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Facebook page called ‘Aligarh Muslim University’ promotes Rahul Gandhi, AMU distances itself from the page

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Facebook page called ‘Aligarh Muslim University’ promotes Rahul Gandhi, AMU distances itself from the page

A Facebook page called ‘Aligarh Muslim University’, was caught promoting the Congress party when the polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha election is going on. Today, the Facebook page posted a message urging everyone to vote. They appealed “all the voters to participate in the biggest festival of democracy and vote in huge numbers”.

They had posted two images along with the message. One of them is a photograph of the Indian national flag. The other image contained the word ‘vote’, and inside the letter o in the word, the Congress party’s symbol is seen.


Later, the Facebook page deleted the image with Congress symbol, but no before alert social media users taking a screenshot of the post. They retained the post with the image of the flag.

According to Election Commission rules, educational institutions can’t be used by politicians, therefore Facebook page of AMU promoting the Congress party amounts to violations of model code of conduct for the elections.

Although it is not certain whether this is an official page of the university on Facebook, the page has over 63,000 likes and over 62,000 followers. Moreover, the website of the university does not mention any official Facebook account or page, which makes it difficult to determine the authenticity of the page.

Update: Aligarh Muslim University has posted a message on another Facebook page called ‘Aligarh Muslim University News’ that the University does not appeal or support any political party or own any Facebook page or Twitter account or webpage that makes such appeals. The post says that they promote only academic, cultural activity news etc from their pages. They also said they are not responsible or accountable for any misleading posts using the names and logos of AMU. 

 

In the first phase of polling itself, Congress rides the ‘EVM glitch’ bogey

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In the first phase of polling itself, Congress rides the ‘EVM glitch’ bogey

On the first day of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, Congress has already started casting aspersions on the EVMs alleging them to be faulty. The party has sent 39 complaints to the Election Commission about glitches in the functioning of some polling booths in the six Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra where the polling was underway.

In a statement issued by Maharashtra state Congress unit, the party said that it had registered 12 complaints to the Election Commission via e-mail, drawing their attention to the snags in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) experienced at some of the booths in Nagpur, eight such complaints in Chandrapur, six in Wardha and five in Ramtek.

Complaints of glitches were also sent from Yavatmal-Wasim and Gadchiroli-Chimur seats. Apart from these six constituencies, polling was also ongoing in the Bhandara-Gondia seat in Vidarbha region during the first phase of Lok Sabha polls.

Congress also sent a separate letter to apprise the state’s chief election officer about the malfunctioning of an EVM at a booth in Nagpur constituency, alleging that it was an “interference” in the conduct of free and fair polls. “You are requested to take cognisance of the matter and instruct the returning officer to address the matter immediately and take corrective steps,” state Congress legal cell’s vice chairman Vijay Pandey said in the letter.

After witnessing a string of defeats in the past, the Congress and the opposition parties have been usually coming up with the ‘EVM malfunctioning/hacking’ theory to defend their disgraceful defeats and attack the Modi government. A couple of months back, a dubious individual was seen making claims of ‘hacking’ into EVMs while Congress’ Kapil Sibal watched.

His claims were decisively dismissed and Congress had hastily covered up the embarrassment of Sibal’s presence at the presser of the person who had made tall claims without any proof.

It is also notable here that the Election Commission had invited all the political parties for an open hacking challenge to show the EVMs can be rigged. Not a single party had taken the challenge.

Congress has been blaming faults in the EVMs in order to escape the accountability of their leaders for their defeats. As soon as Congress leaders sense an imminent defeat, they start raising the familiar cry of EVM malfunctioning so that they can avoid taking up the responsibility of the loss and blame the opponents of wrongdoing.

Narendra Modi is no Vajpayee: Here is why Sonia Gandhi is wrong and why BJP’s defeat in 2019 is extremely unlikely

K Bhattacharjee
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Narendra Modi is no Vajpayee: Here is why Sonia Gandhi is wrong and why BJP’s defeat in 2019 is extremely unlikely

Sonia Gandhi, former Congress President and mother to the current one, in response to a question on Prime Minister Modi’s invincibility, has remarked that people assumed the Atal Bihari Vajpayee was invincible in 2004 as well but the UPA managed to secure a win.


