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Terrorist Hafiz Saeed’s close aide Syed Sameer Bukhari ran a sex racket in the name of blood bank in PoK

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Terrorist Hafiz Saeed’s close aide Syed Sameer Bukhari ran a sex racket in the name of blood bank in PoK

A political activist and author from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Amjad Ayub Mirza has claimed that Syed Sameer Bukhari, terrorist Hafiz Saeed’s top henchman, who was recently arrested in Bagh city of PoK for running a prostitution ring on April 22, was running it in the name of a blood bank.

Bukhari runs the Al-Mahfiz Foundation, a subsidiary of the JuD, a banned terrorist organisation headed by Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Accusing Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) of a running a sex racket in PoK and supplying women to Pakistani military generals and jihadis, and referring to the recent arrest of Hafiz Saeed’s close aide Syed Sammer Bukhari the activist said: “It is not a surprise to me that this revelation has come forward because JuD is supplying our daughters and sisters as prostitutes to the Pakistani military officers who visit Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) or those who are stationed in the region.”

He added, that the women are also trafficked for the gratification of those jihadi commanders who come back from their training or missions in PoK. Mirza added, “Now, Syed Sameer Bukhari has been arrested only because there was a video in which he was shown in a compromising position with more than one woman. Had this video not come out on social media and gone viral god knows who would have the courage to arrest this ‘gentleman’.”

According to ANI, the police arrested Syed Sameer Bukhari a day after a video of him in a compromising position with women visiting his office in Bagh city of PoK went viral on social media.

The JuD, which projects itself as the protector of Kashmiris have been known for a while to be engaged in sex and drug racketing. Sameer Bukhari’s arrest by the local police has exposed the group as yet another criminal gang operating in PoK and other parts of Pakistan.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath plans to create 15 lakh job opportunities in the next six months

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath plans to create 15 lakh job opportunities in the next six months

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has targeted to create at least 15 lakh job opportunities in the state next six months. He has ordered the senior officials to start working to create employment for at least 15 lac individuals to strengthen the economy that has come to a halt because of the coronavirus lockdown.

Yogi Adityanath has directed the officials to prepare a presentation in this regard within a week. In a meeting, CM Yogi asserted that it is a challenge to strengthen the economy after the lockdown. The preparation for the same should be started without delay. He stated that under the Mukhya Mantri Apprenticeship (Apprenticeship) Incentive Scheme, certain arrangements have been made to provide youth with training in industries with monthly training allowance with rupees 2,500.

The goal is to provide training to two lakh youth every year

One lakh youth is reported to be provided with training in a year. Under the Mukhya Mantri Apprenticeship Incentive Scheme, the goal to provide employment to 2 lac youth is being explored. CM Yogi also directed officials to provide maximum employment to the youth from the ‘Youth Hub’.

The Chief Minister also talked about employment for women. Training should be provided for making school uniforms and sweaters for the children of primary schools. Woman should be provided with employment by giving them sewing machines.

CM Yogi also stated that employment can be provided through this platform by providing training in mobile repairing jobs and training in collaboration with polytechnic, science labs, ITI, etc.

Strengthening the Common Service Centres at the village level

Yogi Adityanath called for strengthening the Common Service Centre at the village level. He suggested holding a loan fair, and employment fair. And also directed to formulate a plan regarding customer service centres in coordination with banks.

The Chief Minister mentioned that the employment generation work should be accelerated through schemes like MSME, ODOP, NRLM, horticulture, and food processing, Deendayal Upadhyay Swarozgar Yojana, Skill Development Mission, Khadi Village Industries and MNREGA.

Puddle of Blood: There are too many unanswered questions in the Palghar Sadhu lynching case

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Puddle of Blood: There are too many unanswered questions in the Palghar Sadhu lynching case

The brutal lynching of Swami Kalpvriksha Giri, Sushil Giriand their driver has shocked the entire nation. The subsequent social media backlash forced Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to break his silence and address the Palghar Sadhu lynching case in a brief address. Though some detractors are busy spinning the narrative of their choice there are still some questions which have remained unanswered.

