Cricketer Zaheer Khan was abused across social media platforms for sharing a picture with his wife actress Sagarika Ghatge and wishing happy Diwali to everyone.
Muslim r esy tehwar…. Zaheer Bhai Allah ko Jaan deni hy roz mehshar kia monh dikhao gy.
‘Intellectroll’ is followed by various ‘liberal journalists’ like Rana Ayyub, Samar Halarnkar, Nikhil Wagle and Saba Naqvi and politicians like Sanjay Nirupam.
Never saw Hindu Cricketers Celebrating Eid wearing Islamic dress code or symbols. Why Sarkaris are such insecure lot? ? https://t.co/YGLppaiAsW
The abuses were carried forward on photo sharing website, Instagram too.
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Earlier today, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was also abused by fundamentalists for sharing a picture sporting a tilak and greeting everyone for Diwali.
Former Interior Minister of Pakistan, Senator Rehman Malik has raised doubts over the veracity of the claims made by the United States President Donald Trump regarding the death of the dreaded ISIS chief Al-Baghdadi. Malik, in a tweet, said that he still awaits confirmation from the ISIS over their leader’s killing rather than believing the assertions made by the United States.
The death of Baghdadi has been reported by president of USA .
I have not seen any confirmation yet from ISIS-I m happy if he is dead
There is a confused situation in SYRIA at the cost of local blood and to protect GEO politics .
Let us see if he is killed in reality or not https://t.co/bZ7geZ2Q56
Yesterday, putting all speculations to rest, the US President Donald Trump addressing the nation from the White House said that Baghdadi died ‘whimpering and crying’ along with his three children he had taken along inside the tunnel where he detonated his suicide vest.
According to reports, the ISIS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had killed himself by detonating a suicide vest during a raid by the US forces. Reuters reported that around February 2018 one of Baghdadi’s top aides gave information to US intelligence agencies on how one of the most dreaded terrorists evaded arrests all these years. It turns out that, to avoid detection, Baghdadi would hold strategic meetings in moving minibus packed with vegetables. Ismael al-Ethawi, a close aide of Baghdadi who fled Syria with his wife in 2017, gave information to Turkish authorities.
However, Pakistani leader Rehman Malik had placed little faith in White House and the international media agencies and more in the ISIS for them to issue a confirmation statement corroborating that their chief has been killed in an attack by the US forces. Furthermore, Malik also continued peddling gibberish saying that “the situation in Syria is confused at the cost of local blood and to save Geo-politics”. Pakistanis have often acted as apologists for the terror outfits by pinning the blame of violence and anarchy on the western countries while whitewashing the horrific atrocities committed by the terrorists.
In fact, this is not the first time that Senator Rehman Malik has acquainted people on Twitter with his low IQ. Prior to this, Malik had become the butt of all jokes when a popular parody Twitter user made him believe that P Chidambaram is being thrashed in the jail for opposing PM Modi. The Twitter user @Being_Humor shared a snap from Singham movie with Malik who confirmed in the DM that he will be sharing it with the United Nations regarding atrocities committed by India on its citizens for opposing abrogation of Article 370.
Police investigations have reportedly revealed that Raees Ahmad who was recently arrested for allegedly providing money and mobile phone to murderers of Kamlesh Tiwari was part of a WhatsApp group of 72 people who were purportedly in touch with the murderers of the Hindu leader.
According to a report by Live Hindustan, Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder was a well-plotted one wherein all the communication was done through this WhatsApp group consisting of a total of 72 members. In fact, the killers were provided shelter and logistics on the instructions of the kingpin, who communicated with everyone involved in the conspiracy via this alleged group.
The police investigating the case, suspects the kingpin to be somewhere in Bareilly, from where the Delhi-based lawyer Mohammad Naved Siddiqui had been arrested on Thursday. Siddiqui was arrested after it was revealed that he had harboured the two killers of Tiwari and had helped them cross the border into Nepal.
As per reports, Lawyer Mohammad Naved Raza Siddiqui is associated with the Bareilly-based Islamic shrine and is registered to practise at the Delhi High Court. Siddiqui had reportedly harboured Ashfaq and Moinuddin and had personally taken them to the Nepal border near Lakhimpur-Kheri’s Gauri Fanta.
