On Sunday, March 5, former Union Minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar’s cousin brother shot himself dead at his home in Latur, Maharashtra. Before killing himself at home, the 81-year-old cousin of the former minister sent his loved ones a goodbye text message.
According to the police, at about nine in the morning, Chandrasekhar Patil Chakurkar, also known as Hanmantrao Patil, shot himself in the head with his licensed revolver at his Adarsh Colony residence in Latur. The reason for the suicide is not known yet. But reportedly, he appeared to be in pain due to an ailment he had been battling for a number of years.
Hanmantrao frequently visited the former minister’s “Devghar” home as he lived nearby. They used to go for a morning regularly together. After that, they go to Shivraj Patil’s house, have tea while reading the day’s paper. Like every day, today also Chandrasekhar Patil Chakurkar left Shivraj Patil’s house and went to his own house. After some time, a gunshot was heard from the house, after which his servant and Shiraj Patil’s son Shailesh Patil rushed to the house. There, they saw Chandrasekhar Patil Chakurkar lying in a pool of blood. They immediately informed the police about the same.
Senior officers including Additional Superintendent of Police Dibesh Fever, Deputy SP Jitendra Jagdale, and others arrived at the location for further investigation while the former home minister’s son was also present when the incident took place. The cousin of the Congress leader lived in the Adarsh Colony neighbourhood. The postmortem of the body has been sent to a government hospital. Shivraj Patil, a senior Congress leader and a former Union minister, is active in politics.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another accused in connection with the murder of Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru. He has been identified as Thufail. The murderer was absconding and had a reward of Rs. 5 lakh on his head. He is a member of the banned Islamist organization PFI.
He was taken into custody on Saturday night at 9.30 p.m. in Bengaluru’s Amruthahalli police station boundaries, close to the Dasarahalli area.
According to reports, NIA officials disguised as a plumber and an auto driver went to ho his house on Saturday at around 9.30 PM after getting information about his presence there. They found Thufail in his house, and nabbed him.
NIA is investigating for how long he had been staying in Bengaluru, and what identification documents he was using for the purpose.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the agencies had prior information about Thufail, based on which he was arrested. “We already had information regarding this and were keeping track,” the CM said.
In January, a chargesheet was submitted by the NIA before a Special NIA court in Bengaluru in the Praveen Nettaru murder case. In it, 20 individuals were identified as accused in the murder case of the Bhartiya Janta Party youth leader.
He was hacked to death by the extremists of Popular Front of India, on July 26 last year, in front of his broiler chicken shop in Bellare village, by three bike-borne people.
Bellare Police lodged a case and was looking into the matter, but later on, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs handed it over to the NIA.
Praveen Nettaru was killed “with the intention to strike terror in the society and create fear among the people,” the agencies had revealed. “Investigations revealed that the PFI, as part of its agenda to create terror, communal hatred and unrest in society and to further its agenda of establishing Islamic Rule by 2047, formed secret teams called Service Teams or Killer Squads to carry out killings of its ‘perceived enemies’ and targets,” stated an NIA officer.
In order to recognize, track down, and mount surveillance on individuals or leaders belonging to specific communities and groupings, these Service Team members received guns and attack training, as well as instruction in surveillance tactics, he added. He informed, “They were trained to assault and kill identified targets, on the instructions of senior PFI leaders.”
Notably, on September 27 of last year, PFI was banned by the centre government for indulging in anti-India activities and its close ties with outlawed Islamist organization Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
India has been a witness for centuries to predatory religious conversion techniques by the theologists of the Abrahamic faiths. The vulnerabilities of the indigenous Hindu communities are exploited and they are lured to the new faith through concealment, monetary and material support, and other devious strategies.
Amidst growing concern about such practices, it has come to light that several masjids are now using the Hindu concept of ‘darshan’ under the pretext of fostering ‘religious harmony’ and ‘universal brotherhood.’
On Sunday (March 5), a Twitter user named Ramesh Shinde informed how the Mapusa unit (Goa) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is conducting a ‘masjid darshan’, besides meet-and-greet session with the Islamic cleric (Maulana). Interestingly, the cleric is also referred to as a ‘priest’, with stated objective of creating a better India.
