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Two teachers – Justin, Jasmeena Khatun – of missionary school booked for punishing student who said ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ after national anthem: Guna, MP

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Teachers at Christ Senior Secondary School in Guna, MP punished a student for saying 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' after national anthem (Pic Source: Internet)

The police in Madhya Pradesh have booked two teachers of a private school for allegedly punishing a student for saying ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ after the national anthem was sung during the school assembly.

The incident happened at Christ Senior Secondary School in Guna on Wednesday. On Thursday, the family members and a few social organisations staged a protest in front of the school campus.

Hindu groups also joined the protest and organised Hanuman Chalisa Path at the school premises. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Thursday intervened in the matter and directed Guna district police to lodge an FIR against teachers who punished the student for raising slogans.

Mishra said that as soon as the matter came to his notice, he immediately spoke to the officials. Teachers — Justin and Jasmeena Khatun, have been booked under sections 323, 506 and 34 of the IPC, and Section 75 in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, according to the police.

In his complaint, the student — Shivansh Jain, told the police that after the national anthem, he raised the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.

“In the meantime, Justin sir came and he took me out of the line and said, ‘what are you saying, go to the Father’. After that, my Hindi teacher came and said to go to your class teacher. When I met the class teacher, she said that I should raise it at home.

“After that, I reached the classroom. One of my classmates has been chosen as vice-captain of the Red House on which my class teacher Jasmeena Khatun said that ‘one boy is making the class proud and I am tarnishing the class’s name’. After that Madam made me sit on the ground for the next four periods,” the student wrote in his complaint.

(With IANS inputs)

POCSO court gives death sentence to Rizwan and Halim within 10 months of gang rape, attempt to kill minor in UP – but will higher judiciary’s “every sinner has future” doctrine prevail?

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The POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district has awarded death sentence to two accused for gang rape and attempt to kill a minor.

The judgment was pronounced within 11 months of the crime that was committed on December 27, 2021.

Besides, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on the two accused after holding them guilty of raping the 11-year-old survivor and also damaging her left eyes and bones of face and leg.

Taking cognisance of the crime, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had issued direction for prompt action against the culprits.

The POCSO court had concluded the trial within 10 months and on October 21, 2022 held two accused – Halim and Rizwan – guilty of committing rape, kidnapping and attempt to commit culpable homicide with the minor girl. The third accused was a minor.

According to prosecution, three accused – Halim, Rizwan and another – after raping and seriously injuring the minor girl, threw her on the railway track and ran away.

Since one of the accused was a minor, his case was transferred to Juvenile Court.

A criminal case was registered at police station Nawabganj of Pratapgarh district on the same day under sections 326 (hurt), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 363 (kidnapping) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO Act.

The survivor’s brother, who is the complainant in this case, rushed her sister to the SRN Hospital at Prayagraj in an unconscious state.

When she regained consciousness after five days, the survivor gave a statement before the police, identifying the three accused behind the gruesome incident.

According to inspector in charge of Nawabganj police station, Sudhir Kumar, immediately after the registration of the criminal case, the police swung into action and collected all the evidence, including the medical as well as forensic evidence, within two months.

The three accused persons were immediately arrested and sent to jail.

The girl was produced before the judicial magistrate, where she got her statement recorded under section 164 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

After concluding investigation and recording the statement of all the persons associated with the incident, a chargesheet against all the three accused persons was submitted by the police promptly within two months.

According to the inspector, the girl gradually recovered after treatment.

According to the complainant, her 11-year-old sister was going to a grocery shop on December 27, 2021, when three accused persons caught hold of her and took her to a nearby railway track.

He alleged that after raping her, they damaged her left eye and bones of face and leg. Thereafter, they threw her on the railway track. He said that he reached the crime scene after being informed by villagers.

(The story has been published via a syndicated feed with a modified headline.)

UP ATS arrests two more from Deoband for trans-national Islamic terror links

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The Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two persons from Deoband town in Saharanpur district for their alleged association with two terror groups – AQIS (Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent) and JMB (Jamat-ul Mujahideen, Bangladesh).

The two accused have been brought to Lucknow from Saharanpur after their names surfaced during interrogation of people arrested earlier in this connection.

The duo was identified as Aash Mohammed, 28 (Deoband resident), and Mohd Haris, 23 (resident of Haridwar), currently living in Deoband, said ATS officials in a press statement.

