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Vivek Agnihotri gets relief from Delhi HC in 2018 contempt case after he appears in person, Anand Ranganathan agrees to appear in next hearing

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Vivek Agnihotri gets relief from Delhi HC in 2018 contempt case after he appears in person, Anand Ranganathan agrees to appear in next hearing

On Monday, April 10, Delhi High Court discharged filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in a 2018 Contempt-of-Court case. The decision came after Agnihotri appeared in person and tendered an unconditional apology and reiterated his remorse over his remark made condemning S Justice S Muralidhar for granting bail to Urban Naxal Gautam Navlakha.

Notably, on December 6 2022, the court asked the filmmaker to “show remorse in person” after he tendered an unconditional apology through an affidavit.

During the hearing on Monday, Vivek Agnihotri appeared physically before a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Vikas Mahajan to tender his ‘unconditional apology and remorse.’

“Vivek Agnihotri, the alleged contemnor is present in the court in person and reiterates his remorse. He also tenders an unconditional apology for the allegedly offensive statement on Twitter,” read the order discharging the filmmaker.

“The affidavit also reflects the remorse expressed by him. For the sake of completeness, the relevant are extracted. In view of the foregoing and in the circumstances that Mr Agnihhotri states that he has the utmost respect for the judiciary and he did not intend to wilfully offend the sensibilities of the court; the notice show cause issued as to why contempt should not be initiated against his is hereby recalled. He accordingly stand discharged,” Justice Siddharth Mridul as the bench accepted Agnihotri’s apology and cautioned him to remain careful in the future.

Meanwhile, scientist and political commentator Anand Ranganathan, who was also made a party in the contempt case against Gurumurthy and Vivek Agnihotri, agreed to appear in person before the bench during the next hearing which has been fixed for May 24.

Taking to Twitter, Ranganathan wrote, “In the matter of criminal contempt against me, the hon’ble judge today ordered that I appear personally before the bench on the date of the next hearing, May 24, 2023. I will do so. Grateful to @jsaideepak for representing me in court. Thank you, Sai.”

The tweet came after the court told Advocate J Sai Deepak, appearing for Anand Ranganathan, to make sure the latter physically appeared before the court in the next hearing. The remark came after J Sai Deepak stated before the court that Ranganathan was not directed to appear before the court in person and that he had moved an application because he had already been proceeded ex-parte, so the application was to recall.

Notably, a day after Vivek Agnihotri tendered a written apology in the Delhi High Court on December 6, 2022, Anand Ranganathan had refused to apologise for supporting remarks made by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri and S Gurumurthy condemning Justice S Muralidhar.

Last year, in May, the Delhi High Court sent fresh notices to filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, scientist and political commentator Anand Ranganathan and Swarajya Magazine in a 2018 Contempt-of-Court case. In October 2018, The Delhi High Court initiated contempt proceedings against Economist S Gurumurthy over his article on Justice S Muralidhar, where he had questioned S Muralidhar’s credibility as the High Court judge in connection with granting bail to Gautam Navlakha, one of the accused in the Koregaon Bhima violence case. Agnihotri and Ranganathan, who had tweeted about the issue on similar lines, were slapped with charges of contempt later.

It all started when Senior Advocate Rajshekhar Rao wrote a letter to then Chief Justice Rajendra Menon, about an article written by S Gurumurthy alleging bias on the part of Justice Muralidhar for granting bail to Urban Naxal Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case. Gurumurthy penned the article “Why has Delhi High Court Justice Muralidhar’s relationship with Gautam Navlakha not been disclosed?” on Desh Kapur’s blog ‘Dhristikone’. The article was retweeted by Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in a tweet, following which a contempt of court notice was sent to him as well.

Anand Ranganathan, who is a free speech absolutist, allegedly condemned this action by the High Court in a couple of Tweets. It was later known that the same charges had been levied against Dr Ranganathan as well.

However, Gurumurthy was dropped as a respondent in the matter after he offered to retweet an unconditional apology tendered by the blog host Kapoor on his Twitter handle. 

Nevertheless, the proceedings against Agnihotri, Ranganathan and several others continued in the case. 

‘Masked mob coming out of Iftar party targeted temple’: VHP over clashes in Jamshedpur, accuses the administration of inaction against accused

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‘Masked mob coming out of Iftar party targeted temple’: VHP over clashes in Jamshedpur, accuses the administration of inaction against accused

In the aftermath of violent clashes that occurred on Sunday in Jamshedpur, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has alleged that a masked mob came out of an Iftar party to target a temple. The Iftar party has been claimed to be organized by Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Section 144 has been imposed in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, following the violence and mobile internet services have been temporarily suspended.