While the Opposition would be looking back to 2004 to give themselves hope, they are acutely aware that there are intrinsic differences between the BJP of today and the party under the late Vajpayee.

The Vajpayee regime for all its positive aspects was not half as ruthless as the BJP under the Modi-Shah duo. Under the able leadership of Amit Shah, the BJP has developed a well oiled machine that has established its authority all over India and is continuing to expand. The kind of expansion of the BJP that we are witnessing today simply didn’t happen under Vajpayee.

From the very outset, the Modi-Shah duo set out to establish a BJP hegemony over Indian polity, a hegemony it has largely succeeded in creating while suffering a few hiccups along the way.

The policies of the Vajpayee government contributed to its fall as well. The government went ahead with its policy of disinvestment at a time when the Indian electorate was not very sympathetic towards it. As a consequence, there was significant disenchantment with the ruling dispensation. In contrast, Narendra Modi has adopted several populist policies to ensure that every section of the electorate remains in the fold.

The BJP under Vajpayee did not try to break the Establishment monopoly over the mainstream media as well. On the other hand, Narendra Modi over the past 5 years has succeeded in engineering a situation where the mainstream media is not as heavily slanted towards Congress as it used to be.

Most importantly, there were no social media back in 2004. Therefore, the establishment had a near monopoly on narratives. Now, the mainstream media stands discredited and Narendra Modu has a huge presence on social media. With the rise of social media, a massive cultural shift has occurred within the country. There has been a great Hindu awakening that wouldn’t have been possible during the Vajpayee years. And needless to say, it favours Narendra Modi.

The Congress party itself has undergone a remarkable shift since its victory Sonia Gandhi, for all her faults, was an extremely able president of the Congress party. Her son is anything but. Sonia Gandhi in 2004 had the same ruthlessness that Amit Shah has now. Moreover, the second term of Manmohan Singh’s tenure sealed the fate of the Congress party. The series of scams that unfolded during the period damaged Congress’ credibility beyond repair. And the party is now in terminal decline.

Thus, we have a situation where the leadership of the BJP is far more ruthless than it was in 2004 and the leadership of the Congress party appears to be totally unaware of Indian ground realities and has as its President perhaps the most incompetent high profile politician.

Also, in 2004 the battle between the BJP and the Congress was largely ideological. In 2019, as it was in 2014, the battle is extremely personal. The Lok Sabha elections of 2019 revolve around personalities. And when one party has Narendra Modi on its side while the other has the likes of Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, it’s not very hard to imagine which party has the edge.

The BJP of today is a completely different beast than it was in 2004. Narendra Modi is no Vajpayee and the Opposition is well aware of that. The astute politician that she is, Sonia Gandhi surely knows that even if the Opposition somehow succeeds in defeating the BJP, the Congress will nowhere nearly have the power that it had back in 2004. She may be putting on a brave face but deep inside, she is aware that the prospect of her party returning to power looks extremely dim.

Too many things have changed between 2004 and 2019. The Indian polity is much more polarized today than it was 15 years ago. Until such a time when more Hindutva political parties arrive on the frame, such polarization will only benefit the BJP. Although the Congress party has been trying hard to present a more ‘Hindu’ face, it’s often a case of one step forward and two steps back.

While the defeat of 2004 is forever etched into the memory of BJP voters as well, India of 2019 is not the country it was in 2004. Therefore, chances of a monumental collapse, and it would require a monumental collapse for the BJP here on, are extremely minimal.

Sadhguru clarifies what he meant when he called Pakistani student ‘Talibani’. Did the Media do a hit job on the Guru?

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Sadhguru clarifies what he meant when he called Pakistani student ‘Talibani’. Did the Media do a hit job on the Guru?