Inadequacy of the Police in the Palghar Sadhu lynching case

Vicious rumour-mongering being common in the area, the victims were accused of a theft which occurred in Gadchinchale village. Rumour of child abduction and organ harvesting were also cited as the cause of violence.

By their own admission the police force with one API and two PSI’s were at the active scene of crime well 20 min before the final and deathly reign of hits took place. What transpired afterwards is shrouded in mystery as the accounts in the complaint don’t match the horrific video of the incident doing rounds on social media and indicate a major omission of facts by polices.

The complaint mentions API Anandrao kale being informed about the location of an incident in progression involving a violent mob which overturned a white vehicle on 16th April between the Gadchinchle and Chaukipada village. It further states that upon reaching the active scene of the crime, police started working on retrieving the three trapped individuals in the overturned car and escort them towards the police vehicle. Did the police take the necessary steps to disperse the mob is not detailed in the complaint and even if taken they must have failed as the account of the incident further describes the mob restraining officers helping the victims? The mob then proceeded to pelt stones upon other officers and their vehicles. No countermeasures seem to have taken place as the mob had its way with the sadhus.

In the video a police personal can be seen escorting Swami Kalpavriksha out of a building towards a police vehicle when the mob gets animated and starts raining lathis and rods upon the helpless monk. The policeman can be seen ditching the sadhu right in the middle of the murderous crowd, ignoring his pleas for help and trot off his hand several times. The complaint never mentions the building in which Swami Kalpavriksha took refuge, how did he end up there or who escorted him out to his abandonment and death.

Many discrepancies between the complaint, the video evidence and common sense raises a few questions such as, 

  1. How did a mob of 400-500 assemble in such a short time in an area where the villages (Pada) with a population of 100-150 are separated by a sizeable distance between them?
  2. Why were the authorities so unaware of the mob’s movements prior to the incident?
  3. As section 144 order was already in effect, how can a mob this large assemble based on mere suspicion of the so-called theft? Where were the police patrols?
  4. Once on the scene, why didn’t the police use crowd-control methods to better direct the situation? 
  5. Given by the timeline in the complaint the incident took place within just 20 minutes, why didn’t police try and defuse the situation by use of force like lathi-charge or firing in the air? 
  6. As the complaint claims they were pelted by stones and were being thrashed by a mob then why didn’t the police retaliate with force? Was the justification of being outnumbered and being attacked from all sides, not enough?

I understand that in such situations when it is down to the wire you have to take a judgement call and it is evident that the API on the scene didn’t make the right one.

Lies of press after the Palghar lynching of Sadhus

The complaint against the seven prime accused was filed on the 17th April by API Anand Kale, which details the police’s narration of the incident. It starts with the complainant API receiving information about the incident over a phone call and ends with him returning to his station after the incident with searching through jungles for suspects in between. In no way or fashion, the police imply that the victims were actually thieves, or involved in any illegal activities of such nature. The only mention of this ‘thievery’ is when the complaint mentions that the mob suspected the three of theft based on a rumour.

A complaint is merely a descriptive report of first impressions of the complainant about the incident, not a judgement. And as for the claims of suspicion of theft being root cause of the lynching, they are yet to be proven and are still under investigation. Yet the day after, all mainstreammedia went with the headlines such as “Three ‘thieves’ beaten to death by villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district”. Forget the murder of journalistic ethics or complete disregard of the due process, but it is necessary to ask what prompted this jump to the ‘suitable’ conclusion?

The suspicious behavior of the media raises following questions,

  1. Who briefed the media with the story of suspected thieves being killed, when the police itself is still investigating? What and who pushed media to act as the judge, the jury and the executioner and declare the sadhus as ‘thieves’? Isn’t this an attempt to whitewash the crime?
  2. Why did media deliberately omit the fact that the two victims of this violence were sadhus? Isn’t it a common practice in media that when an individual is attacked usually the heading reads of his identity as ‘Lawyer shot by unknown individuals’, then why act out of the norm now?