Reportedly, a violent mob targeted a temple and engaged in acts of arson and stone pelting against two nearby shops. Additionally, an autorickshaw was set ablaze. The police have detained several individuals, and a significant police presence has been deployed to the area. Some Hindu organizations have accused the administration of taking one-sided action.

According to media reports, the incident is from Shastri Nagar in Jamshedpur. Religious slogans were shouted during the attack on the Hindus. The controversy started on Saturday when a piece of meat was tied to a Hindu religious flag. Hindu organisations protested alleging that the flag was desecrated and demanded strict action against the accused. As soon as the information about the protests of Hindu organisations came, the people on the other side also started mobilising, triggering clashes between the two groups.

The Internet has been shut down in the Kadma area, which is said to be most affected by Sunday’s violence. Section 144 has been imposed in some areas. Jamshedpur’s SSP Prabhat Kumar has informed us that some people have been taken into custody and the situation is under control. Jamshedpur’s DC has appealed not to share any kind of misleading and provocative things on social media.

Stone pelters came out of JMM’s Iftar party

VHP’s Jamshedpur District Officer Sanjeev Kumar told OpIndia that on March 9, two JMM leaders Pawan Kumar and Babban Rai had organized an iftar party in the locality adjacent to the temple that was targeted during the violence. He claims that the crowd that came out of this Iftar party, wearing masks on their faces, first pelted stones at the temple and later set fire to the nearby shops.

Speaking to OpIndia, Sanjeev Kumar accused the administration of one-sided action. He said that the district administration had warned Hindus not to play DJ etc. on Ram Navami. DJ units were also seized. On Saturday, the meat bag was hung on the flag of the temple.

Sanjeev Kumar told, “The administration is hesitating to take action against the people of the other side because of the coming of Eid. Around 10 people have been arrested from the Hindu side, including VHP campaign chief Uttam Das and Bajrang Dal city convenor. Raids are going on to arrest many other Hindu leaders. Hindus are the easy target here.”

While AAP launches ‘Degree dikhao’ campaign, election commission website shows 29 AAP MLAs in Delhi do not have a degree, 9 not even 12th pass

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While AAP launches ‘Degree dikhao’ campaign, election commission website shows 29 AAP MLAs in Delhi do not have a degree, 9 not even 12th pass

On April 9, Aam Aadmi Party started the “Show Your Degree” campaign in an attempt to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The step by AAP came after a judgment by Gujarat High Court where AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, was slapped with a Rs 25,000 fine for misusing the RTI act. Since then, AAP has been trying to project as if PM Modi is hiding his education qualification despite his degrees being in the public domain.

During a press statement, Delhi education minister Atishi showed her graduation and post-graduation degrees and boasted about her qualifications. She also claimed that one AAP leader would show his or her degree every day as part of the campaign. If going by the number of AAP MLAs in the Delhi Assembly, the campaign should run for 62 days as there are 62 lawmakers from AAP in the house. However, at least for Delhi MLAs, the campaign is expected to end in 33 days as 29 of the AAP MLAs do not have a degree.

OpIndia went through the affidavits submitted by AAP leaders for the Delhi Assembly elections 2020 to find out their highest education. As per the regulations, it is a must for a candidate to mention the highest education he or she has gotten in the election affidavit.

A complete list of AAP MLAs and their educational qualification are listed below.

