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Delhi Police raids residences of ‘The Wire’ co-founders Siddharth Varadarajan, MK Venu, staffer Jahnavi Sen

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Delhi Police raids residences of ‘The Wire’ co-founders Siddharth Varadarajan, MK Venu, staffer Jahnavi Sen

Delhi Police Monday raided the houses of ‘The Wire’ founders Siddharth Varadarajan, MK Venu, and staffer Jahnavi Sen in connection with the FIR filed against the publication for its malicious Meta reportage against BJP leader Amit Malviya.

Earlier last week, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya filed a criminal complaint against The Wire and its editorial team for their now-withdrawn Meta reports against him. The complaint was filed with The Special Commissioner of Police – Crime, of the Delhi Police. Amit Malviya has said The Wire falsified papers in an effort to slander and damage his reputation.

“The police came at around 4.40 pm and left at 6 pm. They said they have come here on behalf of the Delhi Police Crime Branch for the FIR filed by Amit Malviya. They have taken my iPhone and iPad for cloning,” MK Venu was quoted as saying by Scroll. He confirmed that raids are underway at Varadarajan’s place too.

The searches are related to a series of now-retracted reports that claimed Meta had granted unprecedented powers to Malviya to remove Instagram posts that he did not like.

However, the allegations did not add up and were countered by several independent researchers who called out The Wire for relying on fabricated evidence to malign Amit Malviya and Meta. Though initially The Wire and its writers stridently defended their stance, in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary, they were forced to apologise and retract their Meta stories. They eventually also took down their stories on Tek Fog, an app that The Wire had claimed of having superpowers to manipulate social media trends.

Amit Malviya’s FIR against The Wire

Nevertheless, after The Wire retracted its Meta story, Amit Malviya moved to file a complaint against the publication. In his complaint addressed to the special commissioner of police (crime) Delhi, Amit Malviya said, “I am filing the present complaint against The Wire – an online news portal, Mr Siddharth Varadarajan Founding Editor of The Wire, Mr Sidharth Bhatia Founding Editor of The Wire, Mr MK Venu Founding Editor of The Wire, Ms Jahnavi Sen -the Deputy Editor and Executive News Producer at The Wire, Foundation for Independent Journalism the company that owns and publishes The Wire and other unknown persons. I am filing the present complaint for the offences of cheating, forgery for the purpose of cheating, forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation, using as genuine a forged document or electronic record, and defamation amongst other provisions of IPC.”

Amit Malviya added, “I say that this is not the first time that the Accused has published fake news. Recently, the Accused published a story on Tek Fog about a ‘superhuman app’ used by the BJP for SM interception. The said story was used by various national and international media to downgrade India and the thriving democracy of our country. However, subsequently, the Tek Fog story was taken down but The Wire as it was found to be false and fabricated, just as in the present case.”

Citing various pieces of evidence that emerged in the case that proved that The Wire had fabricated several emails and other documents to establish its allegation against Malviya, he said in the complaint, “it is evident that the Accused along with other unknown persons, maliciously fabricated internal emails of Meta so as to vindictively prove their point in order to cause reputational damage to the BJP and myself.”

He noted that after the Meta story was found to be fake, Wire issued an apology to its readers, but is yet to apologise to him. “Shockingly, until this date the accused persons have refrained from issuing an apology addressed to me. This is even despite the fact that their reports and fabricated material have maligned and tarnished my reputation,” he wrote.

“It is apparent that Accused along with other unknown persons entered into a conspiracy with the criminal intent to malign and tarnish my reputation and correspondingly belittle and tarnish the reputation of the BJP. As a part of the conspiracy, the Accused also fabricated and forged internal emails of a private limited company with a dishonest and fraudulent intention to hoodwink their readers and the public at large,” Malviya has written in the complaint.

Subramanian Swamy claims Modi and Shah planning to do a ‘Haren Pandya’ on him, issues veiled threat against PM

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Subramanian Swamy claims Modi and Shah planning to do a ‘Haren Pandya’ on him, issues veiled threat against PM

On Monday, former BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy took to Twitter to repeat the same lies that the biased sections of the media and self-styled ‘activists’ have been peddling for years about Narendra Modi and former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya.

In his Tweet, which reeked of sheer hatred for Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, the disgruntled BJP leader claimed that the two wanted to “are planning a Haren Pandya” on him. He also issued a veiled warning to the two, vowing to avenge if any kind of harm comes to him.