Prashant Kumar, Uttar Pradesh Police ADG (law and order), said that the duo was arrested for their alleged involvement with the two groups promoting terror activities in the country.

Earlier, eight people, including Lukman, Shahzad, Kari Mukhtar, Mudassar, Kamil, Ali Noor, Nawazish Ansari and Mohd Aleem, were arrested for their alleged links with the AQIS and the JMB and the names of the duo arrested now, surfaced in information extracted from the others, he added.

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UP madrasa board objects to ‘interference’

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The Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board has expressed its reservation to the interference of officers of the education department in the day-to-day working of madrasas in the state, which has led to a situation of discomfort in these institutions.

Board chairman Dr Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, said: “Officials of the state education department are not the competent authority to inspect the madrasas run by the department of minority welfare.

“After the formation of the minority welfare department in 1995, all work of the madrasas, managed by the education department till then, was transferred to the minority welfare department.

“Later, the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Council Act, 2004, was made through which the Uttar Pradesh Non-Government Arabic and Persian Madrasa Recognition, Administration and Service Regulations 2016 were made. Since then, the district madrasa education officer became the district minority welfare officer.

“As per the arrangement made in the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act 2004 and Regulations 2016, neither inspection nor notice will be given to any madrasa by any officer of any department other than the minority welfare department.”

(The story has been published via a syndicated feed.)

Already married Shahrukh pretends to be Hindu, ‘marries’ & rapes girl: Indore, MP

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Indore is one of the many hubs of love jihad aka grooming jihad in the nation. In yet another case from this Madhya Pradesh district, a Hindu girl has lodged a complaint against a married Muslim man, father of two, who pretended to be a Hindu bachelor and raped her after carrying out a fake marriage.

The girl from Kshipra had travelled to Udaipur, Rajasthan to work in a hotel. There she met the accused, a car driver at the same hotel, who introduced himself as ‘Raju’. The two of them started talking and gradually got into a relationship.

They got ‘married’, but it is not known if this was registered with the government and whether the accused furnished any forged identity documents. It has been seen in past cases that such Islamist predators have an ecosystem that generates fake documentation and even arranges faux marriages in dubious temples.

When the girl discovered his true identity that his real name is Shahrukh, she tried to escape. But she was held hostage against her will, threatened and raped. Somehow she managed to escape and reach her home town of Kshipra in Indore district. But Shahrukh followed her and arrived there as well.

Based on her complaint at the Kshipra police station, Shahrukh and two others have been arrested and presented in court. SP Bhagwant Singh Birde said that the accused Shahrukh assumed a false Hindu identity to ‘marry’ the victim, before threatening and raping her. The 3 accused have been charged under rape and other IPC sections.

Musk begins laying off Twitter employees, shuts offices ‘temporarily’

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Twitter has notified employees that it will be “reducing its global workforce” on Friday, as its new CEO Elon Musk aims to cut roughly half of its 7,600-strong workforce.

Employees were set to receive an email by 9 a.m. PST (9.30 p.m. India time) confirming whether they have been laid off or not, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge.

The employee badge access to Twitter’s offices will be shut off “temporarily”.

“To help ensure the safety of each employee as well as Twitter systems and customer data, our offices will be temporarily closed and all badge access will be suspended. If you are in an office or on your way to an office, please return home,” Twitter said in an internal memo.

“We acknowledge this is an incredibly challenging experience to go through, whether or not you are impacted,” the memo further read.

“Thank you for continuing to adhere to Twitter policies that prohibit you from discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or elsewhere,” the company added.

According to the report, Musk’s team of advisors has determined which engineers and technical managers to keep based on their contributions to Twitter’s codebase.

In Twitter’s Slack and group chat groups, employees complained about the lack of internal communication from Musk and other senior executives.

“Given the nature of our distributed workforce and our desire to inform impacted individuals as quickly as possible, communications for this process will take place via email,” said the company.

“If your employment is impacted, you will receive a notification with next steps via your personal email,” said the company.

Twitter said this is an incredibly challenging experience to go through, whether or not you are impacted.

Musk took over as the Twitter boss last week and immediately fired Indian-origin CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, the company’s policy chief Vijaya Gadde, among others.

The company’s chief marketing officer Leslie Berland is also leaving, along with other senior people amid growing uncertainty.

