On Sunday, February 5, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter to continue his vile narrative against India over the Kashmir issue following the abrogation of Article 370. This time, however, instead of the Congress party, Imran Khan piggybacked on an article published by Arfa Khanum Sherwani, a ‘journalist’ with the ultra-leftist news portal, The Wire, to further his anti-India rhetorics.
Sharing a 2.15-second video clip from a report by The Wire, Imran Khan tweeted, “The vibrant & lively Kashmiris have lost their zeal to live under brutal Indian occupation & oppression in IIOJK. Humans only thrive in free societies. Today all those who value freedom must stand with the Kashmiris in their quest for liberation from illegal Indian Occupation.”
The vibrant & lively Kashmiris have lost their zeal to live under brutal Indian occupation & oppression in IIOJK. Humans only thrive in free societies. Today all those who value freedom must stand with the Kashmiris in their quest for liberation from illegal Indian Occupation. pic.twitter.com/WBnZ4ORkhX
Imran Khan used Arfa Khanum’s report to push his anti-India agenda on Monday, February 5, observed by Pakistan as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day,’ to extend their support to Islamic terrorists and Kashmiri separatists, operating from Indian soil.
Interestingly, Imran Khan tweeted the same video clip that Arfa had shared on Twitter on the same day, asserting it was a snippet from her ground report from Kashmir.
My ground report from Kashmir : Article 370 के बाद कश्मीरियों के हालात की सबसे ईमानदार रिपोर्ट. The most honest account of the situation in Kashmir post 370. pic.twitter.com/EgmJXroYrV
In her article, the propagandist journalist attempted to infer how the people of Kashmir are suffering as a result of the Modi government’s decision to repeal Article 370 from the valley by providing so-called first-hand testimonies of a handful of Kashmiris.
Notably, the valley’s position has significantly improved with the removal of Article 370 in August 2019. The number of terror-related occurrences in the newly formed union areas has significantly decreased. Furthermore, the valley’s economic growth and development have increased after the repeal of Article 370. Kashmiri Pandits have been rehabilitated, and the tourism industry has also benefited.
In fact, a recent report by Asian Lite, an Asian daily published in the United Kingdom, stated how the Indian government has been successful in changing general perceptions around the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and lifting its people from their erstwhile economic state since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
Regardless of the truth, in the blind pursuit of political ambition and vilifying the ruling party, numerous Indian propagandists such as Arfa Khanum Sherwani and members of opposition parties have repeatedly used the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as an excuse to pursue their anti-Modi agenda.
This tendency has also provided fodder to India’s enemies to further their agenda.
Ever since India revoked the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir, Imran Khan and his ilk have continued to push their anti-India narrative and have frequently cited the opposition party and leftist liberals to back up their anti-India stance.
Amidst a hullabaloo in elite left-liberal circles of India, advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri was sworn in as an additional Judge of the Madras High Court (MHC) on Tuesday (February 7).
“…I will bear true Faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established,” she repeated the oath after Acting Chief Justice T Raja. Around the same time, the Supreme Court was hearing a petition, seeking to stop the elevation of Victoria Gowri to the MHC.
To the dismay of the vicious cabal, a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, dismissed the petition. During the hearing, the court observed that this was not the first time a person with a political background was chosen as a High Court judge.
It noted, “I don’t think we’ll be in a position to say it’s a question of eligibility, and secondly, we can’t direct the Collegium.” On January 17 this year, a Collegium of the apex court recommended the elevation of 5 advocates, including Victoria Gowri, as additional Judges of the Madras High Court.
The Collegium comprised Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and KM Joseph. It must be mentioned that an advocate who has practiced in the higher judiciary for 10 years or more is eligible to become a judge.
On Monday (February 6), the Union Minister for Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju, announced the appointment of Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of the MHC. She will be considered for the position of permanent Judge, by the Supreme Court, after a period of 2 years, based on her suitability and overall competence.
