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6 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh held in viral gang rape video case

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The horrifying video that made rounds on social media of a young girl being sexually assaulted and brutalized by four men and a woman has now come to an end as the police have arrested the rapists.

Responding immediately the Bangalore police on Thursday (27 May) swung into action and on Friday (28 May) arrested and registered a case against six persons, including two women, at the Ramamurthy Nagar Police. On the same day, Assam Police had promised to reward anyone who was able to identify the brutes.

When police went to arrest them they had to use their guns and in that process two of the accused, involved in the viral gang-rape incident were injured. Later it emerged that they are all Bangladeshi citizens, namely, Mohammed Baba Sheikh, Ridoy Babo, Sagar, and Hakeel who were arrested.

In a statement, the police informed, “Both were shot at their knees before they were nabbed and are now being treated at a government hospital.” Also, in a new development, the police have set up a special team to track the victim, who was forced into an international prostitution ring operating from the neighbouring state of Kerala.

One of the accused seen in the video, Ridoy is apparently a TikTok star in Bangladesh with over 71 thousand followers.

However, credit must go to the Assam police who managed to trace the chain of video forwards and was able to locate its origin to a mobile phone in the city of Bengaluru. Special teams were deployed by Bengaluru police to track down the perpetrators. The four men and a female accused were all arrested from a rented house in Avalahalli in Ramamurthy Nagar.

“Based on the contents of the video and preliminary investigation, a case of rape and assault has been registered against 6 persons including 2 women at @ramamurthyngrps,” Bangalore police commissioner Kamal Pant said late on Thursday.

 As per reports, all the accused worked as laborers, and under the pretext of a job brought the girl from Bangladesh illegally to be trafficked into prostitution.

However, for reason unknown, she was able to flee, but the accused hunted her down and gang-raped her with the help of their female aide.

Meanwhile, two cases were also registered by the Hatirjheel Police in Bangladesh under the pornography act and the human trafficking act.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police from Tejgaon, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Mohammad Sahidullah has said that the victim in the video has been identified as a resident of the Mogbazar area in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Teacher from Chennai’s Maharishi Vidyamandir gets dismissed on sexual harassment charges

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A school teacher from Maharishi Vidya Mandir in Chennai has been sacked following PSBB’s Rajagopalan in a sexual harassment case. The school administration has taken action following allegations of sexual harassment by alumni.

Rajagopalan, a teacher at PSBB School in KK Nagar, Chennai, was accused of sexually harassing students in class, going to the extent of inviting a student to the cinema, trespassing directly on students, cell phones and trespassing during online classes. Following the virality of this on social media, Rajagopalan has been arrested and is being investigated. He has been sacked by the school administration.

Anand, an 11th and 12th class commerce teacher at Maharishi Vidya Mandir School in Ayanavaram, Chennai, was also accused of sexually harassing alumni. Anand has been sacked following the publication of various allegations against him on a social networking site, including a sexual harassment complaint.

Officials at Maharishi Vidya Mandir said in a statement, “For the past two days, alumni have been making various allegations against Anand, a business studies teacher, through social media and e-mail. A committee has been set up to look into the matter. The investigation will be conducted in an honest and transparent manner. The committee will submit a report soon. Necessary action will be taken immediately based on the report. Anand has been sacked on May 26. We have advised that he should not interact in any way with former and current students of the school.”

The statement added: “The welfare and safety of the students we consider to be our own children is important to us. We will never tolerate any kind of violence, abuse or misconduct against them. We are for education and students. Even though they are alumni, they are important to us.”

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Chennai St Isabel hospital demands ₹ 5 lakh from family to hand over body of COVID patient

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There was a commotion at St. Isabel Hospital in Mylapore, Chennai, when the relatives of a deceased COVID patient held a protest in front of the Hospital.

Iruthayaraj, a resident of the Thousand Lights area of ​​Chennai, was admitted to St. Isabel Hospital in Mylapore. He received COVID treatment for the past 21 days, for which the hospital charged them ₹ 3 lakhs.

He died on May 27th after failing to respond to medication. However, the hospital has informed them that the body would be released only if they pay an additional ₹ 5 lakh.

On hearing this news, more than 50 relatives besieged the hospital. Police arrived at the scene and spoke with the outraged relatives. The hospital administration and the relatives reached an agreement, and the relatives agreed to pay ₹ 1.5 lakhs. only after the agreed amount, the body of the deceased was released.

(with inputs from NewsJ )

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ONV to reconsider award given to ‘Me Too’ accused lyricist Vairamuthu

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Following the row over Vairamuthu being named as a recipient of the ONV literary award, the ONV Cultural Academy has decided to reconsider its decision.

