1. Mob Violence Breaks Out Between Valmikis and Muslims in Delhi; 10 Injured
Clashes broke out between Valmikis and Muslims over two days in northwest Delhi’s Bharat Nagar, leaving at least 10 people injured. The incident occurred after a girl was alleged molested by a Muslim boy.
According to The Indian Express, a mob attempted to set afire a house and hurled stones at the local mosque, despite the presence of the police. Although extra security personnel were deployed after the clash errupted on Saturday night, fresh clashes erupted on Sunday night as residents hurled stones, bricks and resorted to physical violence.
Although no violence was reported till Monday evening, Section 144 (prevention of unlawful assembly) has been imposed in Bharat Nagar’s Sangam Park locality. Senior police officers have been patrolling the area.
2. Uproar Over Video Footage of Delhi Police Manhandling Protestors
A video showing Delhi Police officers beating students, who were protesting outside the RSS headquarters in Jhandewalan over Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, has sparked outrage in the capital.
The video shot on 30 January shows police officers and men in civilian clothes beating up protesters. Some officials were caught on camera violent beating students, including women, and pushing them to the ground.
Read the whole story on The Indian Express.
3. Girl Stabbed to Death by Dejected Suitor
A teenage girl was knifed to death in Sitamarhi by a 21-year-old boy who had proposed to the girl and been rejected.
According to the police, Dinesh Kumar Ram, an undergraduate student at a college in Sitamarhi, around 145km north of Patna, accosted 16-year-old Khushboo Kumari at Bagaha village in the district around 6.30 am.
According to The Telegraph, Khusboo was stabbed at least 15 stab in her stomach, chest and back. She succumbed to her injuries instantly.
Hearing Khusboo’s screams, a group of residents chased Dinesh, who was trying to flee. They soon caught up with him and assaulted him with bamboo sticks and iron rods. Dineshdied while being taken to the Sitamarhi Sadar hHospital by his relatives.
4. Ponzi Scheme Prime Accused Arrested in Gandhinagar
State CID officials have arrested Raju Mewada, one of the prime accused in the multi-crore Jay Khodiyar Mitra Mandal (JKMM) and Deep Capital Services Pvt Ltd (DCS) scam, from Gandhinagar on Monday.
The two firms have fraudulently collected close to Rs 100 crore, flouting RBI norms.
The Times of India reports that investigators will produce Mewada in court on Tuesday to get his custody.
5. Arrested TMC Leader Had Been Booked in 2012 for Firing at Policeman
Trinamul Congress leader Narendranath Chakraborty, who was arrested at Calcutta airport on Sunday for carrying a revolver and three cartridges, had been booked in 2012 for firing at a policeman.
According to a report in The Telegraph, Chakraborty, who is in charge of the agriculture department of the Burdwan zilla parishad, had allegedly opened fire from a country-made revolver during a clash between TMC and CPI(ML) activists on 11 April, 2012, in Pandaveswar, where he is the block committee president of the ruling party.
Police sources said that Chakraborty was accused of firing at the then officer in charge of Pandaveswar police station, Gyan Sahu, when the police tried to disperse the warring sides. The bullet had missed the officer.
6. SIMI May Be Responsible for Panipat Train Blast: NIA Report
Members of the banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) who escaped from a Madhya Pradesh jail in 2013 could be behind the low-intensity bomb blast in an empty passenger train that took place on 16 January, The Indian Express reported.
The blast had occurred when the Panipat-Ambala (64543) passenger train was stationed at Panipat Junction.
The National Investigative Agency has told the Government Railway Police in its report that the samples from Panipat blast site matched those used by SIMI.
7. Minor Rape Victim Raped Again by Hospital Security Guard
A minor rape victim admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital hospital in Jamshedpur was allegedly sexually assaulted by a security guard.
The Hindustan Times reports that the police have arrested the accused, identified as Shambhu Mahato, on Monday morning from a locality of the steel city, about 130 km from capital Ranchi.
The police also detained 12 fellow security guards, including a woman, for allegedly helping Mahato flee after committing the crime at the government hospital. The victim identified the attacker, police said.
8. Disclosure on Dalit Firing in 2012 May Harm India’s Sovereignty: Gujarat Govt
The Gujarat government feels that the disclosure of an inquiry report into the killing of three Dalit youths in police firing in Thangadh town in 2012 may incite hatred among sections of the society and harm the sovereignty and integrity of the country.
Sanjay Prasad, Principal Secretary at the Social Justice and Empowerment Department, has cited this as the reason for rejecting an RTI application to provide an inquiry report about the incident, The Times of India has reported.
In September 2012, three Dalit youths Pankaj Sumra (16), Mehul Rathod (17) and Prakash Parmar (26) were killed in police firing in Thangadh town when they were trying to control a clash between people of two communities.
After the incident, the state government had asked Prasad to conduct an inquiry. RTI and Dalit rights activist Kirit Rathod had filed an RTI application in January 2013 seeking copy of Prasad’s inquiry report but was denied.
9. Youth Bludgeoned to Death in Kerala
A youngster, identified as Shabeer, succumbed to the injuries he sustained in a brutal attack by a gang of six near the Vakkom railway gate in Kerala around 4.30 pm on Sunday.
Video footage of the attack, from unnamed sources, was flashed by news channels which helped the police identify the accused.
According to S Sajjad, Circle Inspector of Kadakkavoor, prior enmity led to the attack on Shabeer and his friend Unnikrishnan, who is in a critical condition and under treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital in Kerala, reports The Hindu.
Shabeer, who was on ventilator support at the hospital, passed away at 2 pm on Monday. The police are on the lookout for the accused, of which at least three have been identified.
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