Day: December 27, 2021

Raipur, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):Indian police killed six people including 4 women in its disturbed state of Chhattisgarh, today. According to Kashmir Medias Service, two men and four women were killed in firing by Indian police personnel at Pesarlapadu village of the district.

The police dubbed the victims as Maoist rebels who are demanding justice and freedom. Acting on the information that Maoists were present in Pesarlapadu forest area, forces surrounded the Maoists and opened fire at them, the police statement claimed. The police found the bodies of the six Maoists on the spot. One prominent Madhu was reportedly among the dead, the police added.

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Srinagar, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, posters have appeared in different areas of the territory asking people to observe complete shutdown on January 01, 2022, against discriminatory proposals by Delimitation Commission and genocide of Kashmiri Muslims by Indian brutal forces.

The posters pasted on walls, pillars and electricity poles in Srinagar and other areas of the occupied territory asked the people to observe shutdown to send a clear message to the world and Indian government that they want right to self-determination and reject Indian illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.

The posters displayed by Tehreek-e-Jammu Kashmir Bachaw, said the Kashmiris are demanding their right to self-determination guaranteed to them by the United Nations. The posters urged the people to hold demonstrations on the day against anti-Kashmir brutal acts, Delimitation Commission’s illogical proposals and Modi’s war crimes in the occupied territory.

The posters read that Modi government is destroying constitutional basis in Jammu and Kashmir to change the Muslim majority of Jammu and Kashmir into a minority to install a Hindutva Chief Minister.

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New Delhi, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):The call for genocide of Muslims by Hindutva monks in India has become a matter of international concern with noted global media outlets prominently reporting about the hate summit with graphic details. The Indian government, however, is maintaining a studied silence over the call for genocide of Muslims made by an assembly of Hindutva monks in Haridwar in Uttarakhand state.

A massive outrage is brewing against the Uttarakhand government worldwide ever since video clips of Hindutva monks delivering venomous speeches against Muslim minority surfaced on social media. The event was reported a week after it sparked outcry on social media. Questions are being raised over the silence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Opposition leaders over the issue.

In its report captioned “Haridwar: Police case after outrage in India over anti-Muslim hate speech”, the BBC noted the proximity of the hate speakers to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Social media users, however, have identified many of the speakers in the videos who are important religious leaders often seen in the company of ministers and members from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),” said the report.

The report also highlighted the support given by the BJP leaders to the hate crimes against minorities. “Activists say the frequency of hate crimes against Muslims and other minorities has increased since 2014, when the BJP first came to power. Videos of hate speech or violence against Muslims regularly go viral in India. Critics allege this is because of the support – both open and tacit – that the perpetrators receive from ruling party leaders,” said the report.

In its report titled “As Hindu Extremists Call for Killing of Muslims, India’s Leaders Keep Silent”, The New York Times (NYT) questioned the silence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Opposition leaders over the genocidal speeches.

“Videos of the event have spread widely on social media in India this week. Yet Mr. Modi has maintained a characteristic silence that analysts say can be interpreted by his most extreme supporters as a tacit signal of protection. The police, who readily jail rights activists and comedians on charges lacking evidence, have been slow to take action. Even Opposition political groups have been restrained in their response, an indication of the degree to which right-wing Hindu nationalism has gripped the country since Mr. Modi came to office in 2014,” said the report.

Pointing to the severity of the hate speeches, the NYT report said, “Even by the standards of the rising anti-Muslim fury in India, the three-day conference in the city of Haridwar, 150 miles north of New Delhi, produced the most blatant and alarming call for violence in recent years”.

Apart from the BBC and NYT, other international outlets like Al-Jazeera, Independent, Bloomberg and others covered it. “India: Hindu event calling for genocide of Muslims sparks outrage,” reads the headline of Aljazeera report while Independent headline says, “Shock after leaders of several far-right Hindu groups allegedly call for genocide of minorities in India”.

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Moradabad, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):Hindutva extremists vandalised a shop run by a Muslim man in Indian state of Utter Pradesh ruled by BJP-RSS. According to Kashmir Media Service, the shop named ‘New Sai Juice Centre’, is there for the past 15 years in the Majhola area of Moradabad district of the state.

The Hindutva extremists vandalised the shop and forced its Muslim owner to shut it down. They raised objection to the outlet’s name ‘New Sai Juice Centre’. The Bajrang Dal outfit claimed that “Sai Baba is a Hindu deity” and the Muslim owner should change its name. They also threatened to shut all shops run by Muslims.

Majhola Station house officer (SHO) Dhananjay Singh said, “We found that about 20-25 people, led by Navneet Sharma, had forcefully closed the juice shop. They also slapped its owner. We have registered an FIR against Sharma and his aides.”