Name Constituency Education Qualification
Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
A Dhanwati Chandela A Rajouri Garden 10th
Abdul Rehman Seelampur 8th
Ajay Dutt Ambedkar Nagar MBA
Ajesh Yadav Badli BA
Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Model Town MA Ancient History
Amanatullah Khan Okhla 12th
Atishi Kalkaji MSc
BS Joon Bijwasan BSc LLB
Bandana Kumari Shalimar Bagh BA
Bhavna Gaur Palam BA BEd
Dharampal Lakra Mundka Certificate Course Diesel Mechanic
Dilip Kumar Pandey Timarpur MCA
Dinesh Mohaniya Sangam Vihar BBA
Durgesh Kumar Rajender Nagar MA English Lit
Girish Soni Madipur National Trade Certificate Course in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Gopal Rai Babarpur MA Sociology
Gulab Singh Matiala 12th
Haji Yunus Mustafabad AALIM Urdi and Arbi
Imran Hussain Ballimaran Bachelor of Business Studies
Jai Bhagwan Bawana 12th
Jarnail Singh Tilak Nagar 12th
Kailash Gahlot Najafgarh LLM
Kartar Singh Tanwar Chhatarpur Diploma in Civil Engineering
Kuldeep Kumar Kondli College dropout BA 2nd Year
Madan Lal  Kasturba Nagar MA LLB
Mahinder Yadav Vikaspuri 10th
Manish Sisodia Patparganj Diploma in Journalism
Mohinder Goyal Rithala 10th
Mukesh Ahlawat Sultanpur Majra 12th
Naresh Balyan Uttam Nagar 9th
Naresh Yadav Mehrauli LLB
Parlad Singh Sawhney Chandni Chowk College dropout BA
Pawan Sharma Adarsh Nagar 12th
Prakash Jarwal Deoli MCOM
Pramila Dhiraj Tokas R K Puram 12th
Praveen Kumar Jangpura MBA
Preeti Jitender Tomar Tri Nagar MSc/BEd
Raaj Kumar Anand Patel Nagar MA Political Science
Raghuvinder Shokeen Nangloi Jat BSc
Raj Kumari Dhillon Hari Nagar BA
Rajendra Pal Gautam Seema Puri LLB
Rajesh Gupta Wazirpur 12th
Rajesh Rishi Janakpuri BSc
Rakhi Birla Mangol Puri MA Mass Communication
Ram Niwas Goel Shahdara BA
Rituraj Govind Kirari Advanced diploma in Hotel Management
Rohit Kumar Trilokpuri Sangeet Prabhakar Degree Course
S. K. Bagga Krishna Nagar MCom LLB
Sahi Ram Tughlakabad 11th
Sanjeev Jha Burari BA Hons
Satyendar Jain Shakur Basti Associate Membership (Equivalent to B Arch)
Saurabh Bharadwaj Greater Kailash B Tech/LLB
Sharad Kumar Chauhan Narela 10th
Shiv Charan Goel Moti Nagar 12th
Shoaib Iqbal Matia Mahal 10th
Som Dutt Sadar Bazar BA
Somnath Bharti Malviya Nagar MSc (Maths)/LLB
Surendra Kumar Gokalpur 10th
Vinay Mishra Dwarka MBA
Virender Singh Kadian Delhi Cantt Masters of Law
Vishesh Ravi Karol Bagh 10th

Our research found that seven AAP MLAs have completed education till the 10th grade. These MLAs are A Dhanwati Chandela A (Rajouri Garden), Mahinder Yadav (Vikaspuri), Mohinder Goyal (Rithala), Sharad Kumar Chauhan (Narela), Surendra Kumar (Gokalpur), Vishesh Ravi (Karol Bagh) and Shoaib Iqbal (Matia Mahal).

Eight of the 62 AAP MLAs have completed education till 12th grade. These MLAs are Gulab Singh (Matiala), Jai Bhagwan (Bawana), Jarnail Singh (Tilak Nagar), Mukesh Ahlawat (Sultanpur Majra), Pawan Sharma (Adarsh Nagar), Pramila Dhiraj Tokas (R K Puram), Rajesh Gupta (Wazirpur) and Shiv Charan Goel (Moti Nagar).

Two of the MLAs did not complete 10th grade. Abdul Rehman (Seelampur) studied till the 8th class, and Naresh Balyan (Uttam Nagar) studied till the 9th class.

Kuldeep Kumar (Kondli) and Parlad Singh Sawhney (Chandni Chowk) are College dropouts.

Former education minister Manish Sisodia (Patparganj), who is currently lodged in jail for his alleged role in a liquor policy scam, has a journalism diploma.

Dharampal Lakra (Mundka) has done a Certificate Course in Diesel Mechanics. Girish Soni (Madipur) has done a National Trade Certificate Course in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. Haji Yunus (Mustafabad) had completed AALIM Urdi and Arbi. Kartar Singh Tanwar (Chhatarpur) has done a Diploma in Civil Engineering. Rituraj Govind (Kirari) had done Advanced diploma in Hotel Management. Rohit Kumar (Trilokpuri) has completed Sangeet Prabhakar Degree Course, and Satyendar Jain (Shakur Basti), who is also in jail for his alleged role in a money laundering case, has Associate Membership at the Indian Institute of Architects, which is equivalent to B Arch.

OpIndia has collected the information from publically available affidavits submitted by MLAs as per ECI’s regulations. These affidavits are available on ECI’s website.

‘Mentally disabled, goon, terrorist’: Youtuber hurls insults at Hindu seer Swami Rambhadracharya, Netizens call for police action

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‘Mentally disabled, goon, terrorist’: Youtuber hurls insults at Hindu seer Swami Rambhadracharya, Netizens call for police action

A video has gone viral over the internet in which a content creator from a Youtube channel named Dhakad TV, identified as Arun Gautam, was seen abusing Hindu seer Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya, the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after Saint Tulsidas. The video has garnered widespread attention prompting Netizens to call for the police to take action against the channel owner.