As per relevant provisions under the Constitution of India, the following Advocates and Judicial Officers are appointed as Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court, Karnataka High Court and Madras High Court. I extend my best wishes to all of them. pic.twitter.com/IUNSiilA9D
Left-liberals cry foul over past association with BJP
The left-liberal cabal has been trying to corner the female advocate over her past association with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
As per reports, Victoria Gowri served as the BJP Mahila Morcha (Kerala) in-charge in 2010 and also campaigned for the saffron party in Tamil Nadu during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
She had also served in the capacity of National Chief Secretary of BJP Mahila Morcha. In 2015, Victoria Gowri was appointed as the Central government’s senior standing counsel for the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.
Victoria Gowri served as the National Chief Secretary of BJP Mahila Morcha
However, things changed three months before Victoria Gowri was elevated to the position of assistant solicitor general of India for the Madurai Bench of the MHC in September 2020.
A report in the Indian Expressread, “Gowri said that about three months before she took over as assistant solicitor general in September 2020 in Madurai, where there is a bench of the Madras High Court, she had resigned from all BJP posts and also the party membership.”
Thus, at the time of her elevation to the position of Additional Judge at the MHC, she is not affiliated with any party. Her past association with the BJP, which expired 3 years ago, cannot be used to claim a ‘conflict of interest’ in her recent appointment.
The real bone of contention: Opposition to love jihad, predatory Christian evangelism ft. Victoria Gowri
Ever since the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the name of Victoria Gowri, the left-liberal ecosystem has been working overtime to discredit her credentials and label her a ‘bigot.’
After unsuccessfully trying to prove that she is still a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, they began digging up her old interviews and articles. Some even went as back as 2012 in desperation to stall her appointment as Additional Judge of the Madras High Court.
It came as no surprise when a motivated group of 21 advocates wrote to President Droupadi Murmu and the Supreme Court Collegium in the hopes of jeopardizing her career prospects. While an all-out attempt was made to tarnish her image as “anti-Christian and anti-Muslim”, the plan backfired on the vicious ecosystem.
Victoria Gowri’s past writings and speeches clearly show that she is not against religious beliefs but against deceitful conversion by Christian evangelists, and identity fraud committed by Islamists to entrap non-Muslim women.
In an article published in the Organiser on October 1, 2012, she pointed out how the Hindu community was becoming a minority in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu due to “aggressive Christian evangelical activities and unbridled conversions.”
“The demographic change has had a huge social, political, and economic impact on the Hindus. The Hindu activists are now being implicated in false cases…But not a finger is lifted to stop allured and forcible conversions and to prevent Christians from conceiving communal conflicts,” Victoria Gowri highlighted 11 years ago.
She emphasized, “For fifty years, the marginalized Hindus have been fighting the mighty Christian diocese. But now the situation is out of control. The Christian sectarianism and bigotry indulging in organized alluring conversions continuously have shrunk the majority Hindus to minorities.”
Screengrab of the article containing the said video, image via Bharatmag
In a deleted 2018 video titled ‘More Threat to National Security and Peace? Jihad or Christian Missionary?’, the advocate was seen speaking boldly on the issue.
She remarked, “At the world level, they find the Islamic group as more dangerous than Christian groups. But as far as India is concerned, I would like to say that Christian groups are more dangerous than Islamic groups. Both are equally dangerous in the context of conversion, especially love jihad.”
“I don’t mind a Hindu marrying a Muslim – a Hindu girl marrying a Muslim boy, unless and until they are in love with each other and they are living in understanding and love. But if I am not able to find my girl with him as his wife, instead, if I find my girl in Syrian terrorist camps, I have an objection, and that is what I define as love jihad,” she had said.
It must be mentioned that several girls from Kerala were lured by radical Islamists to join ISIS in their ‘Holy Jihad’. Victoria Gowri had rightly pointed out the growing menace of deceitful conversions under the pretext of inter-faith marriage.
Screengrab of the article containing the said video, image via Bharatmag
In another 2018 video titled, ‘Cultural genocide by Christian Missionaries in Bharat’, she pointed out the sinister agenda of the Roman Catholic missionaries behind appropriating Hindu culture, literature, and art.
“If you understand the evolution of Tamil literature, we can clearly find out how the left ideology was incorporated in the name of Dravidian literature. And later it gave room for conversions,” Victoria Gowri was heard as saying.