New way of Conversions in Goa. Masjid Darshan ? Observation of prayers – (means Namaz ?) Meet Maulana ? (is he Priest ?) …When No Women are allowed for Namaz at Mosque, Here is special invitation for them.@noconversion@ShefVaidyapic.twitter.com/mIf5Rdrtp5
In December last year, a similar initiative of ‘Masjid Darshan’ was launched by Al-Aqsa mosque in Vijaypura city in Karnataka to allegedly dispel ‘false notions and misconceptions’ about Islam.
In Bengaluru, one such ‘Masjid Darshan’ event was undertaken at Masjid E Khadria in Benson Town of Bengaluru.
WITH an aim to clear misunder standings & misconceptions about Islam & Muslim community, the Juma Masjid Trust Board Management Committee organised a Masjid Darshan programme for ppl from different faiths The event was held at Masjid E Khadria on Millers Road#BharatJodoYatra
“Promoting harmony between communities, Masjid-e-Tur in Kaval Byrasandra of #Bengaluru organized ‘Masjid Darshan’ for non-muslims including women. Explained the concept behind Islamic rituals,” informed journalist Niranjan Kaggere in June last year.
It must be mentioned that ‘darshan’ is a pious concept in Dharmic faiths, especially Hinduism, where devotees visit religious shrines to offer prayers to the deity. Interestingly, Masjid is a place of prayer that bear no idols or form of any deity.
This religiously significant exercise has been reduced to a mere visitation under the pretext of ‘secularism’, thereby misleading gullible Hindu worshippers into believing it a ‘noble exercise.’
While it is not certain whether such darshans are an exercise in Daw’ah, it certainly undermines Dharmic beliefs and practices.
Advocate Koustav Bagchi, the spokesperson of the West Bengal Congress shaved off his hair, minutes after a Kolkata court granted him bail. He has vowed to stay bald till he ousts Mamta Banerjee from power in the state. Several people, including many Congress leaders, were present during the occasion.
“Shaving off my hair is a mark of protest. Until I dethrone Mamata Banerjee, I will not grow my hair,” Bagchi told reporters after getting bail. He added that he would consider apologizing if Mamata expressed remorse to state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
After the party won the Sagardighi seat in Murshidabad district from the TMC in a byelection, Bagchi reportedly slammed Mamata Banerjee for mounting ‘personal assaults’ on the veteran Congress leader, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, referring to his daughter’s suicide in 2006.
Bagchi was criticized by the Trinamool Congress for his statement on the CM.
We CONDEMN the DEROGATORY remarks made by Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi on Hon’ble Chairperson Smt @MamataOfficial.
It clearly shows the DEGRADED ideals & principles of @INCIndia who have NO RESPECT for women.
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) March 4, 2023
“Koustav Bagchi has made foul comments about a woman, a woman who is called Didi. We offer prayers before Durga. A man had the desire to humiliate someone like Mamata Banerjee,” senior minister Dr. Sashi Panja stated while addressing the media.
She claimed, that he should apologize if he has any remorse. “When a woman is being mistreated, others who remain silent are also encouraging it. Don’t endorse it, criticize the sexist remarks. Apologize if you have any conscience”, she added
Bagchi was arrested by Kolkata Police on Saturday morning for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Mamata Banerjee. A written complaint was made in response to his remarks, at the Burtolla Police Station in Kolkata.
Police stormed his residence in Barrackpore, at around 3:00 am, in the North 24 Parganas district, and shortly thereafter, they arrested him. He was produced before Bankshall court in the evening.
The Congress leader was granted bail on the same day. He was asked to furnish a bail bond of Rs. 1,000 and the additional chief metropolitan magistrate set the date of hearing on April 5.
He was also ordered to see the investigating officer once a week by the court.
Why was Koustav Bagchi arrested
In a news conference on Friday, Bagchi mentioned a book by a retired IAS officer named Deepak Kumar Ghosh that purportedly contained references to the Chief Minister’s private life.
“There are many special things in the book. Her familial troubles are covered in great detail in the 189-page book. It narrates the event in which she ate chocolate sandwiches while on a hunger strike,” he had asserted.
