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Unnao rape case: SC orders CBI to conclude the accident probe within 7 days, trial court to hear the case daily

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Unnao rape case: SC orders CBI to conclude the accident probe within 7 days, trial court to hear the case daily

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has delivered an order to transfer of five cases from Unnao rape case and accident to a competent court in Delhi.

According to the reports, the Supreme Court has also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to conclude the investigation relating to the accident in the next seven days. The trial court to hear the case on a day to day basis and complete the same within 45 days, said the CJI-led Supreme Court bench.

The Supreme Court bench also asked the victim’s counsel to take the opinion of the victim’s family with regard to shifting of the victim to a hospital in Delhi. The Amicus Curiae should also seek a similar opinion from family victim’s lawyer who was also injured and is in hospital in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court has also directed the CRPF to provide the security to the victim’s family and the lawyer of the victim.

The Supreme Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to provide an interim compensation of Rs. 25 lakh to the victim and her family.

Earlier in the day, Unnao rape accused MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The decision to sack the rape accused MLA comes after mounting pressure on the party after an accident killed kin of the Unnao rape victim and injured the victim and her lawyer.

The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is hearing the Unnao rape case. On Thursday, the SC had directed to transfer all the 5 cases related to the Unnao rape case out of Uttar Pradesh. It had also sought the presence of all CBI officers involved in the cases today to get the status report.

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is the prime accused in the 2017 high profile rape case. The case pertains to an alleged rape committed by Sengar and his plot to silence the victim and intimidate her relatives by framing them in police cases based on flippant charges.

On Sunday, the victim of the Unnao rape case was travelling to Rae Bareli with her two aunts, and her lawyer Mahendra Singh when their vehicle was hit by a truck, rendering them critically injured. The vehicle collided with a truck going in the opposite direction towards Lalganj in UP. The victim is now battling for her life.

Two of her aunts were killed in the accident while her lawyer also sustained serious injuries.

Bijnor: Muslim youths break Goddess Bhavani idol after entering temple pretending to be Hindus

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Bijnor: Muslim youths break Goddess Bhavani idol after entering temple pretending to be Hindus

The UP police have arrested two Muslim youths for vandalising a Hanuman temple and breaking the Goddess Bhavani’s idol in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.

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As per reports, on Wednesday, around 9.30 am the two Muslim youths entered the Panchmukhi Hanuman temple and asked the priest to put tilak on their foreheads. After roaming around for some time they pelted stones at the Bhavani Mata’s idol and vandalised it using sticks and stones.

City Kotwal RC Sharma revealed that one of the accused named Rashid son of Adil is a resident of Mohalla Mirdagan and the other accused is Yasin, son of Shadab, is a resident of Mohalla Kassabian in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh.

The committee officials and devotees accused Rashid and Yasin of breaking the idol and started beating them up. Several police officials, including SP Sanjeev Tyagi, SP City Laxmi Niwas Mishra, SDM Sadar Brajesh Kumar and CO City Arun Kumar, after getting the information rushed to the spot.

Assuring that strict action would be taken against the miscreants the officers pacified the mob and arrested the two accused. They were then taken to Haldaur police station where they were interrogated for four hours.

Many people belonging to different Hindu organisations reached the police station and demanded prompt action.

During interrogation, the youths revealed that they had changed their names to hide their identity. The police revealed that the two youths were accompanied by two girls who are believed to be school students. As per the reports, the temple committee has informed the police that the youths were regular visitors to the temple and put on the ‘tika’. The temple committee suspects that the men lured the school girls into a love affair by pretending to be Hindus.

Meanwhile, the temple committee head, Akhil Kumar Agarwal has submitted a written complaint against the two youths who vandalised the temple idols and the Bijnor police are investigating the case.

Temple vandalism has become rampant in recent times. The recent incident of the Durga temple desecration in Hauz Qazi in Delhi’ Chandi Chowk by a Muslim mob had raged the Hindu’s nationwide.

In another incident, a Muslim mob had attacked a Hindu temple on July 8, in Gauriya village in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The mob of Muslims had attacked a Mahadev Mandir and damaged the structure.

Even as Delhi govt’s subsidy payments to power companies rise every year, Arvind Kejriwal makes electricity free for residents

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Even as Delhi govt’s subsidy payments to power companies rise every year, Arvind Kejriwal makes electricity free for residents

After having received a setback in the Lok Sabha 2019 elections, Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government, which lost all 7 Lok Sabha seats to BJP in Delhi, is on a spree of announcing freebies to woo Delhi residents. Following the declaration of free Metro and bus rides for women,  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal today announced that electricity in the national capital from today onwards will be free for consumption up to 200 units.