Notably, police had arrested Raees Ahmad from his hometown in Palia of Kheri district along with Delhi High Court lawyer Mohammad Naved Siddiqui on October 26 taking the total number of arrest in the case to seven. Raees, who runs a mobile shop there, had reportedly provided a mobile phone and Rs 15000 to the suspects after they ran out of money on Sunday.
Moreover, one Syed Kaifi Ali, a cleric in the Bareli-based Islamic shrine was also arrested on Tuesday night. Ali had stated to the police that both the murderers, Ashfaq and Moinuddin had arrived at the shrine to meet him and Naved after killing Tiwari and had confessed to the murder on October 18.
Naved, the lawyer, had allegedly received a call from one Sadiq Sheikh from Karnataka who had asked Naved and Ali to provide all possible help to Ashfaq and Moinuddin. While Ali left for home, Naved reportedly ensured their treatment, shelter and all other help. Naved later drove the killers in his sedan to Gauri Fanta and helped them cross into the Nepal border. They had stayed with Kamran, a mobile shop owner in the Nepal side. After staying there for a day, the killer duo had decided to return to India and surrender.
Another person named Syed Asim Ali was nabbed from Nagpur by the Gujarat ATS and brought to Lucknow.
UP Police have informed that the lawyer had arranged for the killers to find local accommodation in Nepal and had himself crossed the border to ensure necessary arrangements. Naved Siddiqui had also arranged two local mobile phones and cash for Ashfaq and Moinuddin.
On October 20, Naved Siddiqui had again helped them to return to India. After talking to Ashfaq’s wife and father, the duo had decided to surrender to Gujarat ATS. They had returned to Palia in Lakhimpur Kheri and went to Delhi via Shahjahanpur. From Delhi, they had boarded the Porbandar Express to Gujarat.
The UP police have arrested 8 people so far in the Kamlesh Tiwari murder case.
The two killers, Moinuddin and Ashfaq are now being interrogated. They were reportedly cross-questioned along with the lawyer yesterday to extract more details of the murder and conspiracy.
Moinuddin, along with Ashfaq, was arrested by Gujarat ATS on October 22 from Gujarat-Rajasthan border after being on the run for four days. While Moinuddin worked as Zomato delivery boy, Ashfaq, second man arrested for the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, worked as a medical representative in a pharma company. He had forged his colleague’s Aadhaar to pose as Rohit Solanki, a Hindu rights activist, to gain the trust of Tiwari.
It has also been revealed now that Ashfaq and Moinuddin wanted to video record the murder of Tiwari and use it to send a message to warn anyone who dares to ‘Insult Islam’.
A shocking incident of lynching has been reported from Odisha where a man was brutally hacked to death following a quarrel over the bursting of crackers on Diwali. According to the reports, Amaresh Nayak, a resident of BDA colony of Sundarpada area of Bhuwaneshwar was bursting firecrackers with his friends on Sunday when he got embroiled in a scuffle with a group of unidentified assailants who prevented Nayak and his friends from bursting crackers.
No sooner did the dispute devolved into a heated argument, after which the group of men attacked Amaresh with a sword, leaving him mortally injured. He was rushed to the hospital by his friends where the doctors declared him “brought dead”. The police have lodged a complaint and the investigation is underway even as the assailants are still at large.
As per the complaint lodged by a complainant, Amaresh and his buddies were bursting crackers and preparing a feast when a crowd of more than 20 youths reached the spot and started opposing them. In the ensuing brawl, they struck Amaresh with sword leaving him critically injured. He was rushed to the Capital Hospital, where doctor declared him dead.
Debi Prasad Sethi, one of the friends of Amaresh said that the group of attackers came with a gun and sharp weapons. He said that when they were partying and bursting crackers, the group arrived and asked them to stop. “Raghua, a youth among them brandished a gun at us while two others, Kuna and Babul attacked us with sharp weapons. I somehow managed to escape the spot and informed the matter to Amaresh’s family,” Debi Prasad Sethi said.
Sources said that the two groups were not in good terms and usually engaged in disputes.
