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Congress-friendly ex-Times Group journalist insinuates Gujaratis are responsible for Islamist attack on Hindus in Leicester

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Congress-friendly ex-Times Group journalist insinuates Gujaratis are responsible for Islamist attack on Hindus in Leicester

Deepal Trivedi, a former Ahmedabad Mirror editor with a long history of spreading fake news, took to Twitter on Sunday to insinuate that Gujaratis from India were responsible for the violence in Leicester, United Kingdom, in which Hindus were attacked by radical Islamists following an India-Pakistan Asia Cup match last month.

Deepal added, quoting another left-liberal columnist Vasundhara Srinate, who blamed Hindutva for the mayhem unleashed by Islamists in Leicester, that Leicester is dominated by Gujaratis and that this is expected of them.

Tweet by Deepali.

Several Twitter users called out Deepal for her remarks and stated that she is spreading fake news. Quoting a Tweet by Leicester police, a user wrote, “Official statement of the local police authorities. Fake news busted.”

The tweet.

Following the replies by users, Deepal came to her defence and tried to change her stance. In a tweet quoting her earlier tweet, she wrote, “For all those who misinterpret or have missed out… i repeat: Leicester is full of #Gujaratis. Only fools can deny this. And these educated are so “blind” that they think #Gujaratis mean #Hindus only! @zafarsareshwala is one such Muslim who is a Proud Gujarati. So chill!

The tweet made by Deepali at 10:31 AM on Monday.

In another tweet, she went on to add that there is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim Gujarati. She wrote, “When we talk of #Gujaratis, we talk of #Gujaratis as a community. Not as Hindu or Muslim. #GujaratiSamaj in #Leicester obviously has Hindus & Muslims both as members. Example: Asha Parekh is a Gujarati. We do not describe her as half Muslim. So stop twisting facts!”

Tweet by Deepali.

Deepal Trivedi through her tweet first insinuated that the ruckus and mayhem unleashed in Leicester city was because of Gujaratis living in the town and then tried to change her stance by saying that it is both Hindus and Muslims of Gujarati origin who caused the violence. In all, she meant that the violence was because Gujaratis inhabited the locality.

Deepal Trivedi and her penchant for spreading fake news

Even so, Trivedi has a long history of peddling falsehoods and fake news. Ahead of 2017 Gujarat state elections, Trivedi was caught sharing morphed images of fake quotes by then BJP President Amit Shah on Patidar community. The atrocious statements put up by Deepal could have easily instigated disturbance within communities in a poll-bound state where rumours can easily take shape of violence. 

When confronted about her malicious tweet, Trivedi had claimed that she tagged Hardik and Amit Shah to ‘clarify’ since the images appeared ‘dicey’. Similarly, in 2018, she was caught wishing death upon BJP leader Tajinder Bagga.

Then in 2020, Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil accused Trivedi of publishing a fabricated interview in Ahmedabad Mirror. Taking to Twitter, Paatil called out the fictional ‘interview’ where the tabloid’s Congress-friendly Editor herself had taken the byline. The interview claimed that in 2022 state elections, as per Paatil, BJP will win at least 175 out of 182 seats and that even 182 seats should not come as a surprise. 

However, Trivedi brazened it out and defended the ‘interview’ by claiming that the said ‘interview’ took place on 1st September 2020 in Circuit House.

Islamist attack on Hindus in Leicester

Nonetheless, the latest remarks by Deepal follow after violence erupted in Leicester city following the defeat of Pakistan by India in the Asia Cup match on August 28. According to accounts, Muslims, primarily Pakistani Islamists, assaulted Hindus and their homes in the area. Several videos of the incident went viral a week after the incident.

The videos showed Hindus being assaulted in their cars while parked in their driveways, and Hindu families huddled in their houses, stunned, while massive groups wandered the street vandalising property. The majority of these incidents of violence and provocative religious sloganeering were reported in the city’s Belgrave region.

After hundreds of people crowded the streets in the city’s eastern section, violence erupted again on September 17 afternoon in Leicester. Police officers swarmed the streets, exercising disposal powers and encouraging peace as disturbance persisted on the streets following a protest by Hindus against the violence by Islamists. 

