CPM leader Brinda Karat blocks bulldozers as officials try to demolish properties in Jahangirpur
New Delhi: In dramatic visuals from the tense two-hour standoff during which the civic body refused to halt the “anti-encroachment drive” despite the Supreme Court order, senior CPM leader Brinda Karat was seen blocking a bulldozer at the national capital’s Jahangirpur while waving the physical copy of the legal notice, NDTV reported.
At 10 am earlier today, bulldozers rolled into Delhi’s Jahangirpuri where communal clashes were spurred on Saturday on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
The violence-hit area was raided by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s nine bulldozers to remove what it called “illegal encroachments” in Jahangirpuri. 400 policemen were asked to maintain peace and order in the locality, reports said.
Senior police officer Dependra Pathak said “We are here to provide protection, and to maintain law and order,” when enquired about the situation where hundreds of officers in riot gear surrounded shops and a mosque where violence broke out on Saturday.
A petitioner who rushed to the Supreme Court to stop the demolition flagged what they called a disturbing pattern seen in states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh - communal clashes followed by demolition drives targeting one community. The petitioner also said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi had not alerted anyone before the razing operation, reports said.
The demolition was halted after the three-judge bench headed by Chief justice N V Ramana ordered a status quo until next hearing, which will take place tomorrow.
However, reports said that the demolition did not stop and the excavators proceeded to pull down shops before heading to the mosque. Officials said they did not have the court order in hand yet and would continue "removing illegal structures" until they did.
A wall and a gate of the mosque were demolished and some shops nearby were pulled down amid growing tension.
Around 12 noon, CPM leader Brinda Karat arrived at the spot with a physical copy of the order and urged the police and civic staff to stop the demolition instantly. In a video, she was seen in front of a bulldozer, apparently blocking its way. Karat also met with the police to try and stop the bulldozers.
CPI(M) Leader Brinda Karat stood in front of a JCB to halt demolition drive in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri at 12.10 pm. Drive continued till 12.15 pm despite SC asking MCD to maintain status quo around 11 am. Action a few days after communal clashes on 16 April. @TheQuint @QuintHindi pic.twitter.com/JLH8RcvprZ
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
