In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government has taken a strong stand against the miscreants who pelted stones and incited violence in several districts after Friday prayers. The administration has put the bulldozers into action once again as well. On Saturday morning, the palatial illegal building of Mohammad Ishtiaq, an aide of Kanpur violence mastermind Hayat Zafar Hashmi, has been demolished. Kanpur Development Authority (KDA), administration officials, and Rapid Action Force personnel were also present along with the police force on the spot when the demolition was carried out.
According to a report by Amar Ujala, this building was built illegally and the order to demolish it had already been issued. The building was constructed illegally by Ishtiaq in front of the KDA Secretary’s bungalow in Swarup Nagar. A total of 4 bulldozers were deployed to demolish this building. It is notable that the mastermind behind the Kanpur violence of 3rd June 2022, Hayat Zafar Hashmi, is said to be Mohammed Ishtiaq’s close relative. Hashmi, along with Javed Ahmed Khan, Mohammad Rahil, and Mohammad Sufiyan was arrested by the police from Hazratganj in Lucknow.
Bulldozer in Reaction in Kanpur on Illegally constructed building of Md Ishtiaq Khan a close associate of Kanpur Vi0lence mastermind Hayat Zafar Hashmi #Kanpur#KanpurViolencepic.twitter.com/v43834LNhc
While speaking to the media, KDA Secretary Shatrohan Vaishya said, "This property belongs to some Mohammad Ishtiaq. The order to bulldoze this was passed already. Today's date was set by the authorities to bulldoze the illegal section of this building. This is a routine procedure and the action is taken according to the same. Concerned officers who had listened to the matter had served them with prior notices. A residential plan was passed for this building but they were making a commercial one."
Hayat Zafar Hashmi had also allegedly invested a part of his money in this building. Other officers present on the spot have said that this building was already sealed by the administration, but it was still being used by the owner and his associates.
Kanpur violence
Muslim organizations in Kanpur were protesting against Nupur Sharma's alleged 'blasphemous' statement about Prophet Mohammad. These Muslim organizations had announced a shutdown on June 3. While trying to enforce the shutdown, violence broke out and there was heavy stone-pelting. The police have arrested more than 50 accused so far in the case.
Earlier yesterday, a video of AIMIM MP and former NDTV journalist Imtiyaz Jaleel was caught on camera demanding that Nupur Sharma be hanged for her comments on Prophet Muhammad.
Addressing the media after enraged Islamists protested in front of the office of the divisional commissioner of Aurangabad in Maharashtra on 10th June 2022, Jaleel said Islam is a religion of peace and demanded that Nupur Sharma be hanged for her remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
Demanding capital punishment for Nupur Sharma, Imtiyaz Jaleel said, “Islam is a religion of peace. People are angry. We, too, demand that Nupur Sharma should be hanged. If she is let off the hook easily, then such things will not stop. Law should be brought to take action against those who make such remarks against any religion, or sect. Mere dismissing from the party is not an action.”
The video instantly went viral on the internet, with many highlighting how a member of parliament was echoing the street threats issued against Nupur Sharma and demanding capital punishment against the former BJP leader for making comments derived from authentic and reliable Islamic Hadiths.
Liberals attempt to whitewash AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel’s demand for capital punishment to Nupur Sharma
As Islamists went on a rampage across the country, their ideological allies in the form of left-leaning liberals sprung into action, weaving an alternative reality to muddle their readers and salvage one of their own who was caught echoing the demands made by the Islamists on the streets.
Rohini Singh, who identifies herself as a journalist, accused ANI of grossly misquoting the AIMIM leader, stating that he clearly said that he did not ask for Nupur Sharma to be hanged. While she has been vague in condemning the perpetrators responsible for the violence that broke out on Friday, Singh said the misquoting of Jaleel had the potential of further inflaming tensions.
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Gargi Rawat of NDTV also declared that Imtiaz Jaleel was misquoted and that he only said that he didn’t ask for the hanging of Nupur Sharma. She quietly deleted the tweet when Twitter users told her that Jaleel had indeed asked for capital punishment for Nupur Sharma.
