Many regions in West Bengal’s Durgapur district have seen a sudden surge in the demand for flavoured condoms, after a few youths in the district are using it to get intoxicated.
The local administration is reportedly concerned about the sharp increase in condom demand. Apparently, as soon as the inventory of flavoured condoms arrives at the medical stores in City Centre, Benachiti, Muchipara, Bidhannagar, C Zone, and A Zone in the Durgapur district, it all disappears off the shelves in a jiffy.
When a shop owner inquired about the reason for the unexpected increase in demand for flavoured condoms, it was discovered that some youths were using them as a form of addiction. When he asked a young man, a regular customer at his shop, in response, the young man said, he regularly buys condoms to get intoxicated. The shopkeeper said that earlier he was only selling 3 to 4 packets of condoms daily, but now, his entire stock disappears the moment it arrives at the store.
How can a person get ‘high’ on condoms
News18 Bangla quoted an official as explaining that when flavoured condoms are soaked in hot water, some kind of alcoholic compound is released. The students are leaving that liquid for a long time, sometimes overnight, before drinking it. Officials claimed that the concoction gives the students a high for almost 10 to 12 hours.
“Condoms contain aromatic compounds. It breaks down to form alcohol. It is addictive. This aromatic compound is also found in dendrites glue. So many people use dendrite for addiction also,” said Dheeman Mandal, who works at Durgapur Divisional Hospital, while responding to this bizarre fascination.
Analyzing this further, Durgapur RE College Model School Chemistry teacher Nurul Haque said, “The long-term soaking of condoms in hot water causes intoxication due to the breakdown of large organic molecules into alcoholic compounds.”
Strange as it may sound, this is far from the first time that youths have experimented with novel and creative methods of getting high. For many, readily accessible household products, like cough syrup, glue, paint, nail polish, hand sanitisers, aftershave, balm or Iodex etc, continue to be their preferred substance.
In fact, in Nigeria, in the mid of 21st century, the sale of toothpaste and shoe ink increased 6 times than usual just because of addiction. And now, condoms are going off the shelves in Durgapur within a day or two, raising concerns for the district administration.
46 years old Tyrone Prades is suing Frankfurt Christmas Market Ltd, operators of the Christmas market in Birmingham for over 200,000 British Pounds over a ham roll he ate in the market in 2017. Mr. Prades, of Chippenham, Wiltshire claims that his life has changed ever since eating the ham roll as he is unable to stop farting since then.
Prades says that he has developed flatulence ever since he ate that roll, and it embarrasses him in public. He also mentioned that his farts wake him up at night as well.
Prades, who runs a flooring company, says he developed severe pain in his stomach shortly after eating at the market and was subsequently bed-ridden for five weeks. He also claimed, through his lawyer, that others who ate at the same stall as him suffered from Salmonella.
Prades’ barrister informed the court that his client was sick for months, and continues to have flatulence five years later. The court was also informed that Prades continues to get churning noises from his gut.
The Frankfurt Christmas Market Ltd on its part has denied the blame for Mr. Prades’ farts. Its barrister, Philip Davy, admitted that the council environmental health officers found e.coli on a knife, but no salmonella was found. The barrister pointed out that Mr. Prades had not claimed he suffered an e.coli infection.
A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered cash of more than ₹21 crores from the residence of Arpita Mukherjee, the central agency has formally arrested the Bengali actress on Saturday (July 23). As per reports, Mukherjee was initially detained and taken to the ED office for questioning. Her arrest comes hours after TMC Minister Partha Chatterjee was apprehended by the Enforcement Directorate.
The name of Arpita Mukherjee has cropped up in a scam pertaining to the recruitment of candidates for the West Bengal Primary Education Board and West Bengal School Service Commission, as cash of more than Rs 21 crore and other valuables have been recovered from her house. According to the ED, the massive cash stash is suspected to be proceeds of crime in connection with the SSC recruitment scam. The visuals of Rs 2000 and Rs 500 notes, so far totalling more than 21 crore that has been recovered from her residence shows the scale of the scam.
