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Pakistan’s official song on Kartarpur Corridor features Bhindranwale and other Khalistani terrorists

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Pakistan’s official song on Kartarpur Corridor features Bhindranwale and other Khalistani terrorists

In what seems to be an act to provoke India ahead of the opening of Kartarpur Corridor, Pakistan has featured Khalistani terrorists and anti-Indian elements including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in its official song to welcome Sikh pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib. Kartarpur Sahib is believed to be built where Guru Nanak had died.

On Monday, Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had released a video of the official Punjabi song welcoming Sikh pilgrims to Pakistan for the Kartarpur Corridor, which displays posters of Khalistani separatist leaders Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Maj Gen Shabeg Singh and Amrik Singh Khalsa in the background.


At around 38 seconds in the video, a poster with Bhindranwale’s image with ‘Referendum 2020’ can be spotted. Bhindranwale was a Khalistani separatist who killed by Indian Armed forces in Operation Bluestar in June 1984 ordered by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Maj Gen Shabeg Singh and Amrik Singh Khalsa were also killed in Operation Bluestar. The posters of pro-Khalistani movement “Referendum 2020” sponsored by the Pakistani establishment can also be seen in the background of the video.


The song has been released ahead of 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev. The song welcomes Sikh pilgrims at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib on the occasion of the opening of Kartarpur corridor and 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

With the terrorist state of Pakistan releasing such videos ahead of the opening of Kartarpur corridor, concerns will be raised against the opening of Kartarpur corridor as Indian Intelligence agencies had accessed information that terrorists being trained near the border district of Narowal in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the same district where Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is situated.

The Indian intelligence agencies are very much apprehensive about Pakistan’s over-eagerness to open Kartarpur corridor as it provides an opportunity for the terror state to “exploit Sikh sentiments to support Khalistan agenda” in India.

Read: Navjot Singh Sidhu invited by his ‘friend’ and ‘angel’ Imran Khan for the opening ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor on November 9

The reports of terror camps near the Indian border comes months after a Pakistani spy, part of a larger espionage network, was caught by the military intelligence from Gurdaspur in Punjab. The accused Pakistani spy was sending photographs and information related to the construction of Kartarpur corridor to his handlers in Pakistan through his WhatsApp number raising doubts about Pakistan’s intention to build the corridor.

Earlier, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh had also warned the country about Pakistan’s treacherous plans to use the Kartarpur corridor to inflict terror on India, especially by reviving Khalistani terror. Captain Amarinder Singh had reiterated his position on the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor by Pakistan. He claimed that it is an ISI ploy to strengthen anti-India forces, including the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).

Read: Former Indian diplomat says Referendum 2020 movement backed by Pakistan’s ISI lacks mass support

Meanwhile, supporters of Navjot Singh Sidhu has put up hoardings calling him and Imran Khan the real heroes of Kartarpur. The hoardings were put up by Amritsar Municipal Councillor Harpal Singh Verka who is known to be close to Sidhu.

The hoarding with pictures of Pakistan Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu called them the real heroes who made the opening of Kartarpur corridor a reality. However, the hoardings, which appeared on Tuesday afternoon, were quickly taken down within hours.

Navjot Singh Sidhu was the first Indian politician who received the first invitation card to the opening ceremony bearing number 001 from Imran Khan two days ago. The Punjab government has already permitted him to visit Pakistan on November 9 when the Kartarpur corridor will be formally inaugurated.

Here is why Delhi policemen chanted ‘Humara CP kaisa ho? Kiran Bedi jaisa ho’ at the protests at Police headquarters

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Here is why Delhi policemen chanted ‘Humara CP kaisa ho? Kiran Bedi jaisa ho’ at the protests at Police headquarters

During the protests at Delhi Police headquarters at ITO, the protesting personnel were chanting ‘Humara CP (commissioner of police) kaisa ho? Kiran Bedi jaisa ho (How should our CP Be? Like Kiran Bedi)’.


The police personnel were protesting after some cops were brutally thrashed by lawyers at Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court on November 2. Some police personnel were also seen holding placard that read ‘We need you’ with a picture of former Delhi Special Commissioner Kiran Bedi.

In fact, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik was also booed at as Delhi Police personnel raised slogans of ‘we want justice’ outside the Police HQ.


