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General Secretary of Congress student wing NSUI makes Hinduphobic remarks on Facebook, deactivates account on being called out

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General Secretary of Congress student wing NSUI makes Hinduphobic remarks on Facebook, deactivates account on being called out

Social media on Friday was awash with the screenshots bearing the Hinduphobic comments made by one Shokit Ali Shaheen, who claims to be the General Secretary of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Indian National Congress.

“Hindu is terrorist religion on Earth’, “There are 57 Islamic countries and Islam is shining in the whole world….Quran is the guide of science…”, “Hindu only spreading religion pollution in our India….inshallah my India will become Islamic State” were few of the Hinduphobic and supremacist comments made by Shaheen on Facebook after which screenshots of his anti-Hindu and inflammatory remarks went viral on the social media.

Facebook profile of alleged NSUI General Secretary Shokit Ali Shaheen

The alleged General Secretary of NSUI’s Facebook profile page read that he hails from Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir and had studied from ‘Degree College Rajouri and went to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya(JNV). Shaheen also described himself as a “Scientific Thinker” and his current city of residence was mentioned as Delhi.

Speaking the same language as the Pulwama terrorist who rammed his explosive-laden vehicle in CRPF convoy killing 40 CRPF personnel, Shaheen ridiculed Hindus as a community known for consuming cow dung and cow urine. In another comment, Shaheen said while Muslims transformed India into a golden sparrow, Hindus had only constructed toilets.

However, soon after screenshots of appalling remarks made by Shaheen went viral on social media, his Facebook page was deactivated. Perhaps, spooked by the prospect of having to face the consequences of making incendiary remarks against the Hindu community, Shaheen promptly deleted or temporarily deactivated his Facebook account. It could also be highly probable that Shaheen’s Facebook account had a raft of other Hinduphobic posts and comments which forced him to pull down his account altogether instead of just removing the aforementioned comments.

Congress has normalised anti-Hindu hatred

It is not just a mere coincidence that Shaheen has been allegedly associated with the Congress party’s Student Union. Congress leaders, for a long time now, have been normalising hatred against Hindus by brazenly making anti-Hindu remarks.

Recently, Congress’ disdain for Hindus was exposed when a Congress functionary was found by making a gau-mutra jibe to mock Hindus. While the world was struggling to cope from the menace of coronavirus, Lavanya Ballal, the social media coordinator of the Mahila Congress made a gau-mutra barb by quoting a tweet which said that Far-right hucksters were selling fraudulent coronavirus ‘cures’. Ballal quoted the tweet saying “India has Gau Mutra”.

Most recently, Congress leader from Goa had made allegedly derogatory remarks against the Hindu God Parshuram. “Lord Parshuram who is the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu greatly revered and worshipped by the Hindu community. Jalmi had termed Lord Parshuram a terrorist and a rapist thereby causing great anger among the members of the Hindu community,” Hindu Yuva Sena said. He was later arrested by the Crime Branch of Goa police for allegedly uttering objectionable statements against a Hindu God.

Congress has a long and decorated history of manifesting anti-Hindu leanings. It was Congress that moved heaven and earth to concoct the “Saffron Terror” narrative by falsely implicating Sadhvi Pragya and even Lt Col Purohit. It was Congress which wanted to pass the Communal Violence Bill which basically ensured that only Hindus would be considered perpetrators and never a Muslim, should there be any communal violence. The bill was formed by people who were associated with various foreign-funded NGOs.

Furthermore, it was former Congress president and Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi who declared mythical “saffron terror” as being more dangerous than LeT. It was P Chidambaram and Sushil Kumar Shinde who called Hindus terrorists with no proof or reason. It was Manmohan Singh who said Muslims have the first right on our country’s resources.

Update: On Saturday, 16th May, 2020, Poonch Police took to Twitter to inform that an FIR with regard to the above viral posts on social media was registered on 12th February 2020.

The NSUI leader was arrested and later bailed out. “Further sharing of this post will invite legal action,” the District Police Poonch Twitter account informed.

Hooghly violence: 125 people arrested and explosives recovered, prohibitory orders revoked

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Hooghly violence: 125 people arrested and explosives recovered, prohibitory orders revoked

As many as 125 people have been arrested by the police in connection with the horrifying communal clashes in Hooghly’s Telinipara region in West Bengal that took place after videos of Hindu houses being set on fire had gone viral on social media. The police have also withdrawn prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC imposed in the clash-hit areas.