ONV Cultural Academy has in a statement said that the the award is now under reconsideration at the instance of the selection committee,

The ONV Literary Award is instituted in the name of Jnanpith-award winning poet ONV Kurup. The academy’s decision to confer the award to Vairmuthu came under fire from different prominent persons as the lyricist has been accused of sexual harassment by several women.

‘Me Too’ accused Vairamuthu has also been facing the ire for his pedophilic lyrics in a recently released song as part of his ‘Naatpadu Theral’ series, a collaborative project with DMK’s Kalaignar TV.

The song is about a school-going girl in love with a grey-haired old ‘poet’ and is filmed with 16-year-old star Anika Surendran.

A complaint has been lodged with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) against ‘Me Too’ fame Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu for penning a song that romanticizes pedophilia.

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DMK office bearer intimidates police inspector in Madurai

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The video of the DMK office-bearer Misa.M. Pandian threatening a Police inspector in front of the Police station in Madurai has gone viral on social media.

Misa Pandian, the former Deputy Mayor of Madurai and a DMK office bearer, went to the Jaihindpuram police station with his relative and intimidated Inspector Sethumani Madhavan to file a complaint against the person he didn’t like.

Misapandian and his relative got into an argument with the police inspector, who claimed that their complaint is being investigated.

With the release of the video, netizens and social activists fear that even police officers are not protected under the DMK government.

Misa Pandian is a repeat offender who was detained by Madurai police a few years ago for harassing a lady employee of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department working at Madurai’s Sri Pandi Muneeswarar Temple.

(with inputs from NewsJ )

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Tamil Nadu support Sri Lankan Tamils, not LTTE terrorists

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Ashok Kumar
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The demand for the release of the convicts of the Rajiv assassination case  – Murugan, Santhan, Nalini, Rober Pious, Jayakumar, Ravichandran and Perarivalan – has been a consistent demand made by the Dravidian parties of Tamil Nadu.

The assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is a black mark in the history of Tamil Nadu. The act represented a significant threat to India’s sovereignty from a foreign terrorist organization.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin recently wrote to President of India, requesting the release of seven convicts. When a ruling party makes such a demand, it sends a message to people in other states that the whole of Tamil Nadu supports Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. It creates an impression that Tamil Nadu is chauvinistic and continues to support terrorism under the guise of ‘Tamil rights’, which is why we see series being made that portrays Tamils as ‘terrorists’. But that is not the case.

The two contradicting Resolutions voted by the Tamil Nadu Assembly are worth highlighting here. In April 2002, the then AIADMK government passed a resolution in the Tamil Nadu assembly condemning the assassination attempt and demanding the execution of those guilty, including LTTE chief Prabhakaran. According to the resolution, no one from a banned terrorist organization should be permitted to enter Tamil Nadu. However, following the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, the Tamil Nadu government takes the exact opposite of the 2002 resolution and adopts a new resolution in favour of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts.

What happened in the intervening period?

It is true that many innocent Sri Lankan Tamils were killed in the final war with the LTTE. As a result, the Tamil Nadu people sympathised with the Sri Lankan Tamils after 2009. However, the Tamil fringe groups in Tamil Nadu tried and turned the sympathy in favour of LTTE.

It is to be noted that except Nalini and Perarivalan, the other five convicts in the case are not even citizens of India. They are Sri Lankan nationals and have been convicted for killing a Prime Minister of a country. Imagine the international ramification if these convicts are released on ‘humanitarian’ grounds.

At a time when the world is rallying against terrorism, releasing the assassins of our former Prime Minister would set a bad precedent.

We could have saved ourselves from all these troubles if the convicts had been hanged at that time as soon as they were convicted. But, politicians had to play politics over of national security despite it being not an electoral issue. Even now, instead of demanding the release of the killers, politicians may try to help the well-being of Sri Lankan Tamils ​​and those stranded in refugee camps scrounging here for a living to help them get citizenship in India to lead normal lives.

But that would be too much to expect from the politicians of Dravidian parties.

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Farmers who ran riot on 26 January wanted to capture Red Fort to convert it into new protest site

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Farmers gather in front of the historic Red Fort during a protest against farm laws introduced by the government, in Delhi. Photo: Reuters

In a new development, the Delhi Police in its chargesheet has revealed some startling information wherein under the guise of the farmer’s protests, there was a plan to capture the Red Fort and turn it into their new protest site, India Today has reported.

The Delhi Police claim that violent farmer protesters had hatched a conspiracy to try and the attack on the Red Fort to make it the new site for farmer protests against the farm reforms which would have had a massive symbolism and given more momentum to the so-called anti-Farmers Bill.

