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Wikipedia removes page of Hindu braveheart Gopal Patha who avenged the great Calcutta killings. Here is the Pakistani connection

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Wikipedia removes page of Hindu braveheart Gopal Patha who avenged the great Calcutta killings. Here is the Pakistani connection

The Wikipedia page of Gopal Chandra Mukherjee aka ‘Gopal Patha’, who played a crucial role in avenging the 1946 Great Calcutta Killings orchestrated by the Muslim League, has been removed in its entirety by Wikipedia.

The matter came to light on Tuesday (February 28) when author Monidipa Bose posted about the development on Twitter. She wrote, “Hello Wikipedia, why have you removed your page on Gōpāl Chandra Mukherjee/Gōpāl Patha?”

She further added, “During the Muslim League initiated & British supported ‘Direct Actions Day’ riots he had single-handedly organized groups that would go on to save lives of many Hindu men & women in Kolkata.”

A Twitter user named ‘Azazel (@TitanX897)’ pointed out how the Wikipedia page of Gopal Patha was removed by a group of ‘motivated’ Editors.

As per the archives of the discussion surrounding the deletion of the page, it becomes clear that the idea was floated by one ‘Editorkamran’ on February 9 this year. He claimed, “Apparently known for attacking Muslims on Direct Action Day, the article on Direct Action Day makes no mention of this person.”

“Unreliable and partisan sources from the 21st century apparently provide trivial coverage about this person but they appear to be looking for a folk hero than providing any actual fact-based coverage about the person,” he further added.

Interestingly, ‘EditorKamran’, who nominated the Wikipedia page of Gopal Patha for deletion, hails from the neighbouring country of Pakistan. His nomination was supported by another Wikipedia editor ‘BoyTheKingCanDance’, who too happens to be a member of ‘WikiProject Pakistan.’

As per his user profile, ‘BoyTheKingCanDance’ is a Sunni Muslim “who believes in one God called Allah”. One deleted user ‘Georgethedragonslayer’, who had previously been flagged for disruptive editing, also supported the removal of Gopal Patha’s Wikipedia page.

He remarked, “More than trivial coverage comes from blacklisted unreliable sources.” It must be mentioned that Wikipedia had earlier blacklisted non-left media portals, including Swarajya and Opindia.

An Indian Wikipedia Editor ‘QueerEconomist’, who hails from Pune in Maharashtra and identifies as a ‘queer’ also recommended the deletion of the page of the Hindu braveheart, citing ‘no significant coverage.’

Interestingly, the discussion was included in the list of ‘Bangladesh-related deletion discussions’ by a member of ‘WikiProject Bangladesh’ named ‘WorldBruce’

Gopal Patha and the Direct Action Day

In 1946, the massacre of Hindu community in Bengal was intricately planned. Jinnah is recalled as having said that he will either have India divided or India burnt and that he had given up on Constitutional methods to demand the creation of Pakistan.

Jinnah had chosen the 16th of August as Direction Action Day because it was the 18th day of Ramzan, the day when the Battle of Badr was fought and won – a war fought by Prophet Muhammad himself, against the Kaffirs, and is considered to be won by Allah’s divine intervention by Muslims.

The battle led to the violent occupation of Mecca. On the 16th of August, Calcutta was littered with posters lionising Jinnah and reminding Muslims that they had to follow in the footsteps of the Prophet.

It is reported that Syed Muhammad Usman, mayor of Calcutta, had issued a widely circulated leaflet that said: Kafer! Toder dhongsher aar deri nei! Sarbik hotyakando ghotbei! (Infidels! Your end is not far away! You will be massacred!).

The aim was to make Bengal ‘land of the pure’ and rid it of the Kaffirs (Hindus). The aim was to wage another Battle of Badr, in which the Muslims would conquer the heathens. 

What followed on the 16th right after the Jumma Namaz is Muslims going on a rampage, beheading Hindus, chopping their limbs off and raping Hindu women. Several women were taken as sex slaves by those who were fighting with the religious fervour of the Battle of Badr.

In the Kesoram Cotton Mills at Lichubagan in the Muslim-dominated Metiabruz area, Muslim mobs entered and beheaded over 600 labourers. The Hindus, neutered and asked by Gandhi to die with smile on their face hardly fought back.

There was a mass exodus from Bengal that marked millions fleeing because the massacre seemed too brutal to fight against. During the Direct Action Day, on the 17th of August after 2 days of Hindus being massacred, Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyay rose like a phoenix.

