A CPI leader was arrested for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl in Arthungal area of Alappuzha district, the police said.
Officials said that the accused, identified as Satheeesan, a CPI leader, was arrested by Arthungal police on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim on Friday. A case has been registered under the POCSO Act against him.
The minor, in her complaint, has stated that she was molested on multiple occasions by the accused, they said.
According to police, the victim belongs to the scheduled caste community and revealed about the incident during a counselling session at the school.
Both Satheesan and the girl’s family were known to each other and the accused was the president of SC community co-operative society, said the police.
The accused CPI leader was produced before court and has been sent on police remand, they added.
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In a big boost to India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat ambitions, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) has announced a major investment in Karnataka that will generate over one lakh jobs, according to an official statement on Friday.
As much as 300 acres of land has been identified for this purpose near the Bengaluru International Airport in Doddaballapura and Devanahalli taluks. A team from Foxconn — led by Young Liu, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and comprising 16 senior leaders — was in Bengaluru on Friday.
They were welcomed at the airport by C N Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education, IT and Biotechnology, Science and Technology and Skill Development.
The visit began with a walkthrough of the world-class new terminal 2, recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, followed by a detailed presentation by senior executives from Bengaluru Airport International Limited (BIAL) on cargo infrastructure and facilities at the airport. The team then proceeded to the site view of the proposed area.
Chief Minister and Young Liu discussed Foxconn’s investment plans and Bommai assured full support for the project. The electronics manufacturing project is expected to generate more than 1,00,000 employment opportunities in the next 10 years within the state, the CM said.
Foxconn is the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, with total revenue exceeding New Taiwan dollar 6 trillion in 2022. As of last year, it ranks 20th in the Fortune Global 500.
The company has 173 campuses and offices in 24 countries or regions around the world. The primary product segments for the company include Smart Consumer Electronics, such as smartphones, TVs, game consoles, Cloud and Networking Products which comprised servers, and communication networks; computing products such as computers, tablets, and components and others such as connectors, mechanical parts, services, etc.
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Congress leader Sandeep Dixit has requested Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to register a case under IPC section 420 against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly spreading “misinformation” for political gains.
After meeting the Lieutenant Governor on Friday, the son of former Delhi CM Sheila Dixit, Sandeep Dixit tweeted that he has requested an inquiry into the matter. “Met LG Delhi and requested him to institute an inquiry into all the various allegations of corruption that @ArvindKejriwal @msisodia and their media and party lapdogs have been spreading about me in last 8 years and either prosecute me or prove them as liars,” he tweeted.
Met LG Delhi and rqstd him to institute an inquiry into all the various allegations of corruption that @ArvindKejriwal@msisodia and their media and party lapdogs have been spreading about me in last 8 years and either prosecute me or prove them as liars pic.twitter.com/raXYjYNPwH
Sandeep Dixit has alleged that CM Kejriwal has issued advertisements by sharing wrong data related to PWD schemes, which is directly a case of IPC section 420.
“Arvind Kejriwal repeatedly claims to save the government money in construction work like flyovers, he then issues false advertisements. But the data suggest that the claims made by Arvind Kejriwal in the advertisements are a lie,” he said.
Sandeep Dixit also accused CM Kejriwal of “misusing” funds received at the NGO from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
“The NGO in which Arvind Kejriwal used to work, the money received under UNDP was misused by Arvind Kejriwal. He later returned a lump sum of Rs 50 lakh, only after the money was demanded from him. This is a matter of sheer corruption and an inquiry should be done against Kejriwal on the matter,” he further said.
Sandeep Dixit also demanded an inquiry against himself on the allegations made by Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia.
Further attacking the AAP National convenor, Sandeep Dixit said, “Arvind Kejriwal also tarnished the image of my mother and former Delhi CM late Sheila Dixit, for political gains. For defaming me, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia said that the electronic power meter-making company is Sandeep Dixit’s which is a lie.”
“Kejriwal lied that the orange-coloured cluster buses are owned by me. He also lied that the company installing water meters under Delhi Jal Board is also owned by me, which is also a lie,” he added.
Levelling these allegations, Sandeep Dixit has pleaded with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to investigate it. He has stated that if it is found that Arvind Kejriwal deliberately tried to discredit Sandeep Dixit and his late mother Sheila Dixit, then an FIR should be filed against the Delhi CM.
