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Fed up with atrocities, 50
Dalit families in Madhya Pradesh seek CM’s permission to kill themselves
Sehore: With Dalit
atrocities being reported all around the country, this incident where 50 Dalit
families from Madhya Pradesh sought permission for euthanasia from CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan would again trigger
Dalit oppression related issues. Dalit families have alleged that their land
has been grabbed by musclemen and goons which leave them with no other option
on how to sustain their livelihood. However, district authorities deny
receiving any such complaint and also exclaimed that a case in regard to the
same is being heard in the court. Families, belonging to Borkhedi, Jogala,
Sohankhedi and Vasudev villages in the Nasrullahganj area of Budhni, the
assembly constituency of MP CM, have signed a memorandum which states that the
land which was allotted to them by the govt 15 years ago have not yet been
received by them which leaves them with no other means of livelihood. Land is
under the possession of influential people who have threatened to eliminate
them if needed. "These oppressed people are living in abject poverty as
they do not have any source of income. Therefore, they have sought to end their
lives," Rashtriya Dalit Chetna Manch state secretary Jaswant Singh
said.NewsX
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50 Dalit Families In MP
Dalit men thrashed in
Maharashtra allegedly by over 25 people for overtaking vehicle
Beed: 2 Dalit men have said
they were beaten up allegedly by over 25 people in Maharashtra's Beed district
because they overtook their motorcycles near a petrol pump.The incident took
place on Friday in Savargaon village in Beed district. About 6 young Dalit men
who were travelling on three motorcycles overtook the accused, who then forced
them to stop and allegedly beat them up.The beating, the Dalit men claim, got
worse after the accused saw pictures of Dalit rights icon Dr BR Ambedkar on
their motorcycles."After spotting the photograph, they beat me with a
belt. They started beating us and wanted to kill us. They took me on their bike
and kept threatening us and abusing our caste," said 23-year-old Akash
Waghmare, one of the victims who have filed a complaint. Police, who are yet to
arrest the accused in the case, have registered a complaint against over 25
unidentified persons. "They had marks on their body that showed that they
were beaten with belts. There were for four others with these two boys but
since they haven't given us their statement, we don't know the full story yet.
We have not caught the accused yet. A case filed under Prevention of Atrocity
Act has been registered," said ASP in Majalgaon, Hari Balaji.NDTV
Dalit minor girl succumbs
to injuries after 2 months of rape, torture; women’s panel raps Delhi Police,
Centre
New Delhi: The 14-year-old
Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped several times by her neighbour, died on
Sunday.Her neighbour had allegedly forced her to drink a ‘corrosive substance,
which severely damaged her internal organs.’Delhi Commission for Women (DCW)
had issued notice to Delhi Police in the case. “The girl was fed a corrosive
substance which completely destroyed her internal organs and she died a very
painful death,” she said, adding that it was only after the Commission issued
notice to the DCP (North), the accused who was roaming free was arrested.The
commission shifted the girl from Lok Nayak (LNJP) Hospital to a private
facility on Saturday.The girl’s uncle alleged the accused, Shiv Shankar,
threatened them and abducted the girl on May 15. She was made to drink acid, he
alleged.Maliwal has asked the Centre to set up a high-level ministerial
committee on women safety under the leadership of home minister Rajnath
Singh.The panel has sought details about the police action on the allegations
of the girl’s parents. Maliwal has questioned as to why a case under the SC and
ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was not filed.The police claimed they
arrested the accused thrice, but the girl turned hostile twice.Maliwal said the
system had failed her.She also hit out at the home ministry for scrapping the
women safety special task force. The special task force on women’s safety in
Delhi was established in 2013 after the Dec.16 gangrape. On Friday, the DCW
issued a notice to DCP (North) questioning the handling of the case of the
Dalit minor who was allegedly kidnapped by the accused just before a hearing in
her rape case, subjected to sexual assault several times and forced to drink
corrosive substance.HT
Delhi Dalit minor dies
after 2 months of rape, torture, DCW
Dalit Teenager, Raped Again
& Again, Dies
`Police baton' used by cow
