A complaint has been filed against comedian Vir Das with the Mumbai police, soon after he shared a Youtube video of his unhinged rant against India at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. Advocate Ashutosh J Dubey, a practising legal solicitor at Bombay High Court and the legal advisor of BJP-Maharashtra shared a copy of the complaint he filed against the comedian through his Twitter account.
I have filed the complaint against Vir Das Indian Comedian with @CPMumbaiPolice@MumbaiPolice for defaming & spoiling the image of India in the USA, which is inflammatory.
He wilfully spelled inciting & derogatory statements against India, Indian women, & the PM of India. pic.twitter.com/xQuLuGwGZv
In his complaint, a copy of which was also marked to the commissioner of police, Mumbai, the complainant accused Das of “defaming and spoiling the image of India in the USA”, which he said, “is venomous and inflammatory”.
Advocate Dubey accused the ‘comedian’ of willfully spelling inciting and derogatory statements against India, Indian women and the Prime Minister of India in his show at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.
Criticising Vir Das for the portion of his monologue where he painted India as an unsafe place for women to the world, the complainant wrote that Das made it appear that the phenomenon of worshipping female deities in India is a mere gimmick where otherwise the heinous crime of rape against women is carried out unhinged.
Copy of the complaint filed with the Mumbai police against ‘comedian’ Vir Das
In his 7-minute monologue, Vir Das had claimed, “I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gangrape them during the night.”
Advocate Dubey further stated that Vir Das made derogatory remarks against the Prime Minister of India, alleging him of committing fraud and mishandling the PM CARES Fund. Das had also reportedly called PM Modi the biggest threat to the Union of India.
Dubey further wrote that Vir Das’ statement tries to portray India as the greatest threat to Indian democracy, which is false and looks to be made solely to instil fear and hatred in the Indian people.
“He attracts IPC sections amongst others and it is necessary to issue notice to the intermediaries to take the appropriate action failing which the Indian Comedian (Vir Das) must be acted upon as per the provisions of law”, wrote the lawyer.
Prior to sharing the copy of the complaint, advocate Dubey, in a Tweet had said, “Vir Das is spoiling the image of India, Defaming India in the USA. Action should be taken against Vir Das from every corner of India. I will help legally when you needed”.
Vir Das is spoiling the image of India, Defaming India in the USA.
Action should be taken against Vir Das from every corner of India.
On Monday (November 16), comedian Vir Das shared a Youtube video wherein he went on an unhinged rant against India at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.
Das used humour to push anti-India propaganda in his 7-minute monologue. He talked about politics, religion, and nationality, all while instilling fear that India, which was once built by great men, would soon be forgotten. The comedian carefully sandwiched the propaganda material between comic elements and punchlines in his tirade.
Besides spreading lies and raking up internal matters to deride India and particularly Hindus on foreign soil, Vir Das also resorted to fear-mongering about losing the ‘idea of India’. He had concluded, “But as I stand here before you, I am reminded that I represent a great people. Great people, who built a great thing (India) that is turning into a memory.”
Two ‘journalists’ with HW News Network were taken into custody earlier this week from Assam after Tripura Police registered number of cases against them. Two ‘journalists’, Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha were accused of publishing and broadcasting false and fabricated news which were aimed at disrupting communal harmony.
Sakunia, who hails from Odisha, on November 11 tweeted a video claiming a Quran copy was burnt Tripura’s Darga Bazar on 19th October, 2021. Situation in Tripura had turned communally sensitive in October after protests were held against the attack on Hindus in Bangladesh during Durga Puja. Protests in Tripura turned violent too and reports emerged that some mosque was burnt down. However, the police had categorically denied that no mosque was burnt down in Tripura.
But Sakunia claimed so in her tweet and video. Police contacted Rahmat Ali, owner of the prayer hall mentioned by HW ‘journalist’ who denied burning down of any copy of Quran. Naturally, Police reached out to Sakunia to give evidence to the claims she was making in her report. After all, there were repercussions of the violence in Tripura in other states like Maharashtra where violence had erupted earlier this month.
Except, Sakunia asked Police to find the evidence themselves. So, Sakunia goes on record to make claims that somewhere a Quran was burnt, which could lead to communal violence, but would not take any responsibility of her statements.
Sakunia and her colleague Jha, despite being asked by Police to not leave Tripura, sneaked out of the state and escaped to Assam. They planned to take a flight out of Assam to Delhi. However, Tripura police reached out to their Assam counterparts who nabbed the duo who were then brought back to Tripura on Monday, November 15.
Turns out, the conduct of the duo was highly suspicious from the beginning. The two women checked in to the hotel and identified themselves as ‘students’ instead of journalists and mentioned purpose of their visit as ‘work’. They visited Dharmanagar, Gomati and other Muslim-dominated areas of the state and allegedly made slanderous remarks against Hindus in what appears like a bid to provoke Muslims to take revenge against the Hindus.