Kejriwal stated that the incentive of getting free electricity will encourage the people living in Delhi to conserve electricity and make prudent use of it. In addition to this, those consuming 201-400 units will have to pay half the price as the Delhi government will give approximately 50% subsidy. CM Kejriwal proudly claimed that Delhi provides the cheapest electricity in the country.

Reacting to the move, BJP leader Harish Khurana questioned the Aam Aadmi Party supremo over the subsidies paid by the Delhi government to the electricity companies. Khurana has shared an RTI response which included details of subsidies given to electricity companies in the last five years. The figures suggest that the subsidies given to the electricity companies have risen exponentially with the only exception of the year 2014-2015.


In the second image shared by BJP leader Harish Khurana, one can see how the electricity companies have been steadily increasing the fixed charges in almost all of the categories. It also shows how the Delhi government’s share of subsidies is increasing on a Year-on-Year basis. Khurana further asked the pertinent question of Kejriwal as to who is paying these subsidies if not the Delhi government. Khurana implied that Kejriwal’s claim that Delhi people have to pay less for the electricity is misleading as the Delhi government is paying the subsidies from its treasury, which is essentially public exchequer.

It is not sure why Kejriwal thinks that people will make more prudent use of electricity if they get it for free. People tend to use less when something is expensive, not when it free or cheap.

The Delhi CM has been a big crusader against utility bills. He had won a historic victory in assembly elections in 2015 on the promises of reduced power tariff and free water. After coming to power, he had slashed power by fifty per cent up to 400 units, and announced 20,000 litres free water per household. Before becoming chief minister, he had illegally personally restored electricity connections to several households in Delhi which were disconnected by power companies for non-payment of bills.

Prior to this, Kejriwal had burdened the public exchequer by announcing free travel in Delhi Metro for women. He had then stated that free travel for women in Delhi Metro will encourage more women to use Metro and subsequently enhance their safety. However, Kejriwal couldn’t convincingly explain how travelling free is connected with one’s safety. Even Metro Man E Sreedharan had slammed Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia for destroying Delhi Metro for electoral gains.

Kerala cop death: Family alleges conspiracy, claims seniors harassed him because he was an Adivasi, was regularly abused

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Kerala cop death: Family alleges conspiracy, claims seniors harassed him because he was an Adivasi, was regularly abused

The body of a 30-year-old cop, Kumar NK, was found on the railway tracks in Kerala on July 25. His family alleged that Kumar was subjected to mental torture by his seniors as he belonged to a scheduled tribe community.

A suicide note has been recovered, which Kumar’s wife, Sajini RS, confirmed to be genuine on the basis of the handwriting. It divulged similar details which Kumar’s wife had shared.

“I suspect foul play. In the letter, my husband has specifically accused some senior police officers of harassing him. They forcefully evicted him from his new housing quarters. He also told me on several occasions about how these people were mistreating him because of his background,” she said.

Sajini RS added that Kumar was being regularly insulted in the camp because he belonged to the Adivasi community. Kumar, according to Sajini, had told her that he was often forced to work overtime because of his caste background.

While the police had registered a case of unnatural death, after the body of the cop was found near a railway track at Lakkidi in Palakkad on July 25, Kumar’s wife alleged harassment on the basis of caste discrimination. She said she will meet the Palakkad police chief tomorrow to register a formal complaint.

The SC/ST commission has also approached the District Collector and SP of Palakkad district and asked to file an immediate report on the death of Kumar. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) (Thrissur range) has formed a special team led by the Palakkad Special Branch Superintendent of Police (SP) to probe the case.

Kumar, a Chemistry graduate, hailed from the tribal belt of Attappadi in Palakkad. He was deployed at the Kallekkadu Armed Reserve camp in the district for the last six years as a civil police officer (CPO).

Police said that Kumar was earlier declared as a “deserter” on disciplinary grounds but eventually reinstated into the force.

There have been instances in the past where people have chosen to take up extreme steps alleging harassment by colleagues at workplaces on the basis of caste discrimination. On May 22, 26-year-old Payal Tadvi, a second-year MD in gynaecology at BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central, hanged herself in the college hostel room alleging harassment by seniors. She had been allegedly driven to suicide by her seniors who reportedly used to humiliate her by making casteist remarks against her.

