QBullet: Kashmir Issue at UNHRC; Chinmayanand Accused of Rape
Here are the top stories of the day.
1. India, Pak to Square off on Jammu and Kashmir in Geneva Today
India and Pakistan are expected to square off on the issue of Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Tuesday, 10 September against the backdrop of international pressure on New Delhi to ease restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi left for Switzerland on Monday to represent his country at the 42nd session of the UNHRC. He tweeted that Pakistan will “speak definitively” at the session on alleged “atrocities in Kashmir”.
Qureshi will make a country statement at noon Geneva time that is expected to focus on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following India’s decision on 5 August to revoke the state’s special status and reorganise it into two Union territories.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
2. Raped for Over 1 Year by BJP Leader Chinmayanand: Student
A law student from Uttar Pradesh alleged on Monday, 9 September that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand raped her for over a year and that the state police are reluctant in opening a case under relevant sections against the politician despite her complaints.
The allegations come weeks after the Supreme Court stepped into the case and ordered a special probe as she went underground after suggesting Chinmayanand had sexually assaulted several women at a college in Shahjahanpur where he is the director. The woman was found by police in Rajasthan after being on the run for nearly a week fearing backlash over the accusations she made on Facebook on 24 August.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
3. Woman on Wheelchair Asked to Stand at Delhi’s T3, Told ‘Don’t Do Drama’
Wheelchair-bound US citizen and disability rights activist, Virali Modi, had a harrowing time at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday when she was allegedly harassed by a CISF woman constable who insisted she should stand for the mandatory security check procedure. Virali cannot walk or stand and has been paralysed after a spinal cord injury since 2006.
“I am disabled from the last 13 years. I am unable to walk and stand. I was travelling today (Monday) from IGI Airport, Terminal 3 on a SpiceJet Flight (SG8723) to Mumbai,” Virali wrote in her complaint to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
(Source: Hindustan Times)
4. Police Charge Sheet Drops Murder Charge Against 11 Accused in Tabrez Killing
Jharkhand Police have dropped the murder charge under IPC Section 302 in their chargesheet filed against 11 accused in the death of 22-year-old Tabrez Ansari who was attacked by a mob that accused him of theft in Saraikela-Kharsawan nearly four months ago.
Citing the “final post-mortem report” that Ansari died of “cardiac arrest”, and stating that it was “not a case of pre-meditated murder”, police filed the chargesheet last month under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). Police had earlier invoked the murder charge in the FIR filed on a complaint by Ansari’s wife.
(Source: The Indian Express)
5. Son Denied Deal, Contractor Hired Men to Assault Sail Chief: Police
A month after Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) chairman Anil Kumar Chaudhary was assaulted by armed men in what appeared to be a case of road rage, the Delhi police have established that it was, in fact, a premeditated attack over a deal not going through.
The special task force of the Crime Branch has arrested a 62-year-old private contractor, Ashok Kumar Singh, for allegedly hiring the men to attack Chaudhary. Sources at SAIL said Chaudhary rejected poor quality coking coal, sourced from the US, supplied by a Sharjah-based company owned by Singh’s son.
(Source: The Indian Express)
6. Trouble for Kamal Nath as Home Ministry Wants 1984 Riots Case Reopened
A case linked to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, where witnesses alleged the involvement of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, will be re-opened again following orders from the Union home ministry. Kamal Nath has denied having a role in the riots and was given the benefit of the doubt by the commission investigating it. But references to the case had returned to haunt the Congress after Nath was named the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister last year. His oath ceremony was held amid protests by Sikh groups.
The ministry's decision came days after the arrest of Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri in connection with the AgustaWestland case. Last month, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram was also arrested by the Central Bureau Of Investigation.
(Source: NDTV)
7. Terror Alert for South India Based on Boats Found in Gujarat's Sir Creek
The Army has received intelligence inputs that terrorists can attack the southern part of India, a senior official said on Monday, adding that abandoned boats have been found at Gujarat's Sir Creek.
The warning comes weeks after ports in Gujarat were put on high alert after intelligence agencies received inputs that Pakistani commandos were likely to infiltrate into Indian waters through the Kutch area and use the sea route to try and incite communal trouble or carry out a terror attack in Gujarat.
(Source: NDTV)
8. Tension Between India, Pakistan ‘Less Heated’ Now Than 2 Weeks Ago: Trump
The relationship between India and Pakistan is "less heated" now than what was two weeks ago, United States President Donald Trump has said, reiterating his offer to help the two South-Asian neighbours only if both of them want.
The comments by Donald Trump were his first and comes two weeks since his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France on August 26.
"India and Pakistan are having a conflict over Kashmir as you know. I think (it) is a little bit less heated right now than (what) was two weeks ago," President Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday, 9 September.
(Source: NDTV)
9. Lander ‘Tilted’ Not Broken, Says ISRO
Chandrayaan-2’s lander Vikram is unbroken but lying tilted on the surface of the moon after a hard landing very close to the scheduled touchdown site, an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official said on Monday, 9 September.
Efforts are underway to see whether communication can be re-established with the lander but chances of that are bleak with full system functionality a prerequisite to restoring contact, officials explained.
“The lander is there (on the moon) as a single piece, not broken into pieces. It’s in a tilted position,” an ISRO official said.
(Source: The Hindu)
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