Home Minister Amit Shah has made a recovery at AIIMS, New Delhi and is likely to be released shortly. He was admitted to the hospital for post-COVID care after he recovered from the Wuhan Coronavirus. The hospital made a statement to that effect on Saturday.
Home Minister Amit Shah has recovered and is likely to be discharged in a short time. He was admitted at AIIMS, New Delhi (on August 18) for post-COVID Care: AIIMS Delhi pic.twitter.com/9wIo4tg3r4
Amit Shah was admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi on the 18th of August. The team of doctors who are monitoring Amit Shah was led by Dr Randeep Guleria. Twelve days after testing positive the Home Minister had on August 14, tested negative for the Wuhan Coronavirus. He had taken to Twitter to confirm that he had tested negative for the pathogen. But after that he was admitted to AIIMS for some other health issues.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Saturday declined to quash criminal proceedings against a man accused of induced religious conversion by offering money, reported Live Law.
A complaint was filed by Dharmendra Dohar against Christian proselytisers for cajoling him to convert his religion and offering money as an allurement for conversion. A man named George Mangalapilly was booked in connection with the case under Section 153-B(1) and 295-A of Indian Penal Code as well as Section 3/4 of the M.P. Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 1968.
However, the plaintiff has alleged that people from Bajrang Dal had forced him to sign a paper and he was not aware of the content of the paper. Subsequently, charged were framed against the accused by the Judicial Magistrate.
George moved Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking cancellation of criminal proceedings against him. The court said that in the absence of proper sanction with regards to offences under section 153-B(1) and 295-A of IPC, the JMFC has exceeded its jurisdiction while taking cognizance in the case under Section 153-B(1) and 295-A of IPC. The court, therefore, quashed the criminal proceedings against him.
Court refused to quash the criminal proceedings citing the offence was related to religion and critical to public tranquillity
However, the court observed that the prosecution has obtained required sanction from District Magistrate Satna against the accused under Section 3/4 of Adhiniyam, 1968 that forbids people from converting or attempting to convert others from one religion to another, directly or indirectly, by the way of allurement or coercion. It also took notice that the complainant in the FIR had mentioned that the accused had allured him into converting his religion and that complainant and his friend converted themselves into their religion.
Refusing to quash the criminal proceedings, Justice Rajendra Kumar Srivastava said that while complainant Dharmendra Dohar had no opposition in quashing the proceedings but considering that the offence is related to religion and crucial to maintaining public tranquillity and bearing in mind the allegations made in the FIR as well as 161 statements, the judge decided against quashing the criminal proceedings.
Recruitment into civil services and other government jobs has been the focus of renewed attention after allegations surfaced of favouritism being shown towards Muslims. In this regard, an organisation that often finds a mention is the Zakat Foundation of India. The organisation helps Muslims get selected into the bureaucracy and other government jobs by providing them with coaching and other help.
The Zakat Foundation, as we have reported earlier, is linked to the Radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and a host of Islamist organisations. Furthermore, they demand ‘proportional representation’ and reservations for Muslims in government jobs. Additionally, the president of ZFI, Syed Zafar Mahmood, made a list of demands for Muslims to concede Ram Janmabhoomi to Hindus while negotiations were underway between the Hindu and Muslims sides for an amicable settlement.
Needless to say, the demands were utterly preposterous and represent the dangerous mindset the Zakat Foundation of India operates with. It also shows that ZFI wanted to squeeze every benefit they could get playing upon the attachment that Hindus have towards the Janmabhoomi. Fortunately, the negotiations failed and the Supreme Court ruled in the favour of Hindus and paved the way for the construction of a Bhavya Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
In this report, we shall go through the eight demands that were made. The first demand was, “The constituencies of Lok Sabha and state assemblies where the Muslim population is very high while the Scheduled Caste percentage is not among the highest should be de-reserved. Instead, reserve those constituencies where SC percentage is among the highest, as recommended by Sachar Committee.”
This demand stems from the ZFI’s intention of increasing Muslim MPs in the Lok Sabha. The ZFI is of the opinion that the number of Muslim MPs in the Lower House of the Parliament is less than the number it is supposed to be in terms of their proportion to the Indian population. In short, they wish to have Muslim MPs proportional to their share of their population, a demand that was summarily rejected by the Constituent Assembly of India.
