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Uttar Pradesh: Gangster act imposed against brother and nephew of SP MLA Dharmraj Yadav, their house in Barabanki to be attached

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Uttar Pradesh: Gangster act imposed against brother and nephew of SP MLA Dharmraj Yadav, their house in Barabanki to be attached

Strict action by Uttar Pradesh police and administration against the history sheeters and miscreants continues. In Barabanki, the police have imposed the gangster act against the brother and nephew of local Samajwadi Party MLA Dharmraj alias Suresh Yadav.

District administration and the police have ordered to seal the house owned by the SP MLA’s brother Dharmendra Yadav. Dharmendra Yadav’s son Arjun Yadav was booked under the gangster act in a case in 2020. The action is being taken in the same case.

The public works department team has estimated the price of Dharmendra Yadav’s house in the Muneshwar Vihar area of Barabanki to be Rs 95 lakh. The plush house is set to be attached on Wednesday 13th July 2022 in the presence of the magistrate and CO Navin Singh. On October 8, 2020, inspector Brijesh Kumar Verma, then in-charge of the Satrikh police station, had filed the gangster’s case.

Vinod Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Rajkumar, Pankaj Verma, Deepak Kumar, Avadhram, Pankaj Yadav, and SP MLA’s nephew Arjun Yadav were charged in this case. Arjun Yadav’s father Dharmendra Yadav is also a local Samajwadi Party leader. Vinod Yadav was said to be the main dealer in this gang. The district administration and the Barabanki police are taking strict measures in this case.

Dharmendra Yadav’s son Arjun Yadav is accused of the gangster act. He is accused of building this house with the money he earned from the illegal mining business. As the facts surfaced in this case, the administration released the orders to attach this house. According to a report by Jagran, the Superintendent of Police Anurag Vats said that many properties of the members of this gang are attached so far in this case and the total worth of those properties is around Rs 5 crores 75 lakhs 79 thousand and 500. With this house getting sealed the number reached Rs 6 crores 70 lakhs 79 thousand and 500.

As Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in his second consecutive term, the actions against gangsters, miscreants, mafias, and rioters became stricter than earlier. Illegal properties of anti-social elements are bulldozed by the administration. Properties accrued by miscreants through illegal means are attached. Now similar action is taken against the brother and nephew of SP MLA Dharmraj alias Suresh Yadav of Barabanki.

Udaipur beheading: NIA takes half-a-dozen suspects into custody including chief and secretary of Anjuman Talimul Islam

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Udaipur beheading: NIA takes half-a-dozen suspects into custody including chief and secretary of Anjuman Talimul Islam

The National Investing Agency (NIA) took into custody roughly a half-dozen suspects in the Udaipur murder case on Tuesday (July 12, 2022), including Chief of Anjuman Talimul Islam Mujeeb Siddiqui and Secretary Farooq. All of the suspects have been brought to Jaipur and are being grilled in connection with the horrible murder of Kanhaiya Lal for supporting Nupur Sharma. The NIA squad is said to be ready for arresting all of them at any moment.

According to media sources, the NIA searched Mujeeb Siddiqui’s residence near Mukherjee Chowk in Udaipur last night before capturing him. Similarly, the NIA has apprehended several additional individuals, including former Chief Khaleel Ahmed. According to reports, two advocates and a Maulana are also being held. At the same time, reports of firearms confiscated from the accused’s home have surfaced.

Anjuman Talimul Islam, according to media reports, is the leading group representing Udaipur’s Muslims. This group was founded 116 years ago. All Muslims in Udaipur follow the fatwas given from there. Under the guise of this organisation, violent protests were also planned in Udaipur in response to Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Mohammad. The organisation had also petitioned the collector for immediate action against Nupur Sharma.

According to the memorandum filed by them, Nupur Sharma’s comments offended the Muslim community. The issue of inciting Muslims had risen to the forefront of this entire matter.