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Several others from the left ecosystem also joined in the efforts to declare that Jaleel is grossly misquoted and that he had never demanded capital punishment for Nupur Sharma.
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How Imtiyaz Jaleel demanded Nupur Sharma be hanged in the mix of vernacular Marathi and Hindi, leading to deliberate obfuscation by the cabal
Though the left ecosystem was busy giving clean chit to Imtiyaz Jaleel and painting him as a victim of media manipulation, many social media users from Maharashtra highlighted how the AIMIM MP was not misquoted and had used the mix of vernacular Marathi and Hindi in demanding capital punishment for Nupur Sharma.
Sekoolar media are misleading the people. Zaleel clearly tells in his Marathi mixed Hindi/Urdu, “हम भी ये मागणी करते है कि नूपुर शर्मा को फांसी की सजा मिलनी चाहिए”. He clearly says hang her
Jaleel denies Times Now tweet that said he demanded the beheading of Nupur Sharma, keeps mum on ANI video
While Jaleel’s defenders in the media tried to piggyback on the video to shift the blame of the violence that broke out on Friday on media and somehow lessen the accountability of Islamists for the predicament, the AIMIM leader has so far not issued any clarification or refuted the comments made by him in the ANI video.
More importantly, Jaleel, while being silent on the ANI video, had responded to a tweet posted by Times Now yesterday where the media channel had alleged that the AIMIM leader had demanded the beheading of Nupur Sharma. Shortly after Times Now posted the tweet, the AIMIM leader took to Twitter and threatened the news channel to show him where he had asked for the beheading or face a legal case.
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Jaleel had promptly denied Times Now quote that said he wanted the beheading of Nupur Sharma but had not denied yet the ANI video where he demanded Nupur Sharma be hanged. Though both beheadings and hangings result in death, they are different in the sense that beheadings are legal in Islamic countries while hangings happen in secular and democratic countries. The Times Now tweet said that Jaleel had demanded the beheading while in the video he was seen demanding the hanging of Nupur Sharma.
At the time of this report being published, Imtiaz Jaleel had neither denied making the comments nor accused the news agency ANI of misquoting him, even though he has been active and online on Twitter for hours after ANI’s tweet went viral and had displayed an unmatched alacrity in refuting the quote attributed to him by Times Now. In absence of that, it appears that his ‘fans’ are trying to whitewash something to confuse the common man. We will update this report if Jaleel issues a statement or clarification.
Another video of AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel demanding capital punishment for Nupur Sharma surfaces online
Pertinently, another video of AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel demanding Nupur Sharma be hanged has surfaced on the internet. “If Nupur Sharma is to be hanged, she should be hanged on this square in Aurangabad,” Jaleel says to the greetings of gathered Islamists and chants of “Nara-e-Taqbeer, Allahu Akbar”.
June 10, Friday, saw massive protests break out in different parts of the country as Islamists took to the streets, abusing Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal with the choicest abuses and hurling death threats at them with complete abandon. From Delhi to Ranchi to Solapur in Maharashtra to Ludhiana in Punjab, and from Telangana to Uttar Pradesh, Islamists across multiple cities and towns ran riot to mark their protest against comments on Prophet Muhammad.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has detained Javed Ahmed, the alleged mastermind behind the violence in Prayagraj following the Friday Namaz on the 10th of June. Javed, along with certain other anti-social elements, apparently used children to throw stones at police and administration.
In this matter, a case has been filed under 29 key sections, and action will be pursued under the Gangster Act and the National Security Act. Prayagraj SSP Ajay Kumar stated that action will be taken against 70 named and 5,000 as yet unnamed people.
Uttar Pradesh | 70 named accused & over 5000 unnamed…Action to be taken under Gangster Act and NSA: Prayagraj SSP Ajay Kumar on yesterday’s violence in Prayagraj pic.twitter.com/1b3UsVlBEA
When asked if any external connections have been found to the violence, SSP Ajay Kumar answered that none had been established as of yet. He stated that the names of several AIMIM members had surfaced, and the police are collecting proof for the same.