In spite of this, the entire ‘liberal’ brigade is crying foul that the freedom of press in India is under attack. Remember, the two women are accused of fabricating news and their conduct has also been suspicious. And when police asked for evidence to back their claims which could trigger communal violence, they just put their hands up and asked police to do it instead.
Except, this absolutely brazen behaviour of shooting from the hip and shrugging off responsibility of actions is a trick as old as time.
Arundhati Roy and 2002 Gujarat riots fables
In 2002, 59 karsevaks returning from Ayodhya were burnt alive after a Muslim mob set train compartments on fire in Godhra. Subsequently, communal riots broke out in Gujarat where hundreds of people died. While a lot of stories were heart wrenching, many, many were fiction.
One very popular myth is of a Hindu mob raping a Muslim woman, slitting her pregnant stomach and flinging her foetus in the air. However, postmortem of Kausar Bano told a different story. A 2010 report states that the doctor who conducted post-mortem on Kauser, found the foetus intact. Dr J S Kanoria, who had conducted the autopsy on 2nd March, 2002 presented supporting documents to the special court and said that the foetus was intact in the woman’s womb. The foetus weight 2,500 gms and was 45 cms long.
Further, during the postmortem and cross examination of witness, it had come to light that Kausar Bano died of suffocation, fear and shock and her body bore no external or internal injuries. As per reports, during his deposition, Kanoria stated that Bano’s body bore no internal or external injury; moreover, there was no sword injury on her body. Dr Kanoria was working at the government civil hospital during the riots and had given statement that Kausar Bano’s foetus was removed after the post-mortem. The post-mortem was conducted on 1st March 2002.
Unfortunate death of Kausar Bano was twisted and way too many fictional elements added in what appears like a bid to fan communal tensions.
Another such ‘story’ was narrated by seasoned ‘liberal’ Suzanna Arundhati Roy. In an article published in May 2002 in Outlook, Roy had talked about her ‘friend’ from Vadodara, Gujarat. The ‘friend’ who was not named was weeping and then narrated a story to her. The story was about one ‘Sayeeda’ who was a ‘friend’ of this unnamed ‘friend’. Sayeeda’s stomach was ripped open and stuffed with burning rags and ‘Om’ was then tattooed on her forehead.
Arundhati Roy’s claims
Except, of course, when Balbir Punj (then a BJP MP) decided to follow up on this horrific incident to try and get justice for Sayeeda, he found out that when the Gujarat Police reached out to Roy for helping her identify victim so they can bring justice to her, Roy’s lawyer shrugged and said how Police has no power to ‘summon’ her.
Balbir Punj on Roy
So, not only was Sayeeda brutally murdered (one here is assuming she did not survive burning rags in her tummy) but even her friends and friends of friends did not want to help identify her killers.
And we are to believe this and take Roy’s words for it because why would Roy lie about Sayeeda? After all, she was ‘friend’ of a ‘friend’ who had no name. Wait, isn’t that kind of déjà vu? Who would’ve thunk 20 years later, two ‘journalists’ would do a Roy Redux in Tripura in yet another communal violence!
While we’re on topic of Roy, here’s another one where with full conviction, she also said that the karsevaks who were burnt alive were returning from Ayodhya after demolishing the disputed structure often referred to as Babri Masjid at Ram Janmabhoomi.
Roy, with all confidence and conviction claiming Babri was demolished in 2002. Further, she also has the gall to claim ‘no one knew’ how the ‘train caught fire’. No, Roy, train ‘did not catch fire’, it was set on fire, by a murderous mob of Islamists specifically to kill Hindus returning from Ayodhya after karseva. A court of law has actually sentenced the accused, many of them to death.
Teesta Setalvad and fake news cottage industry
Gujarat riots also proved as a very fertile ground for ‘NGOs’ and ‘human rights activists’ to make a name as well as money for themselves. One such ‘activist’ is Teesta Setalvad. Remember how Tripura Police has alleged that the two women tried to incite the Muslims in Tripura to take revenge? Well, it is kind of a standard operating procedure for the ‘fact-finders’ and ‘human rights activists’.
In February 2020, just before the anti-Hindu riots broke out in Delhi, Muslim protestors had blocked the main road in Shaheen Bagh in Delhi to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The CAA did not affect Indians of any religion and was only meant to fast-track Indian citizenship of persecuted religious minorities, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Christians, Jews in the neighbouring Islamic countries Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. However, the Indian ‘liberals’ and protesting Muslims decided it was ripping Indian Muslims off their citizenship. Again, the CAA did not affect Indians, Hindus, Muslims or anyone of any other faith.
Amid all this, Teesta Setalvad was accused of tutoring Shaheen Bagh protestors.
