HP: Police detain woman for vandalising Shivling at temple amid speculation of Muslim involvement
Kangra: Police have detained Nisha Devi, a 35-year-old woman, for allegedly vandalising a Shivling at a temple in Nagrota in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.
The incident, which occurred on Friday, sparked unrest and protests, with numerous Hindutva organisations gathering at Gandhi Maidan and alleging that the Shivling was desecrated by individuals from another community. Right-wing groups reportedly expressed demands to vacate shops rented by Muslim vendors in the market, fueled by assumptions on social media that the vandalism was perpetrated by Muslims.
Protesters chanted anti-Muslim slogans, including “Na mullon ka na khazi ka, Ye desh hai veer shivaji ka,” as shown in a video shared by fact-checker Mohammed Zubair on X.
The police immediately registered an FIR after they were informed about the incident. During the investigation, police reviewed CCTV footage from near the temple and identified a woman entering and exiting the premises around 3:00 a.m. They stated that the accused, Nisha Devi, was the individual seen in the footage. Authorities also noted that she had been involved in similar vandalism incidents in the past and stated that she is mentally differently abled.
Zubair highlighted that a similar anti-Muslim protest by right-wing organisations occurred on September 20, 2024. “This Shivling vandalism incident was an excuse for these goons to continue their anti-Muslim protest,” he wrote on X.
A Shivling was vandalised in Nagrota, Himachal Pradesh on 27th Sep. Soon after the incident, According to reports, RW orgs were adamant on getting the shops rented by Muslims vacated in the market as Hindutva orgs and RW on social media assumed that vandalism was done by Muslims. pic.twitter.com/DAP7xgtKvs
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