The video, wherein the YouTube channel owner is seen using extremely derogatory, abusive words against the Hindu seer, was released on April 8 and has garnered 20 thousand views since then.

Notably, Rambhadracharya has been blind since his early childhood. In the video, Arun Gautam mocks the disability of the Hindu seer by claiming that he is not only physically but also mentally disabled. He goes on to use snide phrases such as ‘goonda’ (goon), ‘sadak chaap’ (roadside person), ‘aatankvadi’ (terrorists), and so on for the seer who is highly respected and revered by millions of Hindus.

In a video full of derogatory words and expletives, Arun Gautam goes on to slam the government for awarding Swami Rambhadracharya a Padma Vibhushan in 2015.

He went on to label Swami Rambhadracharya a ‘coward’ who feared the late Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. He claimed that while Mulayam Singh Yadav was still alive, the seer lacked the courage to call on his supporters to raise ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans and that now that the SP patriarch is no longer alive, he is provoking his followers, who are mostly Dalits and people belonging to the backward class, against the SP leaders. He goes on to accuse the seer of spreading hatred.

The YouTuber goes on to incite the Dalits and the OBCs by claiming that such ‘babas’ thrive on the money of the backward class people and exploit it to provoke them against their political leaders.

The Youtuber Arun Gautam decided to go on this rant against the Hindu seer because he was supposedly ‘annoyed’ by a particular slogan raised by Swami Rambhadracharya recently during a Ram Katha held in Agra’s Kothi Meena Bazar grounds. The seer had said, “Mare Mulayam aur Kashiram, prem se bolo Jai Shri Ram,” by which he meant that Mulayam Singh and Kashiram are no longer there, but ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is resonating even today.

Arun Gautam, conveniently, twisted the slogan raised by Swami Rambhadracharya to suit his narrative and used it to incite the Dalits and the OBCs against the Hindu seer. He blatantly insulted the Tulsi Peeth seer’s scholastic achievements and knowledge of Ramayana, the Sanskrit epic, and other Hindu scriptures, claiming that memorising a text and blabbing it is easy and that anyone could do it.

The Hinduphobic YouTuber not only insulted Swami Rambhadracharya but went on to defame all Hindu seers and saints by calling them worst than Pakistani terrorists. Arun Gautam rebukes the people for supporting such Hindu sheers and warns them against funding and attending sermons by such “aatankis (terrorists) masquerading as sheers.”

After the video went viral, several social media users went on to criticise the act of the YouTuber and called for police action against him for insulting one of the most revered Hindu saints in the country.

Meet Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya

Swami Rambhadracharya is the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after Saint Tulsidas. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharyas and has held this title since 1988.

Rambhadracharya is famous across the globe as the foremost authority on Tulsidas and for composing numerous poems, books and papers on Lord Rama despite being visually impaired since the age of 2.

He is also a leader of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). His organisation runs the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya University for the disabled. In 2015, Rambhadracharya was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour.

Swami Rambhadracharya was also among the expert witnesses in religious matters in the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case in the Allahabad High Court. He testified in July 2003.

Firing on Kar Sevaks in Ayodhya on orders of Mulayam Yadav

On 2nd November 1990, Hindu saints and thousands of Karsevaks, comprising also of women and elderly people, took their march towards the Ram Janmabhoomi site where the illegal structure called Babri then stood. The security forces, who were instructed to stop the Hindus from reaching the site, lined up on the road to block the way.

Whenever the security personnel tried to impede the Hindu devotees, they would sit there and start chanting the name of Lord Ram and reciting Bhajans (religious songs). They touched the feet of the security personnel, deployed to prevent them from marching ahead. Each time they did this the security personnel would move back and the Karsevaks would move forward. Though unarmed, the Karsevaks remained undeterred.

This kept happening until the IG passed orders and the police personnel sprung into action. Tear gas shells were fired, and lathis were rained at the Karsevaks, but the resolute Ram Bhakts neither counter-attacked nor did they agitate or falter. Suddenly the security personnel started responding by opening fire. Many Hindu devotees were targeted and gunned down. It’s believed that the security personnel hunted and targeted Hindus in every lane and bylane leading to the Ram Janmabhoomi and within no time the streets converted into a war zone.

The incident which occurred in Ayodhya, almost 32 years back, left an ineradicable mark in the history of India. After the brutal massacre, different media houses had come up with different numbers of those killed on November 2, 1990. Though the official report on the incident concluded that 16 people had been killed in the firing, however, the fact remained that the number was potentially far higher.