“I hope Modi & Shah are not planning a Haren Pandeya on me. If so I may have to alert my friends. Remember I give as good as I get. The duo has even bluffed those in the highest authority in RSS,” Tweeted Swamy.

When a Twitter user going by the handle @ginger_bread_s lashed out at Swamy questioning him whether he was genuinely accusing Modi and Shah of killing Haren Pandeya, Swamy responded with, what appeared to be clearly an afterthought, “Haren Pandeya’s sidelining from the BJP.”

Given Subramanian Swamy’s hate for Narendra Modi in recent years, after being kept out of a ministerial post, his brazen lie comes as no surprise. It is consistent with the alarmist narrative generated about Narendra Modi and his government by the leftist media and so-called secularists. Just that, Swamy should be informed that the deception he has employed to attack Modi is a stale one that has long back not only been busted but, in fact, also rejected by the Supreme Court. 

Haren Pandya was a former BJP minister in the Gujarat government. He resigned from the Cabinet in August 2002, was denied a ticket in the Assembly elections in December 2002, and was assassinated on March 26, 2003. Since then, biassed sections of the media and self-proclaimed secularists have been claiming that Modi and Shah were behind his murder.

In fact, OpIndia published a report in 2018 detailing how the leftist media and BJP detractors attempted to spread misinformation that Amit Shah and/or Modi killed Pandya. We provided evidence to dispel this fallacy and expose the biased segment of the media.

Supreme Court restores conviction of the 12 accused in Haren Pandya murder case

In fact, in 2019, the Supreme Court also restored the conviction and sentenced the 12 people accused of murdering former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya in 2003. The CBI had claimed that this was done to avenge the 2002 communal riots in the state. In 2011, when the Gujarat HC acquitted the murderers, the CBI had filed an appeal questioning the acquittal of the Gujarat High Court as erroneous. On January 31, 2019, the Supreme Court reserved the verdict on the appeals.

Mumbai: Police arrest 28-year-old food delivery executive for raping a dog in a Powai mall

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Mumbai: Police arrest 28-year-old food delivery executive for raping a dog in a Powai mall

On October 29, Mumbai Police arrested a 28-year-old food delivery man identified as Akash for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a dog inside a mall. He was arrested after 61-year-old animal activist and member of MGO Bombay Animal Rights Minu Sheth filed a complaint in the matter.

Sheth regularly feeds the victim dog. On October 29, he received a video of the accused having sexual intercourse with the six-month-old dog on Hira Panna Mall’s premises. The video was sent by Vijay Mohnani, president of Bombay Animal Rights, who asked Sheth to file a complaint in the matter.

The dog was fed by both Sheth and the staff of a bar and restaurant located in the mall. As per reports, the accused had been raping the dog for several days. A delivery executive saw him indulge in the act and made a video that was then forwarded to his colleagues and others, from where it eventually reached Mohnani.

Mid-Day quoted Mohnani as saying, “I am deeply hurt by this accident, this is the second such incident in the Powai area.” He added that last year a similar incident came to light where a dog named Nuri was raped by a person who not only raped the dog but also inserted a stick in the private parts of the animal.

Mohnani said, “The dog has been medically examined and has swelling in her private parts. She has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. She is very scared; I have a request to Mumbaikars to help her. Not with treatment expenses, but by adopting her.”

Dog behaviourist and trainer Niharika Gandhi said, “These delivery boys come to our doorstep, enter our safe circle, and this is what they are capable of. There has to be a verification of character. Do these companies check for prior police records? We have lost 23 dogs this year to hit-and-runs due to commercial vehicles and private cars. It’s a sad situation.”

A case was registered against the accused under Section 377 (unnatural sexual offenses) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the prevention of cruelty to Animal Act, 1960. The accused was sent to police remand by Bandra court on October 31.

Morbi tragedy: Did the bridge collapse because of overcapacity? Or were there other reasons? Here is what experts say

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Morbi tragedy: Did the bridge collapse because of overcapacity? Or were there other reasons? Here is what experts say

On Sunday, October 30, 2022, over 100 people lost their lives after the cable bridge across Machhu river snapped and those who were on the bridge fell in water. Laughter turned to screams of horror as many drowned instantly. The rescue operations are still on. The video captured moments before the tragedy struck has been viral on social media.

