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‘Don’t know what our fault was’: Survivors’ ordeal in Manipur-hit violence

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Imphal: Forty-two-year-old Angom Shanti shares space with hundreds of others in a temporary relief shelter in Manipur’s Bishnupur district where they lack basic facilities like mattresses, mosquito nets, electricity or even separate bathrooms for men and women.
Around 800 people, including children and the elderly, are living in pitiable conditions in relief shelters near Thangjing temple and Moirang Lamkhai which are being run by three organisations.
Families that lived in houses with courtyards, trees, livestock and granaries, now sleep on the floor on traditional bamboo mats with only hanging bed sheets separating them from other displaced families.

“Our future is bleak. We have no homes to return to. Our homes have been reduced to ashes. We don’t know what our fault was. Most of us fled with only the clothes that we were wearing,” Shanti, the mother of three children, said.
She lived in Torbung Bangla area which was among the first to be affected by the communal violence that erupted on May 3 during the ‘Tribal Solidarity March’.
Shanti shares space with 175 others in a community hall where they do not have electricity in the sweltering heat. In the adjacent guest house, another 365 people are taking shelter whereas 112 more are staying at a nearby ‘mandap’. All of them are non-tribals.
Narrating the incident of May 3 that led to retaliatory attacks spiralling into communal violence at many places in the northeastern state, 72-year-old Biren Kshetrimayum of Torbung Govindpur said, “Around 1,000 tribals armed with sticks and some with sophisticated firearms started attacking us without any provocation. They ransacked and burned our houses, shops and everything they could lay their eyes on.”.
After attacking Torbung Bangla and Torbung Govindpur, the mob proceeded to Kangvai and Phougakchou and resorted to vandalism, he said.

The relief camps are being run by three organisations — Bishnupur Legal Aid Services, Matai Society and Sri Sathya organisation.
They are getting help from locals who are donating food, and the organisations have arranged potable water and some medical facilities.
Forty-seven-year-old Sakhitombi Maibram, one of the organisers complained of a lack of help from the government.
“We did not receive much help from the state administration. The local MLA provided us with potable water. We have a severe shortage of medicines and children are facing acute problems of diarrhoea and high fever,” she said.
Tension was visible on the faces of the displaced people and many of them broke down while narrating their ordeal. They had no hope of returning to their gutted houses or shops and were uncertain about their future. They were also worried whether their livestock, which they have left behind, will survive or escape into the wild.
Most of the affected people in the camp were farmers or small shop owners. Many of them expressed anguish over the government’s failure to provide security to them in the first place.
At Phougakchou Ikhai, police personnel said there have been incidents of hill-based militants opening fire on police vehicles passing through the affected areas and showed the bullet holes on their jeeps.
The death toll in the ethnic violence which has engulfed Manipur increased to 54, officials said even as unofficial sources placed the figure at several scores dead and more than 150 injured.
Life limped back to wary normalcy in Imphal Valley as shops and markets reopened and cars started plying the roads.
Violence first erupted in Torbung area in Churachandpur district of Manipur during the ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ organised by the All Tribal Student Union Manipur (ATSUM) on May 3 to protest the demand of Meiteis for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
The march was organised by tribals — including Nagas and Kukis — after the Manipur High Court asked the state government last month to send a recommendation to the Centre within four weeks on the demand for ST status by the Meitei community.
During the march in Torbung, an armed mob allegedly attacked people of the Meitei community, leading to retaliatory attacks in the valley districts, which escalated the violence throughout the state, police said.
Multiple sources said the fighting between communities had left several scores of people dead and nearly a hundred injured. However, the police were unwilling to confirm this.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of the population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley. Tribals, who include Nagas and Kukis, account for another 40 per cent of the population and live mostly in the hill districts which surround the valley.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 6, 2023
Vehicle Owners Receive E-Challan For No Fault, Investigation Assured

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SRINAGAR: Scores of vehicle owners on Thursday alleged that they are receiving the wrong e-challan of their vehicles and urged the authorities to look into the matter.
Many vehicle owners said that they are getting incorrect e-challan for a violation they never committed. “Even some E-Challans are being slapped on vehicles not present in the area,” they said.
“I have received one such e-challan with Rs 1000 two days ago for my scooty,” said Dilawar Reshi, a resident of the Malbagh area of the city.
He said that his scooty has been challaned for not wearing a seat belt which is unfair and at the time this challan was issued, my scooty was parked in the courtyard of his home.
Similarly, Sameer Ahmad, a Bandipora resident complained that a few weeks ago his two-wheeler was blacklisted by the transport department for violating traffic rules in the Pappachan area.
He said that the traffic violation was neither committed by him nor that he passed through that area at that time.
Motorcycle owner, Afan Ahmad said that he has also received a similar e-challan stating that he had committed some traffic violations in Srinagar even though he was in his house at that time.
To solve this problem, people are now demanding from the traffic police and transport department to make necessary improvements in the system and resolve this technical glitch.

