An employee of the accounts department at Golden Temple was murdered on Saturday after a confrontation with a colleague. The victim, Darbara Singh, clashed with another employee, Sukhbir Singh, at 1:30 pm (IST). Darbara Singh was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries during treatment. The police have initiated action based on witness statements.
— Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (@SGPCAmritsar) August 3, 2024
Preliminary investigations revealed that an argument broke out between SGPC employees Sukhbir Singh and Darbara Singh, both working in the accounts branch. Darbara Singh was taken to Sri Guru Ramdas Hospital in an unconscious state, where doctors pronounced him dead. SGPC Secretary Pratap Singh mentioned that the conflict was domestic, escalating during lunchtime. Both employees were related, and they had already fought at home earlier that day.
The altercation resumed in the Golden Temple in the afternoon. Sukhbir Singh allegedly attacked Darbara Singh with a sword five times, continuing until Darbara Singh lost consciousness. Following the attack, Sukhbir Singh fled the scene. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee reported the incident to local police, who are now searching for the suspect.
On Saturday (3rd August), Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad gave a communal angle to the UP administration’s crackdown against the gangrape accused SP leader Moeed Khan. Notably, Khan has been arrested for sexually exploiting a minor 12-year-old girl for several months. On Saturday, the administration sealed his illegal property and initiated bulldozer action against it.
While responding to the demolition of Khan’s bakery, Ayodhya (Faizabad) MP Awadhesh Prasad peddled the Muslim victimhood boogie. He went on to allege that the demolition drive against illegal property of gangrape accused Khan was initiated because UP CM Yogi Adityanath has enmity with Muslims and Yadavs.
Speaking to news agency ANI, he demanded that a DNA test should be conducted in the Ayodhya gangrape case. He also demanded that no innocent should be framed.
Responding to the allegations that the gangrape accused Moeed Khan was his close aide, Awadhesh Prasad claimed that he has never allowed any criminal to come near him and has never taken any help from them. Referring to his picture with Khan, he defended himself saying that lakhs of people click pictures with him.
Meanwhile, he described the Ayodhya gangrape case as a very painful and shameful incident. He added that all the people involved in this incident should be investigated and action should be taken with full force against the guilty persons. While he demanded a DNA test in the gangrape case and stated that no innocents should be framed, he claimed that the Samajwadi Party stands with the victim. He also claimed that the party will not stand with criminals. He added that this is not a moment for politics and accused BJP of indulging in politics over this incident.
Regarding his photograph with the gangrape accused Moeed Khan, the SP MP said, “I have never allowed anyone to come near me who has even the slightest connection with the crime. I have never taken any kind of help from them. As far as the photo (with the accused) is concerned. Lakhs of people click pictures with us, take selfies……”
#WATCH | On the demolition drive at the bakery of SP leader Moeed Khan, the main accused in the gang rape of a minor girl, Faizabad (Ayodhya) MP Awadhesh Prasad says, "This is a very old ideology of Chief Minister (Yogi Adityanath) and we cannot tell what enmity he has with… https://t.co/g3fvOl0jkNpic.twitter.com/X90BDwJbAQ
He, however, gave the case a communal angle and alleged that the demolition drive was initiated because UP CM has a very old ideology and has enmity with Muslims and Yadavs.
He said, “This is a very old ideology of Chief Minister (Yogi Adityanath) and we cannot tell what enmity he has with Muslims, Yadavs. Samajwadi Party has always fought against injustice… The Bharatiya Janata Party should not do politics on such a horrific, shameful incident…”
Ayodhya Gangrape case
It is alleged that Samajwadi Party leader Moeed Khan and his servant Raju Khangang-raped the minor girl who hails from OBC community a few months ago. They also recorded the video while committing the heinous crime, to blackmail the minor victim. By threatening to leak the obscene video, they continued sexually exploiting her for over 2 months. However, the family came to know about the crime when her health deteriorated and she became pregnant.