The protest was disrupted by Islamists as they hurled glass bottles at the protestors. A Saffron flag atop a temple was also desecrated by a mob of Islamists in front of the police. So far, a total of 27 people have been arrested in connection to the violence in Leicester that began last month.

Iran: Women burn hijab, cut their hair to protest against the killing of Mahsa Amini

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Iran: Women burn hijab, cut their hair to protest against the killing of Mahsa Amini

On September 18, the protests in western Iran continued over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. It is noteworthy that Amini was detained by the ‘Mortality Police’ of Iran for wearing the hijab in an ‘improper manner’ as she was allegedly not covering her hair completely. She was assaulted in the Police van while being driven to a detention center for a ‘re-education lesson.’ Amini succumbed to the injuries sustained during the assault while receiving treatment in the hospital on September 16.

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and activist, shared several videos on the social media platform Twitter. In one of the videos, the women were seen removing their hijab and cutting their hair as a mark of protest. Masih wrote, “Iranian women show their anger by cutting their hair and burning their hijab to protest against the killing of Mahsa Amini by hijab police. From the age of 7, if we don’t cover our hair, we won’t be able to go to school or get a job. We are fed up with this gender apartheid regime.”

In another video shared by Masih, students of Tehran university were seen protesting against the murder of Mahsa Amini. She wrote, “This is Tehran University, students joined the protest against the murdering of #MahsaAmini by hijab police and chanting: Woman, life, Freedom. Iranians are outraged. Yesterday the security forces opened fire at protesters in Sachez city, but now Tehran joined the protest.”

JK Rowling, the author of the famous Harry Potter series, came in support of the Iranian women protesting over Amini’s death. She quoted Masih and wrote, “What true bravery looks like.”

In another video shared by Masih, women can be seen chanting, “Don’t be afraid, we are all united,” while protesting on the streets. Masih wrote- These brave women stormed into the streets on day two after Mahsa Amini was murdered by hijab police. They chant ‘Don’t be afraid, we are all united.’

The protests continued during the night as well. In one of the videos, women could be heard chanting, ‘Death to Khamenei.’

A similar video was shared by Twitter user zizikhanoum.

Twitter user Samri shared several videos alleging the Iranian Police fired shots at the protesters. The videos, which are graphic in nature, show Police firing at the protesters and a few visuals of protesters who got injured.

The death of Mahsa Amini

A 22-year-old Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini, who fell into a coma after she was beaten by the ‘Morality Police’ for wearing ‘improper hijab’, died on Friday in Tehran. Iranian media reported that Amini died in hospital, quoting official sources.

Earlier on Tuesday, Mahsa Amini was declared brain dead, hours after she was arrested by the ‘Morality Police’ in Tehran for “improper hijab”, which means she had not fully covered her hair. 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.

According to the reports, the incident is said to have happened on September 13 when Amini, a native of Saghez, Iran, had travelled to Tehran for a pleasure trip. The woman was with her brother Kiarash at the entrance to the Shahid Haghani Expressway when the ‘Morality Police’ arrived and arrested Amini for a one-hour ‘re-education class’.

The Guardian’s Aina Khan invokes ‘RSS’ in Leicester violence where Islamists attacked Hindu community, shows how Ummah trumps facts

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The Guardian’s Aina Khan invokes ‘RSS’ in Leicester violence where Islamists attacked Hindu community, shows how Ummah trumps facts

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup matches have taken a violent turn now that Islamists, most of whom are Pakistani immigrants in the UK, have taken to the street to attack the Hindu community while shamelessly playing the victim and putting the blame on ‘Hindu nationalists’. A journalist associated with UK-based leftist media outlet The Guardian, Aina Khan, tweeted about her ‘tense day’ while covering the Leicester violence. She claims to have interviewed one Hindu man who was wearing a motorbike helmet and holding an Indian flag.

She does not name him and there is no visible picture of him, but we have to take her word for it. The man holding the Indian flag could also be a Muslim – since India is home to over 15% Muslims, and we are made to believe they love and respect the Indian flag as much as ‘Hindu nationalists’ do, so in absence of his name, it is bigotry to assume the man wearing a helmet and holding Indian flag was a Hindu man.

