In what may come as a relief to millions of football fans across the world, Argentine talisman Lionel Messi has announced that he will continue to play football for Argentina after securing the 2022 FIFA World Cup title with his national team, defeating France.
“No, I’m not going to retiring from the Argentina national team,” he told TyC Sports, as quoted by Goal.com. “I want to continue playing as a champion.” The Argentina legend also said he had a feeling he was going to win the tournament this time around.
On Sunday, Argentina came out victorious in the intensely fought final in what was the last World Cup for Argentine talisman Lionel Messi. After finishing all square at the end of the second half of extra time, Argentina won the final 4-2 on penalties.
Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Ball, the honour given to the best player of a FIFA World Cup, after a thrilling final at Lusail which saw the legendary striker’s World Cup dreams turn into reality following a 4-2 win over France in penalties.
Messi, playing his final FIFA World Cup this year, was in top form throughout the entire tournament. Scoring crucial goals, converting penalties and assisting his teammates in scoring, the 35-year-old legend did it all.
Messi ended up as the second-highest goal scorer in the tournament after France’s Kylian Mbappe.
Argentina’s ambassador to India HJ Gobbi was visibly jubilant late Sunday evening after his country’s win over France in the FIFA World Cup final.
Fans celebrated Argentina’s win at an event organised by Argentina’s embassy at a hotel in New Delhi. “It is an emotional moment. I hope this is not Messi’s last World Cup, I want to see another one,” said HJ Gobbi, the Ambassador of Argentina.
Hundreds of fans erupted in celebrations on the streets of Kolkata after Messi entered folklore with Argentina’s historic win. Swarms of Argentina and Messi fans gathered at the Shree Bhoomi Sporting Club in Bidhannagar to watch the World Cup final. Argentina won its third World Cup, and its first since 1986.
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Lionel Messi, the greatest player to ever play the game of Football for the majority, has finally got his hands on the one trophy that had eluded him till now. In a glittering career full of trophies, including a record 7 Ballon d’Ors, Messi had never lifted the game’s biggest prize, falling short in his 4 previous attempts with the national teal. All those ghosts were put to rest at the Iconic Stadium in Lusail as Argentina won an incredible final against France in the penalty shootout.
After 120 minutes, there was nothing to separate the two teams as they were level at 3-3 at the end of extra time. In the penalty shootout, Emiliano Martinez was once again the hero for Argentina as he was in the Quarter Finals against the Netherlands, as he saved one penalty from Kingsley Coman, while Aurélien Tchouaméni also missed his penalty for France. Argentina converted all their 4 penalties to win the final 4-2 and end the 36-year-long wait of Argentina for a World Cup.
The final was billed as Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe, teammates at Paris St Germain, and the talismans for their respective national teams, and it did turn into Messi vs Mbappe. Very often, the players can’t live up to the hype when such individual contests are highlighted, but Messi and Mbappe delivered, and how. Mbappe got his hat-trick, while Messi scored 2 goals and played a part in his team’s 3rd goal.
Eventually, it turned into one of the greatest FIFA World Cup finals, but initially, it looked like a totally one-sided final as Argentina totally dominated the first half. Lionel Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Angel Di Maria was brought down by Ousmane Dembele. Shortly afterward, Di Maria increased Argentina’s lead after a very well-worked team goal, a move in which Messi again played a key part.
Ahead of the final, there was a lot of discussion about whether the Argentinian coach Lionel Scaloni would start with Angel Di Maria. Scaloni did start with Di Maria on the left wing for Argentina and the French defense just couldn’t cope with the pacy winger. Right from the start, Argentina dominated France with Di Maria running the french defense ragged.
It looked like curtains for France and Argentina looked to be coasting to the World Cup win up until the 79th minute when France got a penalty of their own after Otamendi committed a clumsy foul in the box. With regular penalty taker Griezmann off the pitch, Kylian Mbappe stepped up and got France back in the game from the penalty spot. Just 97 seconds later, Mbappe showed his brilliance as he volleyed France level, shocking Argentina.
