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Blood of Freedom Fighters Runs In My Veins, Won’t Be Scared, Says Kanhaiya Kumar After ‘Ink’ Assault

The Congress party’s nominee for the North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency has blamed BJP MP Manoj Tiwari for the attack.

New Delhi: A day after he was assaulted outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office in New Usmanpur, New Delhi,  the Congress party’s nominee for North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency Kanhaiya Kumar on Saturday, May 18 said that “the blood of freedom fighters” runs in his veins and he “won’t be scared” of any attack.

“Sahab, don’t send gundas (goons). Don’t send gundas (goons). I have seen your police, your jail. Do whatever you want to do, the blood of freedom fighters runs in my veins. We are Congress party workers. If we didn’t get scared of the British, we won’t be scared of their aides too,” Kumar said on a campaign trail.

According to a report published in The Hindu, Kumar’s team informed the daily that an unidentified person “raised his hand” on him on the pretext of garlanding on Friday, May 17.

“After garlanding him, some persons threw ink on Kumar and tried to assault him. When Chhaya Sharma tried to intervene, they misbehaved and threatened her,” news agency PTI wrote, citing the complaint registered by AAP councillor Chhaya Sharma.

DCP (North East) Joy Tirkey told The Hindu that legal action was being taken on Sharma’s complaint and investigation is under way.

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Blaming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari for the incident, Kumar was quoted as saying by the PTI, “The attack was ordered by rival contender from the constituency Manoj Tiwari.” Further, Kumar suggested that the electorates will give the “answer” to the “violence”.

Congress leader Srinivas B.V. said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s followers are attacking Congress candidates by “sending hired goons”.

“Due to the frustration of defeat in the elections, the prime minister is talking nonsense, and his followers are attacking the Congress candidates by sending hired goons. Delhi Police should take immediate action against the BJP goons who cowardly attacked,” Srinivas said. 

In a post on X, Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair said that Daksh Chaudhary, the person who had allegedly attacked Kumar, was earlier arrested by the Ghaziabad Police for conspiring to “spoil the atmosphere” by entering a mosque.

Delhi will vote on May 25 in the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Maharashtra: Police Book 2 Over Social Media ‘Threat’ of Another Ink Attack on BJP Minister

Nationalist Congress Party’s Vikas Lole has been booked in two police stations over a social media post allegedly threatening a repeat of last weekend’s ink ‘attack’ on Chandrakant Patil.

New Delhi: Maharashtra police have lodged two fresh FIRs and booked two people in connection with a social media post allegedly threatening another ink attack on Bharatiya Janata Party leader and state minister Chandrakant Patil.

Attending a function at Pimpri Chinchwad on Saturday, December 17, Patil wore a face shield, reported PTI.

Last weekend he had been attacked with ink after he had said in a speech that social reformers Dr B.R. Ambedkar and Jyotiba Bhule had “begged” for funds rather than depending on government grants to run educational institutions.

Three people had been arrested in the aftermath of the incident. Two of the arrested persons are from the Samata Sainik Dal and one is a member of the Vanchit Bhaujan Aghadi, police had earlier said.

NCP worker booked

Police identified one of the two booked as Nationalist Congress Party’s social media cell head at Pimpri Chinchwad, Vikas Lole.

One Dashrath Patil has also been booked by Sangvi police in Pimpri Chinchwad, PTI reported.

The two were mentioned under Indian Penal Code sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 505 (1) (B) (statements conducing to public mischief).

Their social media post allegedly said that ink would be thrown at Patil during his visit to a ‘Pawanathadi Jatra’ at an open ground in Pimpri Chinchwad. The event began on December 16 and Patil was invited for the December 17 function, reported Hindustan Times.

A complaint was filed by a former BJP corporator, Harshal Dhore, who claimed that Lole had threatened minister Patil with another ink attack on social media. “He used abusive language against Patil in his social media post, and he asked journalists to take vantage positions for photographs during the incident,” HT reported the complaint as having said.

Indian Express has reported that Lole was also booked by Kothrud police based on a complaint by one Swapnil Bangar.

“The person has been charged under relevant provisions of the IPC and Information Technology Act based on an Instagram reel,” the Kothrud police station official said, according to PTI.

‘Face shield’

A day after the attack, on December 11, Patil claimed that the act of spilling ink on him had been a planned one and zeroed in on a journalist, Govind Wakade, asking how he came to be at the venue and in a position to record the incident.

Wakade was summoned to the police station and allowed to go home only late at night. Journalists and their organisations had thoroughly criticised the move. The Mumbai Press Club said that it was the “collective voice of journalists” that led to Wakade’s release.

While Patil’s appearance in a face shield on Saturday set off speculation, an unnamed close aide of the minister told PTI that he put on a face shield as has been advised by a doctor to protect eyes from any kind of infection.

Ink Attack on BJP Minister: ‘Attempt to Murder’ Charge Dropped, Suspension of 10 Cops Revoked

A journalist had earlier been detained and questioned for over half a day after Chandrakant Patil asked how he came to be at the venue ink was spilled on him.