An official said that the wrong challan can be issued due to various reasons. “Tampering the number plates could make it harder for the system to read the number plate. Because of this, the system would read the number plate incorrectly and send the challan to the wrong person. Moreover, with damaged plates, worn-out plates, or because of incorrect number plates, the challan could be sent to the wrong person,” he said.
Regional Transport Officer, Kashmir Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari, and IGP Traffic, Vikramjit Singh have assured that they will look into the matter. (KNO)

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

March 30, 2023
Vehicles owners receive wrong E-challans for no fault

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Srinagar, Mar 30: Scores of vehicle owners on Thursday alleged that they are receiving wrong e-challan of their vehicles and urged the authorities to look into the matter.
Many vehicle owners told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that they are getting incorrect e-challan for a violation they never committed. “Even some e-challans are being slapped on vehicles not present in the area,” they said.
“I have received one such e-challan with Rs 1000 two days ago for my scooty,” said Dilawar Reshi, a resident of Malbagh area of the city.
He said that his scooty has been challaned for not wearing a seat belt which is totally unfair and at the time this challan was issued, my scooty was parked in the courtyard of his home.
Similarly, Sameer Ahmad, a Bandipora resident complained that a few weeks ago his two wheeler was blacklisted by the transport department for violating traffic rules at Papachan area.
He said that the traffic violation was neither committed by him nor he passed through that area that time.
Motorcycle owner, Afan Ahmad said that he has also received a similar e-challan stating that he had committed some traffic violations in Srinagar despite the fact that he was in his house at that time.
To solve this problem, people are now demanding from the traffic police and transport department to make necessary improvements in the system and resolve this technical glitch.

An official said that the wrong challan can be issued due to various reasons. “Tampering the number plates could make it harder for the system to read the number plate. Because of this, the system would read the number plate incorrectly and send the challan to the wrong person. Moreover, with damaged plates, worn-out plates or because of incorrect number plates, the challan could be sent to the wrong person,” he said.
Regional Transport Officer, Kashmir Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari and IGP Traffic, Vikramjit Singh have assured that they will look into the matter—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 30, 2023
Akshay Kumar takes onus of his films not working, says it’s 100% his fault

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Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, who had a string of flops with his recent film ‘Selfiee’ being another addition, said that the films not working at the box-office are solely his fault and one must not blame the audience for not liking a particular film.
As per media reports, the actor said that he has faced the similar issue early during his career when his 16 films tanked at the box-office in a row.
He said: “This is not happening to me for the first time. In my career, I have had 16 consecutive flops at a time. There was a time when I had eight films in a row that did not work. Now, I have had three-four films in a row that did not work. The thing is that it happens due to your own fault, film ka na chalna (a film not working). The audience has changed, you need to change, you need to dismantle yourself. You have to start again because the audience requires you to see something else.”
Akshay said: “It is a great alarm, aapki film nahi chal rahi to galti aapki hai (If your films are not working, it is your fault). When your films flop in a row, it is an alarm for you that it is time for you to change. Main koshish kar raha hun, wahi kar sakta hoon (I am trying to change, that is all I can do).”
He also said that he’d like to tell everyone that when films don’t work, the audience must not be blamed.
“Do not blame the audience or anyone else. It is my fault, 100 per cent. Aapki film na chalna is not because of the audience (a film not working is your fault only). It is because of what you selected. Maybe you have not given the right ingredients in the film,” he added.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 27, 2023
Gujarat: Police defend public flogging of Muslims; report finds six cops at fault

