Engineer's wife Sashi Gupta filed a report in local police station alleging some unidentified men barged into their house and beat up her husband.The men locked her in the bathroom and ruthlessly beat Gupta, the complaint said.The complaint further said BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari came to the spot and later dropped severely injured Gupta to a nearby police station.From the police station, he was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead. Additional Superintendent of Police Sureshwar Mishra said MLA Tiwari who was absconding has been booked, along with two others. Reports said, Tiwari was trying to extort money from Gupta for birthday celebrations of UP Chief Minister Mayawati. Gupta had however refused to pay the amount.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari held for Murder of PWD Engineer
PWD engineer Manoj Gupta was beaten to death allegedly by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Shekhar Tiwari's supporters in Uttar Pradesh.The incident occurred at engineer's house in Dibiyapur village of Auraiya district of the state over a PWD contract dispute.
Engineer's wife Sashi Gupta filed a report in local police station alleging some unidentified men barged into their house and beat up her husband.The men locked her in the bathroom and ruthlessly beat Gupta, the complaint said.The complaint further said BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari came to the spot and later dropped severely injured Gupta to a nearby police station.From the police station, he was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead. Additional Superintendent of Police Sureshwar Mishra said MLA Tiwari who was absconding has been booked, along with two others. Reports said, Tiwari was trying to extort money from Gupta for birthday celebrations of UP Chief Minister Mayawati. Gupta had however refused to pay the amount.
Engineer's wife Sashi Gupta filed a report in local police station alleging some unidentified men barged into their house and beat up her husband.The men locked her in the bathroom and ruthlessly beat Gupta, the complaint said.The complaint further said BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari came to the spot and later dropped severely injured Gupta to a nearby police station.From the police station, he was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead. Additional Superintendent of Police Sureshwar Mishra said MLA Tiwari who was absconding has been booked, along with two others. Reports said, Tiwari was trying to extort money from Gupta for birthday celebrations of UP Chief Minister Mayawati. Gupta had however refused to pay the amount.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Kasab to confess before magistrate
The Centre has asked the Maharashtra Government to get an in-camera judicial confession of Ajmal Amir Qasab, the lone surviving terrorist in the Mumbai attacks, before a magistrate under Section 164 of the CRPC that can be legally valid for pursuing the case in courts.
Once his confession is recorded, the government will consider the demand of the foreign governments to allow their agencies to independently interrogate him, the sources said, referring to the demand made by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday to let his Scotland Yard sleuths talk to him.Sources said India is open to questioning of Qasab by foreign agencies like Scotland Yard and FBI, but not immediately as it may impinge upon the ongoing investigations by the Mumbai Police.
First his confession be recorded before a court and then the foreign agencies will be given an access to him as that will help further in nailing Pakistan's lies about those who carried out the carnage in Mumbai, sources said.They said the government already has an hour-long video-taped confession of Qasab, copies of which have been provided to the US and the UK and also presented before the United Nations Security Council to get its fiat issued to Pakistan.
The video tape, however, has no legal value and hence the need to record the confession before a magistrate, the sources said. Though the government has not provided this confessional evidence to Pakistan so far, sources said it must have, however, already reached Islamabad [Images] through the international interlocutors as also from its representative in the United Nations where the video tape is available. They said the government will be, however, forwarding the confession that Qasab makes before the court to Pakistan.
Sources said the External Affairs Ministry would forward a lengthy letter written by Qasab to the Pakistan High Commission and also urge upon it to take the custody of the bodies of the nine other terrorists lying in the JJ Hospital mortuary in Mumbai. All these terrorists were Pakistani national and hence it is imperative on the High Commission's part to take back their bodies to hand over them to their families in Pakistan for burial, sources added.
Kasab’s custody till jan 6
Ajmal Kasab - the lone terrorist captured alive after the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai - has once again sought the help of the Pakistan High Commission for a lawyer, but Pakistan is still refusing to accept his nationality.On Wednesday, Kasab told the magistrate who was presiding over his custody hearing that he wanted to contact the Pakistan High Commission for his legal defence.