There was more drama to follow as the game went into extra time. Messi thought he had won it for Argentina after he bundled home Argentina’s 3rd in the 108th minute, only for France to get another penalty and Mbappe to complete his hattrick from the spot in the 118th minute. France nearly won it in the very last seconds but Emiliano Martinez produced one of the best saves of the tournament to deny France.
In the penalty shootout, Mbappe scored his 3rd penalty of the night, but it wasn’t enough as Martinez once again stepped up for Argentina when it mattered the most.
Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball award. On the other hand, Kylian Mbappe from France got the Golden Boot, being the highest scorer in this World Cup with 8 goals. He also scored a hattrick in the final.
Argentina’s goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, who mattered the most at the end, was the choice for the Golden Gloves. Enzo Fernandez of the champion team was awarded the Young Player Award.
This is the 3rd FIFA World Cup for France, previously having won it in 1978 at home, and in 1986 in Mexico. Now the 36-year-long wait has finally come to an end for the Football mad nation.
A man was arrested for allegedly posing as a Hindu to befriend a girl and subsequently threatening to kill and chop her into 36 pieces in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, an official said on Sunday.
The accused who was identified as Aaftab posed as Rahul on social media to establish relations with the girl. According to the police, when the girl came to know the truth, Aaftab threatened to kill her and chop her into 36 pieces, about which she told brother. Her brother then reached the regional park in the city with Bajrang Dal members. The girl had called Aaftab to the park to meet on Saturday.
Upon Aaftab’s arrival in the park, the members of Bajrang Dal thrashed him. They took him to the Rajendra Nagar Police Station and registered a complaint.
“The girl registered the complaint that the accused introduced himself as Rahul to befriend her, but when she came to know the reality, he threatened to kill her and chop her into 36 pieces,” Additional Commissioner Rajesh Hingankar said.
He said that a case has been registered against Aaftab under sections 323, 294, 506, assault, intimidation and Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act 3, 4.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
The incident comes weeks after the horrific murder case in Delhi came to light in which the accused in the case, Aaftab Poonawalla allegedly murdered his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopped her into 35 pieces. The accused was arrested by Delhi Police.
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Maharashtra will bring a Lokayukta law on the lines of the Centre’s Lokpal Act, which will bring the Chief Minister and other ministers under its ambit, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.
The former Maharashtra CM announced this while addressing a press conference in Nagpur, saying that the bill will be introduced in the assembly in the upcoming winter session that begins tomorrow. He said that the Maharashtra government has approved the Anna Hazare Committee report of introducing Lokayukta in Maharashtra on the lines of Lokpal.
The new law will provide for the appointment of a Lokayukta, who will be responsible for investigating corruption allegations against public servants, including the Chief Minister and ministers. The Lokayukta will have the power to initiate investigations on its own, or in response to complaints received from the public.
Today in the cabinet meeting, we have taken important decisions. We have approved the Anna Hazare Committee report of introducing Lokayukta in Maharashtra on the lines of Lokpal. A Bill will be brought in this session: Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/xj1QAf52Ej
“We will run the government with complete transparency. We will make Maharashtra corruption free, that’s why we have decided to bring Lokayukta law into the state,” Devendra Fadnavis said. He said that this is the biggest step the Eknath Shinde government has taken in the last five months.
“Anna Hazare was demanding the Lokpal Act in Maharashtra. We constituted a committee under the leadership of Anna Hazare for recommendations during our tenure. However, no action was taken on it during the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. When we returned to power, we expedited the process,” added Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister.
The Lokayukta will have a team of five people including retired judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts.
The law will also establish a complaint redressal mechanism, through which members of the public can raise concerns about corruption or mismanagement in the government. The Lokayukta will have the authority to take action against public servants found to be involved in corruption or mismanagement.
The move to establish a Lokayukta in Maharashtra follows the passage of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 at the national level, which established the institution of the Lokpal at the Centre and provided for the creation of Lokayuktas in the states. The Act was passed in response to widespread public concern about corruption in the government, and aims to strengthen the fight against corruption by providing an independent mechanism for investigating and prosecuting corrupt officials.
