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Kerala human sacrifice: Md Shafi, CPM worker Bhagaval Singh, and his wife murder 2 women to attain financial prosperity, arrested

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Kerala human sacrifice: Md Shafi, CPM worker Bhagaval Singh, and his wife murder 2 women to attain financial prosperity, arrested

On Tuesday, the Kerala police uncovered a disturbing case of human sacrifice and black magic practised to bring wealth and prosperity to a family. The Kochi city police apprehended three persons suspected of kidnapping and killing two women in Kochi as part of black magic rituals. The three accused persons have been identified as Mohammed Shafi (agent), BhagavalSingh, and his wife Laila.

According to the reports, Shafi is a resident of SRM Road, Ernakulam, while the Singh couple is native of Thiruvalla, and were residing at Elanthoor, Pathanamthitta. The couple confessed to having murdered two women as a part of a witchcraft ritual. The accused justified their actions by saying that the women were murdered for the economic prosperity of their family in the Pathanamthitta district.

Police stated that Mohammed Shafi had persuaded Bhagaval Singh and Laila that performing human sacrifices would bring the family riches and great fortune. He also lured the two victim women and took them to the accused before they were murdered.

The two women who were murdered have been identified as Padmam (52) of the Panchavady colony in Ponnurunni, and Rosily (50) a native of Vadakkencherry in Thrissur district. The two were residing at Kalady in Ernakulam district when the incident happened. Their bodies were severed into parts and buried at Elanthoor in the Pathanamthitta district.

Padmam worked as a lottery dealer, while Rosily worked as a salesgirl. According to police sources, the incident came to the fore while investigating Padmam’s missing case. The investigation into Padmam’s disappearance brought the police to Thiruvalla. Then they discovered Rosily’s case as well. The subsequent investigations in the duo’s case led to the unexpected revelation on October 11.

Padmam’s son Selvaraj had filed a complaint on September 27 that he stopped receiving calls from his mother for several days. “My mother used to call me daily, but when that stopped I panicked. I came to Kerala and searched. When I could not find her, I filed a missing person complaint with the police”, he was quoted. According to Selvaraj, his mother was a lottery seller. The Police discovered her dead body in the Aranmula in the Pathanamthitta district, where the woman’s mobile signal was last traced.

However, the remains of Rosily were also found in the same spot during the investigation. Reports mention that Rosily who worked as a salesgirl had gone missing six months ago. The body parts of the deceased were buried close to trees under the accused Singh’s house at Elanthoor, Pathanamthitta district. The ladies reportedly were tied to the cot firmly and beheaded by Laila after chopping the entire body with a sharp weapon. Later, bodies were destroyed and buried in the nearby area.  

The incident has sent shock waves throughout the entire state. CM Pinarayi Vijayan also condemned the brutal murder and said that the incident has shaken the progressive minds of the state. “Only people with a sick mentality can do such things. Incidents of black magic and sorcery are challenges to a progressive society. We have to create social awareness against such evils while ensuring stringent action against such incidents. People should come forward to bring such social evils before society”, he said.

The CM also added that the Police shall take stringent action against the accused and bring all persons involved in the crime before the law. However, reports mention that one of the accused named Bhagwant Singh is associated with CPI (M). Singh is an active CPI (M) worker and former Branch Secretary of the Communist Party and at present a local committee member. He is also a leader of the farmers’ organization controlled by the party.

Some media reports had mentioned the name f Bhagaval Singh as Bhagawant Singh.

State BJP President K Surendran visited the spot today and noted that this is not the first time that such a horrific incident has happened in the city. “Bhagwant Singh is a practitioner of black magic and an active worker of CPI(M). The police should also investigate the role of radical terror outfits in human sacrifice”, he tweeted.

Surendran also said that Mohammed Shafi who worked as an agent in the entire episode had links with Islamic terrorist organisations.

