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L*nd daal muh mein: As videos of assault, gangrape and shaming of a woman emerge from Shahdara, here is all you need to know about the horrific case

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L*nd daal muh mein: As videos of assault, gangrape and shaming of a woman emerge from Shahdara, here is all you need to know about the horrific case

On Wednesday (January 26), a 20-year-old woman was kidnapped, gang-raped, shaved and paraded on the streets of Kasturba Nagar in Shahdara district of Delhi. As per reports, the victim’s face was blackened and she was coerced into wearing a garland of slippers. The heinous crime was orchestrated by her neighbours over a case of personal enmity.

In a video that has now surfaced on social media, the victim was seen being assaulted with a stick and a leather belt. One of the women proceeded to chop the victim’s hair. Another woman in the background yelled, “L*nd daal muh mein (Put your pen*s into her mouth).” A minor boy, who had earlier hit the victim with a belt, then proceeded to shove his private part into her mouth.

The face of the 20-year-old was blackened and her head was tonsured. She was garlanded with shoes, shamed and paraded on the streets of Kasturba Nagar. As the women surrounding the victim continued to throw blows at the her, their actions were cheered on by the spectators.

A video of the incident was shared by the Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal. She tweeted, “I am issuing a notice to the Delhi Police. All criminals (both men and women) should be arrested and the girl and the victim’s family should be given security.”

The Background of the Shahdara gangrape Case

A teenager by the name of Ayush Nahariya (15-16 years old) was supposedly in love with the victim. He used to stalk her regularly. In a bid to get the attention of the woman, he had even proposed to her. However, his proposal was turned down.

While speaking to Newslaundry, the victims’ 18-year-old sister informed, “My sister got married in 2018. Ayush fell in love with her. He used to keep calling and asking her to leave her husband and be with him. She would always refuse.” Dejected, the boy committed suicide by jumping in front of a train on November 12 last year.

A police official informed, “We have been told that one of the family members of the accused, aged around 15 or 16 years, was stalking the woman and also proposed to her, which she rejected. On November 12 last year, he left home and allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. The family blamed the woman and wanted revenge.”

Ayush’s family thereafter began blaming the victim for his death. Four relatives of the deceased namely Lucky, Manjeet, Akshay and Karan began threatening her. They also issued rape threats to the victim’s 18-year-old sister. Forced by circumstances, she informed the police about it.

“I have called the police two to three times when this happened. I went to the Vivek Vihar station and filed a complaint also once. Once the police came and warned the men but nothing happened. I never thought they would do this to us,” the victim’s sister recounted.

A week prior to the abduction and rape, the four men sabotaged the livelihood of the victim’s father by setting fire to the auto-rickshaw that he rented for ₹300 a day. Her aunt was also assaulted by relatives of Ayush. Manjeet, who was apparently in ‘love’ with the victim’s sister, had also threatened of dire consequences over phone calls.

“These people say that they aren’t scared of policemen… They sell liquor and that’s how they run their house… I am in danger. They give me death threats… I stay in fear and don’t step out of my house,” read the complaint by the victim’s sister to the police.

What happened on January 26, 2022?

On January 26, 2022, the victim was at her house with her 2-year-old child. Manjeet, Karan, Akshay and Lucky barged into the house and kidnapped the victim in an auto. Her 18-year-old sister, who had come to hand over a sack of wheat, was a witness to the abduction.

She told NewsLaundry, “When I reached (her house), my sister came down. Immediately, the men put her in their auto and sped away. They snatched my phone as well. I grabbed my sister’s baby and rushed back home.” On returning to her own house, she saw her sister being beaten publicly on the other lane of the street.

After witnessing her sister in such a helpless state, the 18-year-old went to her neighbour’s house to call the police. According to her, the cops arrived in 10-15 minutes, rescued the victim and escorted her to the Shahdara police station.

“I spoke to my sister for a few minutes before they took her away. In that time, she told me mere saath galat hua hai (They have ‘wronged’ me)“, the victim’s sister narrated.

Police action in the Shahdara gangrape case

The victim told the police that a group of men locked her inside a room and gang-raped her after being instigated by other women. She recounted being assaulted with sticks, garlanded with slippers and paraded in full public glare.

While speaking about the matter to The Indian Express, the Shahdara police informed that they received a call about the incident at about 1 pm on January 26. “Our team rushed to the spot and found that a group of people were parading a woman on the streets and beating her up. We rescued the woman and took her to the police station, where her statement was recorded,” stated DCP R Sathiyasundaram.

