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New Delhi: NCPCR issues notice in conversion attempt at ‘Jai Mata Di’ coaching center, accused Rizwan, Absar, and Irfan named centre to exploit ‘Jai Mata Di’ name

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New Delhi: NCPCR issues notice in conversion attempt at ‘Jai Mata Di’ coaching center, accused Rizwan, Absar, and Irfan named centre to exploit ‘Jai Mata Di’ name

A case of attempted religious conversion by teachers of a private coaching centre recently came to light from the Shakurpur area in the North-West district of New Delhi. On Thursday (4th July), the aggrieved students’ father, Manoj Kumar Saroj, hailing from the Dalit community, filed a complaint against teachers of the ‘Jai Mata Di’ coaching center, Rizwan, Absar, and Irfan, for forcing his sons to read the Quran.

Subsequently, on 7th July, based on the father’s complaint, the Subhash Place police registered an FIR (number: 492/2024) under sections 299 and 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). 

(Details of the case, Image Source – Organiser)

Additionally, on 8th July, the NCPCR also issued a notice to the District Magistrate (number: DD27362) and demanded an investigation report into the matter within three days. 

(Copy of NCPCR notice, Image Credit – Organiser)

In his complaint, Manoj said that his 13-year-old son had been asking him what the Quran is, and now and then read Kalma. When Manoj inquired about it, his son said that the teachers at the coaching center, Rizwan, Absar, and Irfan, were forcing him to read the Quran. He added that they were pressurising his sons to recite Kalma repeatedly and told him that Hindu Religion was nonsense. Manoj stated that when he confronted Rizwan sir, he used abusive language and threatened to ‘see him’ and said, “I am father of Dawood Ibrahim. I will see you and your family”. 

At the coaching center, the coaching staff stopped Manoj from recording the confrontation but he managed to capture some footage. When Manoj showed the video to his elder son, he immediately identified Rizwan as the man standing beside Manoj in the recording. However, Manoj expressed disbelief that Rizwan was standing next to him and nobody at the center had pointed him out. 

After the incident was reported in the media, a local news reporter shared pictures of the coaching institute with the Organiser. In the banner, the name on the coaching centre read, “JMD – ‘Join Mentors of Discipline’,” different from the ‘Jai Mata Di’ name the students’ father had mentioned. 

(Banner of the said JMD coaching centre, Image Credit – Organiser)

The journalist told the Organiser that there was indeed a coaching center named ‘Jai Mata Di,’ established about 30 years ago. The new JMD was an offshoot of the old, well-known coaching center. 

Additionally, the banner of the JMD coaching center had pictures of Maa Saraswati in the corners. It also had the names and mobile numbers of five teachers namely Ibrar, Rizwan, Ajay, Vikram, and Irfan. 

Seeing the banner, Manoj admitted that he hadn’t read the board carefully when he enrolled his sons, though he remembered seeing ‘Jai Mata Di’ written on it. Manoj stated that to utilise the summer vacation of his two sons, he had enrolled them as the locals had highly recommended a nearby coaching center known as JMD (Jai Mata Di). 

(Image of accused teacher Mohd Rizwan posted on Facebook, Credit – Organiser)

This must have happened with other children as well: The students’ father

Speaking with Oragniser’s correspondent Subhi Vishwakarma, the students’ father, Manoj said, “This coaching center is very popular in the region, which is why I sent my kids there. Had my son not been curious about what the teachers were telling students, I would have never known what was going on. How often do we ask our children what their teachers say?” 

He further added, “This must have happened with other children as well. But they did not speak with their parents, or even if they did, their parents simply ignored it. All of us living here have come from different places just to make a living. Maybe they feared investing their time in this matter, preferring to invest it into other work to make some money.”

Manoj further stated that he is a devout Hindu and never expected something like this to happen. “I have no issues with people following their religion, but I am firm in my own beliefs. I also know the plight of Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” he noted.  

According to Manoj, the teachers may have targeted his children, knowing that they would soon return to Jaunpur which would avoid immediate repercussions for them. 

Manoj said, “My elder son is very curious and loves to delve deeper into subjects he encounters. If he had taken these ideas back to Jaunpur, he might have been influenced in a different direction.” 