According to Subrata Gangopadhyay, DCP Headquarters, Chandannagar, Hooghly, about 125 have been arrested in the case and a huge cache of bombs was recovered. He also added that a woman has been arrested for posting an objectionable video on social media.

Besides, Internet Services which were snapped in the wake of the communal flare-up in Hooghly, have also been partially restored, said a senior police official.

“There has been no report of violence in the district since Thursday. We have revoked (prohibitory orders under) section 144 of the CrPc as the situation has improved. Internet services have been partially restored,” Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir told PTI.

While shops and marketplaces were allowed to resume their business, Kabir asserted that police will continue to closely monitor Telinipara, the epicentre of the clashes.

“It was earlier decided that Internet services will remain suspended till May 17th. However, after evaluating the current situation, we have come to the conclusion of lifting the restrictions on the Internet in some areas. We will soon take a call on the phase-wise restoration of Internet services in other parts of the district,” the official said.

Communal clashes in Hooghly

Clashes erupted in Telinipara in Hooghly district of West Bengal after Muslims in the locality allegedly refused to follow lockdown orders. As reported by Swarajya, a number of Muslims who had returned from Ajmer had tested positive for coronavirus. However, they were not following the lockdown orders. The Hindus of the area got alarmed by this and put up barricades to stop outsiders from entering the area. However, as reported by Swarajya, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee said that the Muslims broke the barricades and insisted on entering the Hindu-majority area. After Hindus objected, the Muslims attacked the Hindus, Chatterjee reportedly said.

Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir, however, had claimed that the communal clashes were triggered after Muslims were allegedly taunted by ‘corona’ jibes. He claimed that following the verbal spat, the Hindus barricaded the public toilets used by the Muslims which led to violence. Bombs were tossed and shops plundered in Telinipara and its adjoining Chandannagar and Sreerampore areas, following which the law enforcement officials baton-charged the miscreants and brought the situation under control.

Visakhapatnam espionage case: NIA arrests key conspirator Mohammed Haroon in Mumbai

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Visakhapatnam espionage case: NIA arrests key conspirator Mohammed Haroon in Mumbai

In a major breakthrough in the Visakhapatnam espionage case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested its key conspirator, Mohammed Haroon Haji Abdul Rehman Lakdawala (49 years) in Mumbai. The case relates to an international espionage racket, where Naval officers were honey-trapped by Pakistani ISI operatives on social media after which these men had leaked sensitive information related to the Indian Navy through their social media profiles.

In a statement, NIA said that Mohammed Haroon Lakdawala had visited Karachi in Pakistan on many occasions to meet his handlers under the guise of cross-border trade. he came in contact with two Pakistani spies during these visits, namely Ali and Rizwan. The NIA said that the key conspirator was instructed by the Pakistani spies to deposit money at regular intervals in the bank account of the Navy personnel. The NAVY said fourteen arrests have been made in total thus far in the case including one Pakistan born Indian national Shaista Qiaser.

The press statement by NIA (Source: NIA/Twitter)

NIA earlier made 13 arrests in the Visakhapatnam espionage case

In February this year, the Andhra Pradesh police jointly with the Naval intelligence had arrested thirteen people, including eleven Navy personnel and two civilians, in connection with this alleged espionage case. It was revealed that they were honey-trapped by the Pakistani ISI operatives on social media after which these men had leaked sensitive information related to the Indian Navy through their social media profiles.

“The 11 Navy personnel and the two civilians have been apprehended in connection with the espionage case so far while a large number of social media profiles of service personnel are under the scanner for being in touch with the suspicious profiles,” Navy sources had told ANI. The Navy personnel apprehended by the police were from the different naval bases including Mumbai, Karwar (Karnataka) and Visakhapatnam.

The investigation into Visakhapatnam espionage case named “Operation Dolphin’s Nose”

The investigation into this case began on December 20 last year after the Andhra Pradesh Police, Naval Intelligence and Central Intelligence Agencies in a joint operation arrested seven navy personnel who have been allegedly involved in espionage. The racket was busted in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, which houses the Eastern Naval Command. The operation was named “Operation Dolphin’s Nose”, after the hill named Dolphin’s nose, which is adjacent to Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, housing the residential complexes and offices of Indian Navy.

The police had said that all the arrested officials were in touch with Pakistani women who had befriended them on Facebook. It is alleged that officials were paid through a hawala operator for providing information. The chats between these sailors, who were being used by Pakistanis, were sexually explicit. Sources said the women, who honey-trapped the navy officers posing as their friends on Facebook, were set up by the Pakistani ISI operatives. The sailors were later blackmailed and forced to give information. On December 30, 2019, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had taken over the case.