vigilantes in flogging of a group of Dalits in Gujarat '
Ahmedabad: Videos of the
recent stripping and flogging of a group of Dalits in Gujarat show that at
least one baton used by cow protection vigilantes "resembles" the
ones provided to Gujarat police for riot control. Videos of the incident
reported near Una town in Gir Somnath district on July 11 had gone viral,
sparking outrage nationwide, and prompting parties to point to police
complicity in the brutality.Four policemen have already been suspended after
seven or eight Dalits were thrashed for skinning a dead cow. The videos are
being examined by Gujarat CID."One accused is clearly seen wielding the `police
cane' on a group of Dalits and a middle-aged man who is pleading for
mercy," said an investigator. CID crime sleuths are trying to find out how
the "fibre baton" reached the accused. Senior Gujarat police officers
said that the cane could be bought from stores as well.TOI
Dalit youths flogged in
Gujarat: Sarpanch is key conspirator, says victim
Dalit youth dies in police
‘raid’, tension in Surat
Surat: A 25-year-old Dalit
youth died under mysterious circumstances in Surat Sunday night after a “police
raid”, leading to violent protests by locals in which a sub-inspector was
injured. Locals claimed that the victim was in an inebriated condition when
Sub-Inspector VS Patel slapped him after an argument and he fell on the road
and died following an epileptic seizure. Police, however, said the
Sub-Inspector had raided a gambling den and on seeing a policeman, three youths
escaped, but Mahendra Makwana fell on the ground and died.Police said Makwana,
a resident of Ambatalavdi area in Katargam, fell while running reportedly after
he had a fit (epileptic seizure). The man was rushed to a hospital where he was
declared brought dead, they said.After “the raid”, locals gathered at the spot
and attacked the sub-inspector with sticks. The policeman managed to
escape.Eyewitnesses rejected the police version, saying the sub-inspector was
there with a private person, and he found Makwana walking on the road and
suspected him to be drunk. Following an argument with Makwana, the police
officer slapped him and he fell on the road and suffered an epileptic attack,
they said. Police have registered a complaint of accidental death. indianexpress
UP, Rajasthan lead in
crimes on SCs
New Delhi: UP and Rajasthan
lead the country in the number of crimes registered against the Scheduled
Castes, official data pertaining to 2013, 2014 and 2015 show.National
Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) counts these States among those
deserving special attention. While UP is witness to a political war of words
over an expelled BJP leader’s insulting remarks on BSP leader Mayawati, it is
Rajasthan that leads India in rate of crimes against Dalits.UP with 20% of India’s Dalit population accounts for 17
% of the crimes against them. The
numbers — ranging from 7,078 to 8,946 from 2013 to 2015 — are high, but so is
the population of Dalits in the State.52 to 65% of all crimes in Rajasthan have
a Dalit as the victim. This despite the fact that the State’s SC (Dalit)
population is just 17.8% of its total population. With 6% of India’s Dalit population,
the State accounts for up to 17% of the crimes against them across India. thehindu
Dalit protest at BJP
campaign meet, Buddhist monks ask BJP leaders to leave venue
Agra: In a major
embarrassment for the BJP, a group of Buddhist monks, which is currently
campaigning for the saffron party for the assembly polls next year, Sunday
showed the door to local BJP leaders in Aligarh after a huge protest by Dalits
and Jatavs whose support the group is seeking as part of its campaign.Currently
in its second leg, the Dhamma Chetna Yatra by some 80 monks had reached Baudh
Vihar in Naurangabad Sunday where Mayor Shakuntala Bharti was present, along
with several local BJP leaders, to greet the spiritualists.As a large section
of Dalits and Jatavs objected to the presence of BJP leaders, the monks
promptly asked the latter to leave the premises, leaving the party
red-faced.The yatra, which began from Sarnath on April 24 and was flagged off
by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, is being supervised directly by the PMO.
PM Narendra Modi is likely to address the yatra’s concluding ceremony on Oct.14
in Lucknow. Protesters removed the stage and the seats arranged by the local
BJP unit, citing cases of atrocities on the Dalit community in Una, Ghaziabad
and other places where BJP is in rule.While asking the BJP leaders to leave,
the monks told them “not to do politics of votes at our spiritual
campaign”.Several BJP leaders couldn’t enter the premises of Baudh Vihar as hundreds
of Dalits and Jatavs,allegedly backed by BSP, announced to boycott the party.