Gopal Patha (Patha means ‘lamb’. He was called so because he ran a mutton shop) had already founded the Bharat Jatiya Bahini, an organisation of young men to help fellow citizens during a natural calamity.

On the 17th, Gopal Patha turned from a philanthropist to a warrior, ready to defend his people. Throughout the night, Gopal Patha, along with his young men from the Bharat Jayati Bahini worked on a plan on how they could defend Hindus from the Muslim barbarians.

The marwaris offered finances, others spent the night making weapons for them. Muslim League chief minister of Bengal, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and the Muslim League goons had decided on the 17th that they were going to take two more days to complete the annihilation of Hindus.

But they had not taken into consideration their greatest roadblock – Gopal Patha. From the 18th to 20th, Gopal Patha and his men put up a brave fight, paying the Muslim League goons back in equal measure, if not more.

Historian Sandip Bandopadhyay wrote, “They faced resistance everywhere. Hindu youths counter-attacked with such ferocity that the Muslim League men had to flee. Many were killed. Emboldened by their success in taking on and defeating their Islamist attackers, Hindu youths took the fight to Muslim-majority areas and started killing Islamist men. They did not, however, touch Muslim women and children or the aged and the infirm”. 

By the 19th of August, suddenly, the Muslims started feeling unsafe. Only two days of retribution, of self-defence, and the Muslim League started running with tail between their legs.

It was only on the 21st of August when the Muslims had started feeling unsafe because the Hindus dared to defend themselves, did Viceroy’s rule come into action in Bengal. 

The rise of Amritpal Singh, his ascension to the head of Waris Punjab De, and becoming the face of ‘Khalistan’ in 6 months

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The rise of Amritpal Singh, his ascension to the head of Waris Punjab De, and becoming the face of ‘Khalistan’ in 6 months

As Waris Punjab De’s chief Amritpal Singh gains popularity among pro-Khalistani elements across the globe, more details about his history are emerging. Amritpal recently made headlines following a clash between his supporters and Punjab Police personnel at Ajnala Police Station in Punjab. He is being criticized for taking Shri Guru Granth Sahib to the site and using it as a shield against the police personnel.

Twitter user The Hawk Eye recently dug up the history of this “rising star” of Khalistanis.

So who is Amritpal Singh Sandhu? He is a 30-year-old pro-Khalistan leader who leads an organization named Waris Punjab De. Within six months of his arrival to India and taking over the organization started by late actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu, Amritpal has reached the point where he can mobilize thousands of supporters and direct them to barge into a police station to get his aide released. The Hawk Eye investigated whether his popularity among the masses was organic or planted.

Amritpal Singh was born in Jallupur Khera, Amritsar, in 1994. In 2012, he moved to Dubai to join his family’s transport business. Amritpal’s LinkedIn page shows he was the operations manager at Sandhu Cargo, and his mail ID was [email protected]. Amritpal did his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Mechanical Engineering from Lord Krishna Polytechnic College, Kapurthala, Punjab, per his LinkedIn page. OpIndia checked and confirmed the existence of the LinkedIn page that can be accessed from here.

Amritpal Singh remained active on social media throughout his time in Dubai and propagated his ideology extensively via his posts. He used a specific ID, sandhuamrit10, on Twitter to spread the propaganda. That Twitter account has now been deleted. However, its archive is available here, here, here, here, and here.

In February 2022, there were several posts where Amritpal targeted women, the Left, and liberals in his tweets. He consistently propagated extremist views and used hashtags like #SikhGenocideContinues and more. Interestingly, famous liberals like Kawal Preet and AISA activists were his target.

Amritpal also targeted women from Punjab and called feminism ‘fake activism’ as some of them spoke against Khalistan. The Hawk Eye noted, “There are several such exchanges with a left ideologue, specifically female handles ridiculing as fake activists who must be “exposed”. Apparently, they are the subject of Amritpal’s hate because they support every other cause like Hijab, Philistines, BLM but not voicing for Khalistan.”

His hate extended extensively to the Hindu community, as shown in several tweets. He posted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party, former Prime Ministers, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann, and Congress leaders like Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and many others.

After the death of Deep Sidhu, in a social media post, Amritpal Singh was declared heir of Waris Punjab De. However, the family of Deep Sidhu denied any connection to Singh. Interestingly, the social media handles included in Singh’s posts had a “typo” in the name of Waris Punjab De, possibly because Singh and his associates could not access the original social media pages.

In May last year, Deep Sidhu’s relative came out as the chief of “real” Waris Punjab De, but it did not gain the traction Amritpal Singh managed to get.

