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Kerala IPS officer recalls how he was hounded by CPM, injured in accident a day after saying ‘They will kill me’

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Kerala IPS officer recalls how he was hounded by CPM, injured in accident a day after saying ‘They will kill me’

A former IPS officer named K Radhakrishnan has recalled how he was harassed and humiliated by the CPM government and politicians for not obeying the party’s instructions regarding investigations in a murder case. In a report by the New Indian Express, Radhakrishnan has revealed how he was misbehaved by the Chief Minister too when he went to meet him.

As per the NIE report, K Radhakrishnan, a former IPS officer in Kerala, was suspended from his post in 2006 for not toeing the CPM lines in the investigation of the Muhammad Fazal murder case. The Dalit officer was reportedly falsely implicated in a case, and suspended for two years.

Was asked by CPM leaders to frame RSS people for murder

As per reports, Radhakrishnan was serving as the Deputy SP at the District Crime Records Bureau in Kannur when Mohammed Fazal, who left the CPM and joined NDF, was murdered by a gang on October 22, 2006.

He stated further, “The very next day of Fazal murder, the CPM had held a protest meeting where area secretary Karayi Rajan named four RSS workers who, he claimed, were involved in the murder. I detained all of them, recorded their statements and tracked all their activities before and after the incident. On day 2, home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan summoned me to Payyambalam Guest House and directed me to file the charge sheet within seven days. As I was convinced that the RSS men were not involved in the murder, I released them which antagonised the CPM leadership,”

Organiser had reported that Radhakrishnan had taken some CPM men into custody for the murder, but he was attacked by CPM goons and had to be hospitalised. In the meanwhile, the case was transferred to Crime Branch. The Crime Branch had arrested 3 CPM members for the crime. After Fazal’s wife moved to High Court seeking a CBI inquiry, 4 more people, and local CPM leaders were booked for murder conspiracy. CBI had found that the allegations against RSS were wrong.

Suspended, then suspended again

Radhakrishnan, a native of Thalayolaparambu in Kottayam district, has stated, “People from my community rarely get such key posts. My ordeal proves that the scourge of caste discrimination and untouchability still continues in our society. People prefer to keep us away from the corridors of power.”

The officer has further stated that he was again suspended in 2016 over a complaint filed by a Joint Excise Commissioner saying that he submitted a false report against the officer before the High Court. Radhakrishnan was suspended for four and half years this time and was mentally harassed by government functionaries and politicians.

Radhakrishnan went to the Central Administrative Tribunal and later the Supreme Court to fight against the suspension order. Even after his suspension was revoked, he had to file a contempt of court case to finally make the Kerala government reinstate him.

CM Vijayan behaved in a rude manner

Radhakrishanan further explained that the reinstatement brought little respite for him because there were gaps in his service period. He was denied the salary for the period of suspension. A day before his retirement in 2021, he was again served 2 memos. One was regarding an alleged case of custodial torture in 2004 and another was related to the same complaint by the JEC that had got him suspended.

Radhakrishnan stated that the JEC had favoured an accused in a narcotics case and his investigation had proven him wrong. He added that the Central Administrative Tribunal had regularised his suspension period in July 2021. He states that despite that, his pleas for a provisional pension have been rejected mercilessly.

Radhakrishnan explained that he had once gone to meet CM Vijayan in 2018 in his office. He had explained his ordeal to the CM and had requested him to revoke his suspension. He had pleaded that his financial resources have dried up and he needs his salary that had been blocked by the government. He had told that if the government did not release his salary, he would have no other way but to commit suicide along with his family. To his surprise, the CM said, So be it.”

“I walked from the CM’s chamber with a heavy heart. Tears were rolling down my cheeks. I collapsed on a chair in the corridor as I was feeling giddy.”

Former IPS now works as a security officer in private company

The New Indian Express has reported that the former IPS now works as a security officer in a private company in another state. His daughter, a research scholar, now has to work part-time in her institution because the family cannot afford her hostel fees. His son has dropped out of the coaching institute where he was trying to prepare for civil services. The family have sold their ancestral property to meet expenses. A house they had lived in was reportedly auctioned by the bank because they had defaulted on loan payments.

They will kill me anytime, he said, met with an accident on 26 November

Speaking to The New Indian Express, K Radhakrishnan has stated that by speaking against the CPM, he has become a target. “They will kill me any time. I am prepared to accept my destiny. But I want to ensure the safety of my children before that,” he had stated to the news outlet on November 25.

On 26 November, TNIE journalist Raam Das shared that K Radhakrishnan has been injured in a road accident in Kochi. He has been admitted to the hospital.

mRNA Covid-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna have serious side effects, shows study: How India may have saved itself from disaster

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mRNA Covid-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna have serious side effects, shows study: How India may have saved itself from disaster

A report presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2021 says that the risk of developing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) increases significantly in patients who receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The study found that the risk of developing heart diseases increases from 11% to 25% in patients who receive the Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna using the new mRNA technology.

The study was presented by renowned cardiologist Steven Gundry at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association annual conference on November 8, 2021, and was published in the journal Circulation. The study findings were presented as an Expression of Concern, which said- mRNA COVID Vaccines Dramatically Increase Endothelial Inflammatory Markers and ACS Risk as Measured by the PULS Cardiac Test: a Warning.

