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As BJP reaches out to Pasmanda Muslims, All India Pasmanda Muslim Manhaz asks Muslims to be ‘cautious’, focus on raising their dangerous ‘demands’

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As BJP reaches out to Pasmanda Muslims, All India Pasmanda Muslim Manhaz asks Muslims to be ‘cautious’, focus on raising their dangerous ‘demands’

In July 2022, at a BJP National Executive Meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked his party to focus on an outreach program for Pasmanda Muslims. The meeting at the time was held in Hyderabad. While addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about focusing on the upliftment of Pasmanda Muslims. In October 2022, in a first-of-a-kind endeavour, a meeting between BJP leaders and key members of the Pasmanda Muslim community was held in Lucknow, about 4 months after PM Modi’s clarion call to woo them. Since July 2022, several meetings with Pasmanda Muslims were held by BJP in various states – like this one in Delhi.

In August 2022, BJP OBC Morcha, at the Pasmanda Muslim Sneh Milan Evam Samman Samaroh, demanded a 50% reservation for the Pasmanda Muslim community in Muslim institutions like Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia etc. 

According to reports, with the all crucial Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states approaching assembly elections, BJP had in 2022 chalked out a strategy to build a new support base comprising Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), Pasmanda (backward) Muslims, and non-Jatav Dalits in these states in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Now, however, the All India Pasmanda Muslim Manhaz has now issued a statement asking Pasmanda Muslims and Muslims of other castes to be careful of BJP and its ‘new found love’ for them. According to reports, All-India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz (AIPMM) has warned more than 50 sub-castes of Muslims to beware of political parties, including BJP, for their ‘sudden love’. They have demanded that Dalit Muslims and Christians be included in the scheduled caste (SC) category and reservation for SC category be increased. It is pertinent to note that the founder President of the AIPMM is Ali Anwar, former Rajya Sabha member from JD-U.

According to a Hindustan Times report, Ali Anwar has said, “Instead of misleading Pasmanda Muslims, the Narendra Modi government should take necessary action to include Dalit Muslims and Christians in SC category and increase reservations for SCs in jobs and education.” In July 2022 too, Anwar had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for SC status for Pasmanda Muslims. “Even if the BJP is extending a friendly hand towards Pasmandas for their votes, could you at least take these few steps immediately: There are about a dozen castes within the Pasmanda Muslims such as Halalkhor (scavenger, Bhangi), Muslim washer man, cobbler, Bhatiyara, Gadhedi etc for whom the Sachar Committee and the Ranganath Mishra Commission have recommended SC status. Has your government, in response to a query from the Supreme Court last year, replied it will not accept this recommendation? Will you end this religion-based discrimination by increasing the quota for scheduled castes?” he had written in the letter.

Interestingly, in December 2022, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind had moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union government to grant the Scheduled Caste status to Dalit converts to Islam. The intervention application filed says that it is important for Dalit converts to Islam to be considered Scheduled Caste so they can get equal opportunities in government jobs, educational institutions and the employment sector. 

The petition stated that somehow, the non-inclusion of these converts stops them from freely propagating their faith. According to reports, the plea says that the denial of the Scheduled Caste status to Muslim converts deprives them of political, educational, and other benefits given to non-Muslim and non-Christian Scheduled Castes persons and it is a calculated historical wrong to restrain the free profession, practice, and propagation of religion. It was submitted that the truth of the caste system cannot be denied and the effect of society is inevitable on all the religious communities it inhabits.

‘In the present issue, a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste is provided benefits if he is a Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist. However, if the same person is a Muslim, he will not be provided with those benefits. This distinction is totally arbitrary and is sans any reasonable classification,’ the petition stated.

With the BJP reaching out to Pasmanda Muslims and Muslim organisations, including AIPMM and Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind raising demands to grant SC status to converted Muslims, the implications of this dangerous demand becomes far more apparent.

When the Jamiat had filed its intervention application in Supreme Court, OpIndia had raised alarm over the demand coupled with BJP’s outreach to Pasmanda Muslims. With BJP and its leaders making arguments saying that the ancestors of Pasmanda Muslims were Hindus who converted to Islam, and Pasmanda Muslims forming 70-80% of the Muslims, the BJP furthering this trope becomes particularly dangerous. They are essentially insinuating then, that most Muslims today converted to Islam because of the discrimination they faced when they were Hindus and that they are still in bad economic and social conditions because of their identity when they were Hindus.