Furthermore, the Sachar Committee that is spoken of here is a panel that was set up by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to look into alleged Muslim deprivation and Syed Zafar Mahmood actually served in the Committee. Thus, he is promoting the recommendations of a committee he was himself a member of.
The second demand was, “The Alternative Admission Criteria for undergraduate level admission into all universities and colleges of India should be accepted, approved and implemented as recommended by Sachar Committee.” The Alternative Admission Criteria (AAC) spoken of here is one where merit would account for only 60% of the points required for admission. The remaining 40% would be made on the basis of ‘backwardness’ in terms of household income, place of residence and class.
Source: Zakat Foundation of India
The third demand says, “To fill the posts of CEO of state waqf boards the central government should accept, approve and implement the launching of Indian Waqf Service as recommended by the Sachar Committee.” The Indian Waqf Services, thus proposed, would be along the lines of civil services. The proposal was rejected by the Ministry of Minority affairs, stating that a new cadre was neither practicable nor legally feasible. The ZFI recommended that a resolution ought to be passed by the parliament for the creation of the Waqf Service.
The fourth demand states, “The RBI proposal of allowing the banks to have a window for interest-less banking should be approved by the central government.” Charging interest is considered ‘Haram’ in Islam, therefore, the Zakat Foundation sought the establishment of interest-less banking for the Muslim community.
The fifth demand says, “The Minority character of Aligarh Muslim University should be accepted, approved and implemented by the central government.” The sixth states, “Any person who is charged with terror activity and is, after several years of multi-dimensional sufferance, exonerated by the court as innocent should be given Rs 50 lakh as compensation by the government. Later on, this money should be partly deducted from the salary/pension/provident fund/retirement benefits of the officer(s) who wrongly implicated him.”
The seventh states, “Give a proportionate share to Muslims in nominated posts and appointments under the state & central governments.” Here, the Zakat Foundation is demanding reservations for the Muslim community, along the lines of the reservations made for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in employment opportunities, proportional to their population.
The Ram Mandir demands made by Zakat Foundation
The last demand states, “Appoint Equal Opportunity Commission at the centre and in the states as recommended by Sachar Committee.” The Sachar Committee had recommended thus, “It is a well accepted maxim in law that not only must justice be done but it must appear to be done. It is in that context that the Committee recommends that an Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) should be constituted by the Government to look into the grievances of a deprived groups.”
With regards to the function of the EOC, a commission set up by the Ministry of Minority Affairs states, “Given its unique role in evidence-based advocacy on behalf of the discriminated and deprived groups, it is but natural that the EOC should be involved in research and dissemination of data on all forms of discrimination and denial of equal opportunities in every sector of public activity.”
It adds, “In the process, it has the difficult task of creation of indices to measure inequality or discrimination in different sectors of activity and of different sections of people. It is this capacity to collect, evaluate and disseminate hard data which gives the Commission the authority to intervene on behalf of the deprived and discriminated groups.”
The EOC ought to have a host of other functions along similar lines as well. In short, the purpose of the EOC is ‘social justice’ and quite clearly, the EOC begins with the assumption that certain groups are ‘victim groups’, that is, oppressed, while others are ‘aggressors’ or oppressors. Furthermore, since it is a recommendation made by the Sachar Committee, it appears that Muslims would be placed in the ‘victim’ section as well.
Thus, quite clearly, the Zakat Foundation wished to extract great unfair concessions from the Hindu Community in return for the Ram Mandir. Their intention was explicitly to coerce Hindus into making grave concessions playing upon their attachment to Ram Janmabhoomi. They were aware of the significance that Ram Janmabhoomi had for Hindus and they wanted to use that opportunity to secure huge concessions for their community.
Relatives of former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina, who announced his retirement recently, were attacked on the night of the 19th of August by unidentified assailants, Jagran has reported. Following the attack, his uncle has died while his aunt continues to remain in critical condition. They were attacked by unidentified assailants when they were sleeping on the terrace of their house in the Thariyal village of Pathankot.