Khan then claims that the man in the helmet claimed he was an RSS supporter. She then adds one disclaimer that the RSS was inspired from Italian dictator Mussolini. This is surprising because usually it is claimed RSS was inspired by Hitler’s Nazism and it is done to dehumanise those associated with the Sangh. Amusingly, it was actually Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s father, Stefano Maino, who actually served as a foot soldier in Mussolini’s army. Maino was not only unapologetic about his support for the fascist leader but he was immensely proud of fighting against the Russian Reds alongside Hitler’s Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front in World War II. 

Further, Khan then claims that the ‘RSS-supporting Hindu man wearing a helmet’ said that India’s Independence truly began only after Narendra Modi took office as PM, eight years ago. This is laughable to say the least, because even in India, the home of the RSS – they do not have this as an official line. While the Sangh parivar has been supportive of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, the above stand has been for many BJP supporters and fans of Narendra Modi. While BJP and RSS are sister organisations on the same side of ideology, they are two distinct bodies and have held differing views on many issues – that is exactly how healthy democracy is.

She then said how the helmet wearing man said Muslims are a problem in the UK and talked about the Rotherham grooming gang. There is no video clip evidence of the man saying ‘Muslims’ are a problem, but the fact that many Muslims are prime accused in the Rotherham grooming gang case, one does not see what exactly is incorrect in this.

Rotherham grooming gangs

Over 1400 minors were sexually exploited and abused in Rotherham, Northern England between the late 1980s to 2010s and it is dubbed as the biggest child protection scandal in the UK. Young children were sexually exploited and the first conviction was in 2010 when five British Pakistani men were convicted of sexual offences against girls aged 12-16. Taxi drivers would pick up the girls for sex from care homes and schools and rape and gang rape them. Some were also doused with petrol and threatened to be set on fire.

Names of convicts in the Rotherham sexual abuse case are: Qurban Ali, Arshid Hussain, Basharat Hussain, Bannaras Hussain, Karen MacGregor, Shelley Davies, Sageer Hussain, Istiaq Khaliq, Masoued Malik, Waleed Ali, Asif Ali, Naeem Rafiq, Mohammed Wheid, Basharat Dad, Nasser Dad, Tayab Dad, Mohammed Sadiq, Matloob Hussain, Amjad Ali, Zalgai Ahmadi, Sajid Ali, Zaheer Iqbal, Riaz Makhmood, Asghar Bostan, Tony Chapman, Khurram Javed, Darren Hyett, Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, Nabeel Khursheed, Iqlak Yousaf, Tanweer Ali, Salah Ahmed El-Hakam.

As can be seen, most of the men convicted of one of the worst sexual exploitation cases in recent history were Muslims, many of Pakistani origin living in Britain. This is fact and stating it so should not be considered ‘Islamophobia’.

Aina Khan’s tirade on the RSS

Khan then claims how the ‘helmet man’ said how the RSS is a great organisation while standing very close to a Gandhi statue. She claims that this was ironic since Gandhi was assassinated by an RSS member, Nathuram Godse. While Godse was once associated with the RSS, at the time of MK Gandhi’s assassination, he was not.

Khan then claims that ‘another RSS member’ then joined the discussion and it got ‘heated’ when the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans were raised. She refers to Jai Shri Ram (Glory to Shri Ram), as a ‘Hindu chant appropriated by extremists in India’ and also alleged that Jai Shri Ram is now synonymous with anti-Muslim hatred.

This trope is straight out of the book of the Islamists in India who have tried time and again to defame the Jai Shri Ram chant. There have been innumerable times where Islamists have claimed that a ‘Muslim man’ was beaten up for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. In fact, one such fake news was shared by ‘fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair who shared a mute video clip making these allegations about an incident in Loni, Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. Later it turned out the elderly Muslim man had made up the entire incident and he was beaten up over black magic by his coreligionists.

This fake narrative has often been used by political parties to further the ‘dara hua Musalman’ narrative, which is why the Islamists in India have started this movement to defame the Jai Shri Ram slogan. This urge comes from the fact that their pious chant Allahu Akbar has become so dreaded and that they can’t do much about Islamic terrorists continuing to stab, behead and blow up (themselves and others) while chanting it. And now, the toolkit has reached the UK.

