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Karnataka: One more Congress MLA, wife of IPS officer who gave clean chit to IMA scam accused, likely to resign tomorrow

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Karnataka: One more Congress MLA, wife of IPS officer who gave clean chit to IMA scam accused, likely to resign tomorrow

As the political crisis in Karnataka entered its third day on Monday, fissures in the Congress-JD(S) alliance seem to deepen as any sort of resolution at this point of time appears a distant goal for both the parties.

After reports of 21 Congress MLAs ‘voluntarily’ resigning from the cabinet in this morning, speculations are rife that Congress legislator from Khanapur in Belagavi Anjali Nimbalkar is also expected to join the ranks of rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance. The resignations of these MLAs have sent the alliance government on the brink of collapse. She is likely to tender her resignation by tomorrow morning.

Nimbalkar asserted she is unhappy with Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who has paid no heed to her repeated demands for additional funds for developmental work in her constituency and has therefore decided to resign.

It is worthy to note here that Nimbalkar is the wife of Karnataka IPS officer Hemant Nimbalkar who probed the IMA Ponzi scam. Hemant had given the absconding ‘halal’ investment group owner, Mansoor Khan, a clean chit in the multi-crore Ponzi scheme, allegedly duping 40,000 investors.

The Karnataka top cop had allegedly downplayed the IMA scam in the probe. Earlier, a special investigation team (SIT) probing the Ponzi scheme had arrested Assistant Commissioner of Bengaluru North division LC Nagaraj for his alleged involvement in the case.

Nagaraj allegedly received a bribe of Rs 4.5 crore to give a favourable report for IMA, which was flagged by the RBI.

The news of resignation by Karnataka IPS officer’ wife, somehow reestablishes the IMA link to the Karnataka political crisis.

Meanwhile, Congress had earlier suspended its senior leader and MLA Roshan Baig after he was accused by the IMA founder of taking Rs 400 crore from the latter and not returning. Earlier Mansoor Khan had released an audio clip in, which he had accused Baig of arm twisting and refusing to return Rs 400 crore.

Baig, an eight-time MLA was suspended by the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) for failing to respond to a show cause notice by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) after he blamed the state leadership for a poor show in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections.

Moreover, as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) tightened its noose on the IMA Ponzi scheme, more and more skeletons started tumbling out of the closet. Another Congress’ Karnataka minister, BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan was summoned by ED for questioning in the case.

According to agency officials, the minister was summoned in connection with selling his property at Richmond Town to IMA owner Mohammed Mansoor Khan, who has reportedly absconded to Dubai since a police crackdown began in the multi-crore Ponzi scam.

The ED is also in the process of issuing a Red Corner Notice against Mansoor Khan and examining the possibility of invoking of Fugitive Economic Offenders Act against him.

The IMA promoter has been charged with perpetrating the Ponzi scheme, which allegedly duped 40,000 investors. Khan had earlier expressed willingness to return to India and cooperate in the probe. Recently, Khan uploaded the 18-minute long video wherein he had offered to surrender and vowed to expose big politicians after coming back to India.

Media organisations deviously call ‘cow smugglers’ as ‘cow movers’ to lessen the gravity of their crime

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Media organisations deviously call ‘cow smugglers’ as ‘cow movers’ to lessen the gravity of their crime

Yesterday, the citizens of Sawlikheda village in Madhya Pradesh, about 60 KMs away from the Khandwa town caught 25 cow smugglers and were tied with a rope and paraded to the nearby police station. They were made to chant “Gau Mata ki Jai” by the villagers.

The police have filed a case against the cow smugglers under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Prevention of Animals Act, and detailed investigation is underway. However, police have also registered a case against the villagers for not intimating the police and taking law in their hands by nabbing the suspected cow smugglers.

21 cows that were being reportedly transported to the neighbouring Maharashtra state for slaughter were rescued and sent to the nearby Gaushala. The police have also confiscated around 7-8 vehicles of the cow smugglers in which were used in the transportation of cattle.

However, some media houses insidiously proceeded to paint the villagers who exhibited daring audacity in confronting and stopping the cow smugglers from transporting the cattle to slaughterhouses as the main assailants in the case. These media houses addressed ‘cattle smugglers’ as “cattle movers”, despite the police claiming that they have arrested 16 persons in the cow smuggling case and about 21 cows rescued.

