Variety Hall Road Police of Maharashtra on 15 July registered a case against the president of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) Arjun Sampath. Police said that a few days ago, the party’s State Propaganda Secretary J. Jagadeeswar was booked for his alleged hate speech against a minority community at a meeting that was organised at Uthanda Mariamman Temple on 11 July.
“Jagadeeswar was booked under section 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups on religious grounds) of the Indian Penal Code based on a complaint preferred by Inspector (in-charge) of the Police Station, Bala Murali Sundaram. Arjun Sampath was booked under the same section for organising the meeting. The step was taken as directed by the Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City,” the police said.
BRING BACK TRANSFERRED JUDGE: SOHRABUDDIN BROTHER TO HC
Rubabbuddin, brother of Sohrabuddin who was killed in a fake encounter, wants judge J. T. Utpat back as the trial judge in his brother’s case. He has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court seeking revocation of his transfer. Further, on the application of the complainant seeking a stay on court proceedings till the High Court decides something on his letter, the Sessions Court has adjourned the hearing of this case for two weeks, reports said on 18 July.
Due to this application, the court has kept in abeyance all bail and discharge applications filed by accused including BJP leader Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case after the complainant requested the court to stay the court proceedings and not to hear these applications till the High Court decides something on the letter written by him seeking revocation of transfer of the judge who was presiding over this court earlier.
COMMUNAL CLASHES BREAK OUT IN VADODARA
Communal clashes marred Friday evening in Vadodara and went on until late in the night as two communities clashed in different parts of the city. While the police downplayed the incident, six tear gas shells were fired with locals claiming that mobs from both communities clashed right after the Maghrib Salat in the area.
The incident began at about 7.30 pm on Friday, in Panigate, when a motorcycle rider, belonging to one community allegedly got into a scuffle with a group of another community. Gadinaseen Haji Dastagir Shaikh from the communally sensitive Juni Gadi area of Panigate in the city said that the argument soon turned into a full-blown communal clash as mobs from both communities began pelting stones.
DELHI POLICE PLANTED CHIP IN MY BODY: TERROR ACCUSED
A local court on 16 July ordered medical checkup of a terror suspect after he accused the Delhi police of having inserted chips in his body. The Delhi police had arrested Abdur Rehman in May 2008 and later transferred him to Lucknow in connection with a separate case after he was acquitted of planning to trigger serial blasts.
Additional sessions judge BL Kesarwani ordered jail authorities to ensure Rehman’s medical check by a surgeon and radiologist. He directed the jail superintendent and senior superintendent of police, Lucknow, to provide adequate safety and security at the time of the checkup.
REMOTE BAKSA TURNS INTO ASSAM’S KILLING FIELDS
As Baksa crawls back to normal life with the arrest of five persons, including a woman, in connection with Friday’s killings, security agencies are worried that the district, one of the newest in the state, is fast becoming Assam’s killing fields. In Guwahati, the state Home department has listed six reasons that make Baksa vulnerable. These include inaccessible jungles, including Manas National Park that is contiguous to Royal Manas National Park of Bhutan on the other side, shortage of police personnel on the ground, and presence of villagers inside forests.
“Baksa is Assam’s new killing fields. There’s hardly a week when you don’t get news of abduction, killing or a person going missing,” said Jamsher Ali, convenor of BTAD Citizens’ Forum. “At least 55 persons have been killed by militants this year, and all of them, barring one, were from the minority community,” added Ali.