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Why hatemongers and genocide enablers like ‘comedian’ Daniel Fernandes must be exposed

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Why hatemongers and genocide enablers like ‘comedian’ Daniel Fernandes must be exposed

Until this week, Daniel Fernandes has had a rather abject and obscure existence. Very few people knew or spoke about him, and even fewer knew that he was a ‘comedian’ by profession. This lack of recognition and acknowledgement is perhaps why he went a step ahead and demonstrated how mean and callous he could be against his ideological opponents in his latest YouTube video, ‘Alive and Vaccinated’, released on the internet on February 3.

In the one-hour 39 minutes long video, Fernandes mentioned that during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, he would ask people whom they voted in reply to their DMs for help on Instagram. Without taking any party’s name, he said if they had voted for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he blocked them, and if they hadn’t, he would share their plea on his profile.

A snippet of that particular section was published on Instagram. He said, “If you were on social media, Instagram, for instance, it was very scary. Instagram looked like a hospital ward. Do you remember that? Every Instagram story was a cry for help. “I need an oxygen cylinder!”, “I need an ICU bed”, “I need a ventilator”, And I’m like, “but you voted for chai!” [audience applauded] “Drink it!” And anyone who had any amount of following on social media they were getting a lot of messages in their DMs asking for help. They were saying stuff like, “Hey, I need such and such thing. Can you please share this with your followers?” Can you please amplify my cry for help?” Now, as somebody who has a little bit of a following on social media, I got these messages too.”

“And as I said earlier, in a difficult time, I’m happy to help out if I can make a difference. But I also have an obligation to my own followers. I can’t blindly share anything that comes into my inbox. I have to verify the information, right? So whenever I receive these messages asking for help, saying I need such and such things, I will reply and ask them, “Who did you vote for?” And if they said, “Not chai”, I would share the message. But if they said they voted for chai, I would block them! That seems fair, right?” He added.

After his video went viral on social media drawing widespread ire from netizens for his genocidal views, one would expect the comedian to introspect and apologise. The comedian, however, doubled down and brazened it out, in the face of the anger and backlash that he was getting. 

Taking to Instagram, Daniel Fernandes mocked those who were questioning him and the audience for laughing and applauding his genocidal views.

How Daniel Fernandes demonised Hindus and abandoned help seekers during covid-19

Nevertheless, it highlights the malaise currently ailing the Indian ‘liberal’ and the ‘comedian’ fraternity. They are so consumed by hatred for Modi that they would not mind wishing and doing evil to their own countrymen who do not share the same political views as them.

In Fernandes’ video, the reference to chai is unmistakable. It is an insinuation for PM Modi, who was a chaiwala before plunging into politics. Fernandes was quite unabashed and unapologetic for turning his back on his followers who looked up to him for help at a time when the country was reeling under the second wave of a devastating coronavirus outbreak just because they may have voted for PM Modi. An electoral vote for PM Modi meant that Fernandes would not help the person in a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. What’s even worse? He is now gloating over the sufferings of the people and how he condemned them to fend for themselves just because their ideology did not converge with his. 

This is not uncommon, especially among the liberal ‘comedians’, for whom hate-mongering and demonising a section of voters based on their political choices and electoral decisions becomes their right to exercise Freedom of Speech as guaranteed by the Constitution of India. In the name of artistic freedom and the ‘liberty’ to crack jokes, these liberal ‘comedians’ often express their ingrained feelings and entrenched hatred and pass it off as comedy and jokes even though no one, including a few of their ardent fans, struggles to try to find humour in them.

While many people have criticised Fernandes for his blatant hatred for PM Modi, his shameless attempt to dehumanise his supporters, and his lack of morality, others have argued that folks like Daniel Fernandes should be ignored and not turned into a hero as the Left seeks new warriors to revitalise their years-long banal campaign against the BJP. They contend that since Fernandes can’t crack witty jokes, he relies on demeaning and dehumanising PM Modi and his supporters to curry favour with the leftist ideologues, similar to ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra and that one should resist the urge of exalting such spiteful losers to the limelight.

However, the objective of exposing Daniel Fernandes and bigots like him isn’t to ‘make them famous’ but to underscore how ‘Sanghis’ continue to remain expendables for the ‘wokes’ and the ‘liberals’, who make lofty claims of following exacting standards of personal morality but fall considerably short of it in practice.