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Ahmedabad: Police have defended in the Gujarat High Court the public flogging of some people from a minority community following stone pelting in the state’s Kheda district last year saying the persons were “cornered” to maintain peace and it was not done with any criminal intent.
This defence comes even as an interim police report talks of action against six cops in connection with the incident.
Kheda Superintendent of Police R H Gadhiya and Police Inspector of Local Crime Branch, A V Parmar, filed separate affidavits before the bench of Justices N V Anjaria and Niral Mehta on Tuesday in a contempt case regarding the alleged flogging of some Muslims accused of stone-pelting during an event last year.
During Navratri in October 2022, some villagers as well as policemen were injured after a mob comprising members of the Muslim community allegedly hurled stones at a garba dance event at Undhela village in Kheda district.
Videos purportedly showing police personnel publicly flogging three of the 13 arrested accused went viral on social media.
Later, some of the accused approached the HC claiming that the police personnel involved in the act had committed contempt of court by flouting Supreme Court directions on people in custody as laid down in the D K Basu vs State of West Bengal case.
In his affidavit, Gadhiya said when the accused persons were taken to Undhela village for investigation, they “tried to misbehave and abuse the police officers”.
“When 8 accused were brought at the village as part of investigation on October 4, the male accused, after getting down from police vehicle, started abusing verbally the police officials and one accused Shejadmiya Shukatmiya spitted on police inspector of LCB, Ashok Parmar,” the SP said in his affidavit.
The SP further said other accused persons “collected stones in their hands and started instigating members of Hindu community who had gathered there. The accused did not pay heed to requests made for sitting in a police vehicle and started a scuffle with police”.

Referring to the alleged flogging incident, the SP said that “as a result of this incident, there was a hue and cry, and it is only with a view to maintain the peace and harmony, that the suspects were cornered so that no untoward incident further takes place”.
Through the affidavit, the SP also informed the court that as soon as he received instructions from the Range IG to inquire into the alleged flogging, he deputed Deputy SP of Kapadvanj Division to probe into the issue.
In his interim report of December 1, the DySP stated when the accused persons had started misbehaving, the on-duty police officials were required to control them using other means instead of “physically abusing the accused with lathi”.
“As per the interim report submitted by the DySP Kapadvanj, Range IG immediately acted against erring police officers and chargesheets have been issued to six policemen, including LCB PI A V Parmar, while the departmental proceedings are pending,” Gadhiya said.
He submitted that transcripts of call recordings revealed that the entire incident of stone-pelting was “preset and pre-meditated with a view to create fear amongst the members of Hindu community and to disturb the law and order”.
More than 150 persons from the minority community had cordoned off the Mataji Chowk and started pelting stones. The “pre-meditated” offence left 8 residents and three policemen injured, said the SP.
In his affidavit, Police Inspector A V Parmar, claimed that the police officials in question had acted within their powers
“Respondents (policemen) acted within the scope and ambit of their powers and there has not been any act committed by them which is beyond the powers conferred on the respondents. The acts of respondents are the acts in discharge of their duties and these acts were not done with any criminal intent,” said Parmar in his affidavit.
He drew the court’s attention that “more or less, every year when Hindu festivals like Navratri is celebrated, some altercations happen between Hindus and Muslims of the village”. He added that one of the petitioners is already facing two cases of rioting and he was the main conspirator in this case too.
“The petitioners themselves have engaged in disturbing the social fabric of a village by creating rifts between two communities and by assaulting people of that village. Petitioners are guilty of not stating true facts before this court and they themselves had created an atmosphere of fear and terror amongst law abiding citizens,” he said.
Parmar said the present proceedings initiated by the petitioners for contempt of court are not maintainable as per the law.
“The Parliament has already amended the CrPC (Code of Civil Procedure), 1908, and made appropriate safeguards by inserting provisions for the arrested persons and therefore guidelines issued earlier by the SC in the D K Basu case would give way in favour of those provisions of the amended CrPC,” he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 22, 2023
J-K: Anti-encroachment drive, bulldozers may reopen fault lines of years gone by