Other than cash and jewellery, ED also found 20 mobile phones at the residence. An ED statement said, “The search team is taking the assistance of bank officials for the counting of cash through cash counting machines. A total of more than 20 mobile phones have also been recovered from the premises of Ms. Arpita Mukherjee, the purpose and use of which are being ascertained. Further, a number of other incriminating documents, records, details of dubious companies, electronic devices, foreign currency and gold has also been recovered from the various premises of the persons linked to the scam.”
Arpita Mukherjee is a actor by profession, and have acted in a few Bengali, Odia and Tamil movies. Reportedly, she is a ‘close aide’ of Partha Chatterjee, and the minister frequently visits her house.
The central agency has so far recovered a total of ₹21.20 crores in cash and jewellery worth ₹20 lakhs. Besides, 22 mobile phones and ₹54 lakh worth of foreign currency were also seized by the Enforcement Directorate.
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As per reports, the central agency has also nabbed the former personal secretary of Partha Chatterjee. Identified as one Sukanta Acharya, he was picked up by ED from his Barrackpore residence at 2 o’clock in the night. Before arresting him, an ED team had reached his residence in new Barrackpore yesterday and questioned him. The probe team had left, but returned in the evening and resumed questioning. Acharya was interrogated for around 12 hours before he was taken into custody. Reportedly, ED also recovered documents and electronic devices from his residence.
Partha Chatterjee was the state education minister from 2014 to 2021, and he had allegedly collected vast amounts of money from recruitment of teachers and other staff under the department. Currently he is industries and commerce minister.
2019 video shows Mamata Banerjee praising Arpita Mukherjee
Opindia had earlier reported how the West Bengal Chief Minister was seen heaping praises on the scam-tainted actress in a video dating back to September 28, 2019.
“Odishai kaaj koro. Valo more koro. oh, korte? (Arpita has worked in Orissa. Keep up the good work. You have worked in Odisha in the past?),” Mamta Banerjee was heard as saying.
“Odiya bolte paro valo more? Odisha te kaaj more Banglar meya…Agar baar o eschelo akhane… Bobby der okhane o jai (Can you speak Odiya? She is Bengal’s daughter who works in Odisha..She had come earlier too. She also visits Bobby [Firhad Hakim]),” the West Bengal CM remarked.
The video was shot at Naktala Udayan Sangha, the Durga Puja committee of TMC leader Partha Chatterjee. Reportedly, Arpita Mukherjee was the face of the promotional campaign for the event.
Three Kerala police officers, who were under investigation for leaking confidential information to terror outfits from Munnar police station, have been transferred, Mathrubhumi reported on Friday. The 3 police officers were accused of leaking information from the computers at the police station to terrorist organisations.
Among the 3 officers in question, PV Aliyar and PS Riyas have been transferred to Ernakulam while Abdul Samad has been sent to Kottayam district.
Once the allegations of leaking sensitive information to terror outfits surfaced against the trio, the district police chief appointed Munnar DSP KR Manoj to look into the matter. Based on DSP KR Manoj’s report asking for a detailed probe against the officers, preliminary action to transfer them was taken.
The mobile phones of the trio have been confiscated and sent to the cyber cell for a detailed analysis.
Earlier, a Kerala cop was dismissed for leaking sensitive information of RSS and BJP leaders to SDPI
Late last year, Kerala Police had suspended its officer PK Anas who allegedly worked as a mole of radical political Islamic outfit Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and leaked sensitive information including details of the RSS workers to SDPI.
SDPI is the political front of the Islamic outfit Popular Front of India.
PK Anas is a Civil Police Officer from the Karimannoor police station. After his alleged connection with SDPI came to light, he was attached to Idukki district police headquarters. Anas was suspended later on following an internal probe of Kerala Police confirming he had entered into a criminal conspiracy with SDPI to share sensitive information, posing threat to the life of the individuals.
Anas was later on dismissed from service following a probe. According to intelligence reports, Anas PK allegedly leaked over 200 RSS and BJP workers’ personal information from a police database to SDPI.