After the misuse of social media by the naval personnel came to light, the Indian Navy imposed a strict ban on the use of smartphones and social media applications such as Facebook by its personnel.

Pak ISI increasingly using social media for honey-trapping

Pakistan intelligence is increasingly using social media for spying activities. It has long been trying to lure the armed force personnel for carrying out espionage against India.

In January 2019, it was revealed that one Army jawan named Sepoy Somveer Singh, who was arrested four months back on charges of espionage in Jaiselmer, got in touch with one ‘Anika Chopra’ over Facebook and was chatting regularly with her and exchanging details and information about the armoured unit including its movement. Following this, multiple accounts of officers and jawans are under probe with whom ‘Anika Chopra’ was in touch with. Now, as many as 50 jawans are under investigation.

A 2018, an Engineer at Brahmos facility in Nagpur, Nishant Agarwal, was arrested for alleged spying and passing on sensitive information to his ISI handlers. Even then Pakistani handlers had used social media accounts of women to honeytrap Agarwal.

US President Donald Trump threatens to cut ties with China, says he has lost interest in speaking to Xi Jinping

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US President Donald Trump threatens to cut ties with China, says he has lost interest in speaking to Xi Jinping

In a sign of further deterioration of ties between US and China, US President Donald Trump said that he has lost interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping and went on to suggest that his country could even cut ties with the China following the outbreak of deadly pandemic of the Wuhan Coronavirus.

Donald Trump, speaking to Fox News on Thursday, said he was very disappointed with China’s failure to contain the disease and that the pandemic had cast a shadow over the US-China trade deal. “They should have never let this happen,” Trump said. He added, “So I make a great trade deal and now I say this doesn’t feel the same to me. The ink was barely dry and the plague came over. And it doesn’t feel the same to me.” “But I just – right now I don’t want to speak to him,” Trump said in the interview.

We could cut off the whole relationship with China: Donald Trump

Attacking the Communist nation China for spreading deadly pandemic coronavirus across the world, the US President threatened that he would cut off ties with China. “There are many things we could do. We could do things. We could cut off the whole relationship,” he replied. Referring to growing US imports from China, Donald Trump said that cutting ties with China would save $500 billion to the US, the estimated trade deficit of the US with China. “Now, if you did, what would happen? You’d save $500 billion,” he said.

Echoing similar sentiments, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that China needed to provide a lot more information about the coronavirus and Trump was reviewing his options. “The president is concerned. He’s reviewing all his options. Obviously, we’re very concerned about the impact of this virus on the economy, on American jobs, the health of the American public and the president is going to do everything to protect the economy and protect American workers,” Mnuchin said.

Mnuchin added that it was a difficult and complex matter and the president has made very clear, he wanted more information. They did not let us in, they did not let us understand what was going on and the American public have the right to understand all the facts, the US Treasury Secretary added.

US administration to withdraw billions of dollars worth American pension fund investments from China

Just yesterday, Donald Trump administration had decided to pull out billion dollars worth of American pension fund investments in China. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump confirmed that his administration has asked for the withdrawal of billions of dollars of pension fund investments in China as a response to China’s failure to notify the world regarding the Chinese Coronavirus.

We are willing to meet US halfway: China goes defensive

Meanwhile, following President Trump’s diplomatic offensive, China has urged the United States to meet it halfway and strengthen cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. China has also insisted that it has been transparent amidst increasing tensions between US and China. “To maintain the steady development of China-US relations is in the fundamental interests of the people in both countries, and is conducive to world peace and stability,” said foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian at a press briefing.

Zhao Lijian added, “At present, China and the US should continue to strengthen cooperation against the epidemic, defeat the epidemic as soon as possible, treat patients, and restore economy and production. But it requires the US to meet halfway with China.” In a goodwill gesture, China also took some additional steps towards those goals on Thursday after it bought US soybean oil for the first time in nearly two years and issued customs notices allowing imports of US barley and blueberries.

Trump’s war of words with China

Trump has repeatedly accused Beijing of failing to caution the world regarding the severity and scope of the coronavirus outbreak and of withholding data about the earliest cases. The United States has been hardest hit by the pandemic with more than 1,458,243 positive coronavirus cases and nearly 87,000 deaths.