This is the second time that Kasab has asked Pakistan for legal aid - more than sufficient proof that he is a Pakistan national. The first time that he had done this was when he had written a letter to the Pakistan High Commission, a few days ago.Kasab has also been booked in the case of hijacking a Skoda car near Girgaum Chowpatti and fleeing in the same car along with another terrorist and remanded to police custody till January 6, 2009 by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate NN Shrimangle on Wednesday.In his letter he had claimed that he and the other terrorists who had been killed in the attacks were Pakistani and had sought a meeting with the Pakistan High Commission. However, Islamabad did not pay heed to his request, saying he was not a Pakistani.
Once his confession is recorded, the government will consider the demand of the foreign governments to allow their agencies to independently interrogate him, the sources said, referring to the demand made by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday to let his Scotland Yard sleuths talk to him.Sources said India is open to questioning of Qasab by foreign agencies like Scotland Yard and FBI, but not immediately as it may impinge upon the ongoing investigations by the Mumbai Police.First his confession be recorded before a court and then the foreign agencies will be given an access to him as that will help further in nailing Pakistan's lies about those who carried out the carnage in Mumbai, sources said.They said the government already has an hour-long video-taped confession of Qasab, copies of which have been provided to the US and the UK and also presented before the United Nations Security Council to get its fiat issued to Pakistan.
The video tape, however, has no legal value and hence the need to record the confession before a magistrate, the sources said. Though the government has not provided this confessional evidence to Pakistan so far, sources said it must have, however, already reached Islamabad [Images] through the international interlocutors as also from its representative in the United Nations where the video tape is available. They said the government will be, however, forwarding the confession that Qasab makes before the court to Pakistan.
Sources said the External Affairs Ministry would forward a lengthy letter written by Qasab to the Pakistan High Commission and also urge upon it to take the custody of the bodies of the nine other terrorists lying in the JJ Hospital mortuary in Mumbai. All these terrorists were Pakistani national and hence it is imperative on the High Commission's part to take back their bodies to hand over them to their families in Pakistan for burial, sources added.
Kasab’s custody till jan 6
Ajmal Kasab - the lone terrorist captured alive after the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai - has once again sought the help of the Pakistan High Commission for a lawyer, but Pakistan is still refusing to accept his nationality.On Wednesday, Kasab told the magistrate who was presiding over his custody hearing that he wanted to contact the Pakistan High Commission for his legal defence. This is the second time that Kasab has asked Pakistan for legal aid - more than sufficient proof that he is a Pakistan national. The first time that he had done this was when he had written a letter to the Pakistan High Commission, a few days ago.Kasab has also been booked in the case of hijacking a Skoda car near Girgaum Chowpatti and fleeing in the same car along with another terrorist and remanded to police custody till January 6, 2009 by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate NN Shrimangle on Wednesday.In his letter he had claimed that he and the other terrorists who had been killed in the attacks were Pakistani and had sought a meeting with the Pakistan High Commission. However, Islamabad did not pay heed to his request, saying he was not a Pakistani.
UP engineer lynched by BSP MLA
An executive engineer of the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department was beaten to death allegedly by a BSP MLA and his supporters after he is believed to have refused to pay them a huge sum for birthday celebrations of Chief Minister Mayawati next month.
BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and his two associates - Manoj Tyagi and another surnamed Bhatia - forcibly entered the house of engineer MK Gupta at Gail Vihar Colony in Diviapur police circle here last night and started beating him up severely, according to a report lodged with the police by his wife Shashi Gupta.