The protesters raised anti-Modi and anti-BJP slogans — “Rohith Vemula ke
hatyaron wapas jao”, “Daliton ka shoshan karne waalon wapas jao”, dharma ki
rajniti nahin chalegi” — and agreed to call off their demonstration “only if
all the BJP leaders leave the premises”. indianexpress
Monks show door to BJP
leaders after Dalits protest
Indian American council
demands CBI inquiry into atrocities against Dalits, Muslims for cow protection
Indian American Muslim
Council (IAMC), advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and
tolerant ethos today joined millions of Indians and people of conscience across
the world, in expressing outrage over the ongoing atrocities against Dalits and
minorities by "cow protection" extremists in India. Recent violence
in the state of Gujarat on July 11 triggered a wave of mass protests and
suicide attempts by Dalit youth, only to be followed by more atrocities in the
states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. IAMC has called for a CBI enquiry that
would cover not only the recent atrocities against Dalits but also include a
full investigation into the functioning of "cow protection" groups
and their near total disregard for the law. IAMC said, " Violence against
Dalits and minorities have intensified under the BJP-led administration, whose
worldview is aligned with the ideology of upper caste Hindu supremacy, known as
Hindutva. While the protests continue to spread, PM Narendra Modi is yet to
make a statement, much less commit to any action."iamc.com
Mayawati unfolds roadmap
for Dalit-Muslim pact, to end Muslim-Yadav alliance? scroll.in
Under siege until just a
week ago, BSP leader Mayawati on Sunday displayed her canny ability to shock
her opponents as she laid out a blueprint for building a new social alliance
between Dalits and Muslims in UP. She hopes to capitalise on the explosion of
anger against the attack on Dalits in Gujarat and disparaging remarks against
her. Instead of directly appealing to Muslims to switch their loyalties from
the ruling Samajwadi Party and throw in their lot with the BSP, Mayawati
announced at a press conference at Lucknow that she would hold a series of big
public meetings from next month to expose the SP's alleged connivance with the
BJP.
KASHMIR
ISSUE
India asks its diplomats in
Pakistan to withdraw kids from local schools
New Delhi: As tension
simmers between India and Pakistan over recent developments in Kashmir, India
has asked its diplomats and other officials to withdraw their kids from local
schools in Islamabad.Indian officials can either send their kids back to India
or return themselves, official sources said."What it means is that no
Indian official based in Pakistan can have his or her children living with
them. Those who seek a posting in Pakistan will have to keep that in mind
too," an official here told TOI. Spouses, however, can remain in Pakistan
for now. There are about 50 children of Indian officials currently studying in
Islamabad's American School. Indian officials did not rule out the possibility
of a "tit-for-tat" response by Islamabad in the form of recall of
children of Pakistan diplomats from India. timesofindia
Kashmir: Parties seek talks
with Pakistan, separatists
Srinagar: While the
Congress boycotted a meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, leaders of
other mainstream parties who met him in Srinagar Sunday sought talks with
separatists and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue.On the second day of his
visit to the Valley, Singh met leaders of various political parties, chaired a
high-level security meet and visited south Kashmir.A 7-member NC delegation,
led by ex CM Omar Abdullah met Singh and
submitted a memorandum seeking dialogue with external and internal
stakeholders. “The only issue that was discussed is the current situation in
the valley,” Omar said after the meeting. “We asked for an end to excessive use
of force, rethink on the use of pellet guns, some relaxation in curfew… He was
positive.”The memorandum sought measures from the central and state govt s. The
memorandum demanded a “sustained dialogue with Pakistan and internal
stakeholders, including Hurriyat Conference”.CPM leader MY Tarigami, Democratic
Party Nationalist leader Ghulam Hassan Mir and MLA Hakim Yasin also met Singh
and demanded resumption of dialogue with Pakistan and separatists. indianexpress
Geelani to Swaraj: if
Kashmir is yours, why not hold a referendum
http://kashmirreader.com/2016/07/25/geelani-to-swaraj-if-kashmir-is-yours-why-not-hold-a-referendum/
Srinagar: Terming the
statement of the Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj as “the arrogance of
power”, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani, on Sunday said that
it is a “very old rhetoric based on the military power.“If she is true in her
claims, why is India afraid of holding referendum in J&K ? Why are their
paid local agents hiding behind the more than 10 lakh armed forces?” he asked
in a statement issued here.He reiterated that Kashmir is a disputed territory
and Kashmiri people have been struggling against the “Indian forced occupation”
since 1947.“This fact is known to everybody, but the Indian rulers are scared
to face this truth and they have become habitual of ignoring the ground