Regarding the claims made by one of the teachers of the coaching center that this was an ego fight between him and Rizwan or a dispute over fees, Manoj said, “They are all making this up. I have a video of them saying that they don’t need any fees from me after this matter came to light. I insisted and paid extra for the week my children had attended the center.” 

Manoj also mentioned that the coaching center objected to students when they took leave for Hindu festivals. His neighbours confirmed that the coaching center punished students for skipping classes on the day of the Ram Mandir Pranpratishtha. Contrarily, they easily allowed students to take leave on Islamic festivals.

Similar cases of indoctrination or attempted religious conversion at educational institutions

However, this was not the first time when Muslim teachers were accused of trying to brainwash children under the guise of education.

In June last year, a case surfaced from Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh where an 11-year-old Hindu boy enrolled in a private school named Ganga Jamna was reciting Surah-al-Fatiha, and observed Islamic practices. The school had included separate greetings in Urdu in their diary, meaning a separate prayer to be offered before and after lunch. Additionally, the female students were asked to wear the Hijab which the school authorities referred to as Ahram. It also granted half days on Fridays and special vacations during Ramzan.

It all started after a poster of Hindu and Jain girls wearing hijabs started circulating on social media. The NCPCR registered a case against the perpetrators and the school was shut down. All the students enrolled there were relocated to different government and private schools.

In September 2023, Hindu students enrolled in a private school were seen wearing hijabs, singing Islamic songs, and reciting Islamic teachings. The incident took place at Prince Public School located in the Cantt area of Guna.

In October 2023, a lady teacher from a missionary school in Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) was suspended for allegedly pressurising a Class 10 student to engage in physical relations. The student’s father has accused the teacher of attempting to influence his son’s religious beliefs, aiming to convert him from Hinduism to Christianity. 

In June 2023, Ghaziabad Police revealed shocking details in the matter where a minor Jain boy was lured by Islamists to follow practices of Islam including offering Namaz five times a day. As per reports, the victim’s father filed a complaint at Kavinagar Police Station in which he said that his minor son was lured into practicing Islam by Islamists online. At least 3 Hindu boys and 1 Jain boy were identified as victims, brainwashed through a game called Fortnite.

In September 2023, a complaint was filed in Telangana against Methodist Rural High School (MRHS) for allegedly converting underage Hindu students.

In June 2023 a similar case was reported from Gujarat, an alleged telephone conversation between teachers from Yellow Education System and a parent went viral on social media where the parent accused the Muslim teachers of the school of brainwashing the children to ignore lessons on Hindu kings and study only Muslim rulers. 

Suspected TTP militants abduct three Pakistani Frontier Corps troops from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five troops killed in Waziristan: Details

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Suspected TTP militants abduct three Pakistani Frontier Corps troops from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five troops killed in Waziristan: Details

On Tuesday (9th July), unidentified militants kidnapped three paramilitary Frontier Corps personnel in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The soldiers were driving from Sor Qamar FC post to Tank Bazar when militants stopped them at a checkpoint between Kot Azam and Kot Qila. The militants abducted the three personnel and turned over their ATM and identification documents to the civilian driver, whose car they had hired.

These abducted troops were returning home for a vacation, the driver informed FC officials while turning over the soldiers’ possessions at Kor Qila. In a similar incident last month, 13 workers on electricity transmission lines were kidnapped by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in the same area.

Meanwhile, five military personnel including one 24-year-old captain Osama Bin Arshad were killed while eleven others were injured in two attacks in South and North Waziristan.

In another incident, a cash van of a private security company carrying cash on Durban Road was hijacked, and four officials, including the driver, were kidnapped by unknown armed men near Sago. These unknown men are suspected to be the armed rebels of TTP.

IAS trainee Puja Khedkar transferred to Washim over VIP demands at Pune Collector’s Office, questions raised over her IAS appointment as well

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IAS trainee Puja Khedkar transferred to Washim over VIP demands at Pune Collector’s Office, questions raised over her IAS appointment as well

On Tuesday, 9th July, IAS trainee Puja Khedkar was transferred to Washim district after harassing the administrative staff at the Pune Collector Office. As reported earlier, the IAS trainee was making unfair demands from the Collector’s Office, which included an official car with a VIP number plate, a red-blue beacon light, and an official chamber with adequate staff at her call. After this Pune collector Dr Suhas Diwase wrote to the chief secretary Sujata Sainik, seeking help.

