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Iran executes ace wrestler Navid Afkari over alleged murder during anti-govt protests

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Iran executes ace wrestler Navid Afkari over alleged murder during anti-govt protests

In a shocking incident, the Iranian State authorities have reportedly executed a 27-year-old ace wrestler named Navid Afkari in the city of Shiraz on Friday. He was earlier sentenced to death for allegedly murdering a security guard during the anti-government protest in Iran in 2018.

As per reports, his brother Vahid and Habib had also been sentenced to 54 and 27 years in prison. Navid Afkari, a popular figure in Iran in the field of wrestling, had taken active part in anti-government protests that kickstarted owing to ‘political repression’ and ‘economic hardships’.

Navid was well-aware of his impending fate in the Islamic Republic of Iran. “If I am executed, I want you to know that an innocent person, even though he tried and fought with all his strength to be heard, was executed,” he was heard as saying in a leaked audio message. The ace wrestler had earlier stated that he was tortured by the law enforcement authorities into making a confession.

Wrestler’s lawyer denies existence of any evidence

Speaking about the execution, his lawyer Hassan Younesi informed that Navid was denied the opportunity to meet his family one last time before his death. According to him, such a meeting is mandatory under Iranian law. In a tweet, he stated, “Were you in such a hurry to carry out the sentence that you deprived Navid of the last visit?” He also stated that there was no evidence to suggest that Navid committed the murder. As per Younesi, the video footage that had been produced in the court as ‘evidence was taken an hour before the crime.

Global condemnation of the execution of Navid Afkari

Condemning the execution as a ‘travesty of justice’, Amnesty International tweeted, “We are completely shocked, saddened & horrified at the secret execution of Navid Afkari, a young man with a promising future ahead of him. This travesty of justice needs immediate international action through public & private interventions.”

The International Olympic Council Athlete’s Commission stated, “We are devastated to learn about the execution of our fellow athlete Navid Afkari. In the past days, the IOC has been working with our full support to save Navid’s life. We are very saddened that ours and the efforts of the athlete community didn’t achieve the desired result. Our thoughts and prayers are with Navid’s family and friends in these very difficult times.”

In a statement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said, “The execution of wrestler Navid Afkari in Iran is very sad news. The IOC is shocked by this announcement today.” The body said that the IOC President Thomas Bach had made several appeals to the President of Iran and the Supreme Leader, seeking for clemency on Navid’s behalf.

“It is deeply upsetting that the pleas of athletes from around the world and all the behind-the-scenes work of the IOC, together with the NOC of Iran, United World Wrestling and the National Iranian Wrestling Federation, did not achieve our goal. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Navid Afkari,” the statement read.

Narendra Modi is a fascist

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Narendra Modi is a fascist

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a fascist.

Shiv Sena asks cable operators to ban Republic Bharat from airing

On Thursday, September 10, 2020, Maharashtra government’s ruling party Shiv Sena asked cable operators to stop airing Republic Bharat for ‘insulting Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. This was done through a letter by Shiv Cable Sena, an affiliate of the Shiv Sena. The Shiv Sena has also issued veiled threats to the cable operators to ban the Arnab Goswami-led media network or face consequences.

Shiv Sena is currently in power in Maharashtra with Sonia Gandhi-led Congress and Sharad Pawar-led NCP in alliance.

But, Modi can’t take criticism.

Telangana CM threatens cable operators

In September 2014, Telangana Chief Minister KCR had threatened cable operators over accusations of ‘insulting’ Telangana. He had threatened to bury them ’10 feet under the earth’ if they continued to insult the state that was recently formed.

But obviously, Modi is curbing freedom of press.

West Bengal govt bans channel critical of Mamata Banerjee

In May this year, the West Bengal government stopped the broadcast of a News Channel on cable networks for questioning the state government. The broadcast was stopped in Kolkata and surrounding areas.

Of course, we are living in state of undeclared Emergency under Modi regime.