realities and facts with regarding to the Kashmir,”he said.He advised the
policymakers and the rulers of India to see the writing on the wall, stating,
“The facts never change just by closing the eyes or ignoring the facts”.He
rejected any 2-party dialogue process between India and Pakistan for solving
the Kashmir issue. Kashmirreader
Geelani arrested for
defying restrictions
19-yr-old injured on July
10 dies; 50 dead now
Srinagar: A 19-year-old
youth wounded in Pampore town on July 10, who was on ventilator since the day,
succumbed at SKIMS hospital on Sunday afternoon. Sameer Ahmad Wani, son of
Bashir Ahmad Wani of Khonmoh, Pampore, was hit by a bullet in his abdomen fired
by govt forces on protesters.Official
sources at SKIMS hospital said that the youth was admitted in the hospital on
July 10, after he was referred from sub-district hospital Pampore. “He was on
ventilator since then,” he said. 50 people have died so far. kashmirreader
Punjab’s Mann Sikh group
tries to march towards Kashmir
Srinagar:Shiromani Kali Dal
(Mann group) was Monday stopped by police at Lakhanpora in Jammu while marching
towards Kashmir Valley to show solidarity with the people after civilian
killings by the forces.Simranjit Singh Mann president of the group and his
scores of supporters were marching from Punjab to the Valley.“But when we
reached Lakhanpore, police did not allow us to move ahead to the Valley,” a
spokesman of the group told KNS over phone.He said that the group was marching
to Kashmir to show solidarity with people of Kashmir who are forcing the
atrocities of the forces.He said that the group was to protest against the
forces for killing about 50 civilians in the ongoing unrest. greaterkashmir
Pellets 'least-lethal'
weapon, will continue to use it: CRPF
New Delhi:Paramilitary CRPF, accused of disproportionate use of
force in J&K , today expressed regret for injuries caused to youths due to
firing of pellet guns in the Valley and said it would continue to use this
"least-lethal" weapon but only in "extreme" situations. DG
of CRPF K Durga Prasad said there was no weapon called "non-lethal"
and the pellet guns, often used for crowd control in Kashmir Valley, was the
"least-lethal" option available with the force.PTI
Congress member wants PM’s
response to Hafiz’s war rants, chinese interference
New Delhi: A Congress
member raised in Lok Sabha the issue of reported “war” rants by Hafiz Saeed and
“interference” by China in the Kashmir affairs and demanded a response from PM
Narendra Modi.“We are sitting in Parliament, and Hafiz and Sharif are
displaying brotherhood and threatening a war and Narendra Modi is silent,”
Chowdhury said. He said China has also started interfering in Kashmir matter
and is adopting a rude attitude.“PM
should give a reply. Why does he not speak again China? He should make
his govt’s stand clear on the issue in Parliament,” he added.PTI
India must grant Kashmir
azadi from oppressive Army: Rajni Shaleen Chopra
Govt is mistaken to think
Kashmir conflict will simply die down: Kamal Mitra Chenoy
Are intellectuals
supporting Kashmir's cause all Pakistan-sympathisers?Gowhar Geelani
India needs a referendum
more than Kashmiris do: Omair Ahmad
OTHERS
China warns of ‘serious
consequences’ after India refuses to renew journalists’ visas
Beijing: Taking umbrage at
India’s refusal to extend visas to 3 Chinese journalists, a state-run daily on
Monday warned of “serious consequences” if the matter was a fallout of
Beijing’s refusal to back New Delhi’s NSG membership bid. “…speculation is
swirling that India is taking revenge against China for the latter’s opposition
to India joining the NSG…If New Delhi is really taking revenge due to the NSG
membership issue, there will be serious consequences,” the editorial in the
Global Times said.PTI
Chinese media threatens
India with 'serious consequences' for expelling its journalists
India move not to renew
visas of Chinese journalists a first, Beijing’s history of media expulsions
Gujarat Riots: Gujarat HC
sentences 7 guilty of killing 3 Muslims to life imprisonment
Ahmedabad:Gujarat High
Court on Monday sentenced seven persons, guilty of killing 3 Muslims during
2002 post-Godhra riots, to life imprisonment. Of them, three had been acquitted
by the trial court.The division bench of justices Harsha Devani and Biren
Vaishnav pronounced the quantum of sentence while awarding them life
imprisonment. Out of 7 accused 3 had been acquitted by a trial court in 2011
while 4 others were convicted for lesser offences such as attempt to murder,
unlawful assembly, voluntarily causing hurts with sharp weapon. The division
bench enhanced their sentences and found then guilty of murder among other
charges.The 7 are Satabhai alias Haider Gela Bharwad, Naranbhai Samantbhai
Bharwad, Udaji Ranchhodbhai Thakor, Valabhai Gelabhai Bharwad, Viththal alias
Kuchiyo Moti Bharwad, Mulabhai Gelabhai Bharwad and Merabhai Gelabhai
Bharwad.The bench also confirmed sentencing of two others, Bhopa Bharwad and
Bachu Thakor, to life imprisonment. With this, nine of the 10 accused have been
given life imprisonment in this case.The case saw several ups and downs during
the trial, with crucial witnesses turning hostile. indianexpress
2002 riots: Gujarat HC
