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Sharmishta Panoli case: How Trinamool Congress is painting a target on the head of 22-year-old Hindu girl to appease its Muslim vote bank

OpIndia Staff - 2 June, 2025

The high-handedness of the Mamata-run administration did not stop at merely rationalising the arrest of the 22-year-old college girl or ignoring the objectionable posts made by Wazahat Khan. The TMC ecosystem went ahead and painted a target on the head of Sharmihsta Panoli, who was already being hounded by an online Muslim lynch mob.

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Hypocrisy of Kolkata police gets exposed as it takes no action against Wazahat Khan, who posted derogatory comments against Hindu deities

Dibakar Dutta - 1 June, 2025

Wazahat Khan who runs the Kolkata-based Rashidi Foundation, took credit for ensuring the arrest of the Hindu girl 1500 kms away from Gurgaon.

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Two Complaints filed against Wazahat Khan Qadri Rashidi, whose complaint led to arrest of law student Sharmishta Panoli, for his comments abusing Hinduism and...

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2025

A day after West Bengal police arrested Sharmishta Panoli for alleged hate speech, two separate complaints has filed against Wazahat Khan Qadri Rashidi who had lodged the FIR against her

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Pakistan link to 22-year-old girl’s arrest? Hindu organisation claims foundation, which filed FIR against the victim, has an office in Karachi

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2025

Shri Ram Swabhiman Parishad demanded and investigation against Sky Foundation and said that police should look into how an organisation registered in Pakistan is operating in India.

Opinions

Kolkata Police arrests a law student from Delhi over a deleted video: How criticising Pakistan and “hurting sentiments” is a crime for Bengal govt...

Amit Kelkar - 31 May, 2025

The incident lays bare the West Bengal government's unwavering commitment to appeasing its core vote bank, even if it means trampling upon the very principles enshrined in the Constitution.

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Supreme Court cancels bail to goons accused of attack and sexual assault on BJP member’s family during post-poll violence, calls it attack on democracy

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2025

The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled bail granted by the Calcutta HC granting bail to five accused in a rioting and attempt to rape case during the post-poll violence in West Bengal.

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West Bengal: Humayun Kabir brutally murders his parents after reading ‘Jihadi literature’, attacks orphanage, was planning to escape to Bangladesh

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2025

Humayun Kabir believed that he would go to 'jannat' after killing his parents and hated that they wanted him to reform and give up on his extremist views. He was reportedly planning to escape to Bangladesh after committing the murders.

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Mamata Banerjee attacks Modi govt for stopping PM Awas Yojana funds over corruption in the state, says she rejected Ayushman Bharat because she doesn’t...

Shraddha Pandey - 29 May, 2025

Interestingly, the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya boycotted the recently-held meeting of Niti Aayog “as a mark of protest against the deprivation of Bengal”.

Politics

‘Bengal me machi cheekh pukaar, nahi chahiye nirmam sarkar’: PM Modi attacks TMC govt for politics of violence, appeasement and corruption

ANI - 29 May, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday and said West Bengal needs freedom from "politics of violence, appeasement, riots and corruption" and that the people are looking towards "BJP's development model".

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