The reason police personnel reminisced about Kiran Bedi was the 1988 incident which also took place at Tis Hazari Court. In January 1988, Delhi lawyer Rajesh Agnihotri, was accused of stealing from a ladies common room from St Stephen’s College. On 16th January, he was handcuffed and produced at Tis Hazari court. Lawyers said it was illegal. The metropolitan judge discharged the lawyer same day and directed police to take action against the ‘guilty police officials’.

On 18th January, the lawyers went on a strike demanding action against the police officials. Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS, on 20th January held a press conference and justified the police action and criticised the magistrate order for discharging Agnihotri.

Read: Watch: Lawyers at Delhi’s Tis Hazari court take law into their own hands, beat up Delhi Policemen

Next day, some lawyers went to office of Kiran Bedi which was located in the same Tis Hazari complex to express their concern. Lathi charge was ordered on the lawyers and many were injured. For the next two months, lawyers stopped courts from functioning in Delhi and in neighbouring states and demanded Bedi’s resignation.

Later, Delhi High Court constituted a two-judge committee to look into the matter, following which the strike was called off. The committee reported that handcuffing of Agnihotri was illegal and recommended that Bedi be transferred.

Last week, Delhi Police officials were assaulted by Delhi lawyers over a parking spot dispute which turned violent. Later on Monday, an on-duty policeman was also assaulted by a lawyer at the Saket Court in Delhi. Several chapters of the IPS Association have also condemned the attack on the men in Khakhi.

Mysuru: 37 Catholic Priests accuse Bishop of sexual misconduct, corruption and more, write letter to Pope Francis

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Mysuru: 37 Catholic Priests accuse Bishop of sexual misconduct, corruption and more, write letter to Pope Francis

Thirty-seven Catholic priests from different parishes in Mysuru have written to Pope Francis to remove the Bishop of Mysore KA William over his alleged involvement in criminal offences, misappropriation of funds and sexual misconduct.

According to the reports, the letter to Pope Francis, who is the Vicar of the Catholic faith at the Vatican, written by the parishes accuses Bishop William of marrying a woman, who works as a staff in ODP, Mysuru. The Bishop has also been accused of practising factionalism and favouritism. The letter also accuses Bishop William over parenthood, sexual liaisons and corruption.

Read: Meet the controversial anti-Hindu evangelist, Bishop Ezra Sargunam, who wanted to punch Hindus in the face

According to the priests, Bishop married a woman, who was previously married and had a daughter from her first marriage, the second child, who is a boy, is borne out of the marital relationship with Bishop William. The woman’s husband had allegedly left her because of the illicit affair with the Bishop. The woman now lives with her children and the Bishop allegedly meets with her frequently and also looks after her family.

The priests released a press note stating, “This is an issue involving crimes of moral turpitude by Bishop William of Mysuru, involving financial irregularities, sexual misconduct, kidnapping and suspected murders.”

In their letter, the priests also highlight the numerous cases of sexual exploitation and corruption against Bishop William during his career in the clergy. In the Hinkal Parish, priests alleged that Bishop William had a sexual relationship with an Anglo-Indian woman and had made her a pregnant. The lady and child have now been shifted abroad.

Read: Sexual abuse by Clergy: Savio Rodrigues and Joseph Kennedy petition PM Modi to take action against sexual crimes in the Catholic Church

In another instance, as described in the letter, the priests allege Bishop William was also once caught in bed with a woman clerk-accountant in a room at the Bishop House by his workers.

“It is naked truth that the ladies who were working under him and cooperated sexually to him, have been given luxuries of the life by providing all amenities including multi-storied-buildings and job opportunities in the diocesan institutions,” the priests expressed in their letter.

The letter stated that Bishop William even preyed on the women and girls who cleaned the campus and narrated two cases involving the sexual liaisons of the senior clergy leader from Mysuru. The priests also threw some light on the criminal cases against the Bishop under various Sections of IPC 406, 420, 504, 506, 323

The letter to the Pope also highlighted the illegal land dealings carried out by Bishop William allegedly for kickbacks. These properties are currently under litigation.

Read: The Jacobite Syrian Church should focus on the rape culture in Churches instead of Sabarimala

A case was registered by a man named Alex who was fatally beaten up by Bishop KA William when he was a parish priest. After William became a Bishop, he paid a huge sum of money to Alex to drop the case last year.