The hijinks of media further prove that, if a victim does not belong to some so-called oppressed subset of the demographic, at best the mainstream media will kill the report or worst will misreport the crime with heavy dose of victim blaming.

Read: The Wire declares that two Sadhus of Juna Akhara, victims of Palghar lynching, were not Hindus at all: Here is the truth

The coordinated stance of media indicates towards an unholy nexus of media houses and their manipulation of information. In a democracy where information is as important as currency, that’s equivalent to the crime of counterfeiting where all parties involved in the trade face the losses and only the counterfeiters’ profit. So, let’s ask who is benefiting from this?

Suspicious silence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray

This series of unfortunate events took place on the eve of 16thApril, 2020, yet the world at large became aware of it once a video of the brutal killings started doing rounds on Social Media. For total of three whole days the chief Minister of Maharashtra sat silent on the matter. And even when he finally spoke, he furthered the misreporting done by media, taunted citizens by labelling citizens outrage against the brutal killings as an attempt to communalise or politicise the matter. Isn’t this even a tad bit suspicious?

  1. Why is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra interfering with the investigation by declaring the killings were results of suspicion?[ii]Who is he protecting? Why is he so desperate to further the narrative set by the media?[iii]
  2. Why does the CM acts as if the incident is a PR crisis when in actuality it is a humanitarian crisis?
  3. How can the CM claim that an outrage of citizens is an attempt to communalise or politicize the matter?
  4. Why is the home ministers of Maharashtra are threatening the citizens with legal consequences if they speak their mind to demand justice for the victims?

It is sad to see the police, the media and even the CM act in such suspicious and malicious way in the wake of such a horrific incident. The coordinated efforts to first suppress, then dilute and now dismiss the incident by the Police, Media, as well as the CM, seem like a major coverup only hinging on the complaint filed by the now-suspended API. As the basis of conviction in a criminal proceeding is to prove the complaint beyond reasonable doubt and the video clearly shows Swami Kalpavriksha being escorted out of a building towards police vehicle and then get fatally attacked. But the complaint filed by the eyewitness API Anandrao Kale omits this part of the incidence, meaning the fact and the complaint differ. The law requires the complaint to be perfect, correct and true, which is not the case. So why is the complaint being falsified? Is this material omission a part of a scheme to hide the laxity of the police or to create loopholes for the real culprits to escape the clutches of law? Why is media tugging at the same feeble thread? And who is behind all this? Who is benefiting out of this? Will the CM clarify?

After SC grants protection to Arnab Goswami, petitions seeking FIR against him and a ban on Republic TV filed in Bombay and Karnataka High Courts

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After SC grants protection to Arnab Goswami, petitions seeking FIR against him and a ban on Republic TV filed in Bombay and Karnataka High Courts

Pleas have been filed in the Karnataka and Bombay High Courts seeking FIR against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami after he questioned interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi in his show for her silence over the Palghar mob lynching in which two Hindu Sadhus were brutally killed by a group of 100 frenzied villagers.

The filing of petitions came on the heels of the Supreme Court order which granted the journalist protection from an arrest earlier today.

Additionally, the petitions have also sought court directive to stop broadcasting of Republic TV and ‘The Debate’, the primetime debate show anchored by Arnab Goswami.

A petition filed in Karnataka High Court seeking a ban on the broadcasting of Republic TV

The petitioner, Mohammed Arif, who filed a plea in the Karnataka High Court, has alleged in his petition that Republic TV and other channels have attributed the coronavirus outbreak in the country to the entire Muslim community after the role of Tablighi Jamaat in aiding the virus spread came to the light. Arif contended that broadcasting of such news enables stigmatisation of Muslims in the society.

The petition also cites the Supreme Court directive that instructed the media to remain responsible in its coverage of the pandemic after the centre approached the apex court seeking a bar on the media from publishing COVID-19 information without government verification.

The petition further mentions that Arnab Goswami has not only promoted communal enmity among the people but has also indulged in “shameful acts of derogatory, defamatory and name shaming on live TV”.