Bagchi proclaimed, that the public will recognize them (the incidents) once they are disclosed, and the book will reveal Mamata Banerjee’s secrets. He announced, “Soft copies of the book will be distributed all around the state.”
He was arrested at around 3:00 in the morning, from his house, within 24 hours of the statement.
After being booked by police in connection with alleged attacks on migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu, state BJP chief K Annamalai on Sunday dared the MK Stalin-led DMK government to “arrest him within 24 hours”, while also alleging that false cases are registered against him.
“You [DMK government] think that you can suppress the voice of democracy by filing false cases. As a common man, I give you 24 hours, to touch me if possible,” the BJP state unit president said in a tweet.
The fresh remarks by the BJP leader came after the state’s Cyber Crime Division booked him under sections of inciting violence and promoting enmity between groups among others.
The police’s action came just a day after he held the state government responsible for the ongoing stir regarding migrant labourers in the southern state.
Taking to Twitter, Annamalai also said that the police’s response [of filing cases against him] came after he exposed “DMK’s seven-decade propaganda against the north Indian people”.
“I understand DMK has filed cases against me for exposing their 7-decade propaganda against North Indian brothers. So, here is the video of what they spoke, which was mentioned in my press release yesterday. I challenge Fascist DMK to arrest me!,” Annamalai said.
The BJP leader yesterday released a statement on the migrant labourers’ issue saying they are safe in Tamil Nadu but the Chief Minister Stalin led-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its alliance party leaders are the reason for the hate against them.
He also opposed the spread of false news on the attack on the people from Bihar in the state, saying that Tamils don’t support “separatism” and “vile hatred” against north Indians.
“It is disheartening to see fake news spread in social media about attacks on Migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. We, the Tamil people, believe in the concept of “The World is One” and do not endorse the separatism and vile hatred against our North Indian friends,” Annamalai said in a series of tweets.
Hitting out at the state government, he said, “DMK’s MPs’ vile comments on North Indians, DMK minister calling them Panipuri Wala, and their alliance partners demanding their exodus has triggered what we see today.”
He further said that the people, the Government and the police, do not endorse the views of DMK and their alliance partners.
Besides, Annamalai, the Tamil Nadu police have also registered against the holder of ‘BJP Bihar’ Twitter account holder under sections 153, 153A(1)(a), 505(1)(b) IPC 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
As reported earlier, four persons including a BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao and two journalists have also been booked on the charges of spreading false news over alleged attack on migrant workers in the state.
Prashant Umrao, an Editor with Dainik Bhaskar, a Patna-based journalist, owner of ‘Tanvir Post’ Twitter handle Mohammad Tanvir, and Shubam Shukla were booked at different police stations on the charges of spreading “false” news regarding attacks on migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu.
A statewide panic was created among migrant workers, working in Tamil Nadu, after several purported videos, showing attacks on migrant workers, circulated on social media.
The panic was triggered after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday, raised concerns and took note of the purported videos of “attacks”.
The panic affected the industries in Tamil Nadu, which rely on migrant workers, badly as many workers stayed off work.
Taking cognizance of the panic, Tamil Nadu’s Director General of Police Sylendra Babu released a statement, saying that the video doing rounds of social media was “false” and “mischievous”.
“Somebody in Bihar posted false and mischievous videos saying that migrant workers were attacked in Tamil Nadu. Two videos were posted. Both are false as these incidents happened at an earlier date in Tiruppur and Coimbatore. One was a clash between two groups of migrant workers from Bihar while another was from a clash between two local residents in Coimbatore,” the top cop said.
The DGP also said that the persons behind this rumour-driven panic will not be spared.
(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)
In the midst of the political war over the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia Delhi in connection with the liquor excise policy scam case, eight opposition parties have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging misuse of the government’s investigative agencies to target them.
Chief Ministers K Chandrashekar Rao, Mamata Banerjee, Bhagwant Mann, and Arvind Kejriwal are among the opposition leaders who have signed the letter.
Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference, Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party, Uddav Thackeray of the Sena, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, and Tejashwi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar, have also signed the letter. The Congress party, however, did not join the opposition parties in signing the letter addressed to PM Modi.
