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WHO depicts Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh as part of Pakistan, China; shows Pakistan’s COVID-19 count in Kashmir

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WHO depicts Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh as part of Pakistan, China; shows Pakistan’s COVID-19 count in Kashmir

The World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nation’s Health Agency on Tuesday distorted the political map of India by separating the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir from the country. In its official global display of COVID-19 related data on the website, the WHO marks Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir with different colours and shows Pakistan’s total COVID count when browsed on Kashmir region.

The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti shared the disputed image and said that the global health watchdog has separated Ladakh and J&K from India by colouring them in different colours. “When clicked over Jammu and Kashmir, COVID data for Pakistan is shown”, it tweeted demanding an apology from WHO and appropriate action by the Ministry of Home Affairs, India.

The WHO’s official website reveals the global situation of COVID-19 disease by showing the data of the actual number of affected patients in the last 24 hours. In its online map, the global health observatory has marked Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as ‘not applicable’ data states and displays the total number of COVID patients of Pakistan when browsed.

The map further draws a thin line within Jammu and Kashmir to portray the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a legitimate part of Pakistan and Ladakh to China. “14,17,991 confirmed cases and 29,248 deaths in Pakistan”, it reads when examined curiously through the Kashmir region. However, no data is displayed as the cursor passes on to the Ladakh region. The map has also notably shown the northern part of Arunachal Pradesh as China.

‘Kargil from Surprise to Victory’, book by 18th Chief of the Army Staff Ved Prakash Malik notes that at present, 55 % of the region that escalated into three wars between India and Pakistan is controlled by India, that includes Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, most of Ladakh, the Siachen Glacier and 70% of its population. Meanwhile, Pakistan controls approximately 35% of the land area that includes Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan; and China controls the remaining 15% of the land area that includes the Aksai Chin region.

This is not the first time when the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh region has been cut off from the map of India. Earlier in the year 2021, the BBC, the public broadcaster of the UK had separated the region from India while reporting on the Delta variant of COVID-19.

In the video, Ros Atkins, Presenter & creator for BBC News UK, talked about how the Delta variant of COVID-19 code-named B.1.617.2 was discovered in India in October 2020 and how the UK allegedly fail to consider travellers from India a threat to the spread of the new variant. The map that was depicted at the 24th second of the video did not have Jammu & Kashmir and the Ladakh region included. However, the changes to the video were made after a severe uproar and the map was replaced by the Indian national flag.

Also, in June 2021, the Twitter website had displayed a distorted map of India, showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate countries. A map on Twitter’s careers page showed the Kashmir region, including the Himalayan enclave of Ladakh, outside India. The map was revoked all the same after several police complaints were lodged against Twitter’s country head.

According to the World Health Organisation data, India has reported 41,302,440 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4,95,050 deaths as of 31 January 2021. Globally, a total of 9,901,135,033 vaccine doses have been administered.

Union Budget 2022-23: No change in Income Tax slab, govt focuses on ease of compliance under Direct Tax regime

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Union Budget 2022-23: No change in Income Tax slab, govt focuses on ease of compliance under Direct Tax regime

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2022-23 on Tuesday. She announced several direct tax reforms in her budget speech.

The theme for the direct tax proposal in the Union Budget 2022-23 was the simplification of the tax administration, ease of compliance and relief to disabled and senior citizens. The key aspects of the direct tax proposals impacting individual taxpayers are discussed below.

Direct Tax Proposals:

In a significant reform to tax compliance, Finance Minister Sitharaman announced that a new provision would be introduced to provide an opportunity to taxpayers to file the updated returns, on payment of additional tax, within two years of the end of the relevant assessment year.

Finance Minister Sitharaman also proposed to cut the Alternate Minimum Tax for cooperative societies to 15% to provide them with a level playing field with companies. In addition, this proposal will decrease the surcharge on cooperative societies to 7% for those whose income is between Rs 1 crore and Rs 10 crore.

FM Sitharaman did not announce any change in income tax slabs for 2022-23. There are no changes in slabs or rates and no changes in deductions except NPS. Further, Long Time Capital Gains surcharge is capped at 15% for unlisted assets.

In her budget speech, the Finance Minister also announced to allow payment annuity and lump-sum amount to dependents of differently-abled, during the lifetime of parent or guardian reaching 60 years.

In a first, the Union government also announced a tax on income derived from digital assets. Finance Minister Sitharaman proposed that the government tax income from digital asset transfers at 30%.