Dehumanising Hindus becoming par for the course for ‘comedians’

It also shows that dehumanising Hindus has become par for the course for the comedians, who get emboldened by the support they receive from the bigoted left. They can continue to mock Hindus, ridicule their beliefs, make insulting remarks against their Gods, trivialise genocidal deaths, and normalise wishing death on Hindus and when they are called out for their bigotry, they lean on the Left to amplify their feigned victimhood. 

Contrastingly, when Hindus stand up against such perverse ‘comedians’ and their shocking normalisation of hatred against Hindus, the Left and the opposition instead guilt trips Hindus of becoming ‘intolerant’ and not being a sport in taking a ‘joke’. Apparently, the same Left and the ‘comedians’ turn a blind eye when a section of the society gets worked up over the slightest of provocation and mobilises ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ protests across the country. Even then, the other side is given a free pass while Hindus are blamed for “unwarranted provocation”. 

Every Hindu who asserts his identity or raises pertinent questions on the bigotry unleashed against them is regarded as a ‘Sanghi’ and therefore considered as fair game for being subjected to dehumanisation, ridicule and mockery. This is the great bane that the liberals have bequeathed the Indian society, where Hindus who exercise their constitutionally granted right to vote for their preferred candidate are deemed as ‘expendables’ and worthy of not receiving treatment in times of medical distress. 

It is, therefore, all the more important to call out bigotry underway in the name of comedy. Daniel Fernandes may or may not be a famous ‘comedian’, but his ‘jokes’ on condemning the supporters of PM Modi and those who voted for him to death betrays the ideology that is intolerant of ‘diverse opinions’ and seeks to homogenise the society.

England: Autistic kid suspended for accidentally dropping a copy of ‘Holy book’, receives death threats, police call it ‘hate crime’

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England: Autistic kid suspended for accidentally dropping a copy of ‘Holy book’, receives death threats, police call it ‘hate crime’

A 14-year-old autistic student received death threats from Islamists over ‘accidental damage’ to a copy of the Quran at the Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield city of England.

The incident was discussed at a meeting on February 24, which was held at the local mosque, Jamia Masjid Swafia. It was attended by the teen’s mother, Chief Inspector Andy Thornton, Inspector Glen Costello, Kettlethorpe High School headteacher Tudor Griffiths, and councillor Akef Akbar besides Islamic clerics.

During the meeting, the boy’s mother apologised for her son’s actions and expressed grave concern about the death threats and threats of violence that her son had received.

“He hasn’t eaten since Wednesday afternoon when this occurred because, with his autism, it’s put his anxiety to a level where he is beside himself. He’s very, very sorry…” the woman narrated.

“We have had to call the police. He has received death threats, he has received threats that he will be beaten up if he goes back to school…He’s absolutely petrified, (and) I don’t want anybody to be prosecuted because of the stupidity of my son and his friends,” she emphasised.

During the meeting, a local cleric named Hafiz Muhammad Mateen Anwar and Councilor Akbar downplayed the death threats issued to the autistic student and said that non-Muslims needed to understand that Muslims would never tolerate disrespect of the Quran.

In a bid to whip up discontentment among the Muslim community, councillor Akbar posted images of the supposedly damaged Quran on his Instagram profile.

The incident is said to have occurred while the boy was playing video games with friends, and a bet was made. The winner was supposed to dictate something for the loser to buy or do, and the boy, upon losing, was directed to buy a copy of the Quran.

The autistic boy then took the Islamic book to school where it was passed to another student, who then recited some verses on the school’s tennis court. Reportedly, the Quran was brought inside the classroom but was knocked from the hands of the student carrying it.

On being dropped onto the floor accidentally, the book was supposedly ‘damaged’. The autistic boy, who initially lost the bet and bought the book, picked up the Quran and placed it in his bag. While the book sustained slight damage, the reports of the damage were heavily exaggerated.

Meanwhile, the local police got involved and recorded the incident as a ‘non-criminal hate crime.’ Wakefield Chief Inspector Andy Thornton even sided with Islamic cleric Hafiz Muhammad Mateen Anwar and completely ignored the death threats issued to the autistic student by Islamists.

While reacting to the matter, prominent religious critic David Wood said, “A police officer who would support punishing an autistic 10-year-old boy for dropping a Quran is precisely the sort of police officer who would ignore the victims of grooming gangs for fear of being called an Islamophobe.”