It is notable that when Ghaus Muhammad and Riyaz Attari beheaded Kanhaiyalal, the same outfit, Anjuman Talimul Islam, was seen appealing to the broader public for peace and harmony. However, It also played a role in inciting the Muslims.

As per the statutory functions of Anjuman Talimul Islam, the dates of Muslim festivals such as Eid and others are announced by this organisation. This organisation claims to educate the children of Muslim society, resolve the controversy of watching the moon during Ramzan, expand the number of madrasas, connect the Muslim institutions of the state with Anjuman, and financially assist orphans and the destitute of the Muslim community.

UP govt forms SIT to investigate allegations against Mohammed Zubair: Details of the 6 cases filed against Alt News co-founder

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UP govt forms SIT to investigate allegations against Mohammed Zubair: Details of the 6 cases filed against Alt News co-founder

On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh government formed a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate six cases that have been lodged against already arrested Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. Zubair is locked up in Delhi’s Tihar jail for making derogatory comments against Hindu Gods and Goddesses.

According to the reports, the SIT has been headed by IG Preetinder Singh, and also DIG Amit Kumar Verma has been made a part of the team. The SIT is to investigate six cases that have been lodged in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Hathras, and Muzaffarnagar. Of the total six cases, two cases are lodged in Hathras district while one case each is registered in Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, and Muzaffarnagar.

Zubair is held in Tihar jail after he was detained on June 27 by Delhi police in connection with an FIR filed against him for allegedly hurting religious emotions through a tweet written in 2018. According to Prashant Kumar, assistant director-general of police, law, and order, the SIT has been directed to conduct an immediate investigation and file a charge sheet in court.

Two cases in Hathras

Reports mention that one of the Hathras FIRs was registered on June 10 under sections 147 (attempting to cause riot), 149 (causing unlawful assembly with common intention), 153A (promoting enmity between religious groups), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and Section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment. The investigations in the case are underway.

The second FIR in Hathras was filed on July 4 at City Kotwali, Hathras, under sections 153A, 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings), 298 (intent to wound religious feelings), and 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the IPC. According to the reports, the warrant has been issued by the CMJ court in the case and Zubar will be presented before Court in the case.

Ghaziabad

According to the official, the third FIR was lodged on June 15, last year at Ghaziabad’s Loni Border police station under IPC sections 153 (provocation to riot), 153A, 295A, 505 (statements creating public mischief), 120B, and 34 (acts by multiple individuals in furtherance of same intention). The investigation into the case is underway.

Muzzafarnagar

The fourth FIR was filed on July 24, last year, at Muzaffarnagar’s Charthawal police station, under IPC sections 192 (falsifying evidence), 504 (insult with intent to incite a breach of peace), and 506 (criminal intimidation). A chargesheet has been filed in the case. The matter stands pending in the Court.

Sitapur and Lakhimpur Kheri

On July 1,  Zubair was charged with IPC Section 295A and IT Act Section 67 at Sitapur’s Khairabad police station, and on September 18 last year, the case was registered against him under Section 153A of the IPC at Lakhimpur Kheri’s Mohammadi police station. While he was granted temporary release in the Sitapur case, a Lakhimpur court sentenced him to 14 days in judicial prison and will hear his bail motion on Wednesday.

Zubair was detained a week earlier by Delhi Police for infringing on religious sentiments. The Sitapur police in Uttar Pradesh have requested his detention in a case involving allegedly offensive tweets directed towards seers. On July 8, the Supreme Court granted Zubair five-day temporary bail in the Sitapur case. Zubair applied for bail in a Delhi court on Monday.

Sri Lanka: PM and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe declares nationwide emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives

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Sri Lanka: PM and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe declares nationwide emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives

As chaos continues in Sri Lanka after protests by citizens over collapsed economy, today prime minister and acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a state of emergency in the island nation. PM Wickremesinghe became the acting president of Sri Lanka after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, which has led to more protests.

Along with emergency, the government has also imposed curfew in the western province. “The prime minister as acting president has declared a state of emergency (countrywide) and imposed a curfew in the western province,” the PM’s media secretary told Reuters. The western province includes the capital Colombo.