It is pertinent to note that these allegations have surfaced just when AAP is facing a streak of corruption allegations.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who headed 18 departments in the cabinet, was arrested on February 26 by the CBI in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain is also in jail for months in an alleged money laundering case. Following this, both ministers stepped down from their posts.
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On Thursday, March 2, a video went viral on social media wherein Bageshwar Dham Mahant Dhirendra Shastri is seen schooling a person who identifies himself as a Delhi-based ‘journalist’ working for ‘Barkha Dutt’s Mojo Story.’
Barkha Dutt’s Mojo Story Delhi:-
Barkha Dutt planted a mole in Bageshwar Dham. Then what happened, watch this video. Baba brutally exposed the truth – (Part 1) pic.twitter.com/QVrW4LIeym
The video started with the ‘journalist’ passing some remarks in the middle of a sermon being delivered by Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. His voice, however, was not clear because he spoke without a microphone. Bageshwar Sarkar, irritated on being interrupted, summoned the ‘journalist’ to the stage. The man introduced himself as Harshit Sharma, a journalist, and said he had come from Delhi and was associated with The Mojo Story, Barkha Dutt’s news agency.
At this point, Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri pulled out an article written by this alleged journalist, which left him speechless for a brief period of time. The ‘journalist,’ however, quickly gathered himself and started folding his hands and apologising. Sharma initially claimed that he travelled from Delhi to cover the story. Afterwards, he said that he had come to question Shastri about the girl’s death in the Chhatarpur. At this point, Peethadhishwar Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of Bageshwar Dham schooled the ‘journalist’ in his own unique way, using terms like Nakkata (shameless), Nalayak (useless), and Thathri (a very lean person).
Notably, at the beginning of the video, Sharma is heard passing some remarks. Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, in his customary way, responded, “Sita Ram japo. Tujhe bolne ka tameez hi nahi hai…toro bhi batade ki langot kyo diloy?” (Am I your servant? Sitaram should be petitioned and chanted. You lack the courtesy to speak. You call your uncle (relative), and I will inform them that you are mannerless. “You’re a mole that was planted here), Dhirendra Krishna Shastri said, summoning him to the stage.
After the journalist went up on the stage, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri sought to know who asked him to interrupt his sermon. The journalist stated he did it of his own volition. Then Peethadhishwar of Bageshwar Dham questioned again, this time more firmly, whose orders was he following.
After that, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri showed the journalist two papers and asked whether he could tell what was written on them. Shastri went on to say that the answer to everything the journalist wanted to ask was written on those sheets of paper. He then asked the ‘journalist’ to introduce himself, to which he replied that he worked for Barkha Dutt’a The Mojo story.
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri then stated that he had never heard of The Mojo story. He, however, turned two papers towards the journalist in which he claimed to have already professed whatever was happening at that point in time. Dhirendra Krishna Shastri started reading out what he had written on those sheets of paper.
“Someone will show up to question you. He will misbehave. He’s completely worthless. There’s no need to interact with him. He does, however, require some disciplining. He will be a member of team Mojo. You need not provide him with any information,” Shastri read.
After this, Shastri produced the second sheet. Following that, the journalist attempted to ask him questions, but here, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri paused and declared that he knows everything. The journalist then inquired about the death of the woman featured in his story and mocked Shastri by asking whether the illness of any person coming to him can be cured solely by his miracles or if they also need to see the doctor.
“Why don’t you tell worshippers that they need medical care along with your blessing,” the ‘journalist’ said.
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri responded by reading out from the other piece of paper. “Yaha pareshan vyakti aa sakte. Chinta na kare. Duva aur dava aur krupa, sabki aavashakta hai. (Worried people can come here. Don’t worry. Blessing, medicine, well wishes, all are needed)”
Throughout the video, The Mojo Story ‘journalist’ can be seen holding his ears and constantly apologising at the demand of Mahant Dhirendra Shastri.
The controversy around Bageshwar Dham
Bageshwar Dham and its Mahant Dhirendra Krishna Shastri were in news recently. Notably, the entire row started some days ago when Mahant Dhirendra of Bageshwar Dham travelled to Nagpur for Ramkatha. Reportedly, Dhirendra Shastri brought 300 people back into Hinduism fold during a Gharwapsi program on Christmas last year.