Asha Devi, sister to Suresh Raina’s father, is currently admitted at the hospital while her husband Ashok Kumar passed away. Cousins of the Indian cricketer Kaushal Kumar and Apin Kumar also suffered injured as did their 80-year old grandmother. They were attacked with lethal weapons. Earlier, it was announced that Suresh Raina has pulled out of the IPL and returned to India for personal reasons. It is not clear whether the attack on his relatives was the actual reason.
A post, claiming that an assistant police inspector has been beaten by a Muslim mob, has been doing the rounds on Whatsapp. The Whatsapp forward contains the picture of an injured man and a blood-stained police uniform, bearing the name tag of one ‘C. Akilan’.
The Whatsapp forward is accompanied by a text that reads, “Assistant Inspector Akhilan, who tried to stop 3 Muslim youths in Thiruvallikeni area from abusing women under the influence of cannabis at Marina Beach, was attacked severely.” The message further stated, “Thousands of Muslims attacked police only yesterday. Is this India or Pakistan?”
Screengrab of the Whatsapp forward
What is the Truth?
A simple google reverse search of the image led us to the Facebook page of ‘I support Tamil Nadu police.’ On scrolling through the posts, we found that the page had shared the same image on August 24, 2019 from another page titled, “Tamil Nadu police.” The original post had the timestamp of August 21, 2017. As such, it can be concluded that the incident mentioned in the Whatsapp forward is not a recent event.
While assuming that the incident dates back to 2017, we looked for news reports about a police officer named ‘Akilan’ who was thrashed by a mob near Marina Beach. This led us to a Times of India article titled, “Man held for assaulting policeman on patrol.”
As per the report, the incident took place at Marina Beach on August 22, 2017 (Sunday) when police constable Akilan noticed two youths consuming alcohol. When he asked the duo to leave, it led to a heated argument. This took an ugly turn as the miscreants exchanged blows with Akilan. Amidst the brawl, the police constable was injured with a sharp object. While Akilan was rushed to the hospital, the accused managed to flee the scene. Later, the Marina Beach police apprehended one Hari Ram and remanded him to judicial custody on charges of attempt to murder.
Screengrab of the Times of India report
Conclusion
As such, the Whatsapp forward made several erroneous claims. The post claimed that there were 3 Muslim youths involved in the incident. It also alleged that they were smoking cannabis and they were abusing women. However, the Times of India report has made it clear that the accused were drinking liquor and were not harassing women. Besides, the policeman was not attacked by thousands of Muslims, there were only two miscreants who had attacked him, and one of them was a Hindu. Therefore the claims made in the Whatsapp forward are false.
A week after Bombay High Court dismissed FIRs filed against foreign Tablighi Jamaatis booked under the various provisions for violating their tourist visa, one of the two judges of the bench has now disagreed with certain observations made by his fellow judge who had claimed that action against the foreign nationals was an “indirect warning to Indian Muslims” for protesting against CAA, reports Indian Express.
Justice Mukund G Sewlikar, one of the two judges who delivered the judgement on foreign Tablighi Jamaat members on August 21, has now written a dissenting note against the observations made by the senior judge on the bench – Justice Tanaji V Nalawade.
Justice Sewlikar, on Thursday, in a separate order, said that while he agreed with Justice Nalawade on quashing the FIRs, however, he had differing views on a few observations made by the fellow judge.
Disagreeing with his fellow judge, Justice Sewlikar in his dissenting order on August 27 said that it was difficult to concur with these observations as allegations in this respect are neither made in the petitions nor there is any evidence in this regard.
“Therefore, in my opinion, these observations are outside the scope of the petitions,” the judge observed.
Maintaining that he agreed with all observations made by Justice Nalawade except the one pertaining to CAA protests, Justice Sewlikar said that since none of the offences could be proved by the prosecution, the chargesheets against the petitioners deserved to be quashed.
Action against Foreign Muslims created fear in the minds of Muslims: Justice Nalawade
Linking the Tablighi Jamaat case to anti-CAA protests, Justice Tanaji V Nalawade had opined that action against the foreign nationals, who had attended Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi, had created a fear in the minds of Muslims. The Bombay HC judge had claimed that such action indirectly gave warning to Indian Muslims that action in any form and for anything can be taken against them.