Teesta Setalvad tutoring Shaheen Bagh protestors on what questions to ask the interlocutors, appointed by the Supreme Court… See how organic and spontaneous this movement is? pic.twitter.com/gsZCBS5l0t
In the 2-minutes long video, a lady can be heard reading out a list of questions the women could ask the interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court to mediate and convince the Shaheen Bagh protestors to relocate to an alternative place. Teesta Setalvad could be spotted right behind her overseeing the tutoring.
Setalvad has been accused of embezzling funds meant for Gujarat riot victims. She had allegedly collected funds for the 2002 riot victims and instead used it for personal luxury and expenses. The allegations had come to light after one of the residents of the Gulbarg Housing Society filed a complaint against her alleging that she had embezzled funds collected for the 2002 riot victims through her NGOs Sabrang Trust and Citizens for Justice and Peace.
It is alleged that she had used the funds collected in the name of riot victims for liquor, movies, gadgets and personal goods. Further, it was also found that her NGO has violated FCRA norms. The Sabrang Communications and Publishing Pvt Ltd had allegedly received Rs 2.9 lakhs from the Ford Foundation even if it was not registered under FCRA.
Setalvad has had several allegations against her including luring and misguiding a key witness into giving false testimony, FIRs for tweeting objectionable pictures of Hindu Gods and also FIRs for promoting enmity on religious grounds.
Love for ‘liberalism’ makes one blind to lies
As one can see, when people with ulterior motives add fictional elements to factual incidents, ‘liberals’ in India would believe it because they are conditioned to assume the worst about Hindus. Like when Kausar Bano died in 2002 riots (fact), when element of fiction is added that her pregnant belly was cut open with a sword and foetus flung into air, the lie refuses to die down despite post mortem reports stating otherwise.
That’s how ‘liberals’ operate. They add more brutal, more shocking lie which can shake the conscience of an average human being to one truth to perpetuate their hate. Quite certain Roy’s ‘friend from Baroda’ is as imaginary as the story narrated by that ‘friend’.
So when HW News Network’s ‘journalist’ claims Quran was burnt, without evidence, it is considered truth. Action against her on allegations of fabricating news is then referred to as attack on press freedom. Fictionalising ‘news’ is a free pass if you have ‘liberal’ credentials.
In 2018, one Pravin Vasava of Amod, Bharuch got converted to Islam. Vasava belonged to the Vasava Hindu tribal community. He converted to Islam and went by the name Salman Patel.
Pravin Vasava became Salman Patel in 2017
As per notarised documents filed in Surat in 2018, he had stated that he was in touch with people from Muslim community since a year and was convinced Islam is the religion of peace and true religion. He claimed he wanted to convert to Islam and none of his relatives had any objection to the same.
“Because of that, I have recited the five Kalmas and converted to Islam and am living my life as per Sharia. I will also spend rest of my life as a Muslim as per Sharia,” he said in the affidavit. He mentioned that after embracing Islam he would then be known as Salman Patel. He had claimed he was not lured into embracing Islam and he did it by his own free will.
Forced religious conversion: Modus operandi
However, that is not what had happened. Speaking to OpIndia, Pravin Vasava, who has now filed a police complaint regarding the same, said that the tribal families, were converted to Islam by making tall promises. “We were taught there is no such religion as Hindu religion and Islam is true religion. One Abdul Ajit, who himself had converted to Islam, made us such promises. We were not informed that our Aadhaar cards and other identification would be changed. However, he took us to Surat and got legal documents done. He made us sign papers and also got our Aadhaar changed,” he said.
Vasava informed that a Maruti Ecco car was hired and about 7-8 people were ferried from Bharuch to Surat 2-3 times to get people to sign the papers. “Tribals are poor people. If someone gives some food grains, we believe they are nice people. Which is why people get lured to religious conversion,” Vasava said. He added that other promises for religious conversion included help in business, employment, marriages, second marriages, pakka houses, food grains and money.
“I used to go with Abdul Ajit. He would call up people in foreign countries like England and boast about the number of people converted to Islam. On that basis, he would receive funds. That is when I realised it was business for him. This is why I filed police complaint so that others don’t get cheated the way we did,” he said.
Abdul Ajit is one of the nine accused named in the FIR.
Fefdawala Haji Abdullah and funding from London
Another accused named in the FIR is one Fefdawala Haji Abdullah, who is originally a native of Nabipur in Bharuch but currently living in London, UK. A video from a few years back shows him boasting about the conversion of Hindus to Islam.
Fefdawala in above video says that he is from London. “I came to know about you guys that you have embraced Islam. I have come to specially meet you. I will pass on your message in London that Allah has accepted you. Now you are our brothers as per Kalma. We will provide all possible help we could,” he said.
He then passes on the message to London in the video that he is currently in Kankaria village of Amod Taluka where 37 families had turned to Islam. He thanked ‘Ajit bhai’ for the help. He then asks ‘Ajit bhai’ if they need any help with respect to food, houses or any such financial aids.