She then shared a clip she claims a ‘witness’ recorded. The group is peacefully taking out a march chanting Vande Mataram (Mother, I bow down to thee), a chant Indians use while hailing India, Jai Shri Ram and Har Har Mahadev. It must be noted that the violence started after India vs Pakistan Asia Cup match. Indians were getting attacked by Pakistanis. While many may think this was Hindu vs Muslim thing, it was actually more of Indians vs Pakistani thing. And while it is true most Pakistanis in Britain would be Muslims (because Hindus are very few left and are either forcefully converted, tortured or have fled the country), Indian diaspora in the UK could be Hindus, Muslims and even Sikhs.

Hence, Khan’s analysis reeks of racism towards Indians. The Indian men ‘shouting at her’ could also be a Muslim man who loves India and is faithful to the motherland. A little preposterous for Khan to assume his religious identity.

Khan then suddenly claims she would not have faced this if she were a white woman. She also claimed she was called Talibani, an extremist and accused of not scrutinising role of Pakistanis in the violence. Which now seems quite evident.

She then accuses the group of ‘refuting’ her. Because how dare someone try to call out someone’s biased reportage along with a factually incorrect narrative-building exercise. Apparently, refuting someone is now wrong if the person you are refuting is a non-white Muslim woman who can never be wrong.

And then came the disclaimer that not all ‘Hindus’ are the same. Again, to put things in perspective, the violence started with Indians vs Pakistanis in Britain. She then even finds a ‘nice Muslim man’, a good Samaritan, who ‘escorted’ a woman with ‘sindooram’ on her forehead to her home. See the subtle reference to the woman ‘being escorted’.The ‘good samaritan’ Majstar7 is one Majid Freeman, who runs a website seeking donations for the ‘Ummah’ (Islamic community) and raises funds for Syria, Afghanistan amongst others.

More attempts by Khan to make it appear like the Hindus have been the aggressors when it has clearly been the other way round.

Even in the video, the Indian man appears to be speaking about Pakistan and not Muslims. The video does show one ‘helmet man’ but in this, no one is speaking about the RSS. When Khan wrote an entire thread about ‘RSS/Hindutva extremists’, how come in this one-minute video that she shared no one is talking about it?

This is the confirmation bias. Khan wanted to see what she wanted to see. She wanted to hear what she thought she would hear because of the chatter that has been going on on Twitter by Islamists over the years. Because now it seems the Ummah will go to any extent to make Hindus appear like aggressors so that their radicals also appear moderate.

Mamata Banerjee ate sandwiches, fish finger, and chocolates during her 26-day hunger strike in 2006: former IAS and TMC leader Dipak Ghosh’s 2012 book

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Mamata Banerjee ate sandwiches, fish finger, and chocolates during her 26-day hunger strike in 2006: former IAS and TMC leader Dipak Ghosh’s 2012 book

Dipak Kumar Ghosh, a former IAS officer and once-trusted aide to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, revealed some dark secrets of the TMC supremo in a book about her. Ghosh described how Mamta Banerjee ate chicken and vegetable sandwiches, fish fingers, and chocolates throughout her 26-day-long hunger strike in 2006.

The book named “Mamata Banerjee- As I have known her or the Goddess that failed,” was published on May 18th, 2012.

Today, September 19, 2022, Twitter user @Aryan_warlord Tweeted an excerpt from former TMC leader Dipak Kumar Ghosh’s book to revisit Mamata Banerjee’s 16-year-old secret.

16-years-ago, on 4 Dec 2006, Mamata Banerjee sat on a 26-day long hunger strike in Kolkata opposing the ‘forcible acquisition’ of farmland in Hooghly district’s Singur by the then Left Government for the Tata Motors’ proposed Nano car factory.

In the 8th chapter of his book, titled “Fast with sandwich as dinner and chocolate throughout the day”, Dipak Kumar Ghosh wrote, “Mamata Banerjee’s close associates called her 25 days’ fast (from December 4 morning to midnight of December 28, 2006) as historic and claimed that she had outdone Gandhiji.” He then revealed how Banerjee’s 26-day hunger strike in 2006 was a total charade, with her discreetly eating sandwiches and fish fingers for dinner and chocolates during the day.

An excerpt from Dipak Kumar Ghosh’s book

Ghosh revealed how Mamata Banerjee, initially for the first 2-3 days of her fast, drank lemon and glucose water but after that, she secretly started eating sandwiches and fish fingers sneaked in at the protest site by her personal assistant (PA) Gautam Basu.