Speaking of Emergency, let us #KnowOurHistory

On 25th June 1975, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of Emergency In India which lasted for a period of 21 months till it was withdrawn on 21st March 1977.

When Indira Gandhi declared Emergency in India

Civil liberties, including Freedom of Press, was suspended. Journalists, opposition leaders were thrown in jail by the Indira Gandhi government. Printing presses were raided and newspapers went out of circulation. Media was given ‘guidelines’ to follow. Everything that was published had to be approved by Chief Press Advisor, a position created to censor news. Journalists from foreign publications were expelled and some returned to their country after receiving threats. According to the Home Ministry, in May of 1976, almost 7,000 journalists and media personnel were arrested.

But clearly, Modi is a fascist.

Man’s hand chopped off because of ‘786’ tattoo? Read how ‘liberals’ tried to shield a man accused of molesting a minor

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Man’s hand chopped off because of ‘786’ tattoo? Read how ‘liberals’ tried to shield a man accused of molesting a minor

In past few days, ‘liberals’ have taken to social media to claim that a man, 28-year-old Akhlaq Salami, was a victim of a hate crime. They claimed that his hand was ‘chopped off’ because it was tattooed with ‘786’, the numerical equivalent of the Arabic phrase ‘Bismillah’ in Islam.

Former Indian Express journalist Irena Akbar claimed there was ‘silence’ over the ‘hate crime’ perpetrated on Akhlaq.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s brother in law, Tehseen Poonawalla also started a fund-raiser for Akhlaq by sharing his brother’s bank details. Similar tweets were shared by vairious popular Twitter accounts.

Maktoob Media, a Kerala-based website which had earlier accessed ‘leaked‘ video of Jamia Millia Islamia library from anti-CAA riots, was one of the first websites to make such claims.

Congress leader Salman Nizami, who was recently caught peddling fake news, was also amongst those who shared the claims.

TheWire, too, peddle the narrative that a Muslim man was thrashed over ‘786’ tattoo. However, as usual, truth appears far from the propaganda on social media.

The incident took place in Panipat, Haryana on 23rd August, 2020. Akhlaq was found injured near railway tracks.

As reported by TheQuint, the family of the child has alleged that when they were sleeping in the verandah in their home near the railway line, they noticed the child was missing. When they started looking for him, they reached a nearby park where they saw Akhlaq with the child who was undressed. Akhlaq then allegedly tried to run away toward the railway track. Family then took their son and brought him home. The child has alleged that Akhlaq tried to push his private parts into his mouth.

ACP Panipat, Satish Kumar Vats, told Indian Express that Akhlaq was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor boy. The child’s uncle has said that the boy broke two of his teeth and there were marks of assault on his body. As per the police, Akhlaq possibly escaped in an inebriated state and injured himself while on railway track. He alleged that the accused’s brother is sharing the images on social media and giving the incident a communal angle.

Two FIRs are lodged in the case. One by the child’s family and one on the statement of Akhlaq’s brother who has claimed that his brother was attacked because of his Muslim identity.

Railways Police has lodge an FIR on Akhlaq’s complaint under section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 34 (common intention) of the IPC. Meanwhile, the child’s family has registered a complaint at Chandni Bagh Police station in Panipat under Section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault), Section 18 (punishment for attempt to commit an offence) of the POCSO Act and Section 323 of the IPC.

Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh named in Delhi riots disclosure statement, but not charged. Read details

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Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh named in Delhi riots disclosure statement, but not charged. Read details

After media reports emerged claiming that the Delhi Police has named Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav and Jayanti Ghosh in the Anti-Hindu Delhi riots case, the Delhi Police has denied naming them as co-conspirators in a supplementary charge-sheet filed in the riots case.

The Delhi Police has clarified that no such names have been included in the charge-sheet.

Referring to a PTI tweet on the subject, a Delhi Police spokesperson said, “In a case related to Jafrabad riots…it has been mentioned in one of the online news agency reports that the names are part of the disclosure statement of one of the accused in connection with organising and addressing the anti-CAA protests.”