(The story has been published via a syndicated feed.)

झूठ और दुष्प्रचार करने के लिए कुख्यात ‘द वायर’ पर दिल्ली पुलिस का छापा, सेक्युलर-लिबरल गिरोह ने अलापा असहिष्णुता का राग

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भाजपा आईटी सेल प्रमुख अमित मालवीय की शिकायत पर दिल्ली पुलिस ने कथित समाचार समूह ‘द वायर’ और उसके संपादकों के विरुद्ध मुकदमा दर्ज कर लिया है। अमित मालवीय ने दिल्ली पुलिस के विशेष आयुक्त (अपराध) को अपनी शिकायत में बताया था कि ‘द वायर’ ने उनकी छवि खराब करने के उद्देश्य से दस्तावेजों के साथ छेड़छाड़ की थी। इस शिकायत में उन्होंने ‘द वायर’, उसके संस्थापक संपादकों सिद्धार्थ वरदराजन, सिद्धार्थ भाटिया और एम. के. वेणु, डिप्टी एडिटर और एग्जीक्यूटिव न्यूज़ प्रोड्यूसर जाह्नवी सेन, फाउंडेशन फॉर इंडिपेंडेंट जर्नलिज्म और अन्य अज्ञात लोगों पर आरोप लगाया है।

दिल्ली पुलिस ने भारतीय दंड संहिता की धाराओं 420 (धोखाधड़ी), 468, 469 (फर्जीवाड़ा), 471 (ठगी), 500 (मानहानि), 120बी (आपराधिक साजिश) और 34 (आपराधिक गतिविधि) के अंतर्गत यह मुकदमा दर्ज किया है। इस मामले में एक आश्चर्यजनक बात यह उभर कर आयी है कि ‘द वायर’ ने अपने ही शोधकर्ता देवेश कुमार के विरुद्ध पुलिस में शिकायत दर्ज कराई है। वह देवेश ही थे जिन्होंने ‘द वायर’ के लिए यह लेख लिखे थे और अब उन्हें ही मनगढ़ंत तथ्य लिखने का आरोपी बना दिया गया है। हालांकि दिल्ली पुलिस ने अभी तक देवेश के विरुद्ध कोई मुकदमा या शिकायत दर्ज नहीं की है।

सिद्धार्थ वरदराजन ने बताया इस कार्यवाही को मीडिया के लिए चेतावनी

जैसी की आशा की गयी थी, ‘द वायर’ के प्रबंधन ने इस कार्यवाही को गलत बताया है । सिद्धार्थ वरदराजन ने कहा कि, “पत्रकारिता में एक प्रकाशन संस्था से कोई गलती हुई जिसे उसने स्वीकारा है, वापस लिया है और उसके लिए क्षमा भी मांगी है। अब उसे अपराध में बदलने का प्रयास पूरे भारतीय मीडिया के लिए एक चेतावनी होनी चाहिए।”

वरदराजन ने चिंता जताते हुए कहा कि जब्त इलेक्ट्रॉनिक उपकरणों की हैश वैल्यू को उनके साथ साझा नहीं किया गया। उन्होंने कहा, “हमने पुलिस से इलेक्ट्रॉनिक उपकरणों के हैश वैल्यू को साझा करने के लिए कहा है, लेकिन उन्होंने अभी तक हमें हैश वैल्यू नहीं दी है। जबकि पुलिस ने कहा कि वह बाद में देंगे, हमारे उपकरण वापस करने के बारे में भी अभी तक कुछ नहीं बताया गया है।”

वरदराजन ने चिंता प्रकट करते हुए कहा कि देवेश के विरुद्ध पुलिस में शिकायत देने के बाद भी अभी तक एफआईआर दर्ज नहीं हुई है। जबकि मालवीय की शिकायत पर एक दिन में ही एफआईआर दर्ज हो गई।” सिद्धार्थ ने कहा कि ‘द वायर’ ने अपने लेखों में गलत जानकारी दी, जिसके पश्चात हमने अपने पाठकों से क्षमा भी मांग ली थी। लेकिन अमित मालवीय से क्षमा मांगने के प्रश्न पर वह बोले “हम इसे न्यायालय में देखेंगे।”

क्या थी टेक फॉग स्टोरी, जिसने ‘द वायर’ को क्षमा मांगने पर विवश किया?