He added, “They put their private parts on her mouth to defame her…The men did this to her in front of their mother, aunt and other women in the family.” A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against 11 people under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections pertaining to physical and sexual assault, illegal confinement, abduction and gangrape

The cops conducted a medical examination, recorded the statement of the victim and shifted her to a ‘safe house in Delhi.’ So far, the Delhi police have arrested 11 people in the case including 9 women and 2 underage boys.

NCW takes cognisance of the matter, demands action

After the videos went viral on social media, National Commission for Women (NCW) took cognisance of the matter. NCW chief Rekha Sharma wrote to the Delhi Police Commissioner, seeking immediate arrest of the accused and providing security to the victim.

“The Commission has prima facie observed that the crime attracts following provisions of the IPC, 1860: Section 376D (gang rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), 352 (assault), 509 (word/gesture to outrage modesty of a woman),” read the letter.

It added, “The Commission is distressed with the abysmal alleged incident and the cruelty perpetrated on the victim is highly condemnable in strongest possible words. You are, therefore, required to look into the matter and ensure that all the accused are arrested immediately and booked under the relevant/appropriate (above-mentioned provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 along-with other relevant provisions of the law.

“The victim must be provided with best medical treatment and also, necessary measures must be taken for safety and security to the victim and her family. As per provision 357-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the victim is entitled to compensation as per the Victim Compensation Scheme of the State. Therefore, the process of compensation must be expedited so that the victim can get financial assistance as per her requirement,” Rekha Sharma added.

Shahdara – Hotbed of bootleggers and criminals

The Indian Express reported that Shahdara has become a hub for petty criminals, smack sellers, and bootleggers. Despite the best efforts of the Delhi police to maintain the law and order situation in the area, they are often attacked by locals.

Retired DCP LN Rao informed the newspaper about the lawlessness in the area even during his tenure. “We tried to arrest criminals but they have attacked my colleagues many times. Women are at the front and don’t fear the law. Most of the houses there have members who are involved in bootlegging. It is difficult. I also feel that the district police should have been more active in this case and increased deployment,” he said.

While speaking about the Shahdara gang rape case, a woman from the locality informed that the family of the accused hold a lot of influence in the area. “Everyone fears them because they sell liquor and drugs. The police booth here is always vacant and officers don’t take our complaints,” she said.

Shilpa Shetty cleared of obscenity charges 15 years after 2007 Richard Gere kiss: Details

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Shilpa Shetty cleared of obscenity charges 15 years after 2007 Richard Gere kiss: Details

On Friday, the Indian court cleared the ‘obscenity’ charges against Indian Actress Shilpa Shetty that dated back to a 15 year old incident at a charity event. In 2007, at an Aids awareness event in India, Hollywood star Richard Gere had publicly kissed Shetty on the arm and on both her cheeks.

As they were being shot on camera on stage, a section of the society had briefly outraged against the public display of affection and had particularly criticized Shetty for not resisting at that moment. They had said the act was an insult to India’s culture.

According to the reports, case was registered and arrest warrants were issued by the court to Gere and Shetty on charges of public indecency and obscenity. The case against Gere was swiftly dropped after he issued an apology and was allowed to return to India.

However, the Mumbai court only last week dismissed charges against actress Shilpa Shetty calling the entire case as ‘groundless’. Mumbai Metropolitan Magistrate Ketaki Chavan approved the written submission by Shetty’s lawyer, Madhukar Dalvi, who argued that the case was baseless as it rested on the fact that ‘she did not protest when she was kissed by the co-accused’.

Reports mention that the event in which the incident happened was organized by Truckers Corporation of India Foundation and HIV-AIDS advocacy organization Heroes Project, to help create awareness on unsafe sexual practices among the truckers community and prevention of the spread of HIV-AIDS.

Actor Richard Gere in an apology issued had claimed that the act was his way to show off that kissing was safe and that it could not lead to the transmission of HIV. He had labelled the Hindu community as ‘conservative’ and said that they often do such protests. Shetty had also defended Gere and said that he was enacting a scene from his film ‘Shall We Dance’ just to entertain the audience.