It said they locked Shashi in a bathroom and continued beating her husband and later left the seriously injured engineer at Diviapur police station in the district, about 100 kms from Kanpur. Gupta was declared dead after being taken to a hospital."An FIR under various sections of the IPC, including 302 (murder), has been lodged against the MLA and his two associates at Diviapur police station," Station House Officer Hoshiyar Singh told us. Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Brijlal said in Lucknow that the MLA called up the police station at around 3 am saying a man was indulging in "hooliganism" and that action should be taken against him."The MLA later left the seriously injured engineer at the police station at around 3.30 am and went away.
An FIR is being registered against the MLA and others and the guilty will not be spared," he told reporters."We are looking for Tiwari, who is absconding," he said. Though police refused to comment on the motive of the murder saying that investigation was on in the case, family members of Gupta alleged that Rs 50 lakh was demanded from him by the MLA as donation for celebrations of party chief Mayawati's birthday falling on January 15.Senior police officials, including the Inspector General and the DIG of Kanpur Zone, have reached the spot to probe the incident.Police sources said that the issue of how the police personnel dealt with the situation would also be looked into.
Protesting against the incident, PWD engineers across the state have decided to go on a strike, UP Engineers Association General Secretary SS Niranjan said.The engineers have demanded that a compensation of Rs 25 lakh be paid to the family of the deceased and his wife be given pension equivalent to the last salary drawn by him, he said. The engineers have also sought an assurance from the government that adequate security would be provided in future to the field staff.
Demanding the immediate arrest of Tiwari, Samajwadi Party state president Shivpal Singh Yadav alleged that a target of collecting Rs 1000 crore was set by the Chief Minister for party MPs, MLAs and ministers.Terming Auraiya incident as a result of "pressure" on BSP leaders to collect money to meet the target for Mayawati's birthday, Yadav claimed that even police officers were involved in "extorting" money for the event."The occurrence of Auraiya-like incidents will continue in the state if the Chief minister herself keeps setting targets for collecting money for her," he said.(pti)
BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and his two associates - Manoj Tyagi and another surnamed Bhatia - forcibly entered the house of engineer MK Gupta at Gail Vihar Colony in Diviapur police circle here last night and started beating him up severely, according to a report lodged with the police by his wife Shashi Gupta.It said they locked Shashi in a bathroom and continued beating her husband and later left the seriously injured engineer at Diviapur police station in the district, about 100 kms from Kanpur. Gupta was declared dead after being taken to a hospital."An FIR under various sections of the IPC, including 302 (murder), has been lodged against the MLA and his two associates at Diviapur police station," Station House Officer Hoshiyar Singh told us. Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Brijlal said in Lucknow that the MLA called up the police station at around 3 am saying a man was indulging in "hooliganism" and that action should be taken against him."The MLA later left the seriously injured engineer at the police station at around 3.30 am and went away.
An FIR is being registered against the MLA and others and the guilty will not be spared," he told reporters."We are looking for Tiwari, who is absconding," he said. Though police refused to comment on the motive of the murder saying that investigation was on in the case, family members of Gupta alleged that Rs 50 lakh was demanded from him by the MLA as donation for celebrations of party chief Mayawati's birthday falling on January 15.Senior police officials, including the Inspector General and the DIG of Kanpur Zone, have reached the spot to probe the incident.Police sources said that the issue of how the police personnel dealt with the situation would also be looked into.
Protesting against the incident, PWD engineers across the state have decided to go on a strike, UP Engineers Association General Secretary SS Niranjan said.The engineers have demanded that a compensation of Rs 25 lakh be paid to the family of the deceased and his wife be given pension equivalent to the last salary drawn by him, he said. The engineers have also sought an assurance from the government that adequate security would be provided in future to the field staff.