It is further alleged that the Bhadarsa Police Station didn’t file an FIR in this matter for more than 30 hours. It is also alleged that since 2012, this Police station had been running from the house of the accused SP leader Moeed Khan.
On Saturday, August 3, a retired Punjab Police officer shot dead his son-in-law in Chandigarh district court. The deceased son-in-law was an IRS officer. Though the police are not divulging any details, reports say the firing took place due to a matrimonial dispute between the two high-profile families.
The incident took place on Saturday, August 3, afternoon, when the former Assistant Inspector General Malwinder Singh shot dead his son-in-law Harpreet, an officer in the irrigation department in full public view and fled the spot. Immediately after the incident, the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead.
Chandigarh District Court में आज फायरिंग हो गई। एक युवक गोली लगने से घायल हो गया है।
District Court के Mediation Center में तलाक से पहले समझौते के लिए दो पक्ष आए थे। इसी दौरान लड़की पक्ष वालों ने लड़के पर हमला कर दिया।
The deceased has been identified as Harpreet Singh, an officer in the irrigation department of Punjab. The accused who carried out the murder has been identified as Malwinder Singh Sidhu, a now retired Assistant Inspector General of the Punjab police.
Following the matrimonial dispute, both families had arrived at the district court for the mediation. During the meditation session, Malwinder Singh requested to use the washroom and asked Harpreet to show him the way. Moments later, Malwinder allegedly took out a weapon and shot Harpreet twice, resulting in his death.
The police are yet to confirm whether the accused retired police officer has been arrested.
After Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran’s Tehran, the Iranian govt has arrested over two dozen people over suspected links with the murder. The arrested persons include senior intelligence officers, military officials and staff workers at the military-run guesthouse in Tehran where a pre-planted precision bomb killed Haniyeh and his bodyguard on 31 July, as per a report by the New York Times.
The assassination allegedly by Israel revealed a massive security breach, and as a result the arrests have been made. Iran has been humiliated following the murder of its guest, and a massive probe has been launched to catch those responsible for the breach.
“The perception that Iran can neither protect its homeland nor its key allies could be fatal for the Iranian regime, because it basically signals to its foes that if they can’t topple the Islamic Republic, they can decapitate it,” said Ali Vaez, the Iran director for the International Crisis Group.
Iran and Hamas have alleged that Israel was behind the assassination, a view supported by some US officials. However, Israel has not acknowledged its role in the attack in Tehran.
While Iran claims that Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a missile attack on the guest house he was staying in Tehran, reports indicate that it was a bomb planted in his room. The New York Times reported yesterday that the bomb was planted in the room where the Hamas chief was staying in the guest house two months ago, and it was remotely detonated after confirming his presence. The report cited seven Middle Eastern officials including two Iranians and an American official.
As per the report, the photographs of the scene do not support the missile theory, and it matches with a bomb blast. The guesthouse is run and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound, known as Neshat, in northern Tehran.
Ismail Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of the new president. Reportedly he stayed in the same guesthouse earlier during his Tehran visits. The remotely detonated bomb present in his room killed him and his security guard at around 2 AM on Wednesday.
The Telegraph reported on Friday that Mossad hired Iranian security agents to plant explosives in three separate rooms of the guesthouse in May this year. The original plan was to kill the Hamas chief in May itself, when he was in Iran to attend the funeral of former Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi. However, the plan was not executed due to the presence of large crowds in the building and the high possibility of its failure.
Therefore, two Iranian agents planted three explosive devices in three rooms of the guesthouse where Haniyeh might stay in his future visits. According to the officials who have CCTV footage of the building, the agents moved stealthily and entered and exited multiple rooms within minutes.
The Axios also confirmed independently that the bomb was smuggled in two months ago after it was reported by NYT. As per the report, it was a hi-tech device using artificial intelligence. It is also being reported that the bomb was very precise. While it destroyed the room and killed Hamas chief and his bodyguard, the occupants of the adjacent rooms were unharmed.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah was staying next door to Haniyeh, but his room was barely damaged and he was unharmed, according to Iranian officials, indicating the precise nature of the device.