He wrote how she made her PA Gautam Basu secretly get her 4-5 chicken and veg sandwiches and fish fingers from the Dalhousie Institute of Jhowtala courtesy Derek O’Brien for dinner.

He further exposed Mamata Banerjee by revealing how she kept lots of imported chocolates under her pillow and secretly ate them whenever she felt the need.

“But, what did Mamata do all these record days of fast? She had some lemon water, glucose water etc. during the first 2/3 days. But, after Sonali vanished from the scene, she would get 4/5 chicken/cheese sandwiches and fish fingers, secretly brought by her P.A. Gautam Basu (the poor fellow died in 2008) from the Dalhousie Institute at Jhowtola courtesy Derek Obrien for her dinner. Mamata made Derek Obrien a Rajya Sabha M.P. in July, 2011,” Dipak Kumar Ghosh wrote in the 8th chapter of his book- Mamata Banerjee- As I have known her or the Goddess that failed

“She also kept lots of costly chocolates under her pillow to secretly put these into her mouth whenever she felt the need. This writer found this out, when one afternoon Amitava Bhattacharya had brought his little son on the stage. Mamata called him to her side and put a chocolate in his little hand. This writer noticed it and thus discovered the truth,” Dipak Kumar Ghosh added.

An excerpt from Dipak Kumar Ghosh’s book

How Mamata Banerjee rode on the successes of the 2006-07 Nandigram and Singur agitations

In 2006-07, there was a massive protest against land acquisition for the Tata Manufacturing plant, which escalated into violence and bloodshed when police forces under the Left Front government opened fire at the protesters. Mamata Banerjee, as the primary opposition then, led the charge against the same.

Mamata Banerjee, who acted as a farmers’ rights crusader while protesting Tata Motors’ “forceful” land acquisition for the Nano project at Singur, went on to stage a 26-day hunger strike at Kolkata’s Metro Channel ground in the Esplanade area, only to force Ratan Tata to withdraw his dream project in October 2008.

In January 2007, Mamata Banerjee eagerly exacerbated the Nandigram crisis. The movement gathered traction, culminating in the deaths of 14 poor farmers in police shootings, which aided Mamata in mobilising artists like Mahasweta Devi, Aparna Sen, and anti-Gujarat ‘activists’ like Medha Patkar against forcible land acquisition.

Years after the Tata Manufacturing plant was shifted out of West Bengal’s Singur to Gujarat’s Sanand, the farmers involved in the agitation against the Tata behemoth have expressed their regret for the agitation. However, Mamata rode on the successes of the anti-land acquisition movements in Nandigram and Singur to get a historic victory in the 2011 West Bengal elections against the long-ruling Left government.

India saved Rs 35,000 crores from the purchase of Russian crude oil sold at discount: Report

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India saved Rs 35,000 crores from the purchase of Russian crude oil sold at discount: Report

According to reports, the purchase of Russian oil at a discounted price has benefited India to the tune of 35,000 crores. This comes after India began purchasing Russian crude at a discount since the commencement of the Russia-Ukraine war.

After the Ukraine War forced Moscow’s usual buyers to forsake large quantities of oil, forcing Russian oil companies to offer significant discounts to new buyers, India started looking for cheap Russian oil. India chose to buy oil from Russia in defiance of intense pressure from Western countries.

In July, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as India’s second-largest oil supplier as a result of its purchases of crude, a report in the Times of India states. However, the latter quickly reclaimed its former position, and now Russia is the third-largest oil supplier, according to trade figures cited by Reuters. India is now the second largest buyer of Russian oil after China.

Source: Reuters

Even Indian foreign minister, S. Jaishankar, backed the move, calling it the “best deal” for the country. Previously, he stated that India and other nations should be free to guarantee that the impact of war on their economy is minimal.

During the months of April and July, India bought $11.2 billion worth of mineral oil from Russia. According to figures from the Commerce Department, the figure has increased eightfold since it was $1. 3 billion in the same period the previous year. Since March, when India increased its imports from Russia, imports have surpassed $12 billion, up from a little over $1 billion last year.

