same day, Special CBI Judge M. K. Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court remanded Singh to CBI custody till May 18.

According to a CBI official, “Arvind Kumar Singh was arrested on Friday for allegedly transferring Rs 17 crore over hawala networks to a firm, which was handling the Aam Aadmi Party’s publicity campaign during the Goa assembly elections.”

During the investigation, the CBI recovered WhatsApp chats and hawala operator data indicating that Singh had been involved in the hawala transactions of Rs 17 crore between June 2021 and January 2022 to a firm managing the AAP’s outdoor advertisement campaign in Goa.

While remanding Arvind Kumar Singh to CBI custody, Justice Nagpal stated, “This court is of the opinion that some further interrogation in custody from the accused is required, as is his confrontation with the other documentary as well as digital evidence that has come on record during the investigation of the case. Therefore, he has been remanded to the custody of the CBI until May 18.”

The Goa Assembly elections took place on February 14, 2022. The Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22, which intended to grant licenses to liquor retailers, is said to have benefited specific dealers who allegedly paid kickbacks for it. The policy was later scrapped. 

Notably, Bhupendra Chaubey, the editor-in-chief of India Ahead is married to Delhi Education Minister Atishi’s elder sister Rosa Basanti. In 2022, it was reported that India Ahead was faced with a financial crunch and rumours surfaced that the English free-to-air channel might shut down soon. In January this year, the news channel reportedly shut down its operations and the dues of the employees were unpaid. Chaubey had at the time refuted these reports.

Muslim woman given Triple Talaq, forced to do Halala converts to Hinduism and marries Rahul, writes to police about threats from her ‘dreaded’ family

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Muslim woman given Triple Talaq, forced to do Halala converts to Hinduism and marries Rahul, writes to police about threats from her ‘dreaded’ family

On Monday, May 15, a Muslim woman named Nasrin, who embraced Hinduism and took the name “Neha” after marrying her Hindu partner, approached the Senior Superintendent of Police’s (SSP) office in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district, fearing a threat to their life from her family members. 

Reportedly, the matter pertains to the Bhamora police station precinct wherein a Digoi village resident Neha aka Nasreen Sihauliya said that although she was born in a Muslim family she was always drawn towards the Hindu dharma. She wanted to devote herself to the Hindu Gods and thus decided to embrace Hinduism. Neha further stated that she is happy with Rahul and wishes to live peacefully with him. Rahul also shared his happiness at marrying Neha.

Neha clarified that she has married Rahul of her own free will and has not been pressured by anyone to do so. She added that her family has connections with dreaded criminals who pose a threat to her and her husband Rahul’s life. In her letter to SSP, Neha said that her family members are against her marriage to Rahul. She also sought police protection. 

Moreover, Neha said that her first husband who was a Muslim, used to assault her getting drunk. She had three children from her first husband. Neha added that her husband refused to accept them as his children. Her husband gave her triple talaq and was pressuring her to undergo Halala. Tired of the harassment, Nasreen returned to her parent’s house. 

She met a man named Rahul a year ago while working in Delhi. Both began talking over the phone. Rahul and Nasreen grew closer as they continued to interact and they tied the knot 4-5 days ago.

NIA searches over 100 locations in the gangster-terrorist nexus case, had recently arrested 19 gangsters, 2 arms suppliers and 1 financier

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NIA searches over 100 locations in the gangster-terrorist nexus case, had recently arrested 19 gangsters, 2 arms suppliers and 1 financier

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at more than 100 locations in six states of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh in terror-narcotics smugglers-gangsters nexus cases. 

The anti-terror agency in close coordination with state police forces conducted these raids since early Wednesday at the premises and other places linked to suspects. The raids are still going on. The raids are being conducted in connection with three separate cases lodged by the NIA last year– RC 37, 38, 39/2022/NIA/DLI. 

The agency on January 25 this year arrested one Deepak Ranga, the main shooter in the RPG attack on Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali in May 2022 in its case RC-37/2022/NIA/DLI, from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur as he was a close associate of Canada based gangster-turned-terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa and Pakistan based gangster-turned-terrorist Harvinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda. 

Apart from his involvement in the May RPG attack, Deepak has been involved in a number of other violent terrorist and criminal offences, including violent killings. He has been actively receiving terror funds and logistical support from Rinda and Landa. 

The NIA had registered the case suo moto on September 20, 2022, after it emerged that terrorist outfits and terror elements based abroad were operating in tandem with leaders and members of organized criminal gangs operating in northern states of the country to commit targeted killings and violent criminal acts.

