Delhi Police allegedly attempt to arrest civil rights activist Nadeem Khan in B'luru without warrant
Bengaluru: On November 30, Delhi Police allegedly attempted to arrest human rights activist and National General Secretary of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), Nadeem Khan, without a warrant.
Four officers, including the Station House Officer (SHO) of Shaheen Bagh Police Station in Delhi, arrived at Khan's residence in Sampigehalli, Bengaluru, at approximately 5 PM. The officers allegedly tried to detain Khan for an investigation into an FIR (No. 0280/2024) filed earlier that day at Shaheen Bagh Police Station in Delhi.
The FIR, filed in relation to an exhibition organised by Khan that highlighted recent incidents of hate crimes and hate speeches in India, as well as the Supreme Court’s guidelines on mob violence, includes alleged violations under Sections 196, 353(2), and 61. These offences carry punishments of less than three years, and under Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and Section 35 of the BNSS Act, arrest is prohibited for offences punishable with less than seven years of imprisonment without a warrant or an order from the magistrate. Despite this, the police reportedly continued to intimidate Khan and his family. Local police from Sampigehalli were reportedly not informed about the operation.
Adv. Mohammed Niyaz, State Secretary of APCR Karnataka, who spoke to Vartha Bharati, condemned the police action. He stated that the officers initially claimed they were there to detain Nadeem Khan but changed their version when questioned about the non followance of the procedure, saying they were not there to arrest him but merely to deliver a notice.
Earlier, on November 29, around 20-25 police officers had visited the APCR office in Delhi without notice or any legal justification. They reportedly inquired about Khan and other members of the organization. The police officers were said to have misbehaved with lawyers when asked about the basis for their visit.
Adv. Niyaz also confirmed that Khan had left for Delhi and would continue to challenge the attempt to arrest him and the FIR through legal means.
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Slain Australia beach shooting suspect native of Hyderabad: T'gana police
Hyderabad/Melbourne (PTI): Sajid Akram, the 50-year-old slain suspect in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia, was an Indian citizen hailing from Hyderabad, Telangana Police revealed on Tuesday.
While he had migrated to Australia 27 years ago, Akram carried an Indian passport. Akram, along with his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram, recently travelled to the Philippines on an Indian passport.
Akram, one of the two suspects in the mass shooting that has left 15 people dead and dozens injured, migrated to Australia in 1998 and had limited contact with his family here since then, the Telangana DGP's office said in a statement.
"Sajid Akram (50) is originally from Hyderabad, India. He completed his B.Com degree in Hyderabad and migrated to Australia in search of employment, approximately 27 years ago, in November 1998," it said.
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He married a European-origin woman before settling permanently in Australia. The couple have one son, Naveed (the second suspect who is in custody at a hospital in Australia) and one daughter, it said.
Naveed and Akram's daughter were born in Australia and are citizens of that country, the statement said.
On Tuesday, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett described the mass shooting as "a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State."
According to Australian authorities, the suspects were a father and son, aged 50 and 24. The older man, who was identified as Sajid Akram, was shot dead.
The Telangana police said Akram visited India on six occasions after migrating to Australia, primarily for family-related reasons such as property matters and to meet his elderly parents.
It is understood that he did not travel to India even at the time of his father's demise, the statement said.
The family members have further expressed no knowledge of his radical mindset or activities, nor of the circumstances that led to his radicalisation, police said.
"The factors that led to the radicalisation of Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed, appear to have no connection with India or any local influence in Telangana," Telangana police said.
Telangana Police further said it has no adverse record against Akram during his stay in India before his departure in 1998.
The state police said it remains committed to cooperating with central agencies and other counterparts, as and when required, and urged the public and media to avoid speculation or attribution without verified facts.
Quoting security sources, Australia's ABC News reported that Akram and Naveed travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training".
"Investigators are now examining the Akrams' ties to an international jihadist network, after discovering the pair travelled to Manila in early November," it said, quoting officials briefed on the investigation.
The Philippines Bureau of Immigration confirmed the pair arrived in the Philippines from Australia on November 1, declaring the southern city of Davao - a hotbed for Islamic militants since the 1990s - as their destination, it said.
"They left the country on November 28, 2025, on a connecting flight from Davao to Manila, with Sydney as their final destination," ABC News quoted the Philippines' Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval as saying.
Sandoval said Akram entered the country on an Indian passport, while his son, Naveed, entered on an Australian passport.
In the Philippines, Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Office and Press Officer for Malacanang Palace Claire Castro said that the National Security Council (NSC) is currently looking into reports that the father and son duo travelled to the country a month before the attack.