The Finance Minister also said that no deduction is allowed while computing income except the cost of acquisition.

TDS of 1% on the payment made for the transfer of a virtual digital asset, above a monetary threshold, announced Finance Minister. The gifts of digital assets will be taxed in the hands of the recipient, Nirmala Sitharaman said.

The Finance Minister said that the corporate surcharge would be reduced from 12% to 7%.  

Earlier, she also announced that the government would introduce Digital Rupee using blockchain and other technologies, which is to be issued by RBI starting 2022-23.

In her speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Union Budget sought to lay the foundation and give a blueprint of the economy over ‘Amrit Kal’ of the next 25 years – from India at 75 to India at 100.

Union Budget 2022-23: FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces India’s first digital currency – Digital Rupee

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Union Budget 2022-23: FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces India’s first digital currency – Digital Rupee

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that India would have its own digital currency – Digital Rupee.

In her budget speech, Finance Minister Sitharaman announced that a digital rupee will be issued using blockchain and other technologies and will be issued by the Reserve Bank of India starting 2022-23. This will give a significant boost to the economy, said FM Sitharaman.

In her fourth budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the country is expected to grow at 9.27 per cent in the coming year. The Finance Minister said that the Union Budget 2022-23 focuses on four pillars of development — inclusive development, productivity enhancement, energy transition and climate action, giving a blueprint of the economy from India at 75 to India at 100.

Court asks police to submit action taken report against Sudarshan TV, Suresh Chavhanke for Bindass Bol program aired in May 2021

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Court asks police to submit action taken report against Sudarshan TV, Suresh Chavhanke for Bindass Bol program aired in May 2021

A Delhi Court has sought an action taken report from the Delhi Police in a plea filed against Sudarshan TV news channel and its Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of people of the Muslim community through his programme named ‘Bindass Bol’ aired in May 2021.

The matter has been rescheduled for a hearing on April 2 before Metropolitan Magistrate Gopal Krishnan of Rohini Courts.

The court said in its order: Let ATR be called from the 10/SHO as to whether any cognizable offence is made out as per the complaint of the complainant and if yes, whether any action has been taken on it or not for NDOH.”

The complaint, filed by Zafir Hussain through Advocate Shakeel Abbas, refers to a news broadcast on Sudarshan TV on May 15, 2021, with the following headlines: आओ इजराइल का साथ दें, कल की लड़ाई का साथी है इजराइल’ (Come support Israel, Israel is the partner of tomorrow’s fight).

The complaint claimed that after witnessing the telecast, his religious sentiments were hurt and that Suresh Chavhanke, through his news channel, intended to create hatred against the community by using insulting and defamatory words against Islam.

Furthermore, the complainant has maintained that, while the transmission in question cannot be approved in any way, such reports or videos clearly demonstrate the accused persons’ professional malfeasance. It is claimed that the accused person’s actions are a “clear blot on the face of freedom of speech and expression by the accused persons.”

It may be recalled that on May 19, 2021, an FIR was registered in Mumbai against Sudarshan News based on the complaint by radical Muslim organization Raza Academy. The FIR was filed pertaining to the aforementioned programme. In the complaint, Raza Academy said that Sudarshan News aired a video that contained visuals showing a missile attack on the dome of the Holy Prophet’s Shrine. The organization also led a social media campaign demanding the arrest of Chavhanke. The FIR was registered under Sections 153(A), 295(A), 505(2) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Last week, another city Court had asked police to submit an action taken report on a plea filed against Sudarshan News editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke for allegedly giving hate speech and promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, at an event organized by Hindu Yuva Vahini in December last year.

‘CDS Bipin Rawat’s death was Allah’s work, Muslims should be prepared to kill or die’: Maulana Usmani’s videos show how he openly called for violence

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‘CDS Bipin Rawat’s death was Allah’s work, Muslims should be prepared to kill or die’: Maulana Usmani’s videos show how he openly called for violence

Maulana Qamar Gani Usmani was arrested by the Gujarat ATS on January 30 in connection to the brutal murder of a Hindu man named Kishan Bharwad in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. Usmani has been accused of aiding and abetting Shabbir, the person who had killed Bharwad over alleged ‘blasphemy’.

Several videos have surfaced on social media where Usmani is seen instigating Muslims for violence and even murder if someone insults Prophet Muhammad.

More videos of the Islamic hardliner Maulana Usmani have surfaced where he is seen openly instigating the Muslim community for violence and armed offensive over alleged ‘oppression’.