The Hindu media outlet in its report about the incident saying that the “Cattle movers” were paraded to the police station and made to chant “Gau Mata ki Jai”. The report contains a byte from the police officer who clearly mentions that these cow smugglers had no requisite permission to carry the cattle with them and were thus liable to be charged under relevant sections of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Prevention of Animals Act.

Similarly, India TV too carried news denoting ‘cattle smugglers’ as “cattle movers”.

Both reports in the Hindu and India TV are syndicate feeds from PTI.

By calling them “cattle movers”, media is notoriously victimising the miscreants and attempting to exculpate them from the crime of cow smuggling, for which the villagers tied and paraded them to the police station. A deliberate attempt is being made by these outlets to sweep under the rugs the criminal behaviour of the cow smugglers and somehow paint the villagers or the cow protectors as principle aggressors in this case.

A distinctly similar pattern had emerged in the Pehlu Khan case as well. The charge-sheet filed in the Pehlu Khan case says that Pehlu and his two sons were accused of cow smuggling. However, the media along with the opposition politicians created a fracas over the issue, with many demanding that his name be dropped from the charge-sheet as he was a victim of an onslaught by Gaurakshaks. He and his sons were accused of being cow smugglers. However, his alleged crimes were whitewashed and he was portrayed by a certain section of media and a group of self-declared intellectuals as a man of noble character who was murdered in a cold-blood by Hindutva goons and Gaurakshaks.

Such media shenanigans of calling cow smugglers as cow movers are carried out to render the actual and serious issue of cow smuggling unimportant. By using ‘cattle movers’ instead of ‘cattle smugglers’, these media organisations are implicitly legitimising cattle smuggling which is a criminal activity as per law and belittling their transgressions.

Aligarh: RSS member attacked with a burning stick, case registered against Faizan and Nazir, the latter arrested

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Aligarh: RSS member attacked with a burning stick, case registered against Faizan and Nazir, the latter arrested

An RSS worker was allegedly attacked by a burning stick on Friday when he was returning from a shakha. On 5th July, Friday, some men allegedly attacked an RSS member, Manish who was returning from an RSS Shakha in Aligarh. As reported by Bhaskar, the men first passed comments on his RSS uniform and hurled abuses at him before beating him up with a burning stick.

Manish was reportedly returning from Vishwakarma Nagar and he was attacked in Upperkot Bazar area.

On getting the information about the alleged attack, some RSS workers reached the spot. Later, Manish filed a complaint and the police has registered a case under sections 341, 352, 326, 323, 504 and 506 of the IPC. CO Vishal Pandey and the ADM visited the area where the victim was attacked and assured of strict action against the culprits.

RSS member Lalit Kumar has demanded strict action against such unwanted elements. He also demanded the deployment of forces at sensitive areas to avoid such incidents in future. As per police, two accused, Faizan and Nazir, have been identified and Nazir has been arrested.

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mob attacks Hindu temple, damages the structure with weapons in Lakhimpur Kheri

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Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mob attacks Hindu temple, damages the structure with weapons in Lakhimpur Kheri

After the Muslim mob allegedly desecrated Durga temple in Delhi, a similar incident has occurred in Gauria village Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh when a mob of Muslims attacked a Mahadev Mandir and damaged the structure. The incident was reported in Gauriya village in Fardhan area on Sunday.

According to reports, on Sunday, an argument between Muslims and Hindus broke out on the issue of construction of a sewage channel next to the temple premises by Muslim men. The incident took place when some Muslims men allegedly started digging in front of the Mahadev temple to construct a sewage channel despite objections raised by the Hindu community.

The argument turned violent after a group of Muslims attacked the temple premises and damaged the structure. According to the Hindus in the village, who are reportedly the minority community, Muslims not only vandalised their temple but also attacked and injured one person.


The villagers claim that the Muslim groups in the village wanted to deliberately attack Hindus and used trivial issues as the pretext to attack minority Hindus residing in the area.