According to SSP Prayagraj, the daughter of Javed Ahmed, a student now studying in Delhi, is also involved in such activities. He stated that if necessary, the UP Police will call the Delhi Police and dispatch teams to investigate and take appropriate action.
Javed’s daughter who is a student in Delhi is also involved in such activities…If needed, we will contact Delhi Police and send our teams: Prayagraj SSP on action against mastermind Javed Ahmed’s daughter pic.twitter.com/rEbECsxI74
On the 10th of June, Islamists attacked police officers in the holy city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh during ‘protests’ against suspended BJP spokeswoman Nupur Sharma for her statements about Prophet Muhammad.
The incident took place in the Kareli Police Station area of Atala in the Prayagraj district. According to accounts, the protest against Nupur Sharma quickly became violent, with demonstrators pelting stones at security personnel following sloganeering. After the protests became violent, the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) used lathi charges to disperse the crowd. Despite the security officers’ best efforts, stone-pelting persisted sporadically. During the stone-pelting, the Prayagraj ADG’s vehicle was also damaged.
On Thursday (June 9), an ‘activist’ named Suraj Kumar Bauddh had courted controversy after he falsely claimed that a Dalit man was beaten in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, owing to caste discrimination.
In a tweet, he had claimed, “In Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, one youth belonging to the Scheduled Caste community was stripped and tied to a tree. He was beaten mercilessly with a shoe. My heart pains me after seeing the atrocities committed in the name of caste. Shameful”
The activist had also shared a video where a man was seen tied to a tree and thrashed with a sandal. At the time of writing, the disturbing tweet had 856 retweets and over 1600 likes.
Screengrab of the tweet by Suraj Kumar Bauddh
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Following social media outrage, the Andhra Pradesh police took to Twitter to issue a clarification. Contrary to the claims of the Suraj Kumar Bauddh, the incident was not a case of caste discrimination. In fact, both the accused and the victim belonged to the same community.
“A video of a person tied to a tree & being beaten in Vishakhapatnam is viral on the social media. On enquiry, it is revealed that two persons (both belong to SC caste) quarreled with each other over an issue of missing mobile phone,” the cops informed.
As such, a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged at Pendurthy Police Station and the accused was apprehended on June 8, 2022.
A case was registered by @vizagcitypolice in Pendurthy PS vide FIR No.373/2022 on 08.06.2022 and accused was arrested immediately on same day. A detailed report is being sent to @NCSC_GoI@thevijaysampla (2/2)
— Andhra Pradesh Police (@APPOLICE100) June 10, 2022
The attempt by Suraj Kumar Bauddh to twist a case of personal enmity and theft into a crime, influenced by the caste of the victim, was thus debunked by the Andhra Pradesh police.
Suraj Kumar Bauddh extends support to the anti-Brahmin activist
Suraj, who is also the Founder of Mission Ambedkar, was recently seen batting for anti-Brahmin activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan whose talk was recently cancelled by Google.
In a tweet, he had claimed, “The casteism faced by Thenmozhi Soundararajan has exposed the diversity of Google. A forum which does not dare to talk on caste, diversity is just an evasion there. #CasteAtGoogle”
Screengrab of the tweet by Suraj Kumar Bauddh
Opindia had earlier reported in detail how Google decided to not go forward with the scheduled talk of Thenmozhi, fearing that it might create ‘division and rancour’ in the workplace.
The Executive Director of Equality Labs alleged that a disinformation campaign was led against her by Google employees to prevent her from speaking on caste bias. She claimed that the employees labelled her ‘Hinduphobic’ and ‘anti-Hindu’ to bolster their allegations.
After being de-platformed by the tech giant for causing divisions at the workplace, Thenmozhi Soundararajan compared herself to an ‘abuse survivor’ who is not being allowed to speak on the #MeToo movement. Reportedly, the anti-Brahmin activist wanted to talk to 60 odd Google employees about ‘caste equity’ in Newsrooms.
Thenmozhi Soundararajan alleged that 7 Google employees wrote to the management against allowing the anti-Brahmin activist to conduct her talk. She alleged that they used ‘inflammatory language’ to claim they would be harmed by her discussion.