Haryana: Women harassed by Muslim youths during Kanwar yatra, protesting companions beaten up

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Haryana: Women harassed by Muslim youths during Kanwar yatra, protesting companions beaten up

Devotees participating in the Kanwar yatra in Gurgaon, Haryana were attacked by people from the Muslim community on Tuesday after they protested against the harassment of women by the Muslim men. Many of the women’s companions were injured in the process and they have been admitted to a hospital. A case has also been registered against the perpetrators.

The incident happened in Nuh town where girls were going to the Bhuteshwar temple to offer kanwar. Several Muslim youths present on the road started harassing the girls, which was protested by relatives and family members accompanying the girls. But the youths attacked them for this and many of them were seriously injured.

The Women Police registered a case against 8 people on the basis of a complaint filed by one Manoj Kumar. One of the accused, Israel, has already been arrested. The other accused, Asif, Hussain, Nauman, Zubair, Subbe, Naeem and Hashim are currently absconding and a search is on to arrest them. The arrested person has been produced before the court.

Manoj, Amit Singh, Sagar Mehra and Parvesh were injured during the attack. Communal tensions are prevailing in the area after the incident. The Police has assured that the rest of the accused will be arrested soon.

The Police said, “An incident has come to light where 7 or 8 people harassed women. We have registered an FIR in the matter. We have already arrested one accused and we will soon arrest the others and take strict action against them.”

Unnao Rape Case: Rape accused MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar expelled from BJP

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Unnao Rape Case: Rape accused MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar expelled from BJP

Unnao rape accused MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The decision to sack the rape accused MLA comes after mounting pressure on the party after an accident killed kin of the Unnao rape victim and injured the victim and her lawyer.

On July 30, the Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh had said that Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been suspended from the party.

The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is hearing the Unnao rape case. On Thursday, the SC had directed to transfer all the 5 cases related to the Unnao rape case out of Uttar Pradesh. It has also sought the presence of all CBI officers involved in the cases at 12 noon today to get the status report.

The Chief Justice of India has also directed the CBI to conclude the case within 7 days. The CJI also ruled that the CBI should file a charge sheet in the Delhi court.

The Chief Justice has also asked for the medical report of the victim. Reportedly, the victim is likely to be airlifted to AIIMS in New Delhi for further treatment.

Earlier Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi had pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government and sought full information on the investigations both in the rape case as well as on the accident, in which the survivor and her lawyer are critical, while two of her aunts were killed. “We want a full report,” the Supreme Court said.

The Supreme Court has sought the CBI reports by today noon. The CJI pulled up the CBI and Uttar Pradesh police and refuse to adjourn the hearing in the Unnao rape victim’s accident case.

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is the prime accused in the 2017 high profile rape case. The case pertains to an alleged rape committed by Sengar and his plot to silence the victim and intimidate her relatives by framing them in police cases based on flippant charges.

On Sunday, the victim of the Unnao rape case was travelling to Rae Bareli with her two aunts, and her lawyer Mahendra Singh when their vehicle was hit by a truck, rendering them critically injured. The vehicle collided with a truck going in the opposite direction towards Lalganj in UP. The victim is now battling for her life.

Two of her aunts were killed in the accident while her lawyer also sustained serious injuries. The woman’s family has filed a complaint alleging “conspiracy” behind the car crash.

SC to expedite hearing in the Unnao rape case, set to transfer all 5 cases out of Uttar Pradesh

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SC to expedite hearing in the Unnao rape case, set to transfer all 5 cases out of Uttar Pradesh

The hearing in Unnao rape victim’s car accident case is underway in the Supreme Court.

In the latest, the Supreme Court on Thursday, said all the 5 cases related to the Unnao rape case will be shifted out of Uttar Pradesh. It has also sought the presence of all CBI officers involved in the cases at 12 noon today to get the status report.

Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has sought full information on the investigations both in the rape case as well as on the accident, in which the survivor and her lawyer are critical, while two of her aunts were killed. “We want a full report,” the Supreme Court said.

The Supreme Court has sought the CBI reports by today noon. The CJI pulled up the CBI and Uttar Pradesh police and refuse to adjourn the hearing in the Unnao rape victim’s accident case.

Chief Justice of India asks Solicitor General to interact with CBI Director, regarding the Unnao rape and road accident. Supreme Court said that if necessary, chamber hearing may take place.

