Two youths say in viral post: Responsible for Umar Khalid attack
New Delhi, Aug 16 : Two youths on Thursday claimed involvement in the murderous attack on student leader Umar Khalid in central Delhi on Monday, in a video clipping that went viral on the social media.
Identifying themselves as Darvesh Shahpur and Naveen Dalal from Haryana, they said that they will surrender to police at a gurdwara near the house of freedom fighter Kartar Singh Sarabha on Friday. There was however no mention of the exact place by the two.
"Though we respect the Supreme Court, the Constitution of India and judiciary, we request the government to amend law so that anti-nationals like Umar Khalid can be punished. Anti-national gangs in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, of which Khalid is a part, are vitiating atmosphere in the country. We should stop them," one of the two men said in the video.
"We are responsible for the attack on Khalid (outside Constitution Club) that was meant to be a gift to our countrymen before the Independence Day. We appeal to police to not punish any innocent youngster for our crime," they added.
Khalid posted a picture on Twitter of one of the youths with a similar facial appearance and claimed him to be the attacker.
"The person who attacked me (on the right).... No further comments," he wrote alongside the picture.
"A team of Delhi Police Special Cell is taking the help of cyber experts to track the location and source of the video in question. We are investigating the case from all major angles and have got some strong leads," Deputy Commissioner of Police P.S. Kushwah told IANS.
Khalid was attacked by an unknown assailant carrying a revolver on Monday at a tea stall outside the Constitution Club.
Khalid, accused of raising anti-national slogans in 2016, survived the attack.
Police earlier suspected a man seen running away from the spot in CCTV footage.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
We need to create system in which people's skills get their due: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Friday called for creating a system in which people's skills get their due and everyone's contribution is respected, as he shared a Diwali video in which he interacts with paint job workers and potters.
Posting the over nine-minute video which features him also having a conversation with his nephew Raihan Rajiv Vadra on YouTube, the former Congress chief said, "A memorable Diwali with special people - I celebrated this Diwali working with some painter brothers and making earthen diyas with a potter family."
"I saw their work closely, tried to learn their skills and understood their difficulties and problems. They don't go home. We celebrate festivals happily and to earn some money, they forget their village, city, family," Gandhi said.
"They make happiness from clay. While lighting up the festivals of others, are they able to live in light themselves? Those who build houses can hardly run their own houses!" he said.
Gandhi said Diwali means light that can remove the darkness of poverty and helplessness.
"We have to create such a system -- in which people's skills get their due and contribution is respected -- makes everyone's Diwali a happy one. I hope this Diwali brings prosperity, progress and love in the lives of all of you," he said.
In the video, Gandhi is seen working with labourers at the 10 Janpath residence and learning to paint walls along with his nephew. In the second part of the video, Gandhi goes to the house of a woman who makes earthen lamps with her five daughters.
Gandhi tries his hand at pottery and makes 'diyas', which he says he would give to his mother and sister.
Since his Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra and his Manipur to Mumbai Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Gandhi has been interacting with a cross-section of people from mechanics and cobblers to labourers and bus drivers.
He often posts videos of his numerous interactions and highlights the plight of various sections of society.