“Since the president is out of the country, an emergency has been declared to deal with the situation,” the PM’s office said. It is notable that an economic emegency

After already capturing the president’s residence, the protestors today stormed into the PM’s office, prompting police to fire tear gas shells. The protesters are demanding resignations of both PM and Ranil Wickremesinghe President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. “There are ongoing protests outside the prime minister’s office in Colombo and we need the curfew to contain the situation,” a police officer said.

Earlier in the day, it was reported that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa his wife, and other family members have left the country. According to the Sri Lanka Air Force, the President landed at Male, the capital of the Maldives at about three in the morning. This is a week after the President fled from his official residence just before tens of thousands of protesters overran it. For the last few days, the Presidential residence has become a free for all picnic spot for people after the president had fled to a military base.

Reportedly, the president reached Maldives on an Antonov-32 military aircraft from Colombo. An immigration official in Colombo said that as per laws, the authorities could not prevent a sitting president from leaving the country. On their arrival in the Maldives, the president and his family were driven to an undisclosed location under police escort.

It is notable that Gotabaya was scheduled to step down from the post of president today to make away for an all-party government, but he left the country before doing that.

Earlier Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had also offered to resign to form the all-party government, but he has not done so amid continued protests. And now after the president left the country, he became the acting president.

Punjab: After Sidhu Moosewala’s track SYL, YouTube bans Kanwar Grewal’s ‘Rihai’ song, Akali Dal to protest against ban on July 15

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Punjab: After Sidhu Moosewala’s track SYL, YouTube bans Kanwar Grewal’s ‘Rihai’ song, Akali Dal to protest against ban on July 15

Days after YouTube pulled down Kanwar Grewal’s latest song ‘Rihai’, the Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) youth wing named Youth Akali Dal, has decided to organize a tractor march on July 15, Friday. The march is scheduled to be as a protest against the Centre’s ban on two Punjabi songs, one by Kanwar Grewal and another by deceased singer Sidhu Moosewala.

According to a report by The Tribune, YouTube had received a complaint against Kanwar Grewal’s song ‘Rihai’, which demands that the Sikh prisoners be freed. The song by Grewal was uploaded on July 2 but is unavailable now. YAD president Parambans Romana declaring the protest march on July 12 alleged that the Government of India was trying to suppress the voices of Punjabi Singers.

“Akali Dal in views the ban on Sidhu Moosewala’s SYL song and Kanwar Grewal’s Rihai song as an attempt by GOI to suppress the voice and sentiment of Punjabis. In protest against and defiance of this ban YAD will take out a tractor march playing these songs in all Districts on the 15th”, he tweeted.

Reportedly, the Akali Dal had earlier expressed anguish over the Centre’s decision to ban two songs. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, reacting to the ban demanded to lift the ban on the songs and said that ‘such bans are not in the interest of healthy democracy’.

“Shiromani Akali Dal appeals to GOI to lift the ban on Kanwar Grewal’s song – Rihai keeping in view citizens’ right to freedom of speech and expression as well as sentiments of the Sikh community”, Badal had tweeted. Further, the Akali Dal core committee led by Badal had also issued an official statement claiming that there was nothing objectionable in either the SYL song sung by the late Sidhu Moosewala or the Rihai song sung by Kanwar Grewal.

“The core committee expresses grave concern at how freedom of speech and expression is being throttled by banning songs which solely express the sentiments of the people. There is nothing objectionable in either of the songs that have been banned by the Centre”, the statement read.

Deceased Singer Sidhu Moosewala’s song named SYL was banned after YouTube received a complaint from the government. However, the platform failed to clarify whether the legal complaint was made by the AAP government or PM Modi-led central government.

The song SYL was released posthumously on YouTube on June 23 and the latest song named Rihai was released on July 2. Both the songs are unavailable on YouTube after the ban has been executed. Reportedly, the Akali Dal Youth Wing will carry out the protest march against the ban and will play both songs in all the districts across the state.