It had also emerged that the terror-gangster-drug smuggler network was also engaged in smuggling terrorist hardware, such as arms, ammunition explosives, IEDs etc across borders through a widespread inter-state network of gun runners, illegal arms and ammunition manufacturers and suppliers and explosive traffickers. 

Since the registration of three criminal cases against the above terror-gangster-drug smuggler network, NIA has already arrested 19 leaders and members of various Organised criminal gangs, two Arms suppliers and one big financier connected with the network under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Canada-based Arsh Dalla has been designated as an ‘individual terrorist’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 9, this year.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Khandwa, MP: Raju Saini falls in love and marries a Muslim woman, has a baby girl, and then is beaten and killed brutally by the girl’s family

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Khandwa, MP: Raju Saini falls in love and marries a Muslim woman, has a baby girl, and then is beaten and killed brutally by the girl’s family

On May 13, a Hindu man was brutally killed by his Muslim wife Ameeran’s family members in the Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh. After the assault, the Hindu man was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The victim, Jitendra alias Raju Saini, was ruthlessly thrashed in front of his wife by his Muslim father-in-law, mother-in-law, and his wife’s brother when he visited their house for the first time after marriage. Reportedly, Jitendra and Ameeran had a love marriage.

The matter pertains to the Piplod Police Station precinct. Reportedly, victim Jitendra who originally hailed from Khandel village in Rajasthan was residing in Khandwa district’s Singot for the last three years. There, he worked at a hotel where he met Ameeran. The two soon drew closer and got married. After getting married, they moved to Rajasthan’s Khandel village. Jitendra and Ameeran had a daughter. Meanwhile, Ameeran’s parents lodged a missing complaint for their daughter. On the basis of their complaint, the police initiated an investigation and found that Ameeran is residing with her husband Jitendra in Khandel.

According to the police, Ameeran had said in the court that she wants to stay with her husband and since she was an adult, she had the right to take that decision. Later when she wanted to meet her parents Munnibai (mother) and Mumtaz (father), her husband brought her to Singot village in Khandwa. Jitendra stayed in Singot for over 25 days as he was assaulted by his in-laws’ family whenever he tried to take his wife and daughter back home. The victim had even filed a complaint at Piplod police station, however, police reportedly did not take any action. 

On May 13, 2023, when the victim returned to his in-laws’ home to bring back his wife and daughter, he was attacked by members of his wife’s family. The victim managed to reach the Piplod police station and informed the police about what transpired at his in-laws’ house, but no action was taken. He was admitted to a nearby hospital on Monday, May 15, as his health deteriorated due to the brutal assault. On Tuesday, May 16, victim Jitendra Saini succumbed to his injuries.

Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (SP) Satyendra Kumar Shukla said that an investigation was launched following the death of Raju (Jitendra). A murder case has been registered against the accused mother-in-law, father-in-law, and brother-in-law.

Dr Anish Arjhare, the district convenor of Hindu Jagran Manch, blamed police negligence for what happened with victim Jitendra alias Raju. He added that if the police had taken timely action on his prior complaint, victim Jitendra would have been alive. Hindu Jagran Manch also demanded strict action against the eight accused persons. 

Influencer Shayan Ali refuses to do ISI propaganda work against India, the Modi fan recounts the harrowing tale of how he had to leave Pakistan to avoid being killed: Details

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Influencer Shayan Ali refuses to do ISI propaganda work against India, the Modi fan recounts the harrowing tale of how he had to leave Pakistan to avoid being killed: Details

On Tuesday (May 16), actor and influencer Mohammed Shayan Ali took to social media to narrate his ordeal at the hands of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the circumstances that forced him to leave the State of Pakistan forever.

Ali recounted how he turned down anti-India propaganda work, which he was tasked to do by the PR wing of the Pakistan armed forces i.e. ISPR. He was then accused of being a Jewish agent and member of the Indian Intelligence Agency, R&AW.

“People who know me are familiar that when I refused to work in a music video of DG-ISPR with the name of “Kashmir Hon Mein,” they started accusing me of being a RAW and JEW Agent only because of my blonde hair,” he said in a long Twitter post (archive).

“That music video is also currently on YouTube. You can easily find it when you write “Kashmir Hon Mein.” This video was all about the so-called “Torture of the Indian Army on Kashmiris,” he added.

Shayan Ali, who was born in Pakistan and well-versed in Urdu, pointed out that influencers including him were often approached by the Pakistan Intelligence Agency for promotional work. He informed his audience that he turned down the request to create a propaganda music video on Jammu and Kashmir.

“For this music video, almost all of my fellow influencers got agreed with the ISI except me and when I told them that what you guys are showing is wrong and totally opposite of the reality…this was the thing which triggered them the most,” Ali narrated.

