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Unnao case: All you need to know about a ghastly crime born out of a troubled relationship

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Unnao case: All you need to know about a ghastly crime born out of a troubled relationship

New details have emerged on the Unnao rape and murder case, where it has been revealed that before the heinous crime, the victim was in a relationship with the main accused, and the relationship had turned sour after the family of the man refused to accept her. On Thursday, the 23-year-old rape victim was allegedly set ablaze by five men, including two men she had accused of raping her, at Hindu Nagar village in Unnao, while she was on her way to Rae Bareli.

Village resident and an eye witness, Ravindra Prakash said that even after being set on fire, the survivor ran for about a kilometre, and sought his help. He added that after he called the nearest post station by dialling 100 from his phone and she herself spoke to the police informing them about the incident, following which the police reached the crime spot and took her to hospital.

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The woman who had suffered 90 per cent burns died of a cardiac arrest on Friday night after hours of fighting at the Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi. The police have arrested the two prime accused, Shivam Trivedi and his cousin Shubham Trivedi, besides three of their family members — Harishankar Trivedi, Umesh Bajpai and Shivam’s father Ram Kishore Trivedi.

Read- Unnao police calls out Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, says her statement that there were 90 rape cases in past one year wrong

IG Lucknow, SK Bhagat, while talking to the media revealed that the victim was in a relationship with one of the main accused Shivam Trivedi, who had physically exploited her on the pretext of marrying her. In order to trick the victim, Shivam had on January 18, 2018, also signed a marriage contract on a stamp paper of Rs 50, which was also counter-signed by a notary.

Reportedly, the Unnao victim and Shivam had consensual sex in the past since Shivam had been making promises to the victim of marrying her. But things had fallen apart after Shivam’s parents refused to accept the girl as their daughter-in-law. After that Shivam also back-tracked and declined to marry her in a formal ceremony, and even threatened to kill her.

The victim alleged that after things became bitter, Shivam along with his cousin Shubham kidnapped her in December 2018 and thereafter raped her. Since Shivam’s family was influential, the police did not register an FIR then. The woman then approached a local court. After the intervention of a local court, the case was registered in Rae Bareli district in March.

In the FIR lodged on March 4, 2019, the victim had alleged that Shivam Trivedi, son of Hindu Nagar Gram Pradhan Savitri Devi, had raped her on the pretext of marriage. She had further alleged that Shivam’s cousin, Shubham, along with three others also joined him in raping her.

Read- If you were ‘ashamed as a society’ after the Hyderabad rape and murder, you are part of the problem

According to the IG, acting upon the FIR, police had sent Shivam the main accused to jail, who later got bail on November 30. After coming out of jail, Shivam was in constant pursuit to take revenge from the victim. Her brother also said that the pradhan’s family had been threatening them for the past few days to withdraw the rape case before Shivam set her on fire on Thursday.

Notably, the victim’s family had alleged that Shivam’s family had offered them Rs 3 lakh to get their daughter to marry off elsewhere. Since Shivam’s family was influential they had tried to create pressure on the victim’s family through the village Panchayat as well, failing which they resorted to this remorseless recourse.

Reportedly, the rape victim was going to Raebareli with her parents to pursue the case at 4 am on Wednesday when she was attacked. According to the reports, the rape accused and his friends dragged the woman outside of her village, took her into the fields and doused her in petrol before setting her on fire.

Read- Laws should be amended so accused in rape cases do not get bail: Sister of Hyderabad rape and murder victim

The bail order issued by Allahabad High Court on 25th November also mentions that Shivam had brought the woman to Raebareli on the pretext of giving her employment, and “forcibly committed rape with her by giving false assurance of solemnizing marriage with her”. The order states that the duo had signed the marriage agreement on 9th January this year, but Shivam had dishonoured this agreement after his parents refused to accept the relationship.

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Bail order of Shivam Trivedi

Importantly, the High Court order does not mention anything about the alleged kidnap and rape in December 2018 and mentions that the marriage agreement was signed in January 2019. The order only talks about rape on the pretext of marriage by Shivam, while remaining silent on the alleged gang-rape by Shivam and his friends.