This argument furthers the liberal argument that the root cause of problems even within Islam and Christianity stems from Hinduism, which is patently incorrect. If they convert from Hinduism owing to their social status to more egalitarian options, they cannot possibly continue to blame their Hindu past for their current plight.

Further, it is also important to note that the SC status and subsequent reservation to 80% Muslims of India (Pasmanda Muslims) would only encourage conversion from Hinduism to Islam and also Christianity since it would act as an incentive used to coerce gullible Hindus. With political parties including BJP battling for Pasmanda Muslim votes in states like UP and Bihar, the demand of Jamiat and AIPMM poses a real and present danger to the Hindu community and BJP would do well to be cautious of the potential problems stemming from their outreach.

England’s Harry Brook wins ICC’s player of the month award for December after an incredible tour of Pakistan

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England’s Harry Brook wins ICC’s player of the month award for December after an incredible tour of Pakistan

England’s up-and-coming star Harry Brook made an instant impact in Test cricket and has been rewarded with the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for December 2022.

Shorlisted alongside Babar Azam and Travis Head, Harry Brook beat off stiff competition to grab the award after an incredible tour of Pakistan in December. The 23-year-old played a key role in England’s 3-0 whitewash against Pakistan, finishing the series as the highest run-getter with 468 runs in three matches. 

Brook proved to be a perfect fit for the ‘BazBall’ approach and slotted in seamlessly in the middle-order in the absence of Jonny Bairstow, with his runs coming at an incredible strike rate of 93.41.

Playing in just his second Test, the youngster returned scores of 153 and 87 in the first match of the series in Rawalpindi. His century in the first innings came off just 116 balls as he picked apart the Pakistan bowling line-up to set the tone for the rest of the series.

He went on to score a hundred each in the remaining two Tests as England dominated on their return to play Test cricket on Pakistan soil after 17 years.

Brook was named the Player of the Series for his incredible exploits with the bat and he now caps off the year with yet another feather in his cap as the ICC Player of the Month for December 2022.

Brook was also given the ‘Man of the Series’ award for his superb show in the seven-match T20I series against the Asian giants that took place in September-October as a part of the tour. 

In seven innings, he scored 238 runs at an average of 79.33, with one half-century and the best score of 81*.

Notably back in December, Brook was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season in 2023 for Rs 13.25 crores.

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

Bengaluru: Under construction pillar for Metro Rail collapses on a family of 4, mother-son killed, 2 others injured

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Bengaluru: Under construction pillar for Metro Rail collapses on a family of 4, mother-son killed, 2 others injured

 A woman and her toddler son were killed after an under-construction metro pillar collapsed near Nagavara on the outer ring road in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning, police said.

While the woman and her two-and-a-half-old son succumbed to their injuries in hospital, her husband and daughter have been hospitalised with injuries. The four of them were travelling on a bike when the incident took place.

Bheemashankar S Guled, DCP East Bengaluru said, “This morning around 10:45 am, when the couple along with their twin children were travelling towards Hebbal when the metro pillar collapsed on the bike. The mother, Tejaswini and son Vihaan were seriously injured and shifted to Altis Hospital where both of them succumbed to their injuries. “

Forensic experts are at the incident site and are investigating the DCP said. More details awaited.

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

Tata Group set to takeover iPhone plant from Wistron, will manufacture the first homegrown iPhone

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Tata Group set to takeover iPhone plant from Wistron, will manufacture the first homegrown iPhone

Tata Group will soon take over a major plant owned by Taiwan’s Wistron Corp to give India its first homegrown iPhone maker. The company was reportedly in talks with Wistron for months, and the deal is expected to close by the end of March 2023.

The Economic Times quoted two unnamed persons familiar with the ongoing talks saying that Tata and Wistron have been discussing various possible tie-ups. As the plans are still out of public sight, the names of the persons were not revealed in the report. Tata is expected to oversee the manufacturing operations with support from the Taiwanese company. Earlier, in December, it was reported that Tata had initiated talks with Wistron.

As of now, Wistron and Foxconn Technology Group are the leaders in iPhone assembly. If the deal between Tata and Wistron goes through as expected, it will pose a major challenge to China’s dominance in the global electronics market. Notably, because of China and US tensions and Covid-related hurdles, China is already facing challenges in maintaining its stature in the market.