The study was based on a group of people who are patients in a preventive cardiology practice. It included 566 men and women in 1:1 ratio, who have been getting PULS Cardiac Tests as part of the study. PLUS Cardiac Test is a clinically validated measurement of multiple protein biomarkers which generates a score that predicts the 5 year risk of a new Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).

PLUS Cardiac tests were done on the patients 2 to 10 weeks after receiving the 2nd dose of mRNA vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna, and the Score obtained in the test was compared with the results of tests done 3 to 5 months before administering the Covid-19 vaccine. The comparison shows that several protein biomarkers, which generate the score for ACS probability, increased significantly.

According to the abstract of the study, Baseline IL-16 increased from 35=/-20 above the norm to 82 =/- 75 above the norm, sFas increased from 22+/- 15 above the norm to 46=/-24 above the norm, Hepatocyte Growth Factor increased from 42+/-12 above the norm to 86+/-31 above the norm. These changes resulted in an increase of the PULS score from 11% 5-year ACS risk to 25% 5 year ACS risk, the study finds. It also says that at present, it has been found that these changes persist for at least 2.5 after the second dose.

The study concludes that the mRNA vaccines dramatically increase inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscle and may account for the observations of increased thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, and other vascular events following vaccination.

This is not the only study to have found this result. According to British cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra, one cardiology researcher from the cardiology department of a prestigious British Institution contacted him to inform that research done by the department has found similar results. The whistle-blower told Malhotra that they have found links between the inflammation of coronary arteries and the mRNA vaccines from imaging studies.

However, the researchers have decided not to publish their findings, as they are concerned about losing money from the drug industry, alleged the doctor on GB News. He said that the whistle-blower researcher was very upset about this decision. Dr. Aseem Malhotra also said that the information from cardiology community in the UK has showed that there has been a substantial increase of cardiology related deaths in the country, and there is need to study the link of the same to the Covid-19 vaccines.

While these results have come recently, it is possible that the mRNA vaccine developers, particularly Pfizer, knew about such possible effects of their vaccines already. The American pharmaceutical giant has been seeking immunity from any action against any future adverse actions of its vaccine. The company even wanted several countries to put up sovereign assets, including military bases and federal bank reserves, as collateral for potential future legal costs arising out of adverse effects of the vaccine.

India’s opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi, several left-liberals and journalists wanted the Indian govt to agree to such conditions of the company to approve the vaccine in India, and purchase the same from the public vaccination program. But the Modi govt didn’t give in to such pressures and has achieved the billion-plus doses of Covid-19 vaccines using traditional technology vaccines manufactured in India.

It is notable that Indians need not worry about this study result, because the mRNA vaccines have not been introduced in India. Despite relentless propaganda by opposition parties, left-liberals, and big-pharma, Modi government refused to agree to extreme terms and conditions of the American pharma giants to procure their vaccines. Instead, the Indian govt kept its faith on vaccines made in India, which were developed using tried and tested technologies that have been used to develop several vaccines earlier.

Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech, which faced the worst kind of attacks from politicians and activists, is an inactivated virus, which is a proven vaccine technology developed more than a century ago. Similarly, the Covishield, the most used Covid-19 vaccine in India, is a viral vector vaccine, a technology used to develop several other vaccines for several viral diseases.

On the other hand, mRNA technology is a new technology used to develop vaccines and has been used for the first time to develop the Covid-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna. As it takes years to study a new drug, all probable effects of the mRNA vaccines are not known yet, and will be known in months and years to come with more studies conducted on them.

‘Param Bir Singh destroyed Kasab’s mobile phone, misused his power and authority to quell inquiries about it’: Read former ACP’s shocking claims

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‘Param Bir Singh destroyed Kasab’s mobile phone, misused his power and authority to quell inquiries about it’: Read former ACP’s shocking claims

Former Mumbai Police ACP Shamsher Khan Pathan made shocking revelations in a letter dated July 2021. The retired police official alleged that Param Bir Singh misused his power and position as the superior officer in the police force to suppress the voice of his subordinate thus “concealing, misappropriating and destroying a vital piece of evidence, i.e the mobile phone of terrorist Ajmal Kasab, found in his possession when he was nabbed on November 26, 2008, in order to help the cause of the terrorists and enemies in Pakistan as well as some within our country too.”

Earlier yesterday, OpIndia had reported how Retired Mumbai police ACP Shamsher Khan Pathan had written to the Mumbai Commissioner of Police, accusing former CP Param Bir Singh of hiding the mobile phone of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab after he was caught.

Accusing Param Bir Singh of quelling the inquiry using his position and authority, Shamsher K Pathan alleged that “during 26/11 terrorist attacks, Param Bir Singh, the then DIG ATS, confiscated terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s phone, ensuring that phone never appeared during the probe or trial”.

“I wrote a letter regarding this in July this year. He (Param Bir Singh) should be arrested by NIA for the destruction of evidence. He must have sold this recovered evidence to ISIS or may have used the information for extortion, retired ACP Shamsher Khan Pathan was quoted by ANI as saying.