As per the latest update in the case, the IAS trainee has been transferred to Washim. As per the administrative rules, the facilities being demanded by Khedkar are not available for any probationer. However, Khedkar’s father Diliprao, a retired administrative officer had been reportedly pressurizing the District Collector’s Office for fulfilling his daughter’s demands. He has also threatened the officers saying that they would face dire consequences if his daughter’s demands are not fulfilled.

In the meantime, trainee officer Khedkar had been using her private vehicle and had applied a VIP number plate on it. She also encroached on the office of Additional Collector Ajay More in his absence. She put up her sign on his chamber door in his absence and claimed the space as her office chamber.

The woman had been harassing the officers for the past three months. One of the officers while exclusively talking to Pune Mirror said that she had to be appointed as a gazette officer first to avail all these benefits. “The father-daughter duo were making unfair demands and harassing the officers for demands that could legally not be fulfilled,” he added.

Interestingly, the woman is being talked about on social media also because of her ‘unfavourable’ appointment and her entry into the IAS. According to a UPSC communication dated February 2, 2022, Pooja Khedkar was denied an appointment. However, she filed an affidavit in court claiming to be visually impaired and mentally ill, and her lawsuit sought an order against the federal government and the UPSC.

The court scheduled her medical examination for around 4 times between July to September 2022 but she failed to appear all four times. Therefore the visual disability could not be assessed. Later she claimed that she was suffering from Claustrophobia but eventually failed to prove that also. The tribunal then dismissed the petition and refused to give any relief.

In the 2023 hearing, Judge MG Shevlikar’s bench presented the affidavit under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016. Khedkar subsequently joined the Indian Administrative Service.

Several activists in Pune including Vijay Kumhar who raised this issue first are demanding an investigation into her appointment as an IAS trainee. Khedkar is said to have secured rank 821 (PwD-5).

The Chief Secretary, Sujata Sainik on 9th July looked into the matter and complaints against Khedkar after which she set up a committee. The committee will be required to investigate the matter and submit the report in writing.

After 24 years and 5 months, Dara Singh may see the light of justice: Petition in SC for early release and what it means

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After 24 years and 5 months, Dara Singh may see the light of justice: Petition in SC for early release and what it means

In India, some convicts are more guilty than others, just as some victims are more victimized than others. The crimes against Hindus are far less heinous, far less outrageous, and far less worthy of attention as opposed to crimes committed against the coveted communities. And the crimes of the convicted are far more egregious, far more horrific when the convict is a Hindu – even if the crime was one of defense, one of protection, and one of preservation.

Dara Singh, born Rabindra Kumar Pal, was convicted of murdering 3 people – Christian Missionary Graham Staines and his two sons. In 2003, Dara Singh was awarded the death sentence for the murder of a Christian Missionary and his two children. In 2005, it was the Odisha High Court that set aside the death penalty and commuted it to life imprisonment for Dara Singh. Arrested in 2000, Dara Singh is one of the longest-serving prisoners. It has been 24 years, and 5 months since he has been in prison without parole or furlough. He has not seen a day out of jail since he was arrested in 2000.

On the 9th of July, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain took to X to tweet that he had filed a petition in the Supreme Court requesting an early release for Dara Singh.

“Today I approached the Hon’ble sc on behalf of Dara singh and requested for his premature release. He is under incarceration from past 24 years and 5months. The Hon’ble court has issued notice in the matter to odhisa govt”, he tweeted.

The petition has been filed, invoking the Guidelines for Premature Release of Life Convicts. The petition says that Dara Singh has served far more than the stipulated 14 years of imprisonment, having spent 24 years in jail now without any remission whatsoever. In fact, even when Dara Singh’s mother passed away, the courts refused to release him for her last rights. The 61-year-old, it says, regrets his acts committed over 2 decades ago.