After the Katha concluded, Shyam Manav, the national convenor of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti, accused Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of promoting ‘superstition’. Shyam Manav has also filed an FIR against Shastri.
Later, in a video shared on the official Instagram page of Bageshwar Dham, Dhirnedra Shastri addressing the Nagpur controversy said that he is being targeted since he started raising the issue of Gharwapsi. He also asked Shyam Manav if he has ever questioned people of other religions over the alleged superstitions.
Barkha Dutt’s Mojo caught peddling fake news
Notably, Barkha Dutt’s The Mojo Story has often been caught peddling fake and malicious news. In fact, in 2021, the UP Police registered case against 8 Twitter handles including Barkha Dutt’s The Mojo Story for sharing fake news on the Unnao case.
The FIR stated that the mentioned Twitter handles had spread false information that the girls were raped, which was denied in the post-mortem reports. These handles further spread the fake information that Unnao Police performed the last rites of the two deceased girls without the family’s consent.
Similarly, Mojo, the media venture of ‘journalist’ Barkha Dutt, in 2020, used two years old photographs to claim that they represented the then situation in Kashmir. The photo, which actually showed a scene from Shopian, was claimed to be from the Kathua district. Ahmer Khan, the photographer, has called out Barkha Dutt and her media venture on Twitter. Barkha Dutt, in her response, had accepted the mistake of Mojo Story.
While the entire country, and the Hindu community across the world, have geared up to celebrate Holi, Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi has courted a massive controversy by banning it on the campus. The festival of colours is a major Hindu festival and the decision by the university administration has triggered massive outrage among the students and on social media. People also pointed out that the same Banaras Hindu University had organised an Iftar party last year.
On 28th February 2023, the Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi issued an order prohibiting students from celebrating Holi inside the campus. The university administration said that action will be taken against those who defy this order. However, on Thursday, 3rd March 2023, students defied the ban and celebrated Holi on campus and in individual hostels.
In a circular issued on 28th February 2023, the university’s chief proctor Professor Abhimanyu Singh said, “All the teachers, staff and students of Kashi Hindu University campus are informed that playing Holi, making noise, playing music in public places on the campus is completely prohibited. In this regard, all directors, faculty heads, and administrative patrons are requested to take administrative action against those who do so. Make the students aware of this fact and ensure necessary action in such a situation.”
Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University Sudhir Jain, who hosted Iftari during Ramzan, has banned Holi at the campus.@VCofficeBHU थोड़ी शर्म करो।। pic.twitter.com/Ghc6baODmL
However, BHU students celebrated Holi on campus on Thursday and defied this order. According to reports, the students celebrated the festival by playing music on DJ systems, throwing colours, tearing clothes, and pushing each other in water and mud. Film songs, folk songs and Bhojpuri songs were played at high volume. Students of the Faculty of Visual Arts celebrated Holi in a pool filled with water, while at Madhuban, male students tore shirts and kurtas of each other. Amid the fun, they also protested against the admin, and the celebrations were more intense due to the ban order.
ABVP president Abhay Singh said, “It is an inappropriate order. BHU is among the top institutions in the country with a sprawling campus. If students are not allowed to play Holi here, where will they?”
Several tweets posted on Twitter show the BHU students celebrating Holi despite the ban order.
It is notable that on 26th April 2022, BHU Vice-Chancellor Professor Sudhir Jain organized an Iftar party on the campus, triggering protests from students. In the Muslim month of Ramzan, an Iftar party was organized on the campus of Women’s College, where the Vice-Chancellor and several professors had participated, and fasting professors joined the students to open their fast.
Following the party, the students of the Banaras Hindu University held protests outside the residence of Vice-Chancellor Professor Sudhir Jain. They demanded an apology from the VC as they held banners and raised slogans against the Islamisation of the Banaras Hindu University.
However, the university had defended the decision, saying that this happens every year.
Protesting students had alleged that it was an attempt at Islamisation of the University. Now, the BHU administration issued an order not to celebrate the Hindu festival Holi on campus, further reinforcing the believe that the university is becoming anti-Hindu. However, the students ignored the threats of action and defied the ban by celebrating Holi.