Assorted Islamists descended upon social media pages of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, excoriating him for wishing his followers “Happy Diwali” and uploading a picture donning a tilak with his family. The Bollywood heartthrob shared a photo of himself, his son Abram and his wife Gauri on the occasion of Diwali on various social media platforms, following which scores of Islamic radicals ridiculed him for celebrating a Hindu festival while being a Muslim.
Soon after Shah Rukh uploaded the picture, one Twitter user called him a “false Muslim(Munafiq)” and exhorted him to wish on Eid as well. The hatred for Hindu festival so prominent that merely wishing Diwali had made Shah Rukh Khan a false Muslim according to that Twitter user.
Zaraa Khan is visibly upset that Shah Rukh Khan wished his fans on Diwali
Another Twitter user denounced tilak sporting pic of Shah Rukh Khan stating that it is a matter of shame that despite being a Muslim, Shah Rukh is fulfilling the duties of a Hindu.
Sabeeh shaming Shah Rukh Khan for celebrating a Hindu festival
Similar reactions were elicited on his post on Facebook as well. One Facebook user Fayyaz Afridi condemned the Diwali greetings posted by SRK censuring him for celebrating Diwali while being a Muslim.
Fayyaz Afridi is upset that Shah Rukh Khan was celebrating Diwali despite being a Muslim
Another Facebook user criticised SRK saying that it is shameful of him being just “1/2 Kilo of Muslim”.
Do let us know when you get to know what ‘1/2 kilo Muslim’ means.
This is, however, not the first time that Shah Rukh Khan is under the firing line of the Islamic fundamentalists for overtly manifesting his secular credentials and enthusiastically celebrating Hindu festivals. A month back, rabid Islamic fundamentalists questioned SRK’s Muslim identity for wishing on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Last year too he was targeted by Islamists after he had tweeted a picture of his son celebrating Ganesh Puja, Muslims had called it a ‘sin’ and had abused and condemned him.
The Islamists have shown little respect and tolerance for Hindu festivals and rituals. Their unmitigated hatred has often been exhibited in their condemnation of Muslim celebrities who are seen participating in celebrating Hindu festivals. Popular Bengali actress and a TMC MP from West Bengal, Nusrat Jahan was insulted on Facebook for celebrating Durga Puja as it was ‘inappropriate’. Cricketer Mohammad Kaif was trolled by Muslim fundamentalists for celebrating Christmas and condemned for performing the Surya Namaskar. Another cricketer Irfan Pathan was told by fundamentalists that Raksha Bandhan is ‘against Islam’ and abused when he wished everyone on a special day.
The glorious Deepotsav event organised on the banks of Sarayu river in the temple town under the supervision of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has found a place in the Guinness World Records as a total 5.61 lakh earthen lamps (diyas) were illuminated on the occasion on the eve of Diwali (Saturday) at Ram Ki Paidi ghat in Ayodhya.
मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी के नेतृत्व में उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार द्वारा एक और कीर्तिमान ‘गिनीज वर्ल्ड रिकॉर्ड’ में दर्ज किया गया है।
This year’s count of diyas lit on the riverbank far surpassed the three lakh-plus number of ‘diyas’ lit last year. The ghat was illuminated with almost five lakh sixty-one thousand diyas but at the time the Guinness book of world records representatives took the count via a drone the total number of illuminated diyas stood at four lakh ten thousand, which went on to become a new world record.
Uttar Pradesh government’s Director of Information Shishir said, “Last year’s record was of three lakh one thousand one hundred eighty-six ‘diyas’ at the ghat. This time, it was four lakh 10 thousand ‘diyas’ lit at the ghat. This was announced by Guinness World Records representative and is a new record. Apart from this, more than two lakh ‘diyas’ were lit elsewhere than the ghat. In all, more than six lakh ‘diyas’ were lit.”
Days ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the title suit over the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land, people from various walks of life came together and volunteered to light the diyas and be a part of this momentous occasion.
During the event, a symbolic descent of Lord Rama and Seeta took place, a helicopter turned into ‘Pushpak Viman’ and, the CM Yogi Adityanath and Mahant Nritya Gopal Das did the symbolic coronation of Lord Rama.
Deputy Speaker of Republic of Fiji Veena Bhatnagar, Governor Anandiben Patel and Union minister Pralhad Singh Patel were present to grace the occasion.
