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  • Youtuber arrested for filming video inside ‘Nidhivan Raj’ during night in UP’s Mathura

    By PTI

    MATHURA: Police on Sunday arrested the admin of a Youtube channel for allegedly shooting a video inside ‘Nidhivan Raj’ in Vrindavan here during night a week ago, officials said.

    According to a popular belief, Nidhivan Raj is the holy place where Radha and Lord Krishna play ‘raas lila’ during the night and no one is allowed to enter the place at that time.

    Gaurav Sharma, who runs Gauravzone Youtube channel, was arrested from his Delhi residence, police said “While Sharma has been sent to judicial custody, efforts to nab his associates are on,” Superintendent of Police (City) Martand Prakash Singh said.

    During interrogation, Sharma admitted that he shot the video at the ‘holy’ place during the night of November 6 along with his cousin Prashant and friends Mohit and Abhishek, police said.

    Sharma uploaded the video on Youtube on November 9.

    However, he had to deleted it after priests protested against the shooting of a film inside the ‘holy’ place.

    An FIR under section 295A of the IPC and section 66 of the IT Act was registered in Vrindavan police station following a complaint by Rohit Goshwami, the priest of Nidhivan Raj, according to the officials.

  • Lakhimpur violence: SP removed over a month as trouble looms large over Union Minister’s son

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW:  Over a month after the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight persons including four farmers lost their lives, district police chief Vijay Dhull was transferred late on Thursday night.

    Dhull has been attached with the UP state police headquarters in Lucknow and kept on a waiting list. DCP, Lucknow East, Sanjeev Suman, has replaced Dhull.

    On October 28, the UP government had transferred Arvind Kumar Chaurasiya, Lakhimpur Kheri district magistrate. Chaurasiya was replaced by Mahendra Bahadur Singh.

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri incident is now focusing on establishing the location of the three key accused including Ashish Mishra, Ankit Das and his bodyguard Lateef on that fateful day.

    This has become important after the forensic report confirmed the firing from the three licensed firearms — a rifle, a pistol and a repeater gun — belonging to Mishra, Das and Lateef, respectively.

    According to sources, investigators are trying to establish the presence of the three accused at the incident site through their cell phone locations and call details.

    All three are in jail. Hearing in the bail plea of main accused Mishra is on November 15.

    Police sources also claimed that during investigation, SIT stumbled upon some unclaimed mobile phones from the site and sent them for further examination.

    Forensic reports that established firing from these three weapons did not clarify the date. Also, autopsy of the four farmers showed no gunshot injuries.

    The autopsy report said all four died due to trauma, excessive blood loss and brain haemorrhage.

    Well-placed sources also claimed that Das and Lateef had accepted in their statements that they fired in the air to escape from the spot when the mob attacked them after a fleet of vehicles ploughed into the crowd of protesting farmers. Mishra maintained that he was not present at the violence site.

    While Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni, was arrested on October 9, Das and Lateef were taken into police custody five days later.

    Of the eight persons killed on October 3, four were farmers, three BJP workers and one was a local journalist.

    The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Friday demanded that the Uttar Pradesh government pay the promised compensation of Rs 10 lakh to farmers injured in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence without any delay.

    In a statement, the umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the agitation against the Centre’s three agri laws said the compensation announced by the UP government on October 4 for the farmers injured in the violence haven’t been paid up till now.

    “It is understood that the injured in the Lakhimpur Kheri Farmers’ Massacre have not been paid the promised compensation. The SKM demands that the compensation be paid immediately without any further delay,” it said.

    The Uttar Pradesh government had announced a compensation of Rs 45 lakh to the families of the four farmers killed in the incident, and Rs 10 lakh to those injured in the violence.

    Eight people were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.

    Four of the eight victims were farmers, who were allegedly knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP workers.

    The police have so far arrested 13 accused, including Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra, in connection with the case.

    Meanwhile, the SKM said the preparations for the November 26 all India protests are in full swing and that preparatory meetings are being held in several states to mobilise farmers.

    The SKM has called for massive mahapanchayats in state capitals on November 26 to observe one year of the movement.

    “Preparations for the ‘Lucknow Mahapanchayat’ on November 22 are also in full swing, and the Mahapanchayat is expected to witness a massive gathering of farmers, putting out a strong message to anti-farmer BJP,” it added.

    It also gave the example of a wedding, which allegedly took place at Singhu Border, saying it reflects the preference of youth and shows their “attachment and commitment to the movement in numerous ways”.

    “This is not the first time that this has happened, and visitors to the morcha sites would surely recall seeing weddings and wedding processions pass through the morchas, and newly-weds coming to the borders as though on a pilgrimage of their own,” it said.

    Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the Centre’s three agri laws, which were stayed by the Supreme Court in January, at the Delhi borders since November 26 last year.

    (With PTI Inputs)

  • UP official held for sexually harassing female colleague at workplace

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW:  In a glaring example of sexual harassment at workplace, an under-secretary-level officer at Bapu Bhavan in Lucknow has been arrested for sexually harassing a female colleague.

    Accused Ichharam Yadav is posted at the minority welfare department as a section in-charge.

    The victim, who shot the video of the officer when he was harassing her, alleged Yadav had been doing so since 2018. She said the official had threatened to fire her from her contractual job.

    The female worker submitted a complaint at Hussainganj Police Station following which an FIR was lodged against Yadav under various sections of the IPC on October 29.

    In the video made by the victim, Yadav can be seen forcing himself on her as she is trying to save herself by pushing him away.

    The married woman, aged 30, presented multiple videos of such incidents as evidence to the police.

    She alleged the police didn’t initially arrest Yadav as he was well-connected. Frustrated at this, she put out the video that went viral.

    According to ADCP (Central) Khyati Garg, a case was registered in the matter and an investigation was in progress.

    “After recording the statements and examining the evidence, action will be taken,” she said.

  • Lakhimpur violence: Weapon seized from Union minister’s son was fired, confirms FSL report

    By PTI

    LAKHIMPUR: A forensic report has confirmed that weapons recovered from Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra and others after the Lakhimpur violence had been fired.

    Protesting farmers had alleged that Ashish Mishra had opened fire.

    Though the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed that the weapons had been discharged, it does not specify whether they were fired on the day of the violence or some other day.

    Four weapons, including a rifle belonging to Ashish Mishra alias Monu Mishra, had been seized following the Lakhimpur violence.

    A pistol owned by Ankit Das, nephew of former Union minister Akhilesh Das, and a repeater gun, which was with Das’ bodyguard Lateef Kale, were also among them.

    A forensic report of the fourth weapon, a revolver owned by Das’ aide Satya Prakash, is awaited.

    “Of the four weapons sent for ballistic examination to the FSL, it has been confirmed that firing took place from three, including Ashish Mishra’s rifle. However, the report did not confirm when the firing took place,” a senior official said here.

    The special investigation team (SIT) probing the case is yet to issue an official statement on the FSL report.

    After the arrest of Ashish Mishra, Das and Kale, the SIT had recovered their licensed weapons — a rifle, pistol, revolver and a repeater gun — and sent them for forensic examination on October 15.

    According to the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the police on a complaint of Jagjit Singh, a native of Bahraich district, the entire episode was “premeditated” for which the “conspiracy was hatched” by the minister and his son.

    The FIR stated that the farmers had gathered at the sports ground of the Maharaja Agrasen Inter-College on October 3 and they wanted to peacefully show black flags to Ashish Mishra and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who were visiting Banbirpur.

    “Around 3 pm, Ashish Mishra, along with 15-20 armed men, in three speeding four-wheelers, reached the protest spot in Banbirpur. Ashish Mishra, who was seated on the left side of a Mahindra Thar, opened gunfire. The Thar mowed down the crowd and sped ahead,” the FIR stated.

    “Because of the firing, farmer Gurvinder Singh, son of Sukhwinder, a resident of Matronia in Nanpara, died,” it stated.

    However, two successive autopsies conducted on Gurvinder Singh had ruled out bullet injuries.

    Ashish Mishra and 15-20 unnamed men were mentioned as accused and charged with murder, criminal conspiracy, rash driving, and rioting among others.

    Of them, police have so far arrested 13.

    Minister Ajay Mishra had refuted the allegations that his son was involved in the episode that took place near his native Banbirpur village in the Tikonia area of the district.

    The FIR has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 147, 148, 149 (all three related to rioting), 279 (rash driving), 338 (causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 304A (causing death by negligence), 302 (murder), and 120B (party to a criminal conspiracy).

  • ‘Lakhimpur probe is not going the way we expected’: SC suggests monitoring by ex-HC judge

    A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana sought the response of the Uttar Pradesh government, represented by senior advocates Harish Salve and Garima Prasad, by Friday.

  • UP: Man files FIR against in-laws, wife for WhatsApp status after India-Pakistan T20 match

    By ANI

    RAMPUR: A man filed an FIR against his estranged wife and in-laws in Rampur for allegedly posting a ‘disrespectful’ WhatsApp status on Team India following the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match.

    The complainant Ishan Miyan is a resident of Shangankheda village. According to his complaint, his estranged wife and in-laws made fun of the Indian cricket team on their WhatsApp status after India lost to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match on October 24.