The petition invokes several cases in which the Court was more than willing to grant early release/remission to the convicted individual. For example, one of the assassins of Rajiv Gandhi, AG Perarivalan, was released by the court even though his death sentence was confirmed and was later commuted to a life sentence. Rajiv Gandhi was the former Prime Minister of India when he was assassinated. In the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, several others were also released by the court. R.P. Ravichandran, Nalini, and others, to name a few.

Another case cited in the petition is Madan v State of U.P. In this case, the accused along with others was convicted of murdering 6 people. They were awarded capital punishment which was later commuted to life imprisonment on the following grounds:

  1. The Court, while sentencing, is not required to apply only the ‘crime test’ but also the ‘criminal test’;
  2. The Prison Conduct Report of the Appellant showing his good conduct in the jail;
  3. The possibility and probability of reformation and rehabilitation of the convict.

In this case, the convict had undergone 18 years of imprisonment when the court released him. In the case of Dara Singh, he has already served over 24 years.

The petition further cites the resolution passed by the Odisha Govt standardising the criteria for determining if a convict should be released early.

Para 5 of the 2022 Guidelines say:

Save, as provided in these guidelines, every convicted prisoner whether male or female undergoing sentence of life imprisonment and covered by the provisions of section 423 A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as Cr.P.C.) shall be eligible to be considered for premature release, fro,m the prison immediately after serving out the I sentence of fourteen years of actual imprisonment i.e. without the remissions. 

Explanation. —

For the purpose of this clause, it is clarified that upon ‘completion of fourteen years in prison by itself will not entitle a convict to be released automatically from “the prison and the Board shall have the discretion to release a convict at an appropriate time and cases considering the circumstances in which the crime was committed and the other factors, namely. –

a. Whether the convict has lost his potential for committing crime considering his overall conduct in jail during the fourteen years incarceration;

b. The possibility of reclaiming the convict as a useful member of the society, and

c. Socio-economic condition of the convict’s family.

Based on these factors, the petition points out, that the court should have suo-motu decided whether Dara Singh should be released prematurely.

Interestingly, District Magistrate, Auraiya had already recommended the premature release of Dara Singh in 2018, however, he was not released. Further, in 2022, the Office of Superintendent of District Jail, Keonjhar had issued a character certificate about his good behaviour in jail. In 2022, the Superintendent of Police, Auraiya had against recommended the premature release of Dara Singh, however, he was not released again.

Graham Staines case and the discrimination against Dara Singh

As revealed, Dara Singh was not given parole after his mother had passed away. As a consequence, he could not perform the last rights of his mother. One recalls how convicts accused of far more serious crimes had been shown the mercy of performing the last rights of their family members. Nalini, the assassin of Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India, was given parole to attend the last rights of her father in 2016. The 2016 parole was the second time she was out of prison. The first time was when she left the prison on parole to attend the wedding of her brother.

Nalini, who assassinated a former Prime Minister of India got parole twice in 25 years, while Dara Singh, who murdered a missionary, has not got a day of parole or furlough in almost 25 years.

Only recently in March 2024, Kala Jathedi, a dreaded gangster, was granted parole to marry another gangster, Madam Minz.

The list of dreaded and dangerous gangsters, murderers, and rapists, getting parole to marry, attend weddings, or attend the last rights of family members is endless. In fact, there have been cases where even child rapists got released with the court getting philosophical, claiming that every sinner has a future.

In the case of Dara Singh, however, things have been very different. Dara Singh had not been granted even one day of parole in over 24 years, since the day of his incarceration in 2000,, while even those who assassinated the former PM got two paroles. In fact, there were two recommendations for his early release – one in 2018 and one in 2022, however, both were not considered. While far more serious criminals have been given early release, Dara Singh has been languishing in jail for 24 years.

It is pertinent to remember here that in 2011, when the Supreme Court had upheld the HC decision to commute the death sentence awarded to Dara Singh to life imprisonment, several scathing comments were made against Grahan Staines and him converting Hindus.

The SC bench had observed, “In the case on hand, though Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burnt to death… at Manoharpur, the intention was to teach a lesson to Graham Staines about his religious activities, namely, converting poor tribals to Christianity.”

The court had further said, “It is undisputed that there is no justification for interfering in someone’s belief by way of the use of force, provocation, conversion, incitement or upon a flawed premise that one religion is better than the other.”