hands down life imprisonment to 7
‘Sharia’ like law needed to
check serious crimes against women: Raj Thackeray
Ahmednagar: Slamming the
BJP-led state govt over the gangrape and murder of a minor girl here, MNS chief
Raj Thackeray on July 25 said there was a need for a law like the Sharia law to
check serious crimes against women and children. He said the hands and legs of
those who rape and kill minors and women should be cut off.A 15-year-old girl
was brutally raped and killed by three men on July 13 at Kopardi village in
Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra.“Such incidents are the outcome of the
collapsed law and order situation in the state and the present govt is proving
itself worse than the past Congress-NCP led govt,” he said.“There is an urgent
need to create the laws like Sharia (Islamic law) for controlling serious
crimes against the women and the children. anti-social elements are creating a
state of terror and there is a need to make the laws stringent,” he said.PTI
Himachal : 2 arrested in
Israeli woman gangrape case
Manali:2 young men were
arrested by the Himachal police on July 25 in connection with the alleged
gangrape of a 25-year old Israeli national. After a massive hunt, the police
also seized the vehicle suspected to be used in the crime.“Two youths who are suspected
in the crime are identified as Akshay Rana and Pankaj and they hail from Kangra
and Mandi districts respectively.We expected some formal arrests soon,” said
Padam Singh, Superintendent of Police, Kullu.The break through came when police
scanned the CCTV footage of the place from where the victim had taken lift on
July 24 morning beside electronic surveillance of the suspects. The vehicle was
intercepted near Mandi. indian express
Major terror attack averted
in Pratapgarh, UP? 30 live bombs found
Lucknow: Two people have
been arrested from a temple in Pratapgarh area of UP after 30 live bombs were reportedly
discovered by the police on Thursday. The arrests were made as the two had an
arsenal of arms and ammunitions including the live bombs and pistols with abundant
number of cartridges.The police claim to have averted the tragedy but have kept
the search operations on in a bid to make sure there are other threats.Further
details awaited. NewsX
Major terror attack
averted? 30 live bombs recovered from temple in UP's Pratapgarh; 2 arrested:
zeenews
Activist Swami Agnivesh
joins JD(U)
New Delhi: Social activist
Swami Agnivesh Sunday joined the JD (U) and vowed to strengthen the anti-liquor
campaign launched by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Agnivesh, who has been fighting for
issues like tribal rights and citizens’ grievances for decades, joined the
party in presence of JD(U) general secretaries Arun Srivastava and Shyam Razak
here. indianexpress
AAP workers booked for
blocking road during protest against MLA
Amantullah arrest
New Delhi:Several AAP
workers on Sunday blocked a road in south Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area while
protesting the arrest of party’s Okhla MLA Amantullah Khan, following which a case
has been registered against them for allegedly preventing the movement of an
emergency vehicle, police said.Protest led to traffic jam in the area. Agitated
with the agitation, a number of commuters also had heated arguments with AAP
workers, they said.Police tried to convince AAP workers to lift the road block
so that a car in which a patient was being taken to a hospital could pass but
they continued with their protest, said a senior police officer.Following
which, a case was registered against them, he added.PTI
‘For sale’ boards now hang outside Muslim
homes in Aligarh
Aligarh: Members of the
Muslim community, residing in and around the Babri Mandi area here, announced
their intention to sell off their houses and shops after Hindus made the same
declaration on Saturday.Muslims of Sarai Kale Khan displayed ‘for sale’ boards
outside their houses, claiming that they did not feel secure in the area. They
alleged that the police harassed them, labelling them as rioters.Resident Wakil
Khan said, “The walls of our houses are so high that leave aside stone pelting,
we cannot even see the marketplace from here. Yet, we have been made accused by
the police. The real condition of the bajaria (market) is that our women and
children are living under the shadow of fear.”About 60 Hindu families of Babri
Mandi had announced their intention of leaving the locality in view of rising
incidents of eve-teasing and assault allegedly by members of the Muslim
community.On Friday, Aligarh MP Satish Gautam and other leaders of the BJP
visited the locality to take stock of the situation. The same day, Aligarh MLA
Zafar Alam held discussions with several Muslim families and women of the
community gheraoed the Kotwali police station, alleging “one-sided action by
cops under pressure from BJP”. HT
ZAKIR NAIK
VILIFICATION CAMPAIGN
Zakir Naik to India Today:
I back Modi's quest to improve relations between Hindus, Muslims
In an exclusive interview
with India Today TV, Zakir Naik said he is ready to return to India to answer
all questions of govt agencies but will
not come back to the country just because the media wants him to be