Ajit Abdul, then introduces himself and describes how he indulged in religious conversion. He talks about one Samir who ‘encouraged’ him to embrace Islam. He claimed he used to drink alcohol but Samir told him that alcohol is not good. “It is haram in Islam as well as in Hindu religion. Hinduism also speaks about Mohammad Sahab in the Shastras. But we told how no Brahmin ever told us about it,” he said.
He further explained, “We got these four pillars to put up the roof. But Allah created the universe without any walls. This struck me and I thought it was true.” He then claims that Allah is one, whether you call him Bhagwan, Ishwar or God. He then says how he increased his meetings with Samir who gave him a book to read. “Every day at 5 PM I had to drink alcohol. He asked me if I was drunk and asked me to go to him in the morning when I had not consumed alcohol when he would give me the book,” he said.
Ajit Abul then went on to say how he embraced Islam.
Sources in the know of the story say that the procedure to convert Hindus to Islam in the village started as back as 2009-2010 but the ones who converted were either returning to Hindu fold or were not really active. Which is why they started to make the religious conversion official so that funding can be secured. “Once converted, they would send the children to madarsa near Hajira and in Jambusar.
“They were also taken a few times to Tablighi Jamaat where they spent a few days in Malegaon and Mumbai. Earlier they were part of Ahl-i-Hadith Jamaat but moved on to Barelvi movement,” a source said. Barelvi is a Sunni revivalist movement from Hanafi school of jurisprudence in opposition to Deobandi movement. It is believed about two-thirds of Muslims in India follow the Barelvi movement. Of which, Islamist organisation Raza Academy, responsible for recent violence in Maharashtra is one prominent organisation.
Bharuch Police files FIR against 9 people
Police have lodged a complaint against nine persons under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021 Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The accused have been identified as Shabbir Bakerywala, Samad Bakerywala, Abdul Aziz Patel, Yusuf Patel, Ayyub Patel, Ibrahim Patel, Fefdawala Haji Abdullah, Hasan Tisli and Ismail Achhodwala. All the accused are local residents barring one who is residing in London and identified as Fefdawala Haji Abdullah.
Bharuch Police has initiated investigation in mass religious conversion racket in Kankaria village of Amod Taluka. There are allegations of illegal religious conversion of Hindus by Islamists who have obtained funding from foreign countries to carry forward mass conversion of Hindus. The conversion takes place by giving cash to Hindus or promising financial aid to the ones who are financially needy and also taking advantage of their lack of knowledge, it is alleged.
It is further alleged that the mass religious conversion is a bid to pit Hindus against Muslims and disturb peace and religious harmony. As many as 100 people of 37 Hindu families have been converted to Islam by luring them with money and other incentives.
As per police statement, Fefdawala Haji Abdul, a native of Nabipur in Bharuch, currently living in London, who has also been accused of being involved in similar forced religious conversions in Uttar Pradesh and Vadodara, has been accused of raising funds for forced religious conversion in Bharuch and other parts of India, a statement released by Bharuch Police read.
The police statement further reads that this money raised from foreign lands was further used to lure Hindu men and women to Islam. Subsequently, alert citizens took it upon themselves and filed a police complaint regarding the same. A case has been registered on the same and further investigation has been initiated.
Links with Uttar Pradesh mass conversion racket
It is believed that the mass conversion in Bharuch has links with the recently unearthed mass religious conversion racket in Uttar Pradesh. Two maulvis were arrested in June this year by Anti Terrorism Squad, Uttar Pradesh where they were accused of converting at least 1,000 people to Islam.
The accused were later identified as Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam and were residents of Jamia Nagar in South Delhi. The two accused, who ran an organisation named Islamic Dawah Centre(IDC), along with their other associates, were charged for mass conversion of people into Islam through inducements such as marriage, job and money and mental pressure.
Reports had suggested that the children were converted and brainwashed to be used as ‘human bombs‘. The perpetrators brainwashed the differently-abled children into hating non-Muslims, accepting Islam and were planning to use them as suicide bombers as the scope of retaliation from such children is limited, informed a senior official.
When the racket was busted, many stories of religious conversion came to light, some of them were also from Gujarat.
Turkey, a ‘special’ friend to Pakistan, was not happy with the ‘special treatment’ that was awarded to India at the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. According to reports that have emerged, Turkish president Erdogan was not happy with it and ‘stayed aloof’ from proceedings as a ‘mark of protest’.
Erdogan’s angst was the consequence of the ‘special treatment’ that was accorded to India. Although two other countries, the United States and host United Kingdom, received the same facilities, only India sparked his outrage.
The matter relates to the fact that India was one of the only three countries to receive accommodation in a hotel exclusively for themselves. Their leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and British PM Boris Johnson arrived at the venue on their own motorcades.