The Delhi Police confirmed on Thursday that they had arrested Shahid, a Bhojpuri actor and YouTuber, for attempting to extort Rs 1 crore from the school owner. The accused has a prior criminal record, according to the police, and nine cases have been filed against him under the extortion, cheating, snatching, and Weapons Act. The accused reportedly used Hindu aliases while making extortion calls to individuals.
According to reports, Shahid’s friend Fahad had suggested extorting money from the school owner.
दिल्ली पुलिस की स्पेशल स्टाफ ने *भोजपुरी एक्टर* *यूट्यूबर* को एक स्कूल मालिक से *एक करोड़ की फिरौती मांगने पर गिरफ्तार किया है*भोजपुरी एक्टर का नाम शाहिद @ स्टार @ राज सिंघानिया @ राज @ लल्लन @ लड्डन को गिरफ्तार किया है।@cp_delhi@DelhiPolice@DCPSEastDelhipic.twitter.com/yDdDxdsnWW
— Hussainjaved (#India News ) (@hussainjaved81) March 2, 2023
Shahid runs an office in the name of ‘Star Films’ at Batla House, they added. “He is also known by other names like Lallan, Laddan, and Raj Singhaniya,” deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Rajesh Deo, said, adding the accused has previously been involved in nine cases of cheating, snatching, extortion and the Arms act.
Shahid told police that his friend Fahad, who is currently lodged in connection with a murder case at Jamia Nagar police station, had asked him to look for a wealthy party. According to authorities, Shahid then learned about a 49-year-old builder who owns two public schools.
दिल्ली पुलिस ने रंगदारी मांगने पर भोजपुरी अभिनेता मोहम्मद शाहिद को गिरफ़्तार किया
◆ शाहिद पर आरोप है कि उन्होंने फोन पर स्कूल संचालक से रंगदारी मांगी थी
According to the authorities, on February 25, 2023, Shahid called his friend Fahad and took the school’s owner on a conference call. The duo threatened the school owner to pay Rs 1 crore within 48 hours. They also threatened to kill the businessman if he failed to give the money. The school owner promptly reported this to the police, and Shahid was detained. A case has been filed under several sections against Shahid.
According to Rajesh Dev, Deputy Commissioner of Southeast Delhi, when the accused’s mobile number was tracked, it was discovered that he was constantly changing his locations. The police, however, arrested the accused from Jangpura in Delhi.
The incidents of alleged attacks against Bihari labourers in Tamil Nadu are becoming more frequent. Several Bihar leaders raised this issue in the Bihar Legislative Assembly today and slammed the Nitish Kumar-led administration over the issue. The labourers who have returned from Tamil Nadu to Bihar are on the other hand revealing the on-ground scenario there, though the DGP of Tamil Nadu has termed the torture as untrue.
It is pertinent to note that a report by the Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar that was published on March 2, 2023, had earlier claimed that as many as 15 people have lost their lives in “Talibani” style attacks being carried out against the Hindi-speaking migrant labourers in the state. However, the Hindi newspaper has retracted that report and now, in its updated version, presented testimonies of the migrant labourers who have said that they are fleeing Tamil Nadu because of the violence that has been unleashed on Hindi-speaking migrant labourers in the state because of their linguistic identity.
The Hindi-speaking migrant workers claim that they are assaulted even on the trains. On March 1, a few people, residents of Ranchi in Jharkhand, also returned to their homeland from Tamil Nadu. They said that the atmosphere in the South Indian state has been bad for the last 20 days. “The local people there ask others where they are from. If they tell from a Hindi-speaking state, they are abused in Tamil and beaten up. Biharis living in Tamil Nadu say they are shying away from venturing out,” one of the labourers who returned to Ranchi said.
BJP protests in the Bihar Assembly
The Bharatiya Janata Party strongly objected to the incidents of attack and slammed Bihar state CM Nitish Kumar over the incident. They raised the issue in the Bihar Assembly and demanded a probe into the incident. The BJP leaders also walked out of the Assembly as a part of the protest.
BJP leader Sanjay Jaiswal demanded Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to make public the number of people from Bihar attacked in Tamil Nadu. He said that he is pained by the plight of Bihari workers in Tamil Nadu.