In the 58-paged judgment quashing FIRs against foreign Tablighis, Justice Nalawade had observed, “There were protests… at many places in India from at least prior to January 2020. Most of the persons (who) participated in the protests were Muslims. It is their contention that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, is discriminatory against Muslims…They were protesting against the National Register of Citizens.”
Continuing to link Anti-CAA protests with Tablighi Jamaat case, Justice Nalawade added, “It can be said that due to the action taken, fear was created in the minds of those Muslims. This action indirectly gave warning to Indian Muslims that action in any form and for anything can be taken against Muslims. It was indicated that even for keeping contact with Muslims of other countries, action will be taken against them. Thus, there is a smell of malice to the action taken against these foreigners and Muslim for their alleged activities. The circumstance like malice is an important consideration when relief is claimed of quashing of FIR and the case itself.”
FIR against foreign Tablighis, Maharashtra govt used them as scapegoats: Bombay HC
On August 21, the Bombay High Court dismissed FIRs filed against foreign nationals booked under the various provisions for violating their tourist visa conditions by attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin in Delhi.
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court, hearing a petition filed by 29 foreign nationals noted that Maharashtra government had acted under political compulsion and police also did not dare to exercise powers given to them under provisions of procedural laws and substantive laws.
Launching a scathing attack on Maharashtra government, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court had observed, “A political government tries to find the scapegoat when there is pandemic or calamity and the circumstances show that there is probability that these foreigners were chosen to make them scapegoats”.
Hearing the arguments, the Bombay High Court bench had said that there was no violation of visa by foreign Tablighis as there are no restrictions on foreigners for visiting religious places and attending normal religious activities like attending religious discourses.
The court noted that the allegations against Tablighi Jamaat very vague in nature and from these allegations it cannot be said at any stage that they were spreading Islam religion and there was the intention of conversion.
Another fellow judge had dissented against Justice Nalawade in the past
Interestingly, this is not the first time that a fellow judge has expressed his dissent against the judgement delivered by a bench comprising of Justice Nalawade.
In October 2019, another senior Bombay High Court judge Justice KK Sonawane had strongly dissented with Justice Nalawade while dealing with pleas alleging misappropriation of funds. Justice Sonawane had called the decision an outcome of a “lack of consultation and coordination”.
Justice Sonawane, in his dissenting judgement, had noted that the judgement delivered by Justice TV Nalawade in the same case was made in a “very cryptic” and “obscure manner” by simply declaring that “both petitions are allowed”.
The Supreme court too had repatriated this particular case back to the Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court asking it to pass an order that can be understood.
Unable to understand the order written by Justice Nalawade, the Supreme Court in its order has said, “On perusal of the impugned order, we find it is unintelligible and we could not decipher what has been decided by the High Court”.
Hours after the release of Alia Bhatt starrer movie Sadak 2 on the over-the-top (OTT) platform Disney+ Hotstar, an overwhelming number of users took to IMDB (Internet Movie Database) to down-rate the movie, granting it with the rare feat of being the lowest-rated movie on the platform. This is weeks after the movie’s trailer had received severely critical reviews and a distinction of becoming the second-most disliked video in the world.
The overall IMDb score of the Sadak 2 movie is 1.1, with 11,586 users having registered their ratings. Most of the reviewers have provided the movie with the minimum allowed rating of 1 star, out of the available 10, and panned the movie as “Absolute Trash”, “Intolerable”, “Pathetic film” and “Waste of Time”.
Sadak 2 stars Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt and Aditya Roy Kapoor in lead roles and is a sequel to the 1991 movie Sadak. The movie marks the directorial comeback of Mahesh Bhatt, who took to direction almost after 2 decades. However, despite such a hefty star-cast, the film failed miserably to dazzle the viewers, leaving them with a sense of anguish, that was evident in the barrage of disparaging reviews it accumulated.
Rating break-up of Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2 on IMDB
IMDB users post scathing reviews of Sadak 2
One of the IMDB users claimed he had retched up many times while watching the movie. The user added that the movie was so atrocious that he had to left in the middle.
IMDB comment
Another IMDB user, who managed to sail through the entire movie, called the movie a “pathetic film with pathetic performances”. The user also railed against the movie for spoiling the enduring legacy of the first movie in the series, Sadak. The user added that even the impressive star-cast of the movie could not help the movie from tanking.