Others, however, were urged to share hotels. Their leaders, too, arrived at the conference on buses that had been arranged for them. This did not go down well with wannabe Caliph Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Officials, however, justified the special treatment India was awarded citing the great strides our country has made towards combating Climate Change.
Erdogan had not attended the Glasgow climate summit due to a ‘security dispute’. According to Turkish media, Erdogan took the decision because his demands for security arrangements were not met. “When our demands were not met we decided not to go to Glasgow,” he was reported to have said.
Another official said, “The president took such a decision because our demands regarding the number of vehicles for security and some other security-related demands were not fully met.”
Turkey, of course, has developed a close relationship with Pakistan and has been peddling propaganda against India at the international arena for quite some time. Thus, it is expected that Erdogan was not too pleased with India’s increasing influence at the world stage.
Earlier in the year, it was reported that Turkey had set up a propaganda team in collaboration with Pakistan’s ISI to further their agenda against India. As part of the collaboration, state media in Turkey had hired a significant number of Indian Kashmiri and Pakistani journalists.
Later in June, the Indian Embassy in Turkey had to respond to Anadolu Agency, Turkish state media, after the media claimed that India had issued fake domicile certificates to change the demography of Kashmir. In the report, AA quoted Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, saying, “India continues with its design to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory in clear violation of international law, including the 4th Geneva Convention. India has already issued over 3.4 million fake domicile certificates.”
The Indian Embassy in its response stated, “AA is falling prey to Pakistani Propaganda. Journalistic ethics demand that they should check the basis of issuing of Domicile certificate by the Indian Govt and report that too. Not just become the propaganda mouthpiece of a third country.”
As for Turkey’s relations with Pakistan, there were reports that Pakistan was helping its ally to secure nuclear weaponry. Apart from that, there have been reports that Turkey intended to send Syrian Jihadis to foment terrorism in Kashmir.
Given such antecedents, it is not surprising that Erdogan was mighty displeased with the privileges India was accorded at COP26.
Maharashtra was in turmoil last week after several Muslim organisations called for protests based on the fake news of mosques being vandalised in Tripura. Many cities, including Malegaon, Amravati and Nanded saw violence as a rampaging crowd of Muslim groups flocked to the streets in opposition to vandalization that never happened.
Startling new facts have emerged in the investigation launched by the Malegaon police in connection with the violence and disruption caused under the pretext of carrying out demonstrations. As per a report published in TV 9 Marathi, the violence witnessed in Malegaon was not a spontaneous eruption of passion but a well-thought-out plan to foment trouble. In fact, the preliminary reports suggest that even political workers were involved in stoking tensions that led to acts of arson, vandalism and plundering.
The police officials are sifting through CCTV footage now to identity the rabble-rousers and make arrests in the case. Already, NCP corporator Ayaz Hulchul has been arrested by Malegaon police in connection with Friday violence. He is reportedly charged for inciting communal tensions by sharing an offensive video clip on social media that had instantly gone viral. The video was widely circulated on the internet, accusing the Tripura government of failing to stop the alleged vandalism.
Existing corporators, former councillors accused of fomenting violence in Malegaon
Police have registered five separate cases in the Malegaon violence case. It has launched a search for the suspects, including those responsible for sharing offensive videos, pelting stones, inciting people and hatching a conspiracy to cause violence. Many of the suspects are political workers, including former corporators. The accused also include two existing corporators, two former corporators and the son of a former corporator. Most importantly, a brother-in-law of a big political leader is also a suspect in the case. It is understood that the police are searching for the two existing corporators along with him.
Among those arrested in relation to the Friday violence case include corporator Ayaz Halchal, former corporator Rehman Shah, Awami Party president Rizwan Batterywala, Nasir Mehboob Shekhar, Wasim Akhtar Mohammad Sali, Altaf Anwar Shah, Mohammad Zahid Anis Ahmed, Mohammad Imran Atik Ahmed, Sabir Gauhar, Sarfaraz Javir, and Salim Sheikh. About 33 people have been arrested in connection with the Friday violence.
While several suspects who are identified by the police but are on the run include Yusuf Ilyas, Mustakim Dignity, Imran Rizvi, Dr Raees Rizvi, Salim Rizvi, Akil Rizvi, Kari Harun Rizvi, Zahid Anis Kutchi, Aftaaf Alam alias Arjunya, Tousif Sheikh Musa, Naveed Razza Sheikh, Ibrahim Raees Sheikh, Danish, Altaf Andha, Junaid Razzaq Sheikh and many others.
Violence erupts in protest organised by Raza Academy and All India Sunni Jamiat Ulema
On Friday last week, Raza Academy and All India Sunni Jamiat Ulema had called for a shutdown in protest against the alleged vandalisation of mosques in Tripura. A rally was organised, which turned violent, resulting in the destruction of several shops, properties worth millions of rupees set on fire and damaged. A case has been registered against the organisers in this regard. However, they have not been arrested yet.