Such was the backlash by the Leftist ecosystem, that the Supreme Court had to expunge its own statements where it observed the dangers of Christian Missionaries and their nefarious religious activities that led to Dara Singh committing the murder.

One has to point out, that egregious statements where the Supreme Court blamed Nupur Sharma for jihadis beheading Kanhaiya Lal, their reasons to release child rapists, their smiles when Hindu genocide was mentioned in the court and many such insidious comments have not been expunged despite widespread outrage and criticism.

Indeed, some convicts are far more of a convict. In the past 25 years, many heinous criminals have been given parole. Several others have been granted early release. However, Dara Singh, according to the courts and the state is far more dangerous than terrorists and rapists because he murdered Christian Missionaries awarded by Sonia Gandhi. Dara Singh deserves to be locked up beyond the requirement of the law because he used to protect cows and Hindus against smugglers, butchers, and the conversion mafia. Indeed, some victims are more of a victim than others – like Graham Staines was a far greater victim than the thousands who get killed at the hands of religious zealots, screaming Allahu Akbar – not because the Hindus they victimized committed some crime – but simply because they were Hindu and their religious identity was heinous enough. Their existence, grotesque enough.

Dara Singh committed a crime under the IPC, however, he committed the crime because the state refused to help hapless Hindus being converted by the missionaries and the religious crimes being committed against Hindus by Graham Staines and several missionaries like him.

Dara Singh committed the heinous crime because the state has repeatedly failed to protect Hindus from Christian Missionaries like Graham Staines. It is time he gets justice after 24 years. He has served his time and beyond.

Mumbai BMW hit-and-run accused Mihir Shah arrested after 72 hours, the victim of the car crash was found 2 km away from the accident scene

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Mumbai BMW hit-and-run accused Mihir Shah arrested after 72 hours, the victim of the car crash was found 2 km away from the accident scene

Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah’s son, Mihir Shah, was arrested on Tuesday, three days after his BMW collided with a couple’s bike in Mumbai, resulting in the death of a woman. 12 people, including Shah’s mother and two sisters, have been taken into custody.

A police official stated that Shah was arrested near Mumbai. A Mumbai court has extended the police custody of Rajesh Shah’s driver, Rajrishi Bidawat, until July 11.

Former home minister Anil Deshmukh questioned the delay in the arrest, pointing out that a blood sample needs to be taken within 5-6 hours to determine if the driver was intoxicated. He suggested there might have been an attempt to help Mihir avoid the blood test. Six police teams were deployed to apprehend the 24-year-old after the fatal accident.

The incident occurred when Kaveri Nakhwa, a 45-year-old woman, and her husband Pradip were returning home on their scooter after buying wholesale fish at Crawford Market. The collision happened on Dr Annie Besant Road, with both victims landing on the car’s bonnet. The BMW sped off with them still on it. Pradip, injured, searched for his wife but couldn’t find her. She was later found near the Worli end of the sea link, about 2 kilometres from the accident scene, and was declared dead at Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central.

The car was registered under Mihir’s father’s name, and its insurance had expired in May. Rajesh Shah is a Shiv Sena representative from Palghar in the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Chief Minister Shinde assured that all involved in the hit-and-run would face consequences, emphasizing that the law would be applied equally to everyone, regardless of their status or political connections.

Delhi: Indraprastha Apollo doctor arrested for India-Bangladesh kidney racket, had performed over a dozen illegal transplants

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Delhi: Indraprastha Apollo doctor arrested for India-Bangladesh kidney racket, had performed over a dozen illegal transplants

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested Doctor Vijaya Kumari and busted an organ transplantation racket with links to Bangladesh. According to the authorities, Dr Vijaya Kumari, who is now suspended, was the gang’s only doctor and performed about 15-16 transplants between 2021 and 2023 at Noida’s Yatharth Hospital.

A network of middlemen, Vijaya Kumari, and their associates lured patients from Bangladesh for organ transplantation in prominent hospitals in the National Capital Region of India. Other than Vijaya Kumari, three Bangladeshi nationals were also arrested by the police last month.