This action is often seen in connection with Mulayam Singh Yadav’s statement from October 1990 in which he said, “Let them try and enter Ayodhya. We will teach them the meaning of the law. No masjid will be broken.” Mulayam Singh Yadav was the chief minister of the state at that time. “Mile Mulayam Kanshi Ram, Hawa Ho Gaye Jai Shri Ram” was the SP-BSP alliance’s campaign slogan for the UP Assembly Elections in 1993, which took place one year after the disputed structure at Ram Janmabhoomi was demolished. Due to his actions, Mulayam Singh Yadav acquired the title “Mullah Mulayam.”

There were no mobile phones or internet then, but some videos of this incident recorded with cameras occasionally come out on social media. One such video is available on Facebook, in which both the brutality of the police and the dedication of Ram bhakts can be seen together.

In this video, the police can also be seen baton-charging at the saints and seers and firing bullets from their guns. A Ram bhakt can be heard saying, “Come, lathi-charge, kill. We won’t go, even if you shoot.” One can find arson at various places and people collecting stones in this video. People are also chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. In many places, unconscious people are lying on the ground.

With inputs from a Hindi article by Anupam Singh.

Elon Musk follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter, follows only 194 accounts globally

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Elon Musk follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter, follows only 194 accounts globally

On Monday (April 10), Tesla CEO Elon Musk followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. Currently, the billionaire businessman follows only 195 accounts on the micro-blogging platform.

Musk has a follower base of 13.43 crores. On the contrary, PM Modi is followed by 8.77 crore handles on Twitter.

Elon Musk follows only 194 across the world.

Screengrab of the Twitter account of Elon Musk

In August 2022, Opindia reported how Elon Musk flagged Twitter’s risky litigation against the Indian government.

“Twitter has terminated its product lead and another key executive, retained a board member whose reelection was rejected by stockholders, instituted a hiring freeze, and disobeyed orders from and initiated risky litigation against the Indian government—thereby placing Twitter’s third largest market at risk,” he had said.

While Muslims could earn FIR against Kajal Hindustani after protests, the same protest got FIR against hundreds of them too. Details

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While Muslims could earn FIR against Kajal Hindustani after protests, the same protest got FIR against hundreds of them too. Details

A group of Muslim leaders had approached Una Police station on 31st March 2023 to file a police complaint against Hindu activist Kajal Singhla aka Kajal Hindustani over her Ram Navami speech. The Muslim leaders had alleged that the said speech was inflammatory and anti-Muslim. Subsequently an FIR was filed against Kajal Hindustani on 2nd April, 2023 and she was arrested on 9th April, 2023.

On 31st March, 2023, however, a Muslim mob had taken to streets and chanted ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans calling for beheading of Kajal over alleged blasphemy. Violence also took place in Una over the speech. On 1st April, 2023, the Una Police filed an FIR against more than 250 people from the Muslim mob. Of these about 80 have been identified and arrested.

As per the FIR copy, a copy of which has been accessed by OpIndia, the Muslim mob unleashed violence in Una following the speech of Kajal Hindustani on Ram Navami. “As a response to the speech by Kajal Hindustani, a conspiracy was intentionally hatched and approximately 200 named and unnamed people gathered in a mob. They had armed themselves with bats, iron pipes, swords and other sharp iron objects. An illegal formation of people took place and they suddenly got provoked and started pelting stones and empty soda bottles which were in their hands, thereby causing damage and injury to people and property nearby. Since it was in violation of the anti-weapon law declaration by the Additional District Magistrate of Gir Somnath, a case in this regard was lodged.

FIR lodged against Muslim mob in Una

As per the FIR, R R Galchar, the SI at Una Police station stated that on 1 April 2023, various police personnel were on duty to maintain law and order after the Muslim mob chanted slogans protesting against Kajal Hindustani’s speech on 30 March. At around 7:30 PM, one Praveenaben informed police that mobs have gathered at the Kumbharwada area of Una and are pelting stones at each other. When Police reached the spot, over 200 people had gathered and were holding soda bottles and stones in their hands. The Police official narrated that they officers went to the mob which was busy being violent and pelting stones and throwing soda bottles and asked them by hand gestures to not pelt stones and throw soda bottles. However, despite warnings they continued to do so.