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s 60-day time limit on anticipatory bail granted to former Kerala DGP Siby Mathews, who is being investigated by the CBI for allegedly framing erstwhile ISRO scientist and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr Nambi Narayanan in a fake espionage case in 1994. Siby Mathews is the fourth accused in the ISRO espionage case.
The Court has set aside the order of the Sessions Court imposing a time limit on the pre-arrest bail granted to Siby Mathews. #keralahighcourt#ISROespionage#sibymathews
Siby Mathews argued that the time limit placed on his pre-arrest bail should be overturned because it was in contravention of the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench decision. The Supreme Court ruled that a bail order should not be confined to a specific time period and that an order of anticipatory bail can last until the end of the trial.
Justice K Haripal granted the former officer’s application, reversing the Sessions Court’s decision.
It may be noted that since the CBI requested more time to file its submissions, the Court had already extended the time limit several times, which was supposed to expire on October 24th.
CBI responded by opposing the plea filed by Siby Mathews, claiming that the petitioner should have sought such relief from the trial court.
However, the former Kerala DGP, represented by senior advocate P Vijaya Bhanu and advocates Ajeesh K Sasi and PM Rafiq argued in court that the trial court erred in imposing a validity time on the relief it had granted to Siby Mathews.
Mathews along with 17 other former Kerala police and IB officials are facing a CBI probe for allegedly falsely implicating Narayanan and some others in the 1994 spying case.
The criminal prosecution against Mathews was filed in response to the DK Jain Committee’s recommendations that the Central Investigating Agency conduct an extensive and in-depth probe into the conspiracy behind the 1994 fake espionage case.
On July 26, 2021, Supreme Court had directed the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) to proceed against the accused as per law.
The court, however, added that the CBI must gather evidence and not solely rely on the findings of the reports by the Justice Jain Committee, the three-member panel set up after it acquitted Dr Narayanan in 2018.
Nambi Narayanan – the victim of persecution by the Congress party
It is pertinent to note that scientist Nambi Narayan was a victim of persecution by the Congress party. The political rivalry between the two factions of the Kerala Congress party led to the arrest of Narayanan, along with two other scientists D Sasikumaran and K Chandrasekhar, in November 1994. The Kerala police had levelled espionage charges under sections 3,4 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act against the scientists.
In 2018, the Supreme Court had ordered a high-level probe to investigate the role of erring police officials in the espionage case relating to Nambi Narayanan. In April this year, the court had directed the CBI to take over the probe and conduct further investigation in the case.
The CBI, in its probe, found that the allegations against him were false. While absolving Narayanan of any wrongdoing, the CBI had said that Siby Mathews had left “the entire investigation to IB surrendering his duties” and ordered the indiscriminate arrest of the scientist and others without adequate evidence”.
On Monday (November 16), comedian Vir Das shared a Youtube video wherein he went on an unhinged rant against India at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.
In a 7-minute monologue, Das peddled anti-India propaganda under the garb of comedy. He touched upon politics, religion and nationality while inducing fear that India, once built by great men, might soon turn into a distant memory. In order to make his rant impactful, the comedian sandwiched the propaganda material between comedic elements and punchlines. As such, the audience was awed by his one-liners although they do not make sense in critically analysing them.
At the very onset, Vir Das claimed, “I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gangrape them during the night.” This is a common trope used by left-liberals to paint India as an unsafe place for women to the world. Ahead of Durga Puja, the same argument changes to ‘worshipping women for 9 days’ and raping them for the rest of the year.
Across the world, nations face the issue of women rights and the heinous crime of rape against women. The phenomenon of connecting the worship of female deities to crimes of rape seems unique to liberals who wish to deride India and specifically, the Hindu religion.
.@thevirdas talks about rape in India in USA but has no idea that USA is way ahead in terms of rape cases. For these people, abusing India in foreign country is sign of progress. pic.twitter.com/rhPZ2Cp9O7
Vir Das bats for Barkha Dutt, hails her for ‘real journalism’ on the streets
The comedian then extended his support to fellow propagandist Barkha Dutt, for her ‘vulture journalism’ during the second wave of the pandemic. Vir Das alleged, “I come from an India where journalism is supposedly dead because men in fancy studios, in fancy suits, give each other handjobs and yet women on road with laptops are telling the truth.”
When India was going through Covid-19 crisis, Barkha Dutt was on the streets to revive her dwindling career in journalism. From camping outside civil hospitals and crematoriums to putting her laptop on upturned plastic dustbins, she turned a pandemic into an image-building exercise. For Vir Das, this was an example of ‘real journalism’ for a ‘supposedly dead’ industry.
Comedian plays ‘religion card’, tries to paint Hindus as intolerant
During his monologue, the comedian tried to paint Hindus as intolerant and antagonistic to Muslims. He claimed, “I come from an India where we bleed blue every time when we play green. But every time we lose to green, we turn orange all of a sudden.” Vir Das suggested that Hindus become adversarial to Muslims whenever the Indian cricket team loses to Pakistan. However, nothing can be further from the truth.
