Advocate Subhash Jha links Harsha Murder Case to Hijab row agitations in HC during Hijab hearing
Says organisations like SIO, PFI, Jamat e Islami, are funded by Saudi universities to Islamize India
Court says "We cannot go on presumptions"
Bengaluru: Senior Counsel Subhash Jha on Friday said organisations like Popular Front of India(PFI), Campus Front of India (CFI), Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO), and Jamat e Islam (JIH) are funded by Saudi universities to Islamize India.
During the hearing of the Hijab row on Friday, Jha also linked the recent murder of Hindutva activist Harsha in Shivamogga to agitations related to the Hijab row.
Jha was seeking CBI/NIA probe into the agitations in Hijab row. The Chief Justice of Karnataka HC asked Jha if he has any material showing extraneous elements so that the court can consider his petition.
“PFI, Campus Front, SIO, Jamaat E Islami which has been funded by Saudi universities to Islamize India. If there is material showing involvement of these organisations, the answer is not difficult to fathom.” Jha replied.
He further added “An agitation of this magnitude cannot be orchestrated overnight. This cannot be turn out of blue. There are photographs showing the girls were not wearing hijab earlier. Suddenly petitions are filed one after another, senior lawyers across the country are engaged.”
He then linked the Harsha Murder to the agitations and added “One young boy Harsha was killed and I am informed CFI is involved in the brutal murder.”
The CJ then replied “Investigation is pending. We cannot presume. We cannot go on presumptions. Have you tried to collect material that there are people behind the agitation? You have any material.”
“Attendant circumstances indicate that there is more to it than meets the eye. Prima facie credible information is only necessary to set criminal law into motion. Court may call for a report from Union of India.” Jha told the court.
The CJ told Jha that they will consider it and had already called for a report from the government.
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SGPC writes to Mann, seeks ban on 'Emergency' in Punjab a day before release
Amritsar, Jan 16 (PTI): The SGPC on Thursday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, seeking a ban on the release of Kangana Ranaut's movie 'Emergency' saying it "tarnishes" the image of Sikhs and "misrepresents" history.
Actor and BJP MP Ranaut's 'Emergency' is slated to release in cinemas on January 17.
In the letter to Mann, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami expressed strong objection to Ranaut's film.
Dhami said that if the film is released in Punjab, it will spark "outrage and anger" in the Sikh community and therefore it is the responsibility of the government to ban its release in the state.
The SGPC, an apex gurdwara body, had earlier also protested the film.
"It has come to our attention that the movie 'Emergency' produced by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut is going to be released on 17th January 2025 in cinemas in different cities of Punjab and the tickets have also started to be booked," its letter to Mann read.
Dhami said the SGPC had also protested the release of the movie in a letter to the Punjab Chief Secretary on November 14 last year.
"But it is sad that the Punjab government has not taken any step till now. If this film is released on January 17, 2025, then it is natural to create outrage and anger in the Sikh world," the current letter read.
Dhami said the SGPC will submit a letter also to all the deputy commissioners in Punjab, seeking a ban on the film in the state.
The SGPC denounced the "character assassination" of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the Khalistani militant killed in 1984 in a military operation.
"If this film is released in Punjab, we will be forced to strongly oppose it at the state level," Dhami said.
In August last year, the SGPC sent a legal notice to the producers of the 'Emergency' film, alleging that it "misrepresented" the character and history of Sikhs, and asked them to remove the objectionable scenes depicting "anti-Sikh" sentiments.
In the notice, the producers of the film, including Kangana Ranaut, were asked to remove the trailer released on August 14 from all public and social media platforms and tender a written apology to the Sikh community.
The SGPC objected to film writing separate letters to the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the Central Board of Film Certification.