He stated, “I have always refused to be a part of the fake campaigns of ISI and Pakistani Government and I used to refuse it every time whenever they contacted me but since this was about Kashmir and it was a very big issue, and after I refused, they started having doubt on me and started treating me like a RAW agent.”

ISI conspired to kill me: Shayan Ali

The influencer, who boasts of 18K followers on Twitter, said that he had no option but to leave Pakistan forever, owing to the continued harassment by ISI. He said that the Pakistani intelligence agency even conspired to kill him.

“I left Pakistan in September 2019, but the state of Pakistan was not updated on that. In December 2019, when the “PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority)” found out about my recent social media post against Pakistan, they sent the Sindh Police to arrest me and that was the time when they figured out that I am no longer living in Pakistan,” he informed.

According to Shayan Ali, the Pakistani military junta was rattled after learning that he is out of their reach. As such, he is subjected to death threats and censorship on a regular basis.

Influencer subjected to threats on a daily basis for exposing ISI, the Pakistan army

“ISI and Pakistani Army believe that they are above God but they have forgotten that God always protects the truth and the person who speaks the truth and exposes evil,” he emphasised.

“ISI tried their best to silence my voice but the God wanted me to expose the terrorist state of Pakistan to the whole world which is why the God protected me from literally every torture of ISI and Pakistan Army,” he concluded.

Ali also posted a picture, which showed him boarding a flight. “Even though I was lucky that I left Pakistan safely, but still my struggle against the terrorist ISI never ended. I was fighting this fight alone and on the other hand, there was the whole state of Pakistan but at the end, Satyameva Jayate,” Ali pointed out.

‘Soros hates humanity, wants to erode civilisation’: Elon Musk refuses to stop speaking up his mind, ‘even if it means losing money’. Here is what happened

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‘Soros hates humanity, wants to erode civilisation’: Elon Musk refuses to stop speaking up his mind, ‘even if it means losing money’. Here is what happened

On May 16 (local time), Twitter’s owner and billionaire Elon Musk said he would prefer freedom of speech over money and say whatever he wants during an interview with David Faber for CNBC. Faber had questioned him about the recent tweets about George Soros, where Elon Musk drew a parallel between Soros and the fictional comic villain character Magneto and said that George Soros hates humanity.

In a tweet, Musk said, “Soros reminds me of Magneto”. Magneto is a fictional character from Marvel Comics who appears in the X-Men series. He is a powerful mutant, a fictional humanity subspecies with superpowers. Magneto can control metal the way he likes. Initially, he worked with good intentions but later became an enemy of humanity.

Coming back to Musk’s tweet, a journalist named Brian Krassenstein of Krassenstein News got irked by his tweet and replied that Magneto’s experiences during the Holocaust as a survivor shared his perspective as well as his depth and empathy. He mentioned George Soros was also a Holocaust survivor, and he often gets attacked for his “good intentions”, which some Americans think are bad because they disagree with him because of his political affiliation.

To which Elon Musk replied, “You assume they are good intentions. They are not. He wants to erode the very fabric of civilisation. Soros hates humanity.”

When Faber asked him about the tweet during the interview, Musk said it was his community’s opinion. Faber questioned him about the need to share such views on social media and if people who bought Tesla did not like it or advertisers on Twitter may not agree with him.

Musk said it was “Freedom of speech. I am allowed to speak what I want.”. Notably, Musk has been a staunch supporter of freedom of speech on the platform. Since he took over Twitter, many conservative and right-wing accounts were unsuspended and thrown out of the platform for speaking of something that the previous team “did not like”.

Faber further asks if people say his views were ‘anti-Semite’, terms used for people who are hostile and prejudiced against Jews. Musk said, “I’m a pro-Semite if anything.” Faber further said what if Tesla owners do not agree with this, and people on Twitter say he has to stop as advertisers may not like what he tweeted?

Musk said the conversation reminded him of a scene from the movie “The Princess Bride” where the character Inigo confronts Rugen, the person who killed his father and said, “Offer me money. Power, too, promise me that.” Musk said, “I’m reminded of the Scene in “the princess bride where he confronts the person who killed his father, And he says, offers me money, Offer me power, I don’t care.”

When Faber asked if Musk “just don’t care”, he said, “I will say what I want to say. If the consequence of that is losing money, so be it.”

As Elon Musk slams George Soros, here is Soros’ anti-India stand

George Soros has been spending a lot of money to influence the Indian public and change the government at the centre. He himself has been said to have allocated a billion USD for his crusade against the Modi government. His funded media houses and organisations often run campaigns against India. In a recent address, Soros drew insinuations about the connections between the Modi government and the Adani Group. OpIndia’s detailed coverage of George Soros can be checked here.

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