Furthermore, the petitioner claimed that Goswami had resorted to sharing fake news while alleging that the shameful killing of the Hindu sadhus in Palghar was a handiwork of a Christian or Muslim mob.

Citing these alleged offences, the petitioner has asked the Karnataka high court to put a ban on the broadcasting of Republic TV.

A plea submitted in Bombay High Court against Arnab Goswami and Republic TV

The plea filed in the Bombay High Court seeks an FIR against the Republic TV Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, along with an interim ban on the broadcasting of his news channel. The request has been made on the grounds of falsely purveying fake news that a Muslim or a Christian mob was behind the unfortunate lynching of the Hindu sadhus.

Suraj Singh Thakur and Bhai Jagtap, the petitioners, have alleged in their petition that lynching is alleged to have been committed due to the religion of the victim, however, it was amply clear during the time of the debate that the mob consisted of members of the same religion as the victims of the lynching.

Statements such as “Italy’s Antonio Maino(Sonia Gandhi) is happy that Sadhus have been killed” were made to stir a political upheaval, the petition said.

The petitioners have alleged Arnab Goswami of promoting enmity between different religion groups by politicising and communalising the matter. In addition, the petitions also alleges that the means employed by Arnab Goswami were unethical and abusive of the true notion of the freedom of speech and the press.

Supreme Court grants protection of 3 weeks to Arnab Goswami

The Supreme Court of India today granted interim protection of three weeks to senior journalist Arnab Goswami against multiple FIRs filed against him by the Congress party in various states. The Apex court also directed to merged all FIRs into one which will be investigated in Mumbai, where the Republic TV Editor-In-Chief is based, and stayed all the FIRs till further orders.

Arnab questioned Sonia Gandhi’s silence over Palghar incident

Launching an attack against Sonia Gandhi, Arnab Goswami had questioned if she would have maintained the silence she is exhibiting today had Christian padres been killed instead of Hindu sadhus in the horrifying lynching incident in Palghar. However, soon after, Congress leaders and many journalists started abusing Arnab and by extension Prime Minister Modi implying he was responsible for Arnab questioning Sonia Gandhi’s silence.

Database with 267 million Facebook user profiles sold on the dark web: Reports

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Database with 267 million Facebook user profiles sold on the dark web: Reports

Cybersecurity researchers at Cyble had found that a database with 267 million Facebook user profiles wad been sold on the Dark web, reported cybersecurity firm Sophos. The firm bought the database for $540 or ₹41,033.

The user records comprised of unique Facebook IDs, email addresses, age, and even phone numbers. As per the report, even though no passwords were exposed, emails and text messages could be used for phishing campaigns (luring individuals to reveal sensitive information).

While the source of a data breach could not be ascertained, cybersecurity experts believe that the database might have leaked from through Facebook’s third-party developer API (tools used to build software).

The Unknown Actor

Reportedly, the user records were shared elsewhere before being sold on the Dark Web. It was initially taken down by the ISP (Internet Service Provider) hosting the page. When the database reappeared, an unknown actor replaced the personal information with ‘dummy data’ and changed user names to “please_secure_your_servers.”

This was first spotted by researcher Bob Diachenko who then teamed up with Comparitech, a technology comparison website, to discover that the Facebook user records were exposed for roughly 14 days before it was removed.

The unknown actor changed FB database names to “please_secure_your_servers.”

Protecting your Facebook Information

The more information a user has in his/her public domain, the higher is the vulnerability towards cyber-attacks/ online scams and phishing campaigns. It is, therefore, important to be wary of emails and texts received from unknown sources. Cybercriminals can use the exposed email addresses of the compromised Facebook accounts to harvest passwords. This can be executed by comparing it with leaked databases that included passwords from the past.

If someone uses the same email address and password elsewhere, then, it can lead to leakage of more sensitive information. Therefore, it is suggested to activate two-factor authentication for Facebook accounts to prevent scammers from harvesting your valuable data.