However, Iran continues to claim that it was a missile fired from a drone. But, while a missile can target a building precisely, the possibility of a missile hitting a specific room in a building so precisely is very low. Moreover, the arrest of military and intelligence officials and guesthouse staff shows that Iranian authorities now believe that it was a bomb.
It is not known how the devices were planted and hidden that they could be spotted in two months. It is also not whether the bomb was detonated from inside Iran or outside.
On Friday, Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader SS Sivasankar sparked controversy by asserting there is no historical evidence of Lord Ram’s existence. Comparing this to the Chola dynasty, he noted that the kingdom’s structures serve as evidence of its rulers.
Speaking at an event commemorating the birth anniversary of Rajendra Chola in Gangaikondacholapuram, Ariyalur district, Sivasankar emphasized the importance of celebrating Rajendra Chola’s legacy to avoid being forced to celebrate irrelevant figures.
“We honour Rajendra Chola, an emperor of the Chola dynasty because we have archaeological evidence like inscriptions, temples, and lakes created by him. In contrast, there is no evidence for the history of Lord Ram,” Sivasankar stated.
Drawing comparisons, he mentioned, “They claim Lord Ram lived 3,000 years ago and call him an avatar (incarnation). An avatar cannot be born. If Ram was an avatar, he couldn’t have been born; if he was born, he couldn’t be a God. This narrative manipulates us, obscures our history, and elevates another.”
The minister also criticized the Ramayana and Mahabharata, saying they lack “life lessons” while praising the Tirukkural, a collection of couplets by Tamil saint-poet Thiruvalluvar from 2,000 years ago.
Sivasankar’s remarks drew a sharp reaction from the BJP, with the party’s state president K Annamalai questioning the DMK’s “obsession with Lord Ram” and condemning the comments on social media platform X.
DMK's sudden obsession with Bhagwan Shri Ram is truly a sight to behold—who would've thought?
Just last week, DMK's Law Minister Thiru Raghupathy avl declared that Bhagwan Shri Ram was the ultimate champion of social justice, the pioneer of secularism, and the one who proclaimed… pic.twitter.com/z8or4AQQML
“DMK’s sudden fascination with Bhagwan Shri Ram is quite remarkable—who would have imagined? Just last week, DMK’s Law Minister Thiru Raghupathy declared that Bhagwan Shri Ram was the ultimate advocate of social justice, the pioneer of secularism, and a proponent of equality. Now, we have the scandal-tainted DMK Transport Minister, Thiru Shiva Shankar, boldly stating that Lord Ram never existed, claiming it’s all a ploy to erase Chola history,” he said.
He further criticised the DMK for opposing the installation of the Sengol in the new Parliament.
“Isn’t it interesting how quickly DMK leaders forget? Aren’t they the same people who opposed our Hon PM Thiru @narendramodiavl for installing the Chola Dynasty Sengol in the new Parliament Complex? It’s almost amusing that the DMK, a party that seems to believe Tamil Nadu’s history began in 1967, has suddenly developed an appreciation for the nation’s rich culture and history. Maybe it’s time for DMK Ministers Thiru Raghupathy and Thiru Shiva Shankar to sit down, debate, and reach an agreement on Lord Ram. We’re confident that Thiru Shiva Shankar could learn a lot about Bhagwan Shri Ram from his colleague,” he added.
Earlier last week, another DMK leader, S Regupathy, called Lord Ram the forerunner of the Dravidian model, claiming he was a protector of social justice. In response to the minister’s statement, the BJP said it was absurd to compare Ram Rajya with the DMK-run Dravidian government.