Iran: Mahsa Amini’s family says they are receiving death threats from the Iranian government amid anti-hijab protests

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Iran: Mahsa Amini’s family says they are receiving death threats from the Iranian government amid anti-hijab protests

On Monday, the family members of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in Iranian moral police custody three weeks ago, said that they are receiving death threats from the Iranian government for participating in the protest against hijab laws. They are also being warned not to get involved in the demonstrations against the mandatory hijab laws.

“Our family has been under immense pressure from the Islamic Republic’s officials, so we don’t talk to human rights organisations or channels outside of Iran and inform anyone from the outside world about her passing”, said Erfan Mortezai, cousin of Mahsa.

According to the reports, Mortezai is a Peshmerga soldier for Komala, an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition organization based in Iraq, which Iran accuses of separatism. The Amini family in Iran, on the other hand, has frequently denied backing Kurdish separatist organizations. Mortezai identifies his late cousin as Zhina, the name her loved ones gave her. Her parents were obliged to use Mahsa as her official Iranian name on papers since some Kurdish names are illegal in Iran.

“Zhina was a normal person, she was not political. The regime has been making up scenarios and disinformation – saying that Zhina was in contact with me and I taught her and sent her back to Iran to do a certain activity, when in fact this is completely baseless,” Mortezai said.

He said that regime authorities in Iran had threatened him and Mahsa’s family on Instagram, using bogus identities to warn them that they would be killed if they participated in the protests. “Myself, I have been receiving many threats over the phone, that if they see me in the city, they will kidnap me and kill me,” he added.

Mahsa Amini’s custodial death sparks anti-hijab protests across Iran

According to the reports, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was abducted by the ‘morality police’ in Tehran for not complying with the mandatory hijab laws of the country. Amini who was on a pleasure trip to Tehran had not covered her hair properly in the hijab. She was arrested by the police and then beaten in the police van while being taken to a detention centre, dubbed as a ‘re-education class’ for not conforming to the country’s mandatory hijab rules.

The police took the woman to the police station on Vozara Avenue where already dozens of other women were being held for not following the hijab rules. They beat the women and schooled them about the proper dress rules of the country. Mahsa was brutally beaten and taken to the hospital after she stopped responding in the custody. The doctors at the hospital stated that her heart continued to beat but her brain was no longer functioning. The woman breathed her last three days after the incident.

Her killing sparked massive protests in Iran, with women taking to the streets to up raise their voices against the regime. Several ladies including school-going girls burnt their hijabs in sympathy with the tragedy, while women all throughout the world trimmed their hair in the protest. Protests erupted in dozens of places around the country in the aftermath of her death after which the government retaliated with a harsh crackdown.

However, three weeks after the death of Amini, Iran’s Forensic Organisation revealed a report stating that the woman had died due to illness and not due to blows and beatings given to her in police custody. Earlier, the Police had also tried to cover up the matter claiming that Mahsa was already suffering from a heart problem and that she was never beaten in the custody.

Eknath Shinde faction gets two swords & shield as a poll symbol from the Election Commission of India

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Eknath Shinde faction gets two swords & shield as a poll symbol from the Election Commission of India

In a new move in allocating election insignia to the Shiv Sena’s two factions, the Election Commission of India has granted the Eknath Shinde faction two swords and a shield symbol (Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena). This comes after the Uddhav Thackeray group received Mashaal (flaming flame) as their electoral symbol yesterday.

The bow and arrow symbol of Shiv Sena had previously been frozen by the Election Commission of India as both sections of the party continued to contest it. The Eknath Shinde camp earlier proposed a trumpet, a blunt mace, and a sword as electoral symbols, but all three were rejected, and they were instructed to submit three new ideas to the Election Commission.

The two groups were attempting to finalise their emblems ahead of the Andheri East bypoll, which fell vacant in May 2022 following the death of Shiv Sena leader Ramesh Latke. The elections will take place on November 3rd, later this year.

Shinde had defied Uddhav Thackeray for establishing an “unnatural alliance” with Congress and the NCP. Thackeray was forced to resign as Chief Minister of Maharashtra when more than 40 of the Shiv Sena’s 55 MLAs backed Shinde. Shinde, who was later acknowledged to be the original Shiv Sena leader, won support from 12 of the Shiv Sena’s 18 Lok Sabha members.