It is pertinent to note that, refiners, not the government, procure oil; yet, cheaper oil has a favourable influence on macroeconomic aspects of the economy. Oil purchased at a reduced cost helps to keep expenses down and the current account deficit in line by lowering import bills and reducing currency demand.

Notably, this is the second time that searching for lower prices in the global oil market has saved India funds. Previously, we were able to mobilize Rs 25,000 crore in 2020 when oil prices plummeted due to the pandemic. The Indian government then replenished strategic stocks, while refiners stored oil aboard ships.

The Indian government has clarified on several global platforms that they will prioritise the need of the country and will buy oil wherever it is available.

Chants of ‘Death to Muslims’: How wild allegations by Leicester Police Chief endangered the lives of the Hindu community

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Chants of ‘Death to Muslims’: How wild allegations by Leicester Police Chief endangered the lives of the Hindu community

The Leicester police have been at the forefront of a misinformation campaign that endangered the lives of Hindus in the city, following the Asia Cup group stage match between India and Pakistan on August 28.

In a letter to the Leicester Council of Faiths on August 31 this year, Chief Inspector Paul Allen falsely claimed that a small group of people called for the death of Muslims and Pakistan. He alleged that the provocative slogans were raised in Hindi, indicating that it must have been the handiwork of the Indian Hindu diaspora.

“Unfortunately, a small minority of people began chanting in a racially offensive way, calling for (we believe) “death to Pakistan” and “Death to Muslims” In Hindi,” he had claimed initially.

His email, the transcript of which has now gone viral on social media, was in reference to a minor scuffle that took place in Belgrave Road of Leicester. The grave assertion made by police chief Paul Allen gave a free licence to Islamists to unleash havoc on the Hindu community.

On the following day i.e. September 1, he issued a clarification on the matter and rubbished his own claims. He said, “On Tuesday (August 28) afternoon it was reported that the chanting which had taken place, some of which was captured on video and was circulated on social media, included the phrases (in Hindi) “Death to Pakistan” and “death to Muslims”.

“We have investigated this and can find no verifiable evidence that there were any chants of “death to Muslims”. This is significant in terms of the context and I would encourage you to share this with interested parties,” Paul Allen stated on September 1, 2022. However, it was too late by then.

In a tweet, ‘Insight UK’ pointed out, “Thank you Leicester police for accepting your mistake. Hindus of Leicester suffered immensely due to this grave mistake. We expect you will do justice to the #Hindu victims by charging the culprits. Your strict actions can only bring peace & security in the future.”

Islamists attacked Hindus in Leicester city 

Violence erupted in Leicester city following the defeat of Pakistan by India in the Asia Cup match on August 28. According to accounts, Muslims, primarily Pakistani Islamists, assaulted Hindus and their homes in the area. Several videos of the incident went viral a week after the incident.

The videos showed Hindus being assaulted in their cars while parked in their driveways, and Hindu families huddled in their houses, stunned, while massive groups wandered the street vandalising property. The majority of these incidents of violence and provocative religious sloganeering were reported in the city’s Belgrave region.

After hundreds of people crowded the streets in the city’s eastern section, violence erupted again on September 17 afternoon in Leicester. Police officers swarmed the streets, exercising disposal powers and encouraging peace as disturbance persisted on the streets following a protest by Hindus against the violence by Islamists. 

The protest was disrupted by Islamists as they hurled glass bottles at the protestors. A Saffron flag atop a temple was also desecrated by a mob of Islamists in front of the police.

“Officers attempted to engage with the group and remain with them whilst additional officers were called in. They sought to keep actions lawful but, regrettably, the situation led to disorder,” the police said in a statement. So far, a total of 27 people have been arrested in connection to the violence in Leicester that began last month.

AAP denies claims that Bhagwant Mann was deplaned in Germany for being drunk

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AAP denies claims that Bhagwant Mann was deplaned in Germany for being drunk

On September 19, Aam Aadmi Party denied the claims that suggested Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was deplaned in Germany for being drunk. CM Mann was on an eight-day trip to Germany and returned to India yesterday.

Notably, his trip has been surrounded by controversies. There were reports on Sunday that the delay in his return was due to the reason that he was deplaned from the plane at Frankfurt airport in Germany on Saturday as he was in an inebriated state. AAP has ‘strongly denied’ the claims and called them false and frivolous.