Demanding the immediate arrest of Tiwari, Samajwadi Party state president Shivpal Singh Yadav alleged that a target of collecting Rs 1000 crore was set by the Chief Minister for party MPs, MLAs and ministers.Terming Auraiya incident as a result of "pressure" on BSP leaders to collect money to meet the target for Mayawati's birthday, Yadav claimed that even police officers were involved in "extorting" money for the event."The occurrence of Auraiya-like incidents will continue in the state if the Chief minister herself keeps setting targets for collecting money for her," he said.(pti)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Arbitrary and illegal arrest of Lenin Roy
-Dr Nutan Thakur
Lenin Kumar Roy, the editor of Nishan, a Left oriented quarterly magazine published from Bhuvaneshwar (Orissa) was arrested on 07-12-2008 around 1-1.30 P.m and sent to jail on charges of writing provocative literature which as per the police version and the official report would disturb communal peace and harmony. The police did not stop here. It also arrested two employees of Sovan Press, Bhubaneswar, after conducting a raid on it for printing the book `Dharma naanre Kandhamalre Raktara Nadi' published by Lenin Kumar. This was done at the Sahid Nagar Police Station. When the activists came to know of this from Mrs Rumita Kundu, Lenin's wife, they contacted the officer in-charge of police station in the night who told them that he had been picked up for verification and he would be released within one hour or so.
In the meantime, the police was planning something nefarious. They were writing down documents preparing grounds for his so-called "Maoist links". The said book was alleged to be `Maoist literature'. Next day, he was produced in the court and the police alleged crime under Section 153-A and 295-A of IPC which relate to `publishing provocative literature which can disturb communal peace and harmony'. The police cited page 38 to 41 of the above book. And what do those pages have in them? They produce a letter allegedly written by the RSS to its members for anti dalit, anti minority activities and also have some of Lenin's comments on this.
So, in India (and particularly in Orissa) it is a crime to write anything against the RSS or to produce an RSS letter or to comment upon it- more so if the government is supported by the BJP!
But the actual reason goes even more deeper. In reality, Lenin had become a pain in the neck for the Navin Patnaik government which has completely failed in protecting the minority rights in the Kandhamal episode and has proved to be blatantly partisan and completely ineffective on law and order front. Unfortunately, he has been consistently raising voice of dissent for last one year or so in the pages of Nissan on all these related matters, a fact that was to great distaste of the establishment, be it the Chief Minister and his party or the supporting ally BJP. In August 2008, Nishan was labeled as a Maoist organ by SP Jagatsinghpur though the editor had protested this allegation.
This is not the lone instance of the Orissa government coming up heavily against the dissenting members of the intelligentsia and the media who are critical about the government's activities. A few months ago, Rabindra Prasad Panda, a prominent Oriya writer, was sent to jail by the Orissa government for writing a book, using
similar Sections of the IPC.
Thus as the NDTV has rightly said- "Orissa cops have taken the term gag order to a new level altogether." I am never able to understand what does the police force in this Nation want to prove by arresting people like Lenin Ray. Is it not completely shameful and highly deplorable and atrocious? What is Lenin's fault- that he writes Maoist literature, that he speaks the language of Marxism, Leninism and Communism? Is this a free country we are living in?
I don't think there can be anything more condemnable than this- to arrest a magazine's Editor just because he sympathizes for a cause which every right-minded must be and internally is. I have not seen any sensitive person in the world who is not sympathetic to the poor and the downtrodden, who does not want all these differences and economic disparities and exploitations to end, who wants every
person to be able to live a good life.
While the police force of this country is completely helpless before the terrorists and the extremists who kill them whenever they feel like, they never leave a chance to arrest such law-abiding and righteous persons who have a definite purpose in their life and are sacrificing it for the common man.
I don't know what will happen to our country where such local dictators who only want bards and sycophants around them. While it can be the case with the political persons, how can this be true also with the intellectuals and the Media? Is this the way our Constitution makers had envisaged our Chief Ministers and governments to behave? The Media is known as the fourth estate and the watchdog of a democratic society. But can any society function properly if its chosen representatives are so intolerant, biased, personally stymied and spiteful as to pursue matters on a personal level and stop any person from expressing his/her views.
Lenin's arrest is a blot on our society and must be resisted by each one of us as an example of complete dictatorship. Is this a free Nation?