These comments come nearly a year after Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin caused a stir by calling for the “annihilation” of Sanatana Dharma, comparing it to dengue and malaria. Udhayanidhi’s remarks put the DMK and its ally Congress under fire. Despite the pressure, the DMK youth wing chief stood by his comments and refused to retract them.
Days after devastating landslides claimed the lives of more than 300 people in the Wayanad district of Kerala, the Congress party began targeting the Modi government for non-implementation of the recommendations of the Gadgil Commission.
On Saturday (3rd July), veteran party leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “On August 5th, 2019, during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, I had raised the issue of the protection of the Western Ghats.”
He accused the Centre of declaring only 57,000 square km or 36% of the land area of the Western Ghats as “eco-sensitive” instead of 64% as recommended by the Gadgil Commission in 2011.
On August 5th, 2019, during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, I had raised the Issue of the protection of the Western Ghats. Only on July 31, 2024, following the Wayanad catastrophe, does the Union Government seem to have finally moved to declare some 57,000 square kilometers (36% of… pic.twitter.com/LSaTXEKCcD
“The delay in the ‘ecologically sensitive area’ tag has enabled rampant and careless commercialization, and is directly responsible for this human tragedy,” Jairam Ramesh blamed the ‘delay’ on the part of the Modi government for the Wayanad landslides.
He further claimed that the Centre was implementing the recommendations of the Kasturirangan Committee and insinuated that they were not environment-friendly.
“The Union Government instead appears to have gone with the recommendations of the Kasturirangan Committee. This will result in future ecological disasters, and will threaten the livelihood and water security of the people living in these areas,” the veteran Congress leader brazened out.
The origin of the Gadgil Commission
The year was 2010. Jairam Ramesh was heading the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) at that time.
He had appointed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) to study the impact of climate change, increasing population and development activities on the Western Ghats.
The panel was headed by ecologist Madhav Gadgil (hence also called the Gadgil Commission). It had submitted its 522-page report [pdf] to the Congress-led-UPA government on 31st August 2011.
Recommendations by the Gadgil Commission and Congress’ ire
One of the key recommendations was the designation of 64% of the total area of Western Ghats as ‘Ecologically Sensitize Zones (ESZ)’. The area was to be demarcated as ESZ1, ESZ2 and ESZ3, based on the degree of protection.
The Gadgil Commission called for the complete cessation of development activities such as the construction of dams, thermal power plants and mining in such areas. It sought the decommissioning of such development projects which had surpassed their shelf life in ESZ1.
The Commission called for the prohibition of Genetically Modified Crops (GMC), the use of plastic bags, non-creation of new hill stations in ESZs. It emphasised on local participation, decentralisation and a top-to-bottom approach to environmental governance.
Congress chickens out
A total of six States, namely, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu were to be impacted by the implementation of the Gadgil Commission report.
The major opposition came from the State of Kerala, which was under the Congress-led-United Democratic Front at that that.
UDF opposed the recommendations tooth and nail, fearing loss of livelihood and ‘hindrance’ to development activities like quarrying and sand mining.
The implementation of the Gadgil Commission report would have led to restrictions on wind energy projects, transport infrastructure, hydroelectric projects and inter-basin transfer of river waters.
Vested interests at play
Faced with Opposition from its State unit, the Congress government at the Centre shelved the report and constituted a High-Level Working Group on Western Ghats (HLWG) under former ISRO chief Dr K Kasturirangan.
The aim was to rationalise Ecologically Sensitize Zones (ESZs) to facilitate development works, as demanded by the UDF.
Compared to the Gadgil Commission report, Kasturirangan called for the notification of only 37% of the total area of Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive. The role of local communities in the economic decision-making process was reduced.
Now, here's something. Cong Communications cell chief Jairam Ramesh: NDA's reported decision to notify 36% of the land area falls hugely short of the 64% of land area protection level recommended by the Madhav Gadgil Working Group in 2011. This will result in future ecological… pic.twitter.com/BC00oXKqnX
By 2014, the government had put the Gadgil Commission report on the back burner permanently.