On 1st April 2019, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev delivered a talk at an event titled ‘Youth and Truth: Unplug with Sadhguru’ in the London School of Economics. The event, which was introduced by the Pakistani student Bilal Bin Saqib who later became the subject of left-liberal propaganda as they claimed that Sadhguru was an Islamophobe as he had called the student ‘Taliban”.

Leftist propaganda website The Wire and several others ran stories after stories of how Sadhguru was an Islamophobe because he had called Saqib ‘Taliban’ and ‘Talibani’ during a private conversation with him after the event. The London School of Economics Students’ Union too issued a statement condemning Sadhguru’s comments and calling it blatant Islamophobia. Their contention was simple: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a Hindu guru, called a Muslim student ‘Talibani’ because of his religion.

The London School of Economics Students’ Union’s statement read, “The LSESU confirms that such comments do not have a place on campus and are to be condemned. If the comments were made in jest, this does not lessen their impact – the words still offend. Such incidents, if not duly denounced, aggregate to create a culture where casual Islamophobia becomes acceptable and, as such, we implore Sadhguru to release a formal apology to the student body with regards to the statements made”. 

LSESU demanded an apology and asserted that even if it was said in jest, it would aggregate casual Islamophobia. The Student Body demanded that the apology is made to the student body. Not Saqib.

This begged an important question: What was the context of the conversation and was Saqib as offended as the entire Students Body was?

Soon, Jaggi Vasudev released a statement explaining himself and his followers released a video rebutting the claims of publications like The Wire that were bent on calling him an Islamophobe.

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The short clip where Jaggi Vasudev was heard calling the Pakistani student a ‘Talibani’, starts with the student seemingly discussing something spiritual with Sadhguru. He says “the night you are meant to be spending in the grave, you won’t be spending it outside anyway”. After that, Sadhguru is heard saying “this guy is a proper Taliban here”.

When Sadhguru says that, one can hear the sound of laughter coming from others present in the room and Saqib too doesn’t seem offended. He retorts not with outrage or wonders why Sadhguru is referring to him as a terrorist, as claimed by left-liberals, but he simply mentions his name. He says, “Oh Taliban, ya my name is Bilal Bin Saqib”.

The video that has been released by Sadhguru’s team to rebut these charges, says that the meaning of the word ‘Talibani’ literally means ‘student or seeker’. In his statement, Sadhguru too says that when he called Saqib a Talibani, that is what he meant. He meant to call him an ‘ardent student or a seeker’.

The video goes on to talk about how even the student was not offended by what Sadhguru said and in fact, proceeded to tell him that his name is Bilal Bin Saqib. In the video, the voice over claims that Saqib been “keen” and hence the meaning of his name is similar to ‘Taliban’ which means ‘ardent student or seeker’.

The video claims that this hitjob against Sadhguru has happened because, during the event at London School of Economics, Sadhguru was categoric while speaking to Pakistani students too that Pakistan is a bad neighbour to India and there is no point lying about it, however, even so, he would want the best for them. He says, “I dont have to lie and say you are a fantastic neighbour, you are not, but I want you well”. The video claims that his openness and truthfulness of Sadhguru has offended the sensibilities of certain elements and hence, they want to maliciously paint Sadhguru as someone who is ‘anti-Muslim’. The news was first picked up by Pakistan media and then, was followed by portals like The Wire.

Despite these comments, the London School of Economics Students’ Body has not budged and maintained that this statement by Sadhguru is Islamophobic.

LSESU has said, “LSESU stands firmly on our above stance and deem the comments to be Islamophobic. We do not believe the video was “mischievously edited” and have heard no reports supporting the common use of ‘Taliban’ in India as meaning over-enthusiastic”.

It is true that neither Saqib nor the other students in the private interaction appeared offended. It is also true that since the entire video is not available, we will never know what the context of the conversation was. It is also true that during the event, Sadhguru did make the remarks about Pakistan to a panel of three students in which Saqib was included and a vast audience. However, the truth, at this point, is a matter of who one thinks is more credible – The Wire and Pakistan Media or Sadhguru?