Earlier, Trump had triggered a diplomatic war with China by repeatedly referring the Novel Coronavirus as Chinese Virus. Several leaders in the United States have been highly critical of both China and WHO of their handling of the situation, accusing them of hiding vital information and underplaying the crisis at the beginning.  US President Trump had also expressed doubt over the accuracy of Chinese statistics for cases and deaths. He had also said that he has ‘high degree of confidence’ that Coronavirus originated in Wuhan Institute of Virology, China.

Myanmar hands over 22 militants to India after being persuaded by NSA Ajit Doval, reflecting deepening ties between the two countries

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Myanmar hands over 22 militants to India after being persuaded by NSA Ajit Doval, reflecting deepening ties between the two countries

On Friday, Myanmar handed over 22 militants involved in insurgency operations in the North-East to the Indian Government after Ajit Doval’s nudge, reported Hindustan Times. The militants were extradited from Myanmar via a special aircraft.

Extradited Militants from Myanmar

Reportedly, the 10 militants are ‘wanted’ criminals in Assam while 12 are wanted in Manipur. They were associated with UNLF, PREPAK (Pro), KYKL, PLA in Manipur and NDFB (S), and KLO in Assam and were apprehended from Sagaing Region by the Myanmar army. The successful operation was led by Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Adviser. India also secured the custody of several long-standing wanted criminals such as Lieutenant Peshuram Lesharam of PREPAK (Pro), Home Secretary of NDFB (S) Rajen Dimari, and UNLF Captain Santomba Ningthaujam.

Diplomatic victory for India

A top official said, “This is a big step for the Myanmar government and shows the deepening ties between the two countries. The militants will be handed over to the local police in both the states.” The special flight will first halt in Imphal, Manipur, before setting off for Guwahati, Assam.

According to a senior national security planner, the decision of the Myanmar Government to hand over wanted North-East insurgents, for the first time, is the result of enhanced defence and intelligence co-operation between the two countries. Hitting out at Pakistan, another senior official said that if Pakistan co-operated with India, then, there would not have been terror groups in Pakistan as well.

Myanmar’s decision to extradite the militants is likely to act as a deterrent for other insurgents who have made use of the 1800 long border with ‘treacherous terrain’ to shield themselves. Ever since the joint operations are being conducted by both the militaries, insurgent groups have been running for cover. In the first phase, Myanmar targeted terror camps in Taga in Arunachal Pradesh, followed by Nilgiri, Arakan, and Haukyat in the second phase.

Cross-border Military Operations

In a coordinated operation named “Operation Sunshine-2”, the Indian army along with Myanmar troops conducted a 3-week long operation targeting several militant groups operating in the border regions of Manipur, Nagaland, and Assam in June last year.

The operation conducted between May 16 and June 8 targeted several militant outfits including the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), the NSCN (Khaplang), the United Liberation Front of Assam (I) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB). Reportedly, around 70-80 militants belonging to these groups were nabbed and several of their camps destroyed during the operation. A third phase of the operation may also be launched depending on actionable intelligence and ground situation.

Meerut: Massive lockdown violation in Coronavirus hotspot Jali Kothi, five including Yusuf Badshah arrested

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Meerut: Massive lockdown violation in Coronavirus hotspot Jali Kothi, five including Yusuf Badshah arrested

Numerous violations have been observed in Muslim dominated localities during the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, another such violation was reported from the Jali Kothi area in Meerut. SDM Ajay Kumar Tiwari was informed of a gathering in the area by a source. After receiving the information, the SDM gathered his own team and proceeded to raid the said place. Once he was there, he saw a huge crowd had gathered in the house of one Yusuf Badshah. It is pertinent to mention here that 13 individuals have tested positive thus far in Jali Kothi, Meerut and the area has been declared a hotspot.

Reportedly, the crowd had gathered at the house for a feast that had been going on for the past two days. Yusuf Badshah has been arrested along with four others in connection to the event. More would have been arrested but chaos erupted when the SDM reached the spot and many of the attendees managed to flee. Cases have been registered against the attendees under provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act and for violations of the section 144 restrictions imposed in the area.

Reports differ slightly on what exactly happened at Jali Kothi

Reports vary slightly regarding the details of what exactly happened. According to Amar Ujala, more than 50 people had gathered for the feast while Live Hindustan puts the number at 150. Other reports put the number at over 200. There are other aspects to the story as well where the reports differ.

