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Support pours in for Ileana D’Cruz after she gets attacked for not revealing the name of her partner during the pregnancy announcement

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Support pours in for Ileana D’Cruz after she gets attacked for not revealing the name of her partner during the pregnancy announcement

On Tuesday (April 18), Bollywood actress Ileana D’Cruz took to social media to announce her pregnancy. In an Instagram post, she wrote, “Coming soon. Can’t wait to meet you my little darling.”

It was accompanied by a picture of a pendant with the word ‘mama’ inscribed on it. Ileana D’ Cruz also uploaded a picture of an infant’s dress, which bore the imprint – And so the adventure begins.

Soon after, trolls began to hound her on social media about the name of the father of the child. One Twitter user named ‘Sunaina Bhola’ posted a meme, which claimed that a ‘missing father’ is a fashion statement in big cities.

“After #Pregnancy news of actress #IleanaDcruz fans guessing for father of the baby. BUT Ileana D’ Cruz be like – I have struggled a lot,” wrote another user.

“Papa kaun hai iska (Who is the father),” asked one Sheikh Zohaib with a smiling emoji. “When did you marry? And with whom?” inquired another Instagram user.

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Support pours in for Ileana D’ Cruz

The Bollywood actress also received support on social media after being trolled for not revealing the name of the father. “Damn you trolls asking who’s the father!” wrote journalist Mugdha Kapoor.

“Please let her enjoy this beautiful phase of her life and give blessings to her little one. stop asking about father of the baby. she is not accountable to any of these stupid questions,” wrote one Sakshi Maheshwari

Another Instagram user said, “It’d be great if yall wish her happiness and good health instead of poking questions on father and her marital status. Good lord.”

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Others slammed the trolls for not letting the Bollywood actress live her life on her own terms. “People asking she married and who’s the father. You can have a baby without marrying and its her concern who her baby daddy is, none of ours,” wrote another Instagram user.

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Past controversies surrounding pregnancy posts

Ileana D’ Cruz is not the first celebrity to be attacked for not revealing the name of the father during the pregnancy announcement. Earlier, social media was rife with speculations surrounding the father of the child of actress Nusrat Jahan. Debashish Dasgupta, which is the formal name of actor Yash Dasgupta, was mentioned as the child’s father on the birth certificate (a copy of which went viral on social media).

Bihar: Vulgar message flashes on LED screen outside Bhagalpur Railway Station, probe underway

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Bihar: Vulgar message flashes on LED screen outside Bhagalpur Railway Station, probe underway

In a shocking incident, a vulgar message was shown on the LED screen close to the Ambedkar statue outside the Bhagalpur Railway Station in the state of Bihar. The encounter was documented on video and shared on social media, where it instantly went viralv. The vulgur message is said to have appeared for around 10 minutes on the screen before it 111¹1¹ taken down.

According to the reports, SDO Dhananjay Kumar and DSP Ajay Kumar Chaudhary reached the spot immediately after they received the information about the screen message. The police ordered removal of the screen and cancellation of its connection and launched investigation in the case. The Police has also lodged an FIR in the case.

Ajay Chaudhary, the city’s DSP, asserted that similar incidents frequently make the news for technical reasons. As the police investigated further, a technician was contacted.

The security guard stationed there was reportedly informed of the message by an individual who was on the station premises. According to reports, this message flashed on the screen for around ten minutes.

Investigation revealed that the Municipal Corporation has given the responsibility of beautification of Ambedkar Chowk to Jeevan Jagruti Society. The society had put up a display board at the crossroads. Along with following the traffic rules, other awareness messages were being displayed by the organization.

Someone is believed to have removed the chip on the board and put a chip with obscene information. Later, the police confiscated the board and took it to the police station with them. The President of the organization Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh also reached the spot.

He told the police that the work of beautification of the intersection has been done by the organization. He alleged that someone has deliberately done this kind of act. The Police is also checking the CCTV footages installed in the chowk to identify the accused.