She also gave an example of an event where the ancient Hindu dance form of Bharatnatyam, dedicated to Lord Nataraja, was shamelessly appropriated to hail Jesus Christ.
Agahst at the brazen subversion of the Hindu dance form, Gowri said, “Bharathanatyam should not be performed to Christian songs.” She had also expressed her displeasure over the use of Carnatic music in objectionable movie songs and its plagiarism by Christian missionaries.
“It will create confusion in their minds (young children) to understand Bharatiya culture…That has to be addressed very seriously,” she had raised alarm about the growing menace of predatory Christian evangelism.
Conclusion
It is more than evident now that the nefarious agenda to thwart the appointment of Victoria Gowri as Additional Judge of the Madras High Court is rooted in her strong opposition to love jihad, deceitful religious conversion, and subversion of Hindu culture.
It will come as no surprise if the left-liberal cabal is rattled by the thought that their sinister practices may come to a halt in Tamil Nadu under her watch.
Hundreds of priests staged a sit-in protest in front of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, demanding salaries like the Muslim clerics. The group of protesters also included people from the temple cell of the Delhi BJP. The video of the protest is also making rounds on social media.
In the viral video, priests can be seen staging a sit-in protest in front of Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. The priests chanted Hanuman Chalisa during the protest.
The priests say that the sit-in protest will continue until the Delhi government pays them salaries and works to protect Sanatan Dharma. They also said, “We want to tell this government that this is the voice of all the priests. We will show them the strength of Sanatan Dharma in 2024. All those who are connected are Sanatan. This is the call of Sanatan Dharma. Come to your senses and pay the salary of the priests.”
केजरीवाल के घर बाहर बीजेपी के पुजारियों का प्रदर्शन..
This is not the first time that a protest has been held by priests to get their due. There have been such protests before. In 2021, BJP leaders and workers protested in front of CM Arvind Kejriwal’s house demanding payment of salaries to priests in various temples in Delhi. The BJP had demanded that priests of Delhi temples be given a fair pay scale.
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, who led the protest outside Kejriwal’s house, had said that if qazis and imams who look after the mosque can be paid salaries, the temple priests should also get salaries. He added that non-payment of any salary to priests and seers serving temples shows the discrimination of the Delhi government.
As many as 225 imams and muezzins of around 185 mosques registered with the Delhi Waqf Board are paid their salaries every month. In this, 18 thousand rupees are given to the Imam and 14 thousand rupees to the muezzins. At the same time, the Imams of unregistered mosques get an honorarium of 14 thousand rupees and the muezzins in those mosques get 12 thousand rupees per month.
On February 7, a video of a group of men attacking a school bus in the village of Harchowal, district Gurdaspur, Punjab, went viral on social media. As per reports, a pet dog had died after coming under the bus. The angry owner of the dog came in front of the bus with others, carrying swords, and attacked it despite the bus carrying school children. Witnessing the men attacking the bus, the students started screaming and crying. The driver of the school bus made the video of the attack.
Some people armed with swords stopped a school bus following an altercation with the bus driver in Gurdaspur. They didn’t even care about crying children in the bus ? pic.twitter.com/TjxpXIFww0
As per reports, the driver was slowly driving the school bus on a narrow road in the village. Two dogs suddenly came in front of the bus fighting each other. The driver applied the brakes but before the bus could stop, one of the dogs came under the bus. Within a few minutes, some youths came with swords and attacked the school bus. Witnessing the horrific scene, the children started screaming.
The villagers rushed to the spot after hearing the screams. They tried to calm the situation down but the high-voltage drama continued.
The driver of the bus said in a statement that when the group of men attacked the bus, he tried to stop them. However, the attackers kept saying that their dog worth Rs 50,000 was killed. He said that the attackers allegedly said they do not care if any of the children got hurt. The police are reportedly aware of the issue and an investigation into the matter is underway.
Earlier last month, an explosive report by a US research firm Hindenburg Research caused tremors in the Indian stock markets after it accused the Adani Group of manipulating its share prices and committing accounting fraud.