IMDB comment
One IMDB user claimed that pathetic was the right word to describe the movie. He said that while he was curious to see the movie, he could not tolerate the movie beyond 20 minutes.
IMDB comment
An IMDB user, who had rated the movie with 1 star(the lowest rating possible), was quite acerbic in criticising the movie. He called the movie “Absolute trash” and alleged that the movie is a reflection of Mahesh Bhatt’s growing senility. He advised others against wasting their time watching this movie.
IMDB comment
While many have swiftly proceeded to term the criticism that the movie is receiving on independent platforms such as IMDB as a fallout of the raging nepotism debate in the wake of Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged suicide case, even media organisations such as Indian Express have critiqued the film starring Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt and Aditya Roy Kapoor as “A terrible movie”.
Media houses too slam Sadak 2 with low ratings
“Maybe someday Mahesh Bhatt will make something watchable with Alia Bhatt, one of the most exciting actors of this generation. Sadly, Sadak 2 is not that film,” the review of the movie published by Indian Express read. The movie could rack up just 1 star out of 5 from the Indian Express Desk.
Another media house, Times of India, which is long-accused of handing out generous reviews to Bollywood movies, could not bring itself to grant gushing review about the movie. The newspaper gave just 2 out 5 stars to the Mahesh Bhatt-directed movie Sadak 2.
Times of India review of Sadak 2 movie
It is also pertinent to note that Mahesh Bhatt, Alia Bhatt and several other top Bollywood stars have been at the receiving end of public fury after the unfortunate demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June 2020. In the wake of his death, a groundswell of opposition had developed against the Bollywood bigwigs, accusing them of abetting his suicide by perpetuating the culture of nepotism and professional harassment of ‘outsiders’ in the industry.
A large number of people on social media, aided by the reports of Sushant Singh Rajput being rejected by a number of well-known production houses, firmed up the popular belief that the actor was shunted on account of being an outsider. As a consequence, trailers and movies from established production houses, who appear to advance nepotistic star kids and demote fresh talented folks, have borne the brunt of public wrath.
A journalist, Ram Krishna, working at India Today Group’s Hindi news channel organisation Aaj Tak has made shocking revelations about the harassment meted out to him by his editor Panini Anand. According to Krishna, he has been subjected to abuses, threats of violence and death by Anand for simply asking for an appraisal and turning down his request to write negative things about Modi government on the social media websites.
“You are an insect and I will do whatever I wish to. I will give responsibilities to donkeys and promote them because their ideology matches with mine. However, I will bring you to the streets and ruin your family. If you don’t mend your ways, I will beat you with shoes and get you murdered. Your corpse will be eaten by dogs. Neither Modi nor BJP will come to your rescue,” Panini Anand had reportedly threatened Krishna.
Ram Krishna accuses his editor Panini Anand of sabotaging his journalistic career
These shocking statements came from Panini Anand, an editor of a renowned media house Aaj Tak. According to the journalist Ram Krishna, this conversation happened when he had called Anand one night, asking him why was he being removed from the Whatsapp group. Anand had then reportedly made such crass remarks to Krishna.
Ram Krishna’s email where he raised his grievances with his editor Panini Anand
Ram Krishna has been employed with Aaj Tak since 2017. Recently, he has shared his ordeal with PM Modi, writing a letter addressed to the PMO office. While talking to OpIndia, Ram Krishna told that his earlier editors conducted themselves with dignity, unlike Anand. He also added that the working environment was also pleasant before he got to work with Anand and everyone was allowed to pursue the stories they liked.
However, the work culture sharply deteriorated after Panini Anand took over, Ram Krishna alleges. Journalists were made to write critical articles against the Modi government. Those who obliged remained close to Anand. Others, who opposed undue intervention, were being subjected to abuse. Krishna alleges that he has also been called as a “Bhagwadhari” many times, however, he added that though his ideology aligns with one of the political parties, he has never let it reflect in his work.
Panini Anand and Vijay Rawat forced their juniors to publish articles against Modi government
Journalist Ram Krishna confessed that in the start just like the others, he too ignored everything and focused on salvaging his job. Krishna also attended some of the parties thrown by Anand at his residence. But after some point, he started having problems with this behaviour of his editor and he refused to go to parties and Anand’s diktat of writing against the Modi government.