According to the police, Republic Day was chosen as the day of the protests to embarrass the centre.

In complete breach of trust, the farmers many of whom are alleged Khalistani supporters on 26 January, had forcibly entered the Red Fort, tried to pull down one of its gates, attacked cops, and even furled a Sikh flag.

This violence sent shockwaves throughout the country and called for strict action against those desecrating a national monument in such a manner on Republic Day. The other more sinister reason was to entice the police to fire on the violent mob and create an international incident and undermine the Modi government. 

The Delhi Police has lodged FIRs under sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and IPC Section 124A (sedition) to investigate the conspiracy behind unfurling of the Nishan Sahib and other flags at the Red Fort on 26th January.

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Rakesh Tikait: Farmers protests is to derail BJP’s chances of winning 2022 UP assembly elections

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Rakesh Tikait

As the news of the sinister plot to occupy Red Fort has emerged, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday (26 May) said he will continue his protests to hurt the chances of Bhartia Janata Party’s prospect of winning the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections that will be held in 2022.

This statement has now cleared the fact that these so-called farmer’s protests against the Farm Bill are purely political. Speaking to journalists in a virtual meeting organised by the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC), Tikait said that, if necessary, they are willing to continue their agitation till 2024 when the next general elections take place.

When asked whether RLD leader Ajit Singh’s death has created political space for him“I am neither a Jat leader nor a politician, but I know that the state of farmers is not good in UP, and they are all with us. Be it sale of produce or the state of sugarcane farmers, or even electricity, there are issues that we will take to people,” Tikait said, reports The Economic Times.

Tikait also enjoys support from twelve opposition parties, led by the Congress who, have extended their support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions, for a countrywide protest on 26 May to mark the completion of six months of their agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws.

The Farm Bill introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to ensure farmers got the full financial benefit of their produce. But it was strongly rejected by some farmers, particularly from the states of Punjab and Haryana who have been protesting for the last six months by blocking the highways leading to

They want an absolute rollback of three agriculture reform laws enacted by the Modi government.

The three laws are Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance, and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

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Medical equipments allotted to government facility diverted to hospital owned by DMK MLA in Tiruvallur allege public

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Patients and general public in Tiruvallur district alleged that medical equipment, including oxygen cylinders allotted to government hospitals, is being diverted to Indira Hospital, which is owned by DMK MLA Rajendran.

The public has blamed the lack of adequate bed facilities at the Tiruvallur government hospital and negligence of the authorities as the reason for the increase in COVID casualties.

During the last AIADMK regime, 3,000 people were treated at once in the hospital on the campus of the DD Private Medical College in Kunnavalam village in Tiruvallur district. About one lakh twenty thousand patients were cured through this treatment center.

However, the present DMK government has not used this facility. The hospital inside the medical college has 200 beds with oxygen facility. But the authorities are said to be negligent in using them even though the death toll in the district has been rising.

The public has also alleged that medical equipment, including oxygen cylinders at the center, had been transferred to Indira Hospital, which is owned by DMK MLA Rajendran.

 

(with inputs from News18 Tamil)

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Google will abide by new IT rules: Sundar Pichai

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google, Sundar Pichai on Thursday (27 May), said that the search engine giant will comply with India’s latest IT rules that came into effect on 26 May, reports Economic Times.

“It’s obviously early days and our local teams are very engaged. You know we comply with local laws and we will approach it with the same framework,” Pichai said in a video conference with select reporters from Asia Pacific. “We engage and explain to everyone the importance of information, promoting (the) free flow of information, but do want to respect legislative processes in democratic countries.”

“We are committed to complying (with the laws). And to the extent there are requests (for information on users) we comply with and we will include that in our transparency reports. It is a framework with which we will operate it around the world,” he said.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had asked the social media platform to abide by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 by 25 May or face strict action. The MeitY had announced its draft new IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules for social media platforms on 25 February.

As per the new rules and guidelines, social media platforms will have to remove offending content within 36 hours after a government directive or a legal order and it is also mandated that intermediaries, including social media intermediaries, must establish a grievance redressal mechanism for receiving/resolving complaints from the users or victims.

“We respect the sovereignty of countries and the legislative processes. We work hard to adapt and function and where we need to push back, we do that. It is a balance we have stuck around the world. India is a vibrant place where we are able to provide a lot of information across a lot of our products and so will operate with that framework,” Pichai added.

It must be noted that the Facebook owned Whatsapp have filed a case against the Indian government in Delhi High Court.

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