‘द वायर’ पिछले कुछ महीनों से एक झूठी खबर चला रहा था, जिसमे वह भाजपा के आईटी सेल के प्रमुख अमित मालवीय पर आरोप लगा रहा था कि वह सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म्स पर अपने प्रभाव का उपयोग कर विपक्षियों और विरोध करने वाले लोगों की पोस्ट्स को हटवा देते थे, और उनके एकाउंट्स को भी प्रतिबंधित कर देते थे। ‘द वायर’ ने अपनी कहानी को सच बताने के लिए मेटा कंपनी के आतंरिक संचार के बारे में झूठी जानकारियां दी, जिसे मेटा ने ना सिर्फ नकारा बल्कि वायर के विरुद्ध अकाट्य साक्ष्य भी दिए।

26 अक्टूबर को अंततः सब ओर से घिर जाने के पश्चात ‘द वायर’ ने मेटा के विरुद्ध की गई रिपोर्ट्स वापस ले ली हैं। ‘द वायर’ के प्रमुख सिद्धार्थ वरदराजन ने अपने कुकृत्य के लिए क्षमा भी मांगी। उन्होंने अपने वक्तव्य में कहा, “हमने बाहरी विशेषज्ञों की सहायता से उपयोग की जाने वाली तकनीकी स्रोत सामग्री की आंतरिक समीक्षा करने के बाद मेटा रिपोर्ट्स को हटाने का निर्णय लिया है।”

वरदराजन आगे कहते हैं कि, “इन खबरों के प्रकाशन से पहले, आंतरिक संपादकीय प्रक्रियाओं के जो मानक ‘द वायर’ ने अपने लिए निर्धारित किये हैं और जिनकी हमारे पाठक अपेक्षा रखते हैं, उनका पालन नहीं हुआ।” वरदराजन ने खेद प्रकट करते हुए कहा कि, “संपादकीय टीम चूक के लिए नैतिक जिम्मेदारी लेती है और यह सुनिश्चित करने का वचन देती है कि भविष्य में प्रकाशन से पहले स्वतंत्र विशेषज्ञों द्वारा सभी तकनीकी साक्ष्य सत्यापित किए जाएंगे।”

सेक्युलर-लिबरल खेमे में मची खलबली

जैसा कि आशा थी, हमारे सेक्युलर-लिबरल खेमे में इस समाचार के बाद से खलबली मच गयी है। वैसे यह मामला धोखाधड़ी, फर्जी साक्ष्य बनाने, और मानहानि का है, और इसमें विधिक कार्यवाही होना एक सामान्य सी बात है। लेकिन सेक्युलर लिबरल धड़े ने इसे अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता और पत्रकारिता पर आक्रमण बता दिया है, और यह लोग तो जनता से सरकार के विरुद्ध खड़े होने का आह्वान भी कर रहे हैं।

यहाँ आप सिद्धार्थ के भाई टुंकु वरदराजन का ट्वीट देख सकते हैं, वह कैसे अपना दुःख व्यक्त कर रहा है, वहीं लोगों से इस घटना का विरोध करने का आह्वान भी कर रहा है।

वहीं कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता शशि थरूर ने इस घटना के लिए केंद्र सरकार को ही कोसा है। उन्होंने कहा कि इस तरह की कार्यवाही द्वेषपूर्ण है, और इससे विदेशों में भारत की छवि को हानि पहुंचेगी।

वहीं ‘द हिन्दू’ समाचार पत्र के प्रमुख एन राम ने तो इस मामले में ‘द वायर’ को ही पीड़ित बता दिया है। उन्होंने कहा कि द वायर के प्रति एक षड्यंत्र रचा गया और उनके साथ ही यह धोखाधड़ी की गयी। अब सरकार इस प्रकार की विधिक कार्यवाही कर के पीड़ित को ही परेशान कर रही है।

मुंबई प्रेस क्लब, एडिटर्स गिल्ड और प्रेस क्लब ऑफ़ इंडिया ‘द वायर’ के समर्थन में खड़े हुए

भारत में मीडिया के कई संगठन हैं, जो अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता के नाम पर मीडिया के कुकर्मों का समर्थन करते हैं। ऐसे ही संगठन हैं ‘मुंबई प्रेस क्लब’, ‘एडिटर्स गिल्ड’ और ‘प्रेस क्लब ऑफ़ इंडिया’ जो समय समय पर अपने वक्तव्यों द्वारा यह बता देते हैं कि मीडिया सर्वोपरि है, और उन पर कानूनी कार्यवाही होना गलत है।