Usmani says CDS Bipin Rawat’s death was Allah’s answer to govt’s plans against Muslims

In a video available on Facebook, uploaded on January 3 this year, Usmani is seen addressing a gathering of followers. He is seen saying, “Our main enemy is the RSS. RSS is so powerful that at first glance it would seem it is foolish to face them. But we (Muslims) have the blessings and courage given by Allah. If we have faith in Allah, we can face even 10 such powers like RSS. They put me in jail for 19 days. They can jail one Qamar Usmani and one Salman Azhari. Because the world will see our love for our religion. The media should record this statement. If one faithful Muslim gives a call for Jihad, all your missiles and all your Armies will be powerless to face the force of Islam.”

He further says, “It was our mistake that we kept silent when ISIS, with its terrorist actions, made the world believe that jihad is a bad thing. We should have corrected them. We should have told everyone that Jihad is not terrorism but standing upright and doing justice. The day when a real martyr of Islam stands up to inspire Muslims, no forces, no commander can keep Muslims oppressed any longer. They (the Indian government) had appointed one commander for all the three armed forces (CDS Bipin Rawat). See what Allah did to him. All your efforts will fail before the will of Allah”.

Usmani further says that Muslims should not just sit and keep praying, they should act and fight.

Video 2: Usmani says Muslims should prepare to become either Ghazi or Shaheed, Islam doesn’t need people who are concerned over their personal safety

In another video, Usmani is asking Muslim political leaders and lawmakers to make Islam their priority. He says that all the power and positions are useless if the political leaders do not use that for Islam. He adds that political power should only be used to serve Allah and his cause.

He further says that there are some Muslims who fear police arrests and lathi charges. He adds that the cause of Islam does not need followers who are so calculative about their own safety, but it needs fanatics who forget about themselves for the cause.

Usmani says that during the Delhi protests, he had told Muslims that they should forget about personal safety. “We need people who come to the ground with the mentality of sacrifice. Wapas aye to Ghazi, naa aye toh Shaheed (if we return, we are Ghazi and if we fail to return we are martyrs (of Islam).”

Ghazi is an Islamic word that means a warrior who kills for Islam.

He further instigates his Muslim followers to be prepared to sacrifice themselves for the Islamic cause. In this video, Usmani effectively admits that he had instigated the violence during the anti-CAA protests and Delhi riots.

Maulana Usmani wanted to avenge ‘insults to prophet’, was greeted with ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans

While the central government and most state governments take calls to violence seriously, for some reason, open calls given to behead people over alleged instances of ‘blasphemy’, frequently done by one particular community, are often ignored by the authorities. The open calls to kill anyone who mocks or criticises Muhammad, or even shares a social media cartoon, have resulted in the Bengaluru riots, and several murders over the years.

Maulana Usmani was seen not just instigating Muslims to take law in their hands and indulge in violence, he had been endorsing the ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans. In a video from August 2021 that was shared on Twitter by journalist Swati Goel Sharma, the Delhi police personnel were seen desperately trying to stop Maulana Usmani from holding anti-blasphemy protests. “We will go anyhow (to protest) since we have made a call to the public,” he was seen announcing.

In February 2021, Usmani had justified the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari. He had said, “There is a conspiracy to ruin the lives of Muslims. There is an attempt to make India just like Spain. To achieve it, they are testing how much Muslims in India love their Prophet. “

Usmani and the murder of Kishan Bharwad

Kishan Bharwad had in the past shared a social media post that was seen as an insult to Prophet Muhammad by some Islamists.

Usmani was earlier arrested for instigating violence over the fake news of mosque vandalism in Tripura. The murderer Shabbir has reportedly told the police that Usmani had told him that it was his right to kill someone whom he sees as anti-Islamic. Usmani is associated with Tahreek Farogh-e-Islami or TFI. Reports say that ATS suspects Usmani’s organisation is associated with Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Labbaik.

In the murder case of Kishan Bharwad, the Gujarat ATS has so far arrested the killers named Shabbir and Imtiyaz, a Maulvi from Ahmedabad named Ayyub, Maulana Uslamni from TFI, and another few suspects for helping the killers.

Union Budget 2022-23: MSME sector gets a boost, more focus on skilling and entrepreneurship, credit line extended

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Union Budget 2022-23: MSME sector gets a boost, more focus on skilling and entrepreneurship, credit line extended

Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman presented the Union Budget 2022 on February 1. This year’s budget was Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s fourth successive budget.