Our investigation into old replays of Deep Sidhu’s discussions on Clubhouse has revealed there was always a plan for Khalistan under the banner of ‘Waris Punjab De’.

Amritpal Singh came to India in September 2022. He went to Georgia before coming to India, and intelligence agencies hinted at a possible connection to ISI in their reports.

Soon after reaching India and officially taking over Waris Punjab De, Amritpal organized a march across Punjab and named it “Khalsa Vaheer”. His march made it possible for him to reach the masses. Amritpal used social media platforms extensively to reach out to the masses. Recently, his accounts were restricted in India post Ajnala Police Station incident in Punjab, where his supporters attacked police personnel in an attempt to get his aide freed.

Speaking to OpIndia, The Hawk Eye said, “Dubai returned Amritpal Singh Sandhu’s meteoric rise is no less than a film script. From a troubling Twitter handle with two thousand followers to “Bhai Amritpal Singh” with thousands of real-time followers on the ground and hundreds of fan accounts on social media is an artificially pumped-up campaign. Intel agency’s warning make sense that Pakistan spying agency is trying to infiltrate again to bring Punjab Militancy 2.0.”

Our reporting on Amritpal Singh and his rise as a pro-Khalistan leader can be accessed here.

Jailed Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain both resign from their posts in state cabinet

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Jailed Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain both resign from their posts in state cabinet

On Tuesday, February 28, the jailed Delhi ministers and AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain both resigned from their posts in the state cabinet. According to the news agency ANI, CM Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignation.

The news of the resignation came in soon after the Supreme Court’s decision to decline a plea by arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia challenging his arrest by the CBI in an alleged case of corruption in the now-withdrawn Delhi liquor policy.

Notably, both ministers are currently in jail. While Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday, February 26, for alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the liquor policy for 2021–22 in the national capital, Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in May last year for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case.

If sentenced to two years or more in jail, both Sisodia and Jain may lose their seats and can’t contest polls for six years.

AAP leader and Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia arrested by CBI in Liquor policy scam case

On Sunday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader appeared for questioning at the CBi office in Delhi and was eventually arrested by the central agency. It is alleged that Manish Sisodia waived off ₹144.36 crores on the license fee, to be paid by the private liquor vendors, under the garb of the Coronavirus pandemic, incurred loss to the Excise Department and benefitted liquor licensees by waiving the import pass fee of ₹50 per beer case.

All these changes were made without the final approval of the Lieutenant Governor and thus considered illegal under the Delhi Excise Rules of 2010 and Transaction of Business Rules of 1993.

Thus, the Delhi government made a U-turn on its new excise policy in July 2022. A month later, CBI booked Manish Sisodia, ex-Only Much Louder (OML) CEO Vijay Nair and 13 others in an FIR for irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-2022.

AAP leader Satyendar Jain charged with money laundering

Notably, Sisodia’s cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain, who has been in jail for several months following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, also resigned. 

On May 30, 2022, the ED arrested Satyendar Jain under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. On May 31, the trial court remanded him to the custody of ED. The agency raided the residence and other places associated with Satyendar Jain on June 6 and 7. Following the raid, the agency confiscated Rs. 2.85 crores in cash and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg in total.

The Health Minister of Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi government was charged with money laundering in August 2017 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Based on the FIR made by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the ED initiated a criminal case against Jain, alleging that he could not explain the source of income received by four firms in which he was a stakeholder. From 2010 to 2014, the firms allegedly laundered Rs 16.39 crores in cash.

The Home Ministry authorised the prosecution of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in these matters, including disproportionate assets and money laundering, in November 2019. Under the PMLA, 2002, the Enforcement Directorate temporarily attached immovable assets worth Rs. 4.81 crores owned by Akinchan Developers Pvt. Ltd, Indo Metal Impex Pvt Ltd, and others in April of this year. This step was taken in connection with the case filed against AAP minister Satyendar Jain, his wife Poonam Jain, and others for disproportionate assets and money laundering.

Ghar Wapsi in Assam: 11 Christian families of Tiwa tribe revert to Hinduism, hundreds of tribals coming back to the Hindu fold in several districts

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Ghar Wapsi in Assam: 11 Christian families of Tiwa tribe revert to Hinduism, hundreds of tribals coming back to the Hindu fold in several districts

Weeks after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appealed to the Tiwa population in the Morigaon district of Assam to remain rooted in their culture and identity and maintain a safe distance from the trend of religious conversions, hundreds of members of the community, who had earlier converted to Christianity, did ‘Ghar Wapsi’ and returned to the folds of Hinduism on Monday, February 27.