“I also recollect that soon thereafter during detailed discussions with my counterpart Sr. P. I. Shri N. R. Mali, there was a matter of concern for all us, which Sr. P. I. Shri N. R. Mali shared with me that the Mobile Phone of the Terrorist Ajmal Kasab which the D.I.G. (ATS) Shri Parambir Singh took from the Police Hawaldar attached to D. B. Marg Police Station, was not further handed over by him to the concerned Investigating Officer P. I. Shri Mahale attached to the Mumbai Crime Branch, which was handling the investigation. We even discussed between ourselves that this matter assumes great significance as it is not just amounting to the destruction of one of the major piece of evidence, but also clearly helping the cause of the said enemies of our nation,” read the letter.

Copy of the letter written by retired ACP Shamsher K Pathan
Copy of the letter written by retired ACP Shamsher K Pathan
Copy of the letter written by retired ACP Shamsher K Pathan
Copy of the letter written by retired ACP Shamsher K Pathan

Param Bir Singh shouted on a fellow officer for enquiring about Kasab’s mobile phone

The retired ACP furthered that when he spoke to the then-senior PI Mali of the DB Marg police station, the latter revealed how Param Bir Singh had gotten furious at him when he approached him to enquire about Kasab’s mobile phone.

“Misusing his power and position as the Superior Officer in the disciplined Police Force, he shouted at him saying that now it is none of his business and asked him to get out of his office and if he tries to act smart in this regard, then he would not he spare and also taught a bitter lesson,” wrote retired ACP Shamsher K Pathanin his letter adding that PI Mali was so intimidated by Param Bir Singh that he could not do anything except bringing the issue to the notice of the then Addl. Commissioner of Police Shin Venkatesham.

Pathan further revealed how the Addl. Commissioner of Police at first did not take any interest in the said matters. However, “during the following years, he himself had out of concern tried to gather information about the factual details of the case pertaining to said arrested Terrorist Apnal Kasab, particularly the aspect of – any mobile phone found in his possession at the time of his arrest. There was none,” wrote Pathan divulging how Param Bir Singh had destroyed the vital piece of evidence.

‘Must have criminally conspired with the Pakistan handlers”: Retired ACP levels serious allegations against Param Bir Singh

He further alleged that Param Bir Singh must have either sold this recovered evidence to ISIS or may have used the information for extortion.

“Naturally, when the then DIG (ATS) Shri Param Bir Singh could lay his hands on it, he must have gone through the Data and Records therein and for his personal gains of vaned nature, he chose to contact, negotiate and criminally conspire with the concerned perpetrators of said Terrorist Attack on our nation from Pakistan or perhaps even with certain influential persons within our country whose names and records must have got disclosed to him and therefore in order to prevent their identity getting disclosed. at their behest he had destroyed the said vital piece of evidence”, read the letter.

OpIndia reported yesterday about the same letter in which the retired ACP stated that the then-senior PI Mali of the DB Marg police station had informed him that he had recovered a mobile phone from Kasab, which was kept with the police station’s police constable Kamble. He further wrote that Parambir Singh had then arrived at the signal at Girgaum Chowpatty, where Kasab was apprehended and took the phone with him. He should have handed the phone over to Ramesh Mahale, the investigating officer, but instead, he took it with him.

Pathan said that at the time of the attack, Kasab and other terrorists were speaking with their handlers in Pakistan. He might have known who the Pakistani handler was and if there were any Indians in the group.

This matter should now be thoroughly probed, said Pathan.

Other allegations levelled at the former Mumbai commissioner during the 26/11 Mumbai attack

It may be recalled how Hasan Gafoor, who was the Mumbai Commissioner of Police during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, had accused senior police officials, including Param Bir Singh of not taking on the terrorists.

In 2009, soon after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, a petition was filed against Parambir Singh and three other additional commissioners of police on the charges of dereliction of duty during the Mumbai terror attack. The petitioner had claimed that had the senior officers obeyed the orders, the terror situation would have been brought under control much earlier and many lives could have been saved. The petitions said that if the officers had acted properly, two more terrorists could have been caught alive. 

British Police raids Sikhs for Justice, outfit used electronic devices to create fake identity cards: Report

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British Police raids Sikhs for Justice, outfit used electronic devices to create fake identity cards: Report

Banned outfit Sikhs for Justice was raided by the British Police earlier this month, CNN-News18 has reported. On November 15, the Hounslow office of SFJ at 256 Bath Road was raided. Electronic devices and documents of related to the ‘Punjab Referendum’ were seized from the site.

According to the report, the Police have recovered documents that sought to inflate the the number of voters in the so called referendum. An individual with links to Pakistan has also been detained in the process. According to sources quoted by News18, the outfit created fake identity cards using electronic devices.

Sources in the Indian Government said that the Hounslow office of SFJ was pivotal in manufacturing propaganda against India.

Sikhs for Justice has also been very active during the farmer protests, attempting to use the protests to sow the seeds of Khalistani separatism. Recently, it was reported that the outfit had offered a sum of 125,000 US Dollars to the farmers to raise the Khalistani flag at the Parliament on November 29, 2021.

In January, it announced a reward of $350,000 to the protestors who hoisted a Khalistani flag at the Red Fort on Republic Day. Ahead of Republic Day, the SFJ had announced a cash reward of USD 2,50,000 for hoisting the Khalistan flag on January 26 at the India Gate.

The SFJ had also called for a siege of Parliament on Budget Day, February 1, in an attempt to push protesters into engaging in anti-national activities. The outfit had held the first round of its ‘Punjab referendum’ on the 31st of October this year.

