The son of Jasbir Singh Rode, the nephew of Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, has been arrested last night by the NIA from Punjab, reports say. According to reports, Gurmukh Singh, the son of Jasbir Singh Rode, was receiving tiffin boxed loaded with explosives from his uncle, Lakhbir Singh Rode, in Pakistan and distributing within Indian territory.
CNN-News18 EXCLUSIVE | Jasbir Singh Rode (nephew of Bhindranwale ) was arrested last night. His uncle based in Punjab (Pakistan) was sending Tiffin boxes with explosives.
NIA raided the house of Jasbir situated at a village in Jalandhar. Jasbir is a former Jathedar of the Akal Takht. The NIA recovered tiffin bombs, pistols and RDX from the home. Subsequently, Gurmukh Singh was taken into custody. Jasbir was present at home when the raid occurred, he is reported to be suffering from poor health.
Jasbir Singh Rode had played a significant role in the anti-farm law agitation on the 26th of January that turned violent. He was summoned for questioning earlier by the NIA on the 18th of January but the former Jathedar had claimed that it was a move to crush the agitation.
Lakhbir Singh Rode is the chief of International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF). There has been no confirmation from the NIA yet. There are reports that the Intelligence Bureau was also involved in the operation. Further investigations into the matter are reported to be underway.
It is pertinent to mention that the involvement of Khalistani elements in the ‘farmer protests’ has long been obvious, with leaders from both, the BJP and Congress party, raising alarm bells over the development.
Panic and fear gripped Afghanistan after the fall of capital Kabul over the weekend, following which a multitude of city residents flocked to the airport, in a desperate attempt to fly out of the country. Chaotic scenes emerged from Kabul airport as wary Afghans scrambled to get a flight out of the country, with some of them clinging to the fuselage of planes, from which they fell to their tragic deaths.
Amidst this tragedy and humanitarian disaster underway in Afghanistan, some Islamists in India were found gloating over the misfortune and adversity faced by the Afghans wanting to escape the impending Talibani rule. Not only they revelled in the miseries of the fleeing Afghans, they even justified the atrocities committed by the Taliban, alleging that people who were making a run from the country deserved to die because they were “guilty” of helping the United States.
Ever since the Taliban formally seized Kabul and declared its rule over Afghanistan, ‘journalist’ Ali Sohrab, who had made objectionable remarks after the brutal killing of Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari by Islamists, has been showering praises on the organisation for toppling the Ashraf Ghani government and seeking to establish Sharia law in the country.
Recently, he took to his social media accounts to allege that most of the people who fled to Kabul airport were those people who had helped the United States in killing Muslims in Afghanistan. Justifying atrocities against them, the ‘journalist’ said people who were fleeing to Kabul airport committed crimes that did not deserve “pardon”.
Source: Twitter
Sohrab called for the murder of those people citing the conquest of Mecca when people were executed even after they tendered an apology. Sohrab says such people know that their crimes do not qualify for a pardon and therefore there is a mad rush among them to fled the country. He mentions that the comments were from someone called Tanveer Aalam Shah.
And there were many social media users who concurred with Sohrab on his assertion that those who are rushing to the Kabul airport deserves to die because they were responsible for colluding with the United States and killing Muslims in the country.
Source: Twitter
Source: Twitter
As such, soon after the Taliban managed to capture Kabul and declare its supremacy in Afghanistan, many apologists and sympathisers of the Jihadist outfit in India have celebrated their takeover and tried to accord legitimacy to the group, arguing that it is an insurgent group.
The depraved attempt to intellectualise the rise of the Taliban was visible on Sunday itself when Kabul fell to the outfit and Islamists on a Twitter space heralded their return to power with unbridled glee and joy.
The participants on the Twitter Space included one accused in the Delhi Riots case and another who has been to jail for problematic posts on social media. The riots accused remarked in the space, “Let me give you guys a piece of good news – Ashraf Ghani has resigned. Thanks to Allah! Slowly and gradually, it will lead to the establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (governed by the Taliban). We need to take inspiration from them and learn how to struggle in the pursuit of ‘freedom movement. (Azadi)’.”