According to Dr V S Vijayan, who was a member of the Gadgil Committee, the decision to shelve the report by the Congress government was influenced by the mining lobby.
In an interview with Rediff in 2013, he remarked, “If you go to the Kasturirangan report, on page 10, there is a pie chart which shows very clearly who is behind this. Around 1,700 letters have come on the Gadgil Committee report out of which 81 percent was against it and out of that, 53 percent was from the mining lobby. So, there is concrete evidence to show who was behind it!”
Pot calling the kettle black ft. Congress
Since the 2018 flood that wreaked havoc on Kerala, Jairam Ramesh has been a vocal proponent of the implementation of the Gadgil Commission report. He has been portraying himself and his party as a champion of people’s welfare and environmental causes.
But he conveniently forgets that the reason the Gadgil Commission recommendations never saw the light of the day was due to the Congress party.
Earlier this week, on 28th July, an accused named Saddam kidnapped a Hindu girl from Bareilly. Later, the Police recovered the victim from Jaipur late at night on 1st August. A day later, they handed her over to the victim’s family. While the accused was kept in the station for questioning, locals and family members alleged that the Police didn’t file an FIR in this matter citing it as a case of a love affair. But the kidnapping case sparked outrage in the area and angry locals protested against the delay in filing FIR.
Based on the complaint of the girl’s father, the Police filed an FIR against the accused Saddam. Bareilly SSP Anurag Arya stated that three police officials including in-charge Luv Sirohi, Halka in-charge Inspector Satyaveer Singh and beat constable have been suspended for negligence and not filing an FIR on time.
According to reports, the accused Saddam is a resident of Shivnagar village. He kidnapped a 20-year-old Hindu girl on 28th July. Later, the Police acted on the family’s complaint and launched a search operation to recover the girl, however, they didn’t file an FIR in this matter.
Late on Thursday, the Police recovered the girl from Jaipur and handed her over to her relatives on Friday morning. However, it is alleged that the Police didn’t initiate any action in this matter saying that it was a case of a love affair. However, the incident of kidnapping of a young Hindu girl sparked outrage in the area. According to reports, locals alleged that instead of registering an FIR against the accused and taking action, the police were preparing to give the accused a clean chit. It was avoiding legal action by saying that it was a love affair.
Bareilly SSP Anurag Arya said that on 30th July, the 20-year-old daughter of Makulal was kidnapped by Saddam, a resident of Shivnagar Chand Pura village which comes under the Sirauli police station area. Meanwhile, on 2nd August, the girl was handed over to her family.
It is alleged that on Friday night at around 11 pm, some angry locals entered the house of the accused Saddam and indulged in vandalism and arson. However, when the Police reached the spot, it pacified the locals. According to the Police, the situation at the spot has been normal since night.
According to the senior police official, the victim’s family had given in writing that they didn’t want any legal action in this matter, angry locals staged a protest against the delay in the FIR and demanded strict action against the accused.
The accused was taken into custody for questioning. FIRs are being registered by the police in both cases.
SSP Arya added that those who spoil the environment will be dealt with strictly.
A shocking case has come to light from the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh where an Imam refused to recite namaz during the funeral of a Muslim farmer alleging that he was a BJP supporter. Notably, a farmer named Alidad Khan (75), lost his life due to a heart attack. When the family asked a local Imam to recite funeral prayers, he refused to do so, alleging that the deceased man was a BJP supporter.
Based on the complaint of the deceased farmer’s son, the Police have registered a case against five people, including Imam Mufti Mohammad Rashid, and the husband of the former Nagar Panchayat president Aslam Khan, who is associated with the mosque committee.
The incident pertains to Kayasthan street in Kundarki area. A farmer, Dilnawaz Khan stated that on 23rd July, his father Alidad Khan died of a heart attack. He invited the Imam of the local mosque to offer funeral prayers, but he refused to do it. However, when Dilnawaz asked him the reason for not offering Namaz, the Imam said that he will not offer Namaz for a BJP supporter.