The establishment of a Lokayukta in Maharashtra is expected to improve accountability and transparency in the state government, and help to build public trust in the government. It is hoped that the law will encourage more people to report corruption and mismanagement, and discourage public servants from engaging in corrupt practices.
After at least 72 people died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Bihar’s Chhapra, five persons including the Isuapur Police Station House Officer have been suspended.
Saran Superintendent of Police (SP) Santosh Kumar has suspended Isuapur Station House Officer Sanjay Ram, Chowkidar Hari Rai, Dafadar Krisha Singh and Chowkidar Ramnath Manjhi of Mashrakh police station with immediate effect on the charges of dereliction of duty.
Masrakh SHO Ritesh Mishra and constable Vikesh Tiwari had been suspended on Thursday on the recommendation of Marhaura Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Yogendra Kumar. An intensive investigation has been launched into the activities of many other police officers and personnel.
On Saturday the death toll in the Chapra hooch tragedy touched 70. The matter was taken up in Bihar Assembly. The Opposition, led by the BJP, took on the ruling JD(U)-RJD combined over the rising hooch deaths despite a ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in the state, which has been in effect since April 2016.
Amid severe criticism from the Opposition, led by the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that no compensation will be given if a person dies after consuming spurious liquor.
“No compensation will be provided to people who die after consuming spurious liquor. We have been appealing to you not to drink. If you drink, you will die. Those who speak against prohibition will not bring any good to the people,” the Bihar CM said in the Assembly on Friday.
Meanwhile, in Chhapra’s adjoining district Siwan at least 5 people were reported to have died died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor. All five deceased are residents of Brahsthan and Sondhani villages of the Bhagwanpur Police Station area.
The deceased have been identified as Mahesh Rai (40), Sambhu Yadav (36), Amir Manjhi (45), and Awadh Manjhi (36) of Brahmasthan Village while Ramendra Pandit hailed from Sondhani village.
Also in Begusarai district, administration swung into action after one person reportedly died allegedly after consuming liquor.
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Indians have started implementing the ‘Boycott China’ campaign from social media to real life, well, a survey suggests so. Clashes in the Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh have exacerbated tensions between India and China. After the Tawang clashes near LAC, a social engagement community platform named ‘Local Circles’ conducted a survey to “understand the pulse of the citizens regarding Chinese products and services including use of Chinese apps.”
As per Local Circles, over 40,000 consumers across 319 districts of India responded to the survey. 37% of respondents were women, compared to 63% of men.
As per the findings of the survey, 58% of Indians have curbed their ‘Made in China’ purchases while 28% of Indians found the Indian alternatives better in terms of quality, price, and customer service.
58% Indians reduced their purchase of Chinese products
The first question asked of the respondents was, “What are all the reasons that you reduced the amount you spent on purchasing Made in China products in the last 12 months?”
In response, 58% of respondents said they purchased “Made in India products because of India-China geopolitical developments,” 28% observed that “the Indian alternative was better in price-quality combination as well as, customer service, while 11% chose better quality Indian products, and 8% preferred an alternative foreign product because it had a better price, quality, and customer service.
Additionally, 8% of respondents said that the lack of Made in China products in markets, stores, or online was a factor in their decision.
Infographic via LocalCircles
The lack of a need to purchase any goods in the previous year was a decisive factor for 11% of consumers. Notably, 35% of Chinese consumers identified gadgets, electronics, and accessories as their top category of purchases during the previous 12 months, with 14% citing festive celebration products including lighting, lamps, and other items. According to Local Circles, this question was asked to around 11,707 people, many of whom opted for more than one category of answers.
Chinese gadgets continue to dominate the Indian markets
In the second question, the surveyors attempted to understand what category of Chinese products Indians continued to buy and what they were buying less.
The second question asked, “What are all the different categories of Made in China consumer products that you purchased in the last 12 months?”
The majority of respondents (35%), listed gadgets, electronics, and accessories as their top category, followed by 14%, who cited festive celebration items like lighting, lamps, etc., 8%, who had shopped for consumer electronics, and 8% more, who had bought home furnishings.