In her speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Union Budget sought to lay the foundation and give a blueprint of the economy over ‘Amrit Kal’ of the next 25 years – from India at 75 to India at 100.

The Union Budget 2022-23 emphasises the MSME sector, a critical sector that makes up for about 45% of the country’s total manufacturing output, 40 per cent of exports, almost 30 per cent of the national GDP.

The Finance Minister has announced that the Emergency Credit Line has been extended till March 2023 for the MSME sector. The guarantee cover has been extended by another Rs. 50,000 crores taking the total cover under the scheme to Rs. 5,00,000 crores. Finance Minister Sitharaman said that the union government intends to focus on the hospitality sector.

In her speech, the Finance Minister said that the government has decided to roll out Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP), an initiative to revitalise the MSME sector that has been heavily impacted by the COVID -19 pandemic.

The MSME sector also got a boost for skilling and enhancing entrepreneurship, said Finance Minister, adding that the government intends to focus more on formalisation.

The Finance Minister announced that MSME’s Udyam, e-Shram, NCS and Aseem portals would be interlinked, and their scope widened.

The Modi government tabled Economic Survey 2021-22 in the Parliament earlier on Monday. It is projected that the economy is expected to grow at 8.0-8.5 per cent in 2022-23.

Muslim mass migration in Pirana in Ahmedabad is fake news: How one Nasir Sheikh spread panic amid escalated communal tension

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Muslim mass migration in Pirana in Ahmedabad is fake news: How one Nasir Sheikh spread panic amid escalated communal tension

On January 30, a few videos on Pirana, Ahemdabad, went viral on social media platforms in which a person named Nasir Sheikh alleged the Muslims were forced to leave Pirana by RSS and VHP activists. India TV Journalist Nirnay Kapoor debunked the claims and said there was no mass migration of Muslims from Pirana. In a series of tweets and published a video of Nasir in which he admitted to spreading fake news.

In his tweet, Kapoor said, “Nasir, who had published videos of Muslims leaving Pirana, has uploaded another video. The Muslims who were shown as leaving the village were, in reality, marching towards the Collector’s office to submit a memorandum. It was an attempt to give communal colour to a dispute between the trusts.”

Kapoor, who himself went to Pirana for ground reporting, said, “There is no dispute between Hindus and Muslims in Pirana. The dispute is related to the trustees of Imam Shah Trust.” He added there was a fence between Nishaklanki Narayan Mandir and Dargah on Imam Shah Baba Trust. There was a dispute between the two trusts to build a wall in place of the fence. After the Collector’s orders, the Hindu trustees started constructing the wall. Muslim trustees marched in protest of the construction.

Nasir alleged he was misinformed

In the new video uploaded by Kapoor, Nasir, a resident of Batwa, Ahmedabad, said, “When I visited Pirana Dargah, I saw people walking on the road in large numbers. Someone told me they were leaving the place, but the reality was different. They are not leaving Pirana but marching towards Collector’s office to submit a memorandum.”

He further added the matter between the Temple trust and Dargah trust was in court. Some people tried to give it a communal colour, but Hindus and Muslims of Pirana live peacefully. He said, “My videos went viral as well. I want to say when I came to know about the reality, I went to the Police Station and submitted my apology.

Nasir had alleged Muslims were leaving Pirana

Three videos of Nasir had gone viral on January 30. In the first video, he introduced himself and alleged Muslims were leaving Pirana. He said, “300-400 goons of RSS have entered in the village. The Muslims are being forced to leave the village. I request Muslims to send help as soon as possible. I urge media to reach Pirana at the earliest.”

In the second video, he said, “You can see Pirana is a Muslim village. RSS goons have forced Muslims to leave the village with the help of the Police. Everyone including elders, children and women are leaving the village.”

In the third video, he showed a large crowd marching on the road and raising slogans.

Though Nasir alleged he was not aware of the case, in another video, he was seen standing at the temple’s gate.

Nasir standing outside Temple gate. Source: Twitter.

Nasir was not the only one who alleged Muslims were leaving the village. Another video of one Naqeeb Sayed had gone viral on social media platforms in which he had alleged the same. He said, “A wall is being constructed on the Dargah in Pirana. It is a conspiracy to turn dargah into the temple. When we approached Police, they said they could not do anything as Collector had ordered to construct the wall. This is why all the Imams of Pirana have left their homes with families. We all have left our homes. I am requesting everyone to help us. We will not take the law into our hands. You can see behind me the whole community is on the road.”