Taliban takes over Afghanistan
After a month-long offensive against the Afghan army, the Islamist outfit Taliban finally reached the gates of Kabul on Sunday (August 15). They entered Afghanistan’s presidential palace hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
Since then surreal scenes have emerged as people try to flee the country to save their lives. Visuals of Afghan people falling from the sky as they tried to escape while hanging on to the wheels of the aeroplanes have gone viral on social media. The Talibs have been spotted enjoying themselves as the amusement park as well in other surreal scenes.
Instagram and Facebook have removed the post where Rahul Gandhi shared photographs with the parents of the minor girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi, thereby revealing her identity.
Instagram and Facebook have removed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's post that revealed the identity of the parents of a minor girl who was raped and murdered in Delhi.
Earlier, NCPCR had issued summons to Facebook’s Head of Trust and Safety Department Satya Yadav for failing to take action against the post that compromised the identity of the minor victim.
The child rights body had said in a letter dated 13th of August, “The Commission had taken cognisance upon a video posted on the Instagram portal of Shri Rahul Gandhi wherein the identity of minor girl victim’s parents has been disclosed…The matter had been forwarded to Facebook Inc. for removal of post and taking action against the Instagram profile of Shri Rahul Gandhi within 3 days. However, no reply/action taken report has been received by you even after the lapse of 03 days time.”
Rahul Gandhi had shared the photographs on Twitter as well, following which his account was locked. However, his account was restored later. The Congress party had claimed that they had received consent from the parents to share the photographs, however, the mother of the victim denied ever giving them any consent.
After their leader’s account was locked, numerous Congress leaders and accounts started sharing the photograph and dared the platform to lock their accounts too.
This article was originally published on 20 August 2021. It has been updated on 26 August with the latest developments.
Almost regularly, news of some young prodigy from India getting selected for some coveted NASA program appears in Indian media. However, almost every time, such claims are found to be false later. Therefore, when another story of a teenage girl getting selected for a NASA fellowship programme appeared on media, people started expressing doubt about the same.
On Friday, August 20, news agency ANI had reported that a 14-year old girl named Diksha Shinde has been selected as a panellist on the Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellowships Virtual Panel of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The class 10 student has claimed that she was selected for the 2021 MSI Fellowships Virtual Panel in June after the International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research accepted her research paper on ‘We Live in Black Hole?’ in May 2021.
As per the report, Diksha Shinde said, “I accepted the offer and will start working soon. My job involves reviewing proposals submitted by researchers and describing a collaborative approach to conduct research with NASA and understanding the connection between proposed research area and academic discipline pursuit of the students.”
She said that earlier two of her papers were rejected, which she wrote after reading “many books by Stephen Hawking.” However, her research article on black hole was accepted by NASA in December 2020. ANI also quotes her saying that she “provisionally discovered the ‘Main Belt asteroid’.”
However, many people in social media have expressed doubt about this report, as there are too many unbelievable details, and it looks similar to many such ‘selected by NASA’ story earlier. After the doubts were raised, ANI posted screenshots of alleged correspondence of NASA and IJSER with Diksha. But these correspondences also do not clarify the doubts, and instead create more questions.
Diksha Shinde has claimed that she has been selected in the MSI Fellowships programme of the NASA. The US space agency does have such a programme, but the requirements for the fellowship are much higher than the current qualification of the girl. According to NASA website, to be eligible to even submit a proposal, must have already attended an MSI, must be U.S. citizens or a national who hold a bachelor’s degree earned before Aug. 31, and they must enrol in a master’s or doctoral degree program before Sept. 1, 2021. This clearly shows that a class 10 student is not eligible for this program.
The teenager claimed her paper on black hole was accepted by the International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research. However, the website of the IJSER has no paper published in her name. According to such a message from IJSER, her paper was selected for publication on Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2021. But when we went through the May edition of the journal, we didn’t find any paper by Diksha Shinde.