Dilnawaz added that the husband of the former president of Nagar Panchayat Aslam Khan, and other accused Shamim Khan, Sharafat Khan and Mateen Khan, who are associated with the mosque committee, asked the Imam to refuse to recite prayers at the late farmer’s funeral. The other accused are residents of Kayasthan street.
For voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the accused also threatened to implicate Dilnawaz in a false case. Dilnawaz further stated that the accused threatened to kill him and his family members. Dilnawaz has three sisters, wife, and two small children and their life is in danger now because the accused are rowdy elements.
After the Imam’s refusal, Dilnawaz Khan’s brother-in-law offered the funeral prayers.
We are considered un-Islamic if we vote for BJP
Late farmer Alidad Khan’s son, Dilnawaz Khan told the media that his father was a BJP supporter and used to vote for BJP. He added that because of this, the accused consider his family as un-Islamic. Efforts were made to ostracise them from society.
BJP’s Kundarki Mandal President Raman Bhushan said that the family of the late farmer Alidad Khan has been a BJP supporter. The farmer’s family had supported BJP in the elections. In the last Nagar Panchayat elections, Alidad Khan’s nephew had also contested the election of Councillor on the BJP symbol.
Moradabad DM Anuj Kumar Singh said that a complaint has been received in which it is said that when a person died of a heart attack, the last namaz was not offered by the Imam. We are investigating the matter based on the complaint. Action will be taken after investigation.
On Friday, the 13-year-old daughter of a BJP leader in the Jalalpur area in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh was abducted by 4 goons, and she was found abandoned later in the day in Varanasi. However, in the worst kind of twisting news for political agenda, Samajwadi Party supporters are claiming on social media that BJP leaders gang-raped a minor girl.
Surya Samajwadi, a known supporter of the Samajwadi Party, posted on X that a girl studying in 6th standard was gang-raped by BJP leaders. He alleged that no BJP leader has been arrested or booked, and the media is silent on the issue. “This is the reality of Yogi, if the accused is a BJP leader, he will not even be arrested,” he claimed.
But the news clip the X account shared clearly mentions that the minor victim was the daughter of a BJP leader, it nowhere mentioned that the accused are BJP leaders. But despite that fact, several other SP supporters made the same claim, that BJP leaders gang-raped a minor girl, while the fact is that a BJP leader’s daughter was kidnapped and allegedly gang-raped.
The same claim was shared by several other social media users who identify themselves as supporters of Samajwadi ideology.
अब देखने वाली बात है यहाँ सद्भावना एक्सप्रेस का ड्राइवर ट्रेन चलाएगा या बुलेट ट्रेन का देखते हैं ।
जौनपुर में कक्षा 6 में पढ़ने वाली नाबालिक बच्ची का बीजेपी के नेताओं ने गैंगरेप किया
लेकिन बीजेपी नेताओं की न तो गिरफ्तारी हुई न ही मुकदमा दर्ज किया गया
In another tweet, Surya Samajwadi claimed that a BJP leader abducted the minor girl while going to school, and then she was gang-raped by four persons in a Bolero car. He also claimed that when the girl’s father reached the police station to file complaint, he was chased away by the cops. He again claimed that the accused are BJP leaders and that’s why no arrest have taken place in the case.
The claim that BJP leaders abducted and gang-raped a minor girl is completely false. The fact is, that the victim girl is the daughter of a BJP leader, and a police case has been registered in the case. The accused are yet to be identified, therefore it is a completely false claim that they are from BJP.
As per reports, the girl studying in class six was riding a bicycle to her school on Friday morning when 4 goons travelling in a Bolero car abducted her from the road. She was dragged into the vehicle at a deserted place near Chhatidih.
When she didn’t return home after school time was over, the family got concerned and started to look for her. When they contacted the school, they said that the girl didn’t come to the school on Friday. They then spotted her bicycle lying on the roadside and realised that something was wrong.