A similar incident had happened in Patna, Bihar. Last month, a pornographic film unexpectedly started playing on the television used for ads at Patna Railway Station. The pornographic film continued to play on dozens of televisions for over three minutes. The GRP and RPF were promptly made aware of the situation by several passengers at the train station who contacted the company airing the television advertisement. The company had aired the adult film.

The railway authorities reported the incident to the police, who then charged the responsible enterprise, Datta Communication. The agency has also been punished and added on a blacklist by the Railways.

California Gurudwara shooting: 17 people arrested, machine gun and AK-47 recovered

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California Gurudwara shooting: 17 people arrested, machine gun and AK-47 recovered

In connection with a string of shootings at Gurdwaras in Stockton, Sacramento County, and other sites in the state, the California Police have made 17 arrests. The police have also recovered weapons like an AK-47, pistols, and at least one machine gun after conducting several searches at more than 20 locations.

According to reports, four of them have Indian passports, while the remaining are said to be born and raised in the United States. Those arrested include Armandeep Singh, Gurvinder Singh, Nitish Kaushal, Harmandeep Singh, Gurminder Singh Kang, Devender Singh, Gursharan Singh, Grucharan Singh, and more.

On March 26, a shooting took place during the Nagar Kirtan on the occasion of the opening ceremony for the Gurdwara Sacramento Sikh Society. Two men were reported to be in serious condition. The event happened on Bradshaw Road in Sacramento County’s Vineyard neighbourhood, where a large crowd had assembled.

As a result, officials began Operation Broken Sword, a probe that focused on two rival factions of a criminal organisation that participated in a variety of illegal operations, such as the sale of guns and violent crimes. Investigators carried out search warrants on Sunday as part of a planned “takedown,” seizing 41 unlawfully held guns.

According to a statement made by California attorney general Rob Bonta, Yuba City Police Chief Brian Baker, and Sutter County District Attorney Jennifer Dupré, the 17 felony arrests, mostly of members of the local Sikh community, were made on Sunday during a massive operation that involved agents executing search warrants at 20 locations in Northern California.

Dupré states that two mafia members “wanted for several murders” in India have also been apprehended. These people, who are alleged members of competing criminal organisations, are charged with several violent crimes, including five attempted murders.

Both the mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Stockton, California, on August 27, 2022, and the shooting at a Sikh temple in Sacramento, California, on March 23, 2023, are thought to have been carried out by these groups. According to a press statement, the investigation also showed that law enforcement was able to stop two other shootings from happening.

“Today, California is safer thanks to collaboration, determination, and swift action by DOJ agents and our law enforcement partners in Sutter County,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “No family should ever have to worry about drive-by shootings or other forms of gun violence in the neighbourhoods where their children live and play. As a result of this joint law enforcement effort, we’re taking guns off the street and putting suspected gang members and their associates behind bars,” he said.

Dupré added, “An investigation of this magnitude requires a tremendous amount of time and effort, and especially a lot of personnel.” Authorities have detained 7 persons after discovering ammunition magazines with high capacities for two assault rifles and four pistols in those cars close to the parade route. The suspects planned to set up shop along the route and open fire on rivals.

Dupre said that members of the AK-47 Group and Minta, two criminal organisations responsible for the rising violence, were formerly affiliated with a single organization before splitting off into competing groups. The district attorney stated that although the reasons for the violence are still a little murky, they essentially just show up and try to shoot each other.

In relation to the incident in Woodland, five guys have been taken into custody. They are Husandeep Singh, Harkirat Singh, Pavittar Singh, Tirath Ram, and Sahajpreet Singh. According to Dupre, Husandeep Singh and Pavittar Singh are sought in India on allegations of murder.