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has also taken up the letter written by the family of the Unnao rape survivor, alleging threats to their lives from rape accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. In a letter, the lawyer Mahendra Singh had requested the District Magistrate to get him a weapon licence as he perceived threat to his life.


The Unnao rape victim had also written to the CJI on July 12, fifteen days prior to the tragic road accident she met with on July 29, about the threats she was allegedly receiving from Kuldeep Sengar’s men.

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is the prime accused in the 2017 high profile rape case. The case pertains to how the victim was lured and raped by a host of people, including the BJP MLA and how co-ordinated and meticulous schemes were hatched to silent the victim and intimidate her relatives by framing them in police cases based on flippant charges.

On Sunday, the victim of the Unnao rape case was travelling to Rae Bareli with her two aunts, and her lawyer Mahendra Singh when their vehicle was hit by a truck, rendering them critically injured. The vehicle collided with a truck going in the opposite direction towards Lalganj in UP. The victim is now battling for her life.

Two of her aunts were killed in the accident while her lawyer also sustained serious injuries. The woman’s family has filed a complaint alleging “conspiracy” behind the car crash.

INX scam case: ED asks Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to vacate Jor Bagh residence within 10 days

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INX scam case: ED asks Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to vacate Jor Bagh residence within 10 days

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday has directed former Union minister P Chidambaram’s son and INX scam accused Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to vacate his home in Delhi’s Jor Bagh within 10 days. The house was earlier attached by the agency in the INX Media corruption case.

Reportedly, the ED has issued an eviction notice on Wednesday evening following an earlier order of the Adjudicating Authority, PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), by which the attachment of the property was confirmed. The property was attached by the probe agency in October last year.

The immovable property situated at 115-A block 172, Jor Bagh, New Delhi-3 was attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last year. The property was jointly owned by Karti Chidambaram and his mother Nalini.

A notice issued by the ED said that Karti P Chidambaram of the property is “directed to vacate said premise and hand over the possession of the property (50 per cent attached by the ED and confirmed by authority vide order dated March 29) to the undersigned (ED) within 10 days from the date of receipt of this notice.”

After Karti vacates the Jor Bagh residence, the property will be at the disposal of ED until further orders and kept intact for further proceedings under the act, said Nitesh Rana, Enforcement Directorate counsel.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram are accused in the INX Media scam which involves charges of bribery and lobbying in granting foreign investments worth Rs 300 crores to INX Media, which is now known as NewsX, it was then owned by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea.

The ED had initiated a probe on the basis of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s FIR. Chidambaram is accused of misusing his power as the finance minister to grant INX Media an FIPB clearance. Karti was arrested by agencies last year in February for allegedly lobbying for the Mukerjeas, in order to get FIPB clearance from Finance Ministry, which at the time was under his father.

Along with his Jor Bagh residence, the ED had also attached properties and bank deposits of Karti Chidambaram worth around Rs.54 crores in connection with the case in October last year.

CPI (Marxist) leader spreads photoshopped image attributing fake quote to Smriti Irani on Unnao rape case

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CPI (Marxist) leader spreads photoshopped image attributing fake quote to Smriti Irani on Unnao rape case

The news of the Unnao rape victim’s car accident this Sunday has been a topic of furious debate across the political spectrum this week. The victim’s car was hit by a truck on the Lalganj-Raebareli highway and both the victim and her lawyer are critical at the moment. 2 of the victim’s family members had succumbed to their injuries.

BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, who is lodged in Sitapur jail since last year, has been accused of being involved in the incident. It is also being alleged by the victim’s family that Sengar and his associates have been threatening and intimidating the victim and her family to ‘compromise’ in the rape case. The UP government had already recommended a CBI probe into the car accident to ascertain Sengar’s involvement and a fresh case has been lodged in this regard.

The BJP has been facing immense criticism for Sengar’s involvement with the party. Though Sengar was associated with BSP and SP for a long duration, he is a BJP MLA since 2017 and it had been alleged that the local police and the state machinery in Unnao had attempted to shield him. After the victim’s car accident on Sunday, the fingers pointing towards BJP have multiplied as the party showed no attempts to expel Sengar despite the grave allegations.

Amidst all this, there are also attempts to propagate the idea that senior BJP leadership is ‘helping’ Sengar and is unwilling to accept his involvement in the crime.

A fake quote attributed to Smriti Irani, presented as an ABP News broadcast has been doing rounds on social media. The fake quote claims that BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani considers the allegations on Sengar are false, using a clearly photoshopped image.