“The disclosure statement has been truthfully recorded as narrated by the accused person,” the Delhi Police said. “However, a person is not arraigned as an accused only on the basis of a disclosure statement. It is only on the existence of sufficient corroborative evidence that further legal action is taken. The matter is currently sub judice.

On Saturday, PTI had reported that the Delhi Police has named CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, left-wing activist Jayati Ghosh, Apoorvanand and documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy as co-conspirators in the communal violence that transpired in the national capital in February.

The report had said that the supplementary charge-sheet filed by the Delhi police cited “disclosure” statements by activists of far-left group Pinjra Tod – Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, who had allegedly confessed that both were given directions by Ghosh, Apoorvanand and Roy to protest in different parts of Delhi against the CAA and NRC.

Similarly, reports had stated that Yechury and Yadav were named in Jamia Millia student Gulfisha Fathima’s disclosure statement, stating that they took part in anti-CAA demonstrations to “provoke and mobilise” crowds.

All the three ‘students’ are facing charges under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for their involvement in the Anti-Hindu Delhi riots.

In a tweet, Yogendra Yadav had called the PTI report “factually incorrect” and had clarified the above names were mentioned only in passing and were not part of the supplementary charge-sheet or even as accused.

“One passing reference to me and Yechury, in an unauthenticated police statement (not admissible in court) by one accused,” he had tweeted.

Earlier, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury had attacked the Delhi Police, saying that its “illegitimate, illegal actions” were a “direct outcome” of the politics done by the BJP’s top leadership.

Disclosure statements or confessions are recorded by the police under Section 161 of CrPC during the investigation. But, they are not admissible in the court as evidence.

Dandekar sisters, celebrity stylist mysteriously delete their ‘Release Rhea’ Instagram post

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Dandekar sisters, celebrity stylist mysteriously delete their ‘Release Rhea’ Instagram post

Farhan Akhtar’s girlfriend Shibani and her sister Anusha Dandekar, who had put up social media post demanding Rhea Chakraborty’s release from NCB custody, have now mysteriously deleted their posts.

Anusha and Shibani along with other celebrities had taken to social media to demand Chakraborty’s release. Bollywood stylist Monica Dogra, in her post had claimed that Rhea was coerced by NCB to make self-incriminating statements and hence she should be released.

Another celebrity stylist Anisha Jain, too, along with Dandekar sisters deleted her post.

Farhan Akhtar’s girlfriend, Shibani, had earlier last week taken to social media to vocally lend her support to Rhea and attacked Sushant Singh Rajput’s ex-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande for questioning Chakraborty. On Saturday, it was reported that Chakraborty has disclosed at least 25 celebrity names who procured and consumed drugs. In a shocking disclosure, Rhea Chakraborty has reportedly confessed that actress Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh, designer Simone Khambatta had consumed narcotics substance. Sushant’s friend Rohini Iyer and filmmaker Mukesh Chhabra names have also been mentioned by Rhea during her interrogation.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS again

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS again

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi two weeks after he was discharged from the hospital. He was also admitted to the hospital on August 18 for post-coronavirus care.

According to the reports, the Union Home Minister admitted to AIIMS on Saturday night, at around 11 PM, after he developed some breathing issues.

The 55-year-old Shah had tested positive for coronavirus on August 2 and was admitted to private hospital Medanta in Gurgaon. On 14 August, he was discharged and was in home isolation for a few days.

Weeks later, he was again admitted to the AIIMS on August 18 after he complained of “fatigue and body ache”. He was discharged from the hospital after thirteen days in the hospital on August 31 after the doctors said the Home Minister had “recovered”. 

AIIMS has issued a statement that Shah has been admitted into AIIMS for full-body checkup ahead of monsoon session of the Parliament.

As per the statement, he will remain in the hospital for 1-2 days.

Note: Article updated with AIIMS statement.