Further, the villagers alleged that the Muslims residing in the area were unhappy regarding the presence of the temple in the area. They had threatened to demolish the temple before. The villagers claim that Wasim, Sharafath Khan alias Nasir Khan, Rashid had threatened to demolish of the temple earlier too.

Villagers stated to media that the main accused Wasim is a history-sheeter and has many criminal cases against him. Despite a constructed drain being present, Wasim and his associates allegedly wanted to deliberately dig up another drain so they can get the temple demolished.

As the situation turned extremely violent, one of the villagers informed the police regarding the clashes. The Neemgaon and Fardhan police officials soon arrived at the spot along with the Additional Superintendent of Police and took the situation to their control.

Meanwhile, the Kheri police have confirmed the incident and tweeted that they have registered a complaint against the accused. The Kheri police said that an investigation has been initiated.

A similar incident of vandalism of Hindu temple by a Muslim mob in Delhi has shocked the people of the country. On the night of June 30, 2019, a mob had entered Durga Mata Mandir, Lal Kuan in Chandni Chowk had vandalized the idols inside. The locals had posted videos of the temple on social media that showed the Muslim mob entering the temple and thrashing Hindus residents of the neighbourhood.

Rajkot: Salim sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for cow slaughter, fined with Rs 1 lakh

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Rajkot: Salim sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for cow slaughter, fined with Rs 1 lakh

A Gujarat court has sentenced a person to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case related to cow slaughter. The matter is from the city of Dhoraji of Gujarat where a man named Salim Makrani had first stolen and then slaughtered the calf. This is the first time in the country when a court has given such a big punishment for cattle slaughter.


While hearing the cow slaughter case, the Rajkot court also imposed a fine of one lakh rupees on the accused along with 10 years of imprisonment.

The court found Salim guilty of stealing a calf and then subsequently slaughtering it. In the beginning of this year, a person named Satiar Koliya had filed an FIR accusing Salim of stealing a calf and killing it at his daughter’s wedding feast.

Police started probing the case and based on the forensic investigation, it was conclusively established that the case was indeed that of cow slaughter. The police furnished all the evidence collected against Salim in the court of law. Based on the evidence submitted by the police,  the Additional District and Sessions Judge HK Dave pronounced the sentence on Saturday (July 6th, 2019) under the Gujarat Animal Protection (Amendment) Act 2017 to the accused named Salim Makrani.

Gujarat is the first state in the country which has passed such a strict law to stop cow slaughter. The Gujarat Government had passed a law in June 2017 for the protection of cattle in the Assembly. Under this law, there is a provision of 10 years sentence and up to five lakh rupees fine in cases pertaining to cow slaughter.

Rajiv Chandrasekhar hits back at Congress over chartered plane remark, says even Congress ministers have hired it in the past

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Rajiv Chandrasekhar hits back at Congress over chartered plane remark, says even Congress ministers have hired it in the past

As the political drama unfolds in Karnataka impacting the very existence of Congress-JDS coalition government, Congress-JDS leaders have been firing their guns at BJP leaders for allegedly trying to destabilise the HD Kumaraswamy led government.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara had insinuated the role of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar in flying out the ten dissident MLAs of the Congress and the JDS from Bengaluru to Mumbai in one of the chartered planes belongs to a company associated to him.

On July 6, the Congress-JDS coalition was pushed to the edge after 13 Congress and JD(S) MLAs submitted their resignations to bring its number to 105, on par with the BJP, in the 224-member Assembly. Soon after resigning from their respective political parties, the rebel MLAs had left for Mumbai in a chartered flight.

However, the plane belongs to Jupiter Capital Private Limited. Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the founder and chairman of the company.

Citing this, Deputy CM Parameshwara had tweeted that it was disgraceful that the BJP was attempting to topple a democratically elected govt and grab power through the backdoor.


In response to Deputy CM Parameshwara’s allegation, Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar has hit back at the senior Congress leader stating that the aircraft was a commercial charter flight that has been used to charter many people including Congress ministers in the last.

He further stated that he should not blame the aircraft or the BJP for the problems that have been created within the “crooked corrupt opportunistic alliance”.