ET added that Tata is aiming to complete the process by March 31 so that Tata’s electronics arm can formally take over Wistron’s position in Government’s program that gives incentives to set up such plants in India. The next cycle of the incentives by GoI is set to start from April 1 for the 2023-24 Financial Year.

The iPhone manufacturing operations of Wistron in India would cost around $600 million, provided the company fulfills the set requirements to receive the incentives from the Government in the current financial year.

Reportedly, in 2020, Wistron agreed to sell its iPhone production business in China to a competitor. iPhone manufacturing is a thin-margin business, and the company wanted to diversify its business to other segments, including servers. While Wistron is all set to exit the iPhone manufacturing in India as well, other Taiwanese companies in this sector, including Foxconn and Pegatron Group, are expanding their manufacturing businesses.

Tata’s deal with Wistron is important because Apple is moving ahead to reduce its dependency on China for iPhone production, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic that has severely affected the supply chains. Furthermore, the restrictions imposed in China during Covid have created havoc for many companies that have manufacturing plants in the country, including Apple.

The manufacturing plant Tata has its eyes on is located 50 KMs east of Bengaluru. It is a 2.2 million-square-foot factory with 10,000 workers and a couple of thousand engineers providing services. Notably, even after the deal, Wistron would continue providing iPhone services in India.

In recent times, Tata has taken several steps to increase business with Apple. It owns a factory in Hosur located close to Bengaluru, where iPhone components are manufactured. Tata has also initiated the hiring process to increase the number of employees in that factory. Hosur plant also has additional land where Tata might plan to expand the existing iPhone manufacturing lines. In the first quarter of 2023, 100 Apple Stores will be opened in association with Tata, and the first store is set to open in Mumbai. Notably, while iPhone sells online in India, the Brick and Mortar stores have not yet opened in the country.

Assam: Massive eviction drive in Lakhimpur to free 450 hectares of forest land, Congress MLA Sherman Ali detained for protesting

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Assam: Massive eviction drive in Lakhimpur to free 450 hectares of forest land, Congress MLA Sherman Ali detained for protesting

After the administration in Assam’s Lakhimpur on Tuesday began a massive eviction drive to clear vast swathes of forest land, Lakhimpur SP BM Rajkhowa said that around 450 hectares of land would be freed from the encroachers.

The Superintendent of Police of Lakhimpur district BM Rajkhowa said that the eviction drive is underway and going on peacefully. “We will free around 450 hectares of land from the encroachers. Originally there were around 500 families, but after issuing notices from the administration nearly 300 families have left the area. And many families have left the area this morning also. We have deployed security personnel, but there is no report of any untoward situation,” Lakhimpu SP BM Rajkhowa told ANI.

Heavy security has been deployed in the area and the district administration is seen to be using excavators and tractors for the operation.

Meanwhile, many families who encroached on the forest lands have destroyed their houses and left the area.
Earlier on December 26, the district administration of Barpeta district of Assam carried out a massive eviction drive against encroachers.

The eviction drive was carried out in the presence of heavy security at the Baghbar Satra Kanara area where some people have encroached on nearly 400 bighas of government land. Police had also detained suspended Congress MLA Sherman Ali who staged a protest against the eviction.

Sunbar Chutia, Circle Officer, Barpeta said, “The district administration has evicted around 45 families who illegally encroached on the land of Satra Kanara.”

“Earlier, we had issued notice three times to them (evicted families) and a public notice. The entire eviction drive was conducted peacefully. These lands will be government’s land and the government will use these lands as per requirement,” Sunbar Chutia said.

The Assam government had previously carried out a massive eviction drive at Batadraba in the Nagaon district.

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

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee Govt files FIR against 10 journalists and state BJP chief for ‘misreporting’ Vande Bharat stone pelting

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West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee Govt files FIR against 10 journalists and state BJP chief for ‘misreporting’ Vande Bharat stone pelting

The Trinamool Congress Government in West Bengal, working under the leadership of CM and party chief Mamata Banerjee, has initiated yet another witch-hunt against media voices. Kolkata Police registered an FIR against state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar and 10 journalists from the city on Monday, January 9, for allegedly ‘misreporting’ the stone pelting incidents on the Vande Bharat Express.