Chief Spokesperson of AAP Malwinder Singh Kang said, “The dirty tricks department of our political opponents is spreading these canards to defame our CM. They cannot digest that CM Mann is working hard to get investment in Punjab. The CM is returning as per schedule. He was to land here on Sunday night, and he has already landed in Delhi.”

The state government officials in Punjab, however, have been claiming that CM Mann failed to board the flight back from Germany because of “an emergency health condition.”

BMW denied the Punjab government’s claims of setting up a plant in the state

CM Mann’s Germany trip stirred a controversy after BMW denied any plans to set up a plant in Punjab. The clarification from the luxury car maker company came after Aam Aadmi Party claimed that BMW agreed to set up an automobile part manufacturing plant in Punjab.

The company said that “BMW Group is firmly committed to its Indian operations with its manufacturing plant in Chennai, a parts warehouse in Pune, a training center in Gurgaon NCR, and a well-developed dealer network across major metropolitans of the country,” and it has no plans to make additional investment for a new plant in Punjab.

Chandigarh University Video Leak: Police detain third accused, a 31-year-old man, from Shimla

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Chandigarh University Video Leak: Police detain third accused, a 31-year-old man, from Shimla

On September 18, the third accused in the Chandigarh University Video Leak case was detained from Shimla. The 31-year-old man was the second accused of being held by the Police from Himachal Pradesh. Earlier, the accused female student of the University and a 23-year-old man from Shimla were arrested by the Police.

The person detained has been identified as 31-year-old Rankaj Verma. He was arrested by the Dhalli Police team led by Dr Monika, Superintendent of Police, Shimla. The 23-year-old man who was arrested has been identified as Sunny Mehta. He was arrested by the Rohru Police team led by SP Monika. Mehta hails from a village under Rohru Sub division of district Shimla.

Director General of Himachal Pradesh Police Sanjay Kundu said, “Punjab Police reached PS Rohru in Shimla. The accused, Sunny Mehta, has been handed over to them. Zero tolerance for crime against women. If any collateral evidence comes our way, we will take action as per law.”

In a statement, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jairam Thakur assured legal action would be taken against the accused as per the law. “I’ve instructed police officers to cooperate with the Punjab Police. According to the info received, the boy who made (the videos) viral is from Himachal. Legal action will be taken against him,” he said.

Chandigarh University Video Leak Case

On September 18, a shocking case came to light where a girl student of Chandigarh University allegedly sent a nude video of around 60 female students to a man in Shimla. Reports further suggested around eight female students attempted suicide, and one of them died.

However, Mohali Police and later University Administration released multiple statements refuting the claims. They said that the accused sent her videos only to the person, and no other girls’ videos were sent or found on the recovered devices. They also refuted the claims that girls committed suicide and said no one had died. A couple of girls had fainted during the demonstrations, and they were rushed to the hospital.

An FIR was registered in the matter, and the accused girl was arrested by the Police. Later, on Sunday evening, the person to whom videos were sent was also arrested from Shimla by Himachal Police. He was handed over to Punjab Police.

Chandigarh University video leak: Administration agrees to students’ demands after day long protests, read details

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Chandigarh University video leak: Administration agrees to students’ demands after day long protests, read details

On the intervening night of September 18 and September 19, the Chandigarh University students ended their protests after Police and University administration assured to fulfill their demands. The students had been protesting over the alleged video leak case where a female student at the University allegedly sent nude videos of other female students to a man in Shimla. However, later Police and Chandigarh University administration said that the accused girl sent videos of herself only, and they did not find videos of any other girl on her mobile in the preliminary investigation. Further probe into the matter is underway.

The protests ended after University and Police agreed to demands

The students were continuously protesting at Chandigarh University over the matter. Upon discussion with the senior Police officials and University administration, the students laid down several demands. They demanded that the case updates will be provided to a 10-member committee of students. Further, the warden of the hostel where the incident took place would be suspended. Thirdly, they asked for a complete check of the girls’ hostel by the officials. The doors of the washrooms in the girls’ hostel would be replaced.

The University also assured the students that they would replace the mobile phones of the students that got damaged during the protests. Following the assurance by the authorities, the students ended the protests at around 1:30 AM on September 19. As per reports, the University will remain closed till September 24.