Following the recent victory of Pakistan against India in the group stage match of T20 World Cup 2021, we observed that a section of the society (which supposedly bleeds green) celebrated India’s loss by bursting firecrackers. This was even conceded by Jamia riot accused Sharjeel Imam in a Facebook post several years ago. The celebration by Kashmiri Muslim students over the victory of their co-religionists also highlighted that some pretend to bleed blue while they always bleed green.
Vir Das also managed to play the victim card by claiming that Indians want to send him to Pakistan. “I come from an India that tells me every single day to go to Pakistan and yet I also come from an India that invites Pakistanis over every single day if only to whoop their ass on a cricket field,” he added.
Vir Das takes his anti-Modi agenda to the United States, reiterates lies about PM CARES fund
While Vir Das’ dislike for PM Modi is an open secret, the comedian chose to bring it before the audience at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC. “I come from an India where every time we get information, we are always available to care for the PM but we can’t seem to get any information on PM Cares,” the comedian had claimed. Vir Das attempted to add fuel to the fire of conspiracy theories surrounding the PM CARES fund. Indian liberals had earlier bullied Autralian pacer Pat Cummins to relocate his contribution from PM Cares to UNICEF Australia by peddling the same misinformation.
It becomes pertinent to note here that after the Coronavirus pandemic gripped the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set up the PM CARES Fund and invited people to contribute to the Fund. PM CARES Fund Trust was formed on 27th March last year to receive public donations to fight emergencies or distresses like the current Covid-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister is the Chairman of this trust, and its members include Defence Minister, Home Minister and Finance Minister.
After the PM CARES fund was set up by the government, opposition parties and a section of left-liberal intellectuals had launched a campaign against it, alleging that the fund will be misused as it will not be audited by the CAG. Congress president Sonia Gandhi had demanded that the entire money collected in the fund should be transferred to the PM National Relief Fund.
Comedian rakes up the Lakhmipur Kheri incident, peddles one sided narrative
Vir Das went on to rake up other domestic issues before the global audience. He made a reference to the controversial Lakhmipur Kheri incident that claimed the lives of 9 people. It included 4 farmers, 4 BJP workers and a journalist. Given that the exclusive mention of ‘Annadata‘ (farmers) being run over can evoke emotions, the comedian said, “I come from an India where we take pride in being vegetarians and yet run over the farmers who grow our vegetables.”
On October 3, a ‘farmer’ mob attacked a BJP convoy with stones and sticks in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. Amid the ensuing commotion, a vehicle was seen running over the protestors. Following that the angry mob of protestors had burned two vehicles, dragged the people inside the vehicle and had beaten them to death. The incident turned into a major political drama, prompting the Uttar Pradesh government to announce a compensation of ₹45 lakh to the kin of the deceased and promised government job to one member of each family. A one-member committee has also been formed to probe the case.
BJP worker Shubham Mishra and his driver Hariom Mishra were also lynched to death at the site by the so-called ‘farmers’. Shubham’s father said in his complaint that Shubham’s gold chain, mobile and wallet were stolen by the protesters who had killed him. He also named Tajinder Singh Virk of Samajwadi Party and Kisan Union leader one of the foremost perpetrators. However, Vir Das avoided mention of others who were killed by the same farmers.
Towards the end of his monologue, Vir Das resorted to fear-mongering about losing the ‘idea of India’. He had concluded, “But as I stand here before you, I am reminded that I represent a great people. Great people, who built a great thing (India) that is turning into a memory.” While the leftist-liberal bandwagon had been trying to create an atmosphere of hysteria using the same rhetoric, they have so far failed to convince the masses with their lies.
The ban on NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) of Zakir Naik has been extended for another five years. The ban on the organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in November 2016 was due to expire on Tuesday. However, since the activities of the IRF have not changed drastically since the time it was banned, the ban has been extended for another five years.
“Islamic Research Foundation has been indulging in activities, which are prejudicial to the security of the country and have the potential of disturbing peace and communal harmony and disrupting the secular fabric of the country,” the MHA notification extending the ban said.
As per reports, the notification said that unless the ban was extended, the group would spread communal disharmony and anti-national sentiments. It said that IRF would also promote secessionism through its support to militancy and indulge in activities inimical to the sovereignty, integrity and security of India.
The notification also made note of the fact that Zakir Naik has been making radical comments in statements and speeches that are accessible to millions of people through the internet and print media. The Islamist inclinations of Zakir Naik have been well documented. In 2016, terrorists involved in the Dhaka blast case had admitted that they were influenced by the preacher’s speeches.