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Srinagar, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed its deep concern over the deteriorating health conditions of the incarcerated Hurriyat leaders and activists, languishing in Tihar, Agra, Jijar, Jodhpur and other notorious jails of India and occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC General Secretary Molvi Bashir Ahamad Irfani in a statement issued in Srinagar while referring to the deaths of five Tihar jail’s inmates in just eight days condemned the criminal negligence of the jail authorities in providing primary medical facilities to the inmates.

“The denial of basic medical treatment and other amenities as per jail manual has deteriorated the health conditions of the detainees including detained Hurriyat leaders and activists belonging to the resistance movement of Kashmir raising concern about the safety of their life,” he added.

The APHC General Secretary said that dozens of prisoners were killed in jails or during house detention including Muhammad Maqbool Butt, Muhammad Afzal Guroo, Syed Ali Gilani, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Ghulam Muhammad Shah, Ali Muhammad Ahanger, Mushtaq Ahamad Butt, Zia Mustuffa and others.

Irfani urged the United Nations Human Rights Council and other human rights organisations to take serious cognizance of the deteriorating health conditions of the incarcerated Hurriyat leaders and activists including, APHC Chairman Masarat Aalam Butt, Vice Chairman Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Dr Shafi Shariety, Dr Muhammad Qasim, Aasiya Andrabi, Fahmida Sofi, Naheeda Nasreen, Dr Gh Muhammad Butt, Ayaz Akbar, Altaf Fantosh, Peer Saifullah, Shahidul Islam, Farooq Ahamad Dar, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Merajudin Kalwal, Ameer Hamza, Muhammad Yousaf Mir, Muhammad Yousaf Falahi, Maqsood Ahamad Bhat, Zahoor Bhat, M Ayoub Mir, M Ayoub Dar, Showkat Ahmad Khan and all other detainees suffering from multiple ailments.

The Hurriyat leader while hailing the steadfastness of the detained leaders and activists said that Indian fascist jail authorities are adamant to kill the Hurriyat leadership in its notorious jails. The APHC leader sought the intervention by the United Nations Secretary General to allow the people of Kashmir to decide their political future through a free and fair plebiscite.

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Muzaffarpur (Bihar), December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):Seven persons were killed and as many were injured in a boiler explosion in a factory in Bihar state. According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident took place when a boiler explosion inside a factory brought the structure down and left many buildings in the vicinity severely damaged in Muzaffarpur area of the state, a top official said.

District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, Pranay Kumar said the boiler blast took place inside a unit at Bela industrial area that manufactured noodles and other snacks. The sound was heard far and wide and the rooftops of many other buildings in the area were blown away by the impact of the collision which reduced the factory to rubble, said the DM.

Officials of the local administration, police, and fire department rushed to the spot to carry out rescue operations. Seven bodies were pulled out of the debris and sent for post-mortem. Several other persons, who have sustained serious injuries, were admitted to the SKMCH referral hospital where their condition was said to be critical.

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Gowhatti, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):A Hindutva mob associated with Bajrang Dal stopped Hindus from celebrating Christmas in Indian disturbed state of Assam. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Bajrang Dal goons manhandled non-Christians at the town’s Presbyterian Church near the Cachar district police headquarters of the state, locals said. In a video uploaded on social media, a leader of the Bajrang Dal’s local unit, said “We have an issue with the Hindus who went against their dharma to sing Merry Christmas instead of observing ‘Tulsi Divas’.

In the video, Bajrang Dal members donning saffron scarves and chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ also said they locked the church after 11 p.m. A similar incident happened in Silchar during Christmas in 2020 with members of radical Hindu groups preventing Hindus from participating in a festival “meant for Christians only”.

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Amritsar, December 27, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Sikhs across the globe have stepped up efforts to press upon India to repeal death sentence to Balwant Singh Rajoana and release all nine Sikh prisoners, who have served more than twenty years in jail.

According to Kashmir Media Service, to highlight the plight and present status of these prisoners, who have been languishing in various jails since mid 90’s, the Sikh organization’s took out a march in favour of Prof Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara, Balwant Singh Rajoana, Gurmeet Singh, Lakhwinder Singh and Shamsher Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Paramjit Singh.

While Rajoana is on death row, while others have been sentenced to life imprisonment in militancy related cases. The marchers were holding big banners carrying photos of all detainees and slogans asking the Indian government to stop injustices to Sikh prisoners. They raised slogans in favour of detainees. Calling them political prisoners, the organizers of the event said they have been in jail for community’s cause.

The organizations that participated in the event include Dal Khalsa, Sikh Youth of Punjab, AISSF and Sikh Youth Federation Bhindrawale. The activists performed at Akal Takhat for their well-being. The five youngsters led by Jugraj Singh, who unfurled Sikh flag at Red Fort on January 26 also took part in the event. Dal Khalsa leader Kanwar Pal Singh said that the continued detention of 9 prisoners not only violates the principle of equality but is also a clear violation of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

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