Moreover, this is an open-access journal where anyone can publish papers by paying an amount. Almost all reputed journals do not need any payment for publishing papers, but they need payments for accessing the papers.
According to the website, the cost of publishing a standard paper is €65, however, the rate for students and research scholars is €45. This means even if Diksha’s paper was published somewhere by the journal, she had to pay around ₹4000 for the same.
A certificate allegedly issued to Diksha by NASA is also doing the rounds with the ANI logo on it. It has the signatures of NASA CEO and President James Bridenstine and Department Chair James Frederick. However, the organisational structure of NASA does not have the designation of CEO, and the names of the persons are also doubtful. NASA is headed by an administrator, and the post is currently occupied by Bill Nelson. While the two current chairs in the advisory groups are General Lester L. Lyles and Dr Patricia Sanders.
James Frederick Bridenstine was the administrator in NASA from 2013 to 2018, and some netizens believe this name was split into two to create the ‘certificate’ issued to Diksha Shinde.
— Ananth Krishna Subhalakshmy (@Ananth_Krishna_) August 19, 2021
The two current chairs in the advisory groups are General Lester L. Lyles and Dr Patricia Sanders.
Another ‘certificate’ issued to the teenager was found made using a stock template, which questions its authenticity. NASA is not known for using stock templates available online.
We also found a LinkedIn account named Dr. Diksha K Shinde, which is believed to belong to the same teenager, who claims to be “Scientific Researcher” at NASA, a very vague designation. Moreover, she has used the Dr. with her name, but the reports say she is a class 10 student. In that account, she posted a certificate, which again was made using a stock template.
With all these, it was initially apparent that Diksha Shinde fell victim to some online fraud, where she was contacted by fraudsters in the name of NASA to extract money. This was seen by many as a story similar to the story of journalist Nidhi Razdan, who had left her job to join Harvard University, only to find later that the offer was fake.
Latest update: NASA clarification, the girl had used fake credentials. Not employed, never paid by them
However, with the clarification by NASA on August 26, things looked different.
US space agency NASA had answered the queries made by OpIndia and other media portals. NASA stated that Diksha had used fake credentials to be selected as a panellist for the selection of proposals under the MSI program. In their statement, NASA said that Diksha was neither paid nor employed by them. Since her credentials were fake, NASA added that they have never published her ‘research paper’ and have never given her any certificates.
As the girl had used fake credentials for applying to be a panellist, NASA said they have started reviewing their verification process for the selection of panellists. They also added that NASA is not funding her trip to the USA.
NASA reply to OpIndia editor
This was a direct debunking of the girl’s claims as she had claimed before media that she is being paid by NASA, has been selected as a panellist, have written a research paper for NASA and is working for the organisation. She had also shown fake certificates.
Following NASA’s reply, ANI had informed that the teenager had not only duped NASA, but had also duped ANI and many other media organisations. ANI chief Smita Prakash stated that while the claim of being selected as a panellist to review proposals under MSI was correct, which was technically not a fake claim per se, that selection was obtained with the help of fake credentials.
ANI statement on NASA, Maharashtra girl story. She duped NASA into getting on their panel & yes, duped us as well. A large part of her story is verified & authentic but foundational issues fake and nasa admitted it to us as well. In light of new info, withdrawing, error regretted https://t.co/CarjnIiii0
At a time when Indian liberals and journalists are hailing the Taliban for its ‘moderate’ outlook and for its public relations of holding a “press conference”, the Taliban continues to do unleash violence against journalists, intellectuals, non-Muslims.
In yet another attack on journalists working in Afghanistan, the Taliban fighters have shot and killed a relative of a journalist working with German outlet Deutsche Welle. The Islamists were conducting a house-to-house search for the DW journalist when this incident occurred.
As per the report, another relative of the journalist was seriously injured in the attack, but others were able to escape. The Taliban had raided the homes of at least three other DW journalists, the broadcaster said.