When he raised his objection to write articles to deliberately show the Modi government in the bad light, he was sidelined and his salary and promotion withheld.
Ram Krishna’s picture with Gaurav Sawant and Rahul Kanwal
Krishna said that he had been a lifelong teetotaller but he consumed alcohol twice so as to not annoy his editor. As per Krishna, Panini used to call his favourite employees at his home for parties. Recounting an incident, Krishna said that one of his companions was thrashed by the editor’s favourites in one of such parties. But Anand remained silent.
Another serious allegation that Ram Krishna has levelled against Panini Anand and Vijay Rawat is that they encouraged employees to run propaganda against the Modi government. They would ask their employees to make critical remarks against PM Modi on their social media accounts. Many a times fake social media accounts were prepared to run such propaganda, Krishna revealed. When people tried to oppose such unethical activities, they were threatened with dismissals and death threats.
Articles written by Ram Krishna for Aaj Tak
People with leftist ideology were promoted by Panini Anand and Vijay Rawat: Ram Krishna
According to the journalist, it is common for Panini Anand and Vijay Rawat to mistreat people who did not conform to their ideology. The appraisal criterion was not dependent on one’s work but on one’s ideological inclination. Those who complied with their instructions, they were handed promotions and appraisals. Those who did not, their promotions were stalled and appraisals deferred.
Krishna also recalled about the incident when his colleague was not denied leaves even when his health deteriorated. It was later revealed that the journalist had coronavirus, which led to his death. Krishna feels profoundly sorrowful for his colleague’s predicament, adding that he worked till a few days before his death.
Panini has also been accused of making false promises by Krishna. The journalist claimed that after his promotion and appraisal were stopped, he had managed to grab a new job in another organisation. However, Panini coaxed him into staying at AajTak, promising him that he will get appraisal and promotion. A lot of time passed after that, but there was no increment in his salary. When he asked again, he got the answer that unless you please Vijay Rawat (Senior Assistant Editor), it is unlikely that he will get an appraisal.
Ram Krishna works as a senior sub-editor at Aaj Tak. According to him, he clocks anywhere close to 17-18 hours daily for his work. He alleges that anyone who does not conform to the ideology of the editor and senior assistant editor at the organisation, is persistently harassed such as forced to work in odd shifts, asked to accomplish pressurising tasks etc.
Tired out of harassment from his seniors, Ram Krishna writes a letter seeking intervention from PM Modi
Now, Krishna believes that Panini and Vijay Rawat want him to declared as deranged and can even get him killed. His family is anxious about him. Ram Krishna is a married man and his wife has recently given birth to a child. His financial situation is precarious as the loan amount has swelled due to shortage of money.
However, Krishna has been deliberately targeted, mostly recently by expelling him from his work Whatsapp group. When he asked reason for the action, he was abused instead. He was then expelled from another group and his ID was disabled, which he used to work with.
Tired of the harassment by his seniors, Ram Krishna has penned a letter to the PMO, detailing the hardships suffered by him. Krishna claimed that he had to write a letter to the PMO because his numerous complaints to the seniors in his organisations have fallen on deaf ears. With his options rapidly shrinking, Krishna thought that writing to PMO can help him salvage his journalistic career, that was imperilled by the whims and fancies of his seniors.
Panini Anand refutes allegations
Refuting the allegations on himself, Panini Anand alleged that Ram Krishna was fired from AajTak due to indiscipline and carelessness in his work. “All the accusations made by Ram Krishna in this story are baseless, gibberish and unprecedented, and these hold no truth whatsoever. While firing him the organisation took care of the due process. The words spread out by Ram Krishna are malafide and targeted. Editor has only provided help and encouragement during this time. These kinds of accusations are baseless and unfortunate,” he said in a statement.
The entire letter written by Ram Krishna to PM Modi can be read here. The PMO has taken cognisance of the matter and an investigation has been launched, which is presided over by a DCP level officer in Noida.
BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga staged a protest against the AAP government in Delhi alleging food grain scam. Bagga has said that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and AAP’s Hari Nagar MLA Rajkumari Dhillon are involved in the scam, and demanded resignation of the MLA.