The school administration has suspended the autistic student along with 3 other pupils, a move justified by the Department of Education. In a statement, the Department said, “We are aware of the incident that took place at Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield last week and we are offering support to the school at this time.”

“The school followed standard disciplinary procedures in response to this incident. We will always back headteachers to take the appropriate action required to maintain calm and supportive classroom environments. We will always back headteachers to take the appropriate action required to maintain calm and supportive classroom environments,” it further added.

Karnataka: BJP MLA’s son caught red-handed taking ₹40 lakh bribe, MLA resigns as KSDL Chairman after over ₹6 crore seized from residence

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Karnataka: BJP MLA’s son caught red-handed taking ₹40 lakh bribe, MLA resigns as KSDL Chairman after over ₹6 crore seized from residence

Officials recovered Rs 6 crore from the home of Channagiri BJP MLA K. Madal Virupakshappa’s son, V. Prashanth Madal, who was caught red-handed accepting a Rs 40 lakh bribe from a contractor. Madal was nabbed by the anti-corruption branch of Lokayukta on Thursday, after which he was arrested by the police.

Following the development, MLA K. Madal Virupakshappa resigned from his position as chairman of Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KDSL), alleging a conspiracy against him and his family.

In a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, the MLA stated, “There is some conspiracy against my family. I’m submitting resignation under moral responsibility as there is an allegation against me.”

“Despite that since an allegation has been levelled against me, I am taking moral responsibility and submitting my resignation from the post of KSDL Chairman,” he added.

Karnataka Lokayukta Judge (Retd) B. S. Patil informed on Friday, that Rs 2.02 crore and Rs 6.1 crore were seized from KSDL office and Prashanth’s home, respectively. He added, “Five people have been caught, including Prashanth and put into custody.” A FIR has also been filed.

V. Prashanth Madal, the chief accounting officer of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), was allegedly caught red-handed on Thursday night, collecting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh from a contractor at the KSDL, at the Crescent Road office of his father.

He apparently accepted the bribe on his father’s behalf. The MLA’s son had demanded Rs 81 lakh and Rs 40 lakh was the first instalment. He took the money from a contractor who had supplied chemicals required by the KSDL for soap and detergent production.

Three sacks of cash from the office were recovered by the policemen. Following the discovery, Prashanth’s home was also raided by the Lokayukta investigators, who continued their investigations on Friday.

The trap to catch Prashanth in the act was set after the contractor approached the agency a week earlier. “The money was received on behalf of the KSDL chairman Virupakshappa for raw material procurement. The trap was laid at 6.45 pm. Chairman of KSDL and the accused, who received money, are father and son,” Lokayukta official said.

Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai responded to the arrest by saying that it was evidence that the Lokayukta has been revived to fight corruption, in contrast to the previous Congress administration, which established a separate anti-corruption bureau in addition to the Lokayukta institution to hide its wrongdoings.

“Due to the lack of a strong Lokayukta in the past, many corruption cases during the Congress regime could never got investigated,” the CM said.

“We have been repeatedly saying that we will conduct impartial probe. Our stand in this case as well is that the independent Lokayukta institution will carry out impartial investigation and whoever has done wrong will face action. There is no change in our stand,” Bommai said.

“All the information and the money found there everything is now with the Lokayukta. Let an independent and justified investigation take place. Our objective is that the truth should come out like whose money it was and for what purpose it was meant,” he added.

Addressing D. K. Shivakumar, the state president of the Congress, who said that this episode demonstrated the BJP’s present administration’s 40% commission structure, Bommai argued that there were allegations of corruption against Congress ministers and MLAs that were afterwards suppressed by the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

He added that the Lokayukta, which will conduct investigations and unearth the truth, has been assigned several corruption cases that occurred under the Congress rule.

AAP leaders use children as props to garner sympathy after CBI arrests Manish Sisodia in liquor scam case

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AAP leaders use children as props to garner sympathy after CBI arrests Manish Sisodia in liquor scam case

Aam Aadmi Party leaders reached a new political low as they have begun exploiting small children as props to gain sympathy, days after Delhi Deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy case.

On March 3, Friday, Party MLA Atishi Marlena, a key member of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s education team who is set to succeed the latter in the Delhi cabinet, took to Twitter to share multiple images of toddlers holding handwritten cards pleading with Manish Sisodia to return soon.