Al-Qaeda has made a call to assassinate Ibrahim Eissa, an Egyptian TV host who is a staunch opponent of fundamentalist Islam. On July 16, 2022, As-Sahab, Al-official Qaeda’s media outlet, issued a 16-page essay by preacher Abu Awwab Al-Hasani calling for the execution of Eissa, a longstanding opponent of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist and jihadi ideas.
Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation issues death threat against Egyptian TV host Ibrahim Eissahttps://t.co/u6etsMifV2
The Al-Qaeda piece is a response to an edition of a weekly show named Debatable, aired by Egyptian TV presenter Eissa on the US government-funded Alhurra satellite network in February 2022, headlined “Khalid Bin Al-Walid: Commander or Murderer?” In this episode, Eissa, a sharp critic of fundamentalist Islam, examines current Muslims’ worship of Khalid bin Al-Walid, one of the Prophet Muhammad’s most important generals who led many of Islam’s early conquests.
The As-Sahab article refutes Eissa’s assertions by hailing Khalid bin Al-Walid as one of Muhammad’s finest Companions and one of the best Muslims to have ever lived. It also accuses Eissa and Alhurra of being complicit in the United States’ anti-Islam plot and calls for the murder of the TV host.
The Al-Qaeda article claims that “the sinful liar Ibrahim Eissa” is the most current to “ridicule” Islamic heroes with his episode criticising Khalid bin Al-Walid, despite the fact that freethinking media celebrities and “liars of modern atheism” are not the first to do so.
Al-Hasani claims that Eissa and his guests’ description of the Islamic conquests as a “barbaric occupation” was only motivated by “enmity to Allah’s religion and His Messenger’s Sunnah.” The pro-AlQaeda cleric closes his piece by anticipating that other scholars and preachers will respond to programmes like Eissa’s, which were developed “to spread atheism, heresy, licentiousness, and vice in the entire world.”
This is not the first time Eissa has been threatened with death. On March 1, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet published a banner urging Egyptian Muslims to behead Ibrahim Eissa, branding him as an “atheist heretic” who has “harmed Allah and the Prophet.”
Who is Ibrahim Eissa
Ibrahim Eissa is an Egyptian TV host well known for his vehement opposition to Salafism, the Muslim Brotherhood, and political Islam. He has received countless death threats from terrorist organisations such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS and their sympathizers. On June 3, 2022, Eissa said on Al-Kahera Wal-Nas TV (Egypt) that the Muslim Brotherhood controls all organisations in Europe that represent Muslims. As a consequence, liberal journalists and politicians in the West support Islamic radicalism in order to value diversity of culture.
Eissa presented on his show, which played on Al-Kahera Wal-Nas TV (Egypt) on September 1, 2021, that if given the chance, the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamists will impose the same form of Islam as the Taliban, since this is the pinnacle and core of “all the Islamic ideas.”
Eissa stated on Al-Kahera Wal-Nas TV (Egypt) on December 16, 2020, that youngsters in Egypt are being taught to glorify combatants of war as heroes, and that Jihad, conquering, and expanding Islam are innate values. Eissa contended that children should be taught that science and creativity are expressions of achievement and not Jihad.
On Saturday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one more person in the horrendous murder case of Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The accused has been identified as Mohammed Javed Masoori. The NIA said that he had informed Mohammed Riyaz about Kanhaiya Lal’s presence in the Maladaas market. Kanhaiya Lal was brutally beheaded in his shop for a social media post supporting Nupur Sharma.
According to the reports, the NIA on July 23 arrested the eighth accused in the case. The recently arrested accused named Mohammed Javed Masoori is a resident of Kheradiwada and owns an imitation jewelry shop on Maladaas street. The NIA said that Mansoori had met Riyaz a day before he murdered Kanhaiya Lal.
Javed and Riyaz were introduced to each other by Wasim, another Islamist who owns a shop on Maladaas street. Javed had met Riyaz, who murdered Kanhiaya Lal on June 28, to offer help for the execution of the murder plan. On June 28, Javed did reiki of the Maladaas street and Kanhaiya Lal’s shop and had called Riyaz to inform deceased’s presence at his shop.