Lenin Kumar Roy, the editor of Nishan, a Left oriented quarterly magazine published from Bhuvaneshwar (Orissa) was arrested on 07-12-2008 around 1-1.30 P.m and sent to jail on charges of writing provocative literature which as per the police version and the official report would disturb communal peace and harmony. The police did not stop here. It also arrested two employees of Sovan Press, Bhubaneswar, after conducting a raid on it for printing the book `Dharma naanre Kandhamalre Raktara Nadi' published by Lenin Kumar. This was done at the Sahid Nagar Police Station. When the activists came to know of this from Mrs Rumita Kundu, Lenin's wife, they contacted the officer in-charge of police station in the night who told them that he had been picked up for verification and he would be released within one hour or so.
In the meantime, the police was planning something nefarious. They were writing down documents preparing grounds for his so-called "Maoist links". The said book was alleged to be `Maoist literature'. Next day, he was produced in the court and the police alleged crime under Section 153-A and 295-A of IPC which relate to `publishing provocative literature which can disturb communal peace and harmony'. The police cited page 38 to 41 of the above book. And what do those pages have in them? They produce a letter allegedly written by the RSS to its members for anti dalit, anti minority activities and also have some of Lenin's comments on this.
So, in India (and particularly in Orissa) it is a crime to write anything against the RSS or to produce an RSS letter or to comment upon it- more so if the government is supported by the BJP!
But the actual reason goes even more deeper. In reality, Lenin had become a pain in the neck for the Navin Patnaik government which has completely failed in protecting the minority rights in the Kandhamal episode and has proved to be blatantly partisan and completely ineffective on law and order front. Unfortunately, he has been consistently raising voice of dissent for last one year or so in the pages of Nissan on all these related matters, a fact that was to great distaste of the establishment, be it the Chief Minister and his party or the supporting ally BJP. In August 2008, Nishan was labeled as a Maoist organ by SP Jagatsinghpur though the editor had protested this allegation.
This is not the lone instance of the Orissa government coming up heavily against the dissenting members of the intelligentsia and the media who are critical about the government's activities. A few months ago, Rabindra Prasad Panda, a prominent Oriya writer, was sent to jail by the Orissa government for writing a book, using
similar Sections of the IPC.
Thus as the NDTV has rightly said- "Orissa cops have taken the term gag order to a new level altogether." I am never able to understand what does the police force in this Nation want to prove by arresting people like Lenin Ray. Is it not completely shameful and highly deplorable and atrocious? What is Lenin's fault- that he writes Maoist literature, that he speaks the language of Marxism, Leninism and Communism? Is this a free country we are living in?
I don't think there can be anything more condemnable than this- to arrest a magazine's Editor just because he sympathizes for a cause which every right-minded must be and internally is. I have not seen any sensitive person in the world who is not sympathetic to the poor and the downtrodden, who does not want all these differences and economic disparities and exploitations to end, who wants every
person to be able to live a good life.
While the police force of this country is completely helpless before the terrorists and the extremists who kill them whenever they feel like, they never leave a chance to arrest such law-abiding and righteous persons who have a definite purpose in their life and are sacrificing it for the common man.
I don't know what will happen to our country where such local dictators who only want bards and sycophants around them. While it can be the case with the political persons, how can this be true also with the intellectuals and the Media? Is this the way our Constitution makers had envisaged our Chief Ministers and governments to behave? The Media is known as the fourth estate and the watchdog of a democratic society. But can any society function properly if its chosen representatives are so intolerant, biased, personally stymied and spiteful as to pursue matters on a personal level and stop any person from expressing his/her views.
Lenin's arrest is a blot on our society and must be resisted by each one of us as an example of complete dictatorship. Is this a free Nation?