Days ahead of this grand festival, Yogi government had decided to grant the status of “state fair” to the upcoming festival of Deepotsav in Ayodhya. It has decided to sanction a budget of Rs 1.33 crore to organise the event.
The three-day Deepotsav is celebrated in Ayodhya during Diwali. The city is decorated with lights, earthen Diyas and artists are invited from all over the nation to display their art.
Last year too, Deepotsav was celebrated in Uttar Pradesh with great zeal and grandiosity. Three lakh ‘Diyas’ was lit on the banks of holy river Saryu to create a new world record. All prominent buildings, temples and ghats in the city were decorated while many cultural programmes were organised for the grand event. The first lady of South Korea was the chief guest on the occasion.
Yogi Adityanath had started the grand official Diwali celebrations in Ayodhya in 2017. In that year, the Sarayu ghat and the temples were all lighted with 1.5 lakh Diyas to mark the Hindu festival of lights.
Washington Post in its obituary to ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who killed himself after he detonated his suicide vest during a raid by US forces, tried to glorify the dreaded terrorist. The headline of the Washington Post obituary referred to Baghdadi as an ‘austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State’ as if Baghdadi being an ‘austere religious scholar’ was his primary identity.
Washington Post headline of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s obituary
Amusingly, their original headline appeared to describe al-Baghdadi as ‘terrorist-in-chief’.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State’s ‘terrorist-in-chief,’ dies at 48 https://t.co/mfABUfen0i
For some reason, Washington Post then decided to whitewash al-Baghdadi and refer to him as ‘austere religious scholar’.
However, following public backlash, Washington Post changed its headline.
Changed headline of Washington Post on Baghdadi’s obituary
Washington Post went from describing ISIS chief as ‘austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State’ to ‘extremist leader of Islamic State’. Washington Post’s VP Communications, Kristine Coratti Kelly, took to Twitter to explain that the Washington Post headline for al-Baghdadi obituary ‘should have never read that way’.
Regarding our al-Baghdadi obituary, the headline should never have read that way and we changed it quickly.
She said that the headline was changed ‘quickly’. However, netizens were quick to point out how Washington Post would have otherwise whitewashed other criminals who are responsible for the death of thousands, if not millions.
However, the obituary itself is a little problematic as it normalises and humanises the the dreaded terrorist by describing him as a shy young boy who liked soccer.
Saddam Hussein was the Iraqi dictator who carried out severe atrocities. Speaking of atrocities, how can Adolf Hitler, the German dictator responsible for the Holocaust, be left behind?
Adolf Hitler, dedicated art enthusiast, animal rights activist, and talented orator, dies at 56.#WaPoDeathNotices
Meanwhile, Washington Post is not the only publication that has emerged as one of the biggest ISIS sympathisers. Bloomberg, too, glorified al-Baghdadi by describing him as he was someone who came from a small village and then achieved great success against all odds.
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi transformed himself from a little-known teacher of Koranic recitation into the self-proclaimed ruler of an entity that covered swaths of Syria and Iraq https://t.co/CNI5XBsoai
On Sunday, 27th October, US President Donald Trump tweeted that ‘something very big has just happened’. The speculations were put to rest when later reports emerged that ISIS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had killed himself by detonating a suicide vest during a raid by the US.
The speculations were put to rest when later reports emerged that ISIS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had killed himself by detonating a suicide vest during a raid by the US. Reuters reports that around February 2018 one of Baghdadi’s top aides gave information to US intelligence agencies on how one of the most dreaded terrorists evaded arrests all these years. Turns out, to avoid detection, Baghdadi would hold strategic meetings in moving minibus packed with vegetables. Ismael al-Ethawi, a close aide of Baghdadi who fled Syria with his wife in 2017, gave information to Turkish authorities.
US President Donald Trump addressing the nation from the White House said that Baghdadi died ‘whimpering and crying’ along with his three children he had taken along inside the tunnel where he detonated his suicide vest.