Meanwhile, DW director-general Peter Limbourg has condemned the killing, which he said showed the danger to media workers and their families in Afghanistan.
“The killing of a close relative of one of our editors by the Taliban yesterday is inconceivably tragic and testifies to the acute danger in which all our employees and their families in Afghanistan find themselves,” he said.
Peter Limbourg said that it is evident that the Taliban are already carrying out organized searches for journalists, both in Kabul and in the provinces. “We are running out of time”, he said.
Following the attacks against the journalists, the DW and other German media organisations have called on the German government to take swift action to help their Afghan staff.
Besides foreign journalists, the Taliban has carried out attacks on local journalists as well. Nematullah Hemat of the private television station Ghargasht TV is believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban, and Toofan Omar, the head of the private radio station Paktia Ghag Radio has been shot dead by Taliban fighters.
Attacks on journalists continue in Afghanistan
Ever since the Taliban took over Kabul from the Afghan forces, there has been increased attacks on journalists, independent intellectuals in the country. On Wednesday, the Taliban attacked and assaulted journalists in Jalalabad for covering the protests in favour of the Afghanistan flag.
A video had gone viral on social media platforms in which two journalists were seen crying after the Taliban brutally assaulted them. The video was shared by Hafizullah Maroof, journalist, BBC World Service. In another video that has been widely shared on social media, also reportedly from Jalalabad, a Taliban man was seen kicking and standing over a female journalist who is writhing in pain.
Another journalist is slapped and beaten multiple times by armed Taliban radicals. Social media users said that the Taliban punished the two for working with foreign media. Similarly, reports have emerged that Taliban fighters attacked CNN journalists on Wednesday.
Indian Journalists hail Taliban for their press freedom
Ironically, the attacks on journalists by the Taliban comes at a time when senior leaders of the Jihadist organisation are trying to project a ‘moderate’ image by its PR blitzkrieg. In fact, the propaganda of the Taliban has achieved limited success, with left-liberal journalists across the world, including from India, have fallen into their trap.
It is worth mentioning that the Indian “secular-liberal” had hailed the radical Islamic group for holding the press conference to address a few questions raised by the journalists working in Afghanistan.
On August 17, following the capture of Kabul from the Afghan government, the Islamist group Taliban had held a press conference. The “liberal-secular” establishment in India was so “impressed” by the conference that they used it to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Following the footsteps of toolkit-creators, a series of posts popped up on social media platform Twitter shaming PM Modi for not holding a press conference since he resumed office in 2014. Rather than questioning the Taliban over killing one of its colleagues Danish Siddiqui, the Indian liberals were taking a dig at the Indian Prime Minister for not holding a press conference in the last seven years.
On Thursday (August 19), the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan revealed that a national team footballer by the name of Zaki Anwari fell to his death while trying to escape the Taliban regime, reported Ariana News.
Anwari was clinging onto the wheels of the USAF Boeing C-17 on Monday (August 16) but soon fell to the ground after the flight took off from the Hamid Karzai International Aiport in Kabul.
The General Directorate of Physical Education & Sports of Afghanistan confirmed Zaki Anwari, a player from the national youth football team, was among hundreds of young people who tried to leave the country by clinging to a US military plane. Anwari fell and died.#ArianaNewspic.twitter.com/onhcSMFiEu
While speaking about the matter to The Daily Beast, Anwari’s coach Mobin Muhammad remarked, “He was a brilliant young player, a very good human.” Shams Amini, the deputy spokesman of the Afghan football federation, had described the deceased footballer as a lovely human being. His teammate Rahil Abid informed that all his bones were smashed after Zaki Anwari fell off the plane. A condolence message was also shared by the International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPRO).
In a statement, the federation said, “Our deepest condolences go out to the family, friends, and teammates of young Afghan national team footballer Zaki Anwari, who reportedly died in a fall from a US plane at Kabul airport on Monday.”