grilled."I have heard many allegations against me in the India media...as
far as being afraid is concerned... I am not afraid at all. So far, there has
been not a single Indian govt authority
which has called me. Just because the media has labelled allegations against me
...I am not going to come to India for a media trial," he told India Today
TV's Executive Editor Javed Ansari. "There has not been a single lecture
of mine spreading hatred among communities. All my speeches deal with communal
harmony. The media have done a devilish thing. They have picked up my sentences
out of context...they've quoted half my sentences. And some of the clips being shown
are doctored," Naik said.Naik, who is currently in Saudi Arabia, however,
backed PM Modi's "quest to improve
relations between the two communities." "The present govt hasn't bothered me so far. I have my
reservations with the Indian media," he added."If PM Modi is trying
to build harmony between Hindus and Muslims, I am all for it," Naik
said.india today
What Zakir told me in
exclusive meet in Saudi:JavedAnsari
MEDIA ON
TERROR CASES
Parbhani youth nabbed for
IS links, ATS claims thousands on radar:
mumbaimirror
Mumbai:Continuing its
crackdown on Daesh supporters, the Maharashtra ATS on Sunday arrested a
24-year-old man from Parbhani district for suspected links to the IS . This is
the fourth Daesh-related arrest in the last 10 days in the state. Speaking to Mirror over phone, ADG of police
and state ATS chief Atulchandra Kulkarni said, "Today's arrest is based on
the information retrieved from the previous arrest in Parbhani. I cannot
divulge more information as investigation is going on." ATS chief is camping
in the Marathwada region since Friday, and officials said more arrests are
expected in the coming days. Thousands of Muslim youths from across the state
are on Daesh's radar, ATS said after seizing computers from some of those
arrested for suspected Daesh links.Officials from ATS and a central
intelligence agency believe that no particular region in the state can be
zeroed in upon, as youths from Mumbai all the way to Nanded in Marathwada
region have been radicalised. Mumbaimirror
Cops, Maharashtra ATS save
60 youths from going down terror path
Mumbai: In the past one
year, various investigation agencies, including Maharashtra ATS, have prevented
around 60 youths from leaving the country to join the banned terror outfit,
Islamic State (IS). Most of the youths are graduates, engineers and marketing
professionals. "Various police agencies, including the ATS, have prevented
youths from joining terror outfits. We identified and counselled them to help
them realize that what they are doing is wrong," said Atulchandra
Kulkarni, state ATS chief. He added that their intention was not to make
arrests, but to counsel the youths. "Many agencies are working towards
this effort to counsel such misguided youths," he added.Most of the youths
who had received counselling in Maharashtra are from the Marathwada region,
said a police source."We learnt about these misguided youths' plan to join
the banned outfit on a foreign soil and stopped them. They were misguided and
radicalized, but when we counter-questioned them, they realized they were on
the wrong path," said an officer from security establishment, requesting
anonymity.TOI
SP accuses Maharashtra govt
of misusing IS issue to spread fear among Muslims
Mumbai: Samajwadi Party
leader Abu Asim Azmi on Monday accused the BJP-led Maharashtra govt and police
of "misusing" the Islamic State issue to spread "fear"
among the Muslims." Govt and police
are using the ISIS issue to spread fear among Muslims," Azmi
alleged.Referring to a claim by Shiv Sena MLA Rahul Patil that around 100
Muslim youth, suspected to be in touch with IS, have gone missing from
Marathwada, he said the claim should be probed.PTI
He was threatened to not
accept that he is Praveen: 'Mother' Mahesh Devi, family members persist
convicted JeM man Abid is their Praveen
Meerut: For 10 years, the
family scoured through all leading newspapers daily for any information on
Praveen. On July 1, mother Mahesh Devi saw the face she had come to fear she
would never see again. The man in the photo in newspapers that day, police say,
was Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Mohammad Abid alias Fatte. Abid himself has
denied he is Praveen Jatav. But, Mahesh says, a mother’s heart knows.“In the
Lucknow jail, he walked towards us with a smiling face. I am a mother, I could
see the teary eyes behind his ‘No’. He had been threatened and pressured to not
accept that he is Praveen,” says Mahesh, who is in her late 50s.“They made us
meet Abid in the presence of senior officials of the STF, ATS and local
intelligence unit. How could he speak in front of them?” says brother Pawan,
who went to the jail with Mahesh to meet Abid.Abid’s photo in the July 1 paper
came along with the news item of him and two others being convicted by a special
court for “plotting to kill innocent people in order to create an atmosphere of
terror”. Wife Prabha says “I can never forget that day, May 5, 2006. Some
policemen, all in civil dress, came asking Praveen to drive them to some
assignment. When he didn’t return till the next day, we went to the police