The voters in the so-called referendum raised anti-India slogans and ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ and also carried Khalistani flags.

How Communist leader insulted the father of slain Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan because his ego was too big to handle the anguish of a grieving parent

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How Communist leader insulted the father of slain Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan because his ego was too big to handle the anguish of a grieving parent

26 November 2021 marks the thirteenth anniversary of the horrifying Mumbai terror attack when Pakistani terrorists staged simultaneous attacks at multiple places in the city. It was on this day in 2008, that 10 Lashkar-e Toiba terrorists from Pakistan reached Mumbai through the sea route and lay siege to the city for more than 60 hours. They unleashed mayhem in the city, killing innocent people in their wake as they opened fire with complete abandon. About 166 people were killed in the attack, including 18 security personnel, and scores of others were rendered injured and maimed.

One of the security personnel who was ambushed and killed by terrorists was Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. While the nation wept and paid tribute to the brave soldiers like Major Unnikrishnan, who made the supreme sacrifice saving innocents from barbaric terrorists, Communist leaders were busy displaying their ego and insulting the family of the Major. Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and his family hailed from the south Indian state of Kerala. However, the Kerala government, at that time, did not bestow the honour that a martyred soldier and his family deserves.

Unfortunately, the Kerala government, which was then headed by Communists under the leadership of chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, insulted the supreme sacrifice of Major Unnikrishnan by refusing to send its representative for the funeral of the Malayali NSG commando who died battling terrorists during the Mumbai attack. In addition to this, not a single Kerala minister showed the courtesy of calling them or visiting their house to offer condolence while their counterparts in Karnataka did.

To add insult to the injury, Kerala CM V.S. Achuthanandan made unsavoury remarks for the family of the martyred commando, saying, “Even a dog would not have glanced at that house had it not been Sandeep’s residence.” Achuthanandan’s distasteful comments for Sandeep’s family came after he was turned away from the Unnikrishnans’ Bangalore house.

“Even a dog would not have glanced at that house had it not been Sandeep’s residence”: Kerala CM V.S. Achuthanandan insults Mumbai terror attack martyr’s family

Unnikrishnan, who was agitated at Kerala leaders’ apathy for one of their own citizens and one who laid down his life in the service of the country, had shut the doors on the delegation of Communist minister who had come to meet him after mounting pressure from media and public. He was apparently upset that Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa visited him earlier to offer condolences, and the Kerala chief minister came four days later. When Achuthanandan was at Sandeep’s doorstep, his father shut the door on them and refused to let them inside his house. With television cameras rolling, he shouted at the two political leaders and asked them to leave immediately.

Only after much persuasion that Sandeep’s family finally agreed to meet the Kerala leaders. K. Unnikrishnan met Achuthanandan, who was accompanied by Balakrishnan. According to the reports that were published then, Sandeep’s father told the ministers that they took the pains to visit their Bangalore home only because of criticism from the media back home and not because they wanted to share the family’s grief.

Sandeep’s father apologised for his behaviour but added that he has no respect for the Kerala CM. “I have lost all respect for you, VS,” he said, adding that the politicians arrived after he repeatedly asked them not to and admitted that he “responded badly.”

But the Kerala CM was not the one to cut a grieving father some slack. Smarting from Sandeep’s father’s snub, a day later, he told Times Now: “I have respect for Sandeep, his mother and father. If it had not been Sandeep’s residence, not even a dog would have glanced at the house. I did not expect such a reception.”

VHP protests against pastor Bajinder Singh’s ‘Healing Crusade’, Punjab CM Channi stays away from event: What VHP told OpIndia

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VHP protests against pastor Bajinder Singh’s ‘Healing Crusade’, Punjab CM Channi stays away from event: What VHP told OpIndia

A large number of VHP members staged a protest against pastor Bajinder Singh’ Healing Crusade program in Moga, Punjab on Thursday barring many guests including CM Channi from attending the same. The Hindu organisation Tweeted how due to opposition from the Hindu-Sikh community against pastor Bajinder Singh’s healing meeting held in Moga, Punjab, the arrival of the Chief Minister and other guests, as well as the conversion of hundreds of people, was prevented yesterday. “Illegal conversion will never be tolerated anywhere”, Tweeted VHP.

According to a report by TV9 Hindi, Punjab CM S Charanjit Singh Channi chose to stay away from the event at the last moment to avoid any sort of controversy. The pastor, however, maintained that Channi could not attend the event due to some personal reasons.

Meanwhile, the members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other Hindu organisations gathered at the venue. They said that Bajinder Singh was converting Hindus and Sikhs to Christianity under the pretext of false and misleading promises. They said that while the conversion racket is going on in full swing in Punjab, the administration is watching silently.

VHP members also chastised Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi saying that he too was willing to attend the event organised by Pastor Bajinder Singh, known to be running a conversion racket, but he chose not to do so last minute in order to avoid controversy. According to them, by consenting to attend the event, CM Channi has clearly shown his support for the illegal conversion racket that is happening today in his state.

Punjab CM is himself a ‘crypto-Christian’: Zila Adyaksh of VHP, Moga speaks to OpIndia about its protest against pastor Bajinder Singh’s Healing Crusade

OpIndia got in touch with Shrim Sharma, the Zila Adyaksh of VHP in Moga. During the conversation, Sharma told us that the members of the Hindu organisation had gathered yesterday (November 25, Thursday), to give a warning to the administration against the conversion racket which has been growing at a rapid pace in Punjab and frauds like pastor Bajinder Singh who have been carrying out such scams undaunted in the state.