As many as 10 reporters from various media organizations and BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar were summoned to Beliaghata Police Station. The BJP leader and scribes were booked by the Kolkata police, at the behest of the Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, under specific sections of the Information Technology Act for giving the state a ‘bad name’.

BJP hits back

Following the summons, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar retorted by saying that he is not afraid of TMC’s dirty tricks and is ready to face a legal battle.

“The FIR against journalists & me just for reporting Vande Bharat stone pelting in Bengal shows the condition of democracy under @MamataOfficial rule. I’m not afraid of TMC’s dirty tricks & ready to face a legal battle but cases against journalists should be scrapped asap,” tweeted the BJP leader.

BJP leader Amit Malviya also took to Twitter to criticise the Mamata Banerjee establishment for harassing the media and attempting to stifle press freedom. “This is nothing but harassment of journalists working for Delhi based media organisations, based in Bengal, for reporting on Vande Bharat stone pelting incident, which has apparently tarnished Mamata Banerjee’s “image”. FIR filed against them… This is worst kind of censorship,” Malviya tweeted.

Notably, the arbitrary action against the journalists and the BJP chief was taken by the state machinery after Mamata Banerjee recently threatened media outlets with legal action for spreading ‘fake news’ that the incidents of stone pelting on Vande Bharat Express trains took place in West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee threatens ‘fake news spreaders’ with legal action

Notably, both Majumdar and ten others took to social media to report that the newly inaugurated Howrah-New Jalpaiguri semi-high-speed train was vandalised by some miscreants in West Bengal. However, Mamata Banerjee claimed that it was in Bihar where stones were pelted and not in Bengal. 

Mamata Banerjee further said that the people of Bihar are angry as they did not get a Vande Bharat Express.

“Vande Bharat was pelted with stones in Bihar and not in West Bengal. We will take legal action against those media outlets that telecast fake news that the incident took place in West Bengal and brought a bad name to our state,” Banerjee told reporters before leaving Sagar Island.

“People of Bihar may be angry as they too want Vande Bharat Express. Just because BJP isn’t in power there, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t allow there,” she said.

The West Bengal CM also said that there is nothing special about Vande Bharat Express, it is just an old train refurbished with a new engine.

Two back-to-back stone pelting incidents on Vande Bharat Express 

The Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express was stoned for two days in a row. The Eastern Railways later reported that after reviewing CCTV footage, it was discovered that the stone-throwing incident on the train occurred in Malda district on January 2 and in Bihar’s Kishanganj district the next day.

Soon after the video surfaced, West Bengal’s chief minister stated that legal action would be taken against media outlets that disseminated “fake news” that the incident occurred in West Bengal, hurting the state’s reputation. The incidents triggered a slugfest between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the train on December 30.

Delhi LG gives prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid on sedition charges for tweets against Indian Army

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Delhi LG gives prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid on sedition charges for tweets against Indian Army

On January 10, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, VK Saxena, granted permission to prosecute Shehla Rashid, former student leader of Jawaharlal Nehru University and member of All India Students Association (AISA), a left-wing student organisation. She will be charged under section 196 of CrPC, 1973, for her tweets against the Indian Army. In a statement, Delhi LG’s office said, “Delhi LG VK Saxena grants prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid, ex-Vice President of JNUSU & member of AISA, for making two tweets about the Indian Army aimed at promoting enmity between different groups & indulging in acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony.”

A case was filed against Shehla Rashid in 2019 after she claimed in her tweets that the Indian Armed Forces were “entering houses” and “picking up boys” in Jammu and Kashmir. The first tweet read, “Armed Forces are entering houses at night, picking up boys, ransacking houses, deliberately spilling rations on the floor, mixing oil with rice, etc.” The tweets were made after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.

Shehla Rashid’s tweets from 2019. Source: Twitter

In the second tweet, she wrote, “In Shopian, 04 men were called into the Army Camp and ‘interrogated’ (tortured). A mic was kept close to them so that the entire area could hear them scream and be terrorised. This created an environment of fear in the entire area.”

The tweets were made as a part of a tweet thread on August 18, 2019, which is still live on the social media platform Twitter. Notably, the Indian Army had denied the allegations levelled by Rashid. In a statement, the Indian Army said, “Allegations levelled by Shehla Rashid are baseless and rejected. Such unverified and fake news is spread by inimical elements and organisations to incite unsuspecting population.”

