Bharat Rakshak

Grim details of the communal violence in Sangareddy town of Medak district in Andhra Pradesh were slowly emerging as the people of the town were yet to recover from the shocking incidents which started unfolding on Thursday night.

In communal clashes, which broke out on Thrusday night after the publication of a distorted and disfigured photo of a religious place allegedly by BJP activist Pavan Kumar Mudiraj on a social media website, the organised gangs of miscreants went on rampage in different parts of town targeting the houses, shops and other properties of one community.

Even before the police could move in, dozens of shops and vehicles were set ablaze and the groups of people were indulging in pitched battles with stones. More than a dozen people were injured, the police said...

The miscreant had uploaded a photo of Kaaba, the holy place of Muslims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with a provocative caption. Local people, who saw it on Facebook, downloaded it and handed it over to the local police with a complaint on Thursday.

Later, while Muslims were staging a protest outside the police station, some miscreants indulged in stone pelting leading to the violence...

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NEW DELHI: A United Nations expert has urged India to repeal a law that gives its military sweeping powers to act in troubled areas like the Himalayan Kashmir region and parts of the insurgency-wracked northeast.
Christof Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told reporters in New Delhi on Friday that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act allows the state to override rights and has no role in a democracy.Under the law, troops have the right to shoot anyone suspected of being a rebel and to arrest suspected militants without a warrant.“This law has been described to me as ‘hated,’ and a member of a state human rights commission has called it draconian,” said Heyns, who travelled through Kashmir and the states of Gujarat, Kerala, Assam and West Bengal for two weeks ahead of Friday’s press conference.There was no immediate comment from the Indian government.

The bench struck down Bidari’s contentions “absolving himself of the responsibility” of atrocities by stating he was only deputy commander of the Joint Task Force of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to nab Veerappan and not “omnipresent and omnipotent like Saddam Hussain or Muammar Gaddafi.” “Though he was not one of them, if what the two women (tribals) have said in their affidavit is true, he is worse than them (Saddam Hussain and Muammar Gadaffi),” the court said in its acerbic observations.
The bench also came down heavily on the state. The chief minister, it said, should have studied the NHRC report before appointing Bidari.

Fai used ISI funds to pick and chose his Indian guests based on their “progressive views” on Kashmir. Those whose positions were closest to that of the separatists were called for his conferences along with a few whose views were essentially pro-human rights. But they were “useful idiots” to call in order to tell American lawmakers that India had no case in Kashmir.

No one on Fai’s guest list was ever remotely critical of the separatists. This is how the ISI used Fai to “manufacture” an Indian liberal consensus that coincided with the Pakistani policy on Kashmir. Unwittingly – or even wittingly – our liberals served the ISI’s cause.

Fai, in fact, chose his people carefully to prove that the backers of the Kashmiri cause were not “ordinary” bleeding hearts, but people with clout.

For example, Justice Rajinder Sachar was commissioned by the UPA to author a report on the socio-economic plight of Muslims in India.

Dileep Padgaonkar was one of Manmohan Singh’s three interlocutors on Jammu & Kashmir.

Then there were people like Rita Manchanda, local partner of the India/Pakistan Women Waging Peace movement, Ved Bhasin, Editor of Kashmir Times, Gautam Navlakha, Kamal Chenoy and Praful Bidwai, rights activists and writers.

But have Indian liberals learned anything from their embarrassing association with Fai? It does not appear so. Some 53 of them, in fact, wrote a letter asking the US court which convicted Fai to show him leniency.

Among the writers were Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Ved Bhasin and Gautam Navlakha.

While Rajmohan Gandhi is a peacenik in the Gandhi mould, the US attorney who sought Fai’s sentencing, in fact, suggested that Navlakha was “introduced to an ISI general for recruitment by Fai at ISI’s direction.” (Read this and this)

Navlakha has, of course, rubbished this, but his views on Kashmir are clearly unbalanced against India. In fact, he only thought it was “politically unwise” of Fai for having taken ISI money and did not need to “feign personal hurt or anger” at Fai on this count.

He went further, and claimed that the US law enforcement authorities had “magnified” the “crime that Fai sahib committed” by not disclosing where he got his money. He complimented Fai for doing “marvelous and effective lobbying” on the $3.5 million he received from the ISI. Says Navlakha: “Put it another way, Fai Sahib used the limited resources to good use.”

To rub it in, Navlakha even goes on to suggest that Fai may have been “set up by US agencies or done in at the behest of India…”. (Read his whole statement here).