The AAP leader captioned one of her tweets in Hindi, ‘BJP People: No matter how many false accusations you make, but the love that the children of Delhi have for @msisodia, you cannot shake.’

Likewise, several other AAP members engaged in similar antics in a bid to garner sympathy from the masses and put unnecessary pressure on authorities who have taken action against their party leaders over corruption charges based on evidence.

“People of the society have put up I Love Manish Sisodia desks outside many schools in Delhi today. On which the children of Delhi are standing with their Education Minister in this bad time. And showing their love and respect through letters,” tweeted Shailesh, who identifies himself as a member of Education Task Force, Delhi Govt.

Capitalising on the emotional appeal that characterises young and innocent children, AAP leader Sarita Singh went so far as to upload a video wherein numerous young schoolchildren are seen sitting on chairs holding pieces of paper with some message scribbled on them. Behind them is a large banner that reads, “I Love Manish Sisodia.” As seen in the video, a lady in the background instructs the youngsters to repeat after her-“Convey our feelings to Manish sir.”

It’s evident from the video that the ignorant children have no clue and they are just innocently repeating what they are being asked to say.

AAP regularly exploits children for political goals

This is not the first time, though, that the Aam Aadmi Party has resorted to such theatrics. When it comes to exploiting young and innocent children for political gain, the AAP deserves special mention. It may be recalled that in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sought votes in the name of children, asking parents to choose between their children and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In January 2022, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) demanded strict action against the AAP’s CM face of Uttarakhand Col Ajay Kothiyal for misusing minor children in political campaigns.

Again in June 2022, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had written to the Delhi Police to file an FIR, over minors being used in the campaign of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Durgesh Pathak for Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar assembly bypoll.

Notably, employing naive and gullible children is a new tool that opposition parties and the left-wing brigade have been employing to peddle falsehoods and achieve their malicious goals of fomenting unrest. By roping in youngsters, these protesters hope to capitalise on their innocence and simplicity in order to get attention and sympathy. Since this is getting more regular, it’s disheartening to see how these people see nothing wrong with manipulating gullible and impressionable children to peddle their lies.

From ‘farmer’ protest to Shaheen Bagh, Rahul Gandhi to Priyanka Gandhi, how kids have been used for propaganda

The farmers’ protest against the now-repealed three-farm laws in 2021 had seen children being used as props by the demonstrators to lend credence to their agitation and hustle the government into acceding to their demands. Young children, with no knowledge or understanding of the new Farm Laws, are tutored to speak against the Centre to pressurize them into repealing them.

In fact, several videos had emerged wherein children were seen reciting powerful poetry to motivate farmers while waging a war against the ‘three black laws’ and the ‘bikau media’. The Congress party, which has been vociferously supporting the agitating farmers and peddling lies and misinformation against the new agricultural laws to berate the Modi government, shared the video.

Earlier, the children of the actor-singer Gippy Grewal are seen exhorting people to extend their support to farmers and join the protests in solidarity with them. 

Even during the anti-CAA protests, young and pliable children were used as props by the protesters to garner sympathy from the masses and pressurise the government into repealing the Citizenship Amendment Act. People have not forgotten how a 4-month-old infant, Mohammad Jahan, was taken to the protest site at Shaheen Bagh almost every day to solicit support for the anti-CAA protests.

In the run-up to the 2019 General Assembly elections, a video emerged in which young and guileless children were seen chanting “Chowkidar Chor Hai” as Priyanka Gandhi watched on in amusement. Gandhi had no qualms that young children were being taught to disregard and disrespect the highest chair of the country and peddle unsubstantiated lies and propaganda against PM Modi.

Even Rahul Gandhi shares the blame of using children for peddling his petty propaganda against PM Modi. In an event held in 2020, Rahul Gandhi referred to a 10-year-old during his election rally in Old Delhi to regurgitate the familiar trope that mahaul in the country has deteriorated under PM Modi.

Vinod Kapri starts reading Bible after Hindu organization protests against anti-Hindu material at Delhi book fair, tells Hindus to learn from the Bible

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Vinod Kapri starts reading Bible after Hindu organization protests against anti-Hindu material at Delhi book fair, tells Hindus to learn from the Bible

On 2nd March 2023, journalist-filmmaker Vinod Kapri shared a video from his Twitter handle in which he started reading Bible and asked Hindus to learn from Bible as Hindu organizations protested against anti-Hindu material being distributed at a book fair in Delhi on Wednesday, 1st March 2023. Vinod Kapri said that he will preserve the copy of the Bible and read it because Hindus protested against its distribution at the book fair.