As can be seen, just seconds before the cables snapped, some of the tourists were seen jumping on the suspension bridge. Earlier videos of the same bridge have also shown people jumping on the bridge. This has led to lot of speculation on social media.

OpIndia reached out to experts in engineering to understand what could have gone wrong. The experts are of the opinion that it is quite unlikely the bridge collapsed due to over capacity and it is likely that the material used was of low quality which could have led to the tragedy.

Dr Devanshu Pandit, Ahmedabad based construction specialist, said that the suspension bridge is held by two cables held together by tower. It appears that one of these two cables failed which could have led to the disaster. He also said that it is possible the cables might be old and which is why they could have weakened and snapped leading to this tragedy.

Many people on social media speculated that there is a chance the bridge collapsed due to overcapacity. However, the experts say this does not seem very likely as bridges are build to withstand much higher weight. Hence, there is a higher chance that this was because of material or joint failure.

Former PWD chief engineer MM Jeevani also held similar viewpoint. Speaking to OpIndia, he said that such construction is distributed as weight per square metres. Hence, the weight of these people cannot be considered too high. Hence, it seems the bridge collapsed, not due to overcapacity but because the suspenders broke.

He further said that till the investigation report is out it will be not be fair to give judgements. However, initial visuals and reports do raise a few questions. Safety of any structure depends on its design. In this case, the design was old. Further, one must see whether the design that was originally made was followed in its totality. Next, if any private agency was given contract for renovation and strengthening the bridge, did any government agency conduct any form of safety audit? All these aspects should be checked, he said.

As of now, the state government has formed a committee to look into the tragedy. Once the investigation is over one will be able to know more.

‘Madarsas will lose the sense of purpose’: Darul Uloom Deoband turns down the govt proposal to modernise education in madarsas

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‘Madarsas will lose the sense of purpose’: Darul Uloom Deoband turns down the govt proposal to modernise education in madarsas

Darul Uloom Deoband, the biggest Islamic seminary in India, has turned down the government’s proposal to modernise education in madarsas. 

Citing that any change in the present ‘nizam of education’ will have a deleterious impact on the institution, the Islamic clerics of Darul Uloom Deoband said it renders the purpose of madarsas meaningless. 

“Some ignorant people are advocating the idea of fundamental changes in the curriculum of madarsas and gradually shifting to modern education. There is no need to be influenced by such people and we have to maintain the old `nizam of education’. We unanimously reject the idea of modernisation of the madarsa curriculum,” said Maulana Mufti Abul Kasim Nomani, mohtamim (vice chancellor) of Darul Uloom of Deoband.

He further added, “The present curriculum of education in madarsa is the real objective of the madarsas and if we move away from the present curriculum then the Islamic schools will go astray and lose sense of purpose.”

The refusal to embrace modern education comes in the wake of PM Modi and the Centre’s efforts to revamp the education system of madarsas and bring them on par with other institutes. PM Modi has staunchly advocated for the modernisation of Islamic schools, saying that Muslim children should hold Quran in one hand and a laptop/computer in the other.

Earlier yesterday, i.e on October 30, Darul Uloom had organised a conference of Muslim clerics and caretakers of 4,500 madarsas at Deoband, Saharanpur. The conference was held at Masjid Rashidiya in Deoband. The conference was convened by Kul Hind Rabta Madrasa-e-Islamic (All India coordination committee of madarsas), an organisation controlling a network of 4,500 madarsas across the country.

The Islamic clerics of Darul Uloom opposed the government’s move for changes in the syllabus of madarsas imparting Islamic religious education and denounced their attempt to impart modern secular education in madarsas. 

“Retaining the present education system and syllabus is a must. The madarsas will lose the true sense of purpose if the present education curriculum of madarsas is modernised,” said Maulana Mufti Abul Kasim Nomani.

Nomani further said, “If any organisation stops to work as per its stated goals and objectives, then it is reduced to a mere structure. That is why we should keep working ceaselessly to fulfil our goals.”

The Islamic clerics, however, called for teaching school subjects in madarsas along with an Islamic curriculum for children up to Class 5. Maulana Nomani directed madarsa managers to arrange primary education for the children along with Islamic religious education. He asked them to include subjects like Maths, Science, English, History, and local languages in the curriculum up to Class 5.