On October 5, both Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde engaged in a war of words, with Thackeray calling Eknath Shinde ‘Kattappa‘ and Shinde hitting back. During a speech, Thackeray called Shinde ‘Katappa’ and said, “The only thing I feel bad and angry about is that when I was admitted to the hospital, the people whom I gave the responsibility (of the state) became ‘Katappa’ and betrayed us. They were cutting me and thinking that I will never return from the hospital.”

On this Shinde responded while addressing a huge crowd on Dussehra celebrations, “They call me ‘Katappa’. I want to tell you, that even ‘Katappa’ had self-respect, and was not double standard like you.”

‘Vile woman, committing shirk’: ABP journalist attracts the wrath of Islamists for visiting the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain

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‘Vile woman, committing shirk’: ABP journalist attracts the wrath of Islamists for visiting the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain

ABP journalist Rubika Liyaquat on Tuesday drew the ire of Islamists on Twitter after she posted pictures of her visit to the hallowed Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. 

Earlier today, Ms Liyaquat took to Twitter to share her pictures from a visit to the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain. Sharing her pics from the visit, the ABP News journalist said that the visit to the king of Ujjain had left her spellbound.

Islamists attack Rubika Liyaquat for sharing pictures from her visit to the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain

No sooner did Ms Liyaquat post pictures of her visit to the Mahakaleshwar Temple, a raft of Islamists descended on her timeline, abusing her for “betraying Islam” and committing the sin “shirk”, which means ‘idolatry’ and is strictly proscribed under Islam.

An Islamist who identifies herself as a journalist responded to Rubina’s tweet, saying: “No religion is a joke! In this way you are insulting both religions, it is right to respect every religion but it is wrong to do paganism by calling yourself a Muslim. Do not insult any form of God to improve your image.”

Rubika Liyaquat
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Another Islamist who seemed profoundly aggrieved by Rubina’s visit to Mahakaleshwar Temple said that praying to anyone except Allah is shirk and those who commit it are consigned to hell.

Rubika Liyaquat
Source: Twitter

Many others attacked her for visiting a Hindu temple even though she is a Muslim and a follower of Islam which prohibits idol worshipping. 

Yet another Islamist declared that Rubika is a Hindu and warned her that she should not call herself a Muslim. Citing Sharia and Islam, the social media user said those who commit shirk cease to be Muslim.

Rubika was also called a ‘kaafir’ who would project herself as a Muslim to further the ‘Hindutva agenda on TV’.

But some Islamists tried to veil their attack against Rubika by linking it to the Garba controversy recently after Bajrang Dal members had stopped Muslims feigning as Hindus from attending the religious functions.

Peace Party’s Shadab Chauhan, known for voicing fringe opinions on social media, targeted Rubika Liyaquat for her visit to the Mahakelshwar Temple. “Nowadays, the Bajrang Dal members are mulling over banning the entry of Muslims at Garba events, so how did they let you inside? Do you have a pact with them? Well, whatever it is, it is your constitutional right to worship whomever you want to, and I have no comment to make.”

Visiting Hindu temples with a sense of respect and admiration and entering Garba venues under fake aliases are two disparate things that folks like Shadab are either incapable of comprehending or deliberately choose to conflate in their bid to discredit modernist Muslims.

Bajrang Dal members objected to the entry of those Muslims who assumed fake aliases and ulterior motives to cause disruptions at Garba programmes, an intimately religious function for Hindus. By drawing false equivalences to Rubika’s visit to Mahakaleshwar Temple, which reflected the ABP News anchor’s deep reverence and high regard for the Hindu God, Islamists like Shadab try to draw a veil over the lumpen elements who visit Garba pandals, not out of any respect or with the aim of worshipping the Hindu deity, but to ogle at Hindu women and girls and make lewd remarks against them.