Violent protests by Muslims demanding punishment to former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her comments on Prophet Mohammad continued for the third consecutive day in Howrah on West Bengal, completely disregarding the CM Mamata Banerjee’s appeal to protest in Delhi and on in the state. Protests and arsons took place today also in Howrah, despite presence of police forces.
There were incidents of violence by mobs of Islamists in several parts of the country on Friday 10th June 2022 in the name of protest against Nupur Sharma’s so-called controversial statement which Islamists consider blasphemy. A clash broke out once again between the police and the so-called protesters at Panchla Bazar in Howrah on 11th June 2022 Saturday morning. The miscreants pelted stones at the police and then the police had to use tear gas shells against the miscreants. The Islamists were ‘protesting’ against the controversial statement of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The miscreants also vandalized some properties and set some others ablaze. It is notable that the mob of Islamists arrived in the area despite section 144 being imposed.
#WATCH | West Bengal: Fresh clash b/w Police & a group of protesters breaks out at Panchla Bazaar in Howrah. Police use tear gas shells to disperse them as protesters pelt stones
Violent protests broke out here y’day over controversial remarks of suspended BJP spox Nupur Sharma. pic.twitter.com/8ZhZ2bNVMG
On the other hand, West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Bannerjee has blamed Bharatiya Janata Party for the violence that erupted in the state after the Friday Namaz on 10th June 2022. She tweeted, “As I have said before, violent incidents have been taking place in Howrah for two days now. There are some political parties behind this and they want to cause riots – but these things will not be tolerated and strict action will be taken against all of them. Why should the people suffer for the sins committed by the BJP?”
আগেও বলেছি, দুদিন ধরে হাওড়ার জনজীবন স্তব্ধ করে হিংসাত্মক ঘটনা ঘটানো হচ্ছে । এর পিছনে কিছু রাজনৈতিক দল আছে এবং তারা দাঙ্গা করাতে চায়- কিন্তু এসব বরদাস্ত করা হবে না এবং এ সবের বিরুদ্ধে কঠোর ব্যবস্থা হবে। পাপ করল বিজেপি, কষ্ট করবে জনগণ?
On Friday too, hundreds of protesters blocked railway tracks at different places in the Howrah district of West Bengal. As a precautionary measure, the state government suspended internet services in the Howrah district on Friday evening. An order issued by the Department of Home affairs and Hill Affairs said that the internet will remain disconnected till 6 am on Monday, June 13, 2022. The order said that voice call and SMS services will continue.
The West Bengal Police has prolonged the Section 144 CrPC imposed in and around the portions of National Highways and Railway Stations within the authority of Uluberia-Sub Division in Howrah till June 15 due to continuous conflicts in the district. The police have arrested 70 accused so far in this case.
Soon after the news of the Qatar govt calling the Indian ambassador to explain the blasphemy issue and BJP suspending Nupur Sharma came out, we saw a lot of people rejoicing over the news in India. The reaction of these people was one of great relief. As if someone they were trying to control for a long time, was finally tamed. The most populous minority of India, which seems to have lost the bargaining power through its vote bank since 2014 because of reverse polarization, suddenly got another lever to exert their power, ‘The Oil Daddies’ sitting in Arab countries.
While they seemed overjoyed that Arabs have come to their rescue, there are bigger implications of the way this issue has played out. Whosoever came up with the plan to make this issue international has clearly not thought this through. Yes, the image of India (specifically Modi and BJP) took a beating and that is one of the objectives they had in mind, but the issue has snowballed into something bigger. While the idea was to show the world that Muslims are abused in India, it is playing out very differently after it spread beyond the Middle East. Since then, Dutch MP Geert Wilders and British political broadcaster Dominique Samuels have extended their support to Nupur against radicals who are baying for her blood. With that, the focus is now shifting to the radical nature of people demanding action against Nupur.
Something which they were not comfortable talking about, has become a drawing-room discussion across the world
Earlier, a non-muslim had no interest in discussing the personal life of Prophet Muhammad. Following the out-of-proportion outrage, it has made people curious. Something which wasn’t even talked about earlier has become a topic of discussion in every home. Everyone is curious to know what has Nupur said which is so offensive. While there are videos of Islamic scholars saying the same thing and screenshots of hadiths stating the same, it is becoming a big puzzle why there is an outrage on Nupur’s comment only.