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The tweet sharing the photoshopped image of an ABP Newsfeed with a fake quote of Irani was shared by hundreds of people on social media.

CPI (Marxist) leader Subhashini Ali also used the fake quote to attack the BJP.

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However, many Twitter users attempted to point it out that the image is photoshopped and it is a fake quote.


Several users also pointed it out to Subhashini Ali that the image she has used is photoshopped and it contains a fake quote.

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In reality, Smriti Irani has issued no such statement supporting Kuldeep Sengar. As the Minister for Women and Child Development, Irani seems to have been keeping a close watch over the issue. She had also shared updates from the NCW as a team visited the victim and met the DGP. Last year, after the CBI took over the case, Irani had told the people to have faith in the legal system and had promised that the guilty will not be spared.

Irani, being the minister for woman and child development, has been facing a lot of criticism from the opposition, as well as supporters of BJP over her ‘silence’ on the Unnao issue. However, she has not claimed that the charges on Kuldeep Sengar are wrong and the photoshopped images of ABP Newsfeed are clearly malicious propaganda to spread misinformation. The website of ABP news also does not have any such news report.

Photoshopped images claiming to be newsfeed by popular news outlets have often been propagated to spread fake news. Before the Gujarat elections, photoshopped images of another ABP News screenshot was doing the rounds on social media which declared that Congress is winning it.

During the same time, the Editor of Ahmedabad Mirror was also caught spreading morphed images of ABP News screenshots claiming that Amit Shah had used derogatory statements about Patidars.

AAP MLA Alka Lamba was also caught spreading morphed images with fake surveys with ABP News logo.

Smriti Irani has been a constant target for fake news peddlers and political trolls who often attack her with filthy, distasteful photoshops. In April, Congress Sevadal had spread morphed images attributing fake quotes to Irani to target her with misogynist remarks.

Former SP leader Amar Singh calls out ‘old friend’ Jaya Bachchan for her ‘selective outrage’ after her laughing pics at Unnao protests go viral

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Former SP leader Amar Singh calls out ‘old friend’ Jaya Bachchan for her ‘selective outrage’ after her laughing pics at Unnao protests go viral

Politicians may be great actors, but the reverse may not necessarily be true. Legendary film actor and Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan was caught laughing while protesting for the justice for Unnao rape victim who is fighting for life after she met with an accident this Sunday.


Samajwadi Party leaders had gathered near the Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Parliament house on Tuesday where the SP leaders appear to be out on a picnic instead of protesting against allegations of murder and criminal conspiracy against the accused. The accused, suspended BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, interestingly, is their former colleague, since he was with Samajwadi Party before joining BJP prior to the 2018 elections.


As a Twitter user shared, moments after the photo opportunity came up, Bachchan had suddenly stopped smiling and was appearing all serious and angry while posing for the picture with a placard.

Twitter users also took a dig at how the actress brought out the politician within her when the cameras were on.


Her former colleague ex-Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh too took to Twitter to call out her hypocrisy and selective outrage. Singh, who was once believed to be a close family friend of the Bachchans, said that Jaya Bachchan was being selective in standing up for women victims.


He said that Bachchan spoke up for the Unnao rape victim, but kept mum when BJP MP Rama Devi was on the receiving end of sexist and misogynist remarks by an SP leader and her colleague Azam Khan last week. Referring to her as his ‘old friend’, Singh said that she would cry for women if the woman is Nirbhaya or the Unnao rape victim. “She will stay quiet if the woman is Rama Devi because she is associated with the BJP. She will be quiet if the woman is Jaya Prada, who has even worked with her husband Amitabh Bachchan. Because they are with the BJP. And Azam Khan speaks about her undergarments but she will still keep quiet. After all, Samajwadi Party sent her to Rajya Sabha. She has been showered with the power. Not once, not twice but three times. For the power given to me, I will keep quiet. If I have to attack the BJP, I will not keep quiet,” he said.

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is the primary accused in the 2017 high profile rape case. The case pertains to how the victim was lured and raped by a host of people, including the BJP MLA and how co-ordinated and meticulous schemes were hatched to silent the victim and intimidate her relatives by framing them in police cases based on flippant charges.

On Sunday, the victim of the Unnao rape case was travelling to Rae Bareli with her two aunts, and her lawyer Mahendra Singh when their vehicle was hit by a truck, rendering them critically injured. The vehicle collided with a truck going in the opposite direction towards Lalganj in UP. The victim is now battling for her life.

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