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Pakistan: 19-year-old newly wed girl burnt alive in Bahawalnagar by husband Ali Raza over suspicion of extra-marital affair

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The accused started torturing the victim shortly after the couple had a court marriage in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Lucknow, UP: Nadeem urinates on Hindu temple walls, assaults Dilip with iron rods for opposing the act, Saleem, Nafees, and 4 others also booked

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Victim Dilip Singh commented on the issue and confirmed that Nadeem was seen urinating on the walls of the temple at around 3 pm on Tuesday, 30th July. On opposing, Nadeem began abusing and assaulting Dilip.
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News Reports

3 dead, 40+ feared missing after massive cloudburst struck Himachal Pradesh, rescue operations underway

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While the media reported that 40 people are missing, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh says that 50-plus people are feared missing.
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News Reports

Wayanad landslides: Death toll goes past 250, Army constructing 190-ft-long Bailey bridge to connect worst-affected areas, over 1000 people rescued so far

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As the third day of rescue efforts began in disaster-stricken Wayanad, the Army has already rescued over 1,000 individuals; 220 people were still reportedly missing.
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News Reports

Ghaziabad: Dalit woman killed by Md Alam 6 months after Nikah, minor daughter abused too, relative who is in Bhim Army says party not...

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Sumit Kumar, the brother-in-law of the deceased victim, lamented that for political expediency Bhim Army has not extended any support to the aggrieved family despite the fact that he has been associated with it for over 8 years.
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News Reports

Viral video shows woman being harassed by a large mob of men on a waterlogged road: Lucknow police arrests 2, search on for others

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Taking to X, Lucknow Police said that a case has been registered in the matter under relevant sections and the accused have been identified from the CCTV footage. The police said that two people Pawan Yadav and Sunil Kumar have been arrested while the search for others is on.
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Opinions

UK Muslim org is offended that a UK Hindu org does not want Pakistani origin accused termed as ‘Asians’, but here is why that...

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Why UK Hindu group is right in objecting to 'Asian' being used for Pakistan-origin accused in Manchester Airport assault case even as Muslim org gets offended
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News Reports

Crime for entertainment? Gulzar Sheikh and other ‘YouTubers’ making videos by vandalising tracks and endangering lives of passengers, getting millions of views

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Gulzar Sheikh's channel which goes by Gulzar Indian Hacker has 243 videos with one video having 99 million views. He put random things on railway tracks to get attention on social media.
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News Reports

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro challenges Elon Musk for a fight, Musk says “I will carry you to Gitmo on a donkey”

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This came after Maduro called Musk his “archenemy” and challenged him for a cage fight. “Social media creates a virtual reality, and who controls the virtual reality? Our new archenemy, the famous Elon Musk. Do you want to fight? Let’s do it. Elon Musk, I’m ready. I’m not afraid of you, Elon Musk. Let’s fight, wherever you want,” Maduro said.
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News Reports

After spending months asking for everyone’s caste, Congress gets upset with Anurag Thakur asking for Rahul Gandhi’s caste, starts burning effigies in protest

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Congress party, whose senior leader Rahul Gandhi has a track record of invoking caste in public, seems to have gotten extremely riled with BJP MP Anurag Thakur asking for the Gandhi scion's caste
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News Reports

‘Kamala Harris earlier said she is of Indian heritage, then she turned Black a few years ago’: Donald Trump says, White House condemns statement

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"She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black?" CNN quoted him as saying.
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News Reports

Delhi UPSC coaching centre death case: Court denies bail to 4 owners and the SUV driver who allegedly caused waves triggering the tragedy

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Delhi's Tis Hazari court has dismissed the bail pleas of Manuj Kathuria, Tejinder, Harvinder, Parvinder, and Sarabjeet, who were arrested in connection with the drowning incident at a coaching center in Old Rajender Nagar
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News Reports

‘Illegal encroachment in Wayanad wasn’t removed because of pressure from religious organisations’: Tejasvi Surya slams Kerala govt, Rahul Gandhi over floods

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"In the last 1,800 days since Rahul Gandhi was the MP from Wayanad, he has not raised the issue of landslides and floods even once in the Assembly and in the Parliament," said Surya speaking in Lok Sabha today.
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News Reports

As Congress denies Rahul Gandhi’s ‘secret’ White House meeting, he could embark on another US trip on the invitation of Indian Overseas Congress

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Rahul Gandhi recently received an invitation from the party’s overseas unit, the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), to visit the United States of America, Canada, and Europe
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News Reports

Anurag Thakur’s remarks part of parliamentary record, Congress breach of privilege motion against PM Modi for sharing his speech holds no ground: sources

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With Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi giving a breach of privilege notice against PM Modi for sharing the speech of Anurag Thakur made in the Lok Sabha, sources said that that the BJP MP's remarks are part of parliamentary record and the notice does not hold ground
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News Reports

BJD MP Mamata Mohanta quits party and resigns from Rajya Sabha saying there is no requirement of her services and her community in the...