Gautam Adani, the founder and chairman of the Adani Group, one of the top 5 wealthiest people in the world before the report was published, saw his fortunes turn and wealth erode as nervous investors pulled money out by selling their holdings of the Adani Group stocks.
The crisis was exacerbated by the Adani Group’s decision to call off an oversubscribed FPO in view of the serious allegations levelled against the group by Hindenburg Research. While the business conglomerate trashed the report as malicious disinformation and released a whopping 413-page statement to contest the claims made by Hindenburg, the attendant confusion, uncertainty, and anxiety among investors sent the group’s stocks into free fall.
The pathological hatred harboured by the left-leaning liberals in India, who abhor successful businessmen for their ability to generate wealth and provide employment which they never could with their hoary activism and communist principles, also contributed to the bloodbath that Adani Group stocks witnessed at the stock market.
In a matter of just 31 trading sessions, the shares of Adani Enterprises, one of the foremost Adani Group companies listed on the stock market, crashed 76 per cent from their all-time high. The stock, which hit an all-time high of Rs 4,189.55 on December 21, 2022, slipped to a 52-week low of Rs 1,017.10 last week, plummeting 75.72% from its peak. Taking into account the market cap of Rs 1.57 lakh crore for the Adani Group’s flagship, the firm lost over Rs 2.88 lakh crore in market cap from its record high. On December 21 last year, the market cap (at the close of trade) of the firm stood at Rs 4.45 lakh crore.
As Adani Group’s market cap was taking a beating on stock markets, with some estimates claiming the group lost over $100 bn in valuation, a raft of left-leaning ‘liberals’, evidently with little understanding of how bourses work, gleed over the losses suffered by the business conglomerate. They cited the lower-circuit hit by Adani Group shares to emphasise that the Hindenburg Research group’s allegations had some measure of truth to force a market correction on the stock markets.
But more importantly, they used the stock market crash of the Adani Group shares to undermine the Indian growth story witnessed under PM Modi’s government in the last nine years. They insisted that the Indian Growth Story is as hollow as the Adani Group shares that are now tanking after allegations of gross manipulation and accounting fraud claimed by Hindenburg. The idea was to politicise the stock market crisis and co-opt it to use as a stick to beat the Modi government and implicate wrongdoing on its part by highlighting the alleged close relationship between Adani and PM Modi.
Nevertheless, the Adani Group shares saw an impressive recovery this week, with two trading sessions seeing many of the Group’s shares touching upper circuit levels. The stocks of Adani Enterprises, the company that was at the receiving end of negative sentiments fostered by Hindenburg and paranoia stoked by the left-liberal cabal, touched a high of Rs 1,962.70 during Tuesday trading sessions and is currently hovering at Rs 1,803 levels (up by 14.69 per cent) at the time of writing this report.
Source: NSE
Notwithstanding the remarkable recovery registered by Adani Enterprises on the bourses, it is worth examining some of the doomsday scenarios that usual suspects foreboded, which may have contributed to the decline in the share prices.
Many gloating over the Adani crisis quickly declared it as India’s Lehman Brothers moment, the culmination of the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States that triggered a worldwide recession back in 2008. Of course, they did not elevate Adani Group to the extent of bringing about a global recession. They restricted their contention to the realm of Indian economic space, which they declared would suffer massively if Hindenburg’s allegations against Adani turned out correct.
Adani: Fundamentals are strong & balance sheet robust
Lehman Brothers: Sept 10 2008: Fundamentals are strong & balance sheet robust. Sept 15 2008: Filed for bankruptcy.
“Did you mislead investors?” asked US Congress in their hearing
But their characterisation of the Adani crisis being a trigger to cause the undoing of the Indian growth story speaks more to their pathological hatred for India and an implicit acceptance that India had charted an enviable growth story in the last few years than their genuine concerns for retail investors.
Why Adani’s fall would expose Adani and not be a harbinger of a Lehman Brothers-like
However, comparing the Adani crisis to the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers is like comparing apples to oranges. It is disingenuous of the gloaters to draw a parallel between the two issues even when they are starkly distinct. In fact, the rush to hyphenate the Adani crisis and Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy betray that liberals have no understanding of either of the issues.