Allegations of Illegal data harvesting by Facebook

In December 2018, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) had imposed a penalty of 10 million euros ($11.4 million) on Facebook for illegally harvesting the data of its users for commercial purposes. The Authority said, “Facebook has been practising aggressive policies towards registered users, who suffer from the transfer of their personal data by Facebook to third parties without their direct and prior consent, thus without notification and automatically”.

The Authority had also asked Facebook to run an apology on its website and app. A Facebook spokesperson told the company was considering the decision of the Authority and the matter will be resolved soon. The company had made some changes in its policy providing more rights to the users.

“I am deeply grateful to SC for upholding my constitutional right to report, I will not be intimidated”: Arnab Goswami

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“I am deeply grateful to SC for upholding my constitutional right to report, I will not be intimidated”: Arnab Goswami

Hours after Supreme Court of India granted interim protection to senior journalist Arnab Goswami against multiple FIRs filed against him by the Congress party in various states, Republic Media Network’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami expressed his gratitude to the Supreme Court for upholding his right to report.

In a video message, Arnab Goswami thanked the apex court for upholding his constitutional right to report and for defending his freedom of expression and his freedom as a journalist. Arnab Goswami added that he was delighted to know that the Supreme Court had given him protection from the arrest.

Continuing his attack on the Congress party, Arnab Goswami said filing hundreds of FIR against him and his network was an act of intimidation against reporting the truth on Palghar mob lynching. “I am deeply grateful to the Supreme Court for not allowing Congress party to harass me and my network, especially in Congress-ruled states,” said Arnab in his video message.

“Congress leaders have been intimidating me and threatening me with physical violence. I am deeply grateful that the Supreme Court has noted the violence against me and my wife,” he said.

Arnab Goswami said that his faith in the country’s highest court has been upheld even today and said that he will bow down to the apex court for the manner in which they have defended his rights as a journalist. He also thanked millions of citizens who wrote to him at a time when he and his family was subjected to harassment by the Congress party leadership.

The Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV also urged the Congress party to reconsider its path of trying to coerce and intimidate a journalist on his duty by taking things out of context and to use fake news against him.

“In the last 72 hours, numerous attempts of physical violence and threats have been issued and my phone number has been circulation by few people associated with the political party,” said Goswami.

Goswami added that he will not be cowed down by the threats and abuse issued by the Congress party and said that such abuses only made his resolve to report much firmer.

Sonia, you are nothing but a crumbling symbol of entitlement: Arnab

A day after the Congress ecosystem had suffered a meltdown after Arnab Goswami called Sonia Gandhi by her original name ‘Antonia Maino’ and questioned her silence on Palghar lynching, and started hounding him, resulting in an attack against Arnab Goswami, Goswami had declared on live TV again that he will not be scared by the intimidating tactics.

Last night, Goswami addressed to Sonia Gandhi again on the live debate of Republic TV. He stated, “I am sorry Sonia Gandhi, but here I am, back on the air. You carried out a little Italian mafia-style operation, remember?”

“And please Sonia, do not get touchy about the Italian reference, because that is where you are from. Because I truly mean it,” he said.

Calling Sonia Gandhi a failure, Arnab Goswami had said, “You failed Sonia, like you always do. You are a failure. You failed at elections. You failed to cover-up your scams. You failed to prop-up your tin-pot dynasty. And do you remember Sonia that scary tale? That those who dare to take you on do not survive to tell the tale? Figuratively or otherwise? Even that does not scare anyone any more.”

Youth Congress’ attack on Arnab Goswami

In a shocking incident, Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was attacked by two goons in the wee hours of the night.

In the intervening night of 22nd and 23rd April, Arnab Goswami and his wife were driving back home when two bike-borne assailants attacked their car. According to Republic TV, the goons confessed that they were from Youth Congress and the attack took place only 500 meters away from Goswami’s residence.

Following the horrific attack on him, Republic TV’s Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami released a video narrated the incident.