Italy: Over 2 tons of cocaine with a market value of more than 400 million euros found floating in the sea

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Italy: Over 2 tons of cocaine with a market value of more than 400 million euros found floating in the sea

Over the weekend, using a regular surveillance aircraft, Italian police off the coast of Sicily recovered over two tonnes of cocaine floating in the Mediterranean Sea. The Guardia di Finanza, Italy’s financial police, said in a statement on Monday that they confiscated cocaine valued at more than 400 million euros (USD 440 million) that they discovered in 70 waterproof bundles floating in the open sea.

According to the police, the meticulous packing of the narcotics was probably done to prevent water intrusion and damage to the cocaine. Authorities also discovered a signalling device that lit up in the water that looked to be using many nets to keep the parcels together.

The narcotics were allegedly dropped at sea by a cargo ship, to be picked up by traffickers and transported to the mainland, where they might be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. According to authorities, the signalling gadget was probably used to monitor the parcels’ contents.

The Sicilian municipality of Catania’s air and marine authorities gave responding officers cover to recover the narcotics, and officials claimed they are still searching the region for any other shipments. “After bringing the drugs to land, authorities tested the contents of the packages and determined that the white powder inside was indeed cocaine,” Italy’s financial police said.

Terming it to be one of the largest seizures the nation has ever seen, the police added, “The identification and subsequent seizure of a similar quantity of drugs, one of the largest ever carried out in the national territory, prevented the drug from being likely to be recovered by criminal subjects for subsequent illegal marketing in the national territory, which would have yielded very high earnings, in the order of approximately over 400 million euros at retail.”

The discovery comes only a few weeks after New Zealand police in February seized ample cocaine floating in the Pacific Ocean to supply the whole domestic market for 30 years.

Also in 2017, seven crew members were detained by Spanish authorities after they detained more than two tonnes of cocaine from a ship travelling through the Atlantic Ocean.

Income Tax notice issued to Shri Ram Temple in Orchha: Can the deity be subject to income tax? Here is what the law says

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Income Tax notice issued to Shri Ram Temple in Orchha: Can the deity be subject to income tax? Here is what the law says

On April 18, Sudarshan News shared an Income Tax notice issued to Shri Ram Temple in Orchha where the IT department sought an explanation of cash deposits of Rs 1,22,55,572 during the Financial Year 2015-16. The notice read that despite carrying out significant financial transactions, the IT Return for the AY 2016-17 was not filed by the Temple.

While there are discussions if the temple should be asked to pay tax or not, the law is clear on the matter. First of all, it is necessary to understand how Gods or deities are represented in the law. As per the law, Gods and deities are litigants, just like a normal person. They are called juristic entities. The law recognizes two types of persons that are natural persons (human beings) or artificially created persons (juristic persons), also called legal persons.

In the case of an artificially created person, the identity is used for companies, trusts, societies, private businesses, and companies. It is notable that the courts have distinguished animal kingdoms as juristic entities as well. If we look at the July 2018 judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court, it has declared the entire animal kingdom as a juristic entity based on the fact that all of them have a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person.

Speaking of the deity, especially when it comes to the Hindu deities or Gods, the recognition as a person goes back to the time of the Britishers. Back in 1887, deities were recognized as persons through a friend/shebait/manager and it was mentioned that they have rights. The Privy Council of that time ruled in the Dakor Temple case that the “Hindu idol is a juridical subject and the pious idea that it embodies is given the status of a legal person”.

Not only deities, but rivers have also been treated as persons with rights. In the 2000 case of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee vs Som Nath Dass and Others in the Supreme Court, it was said, “The very words Juristic Person connote recognition of an entity to be in law a person which otherwise it is not. In other words, it is not an individual natural person but an artificially created person which is to be recognised to be in law as such. Gods, corporations, rivers, and animals, have all been treated as juristic persons by courts.”