In an event organised by Jur Singh Borodolai, the general secretary of Goba Deoraja Raj Parishad on Monday (February 27), as many as 43 people from 11 Christian Tiwa families reverted to Hinduism. The event called ‘Bhasha Sanskriti Aru Udyog Parv’ was held in the Jagiroad area in the Morigaon district in Assam. The families reverted to their roots to Hinduism in a traditional ceremony observed at the court of the Gova (Tiwa) king.

Speaking about the event, Jur Singh Borodoloi said that around 142 people returned to the Sanatan Dharma on February 27 at a religious event held in Tiwa Shong village in Jagiroad, Assam.

“We have already conducted Abhiyan and residents of 2 villages in Kamrup have come back to their original Hindu religion. Today Goba Deoraja Raj Parishad has organised a programme named Tiwa Bhasha Sanskriti Aru Udyoga Parva. 11 families (43 people) of Tiwasong who earlier converted to the Christian religion, come back to the Tiwa community (Hindu religion) as per their wish.”

Speaking exclusively to India Today NE, the general secretary of Goba Deoraja Raj Parishad, Jur Singh Bordoloi said, “around 1100 families originally from the Tiwa tribe who have earlier converted to Christianity have decided to return to Sanatan Dharma.”

Further, he said that the people have willfully co-operated with the parishad, adopted the religion, and promised to stay with the Hindu faith, adding, “The people returned to Tiwa culture and tradition leaving their Christian identity behind.”

According to the general sectary, the Tiwa people who have chosen to embrace Hinduism were originally Hindus by birth, but few of their forefathers and fathers converted to Christianity due to economic hardships and a lack of education.

He further said that the state government has provided tremendous support and that Tribal councils have established schools to ensure that children receive a proper education.

70 people revert to Hinduism in a Ghar Wapsi event organised in Anglong, Assam

Similarly, at Keyabat village in West Karbi Anglong’s Hamren subdivision, under the initiative of Hindu Suraksha Samity, 70 Tiwa community members who had converted to Christianity, returned to the folds of Hinduism.

According to Narayan Radu Kakoti, the chief organiser of the Hindu Suraksha Samity, Assam unit, poor tribal people living in Assam’s plains and hills districts have become an easy target for Christian missionaries attempting conversion to Christianity.

“The problem is quite acute in hill districts. Since 1951, Christian Missionaries and other Christian organisations have been working together to convert Hindu tribal people to Christianity. Now many tribal people have been realising their mistake and want to come back to their respective original religious beliefs. We are to protect their original religious beliefs and culture,” said Kakoti.

He added that at the Koyabat village reconversion ceremony yesterday, Karbi Samaj (a socio-economic body of the Karbi tribals in West Karbi Anglong district) claimed that around 100 Karbi Christians would soon switch from Christianity to their original tribal religion belief.

“We have been trying to unite tribal people living in the North Eastern states. We have to foil the Christian Missionaries’ evil design to convert innocent and poor tribal people to Christianity. On March 12, 2023, under the banner of Janajatiyo Suraksha Manch, a mega event will be held at Guwahati, where all the senior leaders will address the gathering. Tribal people from all the states of the NE region will participate in the meet,” Kakoti added.

Meanwhile, the Hindu Suraksha Samity has chosen 2025 as the target year for completing their mission of bringing back Christian tribal converts to their original religious belief of Hinduism in Assam.

It is important to recall here that in the month of January this year, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while addressing people at the historic Jonbeel Mela in Morigaon, appealed to the Tiwa population to remain rooted to their culture and identity and maintain a safe distance from the trend of religious conversion as has been seen in recent times. CM had said that ethnicity cannot thrive for long if it loses touch with its cultural roots.

Chhattisgarh: 6 detained for deceptively converting villagers to Christianity under the guise of medical treatment

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Chhattisgarh: 6 detained for deceptively converting villagers to Christianity under the guise of medical treatment

The Chhattisgarh Police, on Monday, February 27, detained around 6 people, including women, for conducting a gathering to forcefully convert people to Christianity. The accused persons had organized a religious gathering under the pretext of curing the diseases of the attendees in the Kurdeg village of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh.

According to the Dainik Bhaskar report, the villagers caught the organizers red-handed while they were attempting to convert the attendees to Christianity. The locals then informed the Police who immediately detained 6 persons for deceptively converting people to Christianity.

