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‘TMC workers abduct women from their homes and violate them night after night’: All you need to know about the violence that has erupted in WB’s Sandeshkhali

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‘TMC workers abduct women from their homes and violate them night after night’: All you need to know about the violence that has erupted in WB’s Sandeshkhali

Since Thursday, February 8, several areas in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal have been on the boil as locals, mainly women, have hit the streets demanding the arrest of absconding TMC leader and Mamata Banerjee’s close aides Sheikh Shahjahan and two other TMC workers Shiba Prasad Hazra and Uttam Sardar, believed to be close to Shahjahan. 

As the protests intensified today (Saturday, February 10) on the third day of the agitation, the local police, working at the behest of TMC supremo and WB CM Mamata Banerjee imposed Section 144 at various areas in Sandeshkhali and also banned the use of the internet in 16 panchayats scattered over the two blocks of Sandeshkhali-I and Sandeshkhali-II.

Since Thursday, February 8, hundreds of women residents of Sandeshkhali came out on the streets on Thursday with brooms, sticks and farming tools and blocked the roads. They are demanding the arrest of Sheikh Shahjahan and his two aides Shiba Prasad Hazra and Uttam Sardar, whom they have accused of making their lives miserable for quite some time, even from before the attack on the ED’s men.

Mamata Banerjee’s close aide, Sheikh Shahjahan is the alleged mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF personnel at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on January 5 and has been on the run ever since.

According to reports, the tension mounted on Friday (February 9) after angry villagers, led by women, in and around the Sandeshkhali area of North 24 Parganas attacked the properties of TMC leaders like Sheikh Shahjahan including a poultry farm owned by Sheikh Shahjahan’s close confidant and Trinamool Congress leader Shibu Hazra.

The locals alleged that the poultry farm was set up on a plot of land that the Trinamool Congress leader had forcefully usurped.

They also alleged that the poultry farm had developed into a centre for several illicit operations. Locals also stated several other instances where Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides had forcefully grabbed lands from poor villagers.

‘They violate the women they pick night after night and release her only when they are “satisfied”: Sandeshkhali woman narrates the plight of women under TMC rule

Hindustan Times quoted Archana Naskar, a Sandeshkhali resident saying that Sardar and Hazra usurped hundreds of acres of farmland over the last few years to run their fisheries. “They deprived people of homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and did not give us the money under the MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme),” Naskar alleged.

“Besides, land grabbing, they also forced the villagers to provide free labour in the businesses run by them. The women of the area were unable to step out of their homes after sunset because of the fear of molestation by Shahjahan’s associates,” another woman protester said.

Meanwhile, BJP leader Amit Malviya has also shared a video on X wherein a local woman resident of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal is heard recounting the atrocities local women are having to endure at the hands of TMC goons. She laments how Trinamool Congress cadres arrive in groups of 20-30 on bikes and at first, they check out every woman in the area. They pick the youngest and most good-looking woman and take her away with them. They violate her night after night and release her only when they are “satisfied,” she says.

The woman goes on to discuss the terror and trepidation Sheikh Shahjahan and his men have unleashed in the neighbourhood, adding that even if the woman they lay their eyes on is married, her husband has no right to her. “He is defenceless. These goons pick up any woman they fancy and no one can do anything,” she laments, providing insight into the appalling conditions faced by women under Mamata Banerjee’s regime.

Meanwhile, Sheikh Shahjahan’s supporters also took to the streets and attacked the locals demanding the arrest of the TMC leader and his aides.

Hindupost shared a short snippet of the local villagers, including women, who were allegedly attacked by Sheikh Shahjahan’s men as they were protesting against the atrocities being perpetrated on them by the members of the ruling dispensation.

The local police, however, instead of acting against the TMC goons, have arrested some local villagers. The locals have, meanwhile, started a sit-in outside the Sandeshkhali police station, stating that it would continue till Shahjahan and his aides were arrested.