Infographic via LocalCircles
Only 5% of respondents and their families bought Chinese toys and stationery, and only 5% preferred Chinese gift items due to worries about the quality of the paints and other materials used. 11% however, said that they bought other Chinese products.
Only 3% Indians bought Chinese fashion products
Only 3% of respondents to a 2022 LocalCircles survey admitted to purchasing Made in China bags, clothing, accessories, etc., compared to 11% in 2021.
None of the respondents in the vehicle accessories category, down to 7% this time, admitted having purchased any car accessories made in China so far this year.
Infographic via LocalCircles
Even after some deviations, the LocalCircles poll conducted in 2021 and now shows that the demand for electronics made in China has increased year over year from 29% to 35%. The demand for festive celebration products has also increased, from 11% to 14%.
Consumer electronics and white goods demand went from 7% to 8%, toys and stationery from 4% to 5%, and gift products imported from China also saw a slight 1% gain.
29% Indians have at least one Chinese app on their mobile phone
Despite the fact that the majority 59% of Indian smartphone users surveyed have no Chinese apps, 29% still have one or two on their devices.
29% of the 12,601 respondents said that they had one or more Chinese apps installed on their mobile phones. According to the survey, 22% of people have one or two Chinese apps on their smartphones, 4% have three to four, and 3% have five or more.
Infographic via LocalCircles
Notably, the Narendra Modi government has taken several measures over the years to reduce India’s dependence on Chinese products and safeguard Indian users against security threats posed by several Chinese apps. In June 2020, India banned 59 Chinese apps including the popular TikTok app as well. Besides, in September 2020, the government banned additional 118 apps including the popular multiplayer online game PUBG.
On Saturday (December 17), the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) wrote to Union Minister Piyush Goyal seeking a change in the imports of goods and e-commerce policy. CTI also demanded to make it be mandatory to mention the country of origin on the packaging of every product.
Despite the challenges, the overall findings of the survey suggest that along with the government, the people of India have also decided to choose Indian products over Chinese.
On Saturday (December 16), a man was arrested for flashing his private part inside the premises of a Shiv temple in Indore. The man was seen doing obscene acts inside the Vishweshwar Mahadev temple in Prakash Nagar in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh.
As per reports, the accused was identified as Wasim. The incident of the man doing obscene acts in the temple was recorded in the CCTV footage. Wasim was arrested after police checked the CCTV footage after receiving a complaint about the obscene act. He has been booked under the National Security Act (NSA).
Indore, MP | Youth arrested for doing obscene acts in Vishweshwar Mahadev temple, Prakash Nagar
Yesterday we got info that a youth was doing obscene acts. CCTV footage of the area checked. Accused Wasim arrested. Action being taken under NSA act: T Qazi, SHO, Sanyogita Ganj PS pic.twitter.com/imjZrE7ISe
While speaking about the matter, the Station House Officer (SHO) of the Sanyogita Ganj police station, T Qazi, informed, “We had received information yesterday that a man did obscene acts in Prakash Nagar’s temple. The investigation was undertaken. The investigation was done through the CCTV footage and other methods available at the police’s disposal. The police have arrested the accused and further action is being taken.” He also said that Action is being taken against Wasim under NSA act.
The police officer further said, “The accused is used to intoxication. He was identified as Wasim. Action is being taken under the NSA act. Further investigation of his phone and his activities will be done.” The police added that other charges will be applied after studying the case.
Indore: A man was flashing his private parts inside a Hindu temple. He was also passing comments to girls there. After investigating the cctv footage, Indore police has arrested a man named Wasim. pic.twitter.com/Lgi02jeB5j
Currently lodged in Tihar jail in a Rs 200 crore extortion case, Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has dropped yet another ‘letter bomb’ threatening to expose Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president Arvind Kejriwal.
In his letter addressing CM Kejriwal as ‘Maha Thug’, Chandrashekhar alleged that Kejriwal is sending threats and offers through his “agents and very own jail administration.” Chandrashekhar claimed that Kejriwal’s operatives are pressing him to follow Kejriwal’s instructions and write letters to the media and Delhi LG that he was “pressurized to by the BJP to write against you (Kejriwal) and AAP.”