He also asked madarsas to seek approval from the government for teaching the said subjects at the primary level.

The conference of madarsas at Darul Uloom Deoband was organised to discuss the situation in the wake of a survey of private unrecognised madarsas across the state. Darul Uloom Deoband has also been found to be an unrecognised madarsa. It was the third such meeting of Muslim clerics since the commencement of the survey of madarsas began in early September. Officially, the Islamic seminary said the agenda of the conference was to discuss the issues facing Islamic schools and to discuss the measures for improving the education standards and the infrastructure.

Telangana: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind organises get-together event for ‘non-Muslim’ girls, Police denies permission after VHP intervenes

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Telangana: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind organises get-together event for ‘non-Muslim’ girls, Police denies permission after VHP intervenes

On Sunday, an Islamist outfit named Jamaat-e-Islami Hind organised a grand event inviting all the non-Muslim girls and women in the Karimnagar area of Telangana. However, the Telangana Police refused to grant permission for the event after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) intervened in the matter.

According to the reports, the event was organised by the Islamist organisation in Karimnagar, Telangana. The members of the organisation wanted all the non-Muslim women to participate in the get-together. The organisation also made public the invitation card for the event which went viral over social media.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) took cognizance of the incident and requested the Karimnagar Police to take appropriate action against the Islamist organization. They also requested the Karimnagar police commissioner to deny permission for the event and warned of serious consequences if the get-together would take place.

Notably, to avoid any untoward incident or communal clash, a large number of the police force was deployed at the venue on Sunday. The event was slated to take place at Shalimar Function Hall near Kashmir Gadda in Karimnagar. Tension has been prevailing in the area ever since the news of the event went viral on social media.

Vutukuru Radhakrishna Reddy, president of the gau raksha wing of VHP stated that the Islamist organisation named Jamaat-e-Islami Hind was trying to trap Hindu girls as part of ‘love jihad’. “The proposed program hurts the self-respect of Hindus,” Reddy said.

Reddy also demanded that the police should take stringent action against the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind members. Meanwhile, he also appealed to all the Hindu girls and asked them not to attend such events at any cost.

Alarms raised over ‘Chinese police stations’ on foreign land, read details

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Alarms raised over ‘Chinese police stations’ on foreign land, read details

On October 30, a Twitter user Sam Dunning raised the alarm about ‘Chinese Police Stations’ on foreign land in a Twitter thread. In his thread, Sam alleged there is a connection between these ‘stations’ to British Politics, the Chinese Community Party and serious organized crime. He further added that four publications in the United Kingdom are already working on the story.

Sam highlighted a The Times UK report that pointed towards the demand for an investigation into China’s ‘Secret Police Stations’ popping up across the country. The demand was raised by the MPs following an investigation done by a Spain-based NGO named Safeguard Defenders. They revealed in their report that at least 54 “overseas police service centres” have popped up across 21 countries, including the United Kingdom, where two of them were spotted in London and one in Glasgow.

In its report titled “Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild“, the group alleged that the unofficial enforcement bodies “serve a more sinister goal as they contribute to resolutely cracking down on all kinds of illegal and criminal activities involving overseas Chinese”. The report was released on September 1, 2022.

Sam further said that one of the addresses of one such police station in the UK matches the address of a company run by Lin Ruiyou. He added a video where he claimed that Lin was promoting the services of the station. The video was in Chinese.

In the next Tweet, he showed that Lin was seen with prominent personalities in the UK, including former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Theresa May, and Sajid Javid. A report on Chinese Police in the UK was published in Daily Mail, but a reference to Lin was removed from the report.

Further in the thread, Sam alleged that he came to know about Lin when he reported about a clash that happened in Chinatown in London. “The clash erupted after organizers appeared to attack pro-democracy HK & Chinese counter-protestors,” he added.

Following the clash, the bounty was allegedly announced against pro-democracy Hong Konger exiles named Simon Cheng and Nathan Law.

He pointed out that Lin had access to Tory fundraising events as he had worked as a Tory fundraiser himself.

Lin was listed as vice-chair of the Chinese Group’ of the London & Westminster Conservative Association (CLWCA), but as of now, the description has been removed. This particular group regularly organises fundraisers for CLWCA, Sam added.

Talking about Lin’s businesses, Sam said he runs a food delivery app which had claimed to have earned over GBP 400,000 every day. Sam raised questions over the amount as the rating of the application is low.