He said that the VHP had previously submitted a memorandum to the authorities requesting them to bar pastor Bajinder Singh’s Moga event, claiming that such programmes are nothing more than plots to convert vulnerable Hindus, Sikhs, Dalits, and people of other religions under the guise of false and misleading promises.

He went on to say that during such programmes, they brainwash Hindus and Sikhs by insulting and portraying our gods and goddesses in a negative light. Our practises and traditions are labelled as regressive. They entice individuals to join them by claiming things like “if you convert, you will receive the blessings of Jesus.” You will be given money and a job by Jesus.

Shrim Sharma, who described Punjab Chief Minister Channi as a “crypto-Christian,” expressed disbelief that Channi was willing to attend an event organised by pastor Bajinder Singh, whose name had previously been tied to a murder and rape case and has been accused of converting people to Christianity. He was in fact, shocked that not only the CM but many celebrities like Sonu Sood and other Punjab politicians had shown willingness to attend an event where people are openly tortured and hurt on the pretext of being ‘healed’.

Sharma said that VHP has warned that they would not let such events take place in Punjab in the future. “We will go to any lengths to make sure that such programs are not organised in the state. Yesterday we just gave them a warning that next time we will be forced to take up extreme steps,” said the Zila Adyaksh of VHP, Moga.

Congress CM Channi and Sonu Sood invited at Pastor Bajinder Singh’s event as chief guests

It may be recalled how the invitation card of this particular event, which started doing the rounds on November 24, also attracted sharp criticism on social media. An advertorial video on the official YouTube channel of Bajinder Singh was also posted which informed that the organization is starting its branch in Moga on November 25. The ad on YouTube alleged the attendees would witness “miracles” by Bajinder Singh. It claimed Singh would heal people with cancer, disabilities and possessions.

Though the YouTube video did not talk about who all had been invited as Chief Guests, the invitation card mentioned Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Congress MLA Harjot Kamal, actor Sonu Sood and his sister Malvika Sood. Notably, Malvika is all set to contest the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections from Moga.

Bajinder Singh is the same person whose ‘Mera Yeshu Yeshu’ video became a meme on the internet. Singh’s name had been linked to a murder and a rape case in the past. He was also accused of looting the followers of money on the pretext of ‘miraculous healing’. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also asked the Punjab Police to initiate a case against Bajinder Singh under POCSO Act in August 2021 after videos of Singh emerged on the internet where he was seen using a minor boy for forceful religious conversion activity.

Bajinder Singh’s conversion network is increasing in Punjab at a rapid pace without any strong opposition from the government or local leaders. With a new branch in Moga, Singh may expand its conversion network in villages around the city in Punjab.

‘Are you saying Hindu groups orchestrated train burning? There is a limit, this is absurd’: What SIT said in court on Zakia Jafri’s plea

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‘Are you saying Hindu groups orchestrated train burning? There is a limit, this is absurd’: What SIT said in court on Zakia Jafri’s plea

The Supreme Court-appointed SIT that is probing the 2002 Gujarat riots has termed the allegations of Hindu groups planning the train burning to frame Muslims as ‘absurd’. The SIT has stated that claims of Hindu groups planning the burning of S-6 coach in the Sabarmati Express are baseless.

As per a report in The Indian Express, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the SIT in court, stated, “The allegation is (that) even before the incident, there was arms pile-up before February 27. It boggles my mind. Say I am a radical Hindu member of VHP and I am keeping arms on February 25 without knowing the date of the train burning incident, that makes no sense…”

Advocate Rohatgi further added, “or are you saying this train burning was also orchestrated? That cannot be true. because the train was delayed by five hours and was only going to stop for two minutes. They could not have known. This is absurd. There is a limit to what is being said here.”

“Either they knew the train will be five hours late and the other side will attack and they will have the material to attack back…It’s wild,” Rohatgi added.

It is notable here that there have been countless attempts by the leftist-Islamist groups to paint the Godhra train burning incident as the work of Hindu groups and whitewash the crimes of Islamists who killed 59 innocent Hindus, including women and children.

A bench comprising justices AM Khanwalikar, Dinesh Maheswari and CT Ravikumar was hearing the proceedings. The court was hearing an appeal by Zakia Jafri, wife of former Congress MP Ahsaan Jafri who was killed in the Gujarat riots.

On October 5, 2017, the Gujarat High Court had upheld the order by the Ahmedabad Metropolitan Magistrate Court that had accepted the closure report submitted by the SIT. The SIT had given a clean chit to former Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and 63 others in cases related to riots.

Complaint was 30-40 pages, protest petiton was 1200 pages and now records before court are over 20,000 pages

Advocate Mukul Rohatgi stated to the court that Zakia Jafri had filed her complaint in 2006, a year later, by the time she went to HC, Teesta Setalvad had joined in. He reminded that the HC had held earlier that Setalvad had no role in the matter and was not entitled to maintain proceedings in the case. He added that the Supreme Court’s direction to the SIT to examine the complaints by Mrs Jafri were clear and guarded.