Navlakha is no liberal. He is just wedded to the mob financed by the ISI. One hopes the other liberals who wanted spared Fai are not in the same boat. At the very least, they must look at the colour of the money they accept so willingly.

Do our judges even think about they are saying before they blurt out stuff like this, esp when the reciever is a DGP rank person?

Country really seems to be going down the drain rapidly...

^^ All that is Ok, Bhat-avare ( normal politiking like for any significant post in Desh) but comparing a DGP with 35 years of service to the state with Saddam and Qadhaffi? Really?

The bench struck down Bidari’s contentions “absolving himself of the responsibility” of atrocities by stating he was only deputy commander of the Joint Task Force of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to nab Veerappan and not “omnipresent and omnipotent like Saddam Hussain or Muammar Gaddafi.” “Though he was not one of them, if what the two women (tribals) have said in their affidavit is true, he is worse than them (Saddam Hussain and Muammar Gadaffi),” the court said in its acerbic observations.
The bench also came down heavily on the state. The chief minister, it said, should have studied the NHRC report before appointing Bidari.

Bidari worse than Saddam, Gaddafi, rules Karnataka High Court


Do our judges even think about they are saying before they blurt out stuff like this, esp when the reciever is a DGP rank person?

Country really seems to be going down the drain rapidly...

Posted on Apr 01, 2012 at 08:26pm IST
Ahmedabad: 14-year-old girl gangraped, four arrested

Ahmedabad: Four persons have been arrested for allegedly gangraping a 14-year-old girl in Viramgam town of the district, police said on Sunday.
The incident came to light on Saturday, when the girl's parents filed an FIR and based on the information given by the girl, three persons were immediately arrested, they said.
According to police, the fourth accused was arrested on Sunday and was taken to the city civil hospital for medical testing. Police have not divulged the name of the accused.

According to police, the victim, who is studying in class 9 had gone to borrow a notebook from her friend on Friday afternoon, when four youths came in an autorickshaw and abducted her.
They took her to a secluded place and raped the girl. Following this, they threatened the girl of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anyone, and then let her off near her house, police said.
The girl, who was traumatised due to the incident, did not tell about it to anybody. However, when she started suffering from health problems, she broke down before her mother and narrated the incident to her.
Following this, the girl's parents lodged an FIR yesterday and three accused were immediately arrested.
Police said that tension gripped the small town with people gathering at the police station, as the girl belonged to a majority community, while the accused were from the minority community.
However, the situation has been brought under control.

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TDP Corporator Raja Singh organised the yatra in coordination with the Sri Rama Utsav Samithi.

The rally passed through the main thoroughfares of Mangalhat, Jummerat Bazaar, Begum Bazaar Chatri, Siddiam Bazaar, Gowliguda and culminated at Hanuman Vyayamshala, Koti.

SLOGANS

Right from dawn, the streets reverberated with “Jai Sri Ram” slogans with many youth welfare organisations playing devotional songs through music systems. Free food distribution programmes and special ‘bhajans' were also organised all along the procession route.

A 10-foot high Lord Sri Rama idol was prepared for the occasion and it turned out to be the cynosure of all eyes at the event.

The clash broke out when a group of people, standing on roofs, pelted stones at the processionists, a police official said.

It took 47-year-old Gordhan Lal, a resident of Pali town, three marriages and over Rs 2.50 lakh cash to understand that taking help of human trafficking gangs for settling down in life was quite a costly affair.

He bought three women from human trafficking gangs over the past three months and in all the cases, the brides ran away a few days after the wedlock.

The last one who had fled earlier this week was traced to Ajmer by police on Sunday and handed over to him, but he approached the cops demanding action against members of the trafficking gang who duped him by "selling" him a woman from Maharashtra.

"After getting the complaint, we launched an investigation and it came up that he has repeatedly been fooled by human trafficking gangs. On the basis of some technical investigation, we traced his life wife in Ajmer. She had gone there via Jodhpur and was not intending to return," the officer said.

Uttar Pradesh Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav today blamed police and the PAC for the firing incident at a temple here during Ram Navmi that left three worshippers dead and 35 injured. Had police and PAC taken adequate precautions, the incident at Brahmni Devi temple could have been avoided, the PWD and Irrigation Minister said.

“Before opening fire at devotees, the police and the PAC could have opted for baton charge, firing of teargas shells. Even if they had to open fire it should not have been direct,” Yadav, the local MLA, said.

The minister, who met the locals and took stock of the situation, visited houses of the bereaved families.

He said a magisterial probe had been ordered into the incident and action would be taken against those found guilty.

Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Jagmohan Yadav, who arrived in Etawah along with senior officials from Lucknow, said a thorough probe was on into the matter.

The priest of Brahmni Devi temple, Sanjay Misra, said police force was not deployed in adequate strength.

On Sunday, two groups of devotees clashed following a dispute over offering prayers at the ancient temple in Balrai area.The violence, in which the two sides also traded fire, left three dead and 35, including some policemen, injured.Police had opened fire to bring the situation under control.

Sporadic incidents of violence triggers tension in Kasaragod

STAFF REPORTER


Tense moment: BJP supporters assemble before the District unit of the party office in Kasaragod on Saturday after unidentified miscreants pelted stones on the building smashing window glass panes. The infuriated party supporters later staged violent demonstration in city streets. Photo: V. Kumar.

Tension prevailed in the municipal limits after unidentified miscreants pelted stones on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) district unit office here and another building under the party control as stray incidents of violence were reported as the infuriated party workers staged march in the city streets to resent the attack, police said.

Following tension in the town and adjoining localities, shop keepers downed their shutters in the afternoon while buses, including the Kerala State Road Transport buses, opted not to ply in the municipal limits after unidentified group of people pelted stones on the BJP workers, select shops and a two-wheeler in the town as the party loyalists were staging a march in the town to denounce the attack on the party’s district unit office.

The attack on the BJP office situated at Karanatakad locality and another building named after late party veteran K. G. Marar at Thalipaadappu, leading to smashing of window glass panes, came to notice early this morning after which the party workers were found streaming into the spot.

Several flex boards and hoardings were also targeted by the unidentified group under the cover of darkness, police said.

The irked party supporters later took out a march to the protest the attack.

However, a section of people grouped themselves and pelted stones on the protesters, a two-wheeler and shops forcing the shopkeepers to down the shutters in the afternoon. Apprehending trouble, the Kasaragod bound buses suspended their services inside the municipal limits in the afternoon.

Police resorted to mild lathi-charge and lobbed smoke grenades to disperse the warring groups, a senior police official said.

BJP district unit General Secretary K. Sreekanth accused members of the Indian Union Muslim League affiliated labour wing Swatantra Thozhilali Union (STU) of unleashing the attack on the demonstrators.

The police had taken 10 BJP loyalists into custody for taking march in the town without prior permission, they said adding that the situation was under control.

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Kasargode: Mallikarjuna Temple Desecrated with Buffalo Carcass Head
03/04/2012 10:32:49



The town of Kasargode again stands witness to brewing communal tension, with fanatic Muslim miscreants throwing the head of a buffalo carcass into the premises of Mallikarjuna Temple. The heinous crime was committed by 2 Muslim youths, who came astride a bike, hurling the carcass head into the temple premises from the back side of temple. The incident appears to be part of a well scripted drama of deliberately causing communal turmoil in the town.

The crime was committed in a jiffy, without giving any chance for the miscreants in revealing their identity. The offenders hurled the bag containing the carcass from the rear portion of the temple. The bag hit the compound walls and landed at the way leading to temple. As soon as the incident came into light, devotees and local people swarmed the area. They were joined by members of Hindu organizations, who reached the spot immediately.

State General Secretary of BJP K Surendranath, District President Suresh Kumar Shetty, Mandalam President P Rameshan, RSS Thaluk Sanghachalak K Dineshan, BMS State Secretary Advocate P Muraleedharan, District Vice-President H Keshava, BJP District Secretary Nanchil Kunhiraman were among the first to reach the spot. Senior police officials accompanied CG Prasad, Temple Managing Trustee, in conducting preliminary investigations.
K Surendranath, Suresh Kumar Shetty, leaders of RSS and Hindu Aikya Vedi reiterated that the incident must be seen as part of a hidden agenda by communal fanatics in disrupting the peace of Kasargode and creating a violent situation. The miscreants, they said, must be severely dealt with by both police and district authorities.

As news of the desecration of Mallikarjuna Temple spread, the entire town of Kasargode and neighbouring places were placed under strict surveillance, as hostility prevailed in the area. A well armed contingent of police has been deployed in the temple vicinity and adjacent areas. The situation, even though volatile, is under control. Kasargode also witnessed a mass protest rally of Hindus, including devotees and locals, remonstrating against the incident.
This is the third successful endeavour of miscreants, in a span of few weeks, in desecrating Hindu temples. Another incident on similar lines took place at Meeppugiri Durga Devi Temple in Madhur Panchayat of Kasargode District just two months ago. The head of a buffalo carcass was conveniently positioned at the apex of the stone lamp, which was discovered by devotees early in the morning.