What exactly happened in Pirana

The tension in Pirana, a village located 20 KM from Ahmedabad, erupted after the construction of a wall was commenced between Dargah and Temple. The Muslims living in the village have been opposing the construction of a concrete wall at the place of 13-year-old fencing.

The protest, whose videos went viral, was carried out by the Saiyed Muslim residents of the village. They had alleged the wall would cut off access to the dargah from the mosque and graveyard on the premises.

The wall’s construction had started after a resolution was passed by the Trust’s committee on January 25 by majority approval of eight out of eleven members. They had decided to construct the wall to replace the fencing as a part of the renovation work.

KB Patel, SDM Daskroi, told Indian Express, “There is a simple work of replacing the wired fence with a wall that is happening, with district collector’s permission…Three of the trustees had opposed the construction of the wall, but the work had majority permission of trustees, and from a safety point of view, the permission of Collector was also taken to proceed with the resolution passed.”

It is noteworthy the Police were deployed as in 2003 law and order issue had happened in the village. A senior officer of Aslali Police Station was quoted by IE saying, “There have been intermittent protests in the village for the past three-four months with Saiyeds opposing the renovation work on the dargah premises, but nothing untoward has happened… The protesters said they would go to the Collector’s office to give a representation, but there were some elements creating a nuisance by making videos and giving live updates.” The Police detailed 133 protesters, including 64 women, but no FIR was registered in the matter.

Sirajhussein Saiyed, one of the trustees who opposed the wall’s construction, had alleged the construction would change the nature of the shrine. He said, “With the wall, an attempt is being made to change the nature of the shrine. The premise includes a graveyard, a mosque, a dargah and a samadhi (tomb). Now, the wall is being erected around the dargah, which they (the eight trustees) want to stake claim over, and cut off our (Saiyed Muslims) access to the dargah from the masjid and graveyard.”

However, Harshad Patel, another trustee who supported the construction, called the allegations baseless. He said, “The work is being undertaken with the approval of majority trustees and with permission from the Collector. It is being done in accordance with the law and ensuring the security of people. All accusations by (three) other trustees are baseless.”

Mumbai Police arrests YouTuber ‘Hindustani Bhau’ for supporting students’ protest demanding online exams

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Mumbai Police arrests YouTuber ‘Hindustani Bhau’ for supporting students’ protest demanding online exams

On February 1, the Dharavi Police in Mumbai arrested social media influencer Vikas Fhatak popularly known as ‘Hindustani Bhau’ and others for supporting the students’ protest over the demand for online exams for class 10 and class 12 in view of Covid-19.

The Police has registered FIR under Sections 353, 332 (Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from duty), 427, 109, 114 (Abettor present when offence committed), 143(unlawful assembly), 145, 146 (rioting), 149, 188, 269, 270 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of Maharashtra Police Act, Disaster Management Act and Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act.

Students demanded online exams for classes 10 and 12

The students of classes 10 and 12 in Maharashtra have started protesting against the state government for not accepting their demand for online exams. Notably, schools and colleges are closed amidst Covid-19 spread in Maharashtra, including the capital Mumbai. The classes of classes 10 and 12 were conducted online. Now the students are demanding that the exams should be held in the same format. However, the state government wants to conduct the exams in schools and colleges the regular way.

The state government’s decision to conduct exams offline is being opposed by the students in several cities, including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad. Amidst tug-of-war between the students and the state’s education department, social media influencer Hindustani Bhau had uploaded a video on Instagram and other social media platforms.

Hindustani Bhau urged students to protest on roads

In a video that was uploaded on January 24 on his YouTube channel, he said the current situation is not different from what the students had faced in the last two years. He further alleged the students are under depression because of the decision to conduction the exams offline. He said, “Last time I came to roads alone demanding cancellation of the exams and I am thankful to the government that they had obliged. However, if this time the government does not listen to our demands, I will not be alone. I will protest with lakhs of students from across the state.”

In a recent video, he had urged state education minister Varsha Gaikwad not to play with the lives of the students amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. He also urged the students to come out and protest on the roads. Following his video, thousands of students across cities in Maharashtra came out and started protesting. Hindustani Bhau himself had talked about protesting outside the education minister’s house along with lakhs of students.

Several videos made it to social media platforms where students could be seen protesting in large numbers.

During the protests, the crowd allegedly got out of control as a result, the Mumbai Police used batons to disperse the crowd.