New Delhi: The Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Pune district of Maharashtra have dropped the ‘attempt to murder’ charge against three persons arrested for allegedly throwing ink at Bharatiya Janata Party minister Chandrakant Patil.

The suspension of 10 cops has also been revoked.

The incident had occurred in Pimpri city on Saturday, December 10, in an apparent mark of protest against minister Patil’s remark that the likes of Dr B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule had to go “begging” for funds to set up schools and did not seek government grants. Patil later said he did not mean the word pejoratively and that he had meant they sought donations.

Three people threw ink at Patil when he was stepping out of a building. Soon afterwards, they were arrested and 10 policemen, including three officers, were suspended for this alleged security lapse.

A day after the attack, on December 11, Patil claimed that the attack had been a planned one and zeroed in on a journalist, Govind Wakade, asking how he came to be at the venue and in a position to record the incident.

“How did that journalist get the exact angle when the ink was being thrown at me? Who is that journalist? If by tomorrow morning, this journalist is not traced, I will sit on a fast at Pimpri police station,” Patil allegedly said.

Wakade was summoned to the police station and allowed to go home only late at night. Journalists and their organisations had thoroughly criticised the move. The Mumbai Press Club said that it was the “collective voice of journalists” which led to Wakade’s release.

On Monday, Patil sought the release of those who were arrested in connection with the ink attack and also demanded that the suspension of the police personnel be revoked.

“We have dropped section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a case registered against three accused, who were held for the ink attack on Patil. However, the other sections under which they were booked, will remain,” Pimpri Chinchwad Police Commissioner Ankush Shinde said on Tuesday.

The other sections invoked in the case are 120B (criminal conspiracy ), 355 (assault or use of criminal force to any person), 500 (defamation), and 34 (common intention), police said.

Two of the arrested persons are from the Samata Sainik Dal and one is a member of the Vanchit Bhaujan Aghadi, police had earlier said.

“The suspension of 10 police personnel also has been revoked,” said Shinde.

(With PTI inputs)

Maharashtra: Journalist Detained After BJP Minister Asks Cops to ‘Trace’ Him for Ink Attack

The Mumbai Press Club has released a statement condemning Chandrakant Patil’s words and said Govind Wakade was “merely doing his duty” when he recorded Patil being subjected to an ink attack. It said Wakade was only released after collective clamour.

New Delhi: A television journalist was detained and three people were arrested after ink was thrown at Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chandrakant Patil on Sunday, December 11, following a comment he made on Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule and Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil.

Indian Express had reported that speaking at a public event at Pimpri Chichwad on December 10, Patil said the social reformers did not receive aid from the government when they started schools.

“They started schools by going to the people and begging for money,” he said.

The use of the word “begged” allegedly angered someone in the audience and ink was thrown at Patil.

Patil eventually apologised for using the word but said that it is commonly used in rural areas. He also said that he actually meant crowd funding or what is “similar to present-day concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility or donations.”

By Sunday, December 11, Patil claimed that the attack had been a planned one and zeroed in on the journalist, who has been identified by the Mumbai Press Club as Govind Wakade of News18.

“Some people distorted my statement and attacked me in a cowardly manner. This was a planned attack. I will submit evidence to the district collector,” Patil said, according to PTI.

Patil questioned how Wakade came to be in the venue and in a position to record the incident.

“How did that journalist get the exact angle when the ink was being thrown at me? Who is that journalist? If by tomorrow morning, this journalist is not traced, I will sit on a fast at Pimpri police station,” Express reported Patil as having been heard saying in a video clip.

A case was registered against the three in Chinchwad police station under Indian Penal Code sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 500 (defamation), 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).

The BJP held protests in some places during the day seeking strict action in the case.

The Pimpri Chichwad police on Sunday evening said three persons had been arrested for the incident, with commissioner Ankush Shinde saying the role of a television journalist was being probed.

“The journalist was summoned to the police station and allowed to go home late Sunday night. He will be summoned again for further inquiry on Monday,” Shinde said.

The Mumbai Press Club has released a statement strongly condemning the minister’s insinuation and said Wakade was “merely doing his duty.” It also noted that it was the “collective voice of journalists” which led to Wakade’s release.

The statement’s headline wrongly mentions ‘arrest’. Wakade was detained.

Express has also reported that the Pimpri-Chinchwad Patrakar Sangh, a body of journalists, has also decried the minister’s apparent direction to the police to take action against Wakade.

Two of the arrested persons are from the Samata Sainik Dal and one us a member of the Vanchit Bhaujan Aghadi.

He said 10 police personnel, including three officers, have been placed under suspension for the incident. Patil on Sunday had also said he had requested the chief minister (Eknath Shinde) and his deputy (Devendra Fadnavis) not to suspend the police personnel who were on duty with him at the time of the incident.

Defending himself, Patil said he had strived hard to get Marathwada University renamed after Babasaheb Ambedkar. Asking if anybody from the group that threw ink on him had even studied the works of Ambedkar, Patil also lashed out at Nationalist Congress Party leaders Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal.