Meanwhile, Bishop William has denied any wrongdoings and said the allegations against him are far from the truth and the accusers did not even contact or discuss the matter with him. He further claimed that the allegations against him have not only damaged his reputation but also the Archdiocese of Mysuru and the Christian community.

Netizens outrage after radical Islamic literature on Ghazwa-e-Hind found on Google Play Store

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Netizens outrage after radical Islamic literature on Ghazwa-e-Hind found on Google Play Store

Radical Islamic literature on Ghazwa-e-Hind has been shockingly made available on the Google play store. Various social media users who took notice of this have been outraging and questioning how Google could openly give a platform to an ideology of terrorism, violence and radicalisation.

Major Surender Punia on Twitter, taking note of this serious infraction, asked the government of India to immediately put a ban on this and urged other users to report this to Google.


Google store, an official application store for the Android operating system, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit and published through Google, after making ‘Ghazwa E Hind’ available on its app store has received more than 5000 downloads for this app which has irked Netizens who have firmly demanded that it must be made unavailable on the google store with immediate effect.

The description for the app says “has been designed for everyone who wants to know about war of Hind. This app contains a book named “Ghazva e Hind” that is full of historical knowledge.”

Social media activist Anshul Saxena took to Facebook to share the google store links from where this book, which is widely used by radical organisations to indoctrinate Muslim youth into terrorism, can be bought. Condemning this endeavour, Saxena too sought an immediate ban on it.

Social media activist Anshul Saxena’s Facebook post

The term Ghazwa-e-Hind or a holy raid of India has been used by the Pakistani terrorists against India for decades. The concept of Ghazwa-e-hind roots from several works of Islamic literature named Hadiths. The doctrine predicts onslaught upon citizens of India by Islamist forces and its take over by them. The doctrines are widely used by radical organisations to indoctrinate Muslim youth into terrorism by asserting that conquering the lands of ‘non-believers’ is their holy duty.

In March 2019, Intelligence reports had revealed that terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed had in a meeting decided that the group will resolve to execute the ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind, a doctrine aimed at the conquest of India. Jaish-e-Mohammed is the same terrorist organisation which executed the horrifying Pulwama attack, in February 2019, which left 40 CRPF jawans dead. Following this Indian government in the wee hours of 26th February, launched airstrikes on terror camps of JeM based in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and Pakistan. It also killed many operatives of JeM, delivering a big blow.

Ahead of Ayodhya judgement by Supreme Court, Muslim clerics urge everyone to accept verdict and maintain calm

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Ahead of Ayodhya judgement by Supreme Court, Muslim clerics urge everyone to accept verdict and maintain calm

With the verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi case imminent, the Muslim clerics have urged people to respect the apex court’s decision on the long-drawn row and asked people to maintain peace and calm. The Muslim clerics met Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at his residence ahead of the Supreme Court’s much-awaited verdict on the Ayodhya dispute.

The Chairman of All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council, Syed Naseruddin Chisty advised people of all religion to accept the court order. He also claimed that the council will issue guidelines to all dargahs and make an appeal to people to not believe in rumours and fake news.


Another Shia cleric, Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad echoed similar sentiments saying that everyone should respect the honourable court’s decision and exhorted people to maintain peace and calm as the country primes itself for a resolution in one of the oldest legal disputes.

Yesterday, Ayodhya Police had issued notification calling out the rumour-mongers and cautioning them that strict action will be taken against those who will be found inciting unrest through sharing fake news, communally sensitive videos/messages on Facebook, Whatsapp and other social media platforms. The UP Police has assured that they are completely and absolutely ready for the verdict.

The district magistrate has instructed people to not make any defamatory comments against any religion, community, deities, eminent personalities on social media platforms. People have also been prohibited from organising any event regarding the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. Section 144 has been imposed in Ayodhya till December 28. Those violating the orders will be booked under Section 188(disobedience of an order promulgated by public servant) of the IPC.

A five-judge Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi heard the Ayodhya case on a day-to-day basis for 40 days and reserved its verdict on October 16. The court is expected to deliver its verdict on a dispute over the possession of 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh before November 17, when CJI Gogoi retires.

The Hindu parties have laid claim to the entire 2.77 acres of land claiming that it is Lord Ram’s “janm sthan” and the Muslims came here only after 1528 when a mosque was forcibly built on the ruins of the erstwhile Ram temple.