The letter begins with the hope that India is still a ‘democracy’ even though it is alleged in the letter that the country has moved from being a democracy to ‘autocracy’ pointing at the alleged ‘misuse’ of central probe agencies.
“We hope you would agree that India is still a democratic country. The blatant misuse of central agencies against the members of the opposition appears to suggest that we have transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy,” the letter said.
“After a long witch-hunt, Manish Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with alleged irregularities without a shred of evidence against him,” the opposition leaders stated in the letter to PM Modi.
“Since 2014, there has been a marked rise in the number of raids conducted, cases lodged against, and arrest of the opposition leaders. Be it Lalu Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena), Azam Khan (Samajwadi Party), Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh (NCP), Abhishek Banerjee (TMC), central agencies have often sparked suspicion that they were working as extended wings of the ruling dispensation at the centre,” the letter reads further.
Nine Opposition leaders including Arvind Kejriwal have written to PM Modi on the arrest of former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case. They have stated that the action appears to suggest that “we have transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy”. pic.twitter.com/ohXn3rNuxI
Interestingly, while today AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is using Lalu Yadav’s endorsement for Manish Sisodia, here is what he had said about the RJD patriarch earlier.
In the context of the infamous fodder scam Kejriwal in a tweet posted on October 3, 2013, Arvind Kejriwal wrote on Twitter, “Laloo made crores in the fodder scam. But no order for recovery of that money. Just 25 lakh fine and a few years in jail. A sweet deal.”
In a tweet posted on the same date and just minutes after the first one the AAP leader claimed that it is due to this that Lalu Prasad Yadav is “opposed to Anna’s (Hazare) Jana Lokpal.”
In a 2011 tweet, Arvind Kejriwal had questioned if there will ever be a strong anti-corruption law in India and asked “are we to treat Laloo (Lalu Prasad Yadav), Mulayam (Singh Yadav), Sibbal (Kapil Sibal) and Chiddu (P Chidambaram) as supreme?”
Kejriwal may be out of political compulsion to pose a fight against Narendra Modi at a national level today is taking support from RJD and Lalu Yadav, however, back in 2020, he opined that BJP, Congress, JDU, LJP, JJP, and RJD are on one side aiming to defeat him and on the other side stands Kejriwal aiming to defeat corruption.
“On one side – BJP, JD (U) , LJP, JJP, Congress, RJD. On the other side – schools, hospitals, water, electricity, and free travel for women, and people of Delhi. My aim is to defeat corruption and take Delhi forward. All they want is to defeat me,” Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on January 21, 2020.
Coming to Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested on February 26 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy case, has earlier opposed Lalu Yadav for his ‘corruption’ and ‘goondaism’.
In a tweet dated back to 2012, Sisodia outlined how he got to know the truth of ‘Sushasan’ meaning good governance in Bihar as when he was in the Barh area of Bihar he was told by the locals about tales of the goondaism of the leaders of Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar.
“I am in Barh town of Bihar. Tales of hooliganism by the leaders of Lalu and Nitish are heard equally in the streets of Barh. This is the truth of good governance!,” Sisodia tweeted on November 30, 2012.
Sisodia in his old tweets had persistently pointed out Lalu Prasad Yadav’s corruption and opposition to the Lokpal Bill.
In one such tweet, Sisodia stated that if took seventeen years to just say that “Lalu Yadav is corrupt” then think about how long it will take for him to get the punishment.” “Lalu Yadav did corruption!” We took 17 years just to say this… This is our system of justice!… It will take more time to get the punishment,” Sisodia tweeted on September 30, 2013.
Interestingly, Lalu Yadav had in 2012 during a ‘Parivartan Rally’ in Kisanganj called Arvind Kejriwal an “agent of America” and that on the pretext of running an NGO, Kejriwal danced to the tunes of the United States.
In November 2015, Arvind Kejriwal received flak from his own supporters over hugging Lalu Prasad Yadav at the swearing-in ceremony of Nitish Kumar as Bihar CM. Back then, Kejriwal was quick to ‘clarify’ that he did not hug a tainted RJD leader rather it was Yadav who pulled and hugged him.