Before claiming ‘assassination attempt by sniper rifle’, Congress should have at least understood it could not have been a sniper rifle at all

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Before claiming ‘assassination attempt by sniper rifle’, Congress should have at least understood it could not have been a sniper rifle at all

Today the Congress party complained to Home Minister Rajnath Singh that there is a threat to the life of Rahul Gandhi. In a letter written to the home minister, the party said that during Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Amethi, a green laser was pointed at the Congress president at least seven times. The party is alleging that this could be a laser emanating from a potential weapon such as a sniper gun. They have said that they are “deeply shocked and distressed at the possibility of the Congress president being targeted by a potential assassin”, and asked to “probe and neutralize the threat, if any”.

A video of the incident is also available, which shows that a dot of green light was pointed at Rahul Gandhi a couple of times when he was talking to media.

There is no doubt that security of political leaders is a serious issue, and if an SPG protectee was indeed the target of an assassin with a sniper rifle, it should be probed. If it was actually a sniper, it would have to be located hundreds of meters away from Rahul Gandhi, because the area around him is always sanitised by multiple layers of security. But basic facts about how sniper rifles work raises questions about this apprehension.

The Congress party seems to have taken its gun lessons from Hollywood action movies, because, in reality, snipers don’t use any laser pointer like shown in movies. The basic purpose of using a sniper rifle to kill someone is to do it without the target knowing about it. Therefore, using a laser pointer does not make any sense while shooting someone with a sniper, as it defeats the very purpose of using a sniper rifle. It will immediately alert the target or people nearby, and the target will be able to avoid the attack.

But the more important fact with guns is, gun bullets don’t travel in a straight line like a beam of light, especially snipper rifle bullets which may travel hundreds of meters before hitting the target. At that distance, a lot of things affect the path of the bullet. While shooting with a sniper rifle, snipers have to account for a lot of things, like wind speed and direction, gravitation, temperature etc. The bullet faces resistance from the air, the wind changes its direction, and the bullet continues to drop due to gravitation. As snipers use considerably large bullets, the drag on them is more. Even the rotation of the earth has an effect on the path of the bullet, or even whether the gun is aimed at east or west.

Therefore, if a sniper rifle is fired from a distance at a direction based on a laser guide, it is certain to miss. The bullet will go right or left, and fall to the ground much before reaching the target. Real sniping is less about focusing on someone on the crosshair through the viewfinder, and more about understanding complex physics, taking readings and solving university grade mathematical equations on the spot, to determine the trajectory of the bullet before pulling the trigger. A sniper is generally assisted by the marksman in doing such things.

For example, when Welsh Royal Marine sniper Matt Hughes shot one Iraqi gunman around a kilometre away, he had pointed it 56 feet to the left and 38 feet high, to account for wind and gravitation. He and his marksman had arrived at these numbers by analysing the movement of heat haze and dust. Similarly, when Craig Harrison fired three consecutive successful shots at three different targets a distance of 2.5 km, he had to aim it 400 feet above the targets.

Laser pointers work when used with short range guns, where the path of the bullet remains largely straight. But one will have to be very bad at aiming to need laser guides for short distances, and not a professional assassin hired to take out a high-value target. Laser guides may be useful while intimidating someone at gunpoint, as the light beam falling on the body of the target adds to the scare factor. They are not practical when targeting someone from a distance.

Therefore, it is likely that the green dot of light on Rahul Gandhi came from some other source, and not a sniper rifle. Maybe someone was playing a prank using a laser pointer available in the market, or it may come from a camera or mobile phone, or maybe it was the reflection of some bright object. In fact, the home ministry has already analysed the incident and ruled out the possibility of a sniper rifle. They have said that it may come from a mobile phone used by an AICC photograph to record the event.