Narrating the incident, Arnab Goswami said that he and his wife were driving back to their residence around 12.15 AM at Ganpatrao Kadam Marg when two bike-borne attacked him. Arnab added that his security detail later informed him that the attackers belonged to Youth Congress workers, who confessed that they were given instructions by their higher-ups to carry out the attack.

In a video released after the attack, Arnab went on to hold Sonia Gandhi personally responsible for the attack while asserting that neither him or his network will be cowed down by the attack.

“I will hold you personally responsible for any consequences and any attack on me. If anything ever happens to me, it is Sonia Gandhi and Vadra family, who cannot take my questions, are responsible,” had added Arnab Goswami.

He was scratching, was without a mask, never mentioned his religion: Here is the truth about a man being booked for ‘refusing delivery from Muslim man’

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He was scratching, was without a mask, never mentioned his religion: Here is the truth about a man being booked for ‘refusing delivery from Muslim man’

In a video that has now surfaced online, a man, reportedly the 51-year-old Gajanan Chaturvedi who was earlier arrested for allegedly refusing to take delivery from a Muslim person has dismissed claims of ‘religious discrimination‘ levelled against him.

In the viral video, Chaturvedi clarified, “My elder daughter who lives in Hyderabad had booked groceries online for me. When I and my wife went downstairs to collect our supplies, I was not pleased with his behaviour. He was sitting on his Scooty and scratching his unmasked face.”

No mask, was touching face continuously

“I was taken aback, given that people are scared to even touch their own face at the time of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.” On being asked his address, the 32-year-old delivery man said that he had come from Naya Nagar, one of the Coronavirus hotspots in the city. The man asked, “How did you reach here from Naya Nagar when there is a strict restriction on the movement of people?”

Scared by the fact that the delivery boy was touching his face continuously and had come from a Coronavirus hotspot, the Mumbai man refused to take his groceries. When the couple began heading towards their home, the boy allegedly kept yelling, “I am a Muslim and so you are not taking my stuff.”

Never mentioned his religion

The man clarified, “During my interaction with him, I never mentioned the word ‘Muslim’ even for once.” Rebuking the delivery boy, the man emphasised that he would not take the groceries. “It is important to stay safe. If I get infected, then, my children will also get infected”, Chaturvedi was heard saying in the video.

The man alleged that the boy did not turn the camera towards himself as it would have revealed the fact that he was not wearing the mask. “There were no gloves in his hand. I told him that I won’t take the goods. Tell me where am I wrong?”, the man asked.

The delivery boy had registered a complaint at Kashimira police station on Tuesday. The police booked Gajanan Chaturvedi under the Indian Penal Code section 295 (a) for committing a deliberate or malicious act with the intention of outraging Patel’s religious feelings and beliefs. He was then produced before a Thane court. Chaturvedi was later released on a personal surety of Rs 15,000, as per reports.

Itna neeche koi Brahmin hi gir sakta hain: Complaint against Congress spokesperson Udit Raj for anti-Brahmin statement while targeting Arnab Goswami

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Itna neeche koi Brahmin hi gir sakta hain: Complaint against Congress spokesperson Udit Raj for anti-Brahmin statement while targeting Arnab Goswami

A social worker and the president of an NGO operating in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, Sampat Saraswat has lodged a complaint at the Cyber ​​Crime Branch in New Delhi against Congress spokesperson Udit Raj for his defamatory statement against the Brahmins.

Calling the Congress spokesperson an opportunist and a product of caste-based reservation Saraswat took to Twitter to share the copy of the complaint lodged against the leader for making vulgar comments on Brahmins.

Tweet by All India Parisangh, founded by Udit Raj

Like other Congress leaders, Udit Raj also attacked Arnab Goswami after the Republic TV Editor-in-Chief questioned UPA chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi over her silence on Palghar mob-lynching in which two Hindu Sadhus and a driver were killed by an unruly mob. The Congress spokesperson’s organisation All India Parisangh Tweeted through its official handle in Hindi: “Itna neeche koi Brahmin hi gir sakta hain, jitna Arnab Goswami gira hain”, roughly translated as (only a Brahmin can fall as low as Arnav Goswami has fallen).