Ahead of Kartarpur Corridor opening, India alleges Pakistan has not made arrangements, MoU not amended to waive passport as per Imran Khan’s tweet

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Ahead of Kartarpur Corridor opening, India alleges Pakistan has not made arrangements, MoU not amended to waive passport as per Imran Khan’s tweet

The Kartarpur corridor will be inaugurated on November 9 in Pakistan to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Merely four days ahead of this significant day, Pakistan is up to playing its dirty tricks.

According to the government of India sources, no arrangements have been made from the Pakistani side as far as the pilgrims to the holy site are concerned. India has alleged that Pakistan has not sent any confirmation over the list of 575 Indian pilgrims scheduled to visit the opening ‘jatha’ to Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib, which India shared with Pakistan. India has also claimed that critical information such as availability of medical facilities and security arrangements for the pilgrims have also not been shared with India.

India further alleged that Pakistan has not allowed any advance team from India to visit the shrine to review the arrangements.

“Several prominent dignitaries are travelling as part of inaugural ‘Jatha’. However, Pakistan has not allowed any advance team from India to visit Kartarpur Sahib to confirm the arrangements made,” the sources within government sources were quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

“A list of prominent Sikh leaders and other dignitaries who are part of the inaugural ‘jatha’ to undertake the pilgrimage on 9th November has been sent to the Pakistani side. However, India is yet to receive a confirmation from Pakistan on the list,” they added.


Sources who are of the belief that Pakistan has ruined the spirit of the pilgrimage as they have been unwilling to extend full cooperation, also felt that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Tweet, stating that no passports would be required to undertake the pilgrim, has created an absolute confusion amongst the pilgrims.

Read- Terror camps and terrorist training facilities setup near Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan: Intelligence Reports

India has said that this requirement is however mentioned in the MOU signed. There has been no offer from Pakistan to amend the MOU in light of Imran Khan’s tweet. Pilgrims are therefore are unclear on the documents they need to carry.


Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced on Friday through Twitter that Sikh pilgrims visiting the gurdwara at Kartarpur Sahib will not require passports to enter Pakistan and also would not have to register their purpose of visit 10 days in advance. His tweet was, however, devoid of an explanation as to how these measures would be implemented.

“Also, no fee will be charged on the day of inauguration & on Guruji’s 550th birthday,” he wrote.


Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will open the Kartarpur Corridor ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak on November 12.

India and Pakistan last week signed the agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor that will allow Indian pilgrims to undertake a visa-free visit to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan. The agreement will allow 5,000 Indian pilgrims daily to visit the shrine.

The two countries had signed the agreement after three rounds of tough negotiations. Despite Indian relentless efforts to get the fee waivered, each Indian pilgrim will require to pay a fee of USD 20 to use the corridor which connects the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Punjab with Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, just 4 kilometres from the International Border, located at Narowal district of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

When Muslims become 50 % of the population, we will hunt you down: Man threatens after being confronted for sending d*ck pic to woman

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When Muslims become 50 % of the population, we will hunt you down: Man threatens after being confronted for sending d*ck pic to woman

One Mohammad Absar, a resident of Delhi, resorted to bigotry and abuses when confronted for sharing a vulgar image of male genitals with a lady. When a Facebook user accosted Absar for sharing an obscene picture with one of his friends, Absar threatened him saying that with his community (Muslims) being just 18 per cent of the population, folks like him are terrified of them, imagine what will happen when they will be 50 per cent of the population.


The Facebook user, who goes by the name Abhishek Anand on Twitter claimed that he confronted Mohammad Absar for allegedly sending picture of his genitals to one of his female friends. Anand was himself abusive in accosting Absar for sending lewd pictures to his friend. However, Absar gave it a religious flavour by responding that Anand and his community (Hindu) members are afraid of his community (Muslim) which is currently just 18 per cent of the total population. Making sacrilegious remarks against Lord Ram and Sita, who are deeply respected and revered by millions of Hindus, Absar asserted that even they will not be able to help people like Anand when Muslim population in the country would touch 50 per cent mark.

Absar used derogatory language for Lord Ram and Sita to insinuate that Hindus will have nowhere to hide when his community (Muslim) population will reach 50 per cent of the total population. In addition, odious racial comments replete with invectives were made by Absar against Anand as well as Lord Ram and Sita.