“However,” Rohatgi added, “things have been blown out of proportions by the time a protest petition was filed against the Metropolitan Magistrate Court’s order.” The complaint was of 30-40 pages, protest is 1200 pages and now the curt has over 20,000 pages of records before them.

Rohatgi added that Setalvad’s NGO is driving it now and the proceeding, which was ordered to just look into Mrs Jafri’s complaint, with the notion that she may have something to add in the Gulberg Society case, has now been blown into something else because of the involvement of Teesta Setalvad.

Rohatgi added that unrelated events, like the election dates, complaints of police officers against their senior officers etc are bring brought into the hearing. He added that the petitioner’s entire case revolves around 3 people, Sanjiv Bhatt, who is a murder convict, serving time for planting narcotics, RB Sreekumar, who has a complaint against every senior officer and Rahul Sharma, whose own actions of withholding a CD are questionable.

Rohatgi added that the SIT had examined the CM, every top police officers, and all top administrative officials at that time.

The arguments were inconclusive and will be heard again on December 1. Congress leader Kapil Sibal is representing the petitioner in the case.

How Rahul Gandhi partied as Islamic terrorists slaughtered Indians on the streets on 26/11, even making a guest at the party question him

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How Rahul Gandhi partied as Islamic terrorists slaughtered Indians on the streets on 26/11, even making a guest at the party question him

It has been 13 years since the city of Mumbai fell siege to one of the deadliest attacks that the country had witnessed. Orchestrated by the Islamist terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a total of 10 Pakistani terrorists carried out 12 shooting and bombing incidents in India’s Financial Capital. The 26/11 attacks claimed the lives of 165 civilians and injured over 300 people. The security forces had also neutralised 9 terrorists and caught one Ajmal Kasab alive.

Iconic places in the city such as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, Taj Palace, Nariman House, Oberoi Trident became the target of Islamist attacks. A total of 15 policemen and 2 National Security Guard (NSG) commandos including Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, NSG Commando Hawaldar Gajender Singh Bisht were killed in action. The deadly terror attack gripped the entire nation in a state of fear.

While the entire nation mourned the dead, Congress scion Rahul Gandhi remained in a party mood. The 38-year-old then did not seem to fathom the severity of the situation. “Even before the tears of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s mother could dry up, Congress general secretary and heir apparent Rahul Gandhi went partying with his pals at a farmhouse on Delhi’s outskirts,” read a report by Mail Today/ India Today.

Screengrab of the news report

The Congress scion went to the wedding ‘sangeet’ of his childhood friend Samir Sharma at his farmhouse in Rahdhey Mohan Chowk on the outskirts of the National Capital. India Today reported that Samir was the son of Captain Satish Sharma, who happened to be the flying partner of Rajiv Gandhi and a former MP from Rae Bareli.

“Mumbai appeared to be far from her brother’s mind as he boogied at the farmhouse with Samir Sharma…The Prince seemed to be completely out of sync with the mood of the nation post-26/11,” the report emphasised. In the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks, other politicians and restaurant owners had cancelled special events and parties. But Rahul Gandhi did not bother to reschedule his plans or mourn at the time of national grief.

According to corporate lawyer Ajay Bahl, who was trapped at the Oberoi Towers during the terror attack, the actions of Rahul Gandhi made him lose his faith in political leaders.“When everyone is cancelling parties or just keeping them low-key, Rahul Gandhi had no business to be celebrating. His action makes us lose faith in future leaders,” he said. Rahul Gandhi’s presence at the ‘sangeet’ even made an anonymous guest to take objection.

“We were all partying, but none of us is a public person. Rahul Gandhi, however, is. He must be more responsible in his social appearances,” the guest had remarked. While the Congress scion was busy partying, his sister Priyanka Vadra took the terror attack as an opportunity to gloat over the legacy of Indira Gandhi. She went on to claim that the ‘Iron Lady’ would have made everyone proud by her actions in the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks.

While in 2008, Rahul Gandhi cared little for his nation and the aftermath of a heinous terror attack, today, he took to Twitter to pay tribute to the braves of 26/11.

Having been in active politics for the past two decades, the Congress scion has now learnt the art of ‘political tokenism.’ Although he had then disregarded the tragedy that fell upon the residents of Mumbai on the fateful day of November 26, 2008, Rahul Gandhi now does not forget to share a message of condolence (prepared by his PR team) on the anniversary of the Mumbai attacks.

‘Lakhvi told us, till you are alive, keep killing, that’s a sure shot way to heaven’: Full transcript of Mumbai 26/11 attacker Ajmal Kasab’s confession in narco test

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‘Lakhvi told us, till you are alive, keep killing, that’s a sure shot way to heaven’: Full transcript of Mumbai 26/11 attacker Ajmal Kasab’s confession in narco test

26 November 2021 marks the thirteenth anniversary of the fateful attacks endured by the city of Mumbai when Pakistani terrorists staged simultaneous attacks at multiple places in the city. It was on this day in 2008, that 10 Lashkar-e Toiba terrorists from Pakistan reached Mumbai through the sea route and lay siege to the city for more than 60 hours. They unleashed mayhem in the city, killing innocent people in their wake as they opened fire with complete abandon. About 166 people were killed in the attack, including 18 security personnel, and scores of others were rendered injured and maimed.