In the cases related to Lord Krishna, Lord Ayyappa, and Ram Lalla, the deity was recognised as a person represented by a manager/shebait/guardian in the court. However, it does not mean that all idols can be described as a person. Only the idols that have been publicly consecrated or pran prathishta has been done, enjoys the right as a juristic entity. The distinction between non-entity and entity was described by the Supreme Court in its 1969 verdict where it said, “Not all idols will qualify for being ‘juristic person’ but only when it is consecrated and installed at a public place for the public at large.”

The definition changes with the religion.

While the Hindu deity has been recognised as a person who can own properties and have rights or obligations, the case is not the same with other religions. In Sikhism, Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is considered a living Guru, and thus, the law sees Granth Sahib as a juristic entity. However, every Granth Sahib cannot be a juristic person unless it takes a juristic role through its installation in a Gurudwara, the Supreme Court observed in a 2000 verdict. In the case of Christianity or Islam, there is no provision for deities. Thus, these two religions do not have a juristic entity per se. In the case of Islam, caretakers operate the place of worship and in the case of Churches, organisations that are registered as trusts or societies take care of the buildings.

It is pertinent to note that most of the temples in India file yearly Income Tax Returns and pay taxes if required. The notice issued by the IT Department seeking an explanation about cash deposits can be a regular notice that the department sends to individuals from time to time. There was no mention in the notice that the department sought tax on the amount mentioned. As the temple administration allegedly did not include the transactions in the IT Return, the notice simply sought an explanation on why it should be considered as income.

Former Pakistani cricketer, who was banned for spot-fixing, charged for inciting people to murder a Dutch MP

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Former Pakistani cricketer, who was banned for spot-fixing, charged for inciting people to murder a Dutch MP

On Monday, April 17, the authorities in the Netherlands confirmed that it was prosecuting a ‘famous’ Pakistani for allegedly inciting the murder of a lawmaker. According to the Dutch public prosecution office, a 37-year-old man offered 21,000 euros ($23,000) in 2018 for the murder of a Dutch MP through an online video but did not specify the suspect or the victim.

“In this particular case, the suspect is identifiable. He is a famous person in his own country. As a result, the Dutch police recognised him from the images,” prosecutors said in a statement.

Geert Wilders, a Dutch MP, however, tweeted about it and identified the accused as the former international cricketer Khalid Latif.

Wilders, who in 2018 withdrew a competition for drawings of the Prophet Mohammed due to protests and death threats, tweeted that the suspect was former Pakistan opening batsman Khalid Latif.

“The Dutch Public Prosecutor will prosecute and subpoena cricket player #KhalidLatif from #Pakistan who put a price on my head to kill me in 2018. They will ask for his arrest and extradition as well. I hope #SaadHussainRizvi and @DrJalaliTLY who put a fatwa on me will be next!” tweeted the MP.

When asked to confirm that Latif was the suspect, a representative for the Dutch prosecution service said, “We never give names.”

When asked, Latif claimed he was not aware of the allegations. “I have no knowledge of this. I will only comment once I get any communication on this,” he reportedly told the French news agency AFP.

Currently, Dutch prosecutors have asked Pakistan to serve the summons on the suspect, but they warned that this would be “very complicated” due to the lack of a legal treaty between the two nations.

Latif has been ordered to appear in court near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on August 29 for charges of attempting to incite murder, sedition, and threats. According to Dutch media, Latif was questioned by prosecutors in 2019 as well. The Pakistani embassy in The Hague has not responded to the case yet.

It may be recalled that Khalid Latif was banned from cricket for five years in 2017 for spot-fixing in a Pakistan Super League match in Dubai. The Pakistan Cricket Board had charged Khalid Latif with six major breaches under the PCB’s anti-corruption code and banned him from all forms of cricket. Khalid Latif was also fined a million Pakistani Rupees.

“Anti Corruption Tribunal has found Khalid Latif guilty of all charges…” the PCB had tweeted from its verified Twitter handle.

Later, in 2022, Khalid Latif accepted his role in spot-fixing and apologised to PCB in writing.