Subsequently, a complaint was filed against Rashid by Supreme Court lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava seeking her arrest for allegedly spreading fake news against the government and the Indian Army.

In his complaint, he said that she has, prima facie committed an offence of sedition under Section 124-A of IPC. It also says that Rashid has further committed offences of ‘promoting enmity between the classes’ under Sections 153, 153-A, 504, and 505 of IPC.

In September 2019, Alakh said an FIR was registered.

In July 2021, Alakh wrote on Twitter that he was informed by the Delhi Police that they had sought sanction from the Arvind Kejriwal government for filing Chargesheet against Rashid.

Following the permission granted by the LG, Alakh said, “Delhi LG grants prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid in my 2019 FIR registered against her. Though belated, I welcome this decision. I hope she gets the most stringent punishment for spreading fake news & for inciting violence against our Indian Army & it acts as a deterrent.”

I welcome this decision of Delhi LG. Certainly, I want she should be awarded the most stringent punishment. It should also be a lesson to others who indulge in similar acts like spreading fake news against Indian Army and inciting violence against Indian Army.

Supreme Court defers urgent hearing over Joshimath land sinking incidents after taking a different approach on Haldwani land encroachment case

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Supreme Court defers urgent hearing over Joshimath land sinking incidents after taking a different approach on Haldwani land encroachment case

On Tuesday (January 10), the Supreme Court of India deferred the urgent hearing of land sinking incidents in Joshimath city in the Chamoli district of Uttarkhand.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the apex court by a Hindu religious leader, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati. He had sought active support from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for the residents of Joshimath.

Besides, he had urged the Supreme court to declare the lank sinking incidents in the city as a ‘National disaster’ and direct authorities to pay compensation to the victims. The matter came up before a 2-Judge Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud.

While the petitioner had sought an urgent hearing of the alarming situation, they deferred it to January 16, 2023, by claiming that not every urgent issue in the country needs to be addressed by the apex court.

CJI DY Chandrachud stated, “Everything which is important in the country need not come to us. There are democratically elected institutions to see this. They can deal with what falls under their control. We’ll keep it on the 16th.”

“There are institutions taking care of it,” Justice Narasimha further emphasised. This was despite the fact that 610 buildings in the city had developed large cracks and 60 families had been forced to move to temporary shelters. A total of 600 families are expected to be affected by the recent lank sinking incidents.

The grim situation in Joshimath

Joshimath is located on the middle slopes of the hill, bounded on the west and east by Karmanasa and Dhaknala, respectively, and on the other sides by Dhauliganga and Alaknanda.

With increasing urbanization, this small Himalayan town has come under increased strain. According to the researchers, urbanization has historically aggravated these issues because it disrupts natural water drainage, slopes, and results in an uncontrolled flow of water.

It is pertinent to note that the alarm for an expected landslide was raised as far back as 1976, in the Mishra Committee report. The report stated that Joshimath is situated in a landslide zone and it is sinking. 

Despite providing a scientific basis, the Mishra Committee’s recommendations were ignored by the governments for years. 

Supreme Court’s approach on the Haldwani Encroachment case

The decision by the Supreme Court to defer the hearing in the Joshimath case, despite an impending catastrophe awaiting the residents of the city, is alarming.

While the Chief Justice of India has claimed that there are democratically elected institutions to take care of the land sinking incidents in Joshimath, the Supreme Court chose a different approach altogether in the Haldwani land encroachment case.

Instead, the apex court put a stay on the matter of the removal of encroachment from the land owned by the Indian Railways land in Haldwani and ruled that a workable arrangement has to be devised.

While the Supreme Court agreed that the land belongs to Indian Railways and is needed for the development and expansion of railway infrastructure, the court stated in its judgement that the government must give full rehabilitation to the eligible residents of the area. 

This was despite the fact that the matter underwent legal scrutiny for 15 long years, starting in 2007, following which the Uttarkhand High Court directed the eviction of the illegal residents.

The Uttarakhand High Court had ordered the authorities to evict forthwith the unauthorized occupants to vacate the premises from the railway land adjoining Haldwani Railway Station, commonly called Gaffur Basti. Accordingly, the action was initiated on December 29 after providing residents with a one-week prior notice.