Superintendent of Police Hossain Mehedi Rahaman said forces were sent to the area to tackle the situation. A complaint was lodged by the villagers against Shahjahan and his aides on Thursday, and it was being looked into, he added. Searches were on for them, the SP said.

Addressing a press conference, Additional Director-General (Law and Order) Manoj Verma said the situation was under control and urged people not to take the law into their hands. “Probe is underway into all complaints that have been lodged and action will be taken. At the same time, if someone takes up the law into their hands, the law will take its own course. The situation is at present under control,” he said.

Meanwhile, State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar has submitted a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah pleading for his assistance in the case, criticizing the police and the TMC government for allegedly failing to maintain peace and order in the area.

Condemning the lawlessness in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership Majumdar raised concerns over the plight of locals in Sandeshkhali. He told the media, “The situation in Sandeshkhali is very bad right now, villagers protested against the atrocities like land grabbing… kidnapping girls, that are going on for years…Police couldn’t control the situation so they brought TMC goons and arrested the villagers. The TMC goons also attacked villagers, set their houses on fire and misbehaved with women…I wrote to the Union Home Minister requesting to do something about it, people there are in grave danger”.

Who is Sheikh Shahjahan

It may be recalled that Sheikh Shahjahan is the same TMC leader who went missing after as many as his 200 supporters attacked the Enforcement Directorate officials as well as the armed paramilitary forces accompanying the team when they tried to raid his residence in connection with the ration scam probe.

The incident happened on January 5 and Shahjahan Sheikh was said to be the mastermind behind the attack.

The loyalists circled the officials and demonstrated before assaulting them and forcing them to leave the area. They attacked the officers when they tried to break the lock of the gate, which Shahjahan Sheikh did not open despite multiple calls made by the ED officials.

The attackers not only caused grievous injuries to three ED officials, but they also seized personal things such as mobile phones and wallets, according to the investigation agency. The mob also attacked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers who were accompanying the ED team.

Popularly referred to as ‘Betaj Badshah’, TMC’s Shahjahan Sheikh is an influential person in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, an area that is adjacent to the Bangladesh border. In June 2019, Shahjahan Sheikh was named as an accused in the FIR filed in connection with the murder of two BJP workers Pradip and Sukanta Mandal, but he had escaped any sort of police action.

Locals said that Sheikh has been involved in various illegal activities since 2006 but he has always surrounded himself with powerful people as a defensive tactic in case he gets charged with any wrongdoing. This is purportedly the reason why he got away in the BJP workers Pradip and Sukanta Mandal’s murder case.

On January 6 BJP leader Amit Malviya took to X to share a video of the brother of the deceased BJP worker Pradip Mandal wherein he narrates how his brother was brutally murdered by TMC goons led by Shahjahan Sheikh. The BJP leader revealed how after the murder, Sheikh, who was the prime accused in the case, easily escaped action by fleeing to Bangladesh.

Karnataka: Doctor films pre-wedding shoot in operation theatre of government hospital, dismissed after video goes viral

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Karnataka: Doctor films pre-wedding shoot in operation theatre of government hospital, dismissed after video goes viral

A pre-wedding photoshoot in an operation theatre at a hospital in Karnataka’s Chitradurga has landed a doctor in trouble. Dr Abhishek, a contract-based physician at the district hospital in Chitradurga’s Bharamasagar area, staged his pre-wedding photo shoot on Wednesday (7th February) inside a government-run hospital’s operation theatre. The doctor has been dismissed after a video of the incident surfaced online and went viral.

In the video, Dr. Abhishek is seen performing surgery on a patient while his partner is seen helping him. The pre-wedding photo shoot’s concept was medical procedures, with the video ending with the ‘patient’ sitting up after the operation and everyone laughing.

The video also shows some people with cameras and lighting present in the operation theatre filming the pre-wedding video. As soon as the video went viral on social media, Karnataka’s Health Minister, Dinesh Gundu Rao, ordered Dr Abhishek’s removal from service.  