While the security forces killed 9 terrorists in the encounter that ensued following the attacks which were later branded as Mumbai 26/11 attacks, they managed to grab hold of one Pakistani terrorist alive, Ajmal Amir Kasab, who was caught alive by the security forces when he sped through the Marine Drive a little after midnight on November 27, 2008. From Kasab, the police were able to uncover the grand conspiracy hatched by terrorists in Pakistan to wreak havoc in the financial capital of India.

Though he initially pleaded not guilty for the attacks, he later confessed to his crimes and admitted to his guilt. To make a watertight against Pakistan’s involvement in the attacks, the police subjected Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist in the November 26 Mumbai terror strike to be captured alive, to a narco analysis test, to corroborate all that he had confessed in his interrogation and to get more information about the conspiracy.

Though Kasab had already provided the police with a detailed account of the Mumbai terror attack plan, the training he received in Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) Pakistan-based camps and his family background, Mumbai crime branch sleuths felt the need of a narco test which they thought would help them sift fact from fiction as Kasab was likely to have conjured up some details at certain points or hidden some information. And his confession in the narco analysis provided a telltale insight into how the terror masterminds in Pakistan brainwashed poor men and their families into propagating the poison of Islamic jihad.

Here’s the transcript of the narco test conducted on Ajmal Amir Kasab:-

Question. Chacha(Zaki-ur-Rehman) belongs to which village?

Answer: I don’t know where he stays but he has a particular office. He used to come from there. He never tells anyone.

Q. Who prepared you to go there(Mumbai)?

A: My father told me. He said, “We are very poor, you will also earn money like others. It is not difficult. You will earn money as others do. We will get money and our poverty will go away. Your siblings will also get married. You will stay happy like others.

Q. Who all are in your family? 

A: Mother, sister.

Q. What is your mother’s name? 

A: Noor Illahee, she is around 40 years old.

Q. What does she do? 

A: She is a housewife.

Q. What does your father do? 

A: He used to work in Lahore. His name is Amir Shaban Kasab. He is around 45. He used to work as a hawker in Lahore.

Q. How many brothers do you have?

A: We are three brothers. The first one is Afzal Kasab and his wife’s name is Safiya. He is 25 years old. He has two children. One boy and a girl. The boy’s name is Aadil and he is 7 years old. The girl was recently born and I don’t know her name.

Q. Why don’t know your brother’s daughter’s name?

A: It is because there’s some dispute between my brother and his wife. They don’t stay together. She is at her mother’s place.

Q. What is your educational qualification?

A: I have studied till the fourth standard.

Q. When did you leave school?

A: I left school in 2000. I was working as a labourer since then. Then I went to Lahore and did the same work. I lived in Mohalla Tohidabad, Galli no. 54, house no. 12. 

Q. How long did you stay there? 

A: From 5 years, from 2000 to 2005. I was not being paid well for my work. My father told me we are very poor. Then they introduced me to LeT men. 

Q. How did your father(Amir Kasab) and Chacha (Lakhvi) get to know each other?

A: They knew each other from my village.

Q. Did he (Lakhvi) visit your village?

A: Yes, he has an office in my village as well as in Dipalpur. This is how they invite people, just like they did with my father. He told me it’s a very difficult job. It is very respectable? He said, son, you go, your poverty will go away. You will earn respect.

Q. How did they invite people?

A: They keep telling people, it is a Jihad. It is an honourable and daring job. You earn respect, it is a work of God. You will earn a lot of money, your poverty will be eliminated.

Q. How many days did you train?

A: About three months.

Q. Where did your training take place?

A: There is a city called Mansehra. There is a place near it, village Batal.

Q. How many people were trained?

A: About 24-25 people were there in our class during the training.

After you finished today’s work (26/11), where were you to go?

A: We were sure to die.

Q. How?

A: He (Lakhvi) used to say, you will go to heaven. So I said to myself, run, this does not feel right.

Q. How many people did you shoot?

A: I don’t know.

Q. How many bullets did you fire?

A: Don’t know. Maybe two, two-and-a-half magazines.

Q. How many people did you kill?

A: I have no idea. We just kept on firing.

Q. Who were you told to kill?

A: The people.

Q. How long did you plan to go on?

A: He (Lakhvi) used to say, till you are alive, keep on killing, keep on killing.

Q. How many people came?

A: There were more. But we had been blindfolded, we two. And then we were made to get off it (the boat).

Q. Who was supporting you in India?

A: I don’t know. They did not tell us. 

Q. So you people came here for Jihad?

A: (Weeping) What Jihad sir!

Q. Those who lost their lives were poor, just like you. People like you died.

A: (Weeping) Yes. God will never forgive me.

Q. Where else have you attacked before this? 

A: Nowhere, it’s my first operation. 

Q. What have they done for you? 

A: They promised to give my family a big amount. They will perhaps give lakhs of rupees to my family. 

Q. Who will give the money? 

A: Chacha will give money. He has a long beard. He is around 40-45 years old. He is a jihadi. He had first gone to Afghanistan to fight against the Soviet forces. 

Q. What did he tell you? 

A: He used to be a very busy person but whenever he came, he gave us lectures. He used to tell us, you are Muslims, this is not humanity. They kill your people. That they have left you in poverty. 

Q What is Jihad? What did they tell you about Jihad? 