In this video, Vinod Kapri said, “I was given this copy of the Bible in the world book fair. I kept it aside. But after that, the way in which hooliganism is going on about this Bible, I have decided to read it. I will keep it in my home and I will also read it. Those who have spread the hooliganism over this Bible should know that your Dharma is not so weak that it will be desecrated by merely keeping this book in your house of reading it.”

Vinod Kapri then continued reading from the Bible. He said, “For such people, it is said in the Bible – What is the nature of a sinner? After your death, you will surely get the results of the acts you commit in this life. Don’t be deceived. God can not be mocked. You will reap what you sow. One who sows for his body will reap doom through his body. But one who sows for the holy spirit will reap infinite life through the holy spirit. Everyone born in this world is a sinner by his nature. It is this enemy that lives in a human. It pulls man towards an infinite punishment. What comes out of a man, makes him impure. Because bad thoughts, adultery, theft, murder, greed, evil acts, deception, lust, envy, hatred, speaking badly about others, ego, madness, etc. all come out from a human mind. All these bad qualities are manifested from within and they make a man impure.”

Vinod Kapri further said, “These people who are involved in hooliganism there in the book fair, those who are stopping the distribution of the Bible, should first read this. If you want to propagate your faith, you distribute Geeta there. You chant verses from Geeta for the people there. What is being Sanatan in insulting a holy religious book by making a ruckus? I want to tell those people that I too received one such book there on that day. I came home and just kept it aside. But, now that you all are opposing it, I will read this book. I will read the whole book. I will keep it with me, rather very close to me.”

On Wednesday, the United Hindu Front launched a protest at a book fair in Delhi’s Pragati Maidan after several Christian missionaries attempted to distribute objectionable content against Hindus. The missionaries also distributed free Bible and indicated the non-Christian attendees to accept Christianity as their new religion.

JNU withdraws new disciplinary rules that imposed fines up to Rs 50,000 for violence, abuse, dharna on campus

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JNU withdraws new disciplinary rules that imposed fines up to Rs 50,000 for violence, abuse, dharna on campus

The Jawaharlal Nehru University has withdrawn the disciplinary rules that it had introduced recently imposing fine of upto Rs 50,000 on students for physical violence, abuse and holding dharna on campus. The JNU had announced the ‘Rules of Discipline and proper conduct of students of JNU’ on 28 February, saying that it will come into force from 3 March.

But on 2 March, JNU chief proctor Rajnish Kumar Mishra issued a notification announcing that the notification dated 28.2.2023 has been withdrawn on the directions of the vice-chancellor. The notification said that the ‘Rules of Discipline and proper conduct of students of JNU’ has been withdrawn in view of administrative reasons.

The rules had stipulated various punishments for students for various acts like violence, forgery, protests etc. It had said that the rules have been introduced to regulate and enforce discipline among students and employees of the University and to take such disciplinary measures in this regard as may be deemed necessary.

The rules were to be applicable for any breach of discipline and conduct committed by a student inside or outside the JNU Campus. The rules had specified various such violations under different categories, and the punishment for those offences ranged from fines of Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000, rustication and cancellation of admission.

According to the 10-page rules which have been withdrawn now, fine for wrongful confinement of any member of the faculty, staff, student or anyone camping inside the campus, and any physical violence, abuse, manhandling etc would have been punished by a fine of Rs 50,000.

The fine for any act of moral turpitude, gambling, disruptions was set at Rs 20,000, while the fine for forgery, tampering documents, improper behaviour during tours and use of abusive, defamatory, derogatory or intimidatory language was to be punished with a fine of Rs 10,000.

Unauthorised occupation of hostel room, use of university property or accommodating unauthorised persons in hostel would have caused ban in entry, while repeat offences would have caused rustication for minimum one semester.

The rules mentioned that it had been approved by the Executive Council, the highest decision-making body of the university, in accordance to powers vested as per statute 32(5) of the statutes of the university.

However, Executive Council members had told the media that it was not discussed, and was only brought as an additional agenda item. They said that the rules were presented in the council saying that it has been prepared for ‘court matters’.

Even Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit said that she was not aware of the development, and that is why it was withdrawn. “I was not aware of such circular. I am in Hubli for some international conference. The chief proctor did not consult me before releasing the document. I was not aware that such document is being drafted. I got to know about the document through newspapers. That is why, I have withdrawn it,” the VC told PTI.