While some reports claim that the SDM had called the in-charge of the Delhi Gate Police Station after receiving the inform, other reports say that the informer had requested him specifically to not inform the area police station right away as they were already aware of what was happening and if they were informed, the criminals would be able to escape without any consequences. This prompted the SDM to raid the place straightaway. It is also reported that the SDM had called the in-charge of the police station only after reaching the place. However, the reports agree that the in-charge had not received the call.

Police Attackedin Jali Kothi, Meerut in April

That there was severe lapse on the part of the Police cannot be ignored. Whether they were aware of what was happening will only be made clear after the matter is investigated by competent authorities. It is pertinent to mention that Jali Kothi in Meerut is the same where policemen and district officials had been pelted with stones earlier in April after they had reached the place to seal a part of it following the presence of Coronavirus infected individuals at a Mosque in the area. Numerous people including the city magistrate had been injured during the attack.

World Bank praises Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced by PM Modi in the fight against Coronavirus

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World Bank praises Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced by PM Modi in the fight against Coronavirus

The World Bank has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission calling for self-reliance named Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan when it approved a $1 billion USD package for India’s urban poor and migrant population amid the coronavirus pandemic that has grossly affected the economy.

World Bank’s India Director Junaid Ahmad appreciated India’s efforts in providing social assistance to poor and vulnerable households while announcing the package as aid from the World Bank.

In a video, Ahmad said, “I think PM’s Atmanirbhar Mission is very important in terms of directions and India is not making a distinction between life and livelihoods in the aftermath of Covid-19.”

He added, “Social distancing has led to the slowdown of the economy. Government of India has focussed on Garib Kalyan Yojna to help poor and vulnerable as a bridge between the health interventions is happening and where the economy can be revived.”

World bank informed that the multi-billion-dollar social protection package was in addition to the previous package of dollar 1 billion allocated to India for coronavirus emergency response and health systems.

Junaid Ahmad added, “The World Bank’s billion-dollar support for social protection will help India leverage its PM Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY).”

Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan

Prime Minister on 12 may announce a special package with a message of self-reliance to the country. The special financial package is worth 20 lakh crore of 266 billion dollars for reviving the economy that has been very much affected due to lockdown. The Prime Minister informed us that the package is 10 percent of India’s GDP.

PM Modi said, “To prove the resolve of a self-reliant India, this package includes- land, labour, liquidity and law. The grand palace of self-reliance will rest on five pillars. The first pilar is Economy, an economy that will bring quantum jump, not incremental change; the second pillar- Infrastructure that can be the identity of modern India; third pillar- System which will be based on technology-driven processes able to fulfil 21st-century dreams, not rules and regulations of last century; fourth pillar- our Democracy, as the world’s largest and the vibrant democracy is the strength of India; and the fifth pillar- Demand, the cycle of demand and supply in our economy is our strength, and it should be used to its full potential.”

He clarified that this package is for our cottage industries, small-scale industries, for MSME which is the means of livelihood of crores of people, which is the strong basis of our resolve for self-reliant India.

World Bank rolled out multi billion emergency aid

Earlier, the world bank had rolled out a 160 billion dollar emergency aid in dealing with the coronavirus crisis globally.

As per reports, the board of Development lender had announced the first-ever fast-track crisis funding with an initial fund of 1.9 billion dollars that is reportedly going to project in 25 countries and will be extended up to 40 nations.

Coronavirus lockdown: When flights resume, airlines may mandate the usage of full PPEs, including face shields for cabin crew members, say reports

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Coronavirus lockdown: When flights resume, airlines may mandate the usage of full PPEs, including face shields for cabin crew members, say reports

The Cabin crew members of all Indian airlines will have to use Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) on a flight like face shields, gowns, and masks as part of their attire with the flights will resume operations, as per a report in the New Indian Express.

Commercial airlines such as IndiGo, Air India, Vistara, and AirAsia have decided that the staff will have to use PPEs to stay protected from the contagion as they often work in close proximity among themselves and passengers.

As per the new Indian express reports, the Philipines AirAsia had unveiled the new attire for its cabin crew on April 27. The new attire had full red-coloured body suit consisting of a face-shield and a face mask.

Proposed body suits for AirAsia Philippines crew members

The Indian cabin crew of AirAsia will be using face shields, masks, gowns, aprons and gloves, says the NIE report.

As per reports, it will be mandatory for each crew member of Indigo to wear a surgical mask, gloves, face shields along with a gown or a bodysuit. Vistara is planning to have its cabin crew wear a lap gown, face mask and face shield.

Air India is also expected to provide PPEs to its crew members in commercial flights. They will be wearing body suit, gloves, face shield and face mask.