“Why is Ajit Pawar quiet today? Bhujbal has said this (ink throwing) is a natural reaction. In that case, ink should be hurled at him as well. I have read Babasaheb (works). Ask (Karjat Jamkhed NCP MLA) Rohit Pawar to read the works of Babasaheb and then come to counter me,” Patil said.

He said police must be allowed to do its work in connection with the probe into the incident and asked people not to create law and order issues.

(With PTI inputs)

Woman Who Accused Rajasthan Minister’s Son of Rape Attacked With Ink in Delhi

After the woman made the accusation last month, the police attempted to arrest Rohit Joshi – the son of Mahesh Joshi, Rajasthan’s minister for public health. Later, he was granted anticipatory bail.

New Delhi: A 23-year-old woman who accused the son of a Rajasthan minister part of the Congress-led state government of raping her multiple times was attacked with ink while walking on a road in South Delhi on Saturday, June 11, according to a report by NDTV.

The woman was reportedly walking down Kalindi Kunj road in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh with her mother when two men accosted them and threw a “blue liquid” at the alleged survivor. 

Police officials told the news outlet that the woman was taken to the trauma centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) thereafter and that a case has been registered and an investigation launched into the matter.

According to a report by the Indian Express, the case has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 323 (causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 195A (threatening person to give false evidence).

The woman had reportedly filed a complaint in May against Rohit Joshi – the son of Mahesh Joshi, Rajasthan’s minister for public health – in which she alleged that he had raped and sexually assaulted her on several occasions in 2021.

In the first information report (FIR) registered in the matter last month, she had claimed that Rohit said no one could harm him because he was the son of a minister and that “people won’t even know where I (the accuser) have disappeared”.

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After the FIR was registered, a team of 15-20 police personnel went to Joshi’s residence in Jaipur to arrest the accused but had found the house demolished. Thereafter, the police visit another residence of the accused in Delhi’s Civil Lines, but the accused was absconding.

The police had told the newspaper that Rohit’s family had been intimated about the case and had asked them to inform the police of his whereabouts. 

Rohit had also applied for anticipatory bail which was granted on Friday, June 10 by a Tis Hazari court in Delhi. In its order, the court directed the accused to approach the investigating officer and that after his arrest, he would be released after furnishing a Rs 5 lakh bail bond. The court also directed Rohit not to leave Delhi without its permission.

The accused counsel, Deepak Chauhan, had also submitted photographs and transcripts to the court to argue that the relationship between the accused and the accuser was consensual.

Further, the court granted permission to the IO to move the court and cancel the accused’s bail if need be.

Swati Maliwal, chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women, posted about the incident on Twitter on June 12, tagging Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and telling him to arrest the minister’s son instead of saving him.

Further, Maliwal said that she would be sending notice to the Delhi police in the matter. A copy of the same was shared on Twitter thereafter. 

Farm Leader Rakesh Tikait Attacked With Ink at Press Conference in Bengaluru

The police have said that three individuals behind the attack on the farm leader have been apprehended and are currently being held at the local police station.

New Delhi: Farm leader Rakesh Tikait was attacked and had ink thrown at him while he was at a press conference in Bengaluru on Monday, May 30.

In footage of the incident which has emerged on social media, Tikait can be seen sitting at the dais while a fellow speaker sat beside him is speaking.

Two men are then seen approaching the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader and one of them begins attacking him with a microphone placed in front of Tikait. Immediately after that, the other man throws ink on Tikait’s face.

The videos also show the chaos that ensued after the incident, with chairs being thrown and a brawl erupting in the venue.

Chants of “Modi, Modi” can be heard in the video.

Various individuals attacking each other with chairs after the attack on Tikait. Photo: PTI/Shailendra Bhojak.

Tikait was one of the most prominent faces of the year-long farmers’ movement which took place last year and ended with the Modi government having to repeal the three controversial agriculture laws due to the pressure.

Tikait was reportedly in Bengaluru on Monday to respond to allegations that he had colluded with the Union government in order to draw the farmers’ protest to a close.

According to a report by the Hindu, fellow farm leader from Karnataka Kodihalli Chandrashekhar, in a sting-operation recently broadcast on a Kannada-language news channel, had made the claim that Tikait had worked with the Union government and had struck some deal in order to end the protest against the farm laws.

The newspaper also reported that according to the local police, three individuals involved in the attack have been apprehended and sent to the High Grounds police station in the city.

Moreover, news agency ANI reported that one of the organisers of the event cried foul about no security being offered for the press conference by the Bengaluru police. As such, the organiser alleged that the attack on Tikait had been done in “collusion” with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) demanded strict punishment for those who threw ink on Tikait.
The umbrella organisation of over 40 farm unions also demanded that the police officers “guilty for this negligence” be suspended and a judicial inquiry ordered in the matter.

Alleging that the Karnataka government had not made any security arrangements for Tikait, the SKM said, “The photo of the prime accused along with former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, BJP’s state vice-president Vijayendra, current home minister Araga Jnanendra and irrigation minister Govind Karjol has now made it clear that the attack was sponsored by the BJP.”

(With PTI inputs)