Taking to X Minister Rao wrote, “A doctor who conducted a pre-wedding shoot in the operation theatre of Bharamasagar Government Hospital in Chitradurga has been dismissed from service. Government hospitals exist for the health care of people and not for personal work. I cannot tolerate such indiscipline from doctors. All contract employees, including doctors and staff performing duties in the health department, should perform their duties as per the government service rules. I have already instructed the concerned doctors and all the staff to be careful so that such abuses do not happen in government hospitals. Everyone should focus on performing the duty knowing that the facilities provided by the government to the government hospitals are for the health care of the common people.”

Meanwhile, the District Health Officer of Chitradurga Renu Prasad said, “We had appointed him through the National Health Mission (NHM) on a contract basis a month ago as a medical officer. The operation theatre in question is currently unused and is undergoing repairs. It has not been in operation since September.”

EPFO hikes interest rate on provident fund to 3-year high of 8.25% for FY 2023-24

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EPFO hikes interest rate on provident fund to 3-year high of 8.25% for FY 2023-24

On Saturday (10th February), the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recommended a hike in the interest rate on deposits under the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) scheme for the financial year 2023-2024. As per the recommendations, the retirement fund body fixed a three-year high-interest rate of 8.25% on EPF deposits for FY 2023-24.

The recommendation to hike the EPF interest rate was proposed in the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) meeting – the highest decision-making body held on Saturday.

A source said, “The EPFO’s apex decision-making body, Central Board of Trustees (CBT), has decided to provide an 8.25 percent rate of interest on EPF for 2023-24 at its meeting on Saturday.” 

Last year in March, the EPFO had increased the interest rate on EPF from 8.1% in 2021-22 to 8.15% for FY 2022-23. 

Following the CBT’s recommendation to grant a three-year high interest rate, it will be sent to the Ministry of Finance for approval. After receiving the ratification from the Union government, the interest rate on EPF for FY 2023-24 will be credited into accounts of over six crore subscribers of EPFO.

Pertinent to note that EPFO provides the rate of interest only after receiving ratification from the government through the finance ministry.

As per the convention, first, the CBT of EPFO decides on key issues like the interest rate to be provided to its subscribers which is based on the projected income of the retirement fund manager. Then, CBT’s recommendations are forwarded by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to the Ministry of Finance for their ratification. After the Finance Ministry’s concurrence, the EPFO notifies about the interest rate for that financial year and starts crediting the rate of interest to the EPF subscribers.

EPF

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is a compulsory contribution for salaried employees, and employers are required to match this contribution to the EPF account. Every month, employees contribute 12% of their earnings to their EPF account, and the entire contribution is deposited into the account. With 70.2 million contributing members and 0.75 million contributing establishments, the EPFO is the largest retirement fund manager in the country.

When compared to other savings instruments, the EPFO rate remains one of the highest. For example – small savings rates range from 4.0% to 8.2%.

Rajdeep Sardesai admits his son is a Modi supporter: Watch what the he said after India Today survey predicts third term for PM Modi

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Rajdeep Sardesai admits his son is a Modi supporter: Watch what the he said after India Today survey predicts third term for PM Modi

India Today ‘journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai may be a staunch Modi detractor but the same isn’t true about his son. In a news show “Netagiri” on ‘The Lallantop’, Sardesai seemingly admitted that his son is a big admirer of PM Modi.

“Very interesting, my son says Jaipur, there is a four-lane road. He came back and said look at Modi Ji did this. When I said it was Nitin Gadkari, the Urban Development and Highway minister, he said, no, there is Modi Ji. This new generation…” Sardesai says in the video.

Notably, India Today recently conducted the Mood of the Nation survey that said PM Modi enjoys wide support across the country to lead the BJP into its third term at the Centre. At present, the BJP is expected to win 304 seats, which is well past the 272 mark needed to stake a claim at the Centre.