He further alleged that CM Kejriwal wants Chandrashekhar to withdraw complaints filed against Satyendar Jain and retract statements given to the high-powered committee.
Chandrashekhar further clarified that he has been writing all the letters of his own free will and that nobody is pressurising him to write such letters. He also said that he is writing the true events that took place between him, Arvind Kejriwal, and his “gang of crooks.”
The conman further asserted that “BJP is not a party like yours (AAP) to indulge in such cheap politics as you do on a daily basis.”
Chandrashekhar also took a swipe at Kejriwal over his claim that his party will win 200+ seats in MCD elections and pointed out that AAP lost in the seats under Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia’s area.
Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s statement
Chandrashekhar reiterated his demand to undergo a polygraph test along with Arvind Kejriwal and Satyendar Jain face-to-face. He urged Kejriwal to prove that he is “Kattar Imandaar” as he claims to be.
The conman then dared Kejriwal to sack Satyendar Jain saying that he will not do so as in that case Jain will testify against Kejriwal. “You have not sacked Satyendar Jain, because he will then testify against you as he is the most important person in your loot gang”, wrote the jailed conman.
Chandrashekhar also mentioned a brown and black Mont Blanc diary allegedly belonging to Satyendar Jain having “all the accounts of amounts” in it.
Satyendar Jain, who is also currently lodged in Tihar Jail, has been accused by Chandrashekhar of using his power as a minister even in jail. He also asked Arvind Kejriwal to answer how a jailed Satyendar Jain has access to a mobile phone or who is using his phone to make threatening calls to Chandrashekhar.
Concluding his letter, Chandrashekhar said that he will not back out and will “expose all and show the true colors of you (Kejriwal) to the country.
(All Images via IndiaToday)
It is pertinent to mention that Sukesh Chandrashekhar had previously claimed that AAP had put pressure on him to contribute to its campaign for the Punjab and Goa elections. Additionally, he claimed Jain asked for his assistance in February 2017 to convert $20 million in Indian rupees and bitcoin.
A claim is being circulated on social media saying that over 16 lakh voters were reported to have cast their votes in the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections after 5 PM. The messages being circulated with the intention to create an impression that abnormal voting took place after the closing of voting hours at the recently concluded assembly elections.
A Congress supporter on Twitter who goes by the handle @achalshah06 published it on December 7. “1600000+ voted after 5 pm in Gujarat election’s phase 2,” tweeted Shah, asking if it is an ‘abnormal figure’.
Source: Twitter
A left supporter who goes by the handle @tnwatch1 published an image containing text suggesting the same.
When checked, several reports pointed out similar information. On December 10, The Hindu reported that the revised data from the Election Commission of India suggested that the voter turnout in the second phase of the election jumped by almost 6.5 per cent. It further added that around 16 lakh people voted after the deadline of 5 PM. The earlier data indicated that the turnout was 58.8 per cent for 93 constituencies. However, the revised data indicated that it was 65.3 per cent. The initial figures for the first phase were 60.11 per cent, and the revised data indicated 63.14 per cent of voters cast their votes. The Hindu did not explain any reason why it could have happened.
On December 12, the matter was raised by Congress leader Pawan Khera. In a statement to the media, he said that the jump was “unusually high”. Congress claimed that it takes around 60 seconds for a voter to cast his or her vote. However, if calculated, the revised data suggested that the voters completed the process in around 25-30 seconds which is “humanly impossible”, said the Congress leader.
Nothing abnormal as claimed
While it seems abnormal at the first glance, there is nothing unusual in student jump in the voting figures. This jump after the closing of voting takes place due to delays in the process of uploading the turnout numbers from each polling booth during an election.
Notably, amidst the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India launched an application named Voter Turnout. As per its description on the ECI website, before the launch of the app, the media and general public used to get information about voter turnout only after the end of the day. However, since its launch, voter turnout data has been available multiple times a day.
However, it takes around one hour to collect the information and upload the data in the application. Furthermore, one has to understand that voting machines are not connected to any network. One of the security measures of the EVMs is that they don’t have the capability to connect to a network, they are completely standalone machines, which makes it impossible to access them remotely.