Director of Student Welfare of Chandigarh University Arvinder Kang told news agency ANI, “The Police had a chat today with students. They are satisfied now. First-year students have taken their own stand to not come in front of the media as they are freshers, just completed Class 12th.”

Deputy Inspector General of Police GS Bhullar said there was a communication gap and assured law would be followed. He said, “The issue has been a communication gap. We have been clarifying again and again. We are ensuring students that law is being followed, all legal procedures are being undertaken.”

Magisterial probe ordered

Deputy Commissioner of Police Amit Talwar has ordered a magisterial probe in the matter. Furthermore, a special investigation team of Mohali Police has been formed to investigate the case. So far, Police have made two arrests and one person was detained, including the accused girl student.

The video leak case

On September 18, it was reported that a girl student of Chandigarh University allegedly sent a nude video of around 60 female students to a man in Shimla. Reports further suggested around eight female students attempted suicide, and one of them died. However, Mohali Police and later University Administration released multiple statements refuting the claims. They said that the accused sent her videos only to the person, and no other girls’ videos were sent or found on the recovered devices. They also refuted the claims that girls committed suicide and said no one had died. A couple of girls had fainted during the demonstrations, and they were rushed to the hospital.

An FIR was registered in the matter, and the accused girl was arrested by the Police. Later, on Sunday evening, the person to whom videos were sent was also arrested from Shimla by Himachal Police. He was handed over to Punjab Police.

17 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Assam for preaching Islam on tourist visas, had returned after being sent back

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17 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Assam for preaching Islam on tourist visas, had returned after being sent back

At a time when Assam police have busted several jihadi terror modules running from madarsas, the police arrested 17 Bangladeshis for illegally preaching Islam in the state. The Bangladeshi citizens had not entered by crossing the border illegally, but had come legally by obtaining visas. However, they were on tourist Visa, therefore were flouting visa norms by preaching religion.

The 17 Bangladeshi citizens were arrested from Baghmari in Biswanath district on Saturday. 11 of them have been sent to judicial custody by a court, while the rest 6 are being interrogated by police in their custody. According to reports, the group was preaching Islam in an extremely remote area of Baghmari along the Brahmaputra River in Biswanath district by setting up a camp there.

Two local persons from Baghmari, Jehirul Haque and Samsul Ali, also have been arrested for sheltering the preacher group. The group was led by Islamic religious teacher Syed Ashraful Alam, while the others are his disciples. The others include Masood Rana, Saboz Sarkar, Sultan Mamood, Ghulam Azam Sheikh, Azibur Sheikh, Suhag Chowdhury, Anwar Hussain, Manan, Abdul Hakim, Maqbool Hussain, Shah Alam Sarkar, Alam Talukdar Jahangir, Badshah Sarkar, Farooq Mikar, Hafizur Rahman and Ghulam Rabani.

Among them, Syed Ashraful Alam, Anwar Hussain, Suhag Chowdhury, Azibur Sheikh and Masood Rana have been remanded to police custody for two days, while the rest eleven were sent to jail on judicial custody. Their hosts Jehirul Haque and Samsul Ali also have been sent to 2-day police custody. Those in police custody are being interrogated by officials of the special cell of Assam police at Biswanath police station.

The group had entered India on tourist visas and had visited various places like Delhi, Ajmer Sharif etc before entering Assam. The group had boarded a bus from Cooch Behar in Assam and arrived at Biswanath on 13th September. Ashraful Alam started preaching Islam at Baghmari after that and already had gathered around 500 people as his followers before his arrest.

Biswanath superintendent of police Navin Singh said that the group was arrested after getting a tip about their activities in the remote area. “We had a tip-off that these 17 people were engaging in activities like religious preaching, which is not allowed by foreigners entering on a tourist visa. We verified the information and arrested them,” Singh said.

It has been revealed that Syed Ashraful Alam was found preaching Islam in the South Salmara district along the Bangladesh border last month also, and on August 28 he was asked to leave Assam by the police. Accordingly, the group left Assam and visited other places in India, but returned again and reached Baghmari on September 13.

The location where the group was staying is a Muslim-majority area, and it has not been revealed whether the preacher group was trying to convert non-Muslims into Islam or were trying to induct Muslims into their specific sect.

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