    “The FIR has been registered and the matter is being investigated,” said Superintendant of Police Ankit Mittal.

  • Woman hangs herself to death in Ayodhya; suicide note names IPS officer, two others

    By Express News Service

    VARANASI: A 30-year-old woman officer working at Punjab National Bank was found hanging in her rented accomodation in Ayodhya on Saturday.

    A suicide note allegedly written by the woman, identified as Shraddha Gupta, was recovered from the spot. 

    The note named three men, including one Vivek Gupta, IPS officer Ashish Tiwari (SSF head in Lucknow) and Anil Rawat (Faizabad Police) for abetting the suicide.

    According to Ayodhya police sources, a case of abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC has been lodged and one person detained for questioning.

    A native of Rajaji Puram area of Lucknow, Shraddha joined the nationalized bank in 2015, but was posted as an officer in the same bank in Ayodhya since 2018.

    The IPS officer Ashish Tiwari, who is among the three men named in the suicide note, was posted in the past as SSP of Ayodhya.

    Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath will be in Ayodhya on Sunday.(If you are having suicidal thoughts, or are worried about a friend or need emotional support, someone is always there to listen. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (available 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 9152987821, which is available Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm).

  • Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Accused Ashish Mishra hospitalised after showing dengue symptoms

    By ANI

    LAKHIMPUR KHERI: Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident, has been shifted to a government hospital after suspected dengue symptoms, a senior jail official informed on Sunday.

    “Main accused Ashish Mishra, who is currently lodged in district jail has been shifted to a government hospital due to suspected dengue,” a senior jail official said.

    He further informed that the accused’s blood sample has been also sent for the confirmation of dengue infection.

    Earlier on Saturday, a SWAT team of the Uttar Pradesh Crime Branch arrested three more persons in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case taking the total number of arrests to 13.

    A total of eight people including four farmers died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that took place on October 3. 

  • Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Accused Ashish Mishra hospitalised after being diagnosed with dengue

    By ANI

    LAKHIMPUR KHERI: Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra, who is currently in jail in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, has contracted dengue, a senior police official said on Sunday.

    Ashish Mishra, who was taken in police remand, was sent back to the district jail on Saturday evening for treatment at its healthcare facility, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Arun Kumar Singh said.

    Ashish Mishra, along with three others, was taken in two-day police custody on Friday evening for further interrogation.

    Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 in violence that erupted during a farmers’ protest.

    Thirteen people, including Mishra, have so far been arrested in connection with the incident.

    Three accused arrested on Saturday — Mohit Trivedi, Rinku Rana and Dharmendra — were produced before a magistrate in the evening.

    The investigators moved an application for their 14-day police custody remand.

    The hearing on the application will take place on Monday.

  • Action likely against UP women cops for clicking selfies with Priyanka Gandhi 

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: The sword of action is hanging on the female cops on duty who took selfies with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Lucknow on Wednesday. 

    As per senior police officials, the lady cops would be identified and served a notice for clicking selfies while being on duty and that too in uniform, which is categorised as “indiscipline”.

    However, till Thursday evening, neither any notice had been issued to the cops nor action was taken against them.

    Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted that if clicking selfies with her is a crime, then she should be punished and not the cops. “The news is coming that Yogi ji got so upset with this picture that he wants to take action against these women cops. If it is a crime to take pictures with me, then I should also be punished for it, it does not suit the government to spoil the career of these hardworking and loyal cops,” she tweeted. 

    Priyanka, who was going to meet the family of sanitation worker Arun Valmiki, who died in police custody in Agra on late Tuesday night, was stopped on Wednesday afternoon at the entry point of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway. During this time, some women cops, who came to stop Priyanka, clicked selfies with her.

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    Later, Vadra was given permission to go to Agra. After visiting the family, the Congress party announced financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh and assured legal assistance to the family of the deceased. 

    Meanwhile, in connection with the death of the sanitation worker, five policemen — an inspector, a sub-inspector, and three constables —  who were part of the interrogation team, were suspended and an inquiry by an ASP rank officer was set up.

    Sharing details of the post-mortem report of the sanitation worker who allegedly died in police custody, Agra SSP Muniraj G on Thursday claimed that the post-mortem was conducted by a panel of doctors following the NHRC guidelines.

    The SSP added that the post mortem report indicated the cause of Arun Kumar’s death as a heart attack. He said further investigation into the matter was on. Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh also visited the family of the deceased and demanded a court-monitored probe into the matter. BSP chief Mayawati also demanded strict action against the culprits and assured that a delegation of BSP would visit the bereaved family.