Our deepest condolences go out to the family, friends and teammates of young Afghan national team footballer Zaki Anwari, who reportedly died in a fall from a U.S. plane at Kabul airport on Monday. pic.twitter.com/2DgulUw1HD
Anwari was a 19-year-old who played for Afghanistan’s national soccer team. However, the New York Times (NYT) has claimed his age to be 17 years. It was earlier reported that two people fell to their deaths from the USAF Boeing C-17 after the takeoff. The US Air Force had also conceded that it found human DNA in the landing gear of the plane, after it landed in Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar from Afghanistan. The identity of one of the victims as Zaki Anwari was established by the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan.
Screengrab of the statement by General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan
“Anwari, like thousands of Afghan youths, wanted to leave the country but fell off a US plane and died,” it said in a statement. As per his Facebook profile, Zaki Anwari was a student of the Esteqlal High school. Aref Peyman, the Head of media relations for Afghanistan’s Olympic Committee, informed that the deceased footballer hailed from a low-income household. He was attending school while also representing the national side in soccer. Peyman emphasised that Anwari had to work extremely hard to secure a place in the National team.
Screengrab of the Facebook profile of Zaki Anwari
He further added, “He was kind and patient, but like so many of our young people he saw the arrival of the Taliban as the end of his dreams and sports opportunities. He had no hope and wanted a better life.”
It is notable here that the Taliban regime had banned sports and music during their earlier rule in Afghanistan.
Afghans clung on to US airplane in a desperate bid to escape
Earlier, videos went viral on the internet that showed Afghans hanging on to the tyres of US Air Force’s C-17 planes leaving the country from the Kabul Airport, and then falling off from the sky after take-off. The harrowing visuals were shared by journalists on Twitter and other platforms. Ragip Soylu, the Turkish bureau chief for Middle East Eye, also shared a video that showed some Afghan youths hanging on to the engines of the flight before take-off from the airport. Locals had also confirmed that the Afghans fell on top of houses with a devastating crash. They said that the fall made a terrifying noise when the bodies hit the roofs.
Chaotic scenes were observed at the Kabul Airport after the Taliban managed to capture the capital of Afghanistan on August 15. Chaos erupted at the airport with over-crowding of citizens and non-existent security. Passengers were also seen waiting at the tarmac of the airport in long queues in the hopes of leaving the country at the earliest. On the morning of 16 August, the situation at Kabul International Airport looked worse. Hundreds of people were seen hurrying along on a rather empty tarmac, falling over themselves to board a plane and get out of the country.
The Taliban have raided the closed Indian consulates in the Kandahar and Herat provinces of Afghanistan on Wednesday, reports Hindustan Times. According to the reports, the Taliban carried out searches inside the two consulates and took away parked vehicles parked outside both embassies.
During the raids, the Taliban fighters searched cupboards for papers to find details about Afghans who worked for NDS, the state-run intelligence agency. However, no details are available about what is happening with the consulate and the Embassy in Jalalabad and Kabul.
Reports from Kandahar revealed that the Taliban fighters broke the locks of the Indian consulate to enter the premises. In addition, they took away parked diplomatic vehicles with them.
Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, is currently taken control by nearly 6,000 cadres of the Haqqani Network. Anas Haqqani, brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the terrorist group and deputy leader of the Taliban, have also met former President Hamid Karzai, Chairman HCNR Abdullah Abdullah and Hezb-e-Islami veteran Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The Taliban has reportedly restricted the movements of both Karzai and Abdullah.
As per reports, the Taliban is holding negotiations to convince both Hamid Karzai and Abdullah to formally hand over power to the Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in the Presidential Palace in a staged event. Sirajuddin Haqqani is leading negotiations from Pakistan’s Quetta, where the Taliban’s council of leaders, the Quetta Shura, is based.
As the Haqqani network takes control of Kabul, another Taliban faction headed by Mullah Yaqoob, son of the late Mullah Omar and head of Taliban military commission, intends to take over of power and government from Kandahar, the traditional seat of Pashtuns. Earlier, Mullah Baradar, who is trying to be the first President of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, met Mullah Yaqoob after arriving from Doha on August 18.