For starters, Lehman Brothers was a financial institute, not a business conglomerate like the Adani Group. The Lehman Brothers crisis was a significant event in the 2008 global financial crisis. It was a bankruptcy filing by the investment bank Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008, which was one of the largest and most complex in U.S. history.
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers triggered a chain reaction in the financial markets and led to a global credit crunch, as well as a drop in the stock markets around the world. The crisis highlighted the interconnectivity and vulnerability of the global financial system and led to significant government intervention in many countries, including the U.S. government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and other measures to stabilize the financial system and restore economic growth.
A financial institute, especially one that was as deeply embedded into the system as Lehman Brothers, incurs a greater risk of triggering cascading ramifications, including recession, through its involvement in financing disparate organisations and sectors—the crash of anyone could severely impact the organisation’s health and future viability.
By contrast, the Adani Group is a business conglomerate whose primary concern is to stay in business, meet its financial obligations, and provide value to its investors. Unlike a financial institute, the Adani Group’s fortunes depend on its actions and not on the performance of other organisations or sectors.
In addition to this, many state-owned financial institutions like the LIC, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, and others have minuscule exposure to the investments or loans granted by them to the Adani Group. For instance, the SBI recently cleared apprehensions, stating that it has only 0.9 per cent exposure to Adani and has granted loans against shares but against cashflows. The largest lender also said that it is confident in Adani’s repayment of loans, adding that the group has a historical record of paying on time.
The underlying cause of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy was a combination of factors, including excessive risk-taking, leverage, and a lack of diversification in its investment portfolio. The bank was heavily invested in mortgage-backed securities, which suffered significant losses as the U.S. housing market declined and the subprime mortgage crisis deepened. As the value of these securities declined, Lehman Brothers’ balance sheet became increasingly strained, and it was unable to find the capital it needed to meet its financial obligations.
Additionally, the bank’s high levels of leverage, or borrowing, magnified its losses and made it difficult for it to survive the market turmoil. The combination of these factors ultimately led to Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and its impact on the global financial system.
While the Lehman Brothers’ collapse could be attributed to a deeper financial malaise plaguing the US financial sector, the allegations on the Adani Group do not reflect system-wide wrongdoing. If proven, the allegations would expose the malpractices espoused by the Adani Group, and the corresponding fall would only impact the business conglomerate.
Those using the Hindenburg Research report to paint gloom and doom and predict a Lehman Brothers-like scenario are unjustifiably resorting to alarmism and paranoia to push their political agenda.
The Calcutta High Court Monday (February 6) quashed the FIR filed against actor turned BJP leader Paresh Rawal over his ‘cooking fish’ remarks made against illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas during the campaign for the Gujarat state elections.
#CalcuttaHighCourt quashed an FIR filed against actor #PareshRawal by the CPI(M)’s secretary Mohd Salim who claimed that the actor had made derogatory comments against the Bengali community.
The court was hearing a plea filed by Paresh Rawal on February 1, 2023, seeking to quash the FIR filed against him by Kolkata’s Taltala police based on a complaint filed against him by CPM(M) leader Mohammad Salim.
While dismissing the FIR filed in December last year, single-judge Justice Rajasekhar Mantha remarked that the speech was delivered in Gujarati, which the persons who objected to did not necessarily understand.
“The speech in question was made in Gujarati and there is no English translation of the text to date. There have been some comments against the speech by persons, who may not necessarily understand Gujarati. Above all, the petitioner has clarified and has also tendered an apology,” Justice Mantha stated in the order.
After considering the facts of the case, the bench concluded that further continuation of the proceedings and the FIR would be undesirable, and thereby dismissed the FIR.
FIR filed against Paresh Rawal
Notably, on December 2, an FIR was filed against Paresh Rawal by West Bengal Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Mohammed Salim who alleged that Rawal’s ‘cooking fish’ remark could foster anti-Bengali sentiments among people of other states in the country, causing problems for expatriate Bengalis.