PM Modi, in his speech in Lok Sabha, set an ambitious target of crossing the 400 mark for the NDA alliance, with the BJP slated to win more than 370 seats.Nevertheless, Rajdeep Sardesai and other Modi detractors have long expressed frustration with the soaring popularity of the Prime Minister.

Recently, Sardesai had a meltdown during the show of ‘Democratic Newsroom’, where he blamed the news channels for the widespread belief around the country that the BJP will return to power with an even greater mandate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Blaming newsrooms for trumpeting ‘Ab ki baar, 400 paar’, a political campaign that BJP and its supporters have been echoing, which denotes that the saffron party and its allies might rack up over 400 Lok Sabha seats this time, Rajdeep fulminated that they might as well change the ‘Democratic Newsroom’ to ‘Single-party newsroom’ for drum-beating about the likely victory of the BJP in the upcoming polls.

“I am amazed and amused by the drumbeat that we have. It is almost like you have decided, why refer to it as ‘Democratic Newsroom’? Why not call it ‘Single-party Newsroom?” Rajdeep complains.

However, Sardesai’s colleague, Rahul Kanwal, swiftly rebutted him, exposing the ‘veteran’ journalist for his prejudice and absurd reasoning to blame the newsrooms and drumbeats of ‘Ab ki baar, 400 paar’.

Haldwani Violence: FIR filed against 5000 unnamed persons, 50 people detained; 7 magistrates, 1200 security personnel deployed

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Haldwani Violence: FIR filed against 5000 unnamed persons, 50 people detained; 7 magistrates, 1200 security personnel deployed

On Thursday, 8th February, after an illegal madrasa and mosque built on government land in Banbhoolpura were demolished, a wave of violence swept through Uttarakhand’s Haldwani, leaving at least six people dead. Superintendent of Police Harbans Singh confirmed the same on 9th February. Uttarakhand authorities have registered three First Information Reports (FIR) against 5000 unnamed, and 19 known individuals. Furthermore, they have also detained over 50 persons in response to the violence.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Nainital, Prahalad Narayan Meena informed, “Several people have been taken into custody and miscreants are being identified and searched. The situation is under control and the local police force and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed in the city. We have registered FIR, we are checking the CCTV footage, and evidence is being collected. A total of 1,200 security personnel have been deployed in Haldwani. Two more death cases have been reported today afternoon, the bodies were recovered yesterday. We are investigating how their deaths occurred. After post-mortem, we will get to know how they died. Four bodies were recovered after the riots took place.”

The names of the deceased have been revealed as Shabbad, Prakash Kumar, Mohammad Anas, Zahid, and Fayeem Qureshi. A magistrate has been posted in Banbhoolpura, where he is charged with separating the region into super zones, each supervised by a magistrate, and 1,200 security personnel have been deployed in an attempt to maintain peace.

The police disclosed that extensive searches are being conducted in Haldwani in pursuit of at least six young people who are believed to be guilty of making petrol bombs that were used in the violence. According to authorities, the accused removed gasoline from the parked two-wheelers to make bombs during the mayhem.

Seven wounded individuals, one of them a journalist, are receiving treatment in the city’s hospitals following the violence. Almost sixty injured people were admitted to hospitals and the majority were released following first aid. Police have been instructed to stay on guard around the clock in Dehradun, Haridwar, Ramnagar, and Udham Singh Nagar in case of any similar incidents.

Disturbing footage of stone-throwing and arson that are making the rounds on social media show how the Haldwani Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment campaign turned into horrifying violence. Curfew and shoot-on-sight orders were issued as a result of the violence.

Vandana Singh, the District Magistrate of Nainital, shared that the attack on the state apparatus was premeditated. She asserted, “No one provoked them (the mob), no one tried to harm them, no one tried to hurt them. Despite that, an unprovoked attack was attempted on the police personnel inside the police station. They were not let out. They (the mob) tried to burn them (the cops) alive.”