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Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday announced that he has received the resignation letter of Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Mohanta and has accepted her resignatio
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News Reports

Ayodhya: SP MP Awadhesh Prasad’s close aide Moeed Khan arrested over gangrape of a minor OBC girl, was operating local police station from his...

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According to reports, the accused Khan is said to be close to Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad and is the party’s Nagar President of the Bhadarsa region
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News Reports

Delhi govt issues safety guidelines for educational institutions following the death of UPSC aspirants at coaching centre

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Following the death of three students at a UPSC coaching centre due to flooding of basement, the Delhi govt issued safety guidelines to be followed by all educational institutions.
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News Reports

‘RSS bears unimpeachable credentials, comprises of people committed to serving the nation’: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar in Rajya Sabha

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Taking a swipe at an SP leader's remark, VP Dhankhar said RSS bears unimpeachable credentials and comprises of people deeply committed to serving the nation selflessly.
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OpIndia Explains

War crimes, targeted killing, abuse of power, and more: Know about the criminal history of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, killed in an Israeli airstrike

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Under the leadership of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas was involved in widespread and systematic crimes against humanity, including murder, imprisonment and torture of civilians in Gaza.
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OpIndia Explains

As Hamas chief is killed in Iran, read how Hamas was funding SIMI in India and how radical roots of PFI, SDPI are interwoven

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The founder of Hamas, Sheikh Yaseen addressed SIMI's "Ikhwan Conference" in Kanpur in 1999.
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News Reports

5 houses belonging to Kashmiri Pandits burnt to ashes in Anantnag, investigations launched amid allegations of arson to prevent Pandits from returning to the...

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On Sunday, 31st July, at around 1 am a terrible fire broke out in Anantnag's Lone Mohalla in Mattan, swallowing and destroying five Kashmiri Pandit houses to ashes
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News Reports

Bihar: 5-year-old Nursery student carries pistol to school and shoots a Class 3 student in Supaul, his father runs away with the weapon and...

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According to locals, the father of the nursery class student earlier used to work as a security guard in this school.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 94 unrecognised Madarsas to be closed in Aligarh, around 2000 students to be admitted to council schools

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The Aligarh minority officer informed that the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh had sent a letter to the DM on 26th June and directed to get the students studying in unrecognized madarsas admitted to council schools. After this, the action is being taken.
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News Reports

Kerala govt ignored early warnings given by Union govt for landslide and mudslide, now they are blaming centre: Amit Shah in Parliament

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He slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government and emphasised that the number of deaths could have been minimised had the Kerala government been alert and acted on the Centre’s warning
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UPSC cancels provisional candidature of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, debars her permanently from all future UPSC examinations

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UPSC on Wednesday cancelled the provisional candidature of Puja Khedkar, a provisionally recommended candidate of the Civil Services Examination-2022 and permanently debarred her from all future exams and selections.
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News Reports

More proof of Rahul Gandhi-deep state links? As Congress leader threatens OpIndia, read how he had confirmed meeting with Biden officials, talks around ‘Indian...

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Praveen Chakravarty has threatened to sue OpIndia, however, he had himself confirmed Rahul Gandhi meeting US Govt officials
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Specials

Wayanad landslide: How ecological damage, geography, population rise and politics have all played a role in the catastrophe

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The Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology in Kalpetta had issued a landslide warning for Mundakkai in Wayanad's Meppadi 15 hours before the huge landslide occurred that destroyed entire villages and killed over 160 people.
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News Reports

Professionals’ Congress leader attacks OpIndia over Sam Pitroda NGO report, threatens to sue after insinuating links between Kamala Harris and Rahul Gandhi

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Praveen Chakravarty, who identifies himself as a 'Professional Congress' leader, threatened legal action against OpIndia over its report exposing Sam Pitroda's alleged links with the US government.
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News Reports

‘You have no money, how will you upgrade infrastructure’: Delhi HC slams AAP government’s freebie culture while hearing plea seeking High-level probe into death...

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Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela stated the Delhi government has little money to upgrade the infrastructure, especially the city's drainage system, in light of Delhi's increasing population, due to the "freebie culture".
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News Reports

Union Home Ministry increases rewards for informers in operational areas from ₹50 to ₹3,000 after over two decades, other limits also revised

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Ministry of Home Affairs has revised the financial powers of Director Generals of paramilitary forces and other intelligence agencies for rewards to informers in operational areas.
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Haldwani: Auto driver Mohammad Nadeem arrested for raping a mentally weak minor Hindu girl, threatened to kill her

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According to the police, the victim used to take auto to attend music classes in the evenings. Police said that the student is also mentally weak. On Sunday, the accused auto-driver Nadeem took advantage of it and raped her at a secluded place.
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In landslide-hit Wayanad, RSS is there helping people but Rahul Gandhi said he can’t go because of the rains

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These RSS and Sewa Bharati volunteers are assisting NDRF teams in locating the deceased, arranging food camps to provide food and shelter to those who have lost everything, and assisting bereaved families in identifying their loved ones Wayanad. They are also organising respectful last rituals for individuals who have died.
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News Reports

Former chairman of Delhi Minorities Commission mourns the death of Hamas chief Haniyeh, refers to him as a ‘martyr’

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Khan, an apologist for Islamic extremism, took to X, to mourn the death of Hamas chief Haniyeh, referring to him as a 'martyr'.
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Kerala: Death toll in landslides in Wayanad district reaches 150; dog squad, army, navy, air force and NDRF join rescue efforts

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Army sources said that 150 deaths have been recorded so far in landslides in Wayanad in Kerala, while around 200 to 250 individuals have been rescued
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Congress MP goes from ‘asking caste is abuse’ to ‘we want caste census’ in 55 seconds: Congress, which has been harping on caste, goes...