UP government to monitor people buying cold, cough and fever medicines, asks medical stores to collect information of buyers and send to govt

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UP government to monitor people buying cold, cough and fever medicines, asks medical stores to collect information of buyers and send to govt

For the past few days, it has been reported that many people are buying medicines to cure fever, cold, and cough they are having but are not getting treatment at a hospital. Many positive cases have emerged from the migrant workers too who came back from other states during the lockdown.

Sensing the jeopardy it may create, the Yogi Adityanath government has issued a guideline for medical professionals. From now onwards the customers who will buy medicines for cough, cold, and fever will have to provide basic information like names, addresses, and mobile numbers at the pharmacy. This will help the medical practitioners update the details on a daily basis to the health department.

Details will be sent to Health and Family welfare department

The Order is this regard has been issued by the commissioner of Drug licensing and control authority AK Jain. Keeping in mind the contagious Coronavirus infection, all medical stores in all the districts have been told to send the daily information till evening. Information on the symptoms related to fever, cough, and cold along with the information of the buyers including name, address and phone number will be directly sent to the e-link of the Department of Health and Family welfare department.

The government will review the report

The pharmacy will note the name, address, and phone number of the patients who come to take medicines and will inform the drug department at 6 in the evening. Based on the report, the government will monitor the situation and will take appropriate measures to trace and test the people having the ailments which match with the symptoms of COVID-19.

The report will be sent to the government on a daily basis. The information has also been sought for the last 15 days about how many patients of fever cold and cough have come from which region. Based on the report the department will reach them and conduct screening and health tests.

The state of Uttar Pradesh has reported 3902 active cases of coronavirus with a surge of 173 cases in the last 24 hours. 2072 have been recovered till today and 88 have been reported dead due to epidemic.

As she left hospital after treating Coronavirus patients, a pregnant nurse was raped by an illegal migrant in Italy: Her 45-minute horror

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As she left hospital after treating Coronavirus patients, a pregnant nurse was raped by an illegal migrant in Italy: Her 45-minute horror

A pregnant nurse working with those suffering from psychiatric trauma after being hit by the deadly coronavirus pathogen in a hospital in Italy was brutally raped by an illegal migrant from Senegal as she waited for her bus at the Corso Arnaldo Lucci Metropark bus stop, just behind the city’s main rail station. She was attacked by the accused while she waited for the bus to return home after finishing her day’s shift of treating the coronavirus patients.

The illegal migrant from Senegal was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping the 48-year-old nurse after she left work at a Naples hospital at around 3 pm.

Recounting the 45 minutes of horror the nurse said that she doesn’t know whether her physical pain or the mental pain was effecting her more. She said she would now try and struggle to move on and help other people who have experienced similar trauma in life. 

The pregnant nurse recollects that she begged the man to let her go as she was pregnant

In what transpired, the pregnant nurse had reached the Metropark well before time and had an hour to wait because of the reduced transport services due to the coronavirus crisis. She says there was no one around as she waited for her bus. 

She recollects that it was around 3 pm when she was waiting at the deserted Corso Arnaldo Lucci Metropark bus station, suddenly the accused jumped over the fence and started sprinting towards her. Initially, thinking him to be a robber the nurse tried to give him her purse but before the nurse could understand the accused grabbed her by the arm and pinned her to the ground, gagging her with his hand.

She said: “He would put his hands everywhere and would get angry every time I was defending myself.” The nurse recollects that she begged the man to let her go as she was pregnant and was struggling to breathe but he did not stop assaulting her.

“He kept repeating ‘let me do what I want or I’ll kill you. Stand still and don’t scream’. He was double my size and all his weight was on my back. He got angry because my jeans were too tight and he couldn’t take them off,” the nurse was quoted by La Repubblica, an Italian daily as saying.

The accused attempted to even kill the nurse

The nurse recollected telling the accused that if someone came he would be arrested, but he kept trying to rip her jeans off, she said, furthering that her back was completely wounded and her neck covered in bruises. At one point he even attempted to kill her by putting his arms around her neck to choke her.

The illegal migrant continued to assault her for almost 45 minutes until a bus arrived and the driver noticed what was going on and started screaming. By then, the Army arrived and surrounded the attacker until the police got there and took him into custody.

The police took the woman to the hospital and informed her husband. The nurse says she hasn’t yet gone back to work. She added that her husband feels guilty and helpless for not being able to protect her and the incident has devastated the entire family. 

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