The FIR further states that more police force was called in and eventually the mob dispersed. Of those who were involved in stonepelting, many could be identified by police personnel by their face. Of these, case has been registered against

  1. Yasinbhai Abdullah Sumra
  2. Hasmamiya Haiderali Siraji
  3. Farooqbhai Azizbhai Memon
  4. Rafiqbapu Bashirbapu Saiyad
  5. Mustaqbhai Ahmedbhai Saiyad
  6. Mahmadjunaid Mahmadsafi Saiyad
  7. Ismailsha Bapusha Fakir
  8. Mosin Hajibhai Mulla
  9. Razak Hayatkhan Pathan
  10. Liyaqathussain Dilawarhussain Kadri
  11. Danish Salimbhai Sumra
  12. Hasambhai Jamalbhai Qureshi
  13. Salim Abdulla Sumra
  14. Sabir Hajibhai Munsi
  15. Irfan Abdul Hakim Ansari
  16. Usman Abdulla Shaikh Sumra
  17. Mahmad Anis Kadri
  18. Sahil Yasinbhai Sumra
  19. Nizam Yasin Sumra
  20. Mahamadsafi Saiyad Mahmad Saiyad
  21. Siraj Mahamdiqbal Faizalali Saiyad
  22. Rafiqbhai Saiyadmahmad Saiyad
  23. Mahmadhanif Saiyadmahmad Saiyad
  24. Mahmad Avesh Mahmadhanif Saiyad
  25. Hanifbhai Ismail Shaikh
  26. Majgul Sabir Alibhai Badshah
  27. Mehmoodshah Gulzarshah Fakir
  28. Jafarshah Hussainshah Fakir
  29. Abdul Sattar Badamiyan Siraji
  30. Sabir Ahmed Jafai Arab
  31. Yakub Ismail Shaikh
  32. Maqsood Ismail Shaikh
  33. Garibshah Guljarshah Shahmadar
  34. Gulzarshah Arifshah Fakir
  35. Imtiyaz Hanif Abdul Shaikh
  36. Bhikhu Ahmed Qureshi
  37. Jafai Arbaz Alibhai Arab
  38. Allarakha Karimbhai Shaikh
  39. Mohsin Karimbhai Shaikh
  40. Ismail Bavanbhai Malek
  41. Asifbhai Abdulbhai Belim
  42. Mohmad Irfan Iqbalbhai Memon
  43. Mahmadsabir Gulamhaider Kadri
  44. Wasim Dilawar Chhora
  45. Sirajbhai Majidbhai Modan
  46. Iqbal Muradbhai Baloch
  47. Samir Iqbalbhai Baloch
  48. Abubakr Abutaleb Mundan
  49. Imtiyaz Taiyab Shahamdar
  50. Sarwar Abbas Qureshi
  51. Basir Sidibhai Sumra
  52. Yasinbapu Arabwada
  53. Ismail alias Jumbo Faridbhai
  54. Moin Ghanchi
  55. Shabir Bhuro
  56. Imran Bhuro
  57. Farid Qureshi
  58. Salim KGN
  59. Arif Bhuro
  60. Rais Sumra
  61. Sahil Javidkhan
  62. Saqlain Sattarbhai
  63. Saddam Mulla Munsi
  64. Konenbapu Razakbhai
  65. Salim Fakir
  66. Kayumkhan
  67. Nazim Memon
  68. Saqlain Ghanchi
  69. Raiz Khan
  70. Jonty Khatarawalo
  71. Ismail Qureshi
  72. Anis Sikandar Jhakhrao
  73. Sahil Kadri
  74. Maruk Qureshi
  75. Firoz Musa Bhisti
  76. Farid Bhuro

All above are residents of Una and were found pelting stones, soda bottles and even had iron rods, swords and other weapons on them. This caused injury to a lot of people there.

This violence took place after the speech by Kajal Hindustani. In response to the speech, as part of preplanned conspiracy a mob of about 200 named and unnamed people had gathered with weapons such as soda bottles, iron rods, swords. Damaged was caused to vehicles and homes of local residents. Hence, a complaint has been registered against the mob under IPC section 323, 337, 427, 143, 147, 148, 149, 120 (b) as well as GP Act section 135.

The police is currently undertaking further investigation in the matter.

Fugitive pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh’s key aide Papalpreet Singh arrested from Hoshiarpur

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Fugitive pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh’s key aide Papalpreet Singh arrested from Hoshiarpur

While fugitive pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh still remains on the run, his mentor and social media handler Papalpreet Singh has been arrested. According to reports, the Punjab police arrested Papalpreet Singh from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, where he was recently spotted casually roaming around in the compound of Gurdwara Sahib and connecting link roads. Papalpreet Singh was nabbed today (April 10) in a joint operation by Delhi police special cell. 

Papalpreet Singh’s arrest is being considered a major breakthrough in the case as he is believed to be very close to Amritpal Singh.