Two Hindu girls who were abducted and forcefully converted to Islam sent back to their husbands by the Islamabad High Court

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Two Hindu girls who were abducted and forcefully converted to Islam sent back to their husbands by the Islamabad High Court

Two Hindu girls, Reena, and Raveena from Ghotki in Sindh, Pakistan who were allegedly abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and married off, have been ordered by the Islamabad High Court to return to live with their Muslim husbands.

According to reports, the Islamabad High Court ordered the Ghotki sisters to return back to their Muslim husbands Safdar Ali and Barkat Ali after two girls allegedly confessed in front of the court that they had willingly converted to Islam given they were impressed by the Islamic teachings.

A High Court bench led by Chief Justice of IHC Athar Minallah made the decision after a five-member commission had submitted the report, which was tasked to probe whether the conversion of the Hindu sisters to Islam was forced or otherwise. The High Court had also ordered earlier that the two sisters be shifted to a shelter home in Islamabad until the hearing was completed.

The commission had informed the court that alleged medical tests had proven that the girls were aged 18 and 19, and therefore not minors.

On March 20, two underage Hindu girls Raveena (13) and Reena (15) were abducted from their home in Pakistan’s Sindh on the eve of Holi. The girls were later forcefully converted and married off to older Muslim men. The case had generated widespread outrage among the minority Hindus of Pakistan who have been struggling for their rights under apathetic governments in Pakistan.

Within days of this deplorable incident, another Hindu minor girl belonging to the Meghwar community was also allegedly kidnapped from Tando Bagho in Badin district in Pakistan’s Sindh province.

Following the incident, Sushma Swaraj, India’s Union Minister of External Affairs had sought details on the abduction of two Hindu girls on the eve of Holi in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Sushma Swaraj had asked the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on the incident.

After receiving severe backlash for being apathetic towards the rights of minorities, the Pakistan police finally arrested seven accused in connection to the alleged abduction, forced religious conversion and illegal marriage of the two minor Hindu girls.

The severe outrage had compelled the Islamabad High Court to order the state to ensure that the two girls who were abducted and forcefully married to Muslim men following forced religious conversion are taken into protective custody.

The case of the organised abductions and forceful conversions of Hindu girls by a politically influential Mosque in the area had generated widespread condemnation among many human rights activists, Hindu rights groups and journalists in the country.

Meerut college closes inquiry after Muslim girl who alleged harassment doesn’t turn up after repeated calls, suspensions revoked

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Meerut college closes inquiry after Muslim girl who alleged harassment doesn’t turn up after repeated calls, suspensions revoked

The case of alleged harassment to 22-year old law student Umam Khanam seems to be almost settled after the committee constituted by the college closed the inquiry and revoked the suspension of the two students named in the complaint, reported Swarajya.

According to the report, the college committee closed the inquiry after the complainant did not appear before them to give her statement. Dr. Naresh Goyal, Executive director of the Dewan College, said that since four faculty members dedicated to the job were wasting their time by waiting for the complainant to turn up, the college had no option but to take the decision.

Speaking to Swarajya, Dr. Naresh Goyal said, “We made multiple calls to the complainant to appear before the committee and give her statement. But she never showed up. So we closed the inquiry today.”

Goyal also explained his reasons behind revoking the suspension of two students, “Exams are coming up. We cannot deny them their right to education. They deserved a fair inquiry, which couldn’t happen because the complainant did not come.” The college had also suspended the complainant pending inquiry on April 8th and this suspension also stands revoked, Goyal informed.

Goyal informed that the grievance cell had tried calling the complainant, but she handed over the phone to a woman. The next day, a woman and a man claiming to be the complainant’s siblings visited the committee. “But we did not entertain their statement as we wanted either the complainant or her parents to come,” said Goyal. “We made the siblings sign on the letter of revocation or suspension and handed them a copy.”

Reportedly, Swarajya spoke to one of the accused Ankur, who confirmed that he was called to the college and given the letter of revocation of his suspension, along with the other accused. However, he added that the complainant has been pressuring him to give a written apology to the college, after which she would withdraw the complaint. “But I have said no to this offer. I will not apologise for what I have not done,” he said.