Furthermore, Lin also owns a vineyard in Spain and exports wine from China. He owns multiple wine shops as well.

Sam alleged Lin works with multiple businessmen who have been accused or convicted of financial fraud in the past.

About report on Chinese Police on foreign land

The report by the Spanish NGO pointed fingers at China for running illegal police stations on foreign land in at least 21 countries on five continents. The NGO raised concerns about the violation of British law to send back individuals to China. As per the China Research Group of MPs, A Chinese government official reportedly admitted the role of these stations in ‘pressuring criminals’ to return to China. These ‘criminals’ could be Hongkongers, Uighurs, dissidents or indeed anyone who has dared to criticize the Chinese Communist Party,” said The Times.

The report said that these officials across the world claim to have “persuaded” 230,000 individuals to return to China. They claimed that these individuals had committed ” financial and telecom fraud”, but experts believe many of them could have been dissenters speaking against the Chinese government.

Anti-Hindu Professor Chris Allen, entrusted with ‘independent inquiry’ into the Leicester attack, had called the 9/11 terror attack a ‘set up’

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Anti-Hindu Professor Chris Allen, entrusted with ‘independent inquiry’ into the Leicester attack, had called the 9/11 terror attack a ‘set up’

Days after the Mayor of Leicester appointed Dr Chris Allen to lead an ‘independent inquiry’ into the Leicester violence, it has now emerged that the anti-Hindu academic believes in the Islamist conspiracy theory about the deadly September 11 attacks.

Islamists, across the globe, have been trying for decades to mainstream the conspiracy theory that the 9/11 attacks were an ‘inside job’ or a ‘setup’ meant to defame the Muslim community. The objective behind such a disinformation campaign is to absolve the Al-Qaeda terrorists of any wrongdoing.

In a video that has now surfaced on social media, Dr Chris Allen was heard saying, “So this is something that I can say in a rational objective way. The BBC reported one of the buildings collapsing before it (actually did).”

“I have watched that clip on Youtube and you have the BBC person reporting it while the building is still there behind him…What is actually going on here,” the Associate Professor at the University of Leicester suggested.

Dr Chris Allen was accompanied by a 9/11 truther and Islamist, Riaz Khan, who had earlier tried to blame the Hindu community for attacks committed by his co-religionists.

In another video, Khan was seen repeating the debunked disinformation about RSS involvement in the Leicester violence. He claimed that Hindus might beat up themselves to blame the Muslim community.

“They are trying to discredit us at any given opportunity. So be careful about what you share. They may beat a couple of their own people and blame it on us,” he added to another conspiracy theory.

Dr Chris Allen and the controversy surrounding him

Dr Chris Allen is a 52-year-old associate Professor at the University of Leicester. As per his Twitter Profile (which now stands deleted), he is an expert on ‘Islamophobia, hate and extremism.’

In September this year, he wrote a propaganda piece in The Conversation wherein the blamed the violence in Leicester on Hindus and absolved the Islamists of any wrongdoing.

“Some will assume this to be Islamist extremism. Despite there being no evidence to support such an assumption, research shows that a key trope of Islamophobia is the conflation of all things, Islam, with extremism,” he had claimed.

Screengrab of the article by Chris Allen

‘Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network’ informed, “Dr Chris Allen was involved in developing the working definition of Islamophobia by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims. He was also on various govt bodies of Islamophobia, anti-Muslim hate, and Commission on Islam.”

On October 26, the Mayor of Leicester appointed him to lead an ‘independent inquiry’ into the Leicester violence. The controversial appointment has drawn the ire of the Hindu community in Leicester. As per reports, representatives of 15 Hindu outfits have vowed to boycott the inquiry by Dr Chris Allen.

Besides Hindu organisations, several reputed journalists have raised questions about the lack of ethical and academic objectivity in the writings of Dr Chris Allen. The controversial professor has been accused of pandering to Islamist outfits.

Opindia had documented how Islamists ran disinformation campaigns against the Hindu community in Leicester, created a solid foundation for violence and carried out targeted attacks. We also exposed how leftist news portals tried to shield Islamists and blame the Leicester violence on Indian Hindus.