इस मामले में भी इन सगठनों ने ‘द वायर’ पर की गयी कार्यवाही को अतिश्योक्ति बताया है, प्रेस की स्वतंत्रता पर कुठाराघात बताया है। मुंबई प्रेस क्लब ने तो इस कार्यवाही को समाचार पात्र के प्रबंधन और सम्पादकों का शोषण ही बता दिया है।

वहीं अपने दोमुहे आचरण के लिए कुख्यात एडिटर्स गिल्ड ऑफ़ इंडिया ने तो पुलिस पर ही दोषारोपण कर दिया है। उन्होंने दिल्ली पुलिस को विधिक प्रक्रिया का पालन करने और पत्रकारिता की शुचिता को बनाये रखने का निर्देश दिया है। हालांकि यह संस्था पत्रकारों पर हो रहे अत्याचारों पर हमेशा चुप रहती है, अगर पत्रकार इनकी मानसिकता और एजेंडा से विपरीत हो।

यह सेक्युलर लिबरल और मीडिया समूह अपने दोहरे मापदंडों के कुख्यात है, आज यह लोग द वायर और वरदराजन के साथ सहानुभूति रख रहे हैं, लेकिन यही लोग तब चुप थे जब अन्य पत्रकार अर्नब गोस्वामी और अमन चोपड़ा के प्रति राज्य सरकारों ने खुल कर द्वेषपूर्ण कार्यवाही की थी। तब इन लोगों को अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता खतरे में नहीं पड़ी थी? तब इन्होने पीड़ित पक्ष के साथ किसी भी प्रकार की सहानुभूति प्रकट नहीं की, क्यों?

क्या मीडिया को किसी प्रकार का विशेषाधिकार प्राप्त है?

यहाँ कुछ महत्वपपूर्ण प्रश्न उठते हैं, भारत के लोकतंत्र के चार स्तम्भ हैं, लेकिन उनमे से मीडिया ही ऐसा है जिसे अनावश्यक विशेषाधिकार मिला हुआ है। और वह भी एजेंडा चलाने वाले पोर्टल्स को क्यों इतने विशेषाधिकार मिले हुए हैं? एनडीटीवी गलत समाचार छापता है, सरकार उस पर कुछ घंटो का प्रतिबन्ध लगाती है, तो दुनिया भर में हल्ला मच जाता है। एक कथित फैक्ट चेकर लोगों को भड़काता है, एक धर्म पर आक्रमण करता है, उसे जब गिरफ्तार किया जाता है तब पूरा वामपंथी संचारतंत्र उसके समर्थन में खड़ा हो जाता है।

ऐसा ही कुछ ‘द वायर’ के मामले में होता दिख रहा है, जबकि यह ज्ञात है कि यहाँ इस समाचार समूह ने तथ्यों को तोडा मरोड़ा, फर्जी साक्ष्य बनाये, किसी के प्रति मानहानि का प्रयास किया। और अंततः यह सब स्वीकार भी किया, उसके पश्चात अगर इस समाचार समूह के विरुद्ध कानूनी कार्यवाही होती है तो इसमें गलत क्या है? क्या समाचार समूह भारतीय कानून व्यवस्था और संविधान से ऊपर हैं? क्या इन्हे कोई विशेषाधिकार प्राप्त है?

इन प्रश्नों के उत्तर नहीं में हैं, तो फिर इतनी चीख चिल्लाहट क्यों?

Spoilt brat Md. Shehzad (20) assaults 6-year-old son of Rajasthani balloon sellers for leaning on car: Kannur, Kerala

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A 20-year-old youth in Thalassery in Kerala’s Kannur district was on Friday arrested for kicking a six-year-old child for leaning on his car parked at a no parking area.

A video of the incident went viral on social media following which the police action came.

The youth, identified as Mohammed Shehzad, hails from a rich family in Kannur district. The child is the son of a Rajasthani couple, who sell balloons and have recently come to the district as the temple festival season begins.

The police came under fire after failing to take Shehzad into custody, who had come to the local police station Thursday night.