The company had itself admitted that the aircraft that ferried the MLAs belonged to Jupiter Capital. The company officials had also clarified that they were running a business and whoever wanted to use the plane could do so. “It is a charter operation and the aircraft is chartered regularly by various people,” a top official of the company had said.

Earlier in the day, 22 Congress ministers including Deputy Chief Minister Parameshwara and senior Congress leader DK Shivkumar resigned from their respective ministries to accommodate the rebel MLAs in the cabinet. In a big jolt to the Congress-JDS coalition, independent MLA Nagesh also resigned from the cabinet pushing the number of MLAs supporting the coalition further down.

Cow smugglers tied and made to chant ‘Gau mata ki jai’ in MP village, police file case against both smugglers and villagers

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Cow smugglers tied and made to chant ‘Gau mata ki jai’ in MP village, police file case against both smugglers and villagers

About 60 KM away from Khandwa, in Sawlikheda village in Madhya Pradesh about 100 villagers caught 25 people suspected of cow smuggling and tied them with a rope. They were reportedly forced to chant “Gau mata ki jai”. Later, they were all taken to the police station and handed over to the police.


As can be seen in the video attached in the above tweet, the alleged cow smugglers were tied with a rope and were forced to hold their ears while being asked to chant “Gau mata ki jai”. The police had registered a case of cow smuggling against the alleged offenders and about 16 people have been arrested in the case so far.

The Superintendent of police, Shivdayal Singh has said that the police has registered cases against both the suspected smugglers involved in smuggling of cattle as well as the villagers. “We have filed a case against the villagers and a farmer who didn’t inform us of nabbing these cow smugglers and took law in their hands,” Singh said. The police have also confiscated 8 vehicles from the accused in which they transported cows, along with the smuggled cattle.

Khandwa Police Station Officer-in-Charge Harishankar Rawat said, “A case has been registered against all 25 accused in the cattle transport, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Prevention of Animals Act, and detailed investigation is underway.” He also revealed that 21 cows were seized from the smugglers and they have been sent to a nearby Gaushala. The cows were reportedly being transported to the neighbouring Maharashtra state for slaughter when the villagers caught the cow smugglers.

The police confirmed that the people caught by the villagers didn’t have any authorised documents for transporting cattle. The smugglers were presented in a court and they were remanded to judicial custody. Other than 8 four-wheelers and one two-wheeler, the police also confiscated gold and silver jewellery, mobile phone and cash from the smugglers/.

Karnataka crisis deepens as 21 Congress MLAs ‘voluntarily’ resign from the cabinet

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Karnataka crisis deepens as 21 Congress MLAs ‘voluntarily’ resign from the cabinet

The Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka is going through a severe crisis. After an independent MLA and minister, H Nagesh quit the alliance today, 21 Congress MLAs have also submitted their resignation to the party chief to placate the 14 rebel MLAs who withdrew their support to the Congress-JD(S) coalition on Saturday.

On Saturday, the Congress-JDS coalition was pushed to the edge after 13 Congress and JD(S) MLAs submitted their resignations bringing its number to 105, at par with the BJP, in the 224-member Assembly, which is eight short of the half-way mark of 113. In an attempt to save the sinking ship, 10 MLAs were reportedly lodged at the Sofitel hotel, Mumbai, after 13 MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) submitted their resignations on Saturday.

Reportedly, Bangalore Rural MP and senior Congress leader DK Suresh speaking to media had informed earlier in the day, that all Congress ministers are set to resign from the coalition amidst speculations that a new government may be formed after the resignation of 14 Congress-JD(S) MLAs.

Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara had called for a breakfast meeting among all Congress ministers in the Karnataka government and there was a possibility that some of them may be asked to step down to make way for some or all of the dissenting MLAs to get ministerial berths. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was also scheduled to attend the breakfast meeting which was held at Parameshwara’s residence.

While the political mudslinging is in full swing, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who had gone to the United States on a personal visit had to rush back after a series of resignation threatened the existence of his government. HD Kumaraswamy returned back to Bangalore on Sunday and held a series of meetings with leaders of his party JD(S) and its ally Congress in a bid to rescue the coalition government.

The coalition has 119 members in the 224-member assembly, including the 14 rebel MLAs and the speaker. If these resignations are accepted by the speaker, the alliance’s strength will drop to 104 and the Assembly’s strength will be 210. The BJP, which has 105 MLAs, will then be just one legislator short of a majority.

