GYAN VAPI MOSQUE, KASHI VISHWANATH TEMPLE EXCHANGE LAND
Just three months after a Varanasi court permitted a survey of the Gyan Vapi Mosque – Kashi Vishwanath Temple complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the committee that runs the mosque, has handed over a piece of land to the trust that runs the temple for a temple corridor project. S M Yasin, general secretary of the Anjuman Intizamiya Masjid (AIM) told Sabrang India, “The piece of land (plot no. 8276) that we have given the temple trust was originally owned by the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and was one of the three plots under the AIM. It measures approximately 1,700 sq feet and is located at a distance of 15 meters from the mosque.” In exchange for this piece of land, the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Mandir Trust (KVMT) that runs the temple has handed over a piece of land measuring 1,000 sq ft to the mosque. “This was an amicable exchange. We accepted a smaller piece of land as it is a commercial property and has equal value,” he clarified.
PROGRESS REPORT SOUGHT IN KHWAJA YUNUS CUSTODIAL DEATH CASE
Over three years since the trial in the custodial death case of 27-year old software engineer Khwaja Yunus has been stalled, the sessions court on July 27 directed the deputy commissioner of CID to attend court personally on the next date with requisite information about the appointment of a special public prosecutor. The court also directed that dismissed cop Sachin Waze, who is also an accused in this case, be produced before it via video conference. Waze was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in March this year for his alleged involvement in planting explosives in an SUV near the Ambani residence and the subsequent murder of a man linked to the SUV and has been lodged in Taloja central jail. The court has issued a production warrant for Waze to be produced on the next date via VC.
MUSLIM GUARDIAN MARRIES OFF HINDU ‘DAUGHTER’ IN KARNATAKA
At a time when the BJP government in Karnataka is thinking of passing a law against “Love Jihad”, here is a story that warms the cockles of your heart. A Muslim man, who is the guardian of an 18-year-old Hindu girl, facilitated her marriage to a Hindu man as per Hindu customs on July 30, Mahesh M Goudar writes in New Indian Express on August 1. The house of Mehaboob Masli at Almel town was decked up with flowers and lit up with fairy lights as the family got busy with the marriage of their daughter, Pooja Vadigeri, who was orphaned a decade ago. When none of her relatives came forward to help Pooja when she lost her parents to illness, Masli and his family, living in the same area, decided to take care of her. He provided her with shelter at his home, though he himself has two sons and two daughters. He took care of the marriage and its expenses, and also ensured that Pooja’s marriage to 21-year-old Shankar K was conducted as per Hindu rituals.
EX-BJYM LEADER BOOKED FOR MURDER DURING ANTI-CAA PROTESTS
Charges have been framed against former Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) office bearer, Vinay Varshney, for the murder of Mohammad Tariq during a clash that broke out between anti-CAA protesters and the police in Babri Mandi area in Aligarh in February 2020, Times Now reported on July 30. Varshney was sent back to the Etah prison after being produced in Aligarh court amid tight security. Sessions judge Naseem Ahmad framed charges against Vinay Varshney and two of his associates, Triloki and Surendra Kumar, under Section 302 (murder), 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of IPC. Mohammad Tariq succumbed to the injuries on March 12, 2020. Vinay was arrested on charges of attempt to murder and after Tariq’s death, the charge was changed to murder. Police had recovered the weapon which was used for crime and it was registered in Vinay’s name.
FIR AGAINST SUDARSHAN TV CHIEF FOR ‘HURTING’ SENTIMENTS OF TRIBALS
Police registered an FIR against Suresh Chavhanke, editor-in-chief of Sudarshan TV, for allegedly hurting the sentiments of tribals and Meena communities in the recent dispute over Amagarh Fort between the Meena community and Hindu groups. The FIR was registered on July 30 on the basis of a police complaint lodged by Girraj Meena, a member of the Rajasthan Adivasi Meena Seva Sangh at Transport Nagar police station in Jaipur. “On the evening of July 23, Suresh Chavhanke of Sudarshan TV abused me and our entire tribal community according to his own will and it went on for several days,” the FIR lodged by Meena reportedly said. The FIR adds Chavhanke and others want to spread religious frenzy as a part of a conspiracy and want to spread chaos and riots to disrupt communal harmony.
DALIT MAN DIES AFTER POLICE TORTURE IN BIHAR
Twenty-six-year-old Dalit man Binod Das, died in a hospital in Bihar’s Bhagalpur on July 21, 12 days after he was admitted there following physical torture in police custody, a report said on July 29. Das who breathed his last at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and hospital (JNMCH), was detained jointly by the Kahalgaon and Rajaun police on July 7 over theft in the Kahalgaon police station area. Das was brutally beaten up during the five days of police interrogation, his father told reporters. “The doctors told me that Binod Das had suffered internal injuries,” father wrote in the complaint. Binod Das was threatened by policemen to not tell anyone about the custodial torture, the complaint alleged.
PEOPLE BEING ‘BRUTALLY’ EVICTED FROM KHORIGAON
On July 23, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation told the Supreme Court that they have cleared 74 acres out of 150 acres in Khorigaon. The affidavit of the Faridabad Municipal Corporation filed in the Supreme Court is completely different from the ground reality, reported Counterview on July 26. The ground reality is that demolitions are ongoing and approximately 1000 more homes have been demolished. Since July 15 when actual eviction began police brutalities upon residents are ongoing. A few days back one woman attempted suicide by hanging out of despair when her house was demolished and a man named Rajni jumped from his roof.