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The family of Shivam has strongly refuted the allegations, saying that they are not guilty. They have said that the woman was pressurising Shivam to marry her, and had threatened to file rape charges against him if he refuses to marry her. They have alleged that the woman had said that she will send Shivam to jail for 10-20 years on rape charges. The family also pointed out that Shivam was found sleeping at his house by police after the woman was allegedly burnt by him. According to them, he would not be sleeping after committing such a crime. They also questioned the version of the woman that she ran for more than a kilometre after setting on fire.

Read- The Quint continues their ‘humanising’ project by whitewashing and creating sympathy wave for Hyderabad rape and murder accused

The police have said that despite suffering intense burns, the survivor had named the accused who she said set her ablaze. Unnao SP Vikram Veer said she named the two cousins and three other family members, and all of them have been arrested.

Besides assuring fast inquiry in the case and compensation for the family the Yogi government had also sent commissioner and IG-rank officers to the crime scene in Unnao promising to help the survivor in all possible ways.

Meerut: Muslim girl converts to Hinduism to marry her lover, accuses relatives of threatening to burn her alive

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Meerut: Muslim girl converts to Hinduism to marry her lover, accuses relatives of threatening to burn her alive

An interfaith couple from Meerut is being threatened by the girl’s family after she converted to marry her husband in a Temple. Her family members are not happy with the marriage and are issuing death threats against them. As per Navbharat Times, the girl is the daughter of one Abid Ali from Daurala town’s Shahpur-Jadid village in Meerut district.

According to reports, the girl left her home on the 14th of April and married Anujpal at the Arya Samaj Mandir in Deoband after converting her faith. Anujpal is a resident of the same village. Following that, she appeared before the Court to register her statements and the Court permitted her to live with her husband. Since then, they have been living at a house on rent.

Read: Gharwapsi: 98 converted Christians come back to Hinduism in Tripura

The girl is now accusing her relatives of threatening her life, as per a report in Patrika. It is alleged that they are threatening to burn her alive and murder her. It is also being alleged that only a week earlier, her relatives had made an attempt to kidnap her along with her husband. They soon reached the Police Station to request for security. The SP of the Crime Branch has ordered that they are provided with security. The couple has been assured that they will be provided complete security.

The couple has alleged that they cannot go back to their village in fear. They want to live at the husband’s home but the girl’s side is issuing death threats. In her complaint to the SP, the girl has also said that her father organized a Panchayat in the village along with others. According to her, it was declared in the Panchayat that if the couple dared to enter the village, they will be murdered.

Shashi Tharoor cheers for foreign interference, calls resolution on Kashmir in US House of Congress an ‘admirable effort’

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Shashi Tharoor cheers for foreign interference, calls resolution on Kashmir in US House of Congress an ‘admirable effort’

Senior Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor, consistent with the nature of his party endorsed a clear American attempt at meddling in our internal affairs. He labelled the introduction of a bipartisan resolution on Kashmir as an ‘admirable effort’ by representatives of the US House Congress when in reality, it was an attempt at meddling in India’s internal affairs.


The resolution was introduced by Indian-American Pramila Jayapal and it has been co-sponsored by Republican Congressman Steve Watkins. The resolution cannot be voted on in the Senate and does not have the force of law. Jayapal was urged not to introduce it by numerous members of the Indian-American community and her office received over 25,000 emails from Indian-Americans in addition to in-person meetings. However, she has decided to go ahead with it. There were also peaceful demonstrations outside her office against her move to table the resolution on Kashmir.

Read: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor joins UK firm which had hosted NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan in controversial Kashmir event

Thus, quite clearly, Jayapal does not even have the unequivocal support of Indian Americans. However, one person she does have support from is Shashi Tharoor. It is quite distressing that a senior leader of the main opposition party in India is cheering for a resolution that is effectively an interference in the internal affairs of India. India is a sovereign country and the least one would expect from Indian politicians is to protect the sovereignty of our nation. But Shashi Tharoor, it seems, will cheer for foreign entities that seek to undermine the sovereignty that we cherish as an independent country.

The proper response from Shashi Tharoor would have been to question the locus-standi of the US House of Congress in the matter of Kashmir. He should also have questioned what moral authority does the US have over India regarding ‘human rights violations’. The United States of America has violated the human rights of populations throughout its history and yet, it presumes to have the authority to lecture India about human rights. Instead of asking such legitimate questions, Shashi Tharoor calls it an ‘admirable effort’.