It may be recalled that on April 1, a CCTV footage emerged wherein Amritpal Singh’s key aide Papalpreet Singh can be seen casually roaming around in the compound of a dera in Hoshiarpur in Punjab. According to reports, Papalpreet Singh, who provided all logistics and contacts required to live in hiding for Amritpal Singh, got separated from the latter in the same city. 

The police believed that Amritpal Singh and his key aide Papalpreet Singh separated and chose to take different routes after the Innova SUV they were travelling in from Phagwara to Hoshiarpur got intercepted on March 28 evening.

Meanwhile, after discovering the evidence of Papalpreet’s stay in Hoshiarpur, police teams utilised drones to track any suspicious movements. Several barricades were placed at key points and a thorough search of all vehicles in Marnaian and nearby villages including Harkhowal, Bibi Di Pandori and Bassi was conducted.

Notably, since the Punjab police began the search for the Waris Punjab De chief and pro-Khalistani sympathiser on March 18, multiple CCTV footages have emerged purportedly of Amritpal Singh in which he is seen casually roaming around, either on foot or in vehicles. Recently, Amritpal Singh, himself released his first video since the Punjab police action against him and claimed that it was not about his arrest but an attack on the Sikh community. He opined that the government could have arrested him at home if they had wanted to.

Jamshedpur: Clashes erupt after a piece of meat was allegedly found hanging with a Ram Navami flag, police force deployed

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Jamshedpur: Clashes erupt after a piece of meat was allegedly found hanging with a Ram Navami flag, police force deployed

Communal tension prevailed in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur after clashes erupted over the alleged tying of a piece of meat on a Ram Navami flag. Hindu organisations protested alleging that the flag was desecrated and demanded strict action against the accused.

Clashes broke out between the two sides on April 8 after Hindu organisations launched protests demanding action against the culprits. However, the police intervened and pacified the matter.

According to media reports, the incident is from Kadma Shastri Nagar of Jamshedpur. Here, near the square of Block 3, some religious flags were put up. It is alleged that some anti-social element had hung a meat bag on those flags. Hindu organisations came to know about this through the local people. They reached the spot and started demanding action against the accused. During this, there was sloganeering, after which the people on the other side mobilised and clashed with the Hindu supporters.

Sensing the increasing tension, a large number of police forces were deployed on the spot. Security forces conducted a flag march in Jamshedpur’s Kadma police station area following the incident of stone pelting and arson. Section 144 CrPc is enforced in the area and mobile internet is temporarily banned.

The people of the Hindu organisations demanded action against those who desecrated their religious flag. Police officers started talking to both sides and tried to pacify the matter. The meat kept in polythene was also removed from the spot. After hours of talks, the members of the Hindu organisations called off their protest on the assurance of strict action by the police against the accused.

Mobile internet services have been cut off in the area to stop the violence from spreading further.

The protests entailed chanting Hanuman Chalisa while demonstrating at the said location. Aarti was also performed by a large number of devotees after the recitation. There was also a demand to rename the place where the allegation of desecration of the flag has been made as Bajrang Chowk. Along with this, the administration is expected to install CCTV cameras in sensitive areas. An appeal has been made to the administration to remove the shops selling meat from the Chowk. The administration has also been given an ultimatum of 24 hours to arrest the accused.

‘Brahman are a lineage of Ibrahim Aliahisalam’: Singer Lucky Ali makes a bizarre claim, deletes Facebook post following outrage

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‘Brahman are a lineage of Ibrahim Aliahisalam’: Singer Lucky Ali makes a bizarre claim, deletes Facebook post following outrage

On Sunday (April 9), Bollywood singer Maqsood Mahmood Ali (popularly known as Lucy Ali) courted controversy after he claimed that the word ‘Brahman’ is derived from ‘Abraham’.

Ali, who is a Muslim by Faith, had alleged that Brahman (which translates to the universe) comes after Prophet Abraham. In a Facebook post, he said, “The name ‘Brahman’ comes from ‘Brahma’ which comes from ‘Abram’…which comes from Abraham or Ibrahim…”

Lucky Ali then went on to claim that ‘Brahmans’ are a lineage of ‘Ibrahim Aliahisalam – The Father of all Nations.’ The singer did not provide any source for his outrageous claim.

Screengrab of the deleted Facebook post of Lucky Ali

“So why is everyone just arguing and fighting without reasoning amongst themselves?” he asked after linking Dharmic concepts of ‘Brahman’ and ‘Brahmans’ to the Abrahamic religions.

His outrageous claims did not sit well with his followers, who urged him to stick to singing and not display his ignorance about the Hindu religion.