Rana Ayyub’s lies on Gujarat Riots comes crumbling down yet again as Madhu Trehan reveals how she refused to hand over mythical ‘tapes’

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Rana Ayyub’s lies on Gujarat Riots comes crumbling down yet again as Madhu Trehan reveals how she refused to hand over mythical ‘tapes’

The edifice of lies surrounding Gujarat Riots that controversial journalist Rana Ayyub had assiduously built, presumably to sell her book ‘Gujarat Files’, came crashing down yet again as a fellow journalist revealed how Rana had passed up her offer to publish her much-vaunted ‘tapes’ that she routinely bills as authoritative proof of Gujarat Riots conspiracy. 

Madhu Trehan, a journalist for Tehelka, the same organisation with which Rana Ayyub was earlier employed, recently took to Twitter to inform that the author of ‘Gujarat Files’ had refused her offer to publish the tapes in the interview conducted by Trehan for Newslaundry.

“Rana Ayub repeatedly says she has offered her tapes to every single website and they have refused. In her interview with me for @newslaundry it is on video record I offered to publish her tapes and she refused,” Trehan responded to a tweet which carried a snippet of an old video from Rana’s interaction with Sadanand Dhume on a show hosted by Mehdi Hasan on Al Jazeera. 

In the snippet, Rana could be seen lamenting that she had approached all news organisations one can think of and all websites one can reach out to in order to get a platform to upload her so-called damning ‘tapes’ on Gujarat riots. However, this does not seem to cut ice with journalist Sadanand Dhume, who claims that Ayyub’s proclamations are suspect since all she had to do was to get a website and dump all her tapes on them. 

It is pertinent to note here that this is not the first time that doubts have been casted on Rana Ayyub’s claims of possessing ‘incriminating tapes’, which she alleges would prove the administration’s role in inciting the riots. The journalist has also published a book called ‘Gujarat Files’ to reinforce her fiction about the riots that rocked the country in the wake of Godhra train burning incident, in which 59 Hindus, many of them children and women, lost their lives after a bogey of Sabarmati Express returning from Ayodhya was set on fire by miscreants near Godhra station. 

Supreme Court trashes Rana Ayyub’s book ‘Gujarat Files’ as based on surmises, conjectures and suppositions

Significantly, the Supreme Court of India has also trashed Rana Ayyub’s account in ‘Gujarat Files’, rubbishing the book as based upon surmises, conjectures, and suppositions. The court was hearing the matter of conviction granted to 12 accused in the Haren Pandya murder case. The top court overturned the Gujarat High Court’s order, observing that book ‘Gujarat Files – Anatomy of a coverup’ written by journalist Rana Ayyub in support of its case has no evidentiary value.

The bench said, “The Book by Rana Ayyub is of no utility. It is based upon surmises, conjectures, and suppositions and has no evidentiary value”. Implying that the arguments made by Rana Ayyub in her book are her opinions, the court said that “The opinion of a person is not in the realm of the evidence.”

Most importantly, the judgement says that there is a likelihood of it being politically motivated, which cannot be ruled out. “The way in which the things have moved in Gujarat post-Godhra incident, such allegations and counter-allegations are not uncommon and had been raised a number of times and have been found to be untenable and afterthought”, the court noted.

Well, this is not the only occasion when Rana has taken to deceit and lies. There are countless instances when Rana has been caught peddling news that have little to do with reality. The litany of lies that Rana has championed over the years could be read here.

Yogi remains the first choice as next CM for voters of all castes in the state except Muslims and Yadavs, says new poll: Details

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Yogi remains the first choice as next CM for voters of all castes in the state except Muslims and Yadavs, says new poll: Details

As all parties gear up to contest the crucial upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, ABP News C Voter Survey conducted a snap poll to learn about the top choice for the Chief Minister’s post by peering into the minds of various castes. In the survey, Yogi Adityanath emerged as the clear favourite for the position of Chief Minister.

Apart from Muslim and Yadav voters, Yogi Adityanath resurfaced as the clear frontrunner of people of all other castes that took part in the poll. Be it the Brahmins, Yadavs, the Kurmi, Kushwaha or Jatts, all declared Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath as the next CM of the state.

According to the poll, 67 per cent of Brahmins said Yogi Aditanath was their first choice for the state’s next CM. While 16 per cent of Brahmins consider Akhilesh Yadav worthy of the post only 6 per cent chose Mayawati as their preferred CM face.

The Jat community of western Uttar Pradesh who had rallied strongly behind the BJP in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls and 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections have also placed their bets on Yogi Adityanath as the next CM of the state. Though some people of the communities are still upset with the central govt over the farm laws, 37 per cent of them felt that Yogi is still the perfect option as the next CM of the state. The other CM candidates in descending order of preference include Akhilesh Yadav (28%). others (21%) and Mayawati (14%).