Read: Showing complete disregard for law of the land, ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub illegally smuggles a foreign journalist in Kashmir for New Yorker article

As disgraceful as it is, Shashi Tharoor’s stance isn’t surprising. Not too long ago, another senior leader of the Congress party, Mani Shankar Aiyar, had famously asked for Pakistan’s help to ‘remove’ PM Modi and bring a Congress government to power. The Congress party has also regularly toed the Pakistani line on matters of national security, be it Surgical Strikes, Pulwama Terror Attack, Balakot Air Strikes or Kashmir.

Therefore, as distressing as it may seem, Shashi Tharoor’s endorsement of interference in Kashmir by the US House Representatives is consistent with the pattern of behaviour the Congress party has demonstrated in recent times. It also, perhaps, explains why the Congress has been reduced to merely 52 seats in the Lok Sabha.

US naval base shooting: Saudi Air Force trainee watched mass shooting videos before launching the attack

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US naval base shooting: Saudi Air Force trainee watched mass shooting videos before launching the attack

The Saudi Arabian Air Force trainee who had fatally shot three sailors at Pensacola naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week and watched videos of mass shootings along with three others before the attack, reports Associated Press.

According to a US official, the Saudi Arabian Air Force trainee named Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani and his three friends watched videos of mass shootings before he killed three and injured eleven others when he opened fire at a naval base in Florida.

Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, opened fire inside a classroom at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola early Friday morning. The police had quickly responded to the scene and shot dead the shooter. The suspect was a second lieutenant attending the aviation school at the base. He referred to the United States as ‘a nation of evil’ before he went on his shooting rampage.

Six other Saudi nationals were arrested near the base shortly after the attack, as investigators began to probe a terror link. Three of the six were seen filming the entire incident as it unfolded. Two other Saudi students watched it from a car, an official said.

Read: Six Saudi nationals arrested after Saudi Air Force trainee Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani opens fires at US Naval base, 3 killed

Following the deadly attack, officials investigating the case are working to determine whether it was motivated by terrorism. US President Donald Trump has indicated he would review policies governing foreign military training in the United States.

Ten Saudi students were being held on the base on Saturday while several others were unaccounted for, said another official.

A US official on Friday said the FBI was investigating social media posts to determine whether he acted alone or was connected to any broader group. Two other US officials speaking to AP also confirmed that authorities were investigating whether the attack was terrorism-related.

Meanwhile, President Trump has also declined to say whether the shooting was terrorism-related. The President had earlier tweeted his condolences to the families of the victims on Friday and noted that Saudi King Salman had reassured him in a telephone call that the shooter “in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the Saudi people.”

Reportedly, the United States has a robust training program for Saudis, providing assistance in the US and in the kingdom. Currently, there are more than 850 Saudis in the United States for various training activities. They are among more than 5,000 foreign students from 153 countries in the U.S. going through military training.

According to Fox News, Saudis have been received training at the Pensacola Naval base since the 1970s, with as many as 20 students from the Middle Eastern country studying in each class.

However, many of these trainees belong to the Saudi Royal Family, putting pressure on officials to pass pilots through the training program in an attempt to preserve diplomacy with the US ally. Many US military pilots have complained for decades that some of the Saudi pilots are not safe flyers.

NAS Pensacola has more than 16,000 military and 7,400 civilian personnel, according to its website. The Naval Base in Florida is one of the US Navy’s most historic and storied bases. It sprawls along the waterfront southwest of downtown Pensacola and dominates the economy of the surrounding area.

#MeToo: One of the accusers of Utsav Chakraborty retracts, says ‘I was unnecessarily cruel about a minor thing’

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#MeToo: One of the accusers of Utsav Chakraborty retracts, says ‘I was unnecessarily cruel about a minor thing’

The Utsav Chakraborty-Mahima Kukreja saga continues to unravel. On Saturday, Aditi Murti, one of Utsav’s accusers, retracted her allegation on the social media platform. She shared screenshots of the conversation she had with Mahima Kukreja during the whole controversy last year.

Murti said that she was ‘unnecessary cruel’ about a ‘very minor’ thing. She also said that Utsav did not try to harass her or send her anything inappropriate or encourage her to do anything illegal.


In the screenshot, Aditi Murti can be seen telling Mahima that when she was 17, and Utsav’s username was @SatanBhagat, he had sent his number to her randomly. And when she asked him publicly what was it about, he told that he was ‘just curious’. Then a week later, she received texts from him saying that the earlier messages were from his friends. She says that she found it extremely weird since her age was displayed publicly.