Facebook’s parent company Meta designated as a ‘terrorist organisation’ by the Russian govt

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Facebook’s parent company Meta designated as a ‘terrorist organisation’ by the Russian govt

Reports claim that Meta Platforms Inc. of the United States has been added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of “terrorists and extremists” in Russia. After Meta was convicted guilty of “extremist activity” in Russia in March, a Moscow court rejected its appeal in June. At the time, Meta’s attorney testified in court that Meta was not involved in extremist activities and was opposed to Russophobia.

Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) was convicted guilty of “extremist activity” by a Moscow court in March this year. The Russian state prosecutors’ petition to prohibit Meta’s operations on Russian soil was upheld by Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court. The agency’s case, according to Meta’s attorneys, was unjustified and illegitimate. The business denied engaging in extreme behaviour. According to company executives, Meta opposes both demands for violence and racial prejudice.

The social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are all owned by Meta. Facebook and Instagram, two of Meta’s most prominent platforms, are already prohibited in Russia, and the court later stated that the decision would not apply to WhatsApp.

Instagram was blocked after Meta claimed that it would permit social media users in Ukraine to post messages calling for violence against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the troops Moscow sent into Ukraine on February 24. 

In March an internal email accessed by Reuters also said that the Meta would allow posts that call for the death of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko only if they did not contain other targets or discuss methods or locations.

The temporary policy changes on calls for violence against Russian soldiers were to apply in countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, reports Reuters.

Tensions between Moscow and foreign internet platforms have increased as a result of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. Previously, Anton Gorelkin, a member of the State Duma’s information and communications committee in Russia, stated that Moscow may reopen the Russian market to Meta, but only on its terms. The basic prerequisite, according to Gorelkin, is that Meta complies with a Russian regulation requiring international firms with more than 500,000 daily users to create Russian representative offices. Gorelkin had fiercely criticised foreign businesses while promoting domestic alternatives.

Next Nobel Prize in maths, tough competition to Priyanka Chaturvedi: Netizens mock AAP’s Raghav Chadha over ‘debt per person in Gujarat’ calculations

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Next Nobel Prize in maths, tough competition to Priyanka Chaturvedi: Netizens mock AAP’s Raghav Chadha over ‘debt per person in Gujarat’ calculations

Do you know, according to Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Ragha Chadha, who happens to be a Chartered Accountant by profession before joining politics, every person in Gujarat has a debt of Rs 58,000 crores, and the Gujarat government spends Rs 38,000 crores on every person annually. These two bizarre figures were thrown at the public during Chadha’s two brief media interactions on October 11 during his visit to Amreli district and Bhavnagar district in Gujarat.

At Amreli, he said, “I am a Chartered Accountant by profession. I was looking at some figures. I am feeling very sad while telling you that the Gujarat government is in debt of Rs 3.5 lakh crore because of the corrupt policies of a corrupt leader. It is said, and it might be true, that the people of Gujarat if they touch a stone, it turns into gold. The people of Gujarat are the best at running businesses. The business is in the air of Gujarat. People perfectly understand businesses here. They know how to convert a loss-making business into a profit-making business.”

He added, “However, the corrupt leaders of Gujarat have turned a profit-making government into a loss-making government. There is a debt of Rs 3.5 lakh crore on the people of Gujarat. The total population of Gujarat is 6.5 crores. If you calculate, every person has a debt of 58,000 crores. Every person has a debt of Rs 58,000 crores. If a child takes birth in Gujarat, there is a debt of Rs 58,000 crores on his or her head from day one.”

Now, for once, let’s forget the fact that the debt liability is of the state and not of the public. If we divide 3.5 lakh crores (Rs 35,00,00,00,00,000) with 6.5 crores (6,50,00,000) then we get Rs 53,846, not Rs 58,000 crores as Chadha claimed. If every person supposedly had 58,000 crores debt, Gujarat government would have ended up with Rs 3,77,00,000 lakh crores (3,77,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000) worth of debt.