That means real-time data updates are not possible. The EC description of the process reads, “The mechanism involves simple entry of approximate cumulative percentage turnout through the web portal during the currency of the poll. These entries are to be done without fail in a designated time slot by the Returning Officer /Assistant Returning Officers.” The data is entered as per time slots.
To collect the turnout data, the polling officer from each polling booth sends the number of votes that have taken place by that time to the returning officer via text messages or other such means. The returning officer compiles the data and uploads it to the portal. As there are a large number of polling booths in every constituency, it takes time to manually upload the data at every designated interval.
That means, even after one hour of the vote that has been cast, there is no way to get the exact number. The revised data of the voter turnout gets submitted at around 7 PM. By 5 PM, the updated data on the app is one hour old.
Furthermore, even though the voting for the day ends at 5 PM, those who are already in the queue till 5 PM are allowed to vote. This means actual voting keeps taking place even after 5 pm.
Keeping all these points in mind, it is understandable the data that gets published at 7 PM is the data of the votes polled between 4 PM to the last voting standing who joined the queue before 5 PM. In that case, and by the Congress’s admission itself that it took 25-30 seconds to cast a vote, the time gets increased to 60 to 65 seconds approx, which is humanly possible. The explanation was also provided by Divya Bharati and its screenshot was shared by Achal.
Therefore, the insinuation that 16 lakh people voted after 5 PM is misleading. As the data collection takes time, voter turnout information is not in real-time.
A month after the Supreme Court prematurely released 6 convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Islamist outfit ‘Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath'(TNTJ) has now cried foul over the continued incarceration of the 1998 Coimbatore blast terrorists.
While hinting at prejudice towards radical Islamists, TNTJ demanded the immediate release of the terrorists. As per reports, officer bearers of TNTJ, namely, E Farook (Vice-President), and I Ansari (State Secretary) met Tamil Nadu Additional Chief Secretary K Phanindra Reddy in this regard.
The Islamist outfit claimed that while assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi were prematurely released, terrorists involved in the 1998 Coimbatore blast were being ‘denied justice’ because of their faith.
It must be mentioned that members of the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath were earlier booked for issuing death threats to the judges over the Karnataka hijab verdict.
The Coimbatore serial blasts of 1998
A series of devastating bomb blasts rocked Coimbatore on 14 February 1998 which killed around 60 people and nearly killed LK Advani, the then BJP president whose scheduled arrival was delayed as his flight was late by over 90 minutes.
The bombs were concealed in cars, motorcycles, bicycles, side boxes of two-wheelers, denim and rexine bags, and fruit carts. Reports mention that the bombings were apparently in retaliation to the 1997 Coimbatore riots that happened during November and December in the year 1997.
Mayhem caused during 1998 serial blasts in Coimbatore (Wire)
The terror plot was named ‘Operation Allahu Akbar’ and intended to kill Mr. Advani who was supposed to address an election meeting in the city that day. Seven human bombers with packaged explosives fastened to their waists were ready to attack LK Advani.
However, their preparations failed since they were unable to penetrate the police barrier and approach him. But the other explosives put across the city, in vehicles, motorcycles, tea cans, unsecured bags, and so on, were detonated, causing extensive mayhem and loss of life throughout Coimbatore.
Mayhem caused during 1998 serial blasts in Coimbatore (National Herald)
The investigation later revealed that an Islamist terrorist organisation named Al-Ummah and its chief Syed Ahmed Basha were responsible for the attack. Basha had planned the attack in retaliation to the 1997 riots.
Basha, the first accused and the founder-president of Al-Ummah, was then sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 120-B (conspiracy) of the IPC read with additional IPC offences, including murder, in 2003, and three years of hard imprisonment under Section 153 A (1) of the IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion).
Basha’s brother, Nawab Khan, was also sentenced to life in jail. Now, Khan’s son identified as Muhammed Thalka has been arrested for his involvement in the recent cylinder blasts that happened in the city on October 23, 2022.