The entire state of Uttarakhand has been placed under high alert. Authorities in the region announced the imposition of a curfew and the directive to shoot protesters on sight while educational institutions remain closed in view of the violence.

CAA is an Act of the country, it will be notified and implemented before Lok Sabha elections: Home Minister Amit Shah

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CAA is an Act of the country, it will be notified and implemented before Lok Sabha elections: Home Minister Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was passed by the Parliament in December 2019, will be notified and implemented before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

“CAA is an Act of the country, it will be definitely be notified. It will be notified before the polls. CAA will be implemented by the polls, and there should be no confusion around it,” Shah said speaking at the ET Now-Global Business summit here in the national capital.

“CAA was a promise of the Congress government. When the country was divided and the minorities were persecuted in those countries, Congress had assured the refugees that they were welcome in India and they will be provided with Indian citizenship. Now they are backtracking,” Shah said.

He said in categorical terms that CAA was brought in to provide citizenship and not to take away anyone’s citizenship.

“Minorities in our country, and specially our Muslim community, are being provoked. CAA cannot snatch away anyone’s citizenship because there is no provision in the Act. CAA is an act to provide citizenship to refugees who were persecuted in Bangladesh and Pakistan.”

The CAA, introduced by the Narendra Modi government, aims to confer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians, who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.

Following the passage of the CAA by Parliament in December 2019 and its subsequent presidential assent, significant protests erupted in various parts of the country.

Speaking about the upcoming Lok Sabha polls the home minister said that this election was about corruption against development.

“This election is not about I.N.D.I.A vs NDA. This is about corrupt governance vs. zero tolerance against corruption. This election is about those who want to secure national security vs. those who, in the name of foreign policy, endanger national security” the Union Home Minister said.

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

Uttarakhand: 60-year-old Hamid electrocutes his 52-year-old wife to death in front of their minor daughter over doubts of extramarital affair

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Uttarakhand: 60-year-old Hamid electrocutes his 52-year-old wife to death in front of their minor daughter over doubts of extramarital affair

An elderly man electrocuted his spouse on 8th February in Uttarakhand’s Roorkee because of doubts about an extramarital relationship. The accused then turned himself in at the police station following the homicide, reported Hindustan Live. He was taken into custody by the police after they filed a murder report on his son’s complaint. The incident transpired in Uttarakhand’s Landhaura near Roorkee. The culprit has been identified as 60-year-old Hamid, a resident of Budhana in Uttar Pradesh.

Hamid lives with his family near the bus stand in Landhaura. On the fateful day, the perpetrator slept in one room with his 52-year-old wife Khatoon and 6-year-old daughter Shabnam while other family members were in another room. When others were in deep sleep, he reportedly placed one end of an electric wire in his wife’s mouth and attached the other end to the plug at around 1 AM. Hamid’s wife died on the spot due to electrocution. Hamid then headed to the police station on the night itself and surrendered, confessing to what he had done. 

Authorities were also shocked to learn about the crime. Hamid claimed that he killed his wife because he had doubts about her morality. He was arrested and the deceased’s body was sent for post-mortem. The cops launched a murder case on the submission of Hamid’s son Nadeem. According to Naveen Chauhan, the police in-charge, Hamid suspected that his wife had bad character and ended her life.

The family members mentioned that Shabnam opened her eyes when her father was killing her mother. She remained quiet out of terror when he threatened to murder her as well. Therefore, the family only came to know about the horrifying development after the offender went to the cops.

‘If he comes to Bengal we will surround him’: Mamata’s minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury issues brazen threat to Yogi Adityanath over Hindu worship at Gyanvapi

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‘If he comes to Bengal we will surround him’: Mamata’s minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury issues brazen threat to Yogi Adityanath over Hindu worship at Gyanvapi

The district court of Varanasi’s decision to allow Hindus to pray in the Vyas cellar of the Gyanvapi structure has ruffled the feathers of Mamata Banerjee’s minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury. Chowdhury has gone on to threaten Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saying that if he comes to Bengal, they will surround him and not allow him to go back.