Jaiswal said that while several Biharis are being attacked in Tamil Nadu, Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav is going to the state and meeting the CM MK Stalin and speaking nothing about the attacks on Biharis there.
According to a tweet from BJP Legislator Umakant Singh, 12 Bihari labourers have died and more than 50 have been hurt in Tamil Nadu. The BJP staged a walkout from the House in protest of the attack on Biharis in Tamil Nadu and urged that labourers’ safety be guaranteed as well as that the offenders be dealt with harshly. Contrarily, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav is dining out while celebrating Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s 70th birthday.
तमिलनाडु में 12 बिहारी मजदूरों की हत्या और 50 से अधिक मजदूर घायल हो चुके है! तमिलनाडु में बिहारियों पर हो रहे हमले को लेकर भाजपा ने आज सदन से वॉकआउट किया और श्रमिक भाइयों की सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित तथा दोषियों पर सख्त कार्रवाई करने की मांग की। pic.twitter.com/rgO76iQIVL
The Tamil Nadu DGP Sylendra Babu meanwhile denied the killings and issued a statement on Thursday, March 2 claiming that Bihari migrant workers were not being attacked in Tamil Nadu. He said that he had reached out to his counterpart in Bihar, DGP RS Bhatti, and refuted the reports being shared in the media and on social media.
“The videos that are being circulated on social media are four months old and show clashes between migrant workers belonging to Bihar and Jharkhand. Another video is of a murder that took place in Coimbatore outside a court complex last month. No attacks on migrant workers have taken place in Tamil Nadu,” Babu said.
Tamil Nadu Police further tweeted saying, “Rumors are being spread on Social Media and other media platforms that North Indians and Hindi-speaking people are being assaulted in Tamil Nadu. The contents are posted without verifying the facts. Please don’t believe or spread such rumours.
One video being circulated is actually an incident involving a fight between Bihar and Jharkhand workers in Tamil Nadu, while another video is connected to an incident involving local residents of Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu is a very peaceful and safe state where 2/4
You are advised not to spread such false information, failing which legal action will be taken, it warned.
Update as of 4th March: Prashant Patel Umrao, a spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party, has been charged by the Tamil Nadu Police with filing an FIR, under many sections of the Indian Criminal Code (IPC), accusing him of spreading false information about fatal attacks on migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu. An editor of Hindi Daily, Dainik Bhaskar and Mohammed Tanvir, a journalist, is also booked for allegedly disseminating false information and animosity. A Tamil Nadu police team has been assembled to arrest the accused. The full report can be read here.
Update: The claims about murders and killing as well as the fingers of the Hindi-speaking migrant labourers being chopped and the labourers being locked in a room and hanged, which were reported by Dainik Bhaskar were retracted after the incident caused nationwide controversy. Since our reports were based on Dainik Bhaskar’s report and were reproduced here crediting them explicitly, we have removed those claims as well because Bhaskar doesn’t seem to be standing by it anymore.
Justice Nariman while delivering the inaugural Jitendra Desai Memorial Lecture on the topic ‘Freedom of Speech: Contemporary Challenges’ said that the banning of the malicious BBC documentary titled “India: The Modi Question” was wrong and shows that there is a long way to us to go when it comes to media freedom.
He also tried relating the tax raids conducted at the BBC office to the publishing of the documentary ignoring all the evidence that exists against BBC. BBC has a history of tax evasion not only in India but elsewhere too but Justice Nariman failed to consider the compelling evidence against the UK’s State-owned broadcaster.
Justice Nariman overlooked the reports published against BBC which list the financial malpractices that BBC engages in regularly.
BBC’s questionable practices and tax evasion
A 41-page official report by the Comptroller and Auditor General(of the UK) was released in November of 2018, which dived into the investigation of BBC’s engagement with personal service companies. It stated the types of people the BBC employed on a freelance basis and related problems involving such individuals, especially those it hires through personal service businesses.
The BBC was involved in yet another dispute in 2019. According to the BBC annual report, the media organization had set aside up to £12 million to settle the past tax debts of BBC broadcasters who HMRC was investigating for using personal service firms to evade taxes.