The rules had triggered outrage among students, who termed it draconian and authoritarian. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s JNU secretary Vikas Patel had demanded a rollback of the rules.

SEBI bans 45 individuals, companies from stock market owing to a YouTube scam, list includes actor Arshad Warsi and wife Maria: Full details

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SEBI bans 45 individuals, companies from stock market owing to a YouTube scam, list includes actor Arshad Warsi and wife Maria: Full details

On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) banned Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi and his wife Maria among 45 individuals and companies from participating in the securities market. The decision was rendered following an examination into claims that two firms, Sharpline Broadcast Ltd. and Sadhna Broadcast Ltd., through specific entities, had manipulated share prices by posting deceptive videos on YouTube channels.

The SEBI discovered that a few people published videos urging viewers to purchase shares of Sharpline Broadcast Ltd. and Sadhna Broadcast Ltd. in order to make tremendous gains. According to the reports, several promoters of Sadhna Broadcast Ltd. have also been prohibited from trading in securities, in addition to Arshad Warsi and Maria Goretti.

In addition to the ban, SEBI has seized unlawful earnings totalling Rs 54 crore that the organizations made as a result of deceptive videos that were published on YouTube channels. The investigation’s conclusions are described in two distinct interim orders.

Arshad Warsi made a gain of Rs 29.43 lakh, Maria Goretti made a gain of Rs 37.56 lakh and his brother Iqbal Hussain Warsi made a gain of Rs 9.34 lakh, as per the interim order. SEBI has identified a handful of individuals as volume makers, including these three.

Meanwhile, the actor took to Twitter and said that he and his wife had very less knowledge about the stocks and that he took the advice and invested in Sharda stocks. “Please do not believe everything you read in the news. Maria and my knowledge about stocks are zero, took the advice and invested in Sharda, and like many others, lost all our hard-earned money,” he tweeted.

Following reports to SEBI that some companies were selling shares of Sadhna Broadcast Ltd. and Sharpline Broadcast Ltd. while manipulating prices, the probe got underway. According to the allegations, fraudulent films containing deceptive information about the two firms were released in an effort to entice investors.

The price and volume of shares of the two firms increased significantly between April and mid-July 2022, according to a study done by SEBI from April to September 2022. During the second part of July 2022, two YouTube channels called ‘The Adviser’ and ‘Moneywise’ posted false and deceptive videos concerning Sadhna Broadcast Inc. Similar films concerning Sharpline Broadcast Ltd were also posted in the second part of May 2022 on the ‘Midcap calls’ and ‘Profit Yatra’ YouTube channels.

The entities were categorized by SEBI into groups such information carriers, net sellers, promoters, and profit-makers, as well as creators of YouTube channels. SEBI alleged that these organizations worked together to increase trading activity and investor interest in the shares, disseminate false and misleading YouTube videos, and persuade investors to purchase the shares at inflated prices, all in violation of the PFUTP (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) regulations. As a result of this method, net sellers/promoters as well as certain volume creators generated exceptional gains.

In the case of Sadhna Broadcast Ltd, SEBI discovered that the complex business practices used by the entities, including the gross misuse of false and deceptive YouTube videos, had resulted in a sharp rise in the number of small shareholders—from 2,167 to 55,343, who ultimately purchased shares at a premium. In the case of Sharpline Broadcast Ltd., there were 20,009 more minor owners than there were 517, years ago.

Until further orders, the SEBI has prohibited the 45 firms including Warsi and his wife from buying, selling, or dealing in securities either directly or indirectly, in any form whatever. Also, until the impounded sum is put in the escrow account, the businesses and the individuals have been instructed not to dispose of any assets, including money in bank accounts, without first receiving consent from SEBI.

Warsi, Goretti, and the other accused in the scam have been asked to deposit their gains with a designated bank within 15 days, with a lien being put in place in SEBI’s favor. They are also prohibited from trading on the stock market.

CJI refuses urgent hearing for Karnataka hijab lobby, sets date after Holi vacation while state govt says no hijabs allowed in exam centres

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CJI refuses urgent hearing for Karnataka hijab lobby, sets date after Holi vacation while state govt says no hijabs allowed in exam centres

The Supreme Court today said that it will set up a bench to hear the plea against the hijab ban in schools in Karnataka after the Holi vacation. The lawyer appearing on behalf of the Shariat committee said that the matter required an urgent hearing as the Pre University exams in the state will begin on the 9th of March. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud recognized the urgency of the matter but said that it should not have been brought up on the last day of work before Holi Vacation.