In this case, Russell, from the Kushtia district in Bangladesh, along with his accomplices Mohammed Sumon Miyan and Ifti, both from Bangladesh, and Tripura-based Ratish Pal, enticed prospective donors from their home countries to Delhi. These donors would donate their kidneys for Rs 4-5 lakh, with recipients paying Rs 25-30 lakh, according to an Indian Express report citing a source. So far, except for Ifti, all other accused have been apprehended. Russell (Rasel), rented a flat in Jasola village, where five to six donors were staying and their required tests were completed. Here, the recipients met the donors.

According to sources cited in the IE report, donors and recipients planned their stay, treatment, and tests via the medical tourism company Al Shifa. The victim’s statement has been recorded under Section 164 CrPC. During the questioning, Rasel identified two of his Bangladesh-based accomplices Mohammad Rokon and Miyan.

The police recovered a bag from Rasel’s room containing nine passports belonging to the donors, two diaries reportedly containing details of monetary transactions between the donors and recipients, and a register. Police are also believed to have confiscated another bag from arrested accused Mohammed Rokon, containing 20 stamps of various impressions and two blue and red stamp ink pads, which were allegedly used for making fake documents.

According to Amit Goel, DCP Crime Branch, “Seven people have been arrested in connection with an international organ transplant racket. The mastermind of this racket was a Bangladeshi. Both the donor and the recipient were from Bangladesh. We have arrested a person named Russell, who used to arrange patients and donors. The female doctor involved in the transplants has also been arrested. Further investigation is underway.”

“The Delhi Police’s Crime Branch department took custody of a doctor who had been engaged on a fee-for-service basis and was not on the hospital’s payroll. This action followed an investigation into procedures carried out at another hospital, and it is prima facie not related to any actions at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals (IAH). Given this police action, IAH has placed the doctor under suspension,” said Indraprastha Hospital in a statement.

“IAH was previously approached by the Crime Branch seeking certain information as part of the investigation, which was duly provided,” the statement continued.

“IAH will provide its fullest cooperation to investigative authorities on this matter,” mentioned Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in the statement.

However, the female doctor was also working at another private hospital on a fee-for-service basis in Noida. The hospital has denied any direct association with her.

“Yatharth Hospitals has no direct association with the said doctor, as she is part of another hospital. For all our procedures, we ensure the highest ethical standards, prioritize patient safety, and comply with all clinical and government protocols,” said a spokesperson for Yatharth Hospital.

“We have cooperated fully with all investigations, and there have been no findings of wrongdoing against our hospital or our practices,” he added.

‘Paneer Tikka, not Tika’: Swiggy deletes controversial post after netizens’ outrage, accused of Hinduphobic social media content

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‘Paneer Tikka, not Tika’: Swiggy deletes controversial post after netizens’ outrage, accused of Hinduphobic social media content

On Tuesday (9th July), the Food delivery app Swiggy landed itself in a fresh controversy after it uploaded a post regarding Hindu religious forehead marker, Tika or Tilak. The controversial post sparked outrage on social media as many X users accused the food delivery portal of mocking the sentiments of the Hindu community, and their traditions and sharing Hinduphobic social media content.     

(Soon after the outrage, Swiggy deleted the controversial post)

Notably, on Tuesday at around 12:06 PM, Swiggy shared a picture of a bowl that had paneer pieces inside it. The paneer cubes had a broad red mark resembling the Hindu religious forehead marker, Tika or Tilak. Along with the picture, the caption of the post read, “Screw it, Paneer Tika”. 

Incidentally, Paneer Tikka is a popular Indian culinary dish. But the picture resembled Hindu Tilak aka Tika, and the caption made wordplay with the dish and Hindu tradition as it was spelled Paneer Tika, not Tikka which was seen as disrespectful and an act of mockery of the Hindu tradition. Soon it sparked an outrage and X users accused Swiggy of sharing Hinduphobic social media content and demanded an apology for hurting the sentiments of the Hindus. Many users also gave calls to boycott Swiggy and all those apps that disrespect, mock Hindu religion, and tradition and share Hinduphobic content. 

Facing massive backlash for its post, Swiggy deleted the controversial post, however, several users asserted that deleting the post would not suffice and it should apologise for the post.       