Blasphemy law will apply to both sides
If BJP was hesitant in filing FIR against those openly mocking the Hindu faith after Shivling was found inside the Gyanvapi structure, the demand for action against Nupur for blasphemy gave them a perfect excuse. Now there is no stopping Yogi govt from going after people who were insulting Shivlings. Clearly, this was not factored in while dialing the Arab daddies.
The propaganda of the Muslim genocide will fall flat
A lot of influencers on Twitter and other social media platforms (including those backed by Pakistan) have been trying to create a narrative that Muslim Genocide is about to take place in India. At every available opportunity, they try to paint Muslims as victims in India. Some even try to convince us that holocaust-type persecution of Muslims has already started in India. However, visuals of riots coming in from several cities where radical mobs were out on the streets demanding the death penalty for Nupur paint an entirely different picture. No one is going to believe that a ‘Dara hua Musalman’ can gather in such large numbers and run riots without any fear of the law.
No country will be comfortable accommodating refugees from the Middle East next time
“I will openly mock and insult your Gods but if you do the same to my God, I will demand your execution”. Which sane country would like to accommodate refugees who have such a radical mindset. A lot of countries that gave accommodation to Syrian refugees post 2014-15 are witnessing high crime rates and radical activities. With this glaring example, they may shut the doors on any more refugees in the future. No one wants people who are perpetually outraged. Two years after Covid, countries are still grappling with dwindling economies, they can’t afford law and order problems to make matters worse.
Qatar’s short-sightedness is out in open
Last, but not least, while Qatar may try to play Messiah of the Islamic world right now, what does it say about a country which reacts and strains foreign relations based on made-up social media outrage. Anyone who has been on social media knows how trends are created often by using bots or influencers. Often the ground reality is very different from what is being portrayed by the social media trends. Qatar had the choice to discover the entire context before taking such a stance. On the world stage, everyone is being watched, and other countries will notice how Qatar behaved with India without validating the whole story. Qatar cannot say it behaved responsibly in this situation. As this spreads in western countries, if someone from America ‘does a Nupur’, will Qatar issue a diktat to Biden? If they don’t, it only exposes their double standards.
Above are some of the unintended consequences of the coordinated social media outrage created by ‘break-India forces’. While it achieved its immediate short-term goal, it has created some long-term problems for their larger agenda to succeed.
One Umar Mohammad was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police for allegedly circumcising a nine-year-old boy in line with Muslim norms. While the accused Umar Mohammad claimed to have adopted the kid, authorities stated he was unable to produce the necessary adoption paperwork. Four more individuals are still to be apprehended in the case.
On June 7, Mohammad, who is a resident of Agouta village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, said he adopted the boy from Mithilesh and Soni, the minor boy’s foster parents. Since his mother, Anshu, a Bihar native, died when he was a child, the couple had been caring for him.
Based on the complaint of Lohamandi outpost in-charge Yashpal Singh, a case was filed against five people on Friday under various provisions. The five accused in the case are Kunni Devi alias Soni, her husband Mithlesh Yadav, residents of Rafiganj’s Kapur Bigha village in Aurangabad’s (Bihar) district, Zulfikar, Umar Mohammad, and his wife Babli, residents of Agota’s Lohra village (Bulandshahr). Umar has been apprehended, while the other four are on the run.
Anshu, a single mother from Aurangabad’s Rafiganj village, was killed in an accident, leaving her 9-year-old child alone. Soni, the woman’s friend, was looking after the child after her. In April of this year, Umar, who worked in Lohamandi, spoke with Mithilesh, the husband of his colleague Soni, and agreed to take the child into his care.
The child was given to Umar after Mithilesh and his wife Soni signed a notary affidavit. But according to the laws, a child may only be adopted by applying on the Central Adoption Resource Authority’s website (CARA). Umar Mohammad is said to have circumcised and converted the child as soon as he took the child with him.