According to the BJP leader, the AAP government has kept thousands of tonnes of food grain locked in the classrooms of the Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya located in the Mayapuri Road in Hari Nagar in the national capital. He said that the food grains were meant to be distributed among the people during the lockdown, but it was not distributed and kept locked in the school building.
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga has shared videos showing sacks of food grain kept inside the school, shot through the windows of classrooms. He said that thousands of tonnes of food grains are rotting in the school premises. He also said that the rooms are locked, and the school principal said that the rooms can’t be unlocked without the permission of food permission. The authorities are not allowing media to enter the premises, Bagga informed.
After getting information about the food grain stockpiled in the school, Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga along with other BJP workers visited the school and recorded evidence of the presence of food grains stored there. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus Lockdown, the school is closed, which has been used as a warehouse to keep the food grains by the state government.
After the school administration didn’t allow the BJP workers to enter the classrooms, they sat on a dharna shouting slogans against the AAP government in front of the school. “Kejriwal chor hai” (Kejriwal is thief), they chanted slogans, demanding resignation from the CM and the local MLA. Rajkumari Dhillon has pocketed food from the poor, she does not have to right remain in power even for a minute, Bagga said. He demanded that the MLA should resign immediately.
Weeks after the Mumbai Police Commissioner had claimed that the actor Sushant Singh Rajput had searched for words like ‘painless death’, ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘bipolar disorder’ before his death, fresh details have emerged in the case that is contrary to the claims made by the Mumbai Police Commissioner, according to a report by Times Now.
According to Times Now report, the 34-year-old actor had searched for properties, farms in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Coorg his death. The investigation into the Sushant Singh Rajput’s laptop by the CBI has reportedly revealed his activities on the internet.
#Exclusive | Sources close to SSR probe: Moments before Sushant’s alleged time of death disclosed. He Googled properties in HP, Kerala & Coorg. Revelation contradicts Mumbai Police chief Parambir Singh’s statement who said Sushant had Googled ‘painless death’. | #SSRSuicideBogeypic.twitter.com/HeNrqI1HMn
Reportedly, the actor wanted to do organic farming and was in search of farms, properties in these three states.
Interestingly, during an interview recently, Rhea had also talked about how Sushant wanted to shift to Coorg and was thinking about the same.
Sushant wanted to settle in Coorg, says actor’s father
Earlier, even Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh had mentioned that the actor wanted to quit films and settle down as a farmer in Coorg. The father of the actor had revealed that Sushant had spoken to his close friend, Mahesh Shetty, regarding this.
Reportedly, Shetty was also willing to accompany the actor in his farming activities.
However, according to Singh, his son had to abort the plan after Chakraborty objected to it and allegedly threatened to expose his medical history.
Fresh disclosures contrary to the claims of Mumbai Police
This fresh disclosure clearly contradicted the earlier statement made by the Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh, who at a press conference had claimed that Sushant had googled words such as ‘painless death’, ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘bipolar disorder’.
The Mumbai Police Chief had claimed that it has come to the notice of Mumbai Police that the late actor was suffering from a bipolar disorder and undergoing treatment and medicines for it. The Mumbai Police chief added that the police is investigating the circumstances that led to his death.
The Mumbai Police by making such claims against the deceased actor had attempted to prove that Sushant Singh Rajput was depressed, insinuating that it was his mental health issues that led to his suicide.
As Times Now reports suggests exactly opposite to the claims made by the Mumbai Police, questions are now being raised on Mumbai Police for hurryingly giving credence to ‘depression’ and ‘suicide theory’ without even acknowledging all the facts in the case. Further, the Mumbai Police’s investigation into the Sushant Singh Rajput case is now being called out for several major lapses.
Images of Sushant Singh Rajput’s mortal remains morphed to push suicide theory
In another shocking disclosure, it was earlier reported that the first set of images of actor’s mortal remains that went viral on the internet soon after his death may have been morphed to convince people that the actor had committed suicide.
We had reported regarding two images of Sushant Singh Rajput’s mortal remains, which was captured by his sister Meetu when she arrived at his apartment on that fateful day. These images are said to be the first ones to be taken after the actor was found dead in his apartment.
Reportedly, these new pictures are different from those that got leaked on social media just after his death. These new set of pictures reportedly show several inconsistencies in the mark on the neck.