Tweet by All India Parisngh, founded by Udit Raj
All India Parisangh twitter account, that mentions it was founded by Udit Raj

Though after getting noticed and called out, All India Parisangh promptly deleted the Tweet, however, until then the damages were done. People on Twitter took screenshots of the hateful message and circulated it widely.

Congress and journalists attacked Arnab Goswami

Congress leaders and journalists who identify themselves as neutral had attacked Arnab Goswami after the Republic TV Editor-in-Chief questioned UPA chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi over her silence on Palghar mob-lynching incident. While Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot called Goswami ‘insane’ and called for BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar to ‘fire’ Goswami from Republic even though he no longer has anything to do with the media house, Congress handles also came together to prove Sonia Gandhi as a patriot. Soon, the journalists and liberal fraternity had also joined in, to abuse Arnab.

Arnab Goswami on Sonia Gandhi

During the show, Arnab Goswami had referred to Sonia Gandhi by her real name ‘Antonia Maino’ and had cited her Italian origin as he exposed her hypocrisy over the killing of Hindu Sadhus in Maharashtra.

Arnab further alleged that he felt that Sonia Gandhi was deep down happy that Hindu saints have been killed by the frenzied mob in a state that is governed by her party. He also contended that Gandhi would prepare and send a report to Italy saying she had been successful in eliminating Hindu saints in a state where she had formed the government.

Is Azaan really ‘banned’ during the lockdown? Not really says Delhi Police: Here is exactly what happened in the viral video

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Is Azaan really ‘banned’ during the lockdown? Not really says Delhi Police: Here is exactly what happened in the viral video

The Delhi Police issued a clarification after an incident on Friday where two policemen in Delhi could be heard telling Muslim women that they couldn’t offer Azaan in a Masjid in the wake of the nationwide lockdown imposed to combat the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic. The Delhi Police has said in a statement that “Azaan may be carried out in accordance with NGT guidelines” and Muslims were requested to offer their Namaz while staying indoors and have Sehri at home.

Source: Delhi Police/Twitter

The statement was released by the Delhi Police after the video of an altercation between Muslim women and two Policemen went viral on social media. In the said video, the Muslim women claim that five people are allowed to perform Namaz in the Masjid and insist that Azaan be allowed to be carried out. The Policemen are heard saying in the video that Azaan could not be carried out in the Masjid. One of the women asks, “If Azaan is not carried out, how will we offer Namaz?” The Policemen insist that the order have come from the Lieutenant General of Delhi.

From the nature of the conversation and the statement by the Delhi Police which mentions guidelines issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), it appears that loudspeakers might have been used to relay the Azaan to the masses. The use of loudspeakers during Azaan is prohibited and the NGT has taken a hardline stance on the matter. Last year in March, the NGT directed the Delhi Police to map out hotspots in the city and crack down on violators.

“There has to be strict action of identifying and mapping the hotspots of noise pollution, requiring installation of noise measuring device by the users of noise creating devices having potential of causing high noise level, beyond the prescribed limit,” the bench had said.“There has to be a surveillance and monitoring mechanism, coordination with educational institutions and resident welfare associations,” it added.

Thus, quite clearly, Azaan is not banned but using loudspeakers for it is indeed prohibited. The video does not portray the entire series of events and it does tell us about the chain of events leading to that conversation. However, it appears very probable that loudspeakers were involved and perhaps, the Delhi Police should offer more facts regarding the incident.

Meanwhile, Muslim ‘intellectuals’ on social media have gotten themselves busy playing the victim card over the incident and hailing the women as heroes. It’s not only Saba Naqvi who insinuated that Azaan during Ramzan had been banned, others joined in the clamour too.

There doesn’t appear to be any clarity yet regarding the precise nature of events, however, the victim card is out again on full display. It could very well be that there was lapse on the part of the two policemen but at the same time, the policemen could have been telling the people that Azaan through loudspeakers is not permissible. In any case, it’s too early to be playing the victim card but that hasn’t prevented the usual suspects from spinning the incident already into their narrative of alleged persecution of Muslims in India.