Sharing a screenshot of Swiggy’s now-deleted post, an X user wrote, “A Hinduphobic tweet by @Swiggy once again. They’ve deleted the tweet but that’s not good enough. @Swiggy you need to post an apology!! Boycott businesses that spread Hindu hate in the name of marketing!”

Another user lamented that there is nothing as easy as making fun of Hindus in India.   

The user wrote, “There is nothing as easy as making fun of Hindus in India! @Swiggy. Just like they make money from Hindus and make fun of our faith because Hindus are tolerant, if they had made a green vegetable wear a cap, they would have been chased and beaten on the streets till now” 

Hurt by the controversial post, several X users have also started to trend a few hashtags against the food delivery app.

Union Minister Puri busts misleading claims by INC’s VD Satheesan, says eKYC of LPG consumers can be done easily and has been happening for 8 months

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Union Minister Puri busts misleading claims by INC’s VD Satheesan, says eKYC of LPG consumers can be done easily and has been happening for 8 months

On Tuesday, 9th July, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, responded to a concern about the alleged discomfort caused by long waits at petrol stations for e-KYC verification, saying customers can use their mobile phones instead. The central government has not established a timetable for e-KYC authentication, he stated.

“There is no deadline for this activity either by Oil Marketing Companies or the Central Government. It is also clarified by OMCs that there are no “Mustering” of customers at Showrooms of LPG distributorship,” Puri said in a post on X.

This is after the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly, VD Satheesan wrote a letter to Puri requesting necessary steps to alleviate the inconvenience caused by the LPG mustering.

Satheesan stated that the mustering necessary at the separate gas agencies has caused trouble for ordinary LPG holders. The Union Minister outlined the rationale for deploying e-KYC Aadhar authentication, which he said was intended to eliminate fake clients who gave false information in order to obtain commercial LPG for certain gas distributors.

“Oil Marketing Companies are undertaking eKYC Aadhar authentication for LPG customers to remove bogus customers against whose name commercial cylinders are often booked by certain gas distributors. This process has been in place for more than 8 months now. In this process, the LPG Delivery Personnel while delivering LPG Cylinders to the Customer verifies credentials,” he said.

“Delivery personnel using their mobile phone captures the Aadhaar credentials of the customer through an app. The customer receives an OTP which is used to complete the process. Customers can also approach the distributor showroom at their convenience. Alternatively, Customers can also install OMC Apps and complete the e-KYC on their own,” Puri added.

The Union Minister also clarified on Satheesan’s claim that the OMC’s have reported that there are no “mustering” of consumers at gas agencies.

He stated that the oil companies will publish a media clarification to avoid trouble for customers. The government established the method for e-KYC verification of LPG to ensure that only real clients receive gas cylinders.

United Kingdom: Pedophile Yasser Mahmood and his friend Stevan Marston sentenced to 9 years in prison for raping a groomed minor in Birmingham

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United Kingdom: Pedophile Yasser Mahmood and his friend Stevan Marston sentenced to 9 years in prison for raping a groomed minor in Birmingham

On Monday (8th July), a UK Court sentenced Yasser Mahmood and his friend Stevan Marston to nine-and-a-half and nine years imprisonment, respectively, for raping a minor that Marston had been grooming in Birmingham. The horrific crime took place in May 2022. Two years later, the Court pronounced both pedophiles guilty under various offenses at a trial in May 2024.  

According to the details published by West Mercia Police, convict Stevan Marston had groomed the 13-year-old girl and invited her over to an address in Telford. He then texted his accomplice Yasser Mahmood who also lives in the same neighbourhood. Mahmood then rushed to the address while recording a video of himself driving at 111mph on the M54 highway. There, both of them raped and sexually assaulted the minor victim. 

During the trial, the Shrewsbury Crown Court was informed that Stevan Marston, a resident of Aukland Road in Birmingham’s Sparkbrook area, had groomed his victim. He then invited her to an address in Telford in May 2022.

When the minor victim arrived there, Marston texted his friend Yasser Mahmood and invited him. Mahmood, a resident of Abbots Road in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, then rushed to the address. Mahmood bought alcohol and made drinks for the girl, while Marston took cocaine in front of her. 