Swami Prasad Maurya may have defected from the BJP to join the Samajwadi Party, but Yogi Adityanath still remains the Maurya and Saini community’s preferred option for CM. Yogi’s re-election as CM is supported by 52% of the voters in these two communities. At the same time, Akhilesh Yadav is the preferred candidate of 28% of those surveyed. Mayawati, on the other hand, is the first pick of 13% of those polled. On the other hand, 7% of people prefer the other to be the CM.

In Purvanchal, which is dominated by castes like Kurmi and Kushwaha, 53% want Yogi Adityanath to return as Chief Minister. At the same time, 27% of people want Akhilesh Yadav to be the next Chief Minister. Apart from that, Mayawati is the preferred candidate of 10% of the electorate.

When Rajputs were questioned, 71 per cent said they want Yogi Adityanath to be the next chief minister. Akhilesh Yadav is the preference of 17 per cent of Rajputs. Mayawati is the preference of 5% of Rajputs. Apart from that, 7% of respondents prefer someone else to be the CM.

Speaking about the Yadav caste, Akhilesh Yadav seemed to be their first option. 70% of Yadavs want Akhilesh Yadav to become Chief Minister. At the same time, Yogi has the support of 20% of Yadavs while 5% of Yadavs prefer Mayawati to be the next chief minister.

Despite the fact that Yogi Aditynath has never been a favourite of the Muslim community in the state, 4% of the Muslim population wants him to return as CM. Akhilesh Yadav, on the other hand, is the most popular candidate among Muslims for Chief Minister. Akhilesh Yadav has the backing of 78% of Muslims. Mayawati is supported by 13% of Muslims who want her to be the next chief minister. On the other hand, 5% of Muslims would like someone else to be the next Prime Minister.

It may be noted that most of the opinion polls that have been conducted ahead of the upcoming UP Vidhan Sabha polls have predicted that BJP would return to power with a comfortable majority, with around 230 seats, well over the 202 seats it requires in the 403-seat assembly.

In September 2021, the ABP-CVoter survey had released its pre-poll survey for the upcoming Assembly elections in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. According to the ABP-CVoter survey, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win in four of the five states going to the polls in early 2022.

The elections for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly will take place in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. The major political parties in the fray are the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Indian National Congress and debutant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP had won a whopping 312 seats in the 403-member House, whereas BSP could win only 19 seats. On the other hand, the SP-Congress alliance failed to bear fruit as it could win in only 54 constituencies. While this was considered as a vote of confidence in PM Modi because the BJP had not announced a candidate for CM, Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath was a surprise choice for the position.

Teammates feel uncomfortable sharing locker room with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas claiming she still has male body parts

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Teammates feel uncomfortable sharing locker room with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas claiming she still has male body parts

On Friday, the female swimmers of the University of Pennsylvania slammed the school for allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to swim against women swimmers. The teammates have also complained that they feel uncomfortable sharing the locker room space with Lia.

According to reports, the female swimmers are forced to share the changing room and locker room with 22-year-old Lia Thomas is biologically a male. The ladies have alleged that the school condones this.

One of the 35 swimmers in an exclusive interview to the Daily Mail has said that Thomas has male body parts and is still attracted to women. “While Lia covers herself with a towel sometimes, there’s a decent amount of nudity”, she was quoted adding that she and other teammates have had an accidental glimpse at Thomas’ private parts.

The University of Pennsylvania has thought about Lia Thomas but hasn’t thought about how girls might feel to share the locker room with a trans, she added further alleging that the coach and the school have forced them to accept Thomas.

The swimmer girl who was interviewed has strictly asked to keep her identity secret as no one but only she is ready to speak about the problem and that she fears that the society might think of her as a ‘trans-phobic’.

Colleen Young, an American swimmer who is a three times Paralympic medalist has also raised her voice to protect women’s sports. “Lia Thomas is a biological male swimming against biological females. Whether she identifies as a girl is irrelevant to the fact that she was born a male, went through puberty as a male, and swam on the men team for 3 years. Protect women’s sports”, she tweeted.

Meanwhile, Brooke Forde, an NCAA swimmer who is likely to compete against Lia Thomas for a national title has said that she has no problem in competeing to a former male and that respecting person was more important than winning a trophy.