Sub-Divisional Police Officer Sandeep Mittal confirmed the development and stated that appropriate action will be taken post-investigation in the case.

A similar case was reported from Chhattisgarh in November last year wherein a group of non-Christians was being encouraged to convert to Christianity by pastors. The incident was reported from the Rajpur block division in the Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh.

On November 23, a group of four evangelists was attempting to persuade vulnerable and innocent Hindu villagers to embrace Christianity by offering various kinds of allurements such as money, medicines, and the promise to revive their deceased family members.

When locals and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members came to know about the incident, they went to the house where the illegal conversion was taking place, detained the four pastors, and handed them over to the police.

Chhattisgarh has recently become a hotbed of forced religious conversions, wherein Christian missionaries lure susceptible and marginalized Hindus and other non-Christians with enticements like money, medical aid, education, food, clothes etc to bring them into their fold. Only last year, OpIndia, in a series of ground reports, exposed the nexus between the state government and Christian missionaries in land grab operations and the menace of forced religious conversion pervasive in the state.

Manish Sisodia’s bail plea rejected by SC in Delhi liquor scam case, asked to approach HC

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Manish Sisodia’s bail plea rejected by SC in Delhi liquor scam case, asked to approach HC

A day after Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi remanded Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia to 5 days in CBI custody, the Supreme Court turned down his plea for interim protection in the liquor policy scam case.

The matter came up for hearing before a 2-Judge Bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice P. S. Narasimha. When the counsel for Manish Sisodia, Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi tried to rake up the cases of journalists Vinod Dua and Arnab Goswami, the apex court refused to entertain the line of argument.

The Chief Justice of India noted, “You have full remedy in form of bail before Delhi HC, The Vinod dua case was of a journalist facing a case of sedition after a statement on COVID 19 issue and Arnab was also a different case

“Just because an incident happens in Delhi does not mean this case will come to the Supreme Court”, added Justice P.S. Narasimha.

CJI DY Chandrachud emphasised that Manish Sisodia has been booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) Act and that it cannot be conflated with the case of ‘journalist’ Vindo Dua, where freedom of speech and expression was at stake.

The CJI stated that the Delhi Deputy CM has alternate remedies and that the apex court is not inclined to entertain the petition. “Petitioner has efficacious alternate remedies.. we are not inclined to entertain this under Article 32 (right to constitutional remedies),” he added.

The Background of the Case

On Monday (February 27), a Delhi court remanded Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to 5 days in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody in connection to the liquor policy scam case.

A day earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader appeared for questioning at the CBi office in Delhi and was eventually arrested by the central agency.

Delhi Excise Policy 2021-2022 was first proposed in September 2020 but came into effect only in November 2021. It changed the manner in which alcohol was being sold in the National Capital.

Moreover, it Introduced private players in the market and marked the exit of government-owned liquor vendors. While the objective of Excise Policy 2021-2022 was to end black marketing and the liquor mafia, the Delhi government soon came under fire over allegations of corruption.

Chief Secretary of Delhi, Naresh Kumar, found irregularities and procedural lapses in the new liquor policy. Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena ordered a CBI probe on the recommendation of Naresh Kumar.

Manish Sisodia waived off ₹144.36 crores on the license fee, to be paid by the private liquor vendors, under the garb of the Coronavirus pandemic. Incurred loss to the Excise Department and benefitted liquor licensees by waiving the import pass fee of ₹50 per beer case.

All these changes were made without the final approval of the Lieutenant Governor and thus considered illegal under the Delhi Excise Rules of 2010 and Transaction of Business Rules of 1993.

Thus, the Delhi government made a U-turn on its new excise policy in July 2022. A month later, CBI booked Manish Sisodia, ex-Only Much Louder (OML) CEO Vijay Nair and 13 others in an FIR for irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-2022.

AAP leaders used liquor policy to exploit money to fight elections with Khalistani help, says Gautam Gambhir

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AAP leaders used liquor policy to exploit money to fight elections with Khalistani help, says Gautam Gambhir

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday described the Delhi Excise Policy Scam as an “open-and-shut case” and alleged that the policy was made to exploit money to “fight elections with Khalistani help”.

The BJP MP said that the AAP leaders should get “what they deserve”. “It was an open-and-shut case. They should get what they deserve. This is the 1st time in India that an Education Min will go to Tihar jail that too in liquor scam case. This policy was made to exploit money so they can fight elections with Khalistani’s help,” Gambhir said while speaking to ANI.

