Pune: Kargil War veteran’s family alleges harassment by police, mob to prove Indian citizenship
Pune: The family of a Kargil war veteran, Hakimuddin Shaikh, living in the city has alleged that they were recently harassed by Chandan Nagar Police who stormed into their house with a group of men at night and demanded proof of their Indian citizenship.
As per a report in Times of India, the family members have alleged that the men were taken to the Chandan Nagar Police Station at around midnight, made to wait till 3 am and asked for documents as proof of their citizenship. The men were reportedly threatened to be declared Bangladeshis or Rohingyas if they failed to do so, the family members have said.
Shaikh’s brother Irshad Shaikh expressed shock that a mob of men, who were shouting slogans, was leading the policemen, while another member of the family said that although they produced their documents like Aadhaar cards, the mob declared them fake. He further said that the women in the house too were harassed to produce their documents.
When asked about the matter, Pune City Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar is learned to have said on Tuesday that the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) was probing the incident. He assured that due action would be taken against the personnel involved if there had been police negligence.
The Commissioner added that the preliminary investigation revealed no forcible entry by the police into the house, however, following the allegations by the family, the police were conducting further investigations.
DCP (Zone IV) Somay Munde clarified that the family had been asked to produce documents after the police team visited the spot on being informed of Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in the area.
Shaikh (58), retired as a Naik Havildar from the 269 Engineer Regiment of Corps of Engineers, after serving in the Indian Army for 16 years from 1984 to 2000 and also fighting the Kargil War in 1999.
Two of his uncles, Shaikh Naeemuddin and Shaikh Mohammad Salim, fought in the 1965 and 1971 wars. Naeemuddin is learned to have retired from the infantry unit of the Army while Salim was with the Engineering regiment.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