Mahima, for her part, when she is told that Aditi has a ‘story’ about Utsav, tells her “Please tell me. Please.” After Aditi has finished recounting her experience, Mahima tells her, “He was trying to slide into your DMs knowing you’re underage? God this guy is a serial creep.”

Aditi Murti in her apology said that she had believed the allegations that were being made against Utsav Chakraborty and she pointed out the incident ‘as a way of doing the right thing’. However, she did not anticipate the scale of the outrage or that his life would be ‘destroyed’ as a consequence. She made the thread so that Utsav’s ‘name is cleared regarding my allegation’.

Read: Audio clip emerges which claims #MeToo activist Mahima Kukreja’s lawyer-sister threatened standup comic Utsav Chakraborty

The allegations she made during the Me Too movement were not worth putting out and it ‘diluted’ the movement, Aditi Murti said. She also says that she believes Utsav was telling the truth when he said a few weeks ago that a few of his friends had pranked him by sending his phone number to random women on the internet.

Aditi Murti said, “I would like to reiterate that  @Wootsaw (Utsav’s username on Twitter) did not do anything illegal, did not send me any lewd messages, nothing. I was sent his number and some prank texts by his friends from his account, and I have enough reason to believe it.”

Read: If we get into it legally, you’ll also derail movement: Mahima Kukreja allegedly to Utsav Chakraborty in second part of viral audio

She added, “I believe I tried my best to only state that it is odd or weird to receive random texts, and that my incidence carries no heft because neither can I prove it and nor was it serious. However, media hype, misreporting and exaggerations spun this into something horrific and wrong.” Aditi Murti also took full responsibility for her own actions and apologized to Utsav for it.

The whole controversy was reignited when an audio clip went viral on social media where Utsav Chakraborty and Mahima Kukrej are heard having a conversation where Kukreja’s sister threatened Utsav with legal action if he released screenshots that could prove his innocence. Later, another longer audio clip emerged where Mahima Kukreja can be heard telling Utsav that the movement will be derailed if both of them got involved in a legal battle.

Read: Mudslinging continues as #MeToo activist Mahima Kukreja accuses standup comic Utsav Chakraborty of maligning her

Following the release of the audio clips, Utsav Chakraborty initiated a crusade against Mahima Kukreja on social media. Mahima then accused Utsav of maligning her reputation. After that, Utsav accused Tanmay Bhat of AIB fame of lying when Tanmay said that the AIB had confronted him about his behaviour. Bizarrely enough, Utsav seemed to suggest that he had sent an unsolicited d*ck pic because he is ‘socially clumsy’.

Pragya Thakur sits on dharna outside police station demanding FIR against Congress MLA for threating to burn her, returns without success

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Pragya Thakur sits on dharna outside police station demanding FIR against Congress MLA for threating to burn her, returns without success

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur sat on a dharna last night outside a police station in Bhopal demanding to register an FIR against Congress Govardhan Dangi, but later returned without success. The controversial leader had approached the Kamla Nehru police station in Madhya Pradesh capital demanding that the Congress legislator should be booked for threating to burn her.

On November 29, the Congress MLA from Biaora had said, “We will not just burn her effigy, if she sets foot here, we will burn her also.” He had said that after Pragya Thakur had remarked in parliament that Nathuram Godse was a patriot. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur’s response in Lok Sabha came after DMK member A Raja had cited a statement of Godse on why he killed MK Gandhi during a discussion on the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill. Responding to Raja, Thakur had reportedly interrupted to say, “You cannot give the example of a deshbhakt.”

Her comment had caused a huge uproar, and later she had apologised for the same in Lok Sabha. Govardhan Dangi had also apologised for threating to burn the BJP MP, she thinks it is not enough and a case should be registered against him. She had approached the Kamla Nehru police station to register an FIR, but the police refused to do so. She said she was waiting at the police station for two hours but the police were not ready to file a complaint against the Congress MLA.


After that, she sat on a dharna outside the police station. But she later ended her dharna without registering a case, saying that she will approach higher authorities for the same. She said that the police refused to file an FIR due to pressure from the Congress party. According to reports, she was asked by state BJP leaders to end her protest.