He said that if Manish Sisodia, who is the Education Minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government besides heading the Delhi government’s excise department, has opened schools and colleges, he should show it to the BJP.

“If there was no discrepancy in liquor policy, it shouldn’t have been taken back. This is not the time to give emotional statements. If he (Sisodia) has opened schools, colleges and hospitals, show it to us. He can move to SC, but for me, Delhi CM and AAP has been exposed,” he said.

Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Harish Khurana on Tuesday demanded the resignation of jailed Ministers of the Kejriwal government- Manish Sisodia and Satyender Jain – while recalling the Aam Aadmi Party supremo’s earlier stand of resignation.

This comes after Manish Sisodia moved Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the CBI in the excise policy scam case in Delhi. Sisodia was arrested on February 26 after 8-hour questioning.

BJP leader Harish Khurana said that Sisodia and Jain should step down on “moral grounds”.

“Manish Sisodia has moved the SC challenging yesterday’s decision of the court. He has the right to go but a question is raised on moral grounds. Arvind Kejriwal used to say in 2013 that there should be a resignation after any allegation is levelled against anyone. The allegation would be proven later. He had levelled allegations against leaders like Nitin Gadkari, Sheila Dikshit, and P Chidambaram. But today, their one minister is jailed for 8 months, the other is in the police remand,” he said.

“2 Ministers of Delhi are in jail today. You have not sacked Satyender Jain till today. Where is your morality? We demand you (Arvind Kejriwal) to seek his resignation on the basis of morality from both ministers. There are 22 ministries with Sisodia. Would they be run from jail? Isn’t there a Constitutional breakdown in Delhi?” the BJP leader asked.

Meanwhile, Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s plea challenging his arrest after he was arrested by CBI on Monday in connection with the Excise policy scam case.

The plea was mentioned by Abhishek Manu Singhvi seeking an urgent hearing on Sisodia’s plea before the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.

This comes a day after the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday granted 5 days remand of Sisodia to the CBI till March 4, to interrogate him in the excise policy case.

The senior AAP leader was produced before the court on Monday. Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday.
Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers staged protests in various states on Monday, crying vendetta behind Sisodia’s arrest and calling for his release at the earliest.

Meanwhile, the CBI on Sunday released a statement on Sisodia’s arrests, claiming he was giving evasive replies and wasn’t cooperating in the ongoing investigation in the liquor scam case.

The agency further said Sisodia had been summoned earlier on February 19 in connection with the ongoing probe, but had sought a week’s time citing the Delhi Budget.

“The Deputy CM was issued a notice under section 41A of CrPC for attending the investigation on February 19, 2023. However, he sought time of one week citing his preoccupation,” the CBI stated.

On his arrest, the CBI issued a statement saying, “He gave evasive replies and did not cooperate in the investigation despite being confronted with evidence to the contrary. Therefore, he has been arrested.”

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Thirteen shooters, plan hatched in Muslim Hostel of Allahabad University, ties with Samajwadi Party: New revelations in Umesh Pal murder case

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Thirteen shooters, plan hatched in Muslim Hostel of Allahabad University, ties with Samajwadi Party: New revelations in Umesh Pal murder case

The Uttar Pradesh police probing the Umesh Pal murder case has made several new revelations in the case. The police revealed that not 6 but 13 shooters were allegedly involved in Pal’s murder last week. While six shooters opened fire at Umesh Pal, seven armed assailants waited as backups. The shooters sprayed bullets on Umesh Pal, six of them hitting Pal. After using a crude bomb to engulf the area in smoke, the assailants fled from the scene of the crime.

The second revelation made by Prayagraj police is that the assailants used Whatsapp to communicate with gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, who are being held in Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Prison and Bareilly jail respectively. According to the police, Atiq and Ashraf had given instructions to the assailants from jail over Whatsapp calls.

Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma also revealed that Sadaqat Khan, the key conspirator in the case who was apprehended by STF from Gorakhpur on Monday, confessed during interrogation that he was living illegally in room number 36 of Allahabad University’s Muslim Boarding Hostel. The entire conspiracy to kill Umesh Pal was apparently hatched and executed from this hostel room. His connection with the Samajwadi Party has also come to the fore.

Sadaqat Khan, a lawyer by profession, was trying to escape to Nepal when he was nabbed by police, added Ramit Sharma.

Ties between key conspirator in Umesh Pal murder case Sadaqat Khan and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

After the arrest of Sadaqat Khan on Monday, the suspected ties between him and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the Umesh Pal murder conspiracy have come to light. According to reports, Sadaqat Khan is said to be close to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. 