A: I don’t know. they did not tell us. They only told us that it is the way to heaven. 

Q. Money might be one of the reasons, what other incentive did you have to kill innocent people?

A: Nothing sir, poverty is the biggest reason. If a person has nothing to eat, nothing to wear, he can do anything. 

Q. So how many days did your training last?

A: First, raw recruits are trained for a month. Then, there is more training for mature boys. They are then trained for another three months.

Q. And?

A: He is made ready and is told: now go, kill. That’s it.

Q. Your training took place a year ago. What did you do for a year?

A: In the end, he sent me to Karachi. I came to Karachi in that launch, which is used to catch fish. I thought I have now got a job. I didn’t know any such thing. Money was being sent home. There was no tension. Father used to say, my son will do a great job? so he needs this.

Q. What about the guilt factor of killing innocent people? 

A: They said something has to be done if you want money and fame. 

Q. How did you reach Mumbai? 

A: We boarded the trawler near Azizabad. We were brought to the boarding point in a car from Boharo. 

Q. When was the attack planned?

A: It was planned a month before November 26, 2008. 

Q. Tell us about the meeting.

A: Ismail and I were summoned. We were told that the time has come for the honourable job. We were shown CDs of our targets in Mumbai. 

Q. What was there in the CDs? 

A: They showed us the route we had to take. We were shown pictures of the VT station(CST station) via Azad Maidan. We were told that the Taj hotel would be on the way. 

Q. What was the role of Ismail? If there were any problems on the way, he was supposed to take care of it since he was the older of us two. 

A: Tell us the name of all terrorists who attacked Mumbai? Faradullah, Kasha, Umar, Ismail, Abdur Rehman Senior, Sohaib, Abdur Rehman junior, Omair, Ali and me. 

Q. When were you supposed to launch the attack? What was the reason behind choosing the date?

A: We were given this specific date and time of the attack. They had asked us to attack between 10 to 11 if we had reached in the morning. And if we reached in the night, then the attack had to be made by 11 pm. 

Q. What after 11? 

A: Nothing, we were supposed to die. 

Q. When did you start in Mumbai?

A: I don’t remember but it must be 23 or 24 November. All of us were kept at a secret location in Azizabad for over a month. This was done to keep the mission a secret. 

Q. What was the name of the trawler you boarded from Pakistan? 

A: It was Al-Hussaini launch and it was owned by Chacha(Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi). 

Q. Where does he(Chacha) live? 

A: Mansehra. We only knew his office. He was the chief at the training centre. 

Q. How far did Chacha accompany you? 

A: He came with us till we boarded the second boat. It was somewhere in Pakistan in the middle of the sea. 

Q. Was the captain of the Indian trawler a Pakistani?

A: No, he was an Indian. He did not talk to anyone. He had a pretty serious demeanour and chose not to speak with any of us.

Q. Who were you ordered to kill?

A: No one specific. Just common people. When we reached there, we realised it is too difficult to do the job, so we decided to flee.

Q. How did you get your hands on a police vehicle?

A: The vehicle was standing nearby. The police officers inside the vehicle shot at us. I fell down but Ismail killed them and dragged me inside the vehicle.

Q. What were you told to demand?

A: Demands were to be made by Chacha.

Q. How many hand grenades were you carrying?

A: We were carrying 8 hand grenades. Ismail too had 8 grenades. Everyone was given 8 grenades. Only one team was given more ammunition. The team of Abdur Rehman and Ali had more bullets.

J&K terror financing: Modi govt may soon ban all Hurriyat Conference factions. Read details

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J&K terror financing: Modi govt may soon ban all Hurriyat Conference factions. Read details

The Modi government may soon ban all factions of the Kashmiri separatist organisation Hurriyat Conference as an “unlawful organisation” under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for their leaders’ involvement in terror financing in Jammu and Kashmir, according to a report in Times of India.

According to the report in TOI, sources in the intelligence agencies said that the Modi government might decide to ban all factions of the Hurriyat Conference including the faction that was led by now dead Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The government plans to ban these factions under Section 3(1) of the UAPA.

Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir government along with NIA had submitted input to the Home Ministry about the Hurriyat Conference financing terror in the state. The Home Minister had then sought additional information from NIA and the state govt. The sources informed TOI that the additional data that was sought has now been submitted to the MHA and therefore, the decision to ban the factions may come soon.

An officer, speaking to Times of India said that even though several leaders of the Hurriyat have been in jail in the past couple of years and agencies have cracked down on terror financing, a ban on Hurriyat would help curb terrorism further. He said it would help the agencies curb the community level fund collection that is carried on by the Hurriyat conference. Thereafter, that money is given to subversive elements in Kashmir under the instructions of Pakistan’s ISI. The officer further said that with a UAPA ban, the government would be able to crack down not only on terror financing but also on the routes of financing used by Hurriyat. One of the major routes through which money for terrorism is raised in the sale of medical seats in Pakistan’s colleges from its quota and then channeling that money to fund terrorism in Kashmir.

The ban would also mean that Hurriyat would have to dismantle all its offices and infrastructure and the calls to Bandh and protest would automatically be considered illegal.

Once the government decides to ban the Hurriyat Conference, the government would announce the decision in the official gazette. Thereafter, the decision would have to be approved by the committee that has been formed under UAPA to ratify such decisions.

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