The FIR was filed at Kolkata’s Taltala police station under sections 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153B (propagates denial of rights to linguistic or racial groups), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements intending public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The controversy erupted after Rawal asked the voters during his rally in Gujarat’s Valsad if they will ‘cook fish for the Bengalis’ with their gas connections. He later apologised for his comments and said that he “meant illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingya” people when he asked at a rally what the audience will do with gas cylinders. The actor and BJP leader also took to social media and apologised for his remarks, asserting that they were meant for illegal intruders from Bangladesh and Rohingyas.
A court in Uttarakhand’s capital Dehradun has sentenced a maulana to 20 years in jail for raping a minor girl in a madarsa. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Zeeshan, of which Rs 40,000 will have to be paid to the victim.
During the hearing of this case, the victim retracted her statement and her parents were also denying any crime. However, the evidence obtained from the police investigation and reports of medical examination was considered a basis for the punishment.
The incident took place on 19 March 2020 in the Patel Nagar police station area of Dehradun. The father of the minor girl used to run a taxi to support his family. Zeeshan, a 30-year-old man who was a Maulana by profession was their neighbour. He used to teach in the neighbourhood madrasa. Originally a resident of the Purkazi police station area of the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, Maulana Zeeshan allegedly was ‘interested’ in the girl. On the day of the incident, the girl’s father had gone out to work.
In his complaint, the victim’s father said that on the day of the incident, his daughter was sweeping her courtyard. During this time, Maulana Zeeshan, who lives in the neighbourhood and was already familiar, asked the victim to fetch some water for him. When the girl went to the accused with water, Zeeshan locked her in a room in the madarsa. During this time, he raped the minor girl. Later, he also threatened to kill her if she told anyone.
The frightened victim girl told the whole thing to her family members. The family lodged an FIR in the case, after which the police arrested Zeeshan on 20 March 2020. The case was registered under section 376 of the IPC and the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses) Act.
During the hearing, the victim retracted her statement. Along with the victim, her parents also started turning hostile. However, the police continued their efforts. During the hearing, the medical report of the accused Maulana Zeeshan, and the victim became a major basis for punishment.
During the hearing, Special Judge (POCSO) Meena Deupa sentenced maulana Zeeshan to 20 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000. In case of non-payment of the fine amount, Zeeshan will have to spend two more months in jail. Out of this fine of Rs 50,000, 40 thousand rupees will be given to the victim. Zeeshan has been sent to jail. Public prosecutor Alpana Thapa argued in court on behalf of the police.
On Tuesday, the Maharashtra Police arrested Rakhi Sawant’s husband Adil Khan Durrani, and took him to the Oshiwara police station in Mumbai. This is after the actress filed a police complaint against Adil alleging that he mishandled her funds while she was a participant in the Bigg Boss Marathi season. The actress also held her husband responsible for her mother’s death.
She said that he had come to assault her this morning when she immediately called the police and registered an FIR.
According to the reports, Rakhi’s mother, Jaya Sawant was battling cancer and breathed her last on January 29. The actress said that when she was on the Bigg Boss Marathi TV show, she had asked Adil to take care of her mother but he didn’t. Rakhi also said that he failed to pay money on time for her mother’s surgery.
Giving an update on Adil’s arrest on Tuesday, Rakhi said that she would be arriving at the police station to discuss the situation. Adil was arrested after he went to her home this morning to ‘meet’ her. “Yeh koi media ya natak nahi hai. Meri zindagi kharab ki hai issne. Mujhe mara hai, mera paisa loota hai Quran pe haath rakh ke bhi. Issne mere saath cheating kiya hai (This is not drama. He has ruined my life. He has beaten me up and stolen my money even as he put his hand on the Quran. He has cheated me),” she said.
Several videos of Rakhi Sawant were posted by the paparazzis on Monday in which she could be seen accusing Adil of ruining her life. In one of the videos she could be seen acting quite disturbed saying Adil had ruined her life completely. “Agar meri maa ka ilaj time pe hua hota to vo aaj zinda hoti. Aur kitna sataoge Adil (My mother would have been alive today if she would have got proper treatment in time),” Rakhi said.