After Khan’s arrest, a picture surfaced on social media in which SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and the primary suspect Sadaqat Khan can be seen shaking hands with each other. Sadaqat was detained by police from an Allahabad University Muslim Boarding Hostel on Monday, February 27. Police said they are looking into how he was staying in the hostel. 

Picture of Sadaqat Khan with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav (Source: Dainik Bhaskar)

Sadaqat is a resident of Ghazipur’s Bara Gahmar village, according to ADG STF Amitabh Yash. Sadaqat, 27, had tried to intimidate the police by claiming to be an Allahabad High Court lawyer at the time of his detention. The cops escorted him to the Muslim boarding house, room 36. Numerous vital clues have been discovered in his room during the STF teams’ search. When questioned, Sadaqat revealed that he intended to flee to Nepal when he was apprehended.

Atiq Ahmed a product of Samajwadi Party: Mayawati

It may be recalled that after the Umesh Pal murder case hit the headlines, BSP party supremo Mayawati responded, calling Atiq Ahmed a product of the Samajwadi Party. She had also said that the wife of Atiq Ahmed would be expelled from the party if she is found guilty of the murder. 

The Prayagraj Police have highlighted Atiq Ahmed’s association with the homicide of Umesh Pal, given that his two sons were apprehended in connection with the case. This occurred subsequent to the shooting of Umesh Pal on Friday evening by unidentified attackers at his home in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

Since the murder of Umesh Pal, at least ten teams of UP Police and other agencies have been carrying out raids at various places. During the investigation, the Creta car used in Umesh Pal’s murder was recovered from Atiq Ahmed’s house. Atiq Ahmed is one of the accused in the Raju Pal murder case as well.

On Monday, February 27, shooter Arbaaz, one of the prime accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, was killed in a police encounter in Prayagraj. As per police, Arbaaz was the one driving the Creta car which was used in the murder of Umesh Pal.

Umesh Pal, a key witness in the 2005 murder case of BSP leader Raju Pal, was killed on February 24.

Raju Pal was murdered on 26 January 2005 soon after he was elected as an MLA after defeating Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf on a BSP ticket. In 2004, Atiq was elected MP from the Phoolpur constituency. Pal’s wife had accused Atiq, his brother, and three others of murdering her husband.

Gurgaon VIP resident in swanky SUV caught on camera stealing flower pots kept for G20 event: Watch

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Gurgaon VIP resident in swanky SUV caught on camera stealing flower pots kept for G20 event: Watch

A video has gone viral wherein two men are seen stealing flower pots and storing them in the boot of their high-end vehicle with a VIP or a vanity registration number. The incident reportedly took place in Gurgaon, Haryana. The man who recorded the incident’s footage shared it on social media on Monday, February 27.

In the video that has now gone viral, multiple flower pots filled with in-bloom flowers are seen maintained in a place where a poster advertising the G20 conference can also be seen. Two men are seen lifting a few flower pots and loading them in their high-end SUV’s boot.

Enraged, several users left various comments and shared the video across social media platforms.

Netizens were taken aback that a wealthy person driving a luxury SUV worth lakhs of rupees was engaging in such pettiness.

Some opined that since the number of the car is visible, the Gurugram police must take action against the accused, even if he is a government official.

After the video shared by @RajKVerma4 went viral, the Deputy Commissioner of Gurgaon took cognisance and asked the Gurugram police to intervene and investigate the matter.

OpIndia tried to take out details of the car that was seen in the video and this is what we found. As per the details, the car is registered in Hisar, Haryana. Though the name of the owner of the car is hidden in the information obtained, the owner of the car in the video can be safely classified as some wealthy individual because the ‘0006’ series’ is a VIP or vanity registration number, for which the owner must pay an additional cost of Rs 1 lakh under the modified Haryana Motor Vehicle Regulations, 1993.

The details of the car seen in the viral video (source: rtovehicleinformation.com)

This is, however, not the first such incident that has been reported. In fact, Agra police were recently forced to stand guard over flowerpots along the airport-Taj Mahal route after more than 70 flowerpots were reported stolen on a single night from the Selfie Point on Fatehabad Road, displayed earlier this month to welcome a delegation from the G20 countries ahead of the summit in September 2023. This prompted the Agra Development Authority vice chairman Charchit Gaur to get an FIR filed at the Tajganj Police Station on 14 February. After an investigation, 2 persons were arrested.

Similarly, in 2019, an elderly man was captured on camera stealing plant pots from Delhi’s vertical garden. The video of the incident was shared on Facebook on October 8.