station. They told us Praveen had died in an encounter and that he was a
terrorist.” Mahesh draws attention to the photograph of ‘Abid’ in the Hindi
newspaper of July 1. Placing Praveen’s photo next to it, she says, “See, you
see. Even you’ll say that this is my son.”Newspaper cutting lies in a white
polythene bag, with other cuttings the family has collected over the years.The
first of these is dated May 6, 2006, the day after Praveen disappeared. That day,
one of their neighbours rushed to them with a newspaper that said police had
killed 5 in an encounter, and that one of them could be Kankar Khera’s
Praveen.“Police asked us to identify the body. It wasn’t Praveen. When we asked
them again, the police said there were 6 terrorists who were trying to flee. 5
were killed and one managed to escape, and the one who fled was Praveen,” says
Prabha. Shahnawaz Alam of Rihai Manch, NGO that is helping the family seek a
DNA test to establish whether Abid is Praveen or not, says there are many
loopholes in the police theory.“UP STF claims they intercepted a car and caught
three JeM militants from Pakistan, Mohammad Abid, Mirza Rashid Beg and Saifur
Rehman, with weapons,” he says. If police fired 39 rounds and terrorists 26, as
has been claimed, why did no one get hurt, he asks.The chargesheet also states
that the STF caught the JeM men when they were about to use a handgrenade. Alam
asks how it was possible for police to have spotted them pulling the pin of a
grenade in the midst of a gunfight.Alam also points out, “Abid told Pawan’s
family he was arrested from Ghaziabad while the STF showed his arrest in
Lucknow. Abid claimed he did not know Hindi while jail sources told me he
writes fluent Hindi.” Meerut DIG Lakshmi Singh says she is looking into files
of the old cases related to Praveen, to verift what happened at that time. The
then Meerut SSP, Navniet Sekera, didn’t respond to calls. “Praveen has a tattoo
of his name on his right arm, which was missing, but a scar on the right side
of Abid’s forehead matches Praveen’s. Abid also has a wound mark on the same
leg where Praveen got injured in childhood," says Mahesh. As neighbours
attest Praveen could never be a terrorist, Mahesh says she will fight till her
last breath. indian express
Another message from
missing Kerala Youth, says 'we are safe in the land of Islam'
New Delhi: Almost after a
week when one of the missing Kerala youths contacted his family saying that he
had become a terrorist, a voice message has been received by the family of
another man, Ashfaque, saying he is safe in the land of Islam. The message was
received by Telegram app of messaging, in which the message disappears after
some time. The message was sent by Ashfaque to his sister. He also asked if his
mother was fine. Sources also say that other messages were also received
stating that why their parents were living in hell. The family reported about
the same to the police for investigation.
Earlier, message was received by Ijas Mohammad, one of the missing youths
to his family stating that he has reached his destination and they need not
look for him anymore. NewsX
Intelligence Inputs Warn Of
Terror Threat Around Delhi: Sources
WORLD
Chief of Staff Akar
confirms in testimony putschists wanted him to speak to Gülen
Istanbul: Turkey's Chief of
Staff Hulusi Akar said Monday in his testimony during prosecution that the
putschists tried to make him speak to Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the FETÖ
and the shadowy Gülen Movement.Akar stated that Brigadier General Hakan Evrim
tried to convince him to talk to Gülen during the coup attempt, but he refused
to do so.He added that he tried to persuade coup-plotting officers to give up
their attempt before anyone was killed. dailysabah
Turkey targets media as
Erdogan meets opposition
Ankara: Turkish authorities issued arrest warrants
for over 40 journalists in a new phase of the controversial legal crackdown
after the failed coup, as President Tayyip Erdogan was to host opposition party
chiefs for an unprecedented meeting.Over 13,000 people have been detained so
far in a vast sweep in the wake of coup bid, which the authorities blame on the
reclusive US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.Istanbul anti-terror prosecutors
issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists as part of the investigation into the
failed coup, Anadolu agency said.AFP
Amnesty says has ‘credible
evidence’ of torture of Turkey coup detainees
London:Human rights group
Amnesty International said Sunday it had “credible evidence” of abuse and
torture of people detained in sweeping arrests since Turkey’s July 15 coup.The
London-based group said some of those being held were being “subjected to
beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention
centers in the country”.AFP
Who is Fetullah Gulen?
Jonathan Steele, writer, foreign correspondent
Syria: Siege, airstrikes
drive Aleppo to catastrophe
Aleppo: A siege imposed by
the Syrian regime on the northern city of Aleppo coupled with an uptick in
airstrikes and closure of hospitals are leaving the city at the risk of a
humanitarian catastrophe. In February, the Syrian regime cut the supply route
between Aleppo’s northern countryside and opposition-held eastern neighborhood.