#WATCH US President Donald Trump says,”He (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) died after running into a tunnel whimpering & crying & screaming all the way…The only ones remaining were Baghdadi in the tunnel and he had dragged three of his young children with him.” pic.twitter.com/QYSvTzdkFE
Reuters reports that militants like Ethawi turning informants was crucial for the agencies to track Baghdadi. Ethawi holds a PhD in Islamic studies and had joined Al Qaeda in 2006. He was arrested by the US forces in 2008 and spent four years in prison. Upon his release, he joined the ISIS where he carried out instructions of Baghdadi of delivering religious instructions. When the ISIS hold weakened, he fled Syria with his Syrian wife in 2017.
Earlier this year, in a joint intelligence operation by the US, Turkish and Iraqi intelligence agencies, several ISIS leaders were captured. This included four Iraqi and one Syrian leader. These leaders gave location details on where they would meet Baghdadi. The Iraqi officials, along with CIA deployed more sources in the area. Eventually, by mid-2019, the agencies zeroed in on Idlib as the possible location of Baghdadi.
Baghdadi was moving around in Idlib from village to village with his family and close aides. There Ethawi was spotted in a market and was identified by his photograph. The intelligence officers followed him and were able to trace where Baghdadi was living. The information was then passed on to the CIA who used satellite and drones to keep an eye on Baghdadi for past five months.
Two days back, Baghdadi left his home with his family in a minibus to go to a nearby village.
The other enemies
Meanwhile, Baghdadi also had local enemies to deal with. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a terrorist group which dominated Idlib and was searching for Baghdadi as well. The two groups had a bloody history of fighting battles against each other during the Syrian war. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham recently captured Abu Suleiman al-Khalidi, one of the three men sitting with Baghdadi in one of the latest propaganda videos.
It is believed that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham passed on the information provided by al-Khalidi to Turkish intelligence agencies which may have helped in locating Baghdadi. Baghdadi was in Idlib since last six months, perhaps trying to blend in and try and hide.
On Saturday night Syria time, the US forces raided the house where Baghdadi was living. The US military personnel and dogs were air-lifted from an unidentified military base in Middle-East reportedly somewhere in Western Iraq. On reaching Baghdadi’s compound, the helicopters were shot at but they managed to land safely. They blasted through the wall and entered the compound.
Those in the compound either surrendered or were killed by the US forces. Several Islamic State fighters were imprisoned and several children were removed and taken elsewhere. Baghdadi then fled inside a tunnel along with his three children where military dogs followed him. When he reached a dead end, he detonated his suicide vest, killing himself and his three children. The US forces carried out DNA test on the ground and confirmed his identity despite his body being mutilated by the blasts.
The US forces then cleared the compound and took with them sensitive material related to the ISIS and its future plans. They were in the compound for about two hours before flying away on the same route as they had come.
According to the US, Baghdadi’s body will be disposed of ‘properly’.
Vishwa Bhanu, a resident of Malad West, Mumbai, who is associated with the movie industry as an actor, wrote on Facebook today about the ordeal he suffered on the occasion of Diwali as a consequence of the intolerance of his Muslim neighbours. He said that her wife was not being allowed to light up their house on Diwali and he was forced to remove the lights by the mob.
A complaint has been registered at the Malwani Police Station which has been accessed by OpIndia.com.
Complaint filed by Vishwa Bhanu
OpIndia.com got in touch with Bhanu. We were told that he was at the Police station to register a complaint in the matter. Bhanu told OpIndia.com that he is a resident of a society in Malad West that falls under the Malvani Police Station. The society is predominantly Muslim with only one Hindu family apart from him, we were told.
The ordeal began when his wife bought new lights for Diwali and wanted to decorate their house for the festival. But when she put it up, Muslims in the locality descended at his place and wanted the lights removed. They claimed that the lights were giving electric shocks and as there were kids in the neighbourhood, it was risky. His wife objected to the claims and said that nothing of the sort was happening.
The mob then proceeded to damage the lights and tore the wires open, and then used the open wires to claim that the lights could give people electric shocks. Women and children were also participating in the harassment. Numerous communal slurs were hurled as well. The mob claimed that Hindus mix urine in everything and one shouldn’t eat food at their place. Ultimately, the couple was forced to remove the lights to prevent matters from escalating.