However, in another video, Rakhi and Adil could be seen having dinner together with friends. In the video shared by the paparazzi on Instagram, Adil could also be seen feeding Rakhi. The actress also meanwhile fed her husband. On the video she also commented that saying, “Ji ha woh maafi magne aya thye lekin mai kabhi maff nahi karungi (Yes, he had come to apologise but I will never forgive him)”
Immediately after the dinner, another video of Rakhi surfaced in which she could be seen crying and saying that today was the last time that she was feeding Adil food with her hands. “I have always fed him at home. Who knows if this will be the last time I feed him. Yes, I have fed him today. Even enemies when they come home, you give them water. He’s my husband. I will love him till I die, but no apology. No apology, to forgive is hard,” she said.
Later when Adil was caught by the paparazzi and asked about Rakhi and the overall situation, he said that he needed a day to explain the entire thing and come before the media to clarify. However, he was arrested by the Police this morning.
Rakhi said that Adil had an extramarital affair with a woman named Tanu and they both had assaulted her. She said that she was beaten by her husband and his girlfriend so brutally that she was forced to urinate on the spot.
According to the reports, Adil Khan Durrani, Rakhi Sawant’s husband, manages a business. His firms are located in Mysore, Karnataka. In Mysore, he also has an ice cream store under the name of Dezert Lab. Adil has also taken part in a lot of shooting contests at the state level. The couple made their wedding public in January this year. The duo had participated in Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss season 15.
If you are using social media accounts, there is a high chance that you might have come across handles promoting bitcoin trading promising unrealistic returns. For example, some accounts promise to double the money in just a few hours or days. OpIndia came across such accounts on Instagram and took a deep dive to understand how these accounts are functioning, often leading gullible individuals to financial losses.
Interestingly, many so-called influencers on these platforms promote these handles calling them “their friends” in exchange for money.
To understand what has been happening on Instagram, we targeted one specific set of scammers that go by different handles with “Neha Trading” in the usernames. With a simple search, we were able to spot at least 30 accounts of this scammers group. Some of the handles that the scammers use are neha.tradingg, neha__crypto__trader, nhea.tradingg1, neha__trading, nehatrading2023, nehatrading7, neha_tranding_, nehatrading7, tradingneha, neha.trading89, neha_trading_22 and others.
How do these accounts work?
During our investigation, we found that these accounts regularly publish stories, posts, videos and more luring victims to invest a large amount with them. In some cases, they return the money with profit to the victims to build trust and then run away once the victims make a second investment of higher amounts.
One of the accounts that go by the handle neha.tradingg has over 400,000 followers. Posts include messages like “A $500 investment in the right place can change your life”. This account has a lot of videos of so-called influencers from different platforms including Instagram, Sharechat and others, who made videos for them in exchange for money.
For example, in this video, a girl is telling the viewers that Neha’s account is trustworthy and they can earn Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 per day by taking advice from her.
There are several other videos mentioned below that use the same script and ask the viewers to DM Neha Trading to invest and earn money. Here are some more examples.
Influencer promoting scammer in a video. Source: Instagram
all the influencers used the same script to promote the scam. Source: Instagram
Now comes the interesting part. We reverse-searched some of the images and found that there are several prominent “influencers” who are promoting these services. One of the videos was on Anjali Joel and another of a Rajasthani singer Priya Gupta.
Screenshot of the video of Anjali Joel promoting the scammer. Source: Instagram.
Screenshot of the video of Priya Gupta promoting the scammer. Source: Instagram.
Screenshot of the video of Priya Gupta promoting the scammer. Source: Instagram.
In one of the stories that were posted 53 weeks ago on Priya’s profile, she wrote, “Disclaimer: If I’m promoting someone on my post or story about online earning and products. Do them DM’s on your own risk. I’m not responsible for any scam. Thank you.” The message was posted with a Halo emoji.
Screenshot of story published by Priya warning her fans that she will not be responsible for any scam. Source: Instagram
A similar note was found on Anjali Joel’s profile on Instagram.
Anjali Joel’s story stating she will not be responsible if any of her fans get scammed. Source: Instgram
Another influencer that we found was Rachna, who made headlines for uploading ‘inappropriate’ videos with her son. Netizens objected to the sensual content in her videos. We could not find any post on her profile warning viewers of to be vigilant while investing based on her video.
Screenshot of the video of Rachna promoting the scammer. Source: Instagram.