At Bhavnagar, he said, “The annual budget of Gujarat government is Rs 2.5 lakh crores. That means the Gujarat government spends 2.5 lakh crores on infrastructure development. I want to ask the people of Bhavnagar if a share of the budget reached them. The total population of Gujarat is 6.5 crores. The annual budget is Rs 2.5 lakh crores. That means the government spends Rs 38,000 on every person. Every person gets facilities worth Rs 38,000 crores every year. This is what the government gives you theoretically on paper. I want to ask you did those Rs 38,000 crores reach you. No one got it.”

Initially, he did not use ‘crores’ with Rs 38,000, but later, he added ‘crores’ to it and messed up his calculations again. If we calculate, the government, according to Chadha’s figures, spends Rs 38,461 every year on every person in Gujarat and not Rs 38,000 crores that he has claimed in his statement. One may wonder how much Gujarat Government’s budget would have been if it started to spend Rs 38,000 crores every year on every person living in Gujarat!

Reactions from netizens over the goof-up

Following Chadha’s amazing calculations, netizens had a lot of fun at his expense.

Twitter user BefittingFacts said, “AAP MP Raghav Chadha says that every Gujarati has debt of ₹58000 Crore. He didn’t stop there, he also said that if a new baby is born in Gujarat, he borns with debt of ₹58000 Crore. Total debt on Gujarat is around ₹3.5 lakh crore around. Priyanka Chaturvedi didi got competition.(sic)”

Twitter user PoliticalKida shared a video of Chadha announcing he is a chartered accountant followed by the goof-up. He called it the “Gems of AAP”.

Another popular Twitter user Being_Humor rooted for a Nobel in Mathematics for Raghav Chadha while quoting another Twitter user Naman who had shared the video.

AAP has a history of messed-up calculations

This is not the first time an Aam Aadmi Party leader has come up with bizarre figures. Raghav Chadha, in May 2021, took to social media to give logic-defying calculations with respect to cryogenic oxygen tanks. In a video, he claimed that there are 1631 cryogenic tanks in India. He said that the total production of liquid medical oxygen is 8,500 MT. He then claimed that these tankers have the actual capacity to carry 23,000 MT of oxygen but are used only for ferrying 8,500 MT of liquid medical oxygen.

A Twitter user pointed out many of these tankers ply empty to the source of oxygen to be refilled before they can ply again with oxygen to the required destination. Moreover, many of these tankers take over 24 hours for the one-way journey because of the long distances they have to cover. It is not that the tankers can teleport in an instant. Some even pointed out that if all tankers were to ply at the same time with oxygen, with none returning to the source for refilling, there would be a huge lag in deliveries.

Not to forget, in 2014, Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the price of a ticket for a Bullet Train would be Rs 75,000 for a one-side trip.

Kejriwal is an IIT graduate and worked with the Income Tax department before becoming a full-time activist, followed by a full-time politician.

Shivling found inside Gyanvapi: Varanasi court reserves order on scientific investigation, to be pronounced on October 14

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Shivling found inside Gyanvapi: Varanasi court reserves order on scientific investigation, to be pronounced on October 14

The Varanasi district court reserved its decision on Tuesday in the petition demanding a scientific study of the Shivling discovered within the disputed edifice in the Gyanvapi complex in May of this year. According to information provided by Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, the case will be heard again on October 14, when District Judge AK Vishvesh will deliver the judgment.

The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee Varanasi objected to the Hindu side’s request for a scientific analysis of the Shivling discovered during the complex’s survey, which was mandated by the court. The committee in charge of managing Gyanvapi has opposed the scientific examination of the Shivling on the grounds that it is located in a prohibited area.

The Muslim side in the current application had received notice from the court on September 22 instructing it to submit any objections to the plea that it might have. On September 29 and October 7, the issue was again heard, and the decision was anticipated to be made today.

A Shivling was discovered inside the Wazookhana of the mosque compound on May 16, 2022, during a survey by the court-appointed panel. The Hindu side said that this was major proof that the mosque was erected by razing Lord Vishweshwar’s temple in Kashi.