On April 2, Umam Khanam had started a controversy after she had alleged that she was harassed by fellow students for being a Muslim during a college trip. Umam Khanam, in a series of tweets, had also claimed ‘victimhood’ stating that certain students under the influence of alcohol had harassed her.

She had claimed that the fellow students were carrying BJP caps which they were forcing her to wear and consequently, she was harassed after she refused to wear those caps. She also suggested that her Muslim identity played a role as she was the only person from the community in the entire group. She had further stated that the faculty had ignored the fact that students were harassing her despite being present right at the scene.

However, the teachers who had accompanied the students to the trip had refuted all the accusations and had denied any such incidents during the trip as claimed by the 22-year old Law student Umam Khanam.

Interestingly, Umam’s written complaint to the college had reportedly neither mentioned the ‘BJP cap’ angle nor the claim that she was harassed for being a Muslim.

A ground report by journalist Swati Goel Sharma, Swarajya, had revealed further interesting details regarding the incident as nearly 35 students, who are also the classmates of the alleged victim Khanam had shared their side of the story backed by clear facts.

Many students also came forward to give their testimonies to Swarajya stated that Umam is a “religious fanatic” who did this “to get into the good books of Shehla Rashid and Afra Khanum”. The students added that the 22-year old student had actually discriminated with a few of them for their beliefs and said that Umam has a grave contempt towards the BJP and Hindu nationalistic ideology. Several other students had expressed their views regarding Umam’s bigotry and referred to incidents when she had called for the lynching of PM Modi while referring Dawood Ibrahim as India’s ‘baap’.

‘Possible assassination attempt’ on Rahul Gandhi turned out to be camera flashed by AICC photographer

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‘Possible assassination attempt’ on Rahul Gandhi turned out to be camera flashed by AICC photographer

In a sensational claim, the Congress had written to Home Ministry claiming a threat to Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s life. To make the case stronger Congress had attached a video of Rahul Gandhi where he was interacting with media and ‘green laser’ light was pointed at his head seven times, including twice on the right side of his temple.


In the above video at around 10 seconds onward, a greenish light can be seen reflected on Rahul Gandhi’s face. In its letter, Congress claimed how Rahul Gandhi’s grandmother and father were both assassinated. Rahul’s father Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated when he was campaigning in Sriperumbudur for the 1991 general elections. Now that Rahul has just filed his nomination from Wayanad and Amethi, Congress believes that the above light reflected on Rahul Gandhi’s face at least seven times was prima facie from a potential weapon such as a sniper gun.

Thankfully despite getting at least seven clear shots, the ‘potential assassin’, as described by Congress, was unsuccessful. Today, however, it turns out the lights reflected on Rahul Gandhi’s face was reportedly a flashlight from AICC photographer.


As per reports, the Ministry of Home Affairs has verified the facts with the SPG and the green light is from a mobile phone of a person present there. No security implication on the said ‘green light’ and no threat to Rahul Gandhi’s life.

In April 2018, Congress had peddled wild conspiracy theories about Rahul’s flight malfunction ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections. Congress party had filed a complaint with the Karnataka police alleging that a private jet carrying Rahul Gandhi from New Delhi to Hubbali had suffered unexplained malfunctioning.

As per Rahul’s aide Kaushal K Vidyarthee who was travelling with him, the plane suddenly had a heavy tilt accompanied with a steep drop in altitude. He also alleged that the plane was shuddering violently, with the autopilot too not functioning. The plane finally managed to safely land in Hubbali at about 11:35 AM on Thursday.

Going by Vidyarthee’s description, the ordeal was indeed shocking and it was relieving to note that everyone on board was safe. The complaint though didn’t stop at making objective observations, but also decided to plunge into the realm of conspiracy theories.

The complaint had alleged that the “suspicious and faulty performance of the aircraft” meant that “serious questions relating to intentional tampering” needed to be investigated. After again adding the angle of “intentional tampering”, the complaint had raised serious questions over aviation safety.