Kanhaiya Lal was then killed by Mohammed Riyaz and Mohammed Ghous who posed themselves as customers to enter the tailoring shop. Kanhaiya Lal was killed for extending support to ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma after her alleged ‘blasphemous’ remarks. Before the murder, Kanhaiya Lal was arrested by police for supporting Nupur Sharma, and was released on bail.
The Islamists, who had entered the shop pretending to be customers, slit Kanhaiya Lal’s throat and stabbed him around 26 times on his body, especially on the neck. They also recorded the murder on a video and released it on social media platforms. After the incident, the killers released a video claiming responsibility for the act. The duo had also later threatened PM Modi with murder.
As reported a day earlier, the business in the area where the incident occurred on June 28 has reduced by 90 percent. there are a total of 15 shops on Maladaas street in Udaipur which generated good business until June 28. After the murder of the Hindu tailor, almost 13 of the total 15 shops prefer to remain shut. People including the customers and the shopkeepers are scared to even enter the street for business.
The curfew-like situation continues to scare the citizens of Udaipur even after 24 days of the brutal murder.
On Friday a new case of Grooming Jihad (Love Jihad) was reported from Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district where a 21-year-old woman was physically assaulted in Jabalpur, Bhopal, and Burhanpur and was forced to convert to Islam. The accused in the case has been identified as Firdos Khan. The Police registered the case and arrested Khan.
According to the reports, the incident is said to have happened in the Moghat area of Titgaon in the Khandwa district. The accused named Firdos trapped a 21-year-old girl in an affair. He told her that he liked her and that he wanted to marry her. He also asked the girl to change her religion to Islam.
On refusing the proposal of conversion to Islam, the girl was abducted by Firdos who took her to Khandwa Railway station and forced her to accompany him to Jabalpur. On July 1, the duo first reached Khandwa, then Burhanpur and then Jabalpur. The accused also forcefully developed physical relations with the girl during the travel.
On reaching Jabalpur, Firdos kept the girl at his maternal uncle’s place and continued to physically abuse her for around 4 days. The family members of the girl in Titgaon meanwhile lodged a missing complaint on July 1. After the accused brought the girl back to Titgaon, she testified that the accused had physically assaulted her and forced her to convert to Islam.
In the police complaint, she also mentioned that the accused had intoxicated her and had trapped her at his maternal uncle’s place in Jabalpur. The Police reportedly registered an FIR in the case and arrested accused Firdos Maqbool Khan under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal code.
To note, a similar incident of Love Jihad was reported from the state of Jharkhand where a Muslim youth working as a laborer in a factory in Delhi had posed himself as Hindu to lure and marry a Hindu young woman from Azamgarh. The accused identified as Shahzad Ansari abandoned his wife post eight years of marriage after she discovered the truth about her husband’s religious identity.
14 years after the split, two warring factions of the Islamic organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) have decided to join hands to fight ‘rising communalism’ and mythical ‘discrimination’ against Muslims in India.
As per reports, the Working Committee of the organisation held a 2-day meeting that concluded on Friday (July 22). It was decided that the faction led by Maulana Arshad Madani would be reunited with the faction led by Maulana Mahmood Madani.
Reportedly, the merger would be facilitated after State Presidents, General Secretaries, special invitees and Working Committee members submit their resignation to JUH President Maulana Mahmood Madani.
It must be mentioned that Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind was split in 2008 after the Working Committee raised objections about Maulana Mahmood Madani’s conduct of operations. A new faction of the Islamic outfit was created under the leadership of Maulana Arshad Madani.
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind blames BJP for rising communalism in India
In a statement, JUH informed, “After long deliberations, it was unanimously approved that the Working Committee of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind appreciates the recent reconciliation process of the organisation and agrees to take forward the process of reconciliation.”