We also found the video on her profile.
Rachna promoting scammer on Instagram. Source: Instagram
Who is the person in the profile picture?
The scammers are using a photograph of Trading consultant Roberta whose Instagram handle is roberrtatraderoficial059. She runs a training program to “teach people how to trade”.
OpIndia is not claiming that Roberta is a genuine trader or coach. We were not able to verify her credentials either. It is highly recommended not to indulge with any of the accounts mentioned above including that of Roberta.
Victims exposed scammers
We came across several posts where victims said they lost money trusting the scammers. An account that goes by the handle neha_tradingggg_scammer wrote, “Biggestt fraud looted my 20k and block pls report”. It was posted 21 weeks ago. One of the comments mentioned that the scam was being run by the same group of person(s) who are making such profiles with different names and scamming people.
We at OpIndia request our readers not to indulge in trading activities based on the suggestions of shady social media handles and scamsters. Do not trust any influencer who suggests that you can earn Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 per day. If you are the victim of such a scam, please contact the nearest police station at the earliest.
On Tuesday, February 7, the Kerala police used water cannons and tear gas shells on Youth Congress workers who have been protesting in Kochi against the budget presented by the Kerala government.
In the video shared by the news agency ANI, the Youth Congress workers are seen shouting slogans against the state government and waving flags. The police, on their part, are using massive police barricades to keep the protestors at bay. Police can also be seen utilizing water cannons to disperse the group, but protestors continue to demonstrate. A few protestors can also be seen throwing stones at the police force that was deployed to regulate the crowd. According to ANI, police also used tear gas shells to disperse protesters and restore some order.
#WATCH | Kerala: Congress workers protest in Kochi against the State Budget. Police use water cannon to disperse them. pic.twitter.com/eQ9XkxNMPq
Reportedly, the youth Congress workers have been protesting in the state ever since a fuel cess was announced in the Kerala Budget 2023-24, presented by state Finance Minister KN Balagopal on February 3.
As part of the ongoing protest, the Youth Congress workers had on Monday, reportedly set a motorbike on fire in front of the Legislative Assembly. They also laid siege to the road in front of the Assembly complex. The scuffle ensued after the police tried to arrest and remove the Youth Congress activists from the area.
Last week, Congress youth wing workers gathered outside a guesthouse in Kochi, where Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was staying, and waved black flags.
#WATCH | Kerala: Members of Youth Congress wave a black flag outside Ernakulam Guest House in Kochi where CM Pinarayi Vijayan is staying today. Protesters later detained by Police
Security has been enhanced outside the Guest House in wake of protests against CM over State Budget pic.twitter.com/iKZyoRDxAU
Protests erupted on February 3 (Friday) too after the state presented its FY24 budget. On that occasion, Youth Congress workers burned the Kerala budget papers as a protest against the Pinarayi Vijayan government’s State Budget. Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yuva Morcha also staged a protest in Thiruvananthapuram.
#WATCH |Youth Congress workers burn Kerala Budget papers. Police use water cannons against the BJP Yuva Morcha & Youth Congress workers who are protesting against Kerala Budget outside Kerala secretariat in Thiruvanathapuram pic.twitter.com/1EJonWr6MU
Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan said they will continue their protest till the government withdraws its proposal to impose a cess on fuel.
Leader of Opposition in Kerala Legislative Assembly, VD Satheesan, said, “Imposing numerous taxes, the government is trying to introduce tax terrorism in the state. We are already facing a debt situation and the government is now imposing more taxes on the common man. These tax hikes have been in effect for the last six years. A new burden of Rs 4,000 crore in taxation is being put on the people.”
Last week, Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal presented the budget for the 2022-23 financial year in the legislative assembly. The Budget allocated Rs 2,000 crore to check inflation. Petrol and diesel prices will be increased by Rs 2 per liter as per the new cess introduced in the budget.
The budget has drawn fierce criticism over the proposed ‘social security cess’ on the sale of fuel, motorcycles, liquor, and electricity.
Justifying its decision to impose a cess on fuel, the state finance minister said that such a measure was announced as the state was facing a huge financial crisis due to the policies of the BJP-led Union government.