In a statement, Brooke said, “Social change is a difficult process and it requires enormous amount of courage. I will not have problem racing against Lia at NCAA’s this year”. She also added that Lia Thomas’ leadership is admired and would help many trans athletes around the globe.

It is to be noted that Lia Thomas has spent the previous three years swimming with the University of Pennsylvania men’s team as ‘Will Thomas’ before she began transitioning to a woman in 2019.

‘They’re not deployed for my security but for my recce, may shoot me’: Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam plays victim as SP fields him from Suar post bail

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‘They’re not deployed for my security but for my recce, may shoot me’: Azam Khan’s son Abdullah Azam plays victim as SP fields him from Suar post bail

Abdullah Azam jailed Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Azam Khan’s son has now decided to play victim before the upcoming assembly polls. Abdullah has said that he does not even trust the policemen who are deployed for his security. Speaking to the media, Abdullah Azam Khan said that the policemen who are deployed “not for security but for his recce” might even shoot him someday. It is to be kept in mind that SP has fielded him as a candidate after he has recently been released from jail on bail.

“I’m alone, I have no one with me. I don’t even trust the Policemen who are with me, they can shoot me…They’re not deployed for my security but for my recce,” opined Abdullah Azam who was released on bail from Sitapur jail on January 15, after serving almost 23 months of imprisonment.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) has fielded Abdullah Azam from the Suar Assembly seat in the next month’s Uttar Pradesh elections.

Abdullah further said that the BJP leaders had officers, police and two governments with them but he had no one. “You (BJP leaders) have officers with you, police with you, two governments with you. I’m alone, I have no one with me,” added the SP leader.

It may be noted that Abdullah and his father were lodged in the Sitapur jail after they were shifted from Rampur jail in February last year. Abdullah has as many as 43 cases registered against him in Rampur. He ran as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Suar in the 2017 Assembly election and won. In December 2019, the Allahabad High Court overturned his win, citing the fact that he was under the age of 25 when he submitted his candidature with forged documents.

Samajwadi Party shares multiple pages of criminal charges against Azam Khan, his wife and son Abdullah Azam, justifies giving them tickets

Recently, Samajwadi Party had shared criminal records of Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeen Fatma, and their son Abdullah Azam Khan after it declared that imprisoned Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan would run in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly election from his hometown of Rampur. 

Khan is the current Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Rampur. He has been jailed at Sitapur since February 2020. The Rampur candidate of the Samajwadi Party has been the subject of 87 criminal complaints.

The majority of the cases against Azam Khan are related to Indian Penal Code sections 153 (A) (Promoting hatred between various groups on religious grounds), 159 (Word, gesture, or activities intended to offend a woman’s modesty), 509 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 448 (house tress pass), and 500. (defamation). Azam Khan has also been charged with electoral fraud. He has been charged under Section 171 G in multiple cases (False statement in connection with an election).

It is notable here that Azam Khan and his family members also face multiple charges of theft, from stealing goats, electricity to stealing old manuscripts from an Islamic institution.

SP also wants to nominate Azam Khan’s wife, Dr Tazeen Fatma, who is currently out on bail and facing 35 court cases.

After Kashi Vishwanath corridor, Mahakal Temple in Ujjain to get expanded temple complex, Rs 714 crore project to be completed by 2023: Details

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After Kashi Vishwanath corridor, Mahakal Temple in Ujjain to get expanded temple complex, Rs 714 crore project to be completed by 2023: Details

The Madhya Pradesh government has vouched for the development of Ujjain’s Mahakal Temple ahead of the Mahashivratri festival on March 1. CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan chaired a meeting yesterday to review the project and said that the temple would attain a celestial attractive form. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has vowed to develop an expanded temple complex, the first phase of which would be completed in the next 3 months.

“The Teerth in Ujjain will be developed in such a way that there will be a feeling of grandeur and divinity. Necessary works will be completed soon to increase the beauty of the city”, he tweeted.

In a series of tweets, he added that the government will ensure that necessary facilities for tourists and devotees are continuously worked upon. He ordered the developers to make convenient the waiting room and the parking space around the temple. The devotees after three months are to witness new, attractive Heritage Dharmashala, a special pedestrian bridge and also the light and sound show.

The state budget of the Mahakal Temple Expansion Project is Rs 421 crores and the Centre’s budget is Rs 271 crores. The management will further contribute Rs 21 crores taking the total budget of the project to Rs 714 crore. CM Chauhan informed that 90 per cent of the phase one work was complete and the rest would be done before Mahashivratri.