The TMC leader even sought a ban on Hindus being allowed to do puja in the Gyanvapi structure and demanded that the Hindu worshippers “vacate the Gyanvapi mosque immediately”.

“With the court’s assistance, they have forcibly begun performing puja beneath the mosque. Is Yogi Adityanath educated or not? When the CM of Uttar Pradesh visits Bengal, we shall surround him with full force. He won’t be permitted to leave Bengal if he sits anywhere. We aim to get Gyanvapi vacated. We don’t visit any temples; you are free to pray there as much as you like, but just because you are in charge of the state doesn’t mean you can destroy masjids and begin worshipping there instead,” the TMC threatened.

He added, “The Hindu worshippers have forcefully started offering prayers at Gyanvapi mosque. I would tell them to vacate the premises immediately,” Siddiqullah Chowdhury said while attending a Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind rally in Kolkata, West Bengal.

“That (Gyanvapi) mosque has been there for more than 800 years. How will they demolish it?” he queried.

Varanasi court allows puja in Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana at Gyanvapi complex

TMC’s influential Muslim leader Siddiqullah Chowdhury’s divisive remarks came as the district court of Varanasi ruled on Wednesday (31st January) that the Hindus have the right to worship in the Vyas cellar of the Gyanvapi structure. The court has ordered the district administration to make arrangements for worship in the basement within 7 days. This cellar is below the so-called mosque inside the structure. Now regular worship rituals will take place here as per the court’s order. The puja will be performed by the Kashi Vishwanath Trust Board.

The Vyas Ji Ka Tehkhana is one of the four basement chambers at the Gyanvapi complex, which is managed by the Vyas family. As per the family, they have a long history of association with the temple since 1551. However, the worship was stopped in December 1993 on the orders of the state govt.

The court order states that there is enough evidence showing that Vyas family has been worshipping there since the British period and they have been doing it up to December 1993. The court notes that materials related to Hindu rituals, several ancient Hindu idols and other materials of religious significance have been found in the basement. It is needed to worship the idols on a regular basis, the court said.

Importantly, the court order states that the state govt had stopped the worship under the basement without any authority to do so. Therefore, the court ordered the administration to make arrangements for worship in the basement.

Mamata Banerjee’s minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury’s anti-Hindu rants

Mamata Banerjee’s close aide Siddiqullah Chowdhury is not new to controversies. In 2021 he sparked a new controversy by mocking Hindu sentiments and making veiled threats over the issue of cow slaughter in West Bengal. He said that no one can stop cow slaughter in West Bengal.

Ahead of the upcoming State Legislative elections, he said, “Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath had come here and said that if BJP comes to power, then it will end cow slaughter in the State.” He alleged, “Cow slaughter has been happening in Bengal for the past 1000-1200 years. Everyone eats beef, including Muslims and others. What has beef got to do with votes? The attempt is to further the Hindu mentality.”

Furthermore, he claimed that the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been tarnished after the Ram Mandir verdict. 

Siddiqullah is the same person who had stated in September 2018 that the Quran will prevail over the Constitution and had also expressed his displeasure towards the ordinance banning instant Triple Talaq.

Mamata Banerjee’s close aide Siddiqullah is also the President of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (West Bengal). After Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) embarrassing defeat in the Sagardighi assembly bypoll, Mamata had constituted a 4 member committee of four Muslim legislators and ministers to look into the reasons for the defeat. The committee was headed by none other than Siddiqullah Chowdhury who had then said that Banerjee had sought a detailed report on why Muslim voters turned away from the TMC  although she is running so many welfare schemes for them. 