The Muslim side, on the other hand, stated that the object was a fountain that was no longer in use. On the same day, Civil Judge (Senior Division) Ravi Kumar Diwakar issued an order sealing the disputed location in the complex in response to a plea filed by the Hindu side’s attorney Vishnu Shankar Jain.

The Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi complex lawsuit has been a sensitive one, with the initial action seeking the right to worship on the site of the Gyanvapi Mosque. Five female Hindu petitioners argued in the complaint that the mosque is a component of the temple.

Meanwhile, on September 29, the Allahabad high court granted an interim stay on a Varanasi court judgement mandating the Archaeological Survey of India to perform a survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex until October 31.

‘Bhajap hi bhajap, won’t vote for Arvind’: The Gujarati man in Dwarka’s video describing mood of the state ahead of election wins hearts, watch

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‘Bhajap hi bhajap, won’t vote for Arvind’: The Gujarati man in Dwarka’s video describing mood of the state ahead of election wins hearts, watch

As election season heats up in the western most state of India, Gujarat, the general mood of the people is becoming clearer on who they might end up voting for. Amid this, a clip of News 24 has gone viral where a man from Dwarka says how no matter what happens and if skies fall down, he will only vote for BJP and Modi.

The clip was shared by Twitter user Vijay Gajera where the Gujarati man who identifies himself as Haridas Ahir Mulayam Singh Yadav very candidly gives a lowdown of the mood of voters in Gujarat. He says how he always watches tv and his eyes have also turned red watching tv. When the anchor asks him what is the ‘mahaul’, he quickly says it in favour of BJP, ‘lotus’.

When the tv anchor further probed on what has he deduced from television shows, Ahir said that you keep asking what is ‘mahaul’, our ‘mahaul’ is simple, ‘Bhajap, Narendra Modi, Modi,’ he says. When asked about other parties, he says how ‘they come, Arvind Kejriwal, and they go. Arvind comes, asks and goes. We do not want to vote for Arvind,’ he said.

When asked if he would vote for Mulayam Singh Yadav’s party if it were contesting in Gujarat, Ahir, who has name inspired from Mulayam Singh Yadav, said, “No, don’t want to vote for him. No one but BJP. Will vote for BJP only, no one else.” When asked why so, he said, “Bhajap hi Bhajap, Modi hi Modi,” and stayed silent for a few seconds like that was nothing else to say beyond this. When asked about Congress, Ahir very candidly said, “no, no, won’t even vote for them, I’m not in a mood.”

He then talks a little about the golden earring like ‘kodiya’ he was wearing and again repeated, “Bhajap hi Bhajap, Modi hi Modi.”

Gujarat goes to polls in a few weeks from now and there has been a continuous BJP government in the state since 1998. An entire generation in Gujarat has now grown up in only BJP ruled state where Congress is struggling for relevance and other parties are trying to form base.

2020 Palghar lynching case: Maha govt agrees to transfer investigation to CBI, Uddhav Thackeray govt had opposed it when in power

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2020 Palghar lynching case: Maha govt agrees to transfer investigation to CBI, Uddhav Thackeray govt had opposed it when in power

On Tuesday, October 10, the Maharashtra government led by Eknath Shinde agreed to transfer the investigation of the 2020 Palghar lynching case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

In an affidavit dated October 11, 2022, the Maharashtra government stated that it would not object if the CBI were handed the probe and that it is ready and willing to do so.

Copy of the affidavit submitted by the Maha Govt in the Supreme Court
Copy of the affidavit submitted by the Maha Govt in the Supreme Court
Copy of the affidavit submitted by the Maha Govt in the Supreme Court

The case dates back to 16th April 2020, when two Sadhus of Juna Akhara, Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), and Sushilgiri Maharaj (35) were lynched along with their 30-year-old driver by a mob. The incident took place at Gadchinchale village in Palghar district, Maharashtra. They were on their way to Surat, Gujarat. The police were present at the scene, but they did not try to stop the mob or did anything to save the sadhus.

