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  • LS polls: Actor Arun Govil files nomination as BJP candidate from Meerut

    Veteran actor Arun Govil of TV serial ‘Ramayan’ fame on Tuesday filed nomination as the BJP candidate from Meerut Lok Sabha seat. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya was present with Govil during the nomination.

    After filing his nomination, Govil said that he wanted to thank the BJP leadership for trusting him and making him a candidate from Meerut.

    Govil said he is getting massive public support. “Arun Govil has filed his nomination papers today. There is tremendous confidence among the workers and the people that BJP will achieve the target of winning all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh and 400 seats in the entire country,” Dy CM said.

    The actor, who became a household name after essaying the role of Lord Ram in Ramanand Sagar’s “Ramayan”, was on March 24 fielded by the BJP from the Meerut Lok Sabha seat.

    Replying to a question about which party BJP sees as its rival, Maurya said, “According to us, there is no one in competition.” “There is no opposition anywhere. There is a tussle among SP, BSP and Congress. Our preparations are from 2024 to 2047 (when UP state assembly elections are to be held),” he said.

  • Six Kanwar Yatra pilgrims electrocuted to death in UP’s Meerut

    By PTI

    MEERUT: Six kanwariya died from electrocution after a vehicle of the devotees came in contact with a high-tension overhead wire in the Bhawanpur area of this Uttar Pradesh district.

    Confirming the death of six kanwariyas, District Magistrate Deepak Meena told PTI on Sunday that a magisterial inquiry committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of the additional district magistrate (administration) to investigate the causes of the accident.

    According to Bhawanpur police station, the deceased were identified as Prashant Saini (14), Himanshu Saini (16), Mahendra Saini (45), Lakhmi (45), Manish (18), and Lakshya (12).

    Earlier on Saturday night, Meena had told that 10 people who suffered electrocution were admitted to nearby hospitals, out of which five died.

    On the inquiry committee, the district magistrate said that the superintendent of police (traffic) and a senior officer of the electricity department will be part of it.

    The joint inquiry committee will submit its inquiry report within 48 hours. The district magistrate said that necessary action will be taken based on the investigation.

    Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (PVVNL) MD Chaitra V has said that a team from Energy Corporation is investigating the accident.

    MEERUT: Six kanwariya died from electrocution after a vehicle of the devotees came in contact with a high-tension overhead wire in the Bhawanpur area of this Uttar Pradesh district.

    Confirming the death of six kanwariyas, District Magistrate Deepak Meena told PTI on Sunday that a magisterial inquiry committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of the additional district magistrate (administration) to investigate the causes of the accident.

    According to Bhawanpur police station, the deceased were identified as Prashant Saini (14), Himanshu Saini (16), Mahendra Saini (45), Lakhmi (45), Manish (18), and Lakshya (12).googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Earlier on Saturday night, Meena had told that 10 people who suffered electrocution were admitted to nearby hospitals, out of which five died.

    On the inquiry committee, the district magistrate said that the superintendent of police (traffic) and a senior officer of the electricity department will be part of it.

    The joint inquiry committee will submit its inquiry report within 48 hours. The district magistrate said that necessary action will be taken based on the investigation.

    Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (PVVNL) MD Chaitra V has said that a team from Energy Corporation is investigating the accident.

  • Three class XII students detained in UP’s Meerut for harassing teacher, saying ‘I love you’ 

    By IANS

    MEERUT (Uttar Pradesh): Three minor students have been booked and detained for harassment by allegedly making obscene remarks and attempting to molest a woman teacher in an intermediate college in Kithore area of Meerut.

    The students also made a video clip and posted it on social media. In the clip, the students can be heard addressing the teacher as ‘jaan’ and saying ‘I love you’.

    According to a police officer, the woman teacher in her early 20s lodged the complaint on Friday alleging that three students of Class 12 have been troubling her for the past few weeks.

    They had been making obscene comments on her way to school and back home several times.

    The police officer said the teacher informed that she lodged a complaint with the parents of the students but they did not take any action.