Indian-origin man dies in Washington days after life-threatening assault, killing of Indians in US continues unabated

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Indian-origin man dies in Washington days after life-threatening assault, killing of Indians in US continues unabated

On Wednesday (7th February), a 41-year-old Indian-origin man named Vivek Taneja succumbed to his injuries after being grievously assaulted by an unidentified man in downtown Washington in the United States.

As per reports, Taneja was attacked at around 2’o o’clock in the night outside the Shoto restaurant on the 1100 block of 15th Street Northwest in Washington. The incident took place on 2nd February this year.

When the cops reached the site of crime, they found the victim on the pavement. Vivek Taneja was thereafter rushed to the hospital in a critical condition.

Reportedly, the Indian-origin man and an unidentified person were involved in a heated argument outside the Shoto restaurant, post which the former was mercilessly assaulted.

After being knocked to the ground, Taneja hit his head on the pavement and became unconscious. He succumbed to his injuries five days later i.e. 7th February 2024 at the hospital.

The cops are now probing the case as a homicide.’ The police have released the picture of a suspect caught on a surveillance camera. They are seeking public assistance in apprehending the man.

As per a report by Crunchbase, Vivek Tanjena was the President/co-founder of Dynamo Technologies and led the company’s strategic, growth, and partnership initiatives”.

He graduated from George Mason University in Virginia and lived in Alexandria. The Indian man is now survived by his wife and his children.

Attacks on Indians continue unabated in the US

This is the 6th death of an Indian/ Indian-origin man in the United States this year. Recently, a 23-year-old Indian student Sameer Kamath was found dead in Warren County in Indiana. He was a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering at Purdue University.

Shreyas Reddy, who was a student at the Linder School of Business, was also found dead in Cincinnati in Ohio. But, the cause of his death remains unknown.

Before him, Vivek Saini and Neel Acharya were also found dead in the same week. Notably, Neel Acharya was also a student at the Purdue University. His body was found at the campus on January 30.

Another Indian student Vivek Saini was brutally killed with repeated blows from a hammer by a homeless man inside a store in Lithonia, Georgia, US on January 29.

Earlier on January 20, Akul Dhawan, an 18-year-old Indian-American student, was found dead near the University of Illinois. 

In the wake of recent incidents involving the deaths of Indian students in the United States, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti reassured that Washington is committed to make sure that United States remains a safe destination for Indian students.

Every party claims victory in Pakistan elections as the counting of ballot papers continues

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Every party claims victory in Pakistan elections as the counting of ballot papers continues

Despite the delay in Pakistan’s election results, there seems to be no hint as to who will emerge victorious. Then again, experts had already declared that elections in the banana republic of Pakistan are a “sham”.

On Friday, 9th February, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party, the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) won 12 seats.

The daily, citing provisional results of the Election Commission of Pakistan, said that independent candidates backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) had won 8 seats.

The independent candidates backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) are leading with 73 seats in a tight contest with two major parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistani local media reported.

According to the unofficial results called by Geo News for 163 out of total 266 seats, PTI-backed independent candidates are leading on 73 seats, followed by PML-N on 48 and PPP on 35.

However, the provisional results have only been released for 72 seats by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Dawn reported.

As per ECP, PTI-baked independents are leading on 28 seats, followed by a tight contest between PML-N (19 seats) and PPP (18 seats).

Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif claimed that his party has emerged as the’single-largest’ party and wants to lead the country to prosperity while developing peaceful relations with neighbours.

At the same time, former PM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Saturday released a ‘victory speech’ in his AI-enabled voice, saying that the ‘London Plan’ of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif failed with the massive turnout of voters on polling day.

Although the two main political leaders from two different parties are claiming victory in the general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has not yet announced the final poll results.

Meanwhile, according to the unofficial provisional results reported by Geo News for 241 out of 266 seats, the independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) are leading with 97 seats.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which has emerged as the single largest party, is trailing with 72 seats, followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) at 52 seats.

(With agency inputs)

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