Pictures of Arvind Kejriwal and Lalu Prasad Yadav clicked at the swearing-in ceremony of Nitish Kumar as chief minister of Bihar
“We are against his record of corruption and we’ll always oppose it,” Kejriwal asserted. “We are against dynasty politics. His two sons are ministers. We are against that too,” Kejriwal said.
Apparently, the Aam Aadmi Party which once claimed that “hum rajneeti karne nahi badalne aaye hain” has become the very part of the same ‘rajneeti’ it wanted to change.
Fodder Scam
The infamous Fodder Scam which is famously known as The Chara Ghotala involves former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, wherein he is accused of illegal withdrawal of government funds from various treasuries in many districts of Bihar. The stifled money which counts up to Rs. 950 crores was withdrawn under the pretence of spending on fodder and other expenses for cattle over many years until the scandal broke out in 1996.
While Lalu has been previously found guilty in scams pertaining to four treasuries, the CBI had registered 53 separate cases in 1996 in order to investigate the scam. The largest among which was the Doranda Treasury case RC 47 (A)/96 which involved the highest number of 170 people accused including the RLD chief who has been proven with embezzlement of collecting Rs 139.5 crore in the case.
In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government’s action against the mafia continues in Uttar Pradesh as CM Yogi recently said in the state assembly that the ‘mafias will be reduced to the ground’ (mitti mein mila denge). The debate concerning mafias has heated up across the nation in the wake of the Prayagraj shooting incident that occurred in broad daylight and the Yogi government’s action. In such a debate on TV, Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai was seen commending Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed during his debate show. He kept applauding them throughout the show as he recalled their hospitality.
India Today consulting editor Rajdeep Sardesai discussed his encounter with the mafia while taking part in the Netanagari show of the website and YouTube channel The LallanTop, which is part of the Indian Today group. He claimed that “I met two gentlemen in 1996 during the UP assembly elections. Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed were two of the people. I will always remember a special thing about these two.”
He said that in the 90s, the matter of criminal-politician nexus was an ‘interesting topic’ for journalists in English media. He met the mafia don turned politicians while making a program on such people ahead of a UP election in 1996.
When Rajdeep Sardesai was speaking, pictures of Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed were displayed on the television screen. Mesmerized by Mukhtar Ansari’s moustache, Rajdeep Sardesai claimed that “Mukhtar Ansari’s moustache makes him appear to have a distinctive character in the pictures shown on the television. But they both fed me a delicious dinner.”
Rajdeep continues by saying that unlike what one might assume after reading about these dons, both of them acted in a very courteous way. Sardesai also added that his wife Sagarika Ghose also met Atiq Ahmed. Rajedeep then describes how Atiq Ahmed met with Sagarika in a decent manner and spoke to Sagarika with ‘Tehzeeb’.
Rajdeep stated that he had reminded Atiq Ahmed that the Lok Sabha seat Phulpur, from which he had won, was the first parliamentary constituency of India’s first Prime Minister. This made Atiq chuckle. Rajdeep describes how Atiq liked to pose for pictures in front of the Nehru statue close to the Parliament house.
Rajdeep shares with curiosity the anecdotes of the connection of mafias with photographs and how photo friendly they are. Rajdeep also talked about the tandoori chicken he had at Mukhtar Ansari’s dinner. “Very good tandoori chicken. I said to Mukhtar Ansari that he makes delicious food,” Rajdeep Sardesai said.
As Rajdeep Sardesai continues talking about his interactions with the mafia dons, He is then interrupted by the show’s host, Saurabh Dwivedi, who informs him that because he is sharing personal memories on the program, the video will go viral. He also said that the discussion has taken place in the context of the recent murder of Umesh Pal, showing how Atiq Ahmed is running his criminal empire from jail. To this, Rajdeep finds nothing wrong in heaping praises on mafias like Mukhtar Ansari and Atiq Ahmed.
Their entire discussion can be heard from the 48th minute onwards of the video.
“What is wrong with it if there isn’t a problem?” Rajdeep Sardesai responded. He said that he mentioned the tandoori chicken because audiences of the show should know other aspects of the lives of the gangsters also, as everyone already knows that they are criminals.