Iranian women protest against the compulsory hijab mandated by Islamic rulers, share pictures and videos removing veils on social media

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Iranian women protest against the compulsory hijab mandated by Islamic rulers, share pictures and videos removing veils on social media

Iranian women are defying the laws requiring them to cover their hair in public by recording themselves taking off their hijabs in an act of defiance against the nation’s hardline president. The women are posting images of themselves removing their hijabs to protest Islamic laws that forbids women from exposing their hair in public.

The current uproar against the hijab law, according to President Ebrahim Raisi, a cleric supported by the country’s ultra-conservative religious elite, is “an organised promotion of moral corruption in Islamic society.”

The government declared July 12 as “Hijab and Chastity Day,” which means that activities will be staged to support regulations that require women to wear the hijab. Men have been showing their solidarity as Iranian women remove their headscarves to protest the day.

As the country’s Islamic rulers press down on “immoral behaviour,” Iranian rights groups have urged women to openly remove their veils on Tuesday and breach the Islamic dress code. Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist, author and women’s rights activist, who has been fighting a battle against Islamic veils for women made mandatory in Islamic nations, supported the move saying, “Iranian women will shake the clerical regime by removing their hijab and taking to the streets across Iran.”

In the crackdown, the so-called “morality police” have arrested women, with allegations that certain authorities have asked that public transportation personnel, as well as staff in government offices, and banks overlook so-called “bad-hijab” ladies. “Morality police” have been observing medical facilities and educational institutions in numerous Iranian cities to make sure women are covering their heads.

Iranian authorities recently detained several teenage girls and others for not donning hijabs at a skateboarding competition in Shiraz, a city in southern Iran.

It is worth emphasising that women in Iran are forced to wear a hijab, which covers the head and neck and hides the hair, under Islamic law, which has been in place since the 1979 revolution. While Iranian women battle to be emancipated from the restrictions of headscarves, the hijab is used to further the Islamic agenda across the world.

Sri Lanka crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives, India denies facilitating escape

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Sri Lanka crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to the Maldives, India denies facilitating escape

On Wednesday, the Indian High Commission in Colombo refused to have helped the outgoing Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flee to the Maldives. Extending support to the people of Sri Lanka amid the mounting political and economic problems in the country, the High Commission said that the media reports which claimed that India helped Rajapaksa escape from Sri Lanka were ‘baseless and speculative’.

“High Commission categorically denies baseless and speculative media reports that India facilitated the recently reported travel of the President of Sri Lanka and Basil Rajapaksa, founder and national organizer of SLPP, out of Sri Lanka. It is reiterated that India will continue to support the people of Sri Lanka”, the Commission tweeted.

In the series of tweets, it also added that the High Commission will stand by the people of Sri Lanka as they seek to realize their aspirations for prosperity and progress through democratic means and values, established democratic institutions, and a constitutional framework. To allow a peaceful succession of power, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pledged to formally step down as president on Wednesday.

Reportedly, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s office announced earlier today that President Gotabaya, his wife, and other family members had left the country. Further according to the information provided by the Sri Lanka Air Force, the President landed at Male, the capital of the Maldives at about three in the morning. This is a week after the President left his official residence just before tens of thousands of protesters overran it.

Last night the Antonov-32 military aircraft that took off from Sri Lanka’s main international airport boarded President Rajapaksa, his wife, and two bodyguards to Male. Reports mention that on their arrival in the Maldives, the First Family was driven to an undisclosed location under police escort.

Some earlier reports had stated that Rajapaksa had left the country in a Navy ship around the time the protestors had stormed into his palace on July 9.

The Rajapaksas skipped four flights on Tuesday that were supposed to take them outside of Sri Lanka when immigration officials voiced their displeasure with allowing them to pass, as per the latest reports. The President and his family intended to bypass immigration and customs without having to stand in line with the general public, but authorities at immigration and the Colombo International Airport refused to comply.