Elon Musk to launch TruthGPT, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, says hyper-intelligent, unregulated AI could end civilisations

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Elon Musk to launch TruthGPT, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, says hyper-intelligent, unregulated AI could end civilisations

Elon Musk announced on Monday that he will introduce a platform for artificial intelligence (AI) called “TruthGPT” to compete with Microsoft and Google’s products. He said this in an interview with Tucker Carlson of Fox News.

He accused OpenAI, the company behind the trending chatbot ChatGPT, which is supported by Microsoft, of “training the AI to lie” and said that OpenAI has since transformed into a “closed source,” “for-profit” organisation “closely allied with Microsoft.”

Musk stated that he wants TruthGPT because OpenAI’s ChatGPT is “being trained to be politically correct and lie to people”. He added that he intends to create an AI that “understands the universe”, because an AI that seeks the maximum truth and understands human civilization and the world in general, is unlikely to annihilate humanity.

Additionally, he charged Google co-founder Larry Page with not taking AI safety seriously. In an interview with Tucker Carlson that aired on Monday, Musk claimed, “I’m going to start something which I call ‘TruthGPT’, or a maximum truth-seeking AI that seeks to comprehend the nature of the universe. TruthGPT, he claimed, “might be the best path to safety” and “unlikely to annihilate humans.”

“It’s only that it is starting late. But I’ll work to come up with a third choice,” Musk stated.

It is notable here that the primary reason for Elon Musk to take over Twitter, as per him, was that the social media giant was being misused as a Left-liberal propaganda machine that was working on choking free speech, rather than giving a platform for all voices to be heard.

Requests for comment were not immediately answered by Musk, OpenAI, Microsoft, or Page. According to people familiar with the situation, Musk has been stealing AI experts from Alphabet Inc.’s Google in order to found a company that will compete with OpenAI.

According to a state document, Musk registered a company called X.AI Corp, which was incorporated in Nevada last month. The company listed Jared Birchall, the managing director of Musk’s family office, as a secretary and Musk as the only director.

The action was taken despite Musk and a group of industry leaders and specialists in artificial intelligence calling for a six-month moratorium on creating systems that are more potent than OpenAI’s recently released GPT-4, citing potential threats to society.

The portions from the conversation with Carlson show that Musk repeated his cautions about AI, stating that “AI is more dangerous than, say, mismanaged aircraft design or production maintenance or bad car production.”

“It may end up destroying civilizations”, he warned.

He claimed, for instance, that an extremely intelligent AI could write astonishingly effectively and possibly sway public opinion. He tweeted over the weekend that he had met with former US President Barack Obama and advised him that Washington needed to “encourage AI regulation” when he was in office. Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015, but he left the organization’s board of directors in 2018. He tweeted in 2019 that he had to concentrate on Tesla and SpaceX and had quit OpenAI.

In addition, he tweeted at the time, “Tesla was competing for some of the same people as OpenAI & I didn’t agree with some of what OpenAI team wanted to do.”

In addition to running Tesla and SpaceX, Musk is now in charge of Twitter, the social media giant he bought for $44 billion last year. Musk claimed in the Fox News interview that he recently valued Twitter at “less than half” of the acquisition cost. Microsoft Corp. announced another multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI in January, escalating competitor Google’s fight and igniting the race for AI financing in Silicon Valley.

West Bengal: Islamic organisation takes out ‘candle march’ in support of gangster Atiq Ahmed

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West Bengal: Islamic organisation takes out ‘candle march’ in support of gangster Atiq Ahmed

A day after the assassination of Atiq Ahmed, a religious organisation named ‘Raza Islamic Mission’ took out a candle march in support of the deceased gangster-politician.

The candlelight vigil was organised on Sunday (April 16) evening in Ramganj Bazar in Islampur in the Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal. The Raza Islamic Mission had floated a poster on social media, wherein it claimed that the event was meant against ‘UP police and Gundaraj.’

The ‘social and religious organisation’ also asked the protestors to ‘raise voice for justice’. The poster also bore pictures of the deceased Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed.