Absar continued threatening Anand by admitting that he indeed sent the d**k picture to the lady and dared the Facebook user to do whatever he could. Absar also provided his residential address and mobile phone number challenging Anand to have any action initiated against him before sharing the same obscene d**k image with the Facebook user.

Shiv Sena demands union minister Nitin Gadkari to be brought in to resolve the Maharashtra stalemate

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Shiv Sena demands union minister Nitin Gadkari to be brought in to resolve the Maharashtra stalemate

The constant squabble between the two allies BJP and Shiv Sena over the chief ministerial post and power-sharing formula in Maharashtra refuses to subside even after almost two weeks since the election results were announced on October 24.

Now, in another desperate attempt to end this imbroglio with the BJP, Sena has today written to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat seeking his intervention and asking Gadkari to initiate negotiations between BJP-Sena.

Kishore Tiwari, one of the advisors of Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray has specifically requested Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to placate the two sparring parties by brokering a deal between them, claiming that Nitin Gadkari has the potential to iron out the issue within two hours.

Tiwari said: “I have written a letter to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to initiate and send Nitin Gadkari for negotiations. Nitin Gadkari will be able to resolve the situation within two hours.”

Claiming that Gadkari is being “sidelined” by the BJP, Tiwari said that if the party or Amit Shah authorises Gadkari to intervene, he can resolve the impasse in two hours.

Tiwari, the founder of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, an NGO which highlighted large-scale suicides by farmers in Maharashtra and especially those from his Vidarbha region, had switched over from the BJP to the Shiv Sena ahead of the Assembly polls.

Meanwhile, Sena’s MP Sanjay Raut, on the other hand, reiterated today that the state’s next chief minister will be from his party. “The decision on Maharashtra will be taken in Maharashtra, the chief minister will be from the Shiv Sena,” Raut told reporters in Mumbai.

Read- Maharashtra: Govt formation drama extends, while some Congress leaders want Sena alliance, Sena changes tune, again

Flummoxed over their deportment on this impasse, Shiv Sena has been swaying both ways. While on one hand, Sena has been insistent on adhering to what it says is a prepoll agreement of 50-50 formula wherein both the parties will have a chief minister for two and a half years each, it was previously seen softening its stance on the demand for rotational chief ministers and 50:50 power-sharing, blaming the media for raking up the issue.

Moreover, in its desperation to get its grip on Maharashtra, Sena had purportedly sent out a number of feelers to Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to threaten the BJP into submission.

Today also through their latest editorial published on Saamana, Shiv Sena once again was seen taking a jibe at the BJP chief minister candidate Devendra Fadnavis by calling him an ‘outgoing chief minister’.

While Sena has been moving back and forth on the power-sharing formula, the larger party of the coalition-the BJP has been adamant on continuing with Devendra Fadnavis as the state’s chief minister.

Multiple high-profile meetings in New Delhi and Mumbai on Monday, including one between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, failed to give any indication of breaking the 11-day-long deadlock over government formation in the state.

Kartik Aryan starrer film Pati Patni Aur Woh which appears to normalise marital rape is an assault on our sensibilities

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Kartik Aryan starrer film Pati Patni Aur Woh which appears to normalise marital rape is an assault on our sensibilities

Move aside, Kabir Singh, new ‘Abhinav Tyagi’ from ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ is the new poster boy of cringe. For the uninitiated, trailer of the film ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ starring Bhumi Pednekar, Kartik Aryan and Ananya Panday was released on Sunday. What one assumes would be a collection of done and dusted ‘married-man-lusting-after-another-woman’ jokes format, quickly turns into an assault on sensibilities as soon as Aryan’s signature monologue ends.

The film which releases on 6th December, talks about Abhinav Tyagi, who followed his father’s wishes and got married to Vedika Tripathi as per his wishes as well. Except, now he has a colleague, Tapasya Singh and feels like he is ‘jailed’ in his married life. The usual things that stopped being funny in 1990s.

Abhinav Tyagi dabbles through his wife at home, who he’s perhaps bored of, and this new colleague, who he lusts after. At around 1 minute 10 second into the trailer, Kartik Aryan playing role of Abhinav Tyagi has another monologue with a few innuendos. It goes something like this:

“Biwi se sex maange toh bhikhari, biwi ko sex na dein to hum atyachari. Aur kisi tarah jugaad laga ke sex haansil kar le na toh balatkari bhi hum hai. Apni khushi apne haath mein hoti hai (makes a fist), Rizvi. If I ask my wife for sex, I am a beggar and if we deny sex to wife, we are cruel. If somehow we manage to have sex with them despite this, then we are also accused of being rapists. Our happiness is in our own hands, Rizvi.”