Maulana Saad transferred windfall donation received by Tablighi Jamaat in March to a dozen different bank accounts: Reports

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Maulana Saad transferred windfall donation received by Tablighi Jamaat in March to a dozen different bank accounts: Reports

Soon after the role of Tablighi Jamaat as the most potent coronavirus hotspot came to the fore, Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, who heads the orthodox Islamic organisation headquartered in Nizamuddin has been on the run from the police to evade arrest. The police are now investigating into the finances of Tablighi Jamaat, suspecting Maulana Saad of being involved in money laundering. In the preliminary investigation, the police have discovered that the outsize donation received by Tablighi Jamaat in the month of March was transferred to more than a dozen different bank accounts almost within 24-48 hours of receiving the amount.

Millions of rupees as donation, maximum in March this year

According to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, which is investigating the finances of Tablighi Jamaat, Maulana Saad has been receiving money in the tunes of billions by anti-national forces. They have also asserted that the money received by Tablighi Jamaat is being made under the guise of donation for religious education. The role of accused Maulana Saad’s acolyte, Javed, is also under scanner as the police have accused him of transferring millions of rupees every day to Markaz’s account in batches from different bank accounts to escape scrutiny.

As per a report in Jagran, the Crime Branch and Enforcement Directorate of the Delhi Police, which is investigating the Tablighi Markaz, have discovered a bank account in the Bank of India’s branch at Nizamuddin in the name of Markaz. Maulana Saad’s name is also mentioned in the account. Although Tablighi Jamaat keeps receiving the donation from its patrons all around the year, the investigative agencies are probing into the unusually large donations that the organisation received in the month of March.

However, a key aspect to this donation was that within 24-48 hours of receiving the windfall, the money was transferred to more than a dozen accounts through net banking, raising suspicion. When the bank officials questioned Javed regarding the suspicious transfer, he gave evasive replies to the bank officials’ queries. Later, when on March 31, the bank officials warned to close the bank account if Saad does not appear in person.

The influence wielded by the head of Tablighi Jamaat organisation can be gauged from the fact that when the bank officials asked one of his closest confidantes, Javed, to ask Maulana to appear before them, he right-away rejected their demand saying Saad will not appear. He even gloated to the bank officials that even a prominent security officer along with several others had to seek Maulana’s time before meeting him.

In order to ascertain the truth behind the suspicious bank account transfer, the Crime Branch is preparing to arrest not just Maulana Saad but other six maulanas involved in the management- Ashraf, Mufti Shehzad, Dr Zeeshan, Murshleen Saifi, Salman and Yunus.

Significantly, in its investigation to determine the whereabouts of Maulana Saad, the team of Delhi Crime Branch on Thursday reached Shamli district of UP. Maulana Saad reportedly owns a plush farm-house in the district which he frequents every year. However, he wasn’t found there.

Cases filed against Maulana Saad

As the congregation organised at Markaz Nizamuddin and attended by thousands of Tablighi Jamaat patrons across the country rendered it into a super-spreader of the coronavirus, the head of Islamic organisation, Maulana Saad, was booked under The Epidemics Act 1897 for allowing religious congregation in the month of March despite repeated warnings from the centre and the state government. He disregarded the guidelines issued by the government in the light of the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic which is spreading rapidly. Maulana Saad is wanted in an offence lodged by the Delhi Police under sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and sections of the Indian Penal Code, for violating government directions on steps to be taken for avoiding the spread of Wuhan Coronavirus.

In addition, the Delhi police have also charged Tablighi Jamaat Chief Maulana Saad Kandhalvi for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The charges of culpable homicide under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code was added to the FIR that was already lodged against the religious leader on March 31.

Furthermore, the Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against the Tablighi Jamaat Chief Maulana Saad Kandhalvi and nine others on Thursday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on predicate offence that is registered by Delhi police.

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