The National Audit Office (NAO), on the other hand, had questioned whether the payments were a proper use of BBC funds and as a result had provided a cautious assessment of the latter’s accounts.
The raids were conducted on BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai for three days for:
Non-compliant under transfer pricing rules
Persistent and deliberate violation of transfer pricing norms; and
Deliberately diverting a significant amount of the profits and having not followed the arm’s length arrangement in the case of allocation of profit.
The Ministry of Finance in its statement after the conclusion of the survey of BBC offices said that “a survey action under section 133A of the Income-t Act, 1961(the Act) was carried out at the business premises of group entities of a prominent international Media Company at Delhi and Mumbai.
The statement noted that BBC is engaged in the business of development of content in English, Hindi and various other Indian languages; advertisement sales and market support services, etc in India.
The statement said that the income/profits shown by various group entities under BBC India do not match their scale of operations in India, as the quantity of content in India is substantial. In the raid by the Income tax department, which has been described as a survey, several pieces of evidence were found that show that tax has not been paid on certain remittances which have not been disclosed as income in India by the foreign entities of the group.”
The ministry further informed that “the survey revealed that BBC India had made remittances to its foreign offices for utilising the services of seconded employees, or temporary employees sent from overseas. While such remittances are subjected to withholding tax, BBC avoided it.”
As far as the documentary is concerned, it was a clear case of a hit job, the SC of India has given a clean chit to PM Modi. Such documentaries only fulfil the agenda of creating unrest in the country and were rightly banned. The UK government itself has banned Russian state broadcasters like RT.
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife Aaliya Siddiqui, originally Anjana Kishor Pandey, has alleged that the actor kicked her and her two children out of the house at midnight. She made the allegations in a video that she shared on Instagram on 3rd March, Friday. The video of the estranged wife of the Bollywood actor went viral on social media. The latest allegations come after Aaliya had alleged that she was facing sexual harassment from Nawazuddin and torture from his family.
In the video, Aaliya Siddiqui said that Nawazuddin has thrown her and her children out of the house at midnight, and she can’t believe that he did this to them. She said that Naqazuddin told them that they can’t return the house. ‘I am on the road in the night, I have nowhere to go, I have only Rs 81 and therefore I can’t go to a hotel. I don’t know where to go with my children, whom to call’, she said in the video.
She added that she will never be able to pardon Nawazuddin for this treatment of her and their children. She said that she made the video so how her estranged husband kicked her and their two children out of the house at midnight.
Aaliya Siddiqui wrote in the caption of the video, “This is the truth of Nawazuddin Siddiqui who did not even spare his own innocent children.. When after being in the house for 40 days I stepped out as office bearers at Versova police station called me urgently.. But when I went back to the house with my children Nawazuddin Siddiqui had deputed a number of guards to not let us in. I and my children were brutally left by this man on the road.. my daughter could not believe that her own father can do this to her and be howling and crying on the road.. thankfully one of my relatives took us into her one-room house..this small mentality and this cruel planning of throwing me and my children out of the house and bringing us to the roads just shows how small this man Nawazuddin Siddiqui is. Sharing videos where you can see the reality of this man.”
Aaliya Siddiqui added, “And now as expected from you .. your PR agency is circulating false and deceitful information all around the media. It is such a joke that people who are appointed by you and who get a salary from you are not letting you go inside your own house. I really suggest that you need a better PR agency who has more logical plans for you… don’t worry Nawazuddin Siddiqui you can not break me out, my children. I am a citizen of a country where justice prevails and I shall get it soon.”
It is notable that Aaliya Siddiqui was Anjana Kishor Pandey before getting married to the actor. She changed her name to allegedly please the family members of Nawazuddin Siddiqui. In 2020, she said that she is sticking to her original identity after a dispute with Nawazuddin Siddiqui. However, she continued to run her social media handles as Aaliya Siddiqui.
In an earlier video shared on her Instagram handle, Aaliya Siddiqui requested Maharashtra’s chief minister Eknath Shinde to look into the matter and give justice to her. In this video, she cited the past atrocities against her and her children by the actor’s family members.