Two weeks ago, regime forces moved to cut Castello road, which links the
contested city of Aleppo with opposition-held Idlib, imposing a total blockade
on opposition-controlled areas in Aleppo.Anadoluagency
Civilian casualties
increase as Afghan troops battle Taliban: UN
KABUL: Civilians are being
killed and wounded in record numbers in Afghanistan, the UN reported on Monday,
just days after one of the deadliest attacks ever in Kabul.Overall at least
1,601 civilians were killed and 3,565 wounded in the war in the first six
months of 2016, the United Nations reported, as insurgent groups like the
Taliban try to topple the govt installed
in Kabul after 2001 US-led military intervention.Anti-govt groups, the largest of which is the Taliban,
accounted for at least 60 % of non-combatants killed and wounded.reuters
Afghanistan: Surge in
civilian, children death tolls
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
to stage anti-militancy protests on Tuesday
The Bangladesh
Jamaat-e-Islami has announced staging countrywide demonstrations in protest
against terrorist and militant attacks in the country on Tuesday. A close ally
of opposition BNP, Jamaat urged all of its units across the country to stage
demonstrations on the occasion.In a press statement on Sunday, the party’s
acting secretary general Shafiqur Rahman announced the programme and called on
the people to cooperate with the party to make it a success.“On the one hand,
militant and terrorist attacks are being launched and, on the other, the
govt is trying to divide the nation by
accusing the opposition parties for the attacks at a time when a national unity
is an imperative to fight militancy,” said the Jamaat secretary general. prothom alo
Bangladesh Jamaat for first
time announces anti-terror demonstration tomorrow
Bangladesh Jamaat leader
Quasem wants his hearing deferred for 2 months: thedailystar
Israel presents plans for
another 770 new settlement units
Israeli-controlled
Municipal Planning and Construction Committee in Jerusalem has presented plans
for another 770 new settlement units as part of a project for 1,200 units in
occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reported on Sunday. The latter is located in
the centre of the illegal Gilo settlement in East Jerusalem and Beit Jala
neighbourhood, which is adjacent to Bethlehem. According to the Israeli news
website Walla, the excavations and preparation works for the new housing units
have already begun. All of Israel’s settlement-colonies in the occupied
Palestinian territories are illegal under international law. Despite this, the
head of the planning committee, Meir Turgeman, said that no matter what happens
politically, settlement construction will continue in occupied East Jerusalem
and across the West Bank.Last month, Israeli PM
Benjamin Netanyahu, in cooperation with his defence minister, approved
the building of 800 settlement units in the largest Israeli settlement bloc of
Ma’ale Adumim, located between East Jerusalem and its hinterland in the
occupied West Bank. middleeastmonitor
We asked Egypt for support
in raising Israeli settlement construction with the UN, claims Erekat
The secretary general of
the Palestinian Liberation Organisation has revealed that the Palestinians
asked Egypt to call for a meeting of the Arab Quartet in order to submit a
draft resolution to the UN Security Council against Israeli settlement activity
in the occupied Palestinian territories. Saeb Erekat made his comments in a
press release on Sunday, wherein he also commented on the announcement by
Israel of a new plan to build hundreds of additional settlement housing units
in occupied Jerusalem.Palestinian leadership, he insisted, will continue to
confront “the occupation’s projects through all possible means, until the end
of the occupation and the creation of the Palestinian state along the 1967
borders, with Jerusalem as its capital.” middleeastmonitor
UN agency voices concern
over Israeli collective punishment in Hebron region
Israel’s policy of
collective punishment in the southern West Bank came under renewed criticism
Monday, in a statement released by The United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).The UNRWA statement expresses
deep concern about the “humanitarian impact” of the closures in Hebron and its
environs imposed by Israeli occupation forces, drawing particular attention to
their impact on Fawwar refugee camp.The additional restrictions on movement
were imposed following attacks on Israeli settlers in the Hebron area on June
30 and July 1. middleeastmonitor
Florida club shooting not
an act of terror: Cops
MIAMI: A shooting outside a
Florida nightclub that left two youths dead and as many 16 people injured early
Monday was "not an act of terror," police said.Police in Fort Myers,
Florida identified the two killed as 14-year-old Shawn Achilles and 18-year-old
Ste'fan Strawder, who was described by local media as a star high school
basketball player.Police said they could not give a motive for the shooting but
said "this incident is not an act of terror (as it has been referred) or
terrorism."At least two people were killed and 14 others wounded when a
shooting broke out early Monday in the parking lot of a Florida nightclub that
was hosting a party for young teenagers.AFP
UK pub asks Muslim man
named Islam to remove his personalised sweatshirt
London: A Muslim man in the
UK was asked to remove his school jumper, which had his surname ‘Islam’ written
on the back, as pub customers were feeling “uncomfortable”.Nurul Islam, a
32-year-old teacher, was outside the Coach and Horses pub near Hertfordshire
last week, when the barman approached him. He was wearing a personalised school
sweatshirt, which all teachers have, when he was asked to remove it as it was
offending people because of the Nice attack.“A staff member came outside and
asked if I could I take off my jumper because it was making some customers feel
uncomfortable ‘after what happened last night’,” said Islam, a technology
teacher at the Thomas Alleyne Academy.“I didn’t know quite what to say, and at
first I didn’t link what he’d said with the lorry attack in France, but when it
sank in, I was shocked,” BBC quoted Islam as saying.PTI
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