The video showed the old man, dressed formally, pulling out one of the plastic pots from the vertical garden built on the pillars of a flyover in the national capital. He was then seen emptying the plant and the soil from the pot which he managed to pull out from the vertical garden before putting the empty pot in his bag. As soon as the man was caught red-handed by a passer-by for stealing the pot, he was seen running away from the spot as the passer-by called him.

Exit Polls predict BJP win in Tripura and Nagaland, NPP likely to retain power in Meghalaya

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Exit Polls predict BJP win in Tripura and Nagaland, NPP likely to retain power in Meghalaya

Exit polls following the recent elections in Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland indicate that the BJP is expected to retain Tripura and retake control of Nagaland with coalition partner National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). The party is also expected to slightly increase its seat count in Meghalaya, though the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will continue to hold onto power.

According to exit polls, Congress, which has previously been the dominating party in the Northeast, is expected to lose all three of these states.

According to India Today-Axis My India exit poll, out of a possible 60 seats in the Tripura Assembly, the BJP+ will win 36 to 45 seats. Meanwhile, the NPP is projected to take 21–26 seats in Meghalaya, according to the Zee exit poll, which also predicts a more competitive race between the political parties. While it says that the BJP would have a slimmer majority in Tripura, it adds that the NDPP and BJP will have substantial support in Nagaland. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.

India Today exit polls:

The India Today-Axis My India exit poll surveyed over 6000 people in each of the three states revealing that the BJP is slated to win the elections in Tripura and Nagaland whereas the ruling NPP will win a majority in Meghalaya. While BJP is slated to win 36-45 seats in Tripura, the party along with NDPP is expected to win 38-48 seats in Nagaland. The party is however expected to win only 4-8 seats in Meghalaya.

On the other hand, Indian National Congress is expected to win only 6-11 seats in Tripura, 1-2 seats in Nagaland, and 6-12 seats in Meghalaya.

Zee Matrize exit poll:

According to Zee exit poll trends, in Nagaland, the BJP can win 35–43 seats, whereas Congress may get only 1-3 seats. NPF is likely to get 2–5 seats, while NPP may end up only with 1 seat.

Exit Poll output for Nagaland (source- Zee News)

Voting for the Meghalaya Assembly Elections concluded on Monday, and according to trends as per the exit polls, 27% of voters voted for NPP, while the BJP received close to 18% of the vote. The percentage for Congress is 7%, TMC is 19%, PDF is 4%, and UDP is 9%.

The polls predict that the BJP might secure 6-11 seats in Meghalaya, while NPP would lead with 21-26 seats. TMC, Congress, and others might secure 8-13, 3-6, and 10-19 seats respectively.

Exit Poll output for Meghalaya (Source- Zee News)

According to the survey, the governing BJP coalition should take home 29 to 36 seats in the Tripura General assembly. The major opposition CPI (M) coalition is projected to win 13–21 seats. The Tipra Motha Party is predicted to win 11–16 seats, while others are expected to win 0–3 seats.

Exit Poll output for Tripura (Source- Zee News)

Winning 44 of the 60 seats, the BIP-led NDA won an overwhelming majority in the 2018 elections in Tripura, a northeastern state that had previously been a Left stronghold.

Jan Ki Baat Exit Polls:

The Jan ki Baat exit poll surveyed over 8000 people and predicts that BJP will win in Tripura and the ruling NPP is slated to lead in Meghalaya. In Tripura, CPM+ is expected to win 9-16 seats while TIPRA is expected to win 10-14 seats.

In the state of Nagaland, Jan Ki Baat exit polls reveal that BJP is likely to win the 2023 elections by retaining 35-45 seats. Meanwhile, Naga People’s Front (NPF) might get 6-10 seats and others will get 9-15 seats.

Times Now ETG Exit poll:

The Times Now ETG Exit poll indicates a fragmented house in Meghalaya. The NPP will win 18–26 seats, followed by the AITMC with 8–14, the UDP with 8–14, and the BJP with 3–6 seats.

In Tripura, the BJP coalition is expected to take 36 of the 45 seats, predicting a  resounding victory for the party. While the Left Front is projected to gain 6–11 of the total 60 seats, Congress will draw a blank as per the polls.

Times Now-ETG Research exit polls further state that the BJP’s coalition government would win the assembly elections in Nagaland getting 39 to 49 seats. NPF will receive 4–8 seats, and Congress will again draw a blank.

The results for the 3 states will be announced on Thursday, March 2.

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