It is to be noted that the matter was brought before the court in January after the Karnataka High Court upheld the Government Order banning the wearing of hijab in government schools and colleges.

The lawyer representing the Shariat committee said ” The exams will begin in five days”, to which the CJI replied, “why are you coming on the last day?”

The lawyer further added that many girls had shifted from government colleges to private ones just so they could go to college wearing hijabs. But exams happen in government colleges and girls are barred from wearing hijabs there.

The SC refused to grant the wishes of the counsel for an urgent hearing, and gave the next date of hearing for March 17, after the Holi vacation.

On the counsel’s pleading that the Hijab girls have missed one year of college and might miss another year if they are not allowed to wear hijab inside the exam halls, and what would they do now as the exams are starting in 5 days, the CJI said that he cannot answer that question.

As per reports, on February 22, advocate Advocate Shadan Farasat had mentioned the matter for seeking interim directions to allow the hijab-wearing Muslim students to attend the PUC exams by wearing their religious headscarves.

The Karnataka government has made it clear that no hijabs will be allowed inside exam centres. The Karnataka hijab controversy had broken in 2021 when a few Muslim girls in Udupi suddenly started wearing hijabs inside the college in defiance of the uniform dress code. The college and the government had clear orders that all students have to comply with the uniform dress code and no religious garments will be allowed. The matter soon snowballed into a debate, then a political controversy.

Eventually, the Taliban, which has restricted girls in Afghanistan even from basic education, also started supporting the hijab girls.

Earlier, the High Court of Karnataka upheld the government order stating that all students will have to comply by the uniform dress code inside educational institutions.

The hijab girls, who are just a few among over a hundred Muslim girls in that college in Udupi, had stated that the hijab is more important to them than their education and had preferred to miss their exams last year too.

Kerala: As Christian organization CASA undertakes awareness campaign against love jihad, Muslim outfit SIO files a complaint

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Kerala: As Christian organization CASA undertakes awareness campaign against love jihad, Muslim outfit SIO files a complaint

On 24th February 2023, the Muslim outfit Students Islamic Organization (SIO) filed a complaint against a Christian organization, Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) in the Wayanad district of Kerala. SIO Wayanad district president Muneeb N Azhari filed this complaint to the Pulpally police against the Wayanad district CASA committee office bearers. CASA is running a campaign against love jihad and narcotics jihad in Kerala. SIO has accused CASA of spreading hate propaganda against the Muslim community in Kerala.

In Wayanad, the Muslim population is growing more rapidly than the Christian population. Muslims predominate in the majority of taluks and villages. CASA’s aggressive effort against grooming and narcotic jihad has awakened many Christian community members. But now the police have received a complaint from the Students Islamic Society of India (SIO).

Muneeb N Azhari said in his complaint that CASA continuously engages in anti-Muslim initiatives in an effort to destroy Kerala’s social cohesion. SIO claims that both “love jihad” and “narcotic jihad” are propaganda campaigns against Muslims.

On the other hand, CASA calculates that 20,000 girls from various Christian churches have fallen prey to love jihad in Kerala since 2010. According to CASA, at least 15,000 of these girls continue to live with the conviction that their decision was misguided. One of the main objectives of CASA is to convert them all back to Christianity.

SIO asserted that CASA promoted “misunderstanding” regarding the Muslim community among young Christians. CASA has adopted a tough approach and claims that love jihad should end immediately. In the meantime, Kerala-based CASA is waging a fierce campaign against jihad. They had an awareness event last week, and more than half of the attendees were teenagers.

CASA is fighting against love jihad since 2010. CASA also participated in the 10th Ananthapuri Hindu Maha Sammelan held in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on Friday, April 29, 2022. The group was part of a discussion on ‘love jihad, land jihad, and halal economy.’ SIO, the student branch of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), was established in 1982. It is notable that Congress scion Rahul Gandhi is the Lok Sabha MP from the Wayanad constituency in Kerala where this complaint has been registered by SIO against CASA.