Later, Mahmood raped and sexually assaulted the minor victim. Following a three-week trial, the court found Mahmood (35) guilty of sexual activity with a child, rape, and dangerous driving. 

During the same trial in May 2024, the court found Marston (35) guilty of sexual activity with a child, sexual assault by penetration, and possession of cocaine.

On Monday (8th July), the court sentenced Mahmood and Marston to nine and a half, and nine years in prison respectively. 

In her testimony, the minor victim narrated her ordeal stating that she was left in pain and struggled to breathe as both men abused her – both individually and simultaneously.

Telford’s Child Sexual Exploitation Team Detective, Constable Rob Allcock said, “We welcome the sentence that has been handed to both Marston and Mahmood. Both men are dangerous individuals who preyed on a young girl, and it is incomprehensible that they would commit such crimes.” 

Constable Allcock added, “I would like to commend the victim for her bravery throughout the investigation and trial, which was understandably very distressing for her, and I hope that today’s sentences will help her in gaining closure.”

Earlier this year, more than two dozen men were jailed after eight young girls in West Yorkshire were raped, abused, and trafficked over 13 years in the UK. The abuse lasted years in Kirklees and was dubbed “abhorrent in the extreme”. It resulted in a total of 346 years in prison for the 24 sexual offenders. The sentencing took place at Leeds Crown Court on 26th April 2024 as the men were apprehended after West Yorkshire Police learned of their acts.

Scourge of Grooming Jihad in the United Kingdom

Grooming jihad has reared its head time and again in the United Kingdom. Many regulatory loopholes have allowed the culprits to evade punishment, including the authorities’ fear of being labelled as racists because the majority of these crimes are committed by Pakistan males. Grooming jihad is occurring on a far larger and more terrifying scale targeting teenagers particularly minor girls.

Sexual abuse scandals were discovered in a series of locations, including Huddersfield, Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford, Bristol, Peterborough, and Newcastle. Nearly 19,000 adolescents in England are estimated to have been sexually groomed from 2018-2019, based on government numbers. England’s local authorities have identified approximately 18,700 potential victims in the aforementioned year, compared to 3,300 five years prior. 

According to a report by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), there has been an 82% increase in online grooming offences against youngsters over the past five years. Further, research conducted by the charitable Sikh Mediation and Rehabilitation Team unveiled that Pakistani men have been raping and abusing Sikh girls in Britain for many years.

Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had formed a new Grooming Gangs Taskforce to assist law enforcement authorities in investigating the serious problem of Muslim grooming gangs in the country. The official announcement was made from his office in April of last year and the task force’s objectives had been described as breaking up grooming gangs and locking up the culprits.

India witnessed a 2.5-fold increase in job creation in FY24, the highest since 1981-82: RBI data

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India witnessed a 2.5-fold increase in job creation in FY24, the highest since 1981-82: RBI data

India saw a 2.5-fold increase in job creation in FY24 compared to the previous year, according to provisional data from the Reserve Bank of India released on July 8. A total of 46.7 million jobs were added, the highest since 1981-82, with a growth rate of 6 per cent surpassing the previous three decades.

This significant job growth occurred alongside a marginal increase in output growth, which was 6.7 per cent in FY24 compared to 6.6 per cent the previous year. The Reserve Bank of India’s KLEMS database, which uses the government’s periodic labour force survey, provided these employment figures.

The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report from 2022-23 showed India’s unemployment rate fell to 3.2 per cent, the lowest since 2017-18 when it was 6.1 per cent. The PLFS data is calculated for the July-June period.

By the end of FY24, RBI data indicated that 643.3 million people were employed, up from 597 million the previous year. The last significant job increase, over 40 million jobs, was in FY20, despite a decline in output growth from 5.7 per cent to 4.1 per cent.

Government-released formal employment data last month indicated that over 31 million people joined the formal workforce for the first time in FY24, with 21 million joining the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation and 10 million joining the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme.

Further analysis of 2022-23 data revealed that of the 19 million jobs added, three in five were in agriculture, construction, and other services, with trade accounting for another tenth. Agriculture comprised 42.4 per cent of total employment, while construction accounted for 12.5 per cent.

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