The flights eventually took off without the Rajapaksas on board. Earlier on Tuesday midday, an enraged public detained Basil Rajapaksa, and immigration officials refused him passage to the aircraft by refusing to stamp his passport. Sloganeering ensued, and Basil soon fled the airport. He was supposed to go to Dubai, where he would have connected to another flight to Washington, DC.

1984 anti-sikh riots: Four more arrested, including one 3 time Congress corporator, for killing 13 in Kanpur during the violence

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1984 anti-sikh riots: Four more arrested, including one 3 time Congress corporator, for killing 13 in Kanpur during the violence

On Tuesday, four more people were arrested for brutally killing 13 people in the Dabauli and Govind Nagar areas of Kanpur during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Special Investigation Team probing the case revealed that one of the accused is a three-time corporator from Congress and is in his 70s today.

According to the reports, all the accused who have been identified as Rajan Lal Pandey, Deepak Dammulal, Dhirendra Tiwari, and Kailash Pal are old and aged between 70-75 years. Only Pandey is 85 years old. Further according to SIT DIG Balendu Bhushan Singh, arrests were made in four cases as a result of SIT team activities. Of the 73 individuals charged in 11 cases, the team has so far detained 21 of them.

Pandey, Dammulal, and Tiwari have been arrested for brutally murdering six people in three cases while Pal who was Congress corporator for three terms then has been arrested for the Dabauli killings. Pal had reportedly killed Vishakh Singh, his wife Simran Kaur, daughter Gurbachan Kaur and four of his sons.

Pal and two other corporators led the mob to Singh’s home, where they initially stole money and other valuables before killing seven members of a family. Two of Vishakh Singh’s surviving sons who had immigrated from Kanpur, Mahendra Singh and Avtar Singh, had made their testimonies as eyewitnesses and named Pal as the mob leader in their declarations.

Reports mention that the officers who led the SIT team investigation to arrest the four accused were named Surya Pratap Singh, Sunil Kanaujia, Jitendra Kumar Singh, and Sanjay Maurya. The teams led by all four officers would get a cash reward of ₹10,000, the SIT DIG said.

The 1984 Anti-Sikh riots took place aftermath of the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31st October 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards as revenge for Operation Blue Star. From 1st November to 4th November, Sikhs across the country were killed. The government figures suggest the angry mobs, many of which were led by Congress leaders, brutally murdered 3350 Sikhs.

Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler were directly accused of a large role in orchestrating the riots. However, Congress had tried to justify the riots. On 19th November 1984, while giving a speech in front of thousands of people, then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said, “Jab Bhi koi bata ped girta hai, to dharti thodi hilti hai. (When a big tree falls, the earth shakes.)”

As per the government reports, more than 3350 Sikhs were killed in the riots. However, the unofficial figures claim that around 8,000 to 17,000 Sikhs lost their lives.

‘Pelt stones and hurdle bombs for Rs 5,000, legal aid will be given’: How Islamists organised the Kanpur violence

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‘Pelt stones and hurdle bombs for Rs 5,000, legal aid will be given’: How Islamists organised the Kanpur violence

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) looking into the June 3 Kanpur violence has made appalling revelations during a court hearing. In the case diary, the SIT mentioned that during the investigation, they found there was a fixed rate for pelting stones and hurdling bombs during the violence. The investigation agency further noted that there was a detailed plan in connection to the violence in Kanpur, and every person involved in instigating violence had different responsibilities. They had fixed rates and came up with a methodology to pay the rioters.

During the investigation, SIT found that those who were called for the violence were assured they would get free legal aid and their family would get financial support. The people were appointed by Mukhtar Baba, the owner of Baba Biryani. The assurance of legal and financial help was given was Haji Vasi. Afzal Hamza, who is the manager of Vasi, had formed a team to instigate violence. A sum of Rs 10 lakh was paid to the rioters in advance.