A young lawyer, who was an eyewitness to the incident which happened on Thursday, first raised an alarm over the incident and informed the police.

Soon the police arrived at the location but by then Shehzad had left the place and the child was taken to the local hospital, where he is now under treatment.

Meanwhile, the police, after examining the CCTV visuals, traced the car and asked Shehzad to come to the police station. Shehzad did come to the station but by 11 p.m. he was allowed to leave while the car was kept at the police station.

By Friday morning with the vernacular TV channels airing this incident, the police took Shehzad into custody.

The Thalassery Additional SP Nithin told the media that the arrest of Shehzad will be soon recorded and the charges include IPC 308 (which is a non-bailable offence) invoked against him.

Despite several questions on why the accused was allowed to leave on Thursday night and on Friday non-bailable charges were being put, Nithin continued to say that there was no lapse on the part of the police.

State Education Minister V. Sivankutty wrote in his Facebook that this was a thing that should not have happened and strict action should be taken.

(The story has been published via a syndicated feed with a modified headline.)

Grooming jihad victim Nanda commits suicide in Kerala

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Abdul Shuhaib and Nanda (Images janmabhumi.in)

While Kerala society was obsessed with the infamous Greeshma-Sharon murder mystery, another young Hindu girl and a victim of grooming jihad ended her life. Nanda (20) could not bear the blackmail of Abdul Shuhaib (20) and committed suicide. Nanda is the single child of her parents.

Young Nanda, a student of CK Nair arts college in Kanhangad of district Kasaragod, was found hanging dead in her house on Monday. Police have arrested the accused Shuhaib. He had trapped Nanda two years ago and threatened to release intimate photos of the young Hindu girl. Kanhangad police confirmed that Nanda committed suicide due to threats from Shuhaib.

Nanda’s dead body was found upstairs in her room. Police found that Nanda made a video call to Shuhaib before his death. After checking the girl’s mobile phone information, it became clear to the police that Shuhaib was the villain in the incident. He was taken into custody during the investigation.

According to the police, Nanda and Shuhaib were close. However, recently there were issues in their relationship, but Shuhaib refused to let go. Shuhaib threatened to spread Nanda’s intimate pictures on social media that he had forced her to send him. Kanhangad DYSP said that the girl committed suicide due to Shuhaib’s threats. 

The accused was taken into custody by the police on Wednesday night. Shuhaib was charged with abetment to suicide, and his arrest was registered on Thursday morning. So-called mainstream media in Kerala did not report the grooming jihad but instead focused on Imran Khan and Pakistan.

Greeshma (22) was accused of poisoning her lover Sharon Raj because she was afraid Sharon might splash her private pictures to her future husband. Sharon is no more, and Greeshma, having consumed poison, is struggling for her life in the Thiruvanathapuram medical college ICU.

8 people booked in Karnataka for luring tribals to convert to Christianity

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8 people have been booked for trying to convert Vanvasis to Christianity in Karnataka. They were traveling to a mass prayer meeting when police arrested them. Their source of funds is being investigated and their conversion activities are looked into.

Sri Ram Sene had come to know about conversion attempts in Kanakapura, Karnataka. District President Nagarjun told media that they received information that a Christian couple pastor Barnabas and Baby were trying to convert Lambani community people in the area. When their activists visited the area they found out that the couple had brought people from nearby areas and were about to take them to Bengaluru for conversion.

Following this, Sri Ram Sene filed a complaint with the police and 8 people were booked and taken into custody. A suo motu complaint was filed FIR was registered under section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) of the Indian Penal Code. Police informed that they weren’t booked under the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act as no victim has come forward to complain so far.

Hindustan Times reported the Ramnagara SP as saying, “In Bengaluru, an event was organised for about 10,000 people from all over Karnataka after taking permission from all authorities in the city. They (accused) were apparently going there and we received the information regarding this”. He further said that they are looking into sources of funds for organising this event.

Sri Ram Sene has sought a thorough investigation into the matter and requested the police force to make sure to put a full stop to conversion activities in the region. The tallest statue of Jesus Christ in the world was to come up in Kapalibetta in Kanakapura Taluk. Congress leader DK Shiva Kumar had bought 10 acre government land for the purpose and donated it to a Christian trust. But due to Hindu opposition the project was dropped. The Karnataka High Court had also issued a stay on the construction work, ordering that no construction work should be done on the premises without its permission.