Further, in accordance with the court ruling, residents of the Banbhoolpura area in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani who live on encroached railway land were also asked to surrender their licensed weapons and guns with the administration before the process of removing encroachments began.

Given that ‘human suffering’ remained the matter of concern in the Haldwani case, a similar application of urgency and redressal seemed missing in the Joshimath case.

While the Supreme Court was quick to enter the arena of the Legislature in the land encroachment case, it left the Joshimath disaster conveniently at the hands of ‘democratically elected institutions.’

West Bengal: Kolkata STF arrests ISIS terrorist Abdul Raqib Qureshi from Madhya Pradesh, third arrest in two days

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West Bengal: Kolkata STF arrests ISIS terrorist Abdul Raqib Qureshi from Madhya Pradesh, third arrest in two days

On Monday, January 9, the special task force (STF) of Kolkata police arrested a person with suspected links to the Islamic State (ISIS) terror outfit. The accused, identified as Abdul Raqib Qureshi, was apprehended on Monday night in Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh.

One mobile phone, one pen drive, and other incriminating articles have been recovered from Qureshi. The STF sleuths are bringing him to Kolkata on a transit remand today (January 10).

The Kolkata police have said that Qureshi is an important link to the terror module that was busted on 7th January 2023 after the arrest of two suspected ISIS operatives, Mohammad Saddam and Syed Ahmed, from the eastern slope of Vidyasagar Sethu, Kolkata.

Two men arrested for suspected links with ISIS in Kolkata, West Bengal

This arrest was made based on the inputs provided by Mohammad Saddam and Syed Ahmed. The duo was under the watch of security agencies for some time as it was found that they were circulating jihadi propaganda materials for organisations like ISIS. After getting information that they were going to attend a meeting, the STF team tracked them and caught them at the Vidyasagar Sethu. Police recovered one laptop and two mobile phones from the arrested suspects.

Following the arrest, an STF official informed that a preliminary inquiry showed that Saddam and Syed’s major activities were brainwashing young people into joining the terrorist organisation ISIS and securing funding to expand their network throughout the state. The duo lived in the Howrah district of Bengal.

According to police, Md. Saddam is a mechanical engineering student at Aliah University in New Town. He, along with Syed Ahmed, used social media to brainwash youths to join militant organizations and incite them to engage in anti-national activities.

They were using propaganda videos for this purpose. Security agencies suspect that some handler in the middle east is behind them. It is suspected that Saddam was also in contact with IS operatives in Pakistan and West Asia.

US: 12-year-old Oklahoma girl stabs her 9-year-old brother to death while parents were asleep, arrested

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US: 12-year-old Oklahoma girl stabs her 9-year-old brother to death while parents were asleep, arrested

A 12-year-old girl in Oklahoma state of the United States of America was arrested for allegedly stabbing her younger brother, a nine-year-old boy, to death.

As per reports, the incident took place when the children’s parents were asleep upstairs. The girl woke them up shortly before midnight on Thursday last week and told them that she had stabbed her brother.

The girl is held in custody at the Family Centre for Juvenile Justice in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The investigation is being handled by the Tulsa Police Child Unit.

The police said when they responded to the incident at the River Bank Plaza Apartments complex, the place where the family lived, they found firefighters and paramedics “already on scene and performing CPR to the 9-year-old victim.

The boy was reportedly rushed to the hospital and taken into surgery, but he ultimately succumbed to his injuries shortly after 2:30 am.

The death of the nine-year-old boy marks the second homicide of 2023 in the city of Tulsa, as per the Tulsa Police Department Child Crisis Unit. The city witnessed 68 homicides in 2022.

The Tulsa Police Department Chief Wendell Franklin reacted to the child’s death, asserting that homicides in the city were a clear sign of a societal problem. “All homicides are tragic, but the 2nd homicide of 2023 in Tulsa shows a definitive societal problem. The question is, how does society address a child killing another child?” he tweeted on Friday.

While the motive of the act has not yet been established, the police said the court will be responsible for ascertaining the intent.

“Obviously we did some interviews, but interviews with a 12-year-old are very preliminary,” said Richard Meulenberg, a police officer from the Tulsa Police Department. “This, unfortunately, has no easy end or easy path, this is going to be a long, convoluted process that’s going to be extremely taxing on everyone involved in this.”

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