Rajasthan: Container smuggling 31 cows chased, stopped by Bajrang Dal workers, driver arrested

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Rajasthan: Container smuggling 31 cows chased, stopped by Bajrang Dal workers, driver arrested

On Sunday, the Rajasthan Police arrested a container driver who was smuggling 31 cows on the Agra-Mumbai Highway and taking them to slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh. The driver was arrested after the Bajrang Dal members chased the container and informed the Mania Police station about cow smuggling. The Police then reached the spot and freed 31 cows from the container and arrested the accused.

According to the reports, the police have also seized the vehicle in which the cows were being smuggled. Bajrang Dal leader Ram Sharma confirmed the incident and said that the Bajrang Dal members received information that cows from Dholpur village of Rajakhera district of Rajasthan were being stuffed in a container and were being taken to the slaughterhouses of Uttar Pradesh.

“Members of Bajrang Dal reached the spot after being informed about the incident. On seeing us, the smugglers tried to flee with the container. While the members kept on chasing the container and the smugglers, some of them called the Dholpur and Mania Police stations. The Police then blocked the container before Mania town, on the Agra Mumbai National Highway. The police placed the barricades on the highway and arrested the accused. Also, 31 cows were freed which included 28 Nandis and 3 cows”, Sharma added.

Mania police station in-charge Lakhan Singh also verified the series of events and said that a cow smuggler who was driving the vehicle has been arrested from the spot. “All the cows have been freed and are in the Gaushala located in Bijauli village at present. Arrangement of fodder and water has also been made for the cows at the cowshed”, he added.

The Police have registered a case against the accused and have seized the vehicle. The police have also begun an investigation into the case and have booked the accused under relevant sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, of 1960.

Watch: Ex-MLA Kantilal Amrutiya jumps into the Machchhu river to save the lives of people after the Morbi bridge collapse

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Watch: Ex-MLA Kantilal Amrutiya jumps into the Machchhu river to save the lives of people after the Morbi bridge collapse

Kantilal Amrutiya, BJP leader and former MLA of Morbi, jumped into the Machchu river to save the lives of people after the bridge collapsed earlier yesterday, a video of which has gone viral on the internet.

In the video, Kantilal is seen swimming toward the middle of the river where the bridge had collapsed, plunging people on it into the waterway below. 

Even as several agencies started rescue operations to evacuate people stranded on the collapsed bridge and others who fell in the river, the former MLA took it upon himself to help the marooned people and get them back to safety.

Morbi bridge collapse

On Sunday, October 30, 2022, a suspension bridge over the Machchhu River in Morbi, Gujarat, collapsed, claiming at least 60 lives and injuring numerous persons. The bridge, which was about a century old, had just been reopened following renovations. Reportedly, around 400 people were on the bridge when the incident happened, as the ancient bridge could not bear the weight.

The pre-Independence cable-stayed bridge, known as the Jhulto Pool, was regarded as a marvel of British engineering and one of Morbi’s top tourist destinations. The bridge was reopened after renovations during Diwali, and there were a lot of people visiting it. On Sunday, so many people arrived on the bridge that the structure could not bear the weight and it collapsed into the river below.

Who is Kantilal Amrutiya?

Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya was born on 8 March 1962 in a middle-class Patel community at Jetpar in Morbi district. Even as a young boy in the 1970s, he served in the rehabilitation of victims during the floods caused by the failure of the Morbi Dam. He completed his schooling at VC Technical High School, Morbi. As a young man, he joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a student organization, and became involved in the anti-corruption Navnirman movement. After working as a full-time member of the organization, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Kanti Amritya was an RSS volunteer during the early years of his social life. He undertook the challenging task of energizing the party workers at the local level. Together with colleagues and local businessmen, Kantilal decided to build a strong cadre of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Morbi district, Saurashtra and Kutch. In the early days, he started out as a member of Morbi’s municipality and taluka panchayat, and his maternal uncle Amubhai Aghara was leading at the constituency level.

Kantilal took charge of the party cadre at Morbi in 1995 and was elected as MLA from the constituency for 5 terms. In December 2012, Kanabhai was elected for the 5th time in the Gujarat state elections. He is known as Kanabhai by the people of Morbi and surrounding areas. He has worked in agriculture and industry.

However, later amid the Patidar agitation, Amrutiya lost his seat to Congress’ Brijesh Merja. In 2020, Merja resigned from Congress and joined the BJP, and was elected as MLA from the Morbi constituency.

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