BJP MLA Sangeet Som booked for showing 'riot' documentary ahead of UP polls

January 19, 2017

Meerut, Jan 19: Sangeet Som, the controversial BJP MLA from Sardhana in UP , has been booked for allegedly screening footage from the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots as part of a documentary . The riots left 63 people dead and over 50,000 homeless.

sangeet"A case has been filed against Sangeet Som under Section 125 (promoting enmity between classes in connection with election) in the Representation of the People Act, 1951," Sardhana circle officer Chandra Pal Singh said. On Tuesday , police had seized a CD allegedly containing footage of the riots from Som's campaign vehicle at Fareedpur village in Meerut's Sardhana constituency. A case was also filed against the driver of the vehicle and another person for violating Section 144 of CrPc. Police sources said the CD contained footage of the clashes that took place in Muzaffarnagar's Kawal vil lage in 2013.

Meerut district magistrate B Chandrakala had said on Tuesday , "The 21-minute documentary has been found objectionable and communal in nature by the media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC). A report is being compiled and sent to the Election Commission."

According to sources in the MCMC, the documentary included interviews of Som on different TV channels during the riots, and projected him as a hero. When TOI contacted Som, he said, "The CD did not contain any clips on Muzaffarnagar riots." Som, an accused in the communal flare-up, was among three BJP legislators booked on Wednesday for violating the model code of conduct. The two others are Muzaffarnagar MLA Kapil Dev Agarwal and Shamli representative Suresh Rana, also an accused in the 2013 riots.

While Agarwal has been booked for a campaign march from his office to a temple, Rana sat on a dharna held by traders and made an address.

Both have been booked under IPC Section 188, i.e. disobedience of an order issued by a public servant.

VHP issues Ram temple ultimatum

VHP has postponed its Ram temple campaign till the UP assembly elections conclude, but said on Wednesday that the BJP-led Centre had three months after that to build the temple, failing which it would march to Parliament with its "80 lakh members". VHP international general secretary Champat Rai, who presided over the chintan shivir at the annual Magh Mela in Allahabad, said, "We have suspended the agitation... as BJP is engaged in polls. The campaign will intensify after the polls." "He said the government's "dilly-dallying" over the issue had given rise to resentment among seers. "I urge VHP officebearers and seers to prepare themselves for an agitation if the government fails to fulfil our demand," he added.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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May 28,2020

Hyderabad, MAY 28: A three-year-old boy who accidentally fell into a newly drilled open borewell in Telangana's Medak district was found dead in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The kid's body was retrieved at around 4 am after a nearly 10 hours' long rescue operation involving different agencies, they said.

"He died a while before we evacuated him, most likely due to the mud that covered him from the top sealing off necessary oxygen supply, " Medak District Superintendent of Police Chandana Deepti told PTI.

The boy had accidentally slipped into the 120- feet borewell at around 5 pm on Wednesday in an agricultural field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when he was walking with his grandfather and father, police earlier said.

As part of rescue efforts, a parallel trench was dug along the borewell hole with the help of earth excavating machines and oxygen was supplied into it, but the efforts went in vain as the boy's body was found stuck at a depth of around 25 feet, the police said.

Apart from the police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were also involved in the rescue operation.

The borewell into which the child fell was one among the three dug by the family since Tuesday night to try and find water for their fields. But none of them yielded any water, police had said.

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July 17,2020

New Delhi, Jul 17: The first FIR against Volkswagen and Audi in India for installing cheat devices in their cars to misrepresent emissions has been filed in Noida.

The FIR was filed by Noida resident Aniljit Singh against the top officials of Volkswagen and Audi in India and their headquarters in Germany. These include Rahil Ansari, Brand Director, Audi India, Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head, Audi India, and Bram Schot, Chairman, Audi AG.

The FIR reviewed by media agency cites forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The complaint has cited the global emissions scandal where VW was found to be installing a cheat device in its cars, in the absence of which, the cars produced 10-40 times emissions beyond the permissible limits.

The complainant said that in 2018 he had purchased seven Audi cars worth crores of rupees. At the time of taking the delivery, the complainant said that he inquired if the cheat devices were installed in India and he was told by the company that they were not, as in India's emission norms were not as stringent and the country being a growing market for Audi, no such device was implanted.

The complaint said that the authorities in India observed that Audi cars' emissions for nitrogen oxide were 5-8 times the permissible limits and after the National Green Tribunal imposed a penalty of Rs 500 crore on VW, the complainant realised that he had been duped of his hard earned money.

He alleged that the accused persons had misrepresented the complainant by forging the documents and devices and caused wrongful gains to themselves and wrongful losses to the complainant. These officials had made wrong records to capture the market, with malafide intent and under a pre-planned conspiracy had induced and defrauded the complainant.

The accused persons are guilty of cheating the customers and have induced the complainant to part with hard earned money for sub-standard cars. The accused are also guilty of forging the documents on which they had sought various clearances.

The complainant has demanded that the allegations may be thoroughly investigated by a senior official.

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