Even though Rajdeep may not find anything wrong in eulogizing the mafias’ decent mannerisms and tandoori chicken, it cannot be refuted that both of them have dozens of murder and other criminal cases filed against them. 52 cases have been filed against Mukhtar Ansari alone, including many murders, including that of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.
Despite all this, it remains best known to Rajdeep only why is he trying to present a ‘positive image’ of both the gangsters before the society.
A seminar titled “Forced Conversion of the Religion and its Reality” was organised by the Islamabad Bar Association under the leadership of Mian Abdul Haq Mithu, a notorious cleric involved in promoting the heinous crime, deep-rooted hatred and indifference against minorities, especially Hindu and Christian girls, Just Earth News (JEN) reported.
The meeting was attended by Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami, Nadeem Gilani, research scholar of the Institute of Policy Studies and Dr Akramullah, Secretary Council of Islamic Ideology. JEN reported that the chief guest of the seminar was Mian Abdul Haq Mian Mithu, the cleric known to be one of the most dreaded persons in the life of Hindus and Christians in Pakistan.
Notably, Mian Abdul Haq Mithu has also been sanctioned by the UK over allegations of forced conversions.
The JEN reported that he is so notorious in helping predatory men against innocent Hindu girls that he has been labelled as a “conversion factory”.
He achieved notoriety in 2012 when he forcibly converted a Hindu girl named Rinki Kumari in February 2012.
Rinki Kumari was abducted, raped and converted by a Muslim man. In 2019, Mithu came to notice for leading a rioting mob in the Ghotki district in Sindh.
The riot was engineered over allegations of blasphemy against a Hindu school principal. Hindu temples, the principal’s house and several houses of Hindus were set on fire by the mob egged on by Mithu.
His popularity had become so widespread that he was wooed by several mainstream political parties, including that Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
A Pakistan TV channel, Naya Daur, had described the cleric as belonging to an influential family in Sindh with links to political and religious figures in the province. He is also the custodian of the Bharchundi Sharif shrine in Sindh.
“Inviting Mian Mithu to the seminar on forced conversion is like inviting a wild animal to a civilised gathering. Mithu has been involved in forced conversion of scores of Hindu girls,” the JEN said.
Recently, the UN experts on human rights had roundly blamed Pakistan for allowing such a crime against humanity to continue with direct or indirect connivance.
The Pakistan Human Rights Commission in its report titled A Breach of Faith: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2021-22, pointed out that the “incidence of forced conversions in Sindh has remained worryingly consistent”.
Mian Mithu’s infamy in these cases warrants greater scrutiny.
Senator Mushtaq Ahmad, another guest at the seminar, has time and again strongly opposed any attempt to bring in anti-conversion laws. His argument has been that such laws were anti-Islam and that there were no forced conversions. He blamed the Hindu girls for running away from their poor families rather than predatory Muslim men who pick up young girls of their choice, rape them and then compel them to convert.
He has supported the abduction, rape and conversion of several hundred Hindu and Christian girls in the past.
As a member of the National Assembly, he has been at the forefront of challenging any law proposed to protect minority women. The coming together of these elements to campaign against forced rape and conversion of minority girls underlines the perversity that exists in today’s Pakistani society.
The fact that such seminars were being organised by lawyers in Islamabad establishes the deep support such heinous crimes have in civil society.
Over a thousand Hindu and Christian girls are raped and converted every year, most of them in Sindh. The Muslim men and their families, with the support of influential religious leaders like Mian Mithu and Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, get away scot-free.
Not one such predatory male or their family have been prosecuted.
The Just Earth News reported, leave alone the police, and even the higher judiciary have supported the men, blaming women and their families on the issue of birth certificates and other legalities.
(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)
Following the loss of his laptop, Mohan Bachu, director at Accenture Solutions, in Hyderabad, recently wrote about his experience with the Uttar Pradesh Police.
The post on LinkedIn, which started with ‘big kudos to UP police,’ was about the efficient work ethic of the state police under the Yogi government.
According to Bachu, “I was visiting Kashi with family for Baba Vishwanath Darshan this week. In one of the auto rides I forgot my office laptop in the auto-rickshaw late in the night.”