In 2019, Zakir was banned from giving speeches in Malaysia after he made racist comments against Hindus and Chinese Malaysians. He was interrogated for hours in connection to the same. Zakir Naik is wanted in India in cases involving money laundering. The government of India had taken his channel, Peace TV, off the air for peddling hate propaganda.
‘Environmentalist’ Vimlendu Jha has defended stubble burning and farmers and said that to blame stubble burning as the major cause of air pollution in Delhi is incorrect.
According to Jha, ‘local’ and domestic issues are the major reason behind Delhi’s poor air quality. He claimed that stubble burning only causes a spike in existing air pollution and that too for a short period of time.
Further in his report, Jha has cited the IIT Kanpur study which stated that road dust, construction and demolition dust were the main factors of air pollution in Delhi with vehicle transmission being the second largest contributor. He has also claimed that Delhi’s air pollution problem is perennial and not seasonal. While Jha admits that Stubble burning causes a spike in air pollution for a few weeks, he has considered it a ‘hype’ to blame stubble burning for Delhi’s air pollution and asked the Delhi government to focus on local and domestic issues.
However, quite recently, Jha had heavily criticized citizens for bursting firecrackers on Diwali and also accused the media of helping to ‘communalize’ the bursting of firecrackers. He had even blamed people who celebrated Diwali for ‘sending the elderly and children to hospitals’.
Apparently, for Jha, citing the “2-3 weeks of stubble burning” is unfair, but the one evening of firecrackers has to be shamed and blamed for causing air pollution in Delhi.
We have just added ‘ghee’ in fire,by worsening the air pollution crisis of Delhi NCR,an already a gas chamber by furthering it by crackers. So wish our media fraternity understood the gravity of the situation and dealt with this with an iron fist, n not help communalise it. Alas! pic.twitter.com/LqoDYDSH2B
He said, “We have just added ‘ghee’ in fire, by worsening the air pollution crisis of Delhi NCR, already a gas chamber by furthering it by crackers. So wish our media fraternity understood the gravity of the situation and dealt with this with an iron fist, n not help communalise it. Alas!”
According to Jha, India has sent ‘scores’ of children and elderly to hospitals by bursting crackers.
To teach a ‘lesson’ to so called ‘liberals’, India burst firecrackers and sent scores of children and elderly to the hospital. #NewIndiahttps://t.co/ugfcghw8TR
Jha has suggested ‘agricultural reforms’ to curb the pollution caused by stubble burning and has sought a long term solution for the same. Considering the statements made by the environmentalist Jha, it appears that according to him, people cannot blame weeks-long stubble burning for causing air pollution in Delhi but they should blame one evening of firecrackers instead.
As part of Yogi Adityanath government’s crackdown on crime in the state, former Member of Parliament DP Yadav has been booked by the state police force under kidnapping, forgery and extortion charges. The tainted leader is often referred to as a mafia don.
Former MP D.P. Yadav has been booked by the #UttarPradeshPolice under charges of kidnapping, forgery and extortion charges.
According to reports, an FIR was filed against Dharam Pal Yadav, former Thakurdwara MLA Vijay Yadav, and four others at the civil lines police station in Uttar Pradesh, on the direction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court. The FIR was registered under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 364 (kidnapping for ransom) and 384 (extortion).
The Uttar Pradesh police said that the case was registered against the ex-MLA and others based on a complaint filed by a Mordabad-based businessman named Anil Tomar. In his complaint, Tomar alleged that DP Yadav, Vijay Yadav and the others kidnapped him from the civil lines area. He added that the ex-ministers and their aides demanded a ransom of Rs 10 crore against his release. They even threatened to murder him, he alleged.
Based on his complaint the Uttar Pradesh police filed an FIR against the former Member of Parliament and his aides and started investigating the case.
Interestingly, the FIR was filed against DP Yadav a day after the Uttrakhand High Court acquitted him in a 1992 murder case.
DP Singh was convicted and awarded life imprisonment by a special CBI court in Dehradun in connection with the 1992 murder of Mahendra Singh Bhati. He and his aides were convicted in the case under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
Mahendra Singh Bhati, who was an MLA from Ghaziabad’s Dadri area, was shot dead at the Dadri railway crossing in 1992 December.
In the 1970s, DP Yadav joined a liquor bootlegging group and swiftly accrued nine murder accusations, including that of Mahendra Singh Bhati. In 1989, DP Yadav teamed up with Mulayam Singh Yadav, who offered him a seat in the Samajwadi Party from Bulandshahr. He was elected and appointed as the Minister for Panchayati Raj. He served as an MLA four times and as a Member of Parliament twice.
It is noteworthy that DP Yadav’s son Vikas Yadav was convicted in the murder case of Nitish Katara in 2002. The Delhi High Court had upheld life sentences for three accused including Vikas Yadav.
Vikas Yadav had abducted Nitish Katara from a wedding party and murdered him as he was upset over Katara’s friendship with his sister Bharti Yadav.