Hindu temple in the UK attacked twice in June, statues outside Shree Ram temple near Birmingham smashed

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Hindu temple in the UK attacked twice in June, statues outside Shree Ram temple near Birmingham smashed

Locals Hindus have been anguished after a temple has been repeatedly attacked in the UK. Reports suggest that the statues outside the Shree Ram Mandir (also known as the Gujarati Hindu Social and Cultural Centre) have been vandalised multiple times in the month of June. The temple is located in Fort Road, Walsall about nine miles from Birmingham.

In the first incident, some statues were smashed outside the temple on June 10. Authorities claim that the temple was attacked again on June 19 at 1 pm. CCTV footage showed a man with what seemed like a cricket bat or hockey stick, breaking the statues and running away with the face of one of the statues.

Following the attack, the Hindu community has expressed sadness. Some fear that they may attack a person the next time. A staff member of the temple, Jagu Patel said, “We just want to know why the people who did this did so. They don’t get anything from this and it just seems senseless. We’ve never had this before and it’s very sad, as we are a Hindu temple in a quiet area of Walsall and we feel that every person should live peacefully with heart and soul”.

Jagu also said that the statues were custom made and would be difficult to replace. It would also cost a lot as they need to be imported from India.

Rajan Zed, the President of the Universal Society of Hinduism in a statement said, “It is shocking for the worldwide Hindus to hear about such incidents happening to a Hindu house of worship. This causes heartbreak to the hard-working, harmonious and peaceful area Hindu community by receiving such signals of hatred and intimidation. British Hindus have made a lot of contributions to the nation and society and continue to do so”.

Zed also urged local leaders to immediately visit the temple and meet with the Hindu community and reassure them. The police have confirmed the attack and are yet to nab the culprit.

In November 2018, three Krishna idols were stolen from the Swaminarayan Temple in Willesden, in what is suspected to be a hate crime. Before that, there was another break-in at the Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple at Kenton. Ever since the incident, Hindu priests there have sought the help of Community Security Trust (CST) to upgrade the temple security.

The CST is an organisation that has been charged with protecting the Jewish community in the UK. Responding to the calls for help, so far they have trained 80 Hindu priests in order to prevent such incidents in the future.

In Delhi, a total of 17 people have been arrested after the Durga Mata temple in Hauz Qazi was attacked recently.

Telangana forest officer booked under SC-ST act a week after she was thrashed by a mob led by TRS leader

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Telangana forest officer booked under SC-ST act a week after she was thrashed by a mob led by TRS leader

Just weeks after Telangana forest officer Chole Anitha was thrashed by a mob led by a TRS leader, a case has been registered against the officer under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing tribals.

Reportedly, Nayini Saroja, a resident of Sarsala had filed a complaint against Anitha and 15 other Forest Department officials for allegedly abusing the tribals by taking up their caste names. The case was registered at the Kagaznagar district police.

She has been booked even as she was provided with police protection yesterday. She has been provided with armed security at her house as she had claimed that she feared for her life ever since the mob had attacked her.

On June 30th, Anita was brutally thrashed by a stick-wielding mob at Sarsala forest village. The incident caught on camera went viral a week ago. Anita had gone to the village to conduct a plantation drive with tractors and the staff of the Forest Departement.

Villagers claimed ownership of the land and had objected to the plantation drive. The situation escalated as the mob started to wield sticks and attack the officer. The injured officer was later admitted to the hospital.

The officer had alleged that the mob was led by TRS leader Koneru Krishna Rao who was subsequently arrested on the next day. Krishna is a Zilla Parishad vice-chairman. He had claimed that the Forest Departement officials were harassing the Adivasis and forcefully confiscating their land.

However, in another shocking video, Krishna’s brother, who is also a TRS MLA, Koneru Konappa was caught trying to brainwash the villagers in a bid to twist the sequence of events in front of the media that led to the arrest of Krishna.

Anitha had gone to the village to conduct a mandatory afforestation programme to compensate for the loss of forest land due to the government’s flagship Kaleswaram multipurpose irrigation project.

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