The incident which shocked the entire Hindu community was done by a group of 6 people. Out of the 6 offenders 1 man was arrested from Perumbavoor and 2 from Chennai. In the interrogation that followed, they confessed that placing the head of the buffalo carcass in the temple was indeed a deliberate attempt in distorting peace and communal harmony of the place. 3 among the offenders still remain missing.

However, Indian Union Muslim League, a dominant political party in Kasargode District has been vehemently denying the incidents, including the pelting of stones at Edavunkaal Vishnu Moorthy Temple. They have been engaging themselves in a widespread propaganda, referring to the incidents as nothing but hoax. But following the arrests of antisocial elements who had received ample training in fundamentalist activities, these leaders maintained their silence.
With Kasargode becoming a focal point of sacrilegious activities like temple desecration, many Hindu organizations convened a meeting to chalks out means of registering and launching a powerful protest. The meeting was held in the premises of Mallikarjuna Temple today.

Hindu organizations observed Hartal in Kasargod today. As usual medias kept silent about the whole incident but was quick to report against the Hartal call.

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Call it a conspiracy theory, but if the Centre is to be believed, there could be a link between the hike in foreign funding for NGOs and protests against the Kudankulam plant.

Sources said foreign contribution to 12 NGOs in two districts — Tirunelveli, where the plant is based, and
neighbouring Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu — has increased sharply over the last four years, ever since agitations against the plant started. “These NGOs received over Rs 31 crore in 2010-11, with the foreign contribution to some doubling during the agitation period,” a senior government functionary said, adding that the money given is mostly for social causes such as education, health and sanitation.

The Tamil Nadu government was asked by the Centre to register cases against two of the 112 NGOs for diverting foreign funds under the provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulatory Act. The role of 10 other NGOs in the Kudankulam agitation is also being probed.

The misuse of foreign funds for launching agitations against the government came into the spotlight when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused US non-profit organisations of funding the agitation against two reactors at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant.

“These NGOs… don’t appreciate our country’s need to increase energy supply,” Singh said.

The home ministry’s website shows that there has been an overall increase in foreign funding to NGOs in Tamil Nadu, mostly Christian organisations. While the Tuticorin Diocesan Association witnessed a 50% jump in foreign funding, the People’s Education for Action and Community Empowerment (an NGO headed by chief agitator Uday Kumar) received foreign aid of Rs 2.64 crore.

NGOs in Tamil Nadu received over Rs 2,500 crore in foreign funds between 2006-07 and 2010-11.

In what was termed as “historic development” by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the State Government has provided the “second official language” status to Urdu in areas where the language is spoken by more than 10 per cent people

Announcing this in the Assembly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said similar legislation would be brought for other languages such as Nepali, Santhali and Hindi in the next session.

ACK-THOO to GOKerala and the commie/sikular thugs of that state which has no problem in exporting lakhs and lakhs of mallus to enjoy economic prosperity,freedom,peace in Bengaluru.

I dont know why tulu speakers should be subjected to the tyranny of malayalis,particularly when Kerala cannot protect the Hindus.Infact,haindava keralam guys instead of reporting symptoms,should concentrate on the root cause.

currently I am living in the heart of dar ul Islam i.e. Malappuram since past 3 months. Something else is going on a Kasargod maybe due to some lingering communal tension or some fanatic group intent on violence.

currently I am living in the heart of dar ul Islam i.e. Malappuram since past 3 months. Something else is going on a Kasargod maybe due to some lingering communal tension or some fanatic group intent on violence. As I closely get to watch social behaviour & interaction of faithful at Malappuram, I am pleasantly surprised. There is no discord or bad blood between two communities here at all. In fact, this is the most civilized, peaceful & habitable and socially and culturally endowed place in whole of Kerala. Especially as compared to the shoitewhole that is central thiruvithamkoor. Muslim ladies who cover themselves with hijab usually wear fancy silk sarees and gold jwellery only during ambalam ulsavam (temple festival) which is celebrated by all communities here since an ulsavam belongs to a village or panchayat and both erstwhile majority and current majority communities host it as their own. As I see it this is social heaven. There is no social tension at all, and you can not even find police on the streets easily though police lingering around streets is a common sight in central travancore.

Now if that hostage swap is true, what prevents a foreign operator to willfully goatnapped by Maoists and get few of the choicest released. None answers what these worthy souls were doing in Orissa for years! Truly a banana republic