It further added, “To advance this process, the WC authorised the president of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Maulana Mahmood Arshad Madani to continue the process of reconciliation in accordance with Jamiat’s constitution.”
The Islamic organisation pinned the blame on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its members for fanning religious fanaticism and insulting religious leaders (indirect reference to the Nupur Sharma case).
“Considering this, the meeting specifically requests the government of India to immediately stop the series of anti-communal riots and derogatory behaviour and implement effective legislation in the light of Supreme Court directives to prevent violence. Also, the atmosphere of trust between the majority and the minority should be restored,’’ it concluded.
it must be mentioned that the Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind is the largest Islamic organisation in India and boasts of 1.5 crore followers.
JUH raises Gyanvapi issue, passes resolution against UCC
On May 28 this year, the Islamic outfit Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind organised a mega gathering of 5000 Muslim organisations to discuss the raging issues of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), disputes surrounding the Gyanvapi mosque and Qutub Minar.
During the 2-day event, Maulana Niaz Ahmed Farooqui threatened that the claim over the Gyanvapi mosque could lead to the creation of another Pakistan.
Farooqui, who serves as the media-in-charge of Jamiat-Ulama-e-Hind, warned, “Hatred is being propelled against Muslims in the country. Pakistan was created the last time there was a tirade of this sort against the Muslims. I don’t understand what exactly these people want.”
A resolution was passed against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), with the claim that the enactment of UCC would prevent the observance of personal laws.
“This ignores the true spirit of the Constitution. No Muslim accepts interference in Islamic law. If any government makes the mistake of implementing UCC, Muslims will not accept this injustice and will be forced to take all measures against it while staying within constitutional limits,” the resolution stated.
After many state-run schools in Jharkhand and Bihar, a private school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand has come under fire from parents and members of various Hindu organisations for arbitrarily declaring Friday as a ‘half day’ to pander to the local Muslims in the area. The school in question is Bright Angel Public School, which is located in Dehradun’s Vikasnagar district. The school’s director and founder is MK Hussain, while Azra Hussain serves as its principal.
According to reports, the school’s regular class timings are from 8 am to 2 pm. On Thursday (July 22), when the children returned home, their diaries had a note that read that the school would henceforth close at 12 noon instead of 2 pm every Friday. Notably, the Jumma Namaz timing on Fridays is typically between 12 noon and 1:30 pm.
Several parents opposed the prejudiced decision taken by the school authorities.
When Hindu organisations learned about this, they too protested against the school’s decision. Rakesh Tomar, an office-bearer of Hindu Jagran Manch alleged, “The school’s manager is from the Muslim community. They are spreading religious fanaticism. Children of all religions study in the school. This step of the school management will have a bad effect on the education system of Uttarakhand.”
Reportedly, Hindu Raksha Sena’s President, Swami Prabodhanand Giri, travelled from Haridwar to Vikasnagar to oppose the school’s arbitrary decision. Strongly objecting to the directive issued by the school authorities, Swami Prabodhanand Giri said, “This is not a school but a factory of jihadis and Pakistani agents. This man should be arrested and sent to jail. We have all seen what happened with Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, Rajasthan. That might occur here as well.” The seer added that the school management is tarnishing the dignity of Devbhoomi.
He also raised some serious allegations against Block Education Officer Vikasnagar and Deputy District Magistrate Vikasnagar Vinod Kumar. Drawing Uttrakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami’s attention towards the steady Islamification of schools in the state, the seer demanded that the two officers be suspended with immediate effect. He said that the administration and government should take cognisance before an occurrence similar to Udaipur’s Kanhaiya Lal incident transpires in Uttarakhand in the days to come.
Having said this, Swami Prabodhanand Giri demanded that the school be sealed and its ongoing hostels and other activities should be scrutinized.
Swami Prabodhanand Giri also lodged a complaint with the District Magistrate (DM) against the school authorities. The DM, in turn, ordered the SDM to investigate the matter. Speaking to The New Indian, block education officer VP Singh said, “An inquiry has been ordered in the matter. We will submit our report to higher authorities of the department for further action.”