Vidyarthee though didn’t stop at that and used this as an opportunity to praise Rahul by claiming that while the plane was in a free-fall, the Congress President managed to calmly stand beside the airline pilots to “save the situation”. Even Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala made a similar claim about Rahul’s calmness.

An investigation carried out by intelligence agencies had rejected the conspiracy theories of sabotaging Rahul Gandhi’s flight. A discreet enquiry into supposed malfunction of a flight ferrying Congress President Rahul Gandhi had revealed that there was no foul play or criminal conspiracy, in the matter.

ISIS bride reveals murder of a 5-year old Yazidi girl to a German undercover cop

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ISIS bride reveals murder of a 5-year old Yazidi girl to a German undercover cop

On trial for murder and other war crimes, an ISIS bride has spilled the beans about the excesses meted out by her and her husband to a German security service official posing as a driver.

The ISIS bride identified as Jennifer W., 27, is a German national who got converted to Islam in 2013. The Turkish authorities deported the 27 year old woman to Germany in 2016 because of privacy laws. In 2018, she was looking for a ride to the Middle East and found a man who offered to ride her to Turkey. The man recorded the conversation in which the woman revealed about the murder of a 5-year old Yazidi girl.

As per the formal charge against Jennifer, she and her husband bought a 5-year-old Yazidi girl as a slave in the summer of 2015. The girl was allegedly a Prisoner of War(PoW) when ISIS had invaded and occupied northern Iraq in 2014 and sold Yazidi women and girls as slaves. They were bounded by ISIS’s sex codes and Quran endorsed rapes.

According to the German authorities, the girl child was tied up by Jennifer’s husband and left to die of thirst. The defendant’s husband chained up the girl in the scorching heat and left her to die after she fell ill and wet her mattress. Jennifer allowed her husband to do what he wanted and displayed no intention of saving the girl.

Jennifer is now being prosecuted for crimes such as “membership of a terrorist organization, weapons violation, murder and, specifically, murder as a war crime,” as reported by CNN. These crimes can send her to life imprisonment.

The girl child’s mother was also allegedly enslaved by Jennifer and her husband is expected to testify in the court against Jennifer. The prosecution counsel Amal Clooney said that her client wishes to see the justice served and lay bare the full account of the ordeal she and her daughter had to go through.

The officials are yet to identify Jennifer’s husband, who is a member of ISIS. Jennifer laid bare her entire journey through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq to join ISIS. Prosecutors allege that Jennifer worked as an enforcer for the morality code for women in the Iraqi cities Fallujah and Mosul. “She ensured that all the women residents of Islamic State preserved and maintained the IS codes regarding dress and behavior,” prosecutors said.

Fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav pleads with voters to save democracy and constitution

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Fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav pleads with voters to save democracy and constitution

After the apex court reject the bail plea of Lalu Prasad Yadav, the RJD supremo has penned an open letter to supporters urging them to save democracy and Constitution.


In the letter written by Lalu Prasad Yadav from inside the jail, he has lamented about it being the first time in his 44-year political career that he is unable to be with his supporters during the elections. Besides, he also censured the BJP government at the centre and held them responsible for his jail sentence. He urged people to fight against the ruling party in order to defeat in the elections.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had rejected the bail plea filed by Lalu Prasad Yadav. Yadav had been in the hospital for eight months now and had sought the bail on medical grounds. The CBI had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing the bail plea of Yadav, who is convicted in the fodder scam.

The CBI, which solicited approval from a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi to register its response to the bail plea of Lalu Yadav, contended that the RJD leader is expected to get involved in political activities and put to wrong use the grant of bail ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The agency also alleged that Lalu has been involved in political activities from the hospital ward he is been admitted to for the last eight months.

The former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is convicted in 4 fodder scam cases. He has been sentenced with cumulative imprisonment for 27.5 years for his incriminating role in the fodder scam. He is accused of corruption and embezzlement in another 2 cases as well which is yet to be heard by the courts.

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