Different rates were fixed for stone pelters and bombers. As per their alleged plan, Hayat Zafar Hashmi and Nizam Qureshi were given the work to ensure there was a ‘bandh’ during the protest. On the other hand, Mukhtar Baba, his son Mahmood, Haji Vasi, and his manager Afzal managed the crowd and ensured violence. Haji Kuddus was given the responsibility of getting support from the administration, and in exchange, he got a flat free of cost.

During the hearing, Bekanganj Police Station in-charge stated that builder Haji Vasi, his manager Hamza, Mukhtar Baba, and his son Mehmood Umar wanted to encroach on Chandreshwar Hata. They had promised Rs 1 crore if the rioters managed to encroach Chandreshwar Hata.

SIT noted that stone-pelters got Rs 1,000 while those who brought stones on handcarts and hurled bombs were paid Rs 5,000. Minors were “hired” to pelt stones and take part in the violence. The main idea behind hiring minors for the riots was that in case they got arrested, strict action would not be taken against them. They had promised lifetime financial support to the minors to lure them into taking part in the riots.

Kanpur Violence

Kanpur violence of June 3 happened on the pretext of alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad by former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Islamists had called for a district-wide shutdown. After Friday prayers, thousands of Islamists joined the rally and began pelting stones at the police and the public.

Later, the police arrested over 40 rioters in the case and demolished unlawful properties possessed by primary accused Hayat Zafar Hashmi and his associates. The police also discovered damning communications on Hashmi’s phone and investigated his bank accounts in order to track down money received from Gulf nations to allegedly support the violence.

Rajasthan: After threatening to ‘shake India’ and calling for an economic boycott of Hindus, Ajmer Dargah’s Sarwar Chishti attends ‘peace rally’

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Rajasthan: After threatening to ‘shake India’ and calling for an economic boycott of Hindus, Ajmer Dargah’s Sarwar Chishti attends ‘peace rally’

On July 12, Khadim of Ajmer Sharif Dargah Sayed Sarwar Chishti attended a ‘peace rally’ in Ajmer city. Chishti, who is secretary of the Anjuman Committee, is the same person who had threatened a movement that would ‘shake India’.

On July 9, it was reported that he had called for an economic boycott of Hindus as they had organized a rally in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Reports suggest he is also a member of the Islamist organization Popular Front of India.

The peace rally that he attended was organized by the religious leaders following communal tension after the brutal beheading of Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal by Islamists in Udaipur.

Sarwar Chishti had been caught on camera inciting a group of Muslims around him, saying that Muslims were the rulers of India for hundreds of years and by changing the names of railway stations, the current government cannot erase the facts that Muslims ruled the country. He had warned the administration saying that such activities will only force the Muslims to aim to rule India again.

Sarwar Chishti is not the only one linked to Ajmer Dargah, who gave hate speeches in recent times. Another Khadim Gauhar Chishti had raised slogans of ‘sar tan se juda’ outside Ajmer Dargah on June 17. Another Khadim Salman Chishti had announced that he would give his house to anyone who would ‘bring the head of Nupur Sharma.’

Following multiple hate speeches, Gaddi Nashin-Dargah Ajmer Sharif and chairman-Chishty Foundation Haji Syed Salman Chishti had called for denouncing the hate speeches and termed them as anti-Islamic and anti-humanity.

The brutal murder of Kanhaiya Lal and Umesh Kolhe

Following the remarks about Prophet Muhammad by Nupur Sharma that were deemed as ‘blasphemous’, there were multiple violent protests across the country. At least two persons named Kanhaiya Lal from Udaipur and Umesh Kolhe from Amravati were brutally killed by Islamists as both of them had published posts in support of Nupur Sharma on social media.

Riot accused joined peace rally in Jahangirpuri, Delhi

This is not the first time a person who was accused of provoking people to violence participated in a peace rally. In May 2022, it was reported that a person named Tarbez Khan participated and, in fact, led a peace rally in the riot-hit Jahangirpuri area of the National Capital. He was arrested by Delhi Police on May 7 for instigating rioters to attack the Shobha Yatra on Hanuman Jayanti in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area. He created an image of a peace-loving person and, in the background organized protests and communal violence.

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