Taliban helps to evacuate Indians from Afghanistan
Earlier, there were reports that the Taliban had themselves escorted the Indians from the embassy to the airport amid the chaos on the streets.
According to a report published by Pakistani daily Dawn, the Indian government had approached the Taliban to allow the Indians to leave the country after the Indians were unable to reach the airport due to the road blockades put up by the Taliban. Around 50 people who had gathered at the Indian embassy after the Taliban reached the city were already evacuated on Sunday itself, and the rest, around 150 people, were scheduled to be evacuated on the next day as the Indian govt had decided to close the mission in Kabul.
The news reports had surfaced a day after the Indian government had evacuated 120 people working at the Indian embassy in Afghanistan in a military transport plane.
The aircraft took off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport at around 8 AM Kabul time on Tuesday and landed at Jamnagar Air Base in Gujarat. The people evacuated by the flight included officials and security personnel from the Indian embassy in Kabul and some other Indian nationals. From Jamnagar, they were sent to their respective destinations.
In a bid to counter negative reports, the Taliban has urged imams to persuade people to not flee the country ahead of the first Friday prayers since their complete takeover on Sunday.
The Taliban released a message on Thursday calling all imams in Kabul and other provinces to promote the “benefits of the Islamic system” and urge unity. This was shortly after Afghans continued to line up outside the Kabul airport to flee the radical Islamist regime.
The Taliban in their message said that the imams “should encourage our compatriots to work for the development of the country, and not to try to leave the country and answer the negative propaganda of the enemy”.
The Jihadist organization assured safety to women, people and even urged them to return to schools and offices. However, a mismatch in their empty promises and actions has resulted in a huge uproar in the country.
Several locals in Afghanistan took to the streets on the occasion of Afghanistan’s Independence Day on August 19. They marched across the city carrying hundreds of meter-long Afghanistan flag to protest against the Taliban’s takeover of the war-torn country.
Contrary to their PR campaign, the Taliban in the last few days have fired upon unarmed civilians, killed multiple people and have beaten up journalists who were covering a protest.
The radical Islamic outfit also launched an attack on locals in and around the Kabul airport trying to evade the country.
Graphic images of wounded children, dead women and weeping men outside of the Kabul airport have sent chills across the globe.
This is the ‘propaganda’ that the Taliban wants to bust by giving a call of unity at Friday prayers.
While the mainstream media and the left ecosystem continue to whitewash the reality of Love Jihad, the cases keep on rising. Luring Hindu women and even minors especially through social media by faking identity has become a standard operating procedure.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had recently issued a statement against inter-faith marriage as it is not permissible in Islam as per the Sharia Law. In reality, all over India, there have been dozens of cases reported in recent months where Muslim men were found approaching non-Muslim girls under fake identities and later forcing them to convert via blackmail and mental, physical torture.
In Madhya Pradesh, as many as four cases of Love Jihad have been reported in the past few days.
Aqib poses as Aman to lure Hindu woman
The incident is from Dhar district where one Aqib Ansari introduced himself as Aman Solanki to befriend a 21-year-old Hindu woman living on rent in his locality. Reportedly, Aqib also visited temples to assert his ‘Hindu identity.’
Aqib had been in a relationship with the woman for the past six months during which he promised to marry her and established a sexual relationship. The victim was alerted of Aqib’s reality by her friend a month ago after which Aqib began threatening her.
Fed up of the harassment, the victim then filed a case at Barwani police station. As per SI Jaani, a case has been filed against Aqib under IPC Section 376, Atrocities Act and Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020 Act.
This is the second such incident reported in Bharwani police station. In January one Sohail Mansoori had faked his identity to lure a 22-year-old Hindu woman.
Shoiab Aalam created a Facebook account in the name of Aryan Thakur
In another similar incident, a minor girl went missing from Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur district. Last week the girl along with her sister-in-law was found in Delhi’s Sultanpuri district.