The police had initially claimed that their team which had rushed to the spot to rescue the 70-year-old man also came under the attack of the violent mob. However, later videos emerged that completely debunked the claim of the police. Contrary to the claims, the police personnel were seen handing over the Sadhus to the frenzied mob, which went on to beat them to death in front of the policemen.

Several reports that emerged in the wake of the bloodcurdling lynching hinted that the brutal murder of the Hindu sadhus may not have been an act of spontaneity but a part of a broader conspiracy designed to eliminate the Hindu priests. An FIR into the case revealed an ultra-left connection to the lynching as it mentioned that a CPI(M) gram panchayat member had allegedly gathered a mob armed with rods and stones to kill the sadhus.

Reports also emerged that the killing of the Sadhus may have been intentional and politically motivated. The involvement of Christian Missionary organisations and some local NCP leaders and leftists were also suspected.

Uddhav Thackeray Govt had opposed the transfer of the Palghar lynching case to CBI

Notably, five months after the incident, the then Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray had submitted an affidavit in the apex court wherein it had opposed the transfer of the Palghar lynching case to the CBI. The affidavit was submitted days after the Supreme Court sought a response from the then Uddhav Thackeray government on the petitions seeking a CBI and NIA probe into the case of the brutal lynching of Hindu Sadhus in Palghar.

Dharmendra Deol politely schools Javed Akhtar as the latter makes remarks about the Bollywood actor’s casting in Zanjeer

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Dharmendra Deol politely schools Javed Akhtar as the latter makes remarks about the Bollywood actor’s casting in Zanjeer

Bollywood superstar Dharmendra Deol on Tuesday called out Javed Akhtar on Twitter after the latter commented on Dharmendra’s casting for Zanjeer. HT City reported that Javed Akhtar claimed Amitabh Bachchan was the last choice for the lead role in Zanjeer, after Dharmendra Deol and everyone else declined to play the part, Dharmendra said that it would be great if Javed Akhtar had learned to lie better.

Javed Akhtar said that everyone, including Dharmendra, refused to do Zanjeer as its hero was supposed to be a grim, serious, bitter person throughout the film.

Replying to the tweet by HTCity quoting Javed Akhtar, Dharmendra wrote, “Javed, Kaise Ho ……Dikhave Ki Iss Duniya Mein Haqeeqaten Dabi Rah Jaati Hain. Jeetey Raho…..Dilon Ko Gudgudana Khoob Aata Hai …..Kaash Sar Chad Ke Bolne Ka Jaadu Bhi Sekh Liya Hota …” (Javed, how are you…In this world of pretensions, truth stays hidden. Long live… You know how to make hearts laugh… I wish you had learnt to speak openly as well).

Through the tweet, Dharmendra implied that Javed lied about the fact and that he must learn to distort facts better. Film screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has always caused an uproar with his strange and inconvenient utterances, has been politely schooled by superstar Dharmendra for his unreliable and unconvincing remarks.

Zanjeer was a landmark film in Amitabh Bachchan’s career, launching him to superstardom after an indifferent start to his film career.

Javed Akhtar recently chimed in from oblivion to let Michelle Obama, wife of former US President Barack Obama, know that he is pulling for her to become US President and that she should not dodge the duty. In response to a tweet about her book tour, Akhtar presented himself as a 77-year-old Indian writer/poet.

Javed Akhtar’s Twitter presence has gradually relegated him to the status of a troll. Soon after the Pulwama terror attack, he demonstrated his contempt for the whole Gujarati community by indicating that Gujaratis are seldom represented in the armed services.

“We have had so many regiments in the Army like the Sikhs, Marathas, Rajputs. But have we ever had a Gujarat regiment? Since our Prime Minister has great love and pride in the Indian Army of late, I would urge him to raise a Gujarat regiment so the swayamsevaks from the region can join the Army,” Akhtar reportedly said. He had said that the people from Ahmedabad and Surat should join such a regiment.

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