Citizens for Justice and Peace
BJP, VHP leaders booked for ‘stoking’ tension
05-Oct-2015
Peerzada Ashiq SRINAGAR, October 5, 2015 At least three leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one from the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) are on the run after being booked for allegedly stoking communal tension in Rajouri district in the last one month. State BJP leader Naiter Singh and VHP leader Karan Thakur are…
Dadri Lynching: UP Homeguard spread beef rumour to instigate attack on father and son, says police
05-Oct-2015
Police say he had dispute with victim, forced priest to make announcement on cow slaughter. Written by Aditi Vatsa , Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Updated: October 4, 2015 2:36 am Police have detained an Uttar Pradesh Homeguards constable who, they say, is a key conspirator behind the mob attack in Bisara village, Dadri, on…
Hindu radicalisation not new for Bisara
05-Oct-2015
Anil Sinha, NEW DELHI, Oct 05, 2015, DHNS: Evidence suggests that Bisara village in UP’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district where a Muslim man was killed for allegedly consuming beef has been radicalised by Hindu fringe elements for some time. Local residents, however, are silent about it. Bisara and some other villages that are surrounded by…
Enter Bisara village at your own risk, cops tell journalists
05-Oct-2015
Mob accuses media of one-sided reporting, roughs up reporters and video journalists, stones vehicles Azaan Javaid @AzaanJavaid Dadri (Gautam Budh Nagar, UP): A day after Union minister Mahesh Sharma launched a scathing attack on the media for allegedly giving a communal colour to the lynching of Mohamad Akhlaq, reporters, photo and video journalists were chased…
Police bias contributes to flare-ups in Haryana
05-Oct-2015
Posted at: Oct 5 2015 12:35AM Dalit anger erupts The killing of a Dalit youth led a mob to torch two Haryana Roadways buses in a Hisar village on Friday. The incident of arson and rioting is blamed on police inaction against wanted criminals and is an indication of the simmering Dalit resentment, which easily…
Kalburgi probe delay: Six Kannada writers return award
04-Oct-2015
Hubballi Six writers from North Karnataka returned their Aralu Sahitya Prashasti award to the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) in Bengaluru on Saturday to protest against the delay in arresting M M Kalburgi’s killers. To step up pressure on the government to solve the case as quickly as possible, six writers -Veeranna Ma diwalar, Chidanand Sali,…
Hindu devotees help Muslim woman give birth in Ganpati temple
04-Oct-2015
Date published: Sunday, 4 October 2015 – 5:49pm IST | Agency: dna webdesk Apparently, the woman was forced out of her after the taxi driver panicked that she was going to give birth in his car. While the nation might be consumed by news of communal hatred, as a man in Dadri was allegedly killed…
In Jammu, BJP leader, teacher booked over WhatsApp message
04-Oct-2015
The messages were circulated on September 14. Others have been booked for attacks on Muslims found in possession of bovines. Written by Arun Sharma | Jammu | Published:October 4, 2015 1:54 am A BJP general secretary and the PRO of a senior BJP leader are among nearly one dozen people booked by police for allegedly…
Fiery speech in Akhlaque village
04-Oct-2015
IMRANAHMED SIDDIQUI Oct. 4: Riot- accused BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som today visited lynching victim Mohammed Akhlaque’s village, accused the administration of ” appeasing cow killers” and threatened retaliation if police did not stop ” framing innocent youths”, drawing accusations of inciting communal passions further. The MLA had been arrested in 2013 over the riots in…
Won’t allow Muslims at Garba, says right-wing group in Gujarat
04-Oct-2015
Ahmedabad, Oct 4, 2015 (PTI) A right-wing group today said it had issued a “diktat” barring entry of Muslims at Garba events during the upcoming Navratri festival at Mandvi town in Gujarat’s Kutch district to prevent “love jihad” incidents. “We have issued a diktat barring the entry of Muslims at Garba events in Mandvi,” said…