Screengrab of the cached Facebook post of Lucky Ali

“Sir, we love you for your music. That’s the field of your absolute expertise. Please avoid commenting on stuff…,” one Omkar Dabhadkar appealed.

Screengrab of the cached Facebook post of Lucky Ali

Following social media backlash, Lucky Ali deleted his contentious Facebook post without citing any apology. Opindia was able to find a cached version of the Facebook post on Google.

Ali’s attempt to paint Brahmins as descendants of Ibrahim is yet another endeavour to reinforce the supremacy of Abrahamic faiths, which are just 1,400-2,000 years old, and belittle the millennia-old Hindu civilisation. It also illustrates the longstanding Abrahamic practice of casting themselves as the fount of all civilisations, from which different cultures and religions branched out.

‘Mendacious, deliberate attempt to paint the group in worst possible light’: Adani Group asks FT to take down its misleading March 22 article

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‘Mendacious, deliberate attempt to paint the group in worst possible light’: Adani Group asks FT to take down its misleading March 22 article

The Adani Group wrote a letter to the Financial Times on 10 April 2023, asking it to pull down its article published on 22 March 2023 that said the business conglomerate’s foreign direct investment came from offshore entities linked to his family. The group rubbished the allegations by the Financial Times stating that it was a “mendacious, deliberate effort to paint the Adani Group and the Adani family in the worst possible light.”

Slamming the Western publication, the Adani Group said the article demonstrated a willingness to be selective in using publicly available facts, lazy in its approach to understanding disclosures to which its reporters were directed, and made false insinuations against it.

“Our statement to your reporter, that all the transactions about which the Financial Times inquired have been publicly disclosed, is accurate, and the story amply demonstrates that your reporters conveniently chose not to look in a meaningful way at those public disclosures or even at the related press releases (including ones that the Financial Times covered at the time),” the statement released by the Adani Group said.

Alluding malice on the part of the Financial Times and its reporters, the Adani Group said if their journalists had considered all the fillings and other disclosures, “they would have been simply unable to include – with any honesty – their subjective epithets about “hard-to-scrutinise money flows”, “opaque overseas investments” and “funds of unclear provenance.”

The Financial Times ignored a fact that had already been publicly disclosed on January 18th and 23rd, 2021: that the Adani Group’s promoters sold a 20% stake in Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) to TotalEnergies of France (previously Total Renewables SAS) and raised USD 2 billion. This sale was reported by the Financial Times at the time of its occurrence. However, the newspaper made no mention of it in its article published on March 22nd, 2023.

An Adani press release in October 2019 announced that the Adani Group’s promoters raised USD 700 million by selling a 37.4% stake in Adani Total Gas Ltd. This news was reported by the Financial Times when it occurred, but it was not mentioned in the newspaper’s recent article on March 22nd, 2023.

“These funds were reinvested by promoter entities to support the growth of new business and in portfolio companies such as Adani Enterprises Ltd, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, Adani Transmission Ltd and Adani Power Ltd. The promoter entities have had substantial holdings in Adani companies, which have increased over time. It is through the timely use of funds received through the sale of equity that these entities have been able to increase their investments,” the statement said.

The Group further added that the Adani family utilized the proceeds from the secondary sale to purchase more equity in AGEL and offer support through a shareholder loan and other securities. These actions were publicly disclosed and known to the public.

Coming down hard on the Financial Times for its sloppy reportage, the business conglomerate accused it of incorrectly mixing primary and secondary investments, and also ignoring entirely a secondary transaction of USD 2 Billion, so that the reporters could conveniently create an illusion of a USD 2 billion ‘gap in funding’ to reinforce their prejudiced thesis of supposed round-tripping. The Group said the notion of supposed round-tripping is debunked once the AGEL equity proceeds are taken into account.

The Adani Group also highlighted inherent contradictions in the article, for example in one instance the FT article talked about entities supplying FDI to the business conglomerate being close to the “promoter group”, while in another instance, in the same article, the publication describes organisations funding FDI to the Adani Group as obscure entities.

“The facts are easily available and transparent. They are available through relevant securities regulatory filings that were made at the time and are a matter of public record,” the Group added.

In its conclusion, the Group emphasized that they are fully compliant with securities laws and have not obscured any information regarding promoter ownership and financing. It said that through a misleading narrative, the Financial Times’ story had caused reputational damage to the Adani Group companies.

“We ask you to take down the story immediately from your website. Further, because this story has driven misunderstanding in the market and with other media, and has become a political issue, we are compelled to share this information publicly at this time. That is regrettable but could have been avoided by your reporters taking a careful and objective approach,” the statement concluded.

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