Jyotiraditya Scindia calls former colleagues Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh traitors, accuses former Congress government of leaving a debt of Rs 8000 crore

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Jyotiraditya Scindia calls former colleagues Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh traitors, accuses former Congress government of leaving a debt of Rs 8000 crore

Addressing a rally during an event marking the Bhumi Pujan of development works worth Rs 70.84 crore and the inauguration of works worth Rs 21.08 crore in Dimani in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia launched scathing attack on his former colleagues Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh.

Coming down heavily on the previous Congress government in the State, Scindia said that the Congress government betrayed the people of Madhya Pradesh. He called the former Chief Minister Kamal Nath and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh ‘traitors’. “I declare that within 10 days, the loan of every farmer in Madhya Pradesh will be waived”, he promised. Calling out the previous Congress government of not keeping the promise of waiving the loans of farmers, Scindia said, “I waited for 10 days. I waited for 10 months. Not keeping their promise with the farmers of Madhav Maharaj, tell me what is this if not treachery?”

“If someone has betrayed the people of Madhya Pradesh, it is Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh who did not waive the loans of farmers even in a time of 15 months. Instead they left behind a loan of Rs 8000 crore for the Shivraj Singh Ji’s government in Madhya Pradesh”, Scindia alleged. Scindia said that after Congress formed government in the State former CM Kamal Nath did not once came to visit Dimani while CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan came at the occasion of Bhumi Pujan of the development works.

Scindia had resigned from the Congress party and had joined BJP in the month of March this year. On leaving Congress, Scindia had said that Congress was no longer the party that it used to be and that it rejected reality.

Chinese Virologist Li Meng-Yan says she has evidence to prove that Coronavirus was made in Wuhan lab

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Chinese Virologist Li Meng-Yan says she has evidence to prove that Coronavirus was made in Wuhan lab

In a shocking revelation, a Chinese virologist, Li-Meng Yan, who had earlier claimed that China and WHO knew about the Wuhan coronavirus long before they made it public, has now stated that Coronavirus is lab-manufactured virus and she has proof to back it up.

Yan, who had fled Hong Kong fearing retribution from Chinese authorities for making claims that expose China’s coverup of the coronavirus crisis, recently said that she would soon publish evidence that would prove that the virus was synthetic and which could be verified by even non-scientists. She made the claims in an interview with host Jane Moore on British talk show Loose Women on ITV.

Interview of Chinese virologist Li Meng-Yan

On being asked from where did she think the coronavirus emanated, virologist Yan replied, “It came from the lab in Wuhan”.

Earlier President Trump too had claimed that he is fairly confident that the virus had emerged from the virolosy lab in Wuhan.

Dr Li said that the genome sequence is like a human fingerprint, and one can identify these this based on the genome sequence. “I will use this evidence to tell people why this has come from the lab in China, why they are the ones who made it,” she said. “Anyone, even if you have no biology knowledge, will be able to read it, and check and identify and verify it yourself,” she added.

She also spoke about the dangers she was facing while being in Hong Kong, especially against the backdrop of China asserting its authority over the city in the wake of demonstrations that had rocked the city last year. She appeared on ‘Loose Women’ from an undisclosed location, stating that the Chinese government had expunged all her information from government databases.

The virologist claimed that the claims such as coronavirus emerging from wet markets in Wuhan are nothing but a smokescreen, peddled by China to hide the true origins of the virus. She is planning to publish a report which she claims will have damning evidence to prove that the virus is manmade. She added that she felt like having a moral and scientific duty to blow the whistle over China’s cover-up of coronavirus outbreak.

China was well-aware of the coronavirus long before it warned the world: Yan

Earlier in July, Yan had claimed that China was well-aware of the deadly coronavirus and virulence of the deadly virus long before it said it did and asserted that the WHO advisor Professor Malik Peiris did nothing to alert others despite knowing about the virulence of the virus.

According to the virologist, her friend, who was a scientist at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China, had first-hand knowledge of the cases and reportedly informed her on December 31 of human-to-human transmission long before either China or the WHO would admit such a case.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News in July 2020, Yan, appearing from a secret location in the United States, said “I reason I came to the United States because I am carrying COVID’s message of truth. If I had been revealed this from China, I would have disappeared and killed.”