The father went to the police station and lodged a complaint. The police started a search operation immediately, and after 8-9 hours, she was found on the Azamgarh bypass near Varanasi. She was thrown out from the vehicle and the abductors had fled.
It was found that she was assaulted, her clothes were torn, and attempts were made to cut her blood vessels. She walked for some distance on the road after she was released by the abductors, but then she fell unconscious. Police found her covered in blood, and immediately admitted her to a hospital.
Notably, the SP supports shared a Dainik Bhaskar report which claimed that the girl was gang-raped. The media cell of the Samajwadi Party also shared this clip, claiming that a BJP leader’s daughter was gang-raped in a moving car in PM Modi’s constituency. While the party didn’t accuse BJP leaders of abducting and raping the girl, they accused the Yogi Adityanath government of playing dirty politics in the cases of rape, murder etc.
उधर योगी जी हत्या ,बलात्कार ,छेड़खानी के मामलों में गंदी राजनीति कर रहे ,जाति और बाकी चीजें खोज रहे जिससे उनके कार्यकाल की ध्वस्त कानून व्यवस्था छिपाई जा सके
इधर प्रधानमंत्री के संसदीय क्षेत्र में भाजपा नेता की बेटी के साथ चलती बोलेरो गाड़ी में गैंगरेप हो गया
However, the police have denied the gang rape charge. They said that no charge of gang rape was made in the complaint. In a statement, City SP Brijesh Kumar stated that when the girl was questioned about the incident, she didn’t make any gangrape charge. She was only assaulted and then released.
They also replied to Akhilesh Yadav, saying that there is no charge of gang rape in this case. Rape is not proven during primary treatment of the girl, they said. They added that the case is related to the abduction and assault of the student, which is being probed. Therefore, there is no question of DNA test of the culprits after their arrest as gang rape allegations have not even been made and not found in medical tests.
The girl was released from hospital after treatment and her family took her home. Police have formed 4 teams to nab the abductors. At present the motive of the crime is not known, but the police suspect enmity with the family.
Not abducted, fled on her own: Police
However, a twist came later in the case, as the police investigation found that the girl was never abducted. In a video statement, SP Ajay Pal said that the girl was not abducted and not assaulted by anyone. He said that the girl had left her home on her own as she was unhappy with her family over some matter. The SP said that police have got witnesses confirming this. The police also recovered her bicycle in a place shown by the girl herself.
Note: This report has been updated with latest developments in the case
In the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, six government officials, including five policemen, were dismissed for their alleged involvement in financing terrorism in the area through drug sales. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha invoked Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution to sack the six employees after an investigation revealed their involvement in the narco-terror network run by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terror outfits operating from Pakistani soil.
Article 311(2)(c) gives the government the power to sack employees without an inquiry if the President or the governor, as the case may be, is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the state, it is not expedient to hold such inquiry.
Following an investigation by the Jammu & Kashmir Police, they collected incriminating evidence against the sacked officials. The evidence collected by authorities showed that instead of helping security forces fight narco-terror sponsored by the ISI, the police officers were acting as collaborators and acted as moles for the Pakistan agency.
These government officials acted as facilitators for the flow of narcotics, the profits from which were used for funding terrorist activities against India.
“Six government officials, including five policemen and a teacher, were found involved in terror financing through drug sales,” PTI quoted an official as saying.
The 6 sacked government employees are reportedly Farooq Ahmad Sheikh (Constable), Khalid Hussain Shah (Constable), Rahmat Shah (Constable), Irshad Ahmad Chalkoo (Constable), Nazam Din (Teacher), and Saif Din (Constable).
Following the sacking of these 6 government employees, the number of government employees sacked for connections to ISI and helping narco-terror activities has reached 8 within the month.
Notably, there has been a spike in terror activities in the Jammu region in recent weeks with several terrorist attacks being reported.