“I went to the Luxa Police station in Kashi immediately at night. It was my first visit to a police station in my life to lodge a complaint. UP Police attended to me with full alertness. They helped me to write the complaint and also offered tea/water,” he continued.
“Suraj Tiwari, the station officer, assured me that they would do their all to find and return the laptop before I return back home”, Bachu stated. “True to his words, he constituted a three-member team (Sub-Inspector Anil Singh, Constable Shani Yadav and Constable Ayush Kushwaha) led by SI Singh,” he added.
“Immediately the team swung into action and traced the auto through their CCTV Cameras based on the time and route I narrated. I could see and sense how they are using technology and skills to make our lives secure,” the Accenture Solutions director complimented the tech-savvy police department of the northern state.
The team found the vehicle with the help of cameras and recovered the laptop by evening. “By next morning the team scanned through the further CCTV cameras enroute including civilian to trace the exact registration number of the Auto. By afternoon they traced the Auto and I got my laptop back in the evening,” he further wrote.
He mentioned that he had heard stories before but now he got to witness the proficient transformation of UP police. “I heard many stories of the transformation of Uttar Pradesh in the last couple of years. Today I experienced it first hand.”
“My laptop is back with me. I would like to thank UP Police for their friendly policing and commitment to serve the public,” Bachu expressed his gratitude.
Bachu further urged the tech community to be aware of the security requirements of the police force and develop new ideas that will help to address those demands while also benefiting society as a whole.
“I think as tech community, we should constantly understand security needs of police force in ever changing world and come up with new innovations which will help to deal new challenges that benefits society at large,” he opined.
“This is New Uttar Pradesh and New India,” the Hyderabad techie said.
SI Anil Singh responded to the post, thanking Mohan Bachu. He also conveyed that recognition from countrymen provides motivation to do well.
“Thank you sir for your appreciation but nothing special we have done, this is our job for what we have been assigned and these appreciations from our countrymen encourage us to perform our duty with full energy and enthusiasm,” the SI commented.
On Sunday (March 5), Muslim Twitter users lost their minds after the message ‘Jai Shri Ram (victory to Lord Rama)’ was displayed allegedly on an information screen at the Surat Railway Station in Gujarat. Videos of the screen appeared on social media, triggering outrage among some Muslims.
The display board also highlighted the song ‘Ek hi naara ek hi naam (There is only one slogan and one name)’, besides ‘Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah (one who protects dharma is protected by Dharma). As seen in the video, the messages appeared on a small LED screen placed above an information screen outside the Surat Railway Station, near the main entrance.
“Display on indicator screen at Surat Railway Station. Is this allowed by the constitution of India and is it legal?” asked ‘journalist’ Ahmed Khabeer, sharing the video.
Display on indicator screen at Surat Railway Station.
— Ahmed Khabeer احمد خبیر (@AhmedKhabeer_) March 4, 2023
“Jai Shri Ram instead of ‘welcome’ on the display at Surat railway station proves that even the Railway Department has become Hindutvavadi,” lamented one Md Mujibur Rahaman.
@RailMinIndia सूरत रेलवे स्टेशन के डिस्प्ले पर वेलकम के जगह पर जय श्री राम का यह साबित करता है कि रेलवे भी अब हिंदुत्ववादी हो गया। https://t.co/5ZtQMMQUz7
— Md Mujibur Rahaman (@mujibpolitician) March 4, 2023
“What is happening here?” another Muslim Twitter user cried foul over the display of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ allegedly at the Surat Railway Station.
— Aalam Gumat (عالم گمٹ ) (@AalamGumat) March 4, 2023
“If kalaburagi railway station green colour not legal then On Surat Railway station It’s not legal on Station. It must be on Temple,” said one enraged user on the micro-blogging platform.
If kalaburagi railway station Green colour not legal then On Surat Railway station It’s not legal on Station it must be on Temple. pic.twitter.com/P7yzCiBYEl
Some even questioned if displaying the message is allowed by the constitution and is it legal, despite the fact that several railways stations have mosques and dargahs on the platforms.
Display on indicator screen at Surat Railway Station.