Reportedly, the girl was befriended by one Aryan Thakur on Facebook. The 16-year-old victim was then trapped and sent to Delhi along with Aalam’s sister.
The police arrested ‘Aryan Thakur’ from Ahmedabad where he confessed his real identity as Shoiab Aalam and informed that the girl had been sent to Delhi. The matter came to the fore after the victim’s family filed a missing report.
SI Premlata Khatri informed that a case under Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020 has been filed against Aalam, the sister-in-law and one other.
Shakeer posed as Shekhar to trap woman
This incident of Love Jihad is from Gwalior. A man named Shakeer Khan posed as Shekhar Ray to trap a Hindu woman. Khan, who reportedly is already a father of one child had promised of marrying the victim to forge a sexual relationship.
The 26-year-old woman who worked at an ENT Centre was befriended by Shekhar aka Shakeer. The two subsequently got into a relationship on the pretext of marriage. However, every time the woman used to talk about marriage Shakeer used to deflect giving personal reasons.
Reportedly, Shakeer began taking the woman to different locations and forced himself on her against the victim’s will. He even began borrowing money from her.
The victim after finding out Khan’s real identity lodged a complaint with the police. The accused has now been arrested.
Faizaan Khan posed as Kabir
We reported earlier how one Faizaan Khan posed as Kabir Verma to befriend a 35-year-old woman who ran a beauty parlour in Indore.
The victim who is a divorcee and lived with her 13-year-old son in her complaint had revealed that Faizaan had forced her into a physical relationship at knifepoint. He had also video graphed the incident to blackmail her.
The woman in her complaint further said that Faizaan had assaulted and threatened her multiple times. When the victim resisted, Faizaan attempted to strangulate her elder child.
A three-member Supreme Court-appointed Commission found no suspicion or doubt about the police version of the events that led to the killing of gangster Vikas Dubey and other members of his gang in encounters after the Bikru ambush in Kanpur in July last year. The Commission gave a clean chit to the Uttar Pradesh government, stating that no evidence from the public or media was filed to rebut the police claim in the case.
The Bikru encounter was investigated by a three-member team headed by retired Supreme Court judge B S Chauhan. State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna tabled the report in the House.
Although the commission submitted the report in April this year, the Uttar Pradesh government tabled it in the House on Thursday. In their report, the panel recommended an inquiry against the “erring public servants” stating that there was enough evidence to suggest Dubey and his gang were patronised by local police, revenue and administrative officials.
Earlier in April 2021, it was reported that the inquiry commission led by Justice (Retd) BS Chauhan had given a clean chit to Uttar Pradesh Police in the encounter case of gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides. The commission did not find any evidence of wrongdoing. The Police force was accused of gunning down the gangster as revenge for eight policemen’s death in July 2020.
According to reports, the commission concluded the investigation in eight months and noted that there was no evidence against the UP police. During the investigation, the commission did not find any eyewitness accounts that could negate the version of events narrated by the Police that led to Dubey’s encounter.
Eight police personnel, including the deputy superintendent of police, were killed during a raid on Dubey’s house at Bikru village in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on July 2-3, 2020.
Vikas Dubey encounter
In July 2020, Vikas Dubey and his men ambushed a police team in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and killed eight police personnel. The Police team had gone to raid history-sheeter Dubey’s house. When the team reached close to his house at Bikaru Village, Dubey’s men started firing. Dubey escaped from the spot. Several Police teams were formed to catch Dubey and his associates. A week later, Dubey was arrested in Madhya Pradesh. While UP Police was bringing him back, the car they were travelling in overturned on the highway.
As per the police report, Dubey tried to escape from the spot and snatched a gun from injured police personnel. An encounter broke out on the road in which he was killed. Soon after reports of his death emerged in the media, the opposition parties launched an attack on the UP government, stating it was revenge killed. Congress raised several questions over the case and had asked how only one car in the convoy overturned.