DCP Pranay Ashok told ANI that they tried to convince and disperse the students. When ANI questioned if the crowd gathered on the directions of Hindustani Bhau, DCP Ashok said, “An inquiry will be conducted & action will be taken.”

Maharashtra School Education Minster Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad said, “We’ve been continuously discussing students’ health & safety. I told students to have discussions with me; I’ll decide further. But we also have to keep in mind the two-year loss in school students’ education.”

Bus workers’ strike adding up to students’ problems

The bus workers in Maharashtra are also on strike. In such a situation, the students said it would be troublesome for them to reach the examination centres. The students who come from rural areas would face more difficulty. In Beed, students took out a large rally. In Nagpur’s main market, the student protestors vandalized some buses as well. Some of the protesting students were detained by the Police.

Gujarat: Muslim mob attacks Hindus who had gathered to pay tribute to Kishan Bharwad in a temple in Chhota Udepur

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Gujarat: Muslim mob attacks Hindus who had gathered to pay tribute to Kishan Bharwad in a temple in Chhota Udepur

Communal tension prevailed in Chhota Udepur after a Muslim mob attacked a group of Hindus who had gathered in a temple to pray tributes to Kishan Bharwad, the Dhandhuka youth who was shot dead over allegedly blasphemous post. As per local media report in Gujarati daily Gujarat Samachar, Hindus had gathered in Ramji Mandir in Chhota Udepur on Sunday night. Here a Muslim mob gathered with weapons.

As per the complainant Raju Rathwa, one Anas Makrani hit him with an iron rod on his back. One Maniar Zeeshan allegedly hit one Rahul on his head with an iron pipe. Similarly, one Smit Singh Chauhan was also assaulted.

Some other youths in Chhota Udepur reportedly shared a post on social media which allegedly hurt the religious sentiments of Muslim community. Subsequently, when a police complaint was filed, the social media posts were removed. However, despite that, some Muslim youths allegedly attacked those who had put up the post. A case has been registered against both the groups and some arrests have been made. Police has instructed everyone not to post anything that can hurt someone’s religious sentiments.

According to a Times of India report, two minor boys had shared a post on WhatsApp. This agitated some Muslim youths who claimed their religious sentiments were hurt. They even called and asked the Hindu boys to delete the video. However, matters escalated on Sunday evening. When the Hindu youths had gathered in temple to pay tribute to Kishan, the Muslim mob attacked them with iron rods amongst other things.

Kishan Bharwad, a 27 year old man was killed by Islamists on January 25, days after he had shared a post on social media which showed image of Prophet Muhammad. As per Islam, showing an image of Prophet Muhammad is blasphemy. Further investigation in the case has revealed how maulanas from parts of India were involved in the murder and how his murder was part of a larger conspiracy.

Manipur: Abdul Rashid, Nazbul Hussain and Md. Arif Khan arrested for slaughtering a cow in protest against BJP ticket distribution

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Manipur: Abdul Rashid, Nazbul Hussain and Md. Arif Khan arrested for slaughtering a cow in protest against BJP ticket distribution

The Lilong Police in Manipur arrested three Muslim youth, namely Abdul Rashid, Nazbul Hussain and Mohammad Arif Khan for slaughtering a cow. They were arrested and booked under various sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 after social media websites were awash with videos of a cow being slaughtered on the BJP flag by a group of youth.

As per reports, the youth slaughtered a cow on a BJP flag after a candidate whom they were allegedly supporting was denied a BJP ticket.

The video of the gruesome slaughtering of a cow had gone viral on the Internet. In the 29-second video, a group of youth, presumably Muslims and around 10 in number, were seen slitting the throat of the bovine on a BJP flag. The mob also abused the Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh and the President of BJP Manipur Unit, Adhikarimayum Sarda Devi.

It is also alleged that the video of the incident that had gone viral on social media sought to promote discord and feelings of enmity between members of different cast and communities. The officials of Lilong Police under Imphal West district confirmed the incident which they believed had the potential of disturbing the law and order in the region and disrupting the communal harmony between different religious groups.

Responding to the incident, the Lilong Police registered a Suo-moto case under FIR no 10(01)2022 Lilong PS, under sections 153A, 429, 504 IPC and Section 11(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, against three individuals Md. Abdul Rashid (28), s/o (L) Md Abdul Rahim of Lilong Chabok Ipham; Nazbul Hussain (38), s/o (L) Akbar of Lilong Tolenkhun and Md. Arif Khan (31), s/o Md. Yakub Ali of Lilong Heinou Makhong.

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