Screengrab of the poster of Raza Islamic Mission

In a Facebook post on Monday (April 17), the Islamic organisation announced, “Members of Raza Islamic Mission wearing Black Bands on their Faces took out a Candle March in Ramganj Bazar to Protest Against the killing of Ex MP Atique Ahmed in Police Custody by Terrorists Of Bajrang Dal, RSS And VHP.”

“On This Occasion, President of Raza Islamic Mission, Asjad Raza said that the Uttar Pradesh government has not only killed Two Persons but has also killed democracy,” it further claimed.

Raza Islamic Mission also posted pictures of men in skull caps, holding candles in hand, and protesting in support of criminal Atiq Ahmed and his brother.

The Islamic outfit also gloated over the fact that it was able to draw coverage from mainstream media.

Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead from point-blank range in Prayagraj on the night of April 15, 2023. The assassins were identified as Lavlesh Tiwari, Arun Maurya and Sunny. They had posed as journalists.

Atiq’s son Asad Ahmed and aide Ghulam were also neutralised in an encounter operation by the Uttar Pradesh Police last week.

Madhya Pradesh: Section 144 imposed in Khandwa after stones pelted at Police, Ashfaq, Umed arrested for kidnapping

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Madhya Pradesh: Section 144 imposed in Khandwa after stones pelted at Police, Ashfaq, Umed arrested for kidnapping

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Monday imposed section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in Khandwa city after a few people from the other community tried to create communal tension by pelting stones at the Police station followed by a kidnapping incident. The accused in the case have been identified as Kaharwadi ward councillor Ashfaq Sigad and his associate Umed. The duo has been arrested and booked by the police under National Security Act.

The saga began on Sunday when a Muslim girl was celebrating her birthday with two of her male friends in a cafe in the Anand Nagar area. A group of Muslims saw the scenario and approached the Hindu boys. Later the Muslims engaged in a brawl with the girl and then abducted the two men. According to the reports, the men were taken by the Muslims to a place near Dargah in the Khanshahwalli area.

The girl then happened to call the police who reached the spot and saved the two abducted men. The duo was brutally beaten by the accused persons, Mohammad Irfan and Azhar Ali who abducted them. Based on the complaint filed by the girl and two men, the police happened to register a case of kidnapping and thrashing and booked 16 persons belonging to the Muslim community. The FIR was registered at the Moghat Police Station.

The Police immediately jumped into action and detained two of the 16 persons named in the FIR. They also launched a manhunt to nab the rest of the accused who went absconding after the FIR was registered. Following this, the enraged Muslim crowd led by Kaharwadi ward councillor Ashfaq Sigad reached the police station and surrounded it demanding the release of the two accused detained in the case of thrashing and kidnapping.

The Muslim group also raised slogans and pelted stones at the police station. The stones were also pelted in the Gandhi Nagar area of the city. The mob also threw stones at the policemen. After this, the police forcefully dispersed the crowd. Several Police officers have been deployed in sensitive areas and main intersections in the city and section 144 also has been imposed.

In the case of stone pelting, cases have been registered against 15 others including Ashfaq s/o Arif Sigad resident of Kaharwadi, and Mohammad Umed s/o Mohammad Ejaz, resident of Chhipa Colony under Sections 353, 332, 147, 148, and 149. Meanwhile, Ashfaq and Umed have been arrested. The Police are checking the CCTV footage installed at the police station and looking for the other accused involved.

Reports mention that the accused named Ashfaq, who pelted stones at the policemen, has a criminal record. In the year 2020, a case was registered against him in the SC-ST Act including section 302 of murder and section 307 of an attempt to murder. Similarly, in the year 2021, cases were registered under sections 294, 323, 324, 147, 148, 452, 307, and 506. In the year 2020, a case was registered under Section 188, 506, and in the year 2022 under Section 188. Most of the cases are of Kotwali police station.