    Circle Officer, Kithore, Suchita Singh said: “The case has been registered under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 500 (defamation) of IPC and relevant section of IT act against three students following the complaint by the teacher.”

    “The three students have been detained and are being questioned,” a police source said.

    MEERUT (Uttar Pradesh): Three minor students have been booked and detained for harassment by allegedly making obscene remarks and attempting to molest a woman teacher in an intermediate college in Kithore area of Meerut.

    The students also made a video clip and posted it on social media. In the clip, the students can be heard addressing the teacher as ‘jaan’ and saying ‘I love you’.

    According to a police officer, the woman teacher in her early 20s lodged the complaint on Friday alleging that three students of Class 12 have been troubling her for the past few weeks.

    They had been making obscene comments on her way to school and back home several times.

    The police officer said the teacher informed that she lodged a complaint with the parents of the students but they did not take any action.

    Circle Officer, Kithore, Suchita Singh said: “The case has been registered under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 500 (defamation) of IPC and relevant section of IT act against three students following the complaint by the teacher.”

    “The three students have been detained and are being questioned,” a police source said.

  • Illegal religious conversions: Uttar Pradesh ATS arrests Maulana Kaleem in Meerut

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui from Meerut on charges of illegal religious conversion late on Tuesday night.

    Siddiqui, who hails from Muzaffarnagar district, is believed to be one of the most prominent clerics from western Uttar Pradesh.

    Briefing mediapersons about the arrest on Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said that the cleric had direct links with a mass unlawful conversion racket busted by the UP ATS in June this year. Police sources claimed that Maulana Kaleem used to run the Jamia Imam Walliullah Trust which funds various madarsas across Uttar Pradesh and outside the state also.

    “Maulana Kaleem had direct links with a mass unlawful conversion racket which was busted by the ATS earlier this year. Kaleem not only funded and oversaw conversion activities but also used his trust to fund madrasas involved in unlawful conversion,” said Kumar.

    The ADG said the Maulana’s trust received huge amounts of foreign funds. Investigations showed that the trust received Rs 3 crore in foreign funding including Rs 1.5 crore from Bahrain, he said. The ADG added that six teams of the ATS have been formed to investigate the case further.

    Meanwhile, a statement issued by the UP ATS said that the Maulana was taken into custody while he was returning to his home at village Fulat in Muzaffarnagar after attending a programme in Meerut on Tuesday night. Angry locals immediately launched a protest outside Lisari Gate police station to know the whereabouts of the Maulana.

    Early this month, eight persons, who were arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police since June this year, for being allegedly involved in illegal conversions of over 1,000 people, were charged with “waging war against India”.

    Accepting the application of the ATS, the special Lucknow court invoked the charges under Section 121-A (conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121) and 123 (concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war) of the IPC against the eight arrested persons.

    IPC Section 121 deals with waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the government of India.

    On June 21 this year, the UP ATS had nabbed two clerics — Mohammad Umar Gautam and Mufti Qazi Jahageer Alam Qasmi — from Delhi, claiming that they had busted a “huge conversion racket” that was allegedly involved in the conversion of “thousands of people”. The ATS had claimed that the two clerics were spearheading mass conversion of people into Islam through inducements such as marriage, money, job and coercion also.

    The two clerics and the orgainsation owned by Mohammad Umar Gautam – Islamic Dawah Centre India — were booked under Sections 420, 120B, 153A, 153B, 295 and 511 of the India Penal Code. Section 3/5 of UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Act-2021 was also imposed on the two.

    The UP ATS later arrested eight more persons claiming that they were engaged in large-scale conversions under the banner of the Islamic Dawah Centre (IDC) of Umar Gautam, which allegedly targeted children with disabilities, women, the unemployed and the poor.

    Of the 10 persons arrested, four are from Maharashtra, two from Delhi and one each from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Haryana.

    Uttar Pradesh had passed the anti-conversion bill earlier this year. The bill penalises those who undertake conversions through marriage, deceit, coercion or incitement.