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From asserting that asking the caste of a person is like abusing him, Congress leader Gurjeet Singh Aujla went on to say that his party is in favour of the caste census.
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Gulf countries avoid hiring Pakistanis because they have earned reputations as beggars or criminals: Read what Pakistani Senate Committee was informed

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Pakistani beggars often travel to Iraq and Saudi Arabia under the pretense of pilgrimage (ziarat).
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‘Interfaith’ couple married as per Muslim law under threat: Read why Bombay HC granted 24×7 protection for the couple

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During the hearing, the woman informed the court that she had married the man, who was already married with three children. She further stated that she married the man voluntarily and was not forced to be with him. 
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Was unaware of my resignation until I was referred to as ‘former’: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slams Congress top leadership for removing him without prior...

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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who has officially stepped down as president of West Bengal Congress committee said his position became 'temporary' after Mallikarjun Kharge assumed party's top position
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Punjab: Nihang Sikhs kill businessman with swords, injure son and nephew over monetary dispute, case registered against seven

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There was a monetary dispute between Nihang Sikhs who attacked Shammi Puri for over 1.5 years. Nihang Parminder Singh had threatened Shammi over the phone previously but the family never thought he would come with other Nihangs and kill Shammi.
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Specials

Broken utensils, house filled with rain water: Dara Singh’s family has been living in poverty and still hoping for his return. Ground report

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OpIndia's team visited the village of Dara Singh, who has been imprisoned for more than 24 years, and assessed the present condition. We discovered that Dara Singh's family is living in deplorable conditions.
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News Reports

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, hours after Israel eliminates Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr responsible for killing 12 children last week

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Hamas confirmed that Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israel air strike on his house in Tehran.
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UK: British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to life for running terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun

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New York Deputy Police Commissioner Rebecca Weiner, termed the case 'historic' and said the Islamic Thinkers Society was ALM's US branch.
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Opinions

From illegal basements in coaching centres to high room rents to food costs and more: How UPSC aspirants are exploited at every level in...

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In Delhi, several coaching centres operate out of illegally constructed buildings, often modifying basements and other spaces into classrooms without adhering to safety regulations. To no surprise, these spaces are poorly ventilated, sans proper exits, and are not equipped to handle emergencies like flooding as seen in Rau’s IAS coaching’s case. The tragic incident at Rau's IAS Study Circle is a glaring example of the dangers posed by such illegal constructions.
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Politics

‘I serve the Territorial Army’: Anurag Thakur’s fiery response to Akhilesh Yadav on Agniveer Scheme

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In response to Akhilesh Yadav's comments on Agniveer scheme, BJP leader Anurag Thakur said, “I come from Himachal Pradesh, which gave the first Param Vir Chakra awardee Somnath Sharma, and had the highest number of martyrs in the Kargil War."
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Specials

Sam Pitroda and his NGO: How Rahul Gandhi’s overseas chairman is working with the US govt and Rockefeller Foundation. Deep State running Congress?

Nupur J Sharma -
Sam Pitroda runs an NGO funded by USAID, US State Department and Rockefeller Foundation - with Rahul Gandhi asking for foreign interference - is Congress run by the US Deep State?
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Crime

Mumbai: Chaos at funeral of RSS worker Arvind who was stabbed to death by Niyaz and Arif; policeman injured in stone pelting, video viral

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The Hindus gathered in large numbers on Tuesday, 30th July, and raised slogans against the Islamists and the Police. They demanded strict action against all the accused persons involved, including Niyaz and Arif, who stabbed Arvind.
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News Reports

Kerala landslides: Death toll in Wayanad rises to 95, exams postponed, State govt announces mourning

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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is conducting search and rescue operations along with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA).
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News Reports

Rae Bareli, UP: Village population 8,000 but birth certificates issued 12,000, how Zeeshan Khan and Vijay Yadav made Rohingya and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants ‘Indians’

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Vijay Yadav, an accused in the case, in his complaint claimed that Zeeshan betrayed his trust. He gave his CUG to Zeeshan based on trust which was used to issue fake certificates.
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News Reports

‘Saifuddin raped in Bahrain, forcibly converted, got baby aborted’: Hindu woman says she was sexually assaulted before a Congress leader. Details

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The Hindu victim woman said that the accused Mohammed Saifuddin met her as a client in Bahrain. The victim had worked in Bahrain and Dubai for around seven years. The accused began dating her after they had spoken for a few days. He used to drink alcohol mixed with medicines and claimed to be very frustrated with his family members.
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