Umesh Pal murder case: Who is Guddu Muslim, a history-sheeter who threw bombs during the shootout

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Umesh Pal murder case: Who is Guddu Muslim, a history-sheeter who threw bombs during the shootout

The primary witness in the 2005 BSP Lawmaker Raju Pal murder case, Umesh Pal, was killed, on Friday, along with one of his police gunners, last week in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

The three assailants, who had crude bombs in their luggage, were reported to have been pursuing Umesh Pal’s vehicle nonstop.

Guddu Muslim has been named as one of the accused who purportedly threw the bombs during the shootout.

Who is Guddu Muslim?

He was born in Allahabad and began participating in illicit activities at the age of 15 by engaging in robberies and extortions. His family sent him to Lucknow to study in order to keep him out of the criminal underworld he had become involved in.

The gangster had positioned himself in the criminal underworld by the mid-1990s. He used to win every contract for installing railway mobile towers while residing in Lucknow.

He had connections to major figures in the underworld.

Guddu Muslim is infamous for his skill in making hand grenades, even while riding a pillion on a moving motorcycle. Police sources claimed that Guddu was quite unusual in the way he put together a bomb and could manage it in just 4-5 minutes.

He would assemble the bomb while on the road and would carry the raw materials, nails, shards, gunpowder, jute twine, etc., in separate packs to avoid being discovered. He learned how to make bombs from a professional in Nepal’s underground, according to sources.

According to a police officer with extensive experience working in Prayagraj’s crime section, “Guddu developed his skills in making crude bombs in the early 1990s.”

He once intended to target deceased mobster Shri Prakash Shukla at the direction of a Barabanki-based gangster. He was involved in the murder of a Lucknow teacher.

The murder of Frederick Gomes, a physical education instructor at La Martiniere College in Lucknow, on March 7, 1997, is where the name Guddu Muslim first appeared, according to retired inspector general of police Rajesh Pandey, who was a part of the first Special Task Force (STF) constituted in the state.

He recalled that the former was a member of Satyendra Singh’s gang, a Faizabad history sheeter who was assassinated in 1996–1997 after Shriprakash Shukla shot him multiple times with an AK–47.

“We had also taken Guddu on remand when the STF was formed to know the whereabouts of Shriprakash,” he remarked.

Another senior police official remarked, that Guddu harboured resentment following the incident and even attempted to attack Shriprakash using crude bombs.

“Guddu spent several years residing at Hussainganj’s OCR building. He was arrested for Gomes’ killing. Even so, he admitted to the crime. Yet, he soon received bail,” as per the police.

“After being released from custody, Guddu escaped to Bihar. He used to produce bombs for the infamous Gorakhpur mafia don Parvez Tada. He first met Udaybhan, a mafia don in Bihar, through Parvez, and teamed up with him,” police added.

Guddu was sought by UP Police at all times. He was involved in carrying out a number of horrific acts in Bihar. He committed dozens of crimes in the state, within a short period of time, including kidnapping, murder and bombing.

Moreover, he used to travel to Gorakhpur to carry out crimes as directed by Parvez Tada. He was arrested by Gorakhpur police in front of Patna’s Beur prison in 2001 as a result of a tip-off. Yet shortly after, he was released on bail.

The CBI filed charges against Guddu Muslim in 2019 for the shocking murder of former BSP member of the legislative assembly, Raju Pal in January 2005.

Raju Pal and Umesh Pal murder cases

On January 25, 2005, Pal was murdered months after winning the Allahabad (West) assembly seat in his electoral debut by defeating former MP Atiq Ahmed’s younger brother Khalid Azim.

The main perpetrators in the homicide case are Atiq Ahmed, his brother and ex-MLA Ashraf. All of the accused are currently being held in jail.

Umesh Pal was shot dead by an unidentified man as he exited the Hyundai Creta SUV’s backseat. CCTV cameras recorded the entire incident. The attackers arrived in a car and a motorcycle. He was taken to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital, where he passed away while receiving medical care.

Police shot and killed one of the prime accused, shooter, Mohammad Arbaaz, 24, on Monday in an encounter in Prayagraj, three days after the murder.

Bulldozers plough through the properties of mafia Atiq Ahmed’s associates accused in the murder of Umesh Pal, as part of the Uttar Pradesh government’s stern action against the offenders.

Today, the Prayagraj administration demolished the house of Safdar Ali, a gun store owner and alleged aid of Atiq Ahmed.

Ahmed’s wife, Shaista Parveen, another accused in the case is currently on the run and police are searching for her.

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