Diary of a Delhi Liberal: Maharashtra, Chidambaram and the Telangana encounter

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Diary of a Delhi Liberal: Maharashtra, Chidambaram and the Telangana encounter

Dear Diary,

What an exciting week we had in our fight to keep liberal secularism alive in this country. The commander of liberal secular forces, the Nelson Mandela of our times, P. Chidambaram came out of jail this week. While Mandela only remained in jail for some 27 years, Chidambaram ji stayed in Tihar for 100+ days so, in some ways, he became greater than Mandela. To be honest, our payments were also getting a bit delayed with liberalism’s financier in jail but we are sure that will be taken care of now and we can go to our annual Bora Bora vacation.

The good news didn’t just come from Tihar, it came from Mumbai as well. Finally, Maharashtra is back in the secular fold after 5 years of communal fascism as secular leader Uddhav Thackeray ascended to the CM chair. It was a fantastic win for the democracy as the public mandate was respected and Uddhav Ji was crowned the Chief Minister. To be honest, it was a bit of relief after the last week where Ajit Pawar turned corrupt and communal for a couple of days. However, the truth finally triumphed dear diary and people got what they voted for. Good to note that Uddhav Ji has started the fight against fascism immediately and halted every infrastructure project in the state. So far, we have been very impressed with his dynamism and his determination to do nothing.

This is just the beginning of the return of the liberal order diary, soon other states will move towards the light, as we expect victories for administrator par excellence Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi, honesty personified Lalu ji in Bihar, and free press supporting Mamata Ji in Bengal.

Anyway, enough of the electoral politics diary, there is some worrying news elsewhere. Our beloved leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has no security at all right now. Her SPG protection has been removed and now she has pathetic Z+ security with 55 security personnel protecting her. 55, just 55, we drink that many wine bottles in a day, what can 55 men do if Pakistan Army attacks Priyanka Ji? We are trying our best to overturn this decision and hopefully, it will be overturned. Women in India are under threat and providing SPG security to Priyanka ji can really help women all over the country.

Talking about women security diary, we saw Telangana police kill all the rapists in Hyderabad case. We are confused about our reaction to that. We supported terrorist Ishrat Jahan after her encounter but that was easy, we had to target Modi and Shah but what to do after Telangana encounter, we don’t even know if KCR is with us or against us. Anyway, we will wait for Ahmed Sir’s signal before saying anything.

Meanwhile, our battle against fascism continues unabated, dear diary. Rahul Bajaj, a friend of ours, criticised that goon Amit Shah on his face and also told him that there is so much fear in the country that nobody can criticise Amit Shah on his face. We followed that up with 21 editorials, 42 tweets, 13 YouTube videos, and 19 Instagram stories telling everyone how our voices have been shut down and we haven’t been allowed to speak everywhere. Lit fest season will be here soon so we will repeat this in all those festivals as well.

Some good news on the personal front diary, our NGOs to help the poor and underprivileged have been doing so well that we have bought a new beachside property in Odessa. Helping the poor has always been a rewarding experience for us and that continues.

Anaj Mandi Fire: Factory owner Mohammed Rehan detained by Police, the building didn’t have fire clearance and fire safety equipment

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Anaj Mandi Fire: Factory owner Mohammed Rehan detained by Police, the building didn’t have fire clearance and fire safety equipment

Forty-three people were killed when a fire broke out at a luggage manufacturing factory on an early morning in Anaj Mandi area of Delhi on Sunday. Now, an FIR has been registered in connection with the fire incident and the case has been transferred to the crime branch for further investigation.

The factor owner Mohammed Rehan has now been detained by the Police. Earlier, it was reported that he was absconding.


As per reports, the owner of the plot is one Mohammed Raheem who had purchased it ten years ago. Later, he had distributed it equally among his three sons: Rehan, Shan e-lahi and Imran. The fire occurred in Rehan’s portion of the factory. Earlier, it had been reported that a case has been registered against the factory owner under section 304 of IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder punishable with a maximum imprisonment of 10 years).

“An FIR has been registered in the incident under Section 304 of IPC. The case has been transferred to the crime branch now. At 5.22 am, information about fire in a building was received by the police. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. In the rescue operation, we saved around 60 people but unfortunately 43 people lost their lives,” Delhi Police PRO MS Randhawa said.

“Prima facie, the fire seems to have occurred due to short circuit. There was a lot of plastic on the premises due to which there was smoke after the fire occurred. The deaths have mostly occurred due to asphyxiation due to smoke. We have shifted most of the injured to LNJP Hospital and Lady Hardinge Hospital,” he added.