Complaint filed by Vishwa Bhanu
In the complaint, Vishwa Bhanu writes:
Like every year, my wife Priyanka Sharma has been prevented from lighting candles and making her Rangoli on Diwali. Anti-social elements who live in the society, where Rehan Petiwala, Salim and Mustafa broke the lights. Every year they do this and even mock our God’s and Goddesses. On Bakra Eid, they force us to keep our door open and they slaughter goats in front of our house when they can do this elsewhere also. But I never said anything because it is their festival. Because we are Hindus, we are mocked, pressurised and a situation is being created that we will soon leave the area. For small things, they come to fight with us. I am mostly away for shooting and am concerned about my wife.
A similar incident occurred last year as well. They had made a Rangoli but people in the neighbourhood would ruin it with their legs and bursting crackers on them. Not just Diwali, during Holi as well, they can’t celebrate the festival properly. The same is the case for Dussehra and Shivratri. Bhanu told OpIndia that they always compromise with their neighbours during their festivals such as Eid but the same isn’t reciprocated during Hindu festivals.
The Muslims in the locality celebrate their own festivals with much pomp and show but do not permit them to celebrate their own. DJs are played with loud music, the houses are lit up but when it comes to them celebrating Hindu festivals, people in the locality do not tolerate the festivities.
We were also told that he is being indirectly threatened over the incident. Veiled threats are being issued about physical harm. He also alleged that he is being pressurized to sell his home at a rate below the market price of the plot but he is resisting it as of now. He said the situation feels a lot like Kashmir, it was something he had only heard about but now, he was experiencing it.
There have been other occasions as well when people have misbehaved with him. One such incident involved him parking a bike in the area near his house where his neighbours didn’t like it. He had parked it there due to his injured leg. A crowd soon created a commotion and he said that there was no need for such a commotion and he would have moved the bike if they had asked politely as well. He told us that normally, people do park bikes there and sometimes, even goats and other things.
Bhanu also told us that he was irreligious earlier and did not care much about religious rituals. But his wife is religious and it pains him to see that when his wife tries to celebrate some festival, she has to endure such harassment from people in the neighbourhood. He told us that he is suffering a lot.
Update: OpIndia tried to reach out to Mumbai police but has been unsuccessful in its attempts. After the unsuccessful attempt, we spoke to Vishwa Bhanu again to understand whether the police had investigated the case. Bhanu said that the police had reached the spot but tried to downplay the incident and calm the situation down. Bhanu was still at the police station and claimed that even at the police station, he was being threatened by the same neighbours that he will be taught a lesson in the future. Bhanu also claimed that even after he had filed the initial report, he was given veiled threats.
At the police station, Bhanu, the Muslim neighbours who he had accused and the building secretary was present. The building secretary too downplayed the issue and said it was an argument because the neighbours thought that the children would get an electric shock from the Diwali lights. Bhanu later added that the building secretary is a gentle soul who is downplaying the incident to calm tempers down. He also said that was being asked to delete his Facebook post so the issue can be resolved and ended. The conversation ended with Bhanu saying that there is an ‘issue of security’ too so he will probably delete the Facebook post. Bhanu also added that he is staying there out of compulsion.
A case has been registered against Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, the newly elected MLA from Phagwara, Punjab for allegedly violating the model code of conduct. The complaint against newly-elected Congress MLA comes just two days after winning the elections.
According to the reports, Congress MLA-elect Dhaliwal had allegedly wrapped a scarf with the party symbol around his neck inside polling booth 184 where he cast his vote. The bureaucrat-turned-politician was booked under Section 130 (Prohibition of canvassing in or near polling stations) of the People’s Representation Act, 1951.
A video of the controversy had become viral across social media platforms. Based on the complaint by BJP candidate Rajesh Bagha, the Election Commission had issued a notice to Dhaliwal and asked the returning officer to conduct an inquiry and send the report.
Based on an inquiry report submitted by Ahmed, the police has now registered a case against Dhaliwal. Phagwara SP Manwinder Singh has also confirmed it.
Congress candidate Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal had defeated BJP candidate Bagha by a margin of 26,116 votes in the recently held Phagwara by-poll. The seat fell vacant after MLA Som Parkash had won Lok Sabha election in May from Hoshiarpur.
In the recently concluded by-election to four assembly seats – Dakha, Phagwara, Jalalabad and Mukerian in Punjab, the Congress won three while the BJP won the Dakha seat.