Notably, shortly after the stone pelting incident on Sunday, unknown people who were standing near the gate of Gandhi Nagar assaulted Waqar’s son Istekhar Ahmad resident of Doodh Talai. Waqar claimed that he and his companions, Abdulla Qureshi and Seemanaz, were beaten up without any reason. All three were beaten with plastic pipes. Along with this, they were threatened to be killed, as per Waqar.

However, the Superintendent of Police, Satyendra Kumar Shukla has appealed to the residents not to pay heed to any rumors. “Certainly those who are troublemakers give birth to such rumors and then try to vitiate the atmosphere of the city. The police are fully active and are with you. If any person takes the law into his hands, action will be taken against him. The general public should not pay attention to any kind of rumor. Don’t get confused by the number of rumors circulating on social media. The atmosphere of the city is peaceful,” he noted.

He said CrPC Section 144 has been imposed in the city till further orders as some people tried to create communal tension. “The situation is now peaceful,” he added.

Pakistani mob chants ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’, demands beheading of Chinese national accused of ‘blasphemy’

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Pakistani mob chants ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’, demands beheading of Chinese national accused of ‘blasphemy’

On Sunday (April 16) night, a frenzied mob of Islamists raised the slogan of ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ while demanding punishment for a Chinese national accused of blasphemy.

Although the accused was taken into police custody, this did not stop the mob from baying for his blood. In a video shared by the popular Twitter handle ‘Frontal Force,’ the Islamists were heard saying, “Gustaak-e-Rasool ki ek hi saza, sar tan see juda”.

The loose translation of the disturbing slogan goes “The punishment for insulting/ dishonouring Prophet Muhammad is beheading (separation of the head from the rest of the body).”

“Naarae-e-Takhbeer…Allah hu Akbar(God is Great),” the mob chanted in the hopes of avenging the ‘insult’ of Prophet Muhammad.

In another video posted by “Nepal Correspondence’, the Islamists were heard hailing the Prophet as the last Messenger of God (Khatme Nabuwat). They could also be heard raising the slogan of ‘Sar Tan se Juda.’

Another video shared on the micro-blogging platform by one Raquf Qadri also showed a large group of Islamists calling for the beheading of a Chinese national on the allegation of blasphemy.

“Chinese engineer has abused #Prophet Muhammad in KPK, #Pakistan after having a bitter conversation with the workers. Workers attacked the #Chinese engineer and chanted “Sar Tan se Juda,” he said in a tweet.

On Sunday (April 16), Pakistan police arrested a Chinese engineer (named Mr Tian) working at a hydropower project in Kohistan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on accusations of blasphemy. The Chinese national working in China Gezhouba Group Company was accused of ‘insulting’ Allah.

According to South China Morning Post, Tian had allegedly commented about the slow pace of work during the Islamic holy month of Ramzan, which infuriated the Pakistani employees of the company.

As the news of the argument and alleged blasphemy spread, a charged mob of several hundred people, chanting death threats against Tian, gathered outside the residential camp and began pelting it with stones.

Sialkot mob lynching case

In December 2021, a Sri Lankan man Priyantha Kumara was tortured and burnt to death by a murderous Islamist mob over rumours of blasphemy. The incident took place on Wazirabad Road in Sialkot in Pakistan, where the workers attacked the export manager of a factory and burnt his body after killing him.

In a video, the frenzied mob could be heard chanting “Nara e Taqbeer” and “Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah”. Other slogans that were heard included ‘gustakh-e-nabi ki ek hi saza, sar tan se juda sar tan se juda’.

Following diplomatic pressure from the Sri Lankan government, Pakistan was forced to act on the Islamists who killed Priyantha Kumara. With the help of CCTV footage, the police were able to apprehend 235 people for partaking in the heinous crime.

According to reports, 900 workers of the Rajco Industries were booked under Sections 302, 297, 201, 427, 431, 157, 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Sections 7 and 11WW of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

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