Saturday, December 13, 2008
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN
INCIDENCE RATE
2006 : 1,64,765 2006 : 14.7
2007 : 1,85,312 2007 : 16.3
• Andhra Pradesh reported 13.3% of total such cases in the country (24,738 out of 1,85,312). Tripura reported the highest crime rate (30.7) closely followed by Andhra Pradesh (30.3) as compared to the National average rate of 16.3.
• The proportion of IPC crimes committed against women towards total IPC crimes has increased during last 5 years from 7.6% in 2003 to 8.8% during 2007.
• Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest number of Rape cases (3,010) accounting for 14.5% of total such cases reported in the country.
• Andhra Pradesh has reported 30.3% (3,316) of Sexual Harassment cases followed by Uttar Pradesh 26.3% (2,882).
• Only Bihar (56) and West Bengal (5) have reported cases of Importation of Girls.
• Tamil Nadu reported 33.6% of cases under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (1,199 out of 3,568).
• Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act cases decreased by 23.2% (from 1,562 in 2006 to 1,200 in 2007).
• Andhra Pradesh with 1,005 cases has accounted for 83.8% of cases under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act at the National level.
• No case under Sati Prevention Act was reported across the country during the year 2007.
• Incest Rape cases decreased by 6.0% in 2007 over 2006 (from 431 in 2006 to 405 in 2007).
• West Bengal reported 28.1% of total Incest Rape cases (114 out of 405).
• Offenders were known to the victims in 92.5% of Rape cases (19,188 out of 20,737).
• Among 35 mega cities, Delhi city reported 29.5% (524 out of 1,775) of total Rape cases, 31.8% cases (1,021 out of 3,207) of Kidnapping & Abduction of Women, 15.6% cases (111 out of 711) of Dowry Deaths, 14.2% cases (1,711 out of 12,031) of Cruelty by Husband and Relatives and 21.5% cases (744 out of 3,463) of Molestation.
• 49.9% conviction was reported in the country in Sexual Harassment cases (3,708 convictions out of 7,436 cases in which trial werecompleted).
2006 : 1,64,765 2006 : 14.7
2007 : 1,85,312 2007 : 16.3
• Andhra Pradesh reported 13.3% of total such cases in the country (24,738 out of 1,85,312). Tripura reported the highest crime rate (30.7) closely followed by Andhra Pradesh (30.3) as compared to the National average rate of 16.3.
• The proportion of IPC crimes committed against women towards total IPC crimes has increased during last 5 years from 7.6% in 2003 to 8.8% during 2007.
• Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest number of Rape cases (3,010) accounting for 14.5% of total such cases reported in the country.
• Andhra Pradesh has reported 30.3% (3,316) of Sexual Harassment cases followed by Uttar Pradesh 26.3% (2,882).
• Only Bihar (56) and West Bengal (5) have reported cases of Importation of Girls.
• Tamil Nadu reported 33.6% of cases under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (1,199 out of 3,568).
• Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act cases decreased by 23.2% (from 1,562 in 2006 to 1,200 in 2007).
• Andhra Pradesh with 1,005 cases has accounted for 83.8% of cases under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act at the National level.
• No case under Sati Prevention Act was reported across the country during the year 2007.
• Incest Rape cases decreased by 6.0% in 2007 over 2006 (from 431 in 2006 to 405 in 2007).
• West Bengal reported 28.1% of total Incest Rape cases (114 out of 405).
• Offenders were known to the victims in 92.5% of Rape cases (19,188 out of 20,737).
• Among 35 mega cities, Delhi city reported 29.5% (524 out of 1,775) of total Rape cases, 31.8% cases (1,021 out of 3,207) of Kidnapping & Abduction of Women, 15.6% cases (111 out of 711) of Dowry Deaths, 14.2% cases (1,711 out of 12,031) of Cruelty by Husband and Relatives and 21.5% cases (744 out of 3,463) of Molestation.
• 49.9% conviction was reported in the country in Sexual Harassment cases (3,708 convictions out of 7,436 cases in which trial werecompleted).
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