TWO MUSLIM MEN LIKELY KILLED BY COW VIGILANTES: POLICE OFFICERS

BHARATPUR/JAIPUR: The preliminary investigation by the Rajasthan police in the murder of two Muslim men, whose remains were found inside a charred vehicle in Haryana’s Bhiwani district, has pointed at cow vigilantism as the motive for the crime, senior police officers said.

During an interrogation, the accused Rinku Saini confirmed that a cow vigilante group had picked up Junaid (35) and Nasir (27) in a Mahindra Bolero, while denying his involvement, a senior police officer said.

13 Families Evacuated From Hilly Village in J&K

At least 13 families have been shifted to safer places after their houses were endangered/damaged due to a landslide in the remote hilly village of Duksar Dal in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said.

The move in Duksar Dal,in Sangaldan area of Gool subdivision — over 45km from the district headquarters — came a fortnight after the Ramban district administration had evacuated four-five families from another hilly hamlet,  Sujmatna, in Ramsoo, to safer locations after their residential houses became vulnerable following a landslide on February 6. Earlier on February 3, around 19 residential houses, a mosque, and a madrasa developed cracks due to land sinking at Nai Basti-Thatri of Doda district.

“A total of 13 houses were declared endangered due to a landslide at Duksar Dal villlage. The affected families were shifted and provided tents, ration, utensils, and blankets as immediate relief,” Gool sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Tanveer-ul-Majeed Wani said.

Apex Court Takes Cognisance on Menace of Unlicensed Guns 

New Delhi: Taking cognizance of growing number of cases of people illegally possessing firearms resulting in sharp increase in criminal activities, the Supreme Court initiated suo motu proceedings saying that it was a disturbing trend which needed to be curbed. A bench of Justices K M Joseph and BV Nagarathna said that if the issue was not addressed then it would deal a blow to the rule of law. It said that unlike the USA, people here have no fundamental right to carry guns and one has to take permission and license from the concerned authority. 

‘Entirely Misconceived’: SC Junks Plea Seeking Ban on BBC Operations in India

SUPREME Court dismissed a plea seeking a ban on the operations of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in India. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M  Sundresh called the petition “entirely misconceived”.

The plea was filed by Vishnu Gupta, who claimed to be the president of Hindu Sena, a Delhi-based outfit, in the wake of the controversy over the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ on the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, Senior advocate Pinky Anand appearing for the petitioner urged the court to look at the background in which the developments took place.

The Bench, however, wondered how the matter could even be argued and asked, “You want us to put complete censor ship? What is this?” 

Though the petitioner urged the court to list the plea along with petitions challenging the government direction asking social media platforms to remove links to the documentary, the Bench declined to do so. “Let us not waste any more time.„Writ  plea is entirely misconceived. It has no merit,” the Bench said, dismissing it.

TEACHER BOOKED FOR THRASHING  STUDENT IN GORAKHPUR

 GORAKHPUR: The district police have initiated an inquiry into the thrashing of an UKG student by his teacher resulting in fracture of the student’s hand. The incident took place in a private English-medium school at Karughat. SP (city) Krishna Kumar Bishnoi confirmed that police have a complaint from the parents and a case has been registered. Sarthak, son of Harendra, resident of Shivalay Nagar, under the Cantonment police station of the district, is a student of UKG in a private English-medium school.