According to the state, PM Narendra Modi will launch the first phase of the Mahakal Temple expansion project, which very recently unveiled the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project in Varanasi.

Meanwhile, CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan also launched a book on Mahakal Temple and congratulated author Anand Kumar Sharma for writing it. The book ‘Mahakal ke Adbhoot Prasang’ is useful, relevant and a well-researched book, he said.

Chauhan also has invited wide public participation for the festival of Mahashivrati to see every house in the city of Ujjain being lit with earthen lamps. Reports mention that the entire project would be complete by June 2023.

Karnataka: NIA chargesheet names ex-Congress MLA’s kin for recruiting youths for ISIS, terror funding

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Karnataka: NIA chargesheet names ex-Congress MLA’s kin for recruiting youths for ISIS, terror funding

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet in the ISIS recruitment conspiracy case in which it has named the kin of former Karnataka Congress MLA, late B M Idinabba along with 7 others.

According to reports, the chargesheet has been filed against eight accused, including Deepthi Marla and Ammar Abdul Rahiman. Marla’s husband Anas Abdul Rahiman is the son of B M Basha, whose father Idinabba was a former Congress MLA. Idinabba died in 2009. Ammar Rahiman is Anas’s brother.

Others chargesheeted in the case were identified as Mohd. Waqar Lone, Mizha Siddeeque, Shifa Haris, Obaid Hamid Matta, Madesh Shankar and Muzamil Hassan Bhat. 

“Investigation has revealed that all eight accused charge-sheeted today are affiliated with ISIS and were involved in radicalising, recruiting, organising terror funds and grooming like-minded gullible Muslim youth through different secured social media platforms to perform Hijrat to ISIS-controlled territory for joining ISIS,” NIA said. 

“During the investigation, it has been revealed that after the decline of ISIS Caliphate in Syria/Iraq, Deepthi Marla and Mohd. Ameen had visited Kashmir in January and March 2020 for Hijrah (religious migration) and for engaging in terrorist acts and supporting the activities of ISIS,” the NIA added.

NIA arrested Ex-Congress MLA’s family member from Karnataka for ISIS links

It may be recalled that on January 3, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the residence of BM Basha, son of renowned Kannada writer and former Ullal MLA late B M Idinabba. The agency arrested Basha’s daughter-in-law, Mundadiguttu Sadananda Marla Deepthi Marlah alias Maryam into custody for alleged links to the terrorist organization ISIS. Basha resides at Mastikatte village near Mangaluru, Karnataka.

NIA stated that the arrests were made in connection to a case registered in March 2021.

NIA Deputy SP Krishna Kumar led the team and searched the house. Several documents were seized by the security agency. NIA secured her remand at a local court in Mangalore and took her to New Delhi for further questioning.

It is noteworthy that NIA had raided the same house in August and arrested Ammar, cousin of Anas Abdul Rahiman, for his alleged ISIS links. NIA had interrogated Mariam at that time but did not detain her. Reports suggest in the last five months, the security agency gathered enough evidence against her to initiate an arrest for suspected ISIS links.

So far, NIA has arrested 11 people for allegedly raising funds, radicalizing and motivating people to join the terrorist organization ISIS. Ammar’s niece Ajmala is believed to be one of 13 people from Kasaragod, Kerala, who had fled the country to join ISIS in 2016. As per the charge sheet filed by NIA in 2017, Ajmala and her husband Shifas KP left India in May 2016 and joined IS in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. Around that time, a total of 21 people had fled the country from Kerala to join IS.

As per the suo motu case registered by NIA last year, Mohammed Ameen and his associates were running propaganda channels on social media platforms including Instagram, Hoop and Telegram to recruit people to ISIS.

Gujarat: Maulvi, who provided a revolver and 5 bullets to the murderers of Hindu youth Kishan Bharwad, arrested

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Gujarat: Maulvi, who provided a revolver and 5 bullets to the murderers of Hindu youth Kishan Bharwad, arrested

Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi on Friday, January 28 confirmed that the Muslim cleric (Maulvi) from the Jamalpur area of Ahmedabad, who had allegedly provided weapons to the murderers of 27-year-old Kishan Bharwad has been arrested, reports Desh Gujarat. Kishan was shot dead in Dhandhuka on January 25 as he along with his cousin, was passing by the Modhwada locality on his two-wheeler.