It was also reported that the four-storeyed building didn’t have a fire clearance from the Delhi Fire Service and no fire safety equipment was installed on its premises. Officials said that none of the units had a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the fire department and the congested area made rescue operations difficult.

Over 50 people were inside the building when the fire broke out today morning. 15 fire tenders were sent to the spot after receiving information about the fire, but later 10-12 more fire tenders had to be sent due to the intensity of the fire. Now the fire has been completely doused, officials confirmed.

Two AMU students booked for objectionable post against Lal Krishna Advani on Babri Masjid demolition anniversary

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Two AMU students booked for objectionable post against Lal Krishna Advani on Babri Masjid demolition anniversary

Two students of the Aligarh Muslim University have been booked for an allegedly objectionable post against former Union Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani. The Police said that further investigation is underway and if necessary, action will be taken against the students Talha Manna and Sharjeel Usmani.

Circle Officer, Civil Lines, Anil Samania told reporters, “Anil Chauhan, district spokesperson of BJP Yuva Morcha, along with five-six other people have registered a complaint at Civil Lines Police Station and an FIR against two persons have been lodged due to the “objectionable post” by them on social media, under IT Act and Section 153 A.”

As per some reports, the name of the District Spokesperon of BJP Yuva Morcha is Prateek Chauhan. Chauhan, in his complaint, said the students had shared a post on Facebook that called for a protest at the Kennedy House lawns in the University to mark the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition. As per Chauhan, the post stated “Punish those guilty of Babri Demolition” and had a picture of senior BJP leader L K Advani. He accused the students of “disturb the peace of the city by holding protest against Babri mosque demolition and undermining the Supreme Court’s recent judgment” in the Ayodhya case.

Read: AMU students create ruckus inside campus after a student’s alleged suicide, attack Aligarh SP

Usmani believes that the Police were trying to intimidate him by filing the case. “They don’t want us to remember Babri Masjid. But we will never forget and never forgive the people, who were involved in the destruction of Babri Masjid,” he told Outlook. “There were five speakers, including myself and Talha Mannan, all university students, who addressed the gathering. The meeting ended peacefully and we all went back to our respective hostels,” Usmani said. He also said that such a meeting has been organized every year to mark the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.

Reconstruction of crime scene would not happen without ‘permission from above’: Telangana minister hints at CM’s approval for encounter?

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Reconstruction of crime scene would not happen without ‘permission from above’: Telangana minister hints at CM’s approval for encounter?

In a first such official admission from the Telangana government regarding its alleged role in Friday’s Hyderabad encounter, in which four men accused of raping and killing a 26-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad were shot dead, a senior minister in the K Chandrashekar Rao-led state government has revealed that the encounter would not have happened without permission from the top.

According to the reports, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who holds the Veterinary & Animal Husbandry portfolio, said that the “reconstruction of the crime scene” that led to the encounter killing in the wee hours of Friday in Hyderabad “wouldn’t have happened without permission from above”.

Senior state minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said that there was “pressure for immediate action” against the culprits following the rape and murder of the vet. He said that it was doubtful if justice would have been served through courts since the Indian judicial process “will go on forever” while crediting the Chief Minister for the police encounter.

Read: Telangana encounter: No right answer

Talasani Srinivas Yadav has also stoked a fresh controversy by claiming that they have sent a message across the country that if a person does something wrong, there will be an ‘encounter’.

Responding to a question whether an encounter could have happened without the knowledge of the top leadership, he said, “Correct. You know, the reconstruction of crime happened with instruction from above. 100%. Telangana state is very strong in taking immediate action,” said Yadav.

Asserting that his happiness about the encounter killing of the rape accused, Yadav said, “All over India, people are happy. I feel proud to be part of this Cabinet.” He said this was a message for all over India. “A message for (the protection of) our girls when there are so many rape cases,” he added.

Read: As Telangana police files case against 4 dead rape accused for attacking police, petition filed in SC against their encounter

Yadav further pointed out that it has been seven years since the December 16 Delhi gang rape happened. But nothing has happened, he added.

“It was an important case for the whole world, for India. So it is a message that there is no law at all. People go to jails, come out and get the opportunity to do crimes again. This is the condition in India. So, in this case, this (the encounter) is a strong message all over India,” Yadav said.

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