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Uttar Pradesh: SP MLA Nahid Hasan arrested under gangster act a day after filing nomination from Kairana for assembly elections

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2022

Police arrested MLA Nahid Hasan under the gangster act and presented him in court. On court orders, he was sent to 14-day judicial custody.

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‘No God but Jesus’: 4 arrested for threatening, offering money to a Hindu villager in Madhya Pradesh to convert to Christianity

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2022

The accused have been charged under section 3 and 5 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act.

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Uttar Pradesh: Goons open fire at Kannauj District Panchayat member and BJP leader’s car for refusing to join Samajwadi Party

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2022

Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Bhupendra Shakya told the police that the 4 accused had been pressuring him to join the Samajwadi Party.

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Cache of explosives including Tiffin bombs recovered from Malkangiri in Odisha, after similar recoveries in Punjab, Delhi and Srinagar

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2022

The Police in Punjab, J&K and new Delhi also recovered explosives that were about to explode and cause huge damage on Friday

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New Jersey Police arrests Mohamed Hassanain in hate crime against Sikh taxi driver, Sikh Coalition thanks police for swift action

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2022

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department has arrested one Mohamed Hassanain in the hate crime case where he had assaulted an Indian-origin Sikh taxi driver

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As protests grow, Rajasthan police now say that Alwar victim, found bleeding profusely, was not abducted or raped: Details

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2022

Rajasthan police claim that the specially-abled girl who was discovered severely injured and bleeding from her private parts abandoned at Tijara flyover in Alwar, Rajasthan, was not raped

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Jharkhand: Bangladeshi woman arrested for Naxal connections, PLFI extremists found using expensive cars

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2022

Ranchi police said that this Bangladeshi woman Fatima, while illegally living in Delhi was providing accommodations to PLFI extremists at her hotel in Delhi.

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‘He has a right to voice opinions’: Ex-Muslim Aneesh gets bail, was arrested in Tamil Nadu for ‘insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad’

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2022

Aneesh Jasy, a popular ‘rationalist’ among atheist groups in Tamil Nadu was arrested on December 29 by Tamil Nadu police for posting alleged 'anti-Islamic posts' on Facebook.

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