On June 8, a video was uploaded on Twitter, prompting the police to respond and recover the child. The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) transferred the child to the Children’s Home on Thursday. According to reports, the boy was also tortured by his new parents. The chief minister’s office has also taken cognizance of the issue.
According to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Uttar Pradesh’s Covid management is better compared to that of the United States. According to a news release from the state government, a BMGF delegation had a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday to discuss ways to increase technical collaboration in the health, nutrition, and agricultural sectors.
“Having observed Covid management of many countries where we work, it would be fair to state that India, especially Uttar Pradesh, was far better in Covid management than even the United States,” said Mark Suzman, CEO of BMGF. He further added, “the way the state’s leadership tackled population density and various social challenges to control the pandemic is commendable.” The delegation described the Covid management of Uttar Pradesh as “an example to the world”.
Yogi Adityanath, the state’s chief minister, stated that The Foundation has played an essential role in the effective execution of the state government’s programmes for the needy. According to the CM, the UP government has also gotten cooperation from the Foundation in combating Covid, including the establishment of dedicated Covid hospitals in Noida, Gonda, and Prayagraj.
He further stated that 95 per cent of encephalitis-related fatalities in kids have been averted. Still, more work remained to be done on the subject of health security in Uttar Pradesh, therefore the state government was establishing a medical college in each district to ensure that there was no shortage of physicians.
“The latest National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) results reveal that the state has witnessed phenomenal improvement in the health and nutrition sector,” CM Yogi said during the meeting.
As per CM Yogi, a shortage of competent nurses and paramedics remains a serious worry, and the Foundation might assist in the creation of a team of qualified, skilled, and professional nursing workers and paramedics, as well as promote this on the digital platform. He also added that much needs to be done in the field of health security in state and, therefore his government is setting up a medical college in each district of the state.
The BMGF team, led by CEO Marks Suzman, paid a visit to Lucknow’s Avantibai (women’s) hospital to assess the services provided to pregnant women and newborn children. According to Dr Seema Srivastava, the hospital’s chief superintendent, the delegation spoke with medical staff and examined services.
With the Islamist ire spreading across the country as manifested in the violent protests witnessed on Friday, former BJP leader Naveen Jindal and his family continue to attract death threats from the murderous mobs who are baying for his blood for his tweets on Prophet Muhammad.
Earlier today, Jindal took to Twitter to share a screenshot of a phone number from which he is getting death threats. Jindal said he had received death threats directed at himself and his family from unknown people and tagged Delhi Police, Commissioner of Delhi Police and Lt Governor to take notice immediately.
अभी अभी मेरे और मेरे परिवार के सदस्यों की हत्या करने की धमकियाँ मिली है धमकी देने वाले ने हमको सुबह 11:38 बजे +918986133931 इस नम्बर से फ़ोन किया है। मैंने पुलिस नियंत्रण कक्ष को तुरंत सूचित कर दिया है @DCPEastDelhi@CPDelhi@LtGovDelhi तुरंत संज्ञान लें। pic.twitter.com/WP2ZdHReX7
— Naveen Kumar Jindal ?? (@naveenjindalbjp) June 11, 2022
Notably, Naveen Jindal’s family has already left Delhi after receiving death threats over his tweets on Prophet Muhammad. Jindal said that he suspected some people had followed him a few days ago when he had gone to meet someone.
He informed the police of the death threats he has been receiving ever since Mohammad Zubair of AltNews and others dog whistled about the alleged insult meted out on the Islamic Prophet. The police have taken the matter seriously as there were reports that unknown people had done a recce of his house.
“I am still living in Delhi. Out of fear my family has left the city. This is an exodus,” Jindal said.
A protest march is organised in Laxmi Nagar Chowk on Saturday evening over the vile death threats that Nupur Sharma, Naveen Jindal and their family members are receiving in the wake of their comments on Prophet Muhammad.
Pan-India protests erupt as Islamists run riot calling for the beheading of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal
On June 10, Friday, massive protests emerged in multiple cities across the nation against Nupur Sharma, the former BJP spokesperson who has come under the attack of Islamists for quoting Islamic Hadiths on the Prophet Muhammad. After today’s Friday Namaz or Jumma, a large number of people gathered in protest against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid. Visuals emerged from the location showing Muslims raising slogans against the ex-BJP spokesperson and former BJP leader Naveen Kumar Jindal demanding their arrest and calling for their beheading.