Rizvi replies how this ‘happiness in own hands’ (reference to masturbation) is something that is valid before one gets married, right?

Read: Explained – the Marital Rape law debate for the rest of us

Because marriage is all about sex, right? And of course, let us also normalise marital rape on the celluloid while we are at it.

Before anyone comes to me with daggers asking me to not read too much between the lines in a movie which is nothing but fiction, let me remind you of another movie which was recently released and normalised domestic abuse and toxic relationships. Ashwani Kumar aka Johnny Dada, a ‘Tik Tok star’ murdered a girl he was obsessed with after he found out she was going to marry someone else. He later committed suicide. He was heavily influenced by Kabir Singh and would regularly post dialogues from the movie on his social media platform. Kabir Singh, other than the fact that it was criminally boring, also glorified and normalised abusive behaviour in relationships.

Unfortunately, bad jokes on ‘wife’ and ‘marriage’ are not the only thing that feels like assault on your sensibilities. Without getting into the legal discussion about the laws regarding marital rape or how the laws must be framed so that they are fair to both men and women, the normalisation of marital rape itself is troublesome. Kartik Aryan normalising marital rape, while a majority of Indians live in denial of marital rapes, while spouting ‘jokes’ is yet another step in normalising abusive behaviour. That too when Indian law does not recognise marital rape as a crime.

Nirbhaya gang rape: Convicts not to file mercy petition, to seek withdrawal of notification that had granted them 7 days to file petition

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Nirbhaya gang rape: Convicts not to file mercy petition, to seek withdrawal of notification that had granted them 7 days to file petition

In a new twist to the Nirbhaya rape case, the three convicts presently lodged in Tihar Jail and Mandoli Jail have refused to file their mercy petitions with the President against their death sentences.

According to the reports, the convicts of Nirbhaya gang-rape have neither filed their appeal for mercy petition to the President of India nor approached the Supreme Court to get a stay against their execution.

Instead, AP Singh, the lawyer representing convicts Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Kumar Gupta, said that the three convicts had written to their jail authorities, seeking withdrawal of the October 29 notification on several grounds, which had granted them seven days time to file mercy pleas with the President against their execution. The fourth convict Mukesh is represented by a different lawyer.

Lawyer AP Singh said that in the case of Akshay Kumar Singh, a review plea was yet to be filed in the apex court. While a petition regarding Pawan Kumar Gupta’s claim that he was juvenile is pending at the Delhi High Court. He also said that the option of filing curative petitions is still being availed.

The jail authorities had informed the Nirbhaya gangrape case convicts that they had exhausted all legal remedies and were only left with the provision of filing a mercy petition against the death sentence before the president.

Reportedly, the time for filing mercy petition is now over as on October 29, the Tihar Jail authorities had handed over the notice of execution to the convicts while notifying them that they had a window of 7 days to apply for ‘mercy petition’ against their capital sentence with the President.

As the time to file mercy petition is nearing, the jail administration will now start preparing to hang the culprits by sending an application to the lower court. 

The rapists and murderers were apprised that in case they do not choose to file a mercy petition, necessary legal proceedings will follow as per the law. The four convicts may soon be sent to gallows in this case as they have refused to file a mercy petition.

The four accused were found guilty of rape, murder and destruction of evidence in September 2013 and sentenced to death by hanging. The Delhi High Court upheld the sentence, noting that the crime, which prompted widespread protests over sexual crimes against women in the country, fell into the judicial system’s “rarest of rare category” that allows capital punishment.

The convicts then appealed in the top court but the Supreme Court rejected the convicts’ appeal stating that they had committed “a barbaric crime” that had “shaken society’s conscience,” and maintained the death sentence of the four convicts who had been charged with rape and murder. In July 2018, the Supreme Court rejected a review petition by three of the convicts. There were two other persons involved in the horrific crime. One of the accused Ram Singh had commited suicide, while the sixth person was a juvenile who had already spent the maximum two year term applicable for minors in a juvenile home and is leading a free life now.

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