During the coronavirus lockdown, there were reports of a rift between Aaliya and Nawazuddin. Then Aaliya accused Nawazuddin Siddiqui of assaulting her. Aaliya had lodged an FIR against her husband Nawazuddin, and his brothers Minhajuddin, Faizuddin, Ayazuddin, and his mother Mehrunnisa at Versova police station in Mumbai. Later, the case was transferred to Budhana police station as the spot of the said incident was Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. In this complaint, Aaliya accused Nawazuddin’s brother Minhajuddin of molestation and showing obscene videos to her.
In January 2023, Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s mother Mehrunnisa lodged an FIR against Aaliya at Versova police station in Mumbai under IPC sections 452, 323, 504, and 506. In this case, the police had issued a notice to Aaliya to appear by January 23. Calling the FIR an injustice against her, Aaliya Siddiqui accused the police of not paying heed to her complaint and taking immediate action on the complaint against her. Aaliya Siddiqui also shared a video on her Instagram handle alleging that she and her children are kept watch on and they are limited to the hall of the actor’s house and forced by his family members to use a common toilet while staying in the living room.
On February 27, a video went viral in which AAP senior leader and an MLA of the Delhi legislative assembly Saurabh Bharadwaj is heard assuring his party workers that Delhi jails have a lot of ‘majje’ (enjoyment) and that all the jailed AAP leaders are having fun inside the jail and there is nothing to worry about.
The video is being shared widely on social media since it first emerged on February 27, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy case.
“There are many party colleagues inside the jail. I keep having word with them. They all are enjoying,” said Saurabh Bhardwaj – AAP). He apparently claimed that ‘staying’ inside the Delhi Jails was a ‘MAJJE’ (an ‘enjoyment’) and they (party workers) didn’t have to worry. pic.twitter.com/TSLMYWxjGS
Notably, on Monday, AAP workers were staging a sit-in protest over the arrest of Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Addressing these party workers, Bharadwaj said, “There are many party colleagues inside the jail. I keep having word with them. They all are enjoying it inside.”
He proudly proclaimed that the Delhi jails are under the administrative control of the Delhi government’s home department and that since the AAP is in power in Delhi, they do not need to be concerned about the AAP leaders who are currently housed in Delhi jails.
“The good thing is that Delhi Jails was under Delhi Government,” Bharadwaj said, adding that the AAP workers who would go to jail, while protesting against the arrest of Manish Sisodia, would get a certificate from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
“Those who will go to jail will get a certificate. Just like our freedom fighters. Those workers, who will have certificates, will be taken care of while distributing party tickets,” the AAP leader said.
Sharing the video of the reprehensible remarks made by the senior AAP leader, BJP national Spokesperson ShehzadPoonawalla tweeted, “Saurabh Bharadwaj- AAP leader & now taking over as minister – tells AAP workers Don’t be afraid of jail- jail is a lot of fun- jail is under Delhi govt – many colleagues are inside- they are having fun CANDID CONFESSION OF HOW SATYENDRA JAIN WAS GIVEN VVIP TREATMENT MAALISH.”
Saurabh Bharadwaj- AAP leader & now taking over as minister – tells AAP workers
Don’t be afraid of jail- jail is a lot of fun- jail is under Delhi govt – many colleagues are inside- they are having fun
Incidentally, Bharadwaj’s statement came months after several CCTV videos surfaced on social media showing jailed AAP leader Satyendar Jain’s luxurious experience in his prison cell despite the party’s denials of special treatment. CCTV footage from within the jail premises was made public in November last year, showing Jain ‘enjoying’ his stay in the jail.
In one of the CCTV footage, some unidentified individuals were seen cleaning the room of the AAP Minister. A man, dressed in black, was spotted sweeping the floor with a wet rag while another man was seen arranging the pillows on the bed.
#WATCH | CCTV video emerges of housekeeping services going on in the cell of jailed Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain. Later, he can also be seen interacting with people in his cell. pic.twitter.com/tw17pF5CTQ
On November 19, a video went viral on social media showing VIP treatment being meted out to Jain. Jain was seen receiving foot and head massages. In a bizarre defence of Jain getting a foot massage, Manish Sisodia claimed that Jain was taking physiotherapy for a ‘spine injury.’
Later on, it was revealed that the masseur of jailed Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain whose videos of getting massages went viral has been identified as one rape accused named Rinku, and not a physiotherapist.