He had allegedly shared a social media post that had enraged some Muslims after which the murder was executed on instructions of two Maulvis, one from Ahmedabad and another one from Mumbai.

Speaking about the Maulvi’s arrest, Harsh Sanghavi said, “It was shocking that a Maulvi gave a revolver and five bullets for the murder. Radicalization of youths is unacceptable. Putting my hand on the head of the 20 days old daughter of Kishan Bharwad, I vowed and assured the family of timely justice.”

“Some murders are done in anger, some murders are executed for revenge, but this murder is special. This murder is a case of conspiracy. When an in-depth probe was carried out, we received the details on why this murder case is special. The details surfaced how murders were motivated,” Sanghavi added.

Meanwhile, Virendra Singh Yadav, Superintendent of Police, Ahmedabad (Rural) said: “It appears that this murder was part of a planned conspiracy. At times, people from different communities act out of rage and we sort out such acts of anger by counselling them. But this is totally different and radicalization of youths seems to be behind this.”

He confirmed that the Maulvi from Jamalpur had urged the accused Shabbir to carry out the murder and also provided him with a revolver and cartridges. The accused had become radicalised after the maulvi repeatedly told them that anyone who makes blasphemous remarks, nabi ki gustakhi, should not be spared, said Yadav.

The murder of Hindu youth Kishan Bharwad executed on instructions of two Maulvis, Gujarat Police identifies the suspects and arrests murderers

On January 28, OpIndia reported that the Ahmedabad Police arrested two persons and discovered links of two Maulvis in the murder case of 27-year-old Kishan Bharwad. According to the Zee News Gujarati, the murder was carried out on instructions of two Maulvis, one from Ahmedabad and another one from Mumbai. A Maulvi from the Jamalpur area of Ahmedabad had allegedly provided weapons to the murderers and Maulana from Mumbai had given the instructions.

Further reports by News18Gujarat state that the police has formed 7 different teams to investigate into the matter. Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi reviewed the investigation process by the Police and collected all the details of the case.

The matter came to light when the cousin of the victim, Bhaumik lodged a police complaint in the case and said that the murder could be related to Bharwad’s social media post around 15 days back. It is alleged that Kishan had shared a post on social media platform which the Muslims found offensive.

The video shared by Kishan had an image of Prophet Muhammad. As reported, the police had taken action against Kishan over the post as some people had outraged over it. Following the police intervention, both sides had reconciled, however, Kishan Bharwad was killed a few days after the incident.

‘God is everywhere, fanatics are the problem’: Madras HC rejects petition by Temple trustee seeking to stop eviction by Tamil Nadu govt

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‘God is everywhere, fanatics are the problem’: Madras HC rejects petition by Temple trustee seeking to stop eviction by Tamil Nadu govt

On Friday (January 28), the Madras High Court rejected a petition that sought to stop the eviction of a temple, which is allegedly built on public land in Veppanthattai in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu, reported The Times of India.

As per reports, the petition was filed by a temple trustee named S Periyasamy in response to a notice issued by the Tamil Nadu Highways department for the eviction of the temple. During the hearing, he informed the court that the temple had been in existence for more than 3 decades.

S Periyasamy emphasised that the temple was built without impeding public movement or local transportation. His petition to prevent the temple eviction by the Tamil Nadu government was however rejected by the Madras High Court.

The matter was heard by a 2-Judge bench of Justices D Bharatha Chakravarthy and S Vaidyanathan. “The petitioner, in the garb of setting up a temple, cannot usurp the highways property, which is meant for public use irrespective of creed, caste and religion,” the Court observed. The Judges pointed out that ‘not causing any hindrance to the public’ cannot be accepted since the petitioner failed to show documents that prove the ownership of the land by the temple trust.

They further noted, “Even though the petitioner has stated that the temple was constructed three decades ago and the land belonged to the temple, what prevented him from producing necessary documents to establish his case? If the petitioner is so particular in facilitating the devotees to worship Vinayagar, it is open for him either to allot his unencumbered land or the land, if any, available to the temple and thereafter, shift idol to that place.”

The Madras High Court said that accepting the petition of S Periyasamy would send across a message that illegal occupation of land was permitted if it did not obstruct public or vehicular flow. It concluded, “God is omnipresent. God does not need a specific place for his divine presence. It is the fanatic, who is the root cause of all problems to divide the people in the name of religion.”

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