In Karnataka’s Belagavi, an effigy of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma was found hanging on the Fort Road, highlighting the grim nature of protests that have convulsed the nation days after AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair dog-whistled about her comments on Prophet Muhammad.
Demonstrators in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj took to stone-pelting after Friday Namaz to mark their protest against Nupur Sharma for her audacity to make comments on Prophet Muhammad that are mentioned in authentic and reliable Islamic Hadiths.
The violent protests by Islamists against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma also reached the Jharkhand capital of Ranchi. Violent protests broke out in the city on Friday, 10th June, over what the frenzied crowd of Muslim protesters called ‘blasphemous’ comments by Nupur Sharma.
Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath saying that he is getting death threats on phone from foreign countries. He wrote that he received death and beheading threats via a WhatsApp call from Dubai on June 10, at around 11.30 pm.
In his letter, addressed to Yogi Adityanath, Waseem Rizvi wrote in Hindi that he had received the threat call from a Dubai number (+971569781862). A person who identified himself as the brother of terrorist Iqbal Kaskar warned Tyagi that he would behead him in the coming three days.
SS of Jitendra Tyagi’s letter
Notably, Iqbal Kaskar is the brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, who was sent to jail by the Enforcement Directorate in February 2022 in connection with a money laundering case registered against the don and his aides.
Tyagi, the ex-Shia Waqf Board Chairman (UP), who has left Islam and accepted Hinduism, went on to say that he has received a lot of similar threats from Pakistani phone numbers. Many radical Islamists have been baying for his blood ever since he disclosed some facts about Islam, backed up by substantial evidence, he claimed. They’ve been threatening him with death over WhatsApp calls. He said that he had received the majority of threat calls from Pakistani phone numbers.
Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi urged CM Yogi Adityanath to take cognisance and ask the Lucknow police to register a case and initiate a probe in the matter.
Notably, last year, Waseem Rizvi, the former chairman of the Shia Central Waqf Board in Uttar Pradesh, had said that he has created a ‘new Quran’ by removing 26 verses that allegedly promote violence and arranged the remaining verses in proper sequence. Rizvi has also appealed to PM Modi to authorise the use of his ‘new Quran’ in all madrasas and Muslim institutes in the country.
Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi’s several actions in the past, be it his decision to renounce Islam and adopt Hinduism or create a ‘new Quran’ by removing 26 verses that allegedly promote violence to his ‘provocative’ speeches at the Dharam Sansad, have irked Islamists across India. A vicious campaign was launched against Jitendra Tyagi as a result of his bold initiatives. He was hounded and threatened and given multiple death and beheading threats.
Waseem Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi arrested for comments against Prophet Muhammad at Dharm Sansand
In December last year, an FIR was filed against Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi after his speeches made at the Haridwar ‘Dharm Sansad’ organised by Yati Narsimhanand Saraswati went viral on social media.
In January 2002, the Uttarakhand police arrested Tyagi, following an FIR filed against him on the basis of a complaint by one Gulbahar Khan from Haridwar city.
As per the complaint, Waseem Rizvi, who is now known as Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, and some other individuals made derogatory remarks against the Islamic prophet Mohammad and the followers of Islam. The complaint further states that the remarks were derogatory and provocative in nature and were made under a pre-planned conspiracy. The accused also shared their speeches live on social media.
“Taking cognizance of the video that is going viral on social media for spreading hatred by giving provocative speeches against a particular religion, a case has been registered against Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi,” the Uttarakhand police had said following his arrest on January 13, 2022.
After his speech, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President of Moradabad district Waki Rashid had also placed a bounty of ₹11 lakh on the head of ex-Shia Waqf Board Chairman Wasim Rizvi (now Jitendra Narayan Swami). While dubbing Rizvi as an ‘anti-social’ element, Rashid claimed that the former has been conspiring to drive a wedge between the Hindu and Muslim communities.