The decree issued by the school also went viral on social media and several people started demanding action against the school management. Owing to the outrage, the school authorities decided to withdraw their decision to declare Fridays as half days.
Founder MK Hussain withdraws orders
When SDM Vikasnagar summoned the manager and principal of the school to his office and asked for a response, both of them immediately expressed their deepest apologies. The school administration decided to revoke its directive immediately, which they said was taken for the convenience of the school staff.
Notably, the locals refer to MK Hussain, the founder and director of Bright Angel Public School, as Major Sahib. MK Hussain is related to the school principal, Azra Hussain. MK Hussain was a former army lieutenant colonel. Later, he also rose to the position of chairman of the Uttarakhand Muslim Educational Law Board. OpIndia attempted to contact MK Hussain to seek his opinion on the matter, but he did not answer our call.
Government schools in Jharkhand and Bihar observe weekly offs on Friday, convert to Urdu medium schools
OpIndia earlier reported how several government schools in Jharkhand and Bihar have recently been in the headlines for their steady Islamification. Several state-run schools have reportedly been making modifications in response to the whims of the local Muslim population.
On July 22, it was reported how 19 state-run schools in the Kishanganj district of Bihar have been taking Friday off instead of Sunday. As per the Education Department, because the region is predominantly Muslim, government schools have been shut on Fridays for a long time. This action is not mandated by any specific order by the government.
Friday is designated as a holiday in many schools due to the considerable proportion of Muslim students. Instead, students and teachers attend classes on Sundays. These schools include the city’s Line Urdu School, Upgraded Middle School Line Karbala, Upgraded Middle School Maheshbathna, Upgraded Middle School Halamala, Primary School Motihara West, and many others.
Prior to this, it was reported how Sharia and Islamic practices were being imposed on the students of a state-run school in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district, with children forbidden from praying with their hands folded. Then reports emerged on how state-run schools in areas like Jamtara and Dumka, which is the hometown of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, were being converted into Urdu schools, and the weekly offs changed from Sunday to Friday (Jumma).
Baba Vijaydas, the Sadhu who self-immolated in protest of the government’s failure to curb illegal mining in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, died in a Delhi hospital. On July 21, his status was reported stable but he died early morning on Saturday. According to Sub Divisional Officer Sanjay Goyal, “Sadhu Vijaydas died at around 2.30 am in the hospital where he was undergoing treatment after his self-immolation attempt. The post-mortem has been scheduled for 9 am.”
Sadhu who attempted self-immolation in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur dies in Delhi hospital
The state administration responded only after Baba Vijaydas’ tragic attempt at self-immolation brought the issue of illegal mining to national notice.
The saints made every effort to persuade the state authorities to forbid mining in the region. However, the saints made the decision to pursue the case after more than 500 days of waiting and several hollow promises. Baba Hariboldas declared around ten days ago that he would self-immolate on July 19 in front of the Chief Minister’s residence if the government did not pay attention to them. They had been approached by the government, demanding additional time.
The saints first chose to wait, but the government took no action until July 19. As part of the protest, Baba Narayandas ascended a mobile tower in Pasopa village. As soon as word got out, other saints in the neighbourhood gathered to join Baba Narayandas. Meanwhile, the Police detained Baba Hariboldas to prevent him from self-immolating.
Authorities attempted but failed to persuade Baba Narayandas. On the tower, he was given glucose and meals. The next day, he remained atop the tower. While everyone was trying to get Baba Narayandas to come down, Baba Vijayadas rushed behind the protesting saints and poured kerosene on himself. While chanting Radhe Radhe, he set himself on fire.
Police and locals rushed to save him. However, by the time they dozed off the fire, the saint had suffered severe burns. He was shifted to the hospital for treatment. Following the incident, district collector Alok Ranjan, IG Gaurav Srivastava, SP Shyam Singh, zonal commissioner Sanwarmal Verma, and many other high-ranking officials reached the spot and tried to calm the situation down.
OpIndia had reported the issue of illegal mining and the protests by Hindu saints which can be read here.