Dr Li, who was a specialist at Hong Kong’s School of Public Health, has said that her supervisor first asked her to investigate a new “SARS-like” virus in Wuhan on December 31, but later her efforts were later stifled. She had informed her superiors that the cases appeared to be rising exponentially, but she was told to “keep silent and be careful”. “‘We will get in trouble and we’ll be disappeared’,” her supervisor reportedly said, according to her.

Reports claim supplemental charge sheet names Sitaram Yechury and Yogendra Yadav as co-conspirators in the Delhi Riots case, Delhi Police deny

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Reports claim supplemental charge sheet names Sitaram Yechury and Yogendra Yadav as co-conspirators in the Delhi Riots case, Delhi Police deny

According to news agency PTI, the Delhi Police has filed a supplementary charge sheet in the Delhi Riots case where it has named CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav as co-conspirators in the communal violence that transpired in the national capital in February. The report also said that economist Jayati Ghosh, DU professor and activist Apoorvanand, and documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy were also named in the charge sheet.

But later Delhi police denied that they have charged them in the Delhi riots case. As per reports, the names were mentioned in some disclosure statements of the accused in the case, and not in any charge sheet.

Yogendra Yadav also tweeted to say that the PTI report is not correct and he is not named in the charge sheet. He said that the supplementary charge sheet does not name him or Yechury, and their names were present only in some “unauthenticated” police statements which are not admissible in court.

An accused, Gulfisha alias Gul, who has been arrested under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), had earlier stated that Delhi University professor Apoorvanand has been the mastermind behind the conspiracy to incite riots in Delhi. A Burqa-clad Khwateen team had been prepared for the riots. Gulfisha claimed that Apoorvanand had issued them an advance heads-up presaging riots.

The Delhi Police in its prior chargesheets related to the Delhi Riots case and the murder of IB constable Ankit Sharma had held former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain and his associates as conspirators in the riots case. The charge sheet filed in the murder of IB officer Ankit Sharma and Tahir Hussain’s role in the riots, it is explicitly mentioned that Tahir Hussain hatched the plans for the riots in January when Hussain had met Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifi at Shaheen Bagh. Khalid Saifi had also met with Zakir Naik to raise funds for the riots, a status report filed by the Delhi Police in Juky said.

The Delhi Police have also booked Natasha Narwal and Devangna Kalita in the riots case. The Delhi Police had alleged that both the women-Natasha and Devangana were involved in hatching a conspiracy to incite riots in Jafrabad. Natasha was booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for her role in inciting the anti-Hindu communal riots in Northeast Delhi in February.

After demolition of illegal property, gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari booked under UP Gangster Act

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After demolition of illegal property, gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari booked under UP Gangster Act

Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been booked by Ghazipur police under the Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. Ansari, who is an MLA, is not the only one to be booked under the Act. His wife Afsha Ansari and two brothers Anwar Shehzad and Sharjil Raza have also been charged under the Act for allegedly being involved in criminal activities like land grabbing, embezzlement, etc.

In the cases of illegal trespass and embezzlement registered in 2019 against Mukhtar’s wife and brothers, police had filed charge sheets. On the basis of the same developments, the action of booking them under the Gangster Act has been initiated on Saturday and further process is being followed”, told OP Singh, SP Ghazipur. He said that a case was also filed against Anwar Shehzad and Sharjil Raza last year in Ghazipur on the allegations of land grabbing and submitting fake documents for getting a government contract.

A charge sheet has been filed in that matter as well. Ansari’s wife is also charged with a case relating to appropriation of government money. A case filed against her in 2016.

Last month, the UP administration had demolished an illegal property of Ansari in Dalibagh colony in Lucknow and had attached properties worth Rs 3.17 crores belonging to Ansari’s aides in Jaunpur. The cost incurred in demolishing his property was also inflicted on Ansari by the administration.

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