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For the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, Kashmir has started witnessing protests against the anti-encroachment drive in which bulldozer has become a symbol of state power.
The anti-encroachment drive in J&K was announced by the Union Territory administration to get the land vacated under the illegal occupation of the people in the past over three decades when armed militancy reigned supreme and the rule of law had taken a hit. The administration attributed the drive as compliance of an order of the High Court, in which the government was directed to retrieve the land from occupation of the people who had occupied the state land, which was acquired by encroachers as part of their power and influence, as beneficiaries of various schemes, particularly “ Roshini”. These schemes also benefited the small landholders, who had built their homes and shops to shelter themselves and to earn their livelihood.
Anything happening in Jammu and Kashmir has wider ramifications than what happens in other states or union territories. These drives assume greater political, demographic and class dimensions as the vast majority of people in Kashmir see it against the backdrop of the “snatching of their rights and privileges” under the special status which was granted to them under Article 370 and Article 35 A of the Indian constitution.
Article 370, though hollowed out over the decades, had its symbolic value in the separate constitution, flag, and the most powerful legislature in the country which had the powers to facilitate or stall central laws, and also make its owns laws. Article 35-A granted inalienable rights to the people of the state to the land and jobs, which was more critical to them than the symbols which differentiated the state from the rest of the country.
The anti-encroachment drive, in which bulldozers were extensively used to raze what the government called illegal structures on the illegally acquired land, were directed in the Valley, which is inherently Muslim-majority. In the Jammu region too, the bulldozers moved against the occupants belonging to the community. In comparison, there were very few structures were demolished in Jammu, belonging to other communities. That gave credence to the charge levelled by Kashmir’s political leaders, including Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, two former chief ministers. Mehbooba said that “majority was being turned into minority and minority into majority.” Omar described it as an “ imbalanced exercise”, implying that Muslims were being targeted more than other communities.
After the anger swelled, the authorities came out with the verbal assurance that the small landholders will not be touched, and also stated that only the powerful politicians, influential people, including former and serving bureaucrats involved in occupation of the land would be at the receiving end. This created a perception of class. But the poor too started receiving eviction notices. And the poor realised that things were not in their favour unless or until a formal order is issued. That order is awaited till date.
J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina, thundered in the Nai Basti area, a Hindu enclave in Jammu, where scores of shopkeepers and home owners were served eviction notices. He declared “I will face the bulldozers before it comes to you.” This was in contrast to the attitude of the party to the eviction notices served in Bhatindi, Sunjawan and narwal areas, the Muslim majority enclaves.
Today, that is Wednesday, several areas in Srinagar, witnessed the closure of shops and business establishments after almost three and a half years. This punctured the narrative that the “ hartal” culture is over to some extent. The anger is swelling and unless the government brings out a clear cut policy, this anti-encroachment drive will touch communal and political fault lines. The dangers are clear and palpable.

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February 15, 2023
Snowfall Disrupts Electricity In Kashmir Parts; KPDCL Says Only Four 33KV Lines Under Fault

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SRINAGAR: The fresh snowfall has disrupted the electricity supply in many parts of Kashmir, especially in northern districts while the authorities in Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) Monday said that only four 33 KV lines are under fault stressing that all the 33 KV feeders will be charged by evening.
Quoting an official statement, news agency KNO reported that at present 14 feeders of 33 KV lines, 215 11 KV feeders and other tap lines were under fault due to snowfall.
“Due to heavy snowfall during the intervening night of 30th Jan, electric supply to many areas of Kashmir Valley got disrupted. The load of the whole valley dipped below 850 MWs during the early morning hours of 30th Jan, 2022.”
The statement added that out of total 33 KV feeders, 14 were under fault along with four 33 KV Taplines which affected the power supply mainly to Sopore, Kupwara and Handwara.
It added that a few portions of District Budgam and of District Anantnag were also affected due to outage of four of 33 KV lines out of 14.
“In addition to that, around 215 11 KV feeders were under fault due to heavy snowfall.”
“From early Morning, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd. field teams under the able guidance of MD, KPDCL Yasin.M.Choudhary were mobilized to rectify the faults.”
It added that despite the continuous snowfall in the region and braving the extreme freezing temperature, the field teams of KPDCL started patrolling the faulty lines and were able to bring up the load of Kashmir Valley to around 1590 MWs by 3 PM.

“It is pertinent to mention that at present only four 33 KV lines which specially feed to Sopore Area of District Baramullah and few areas of Bijbehera are under fault and by evening all the 33 KV lines will be charged. Out of all the 11 KV feeders only 154 feeders remain out due to the faulty status of four 33KV lines.”
MD, KPDCL is himself closely monitoring the situation and assures the public that all the feeders will be up and live. This is the first time that such a quick restoration has happened since the incorporation of KPDCL, it said.
Managing Director has also praised the patience shown by the public towards the corporation, that may have been affected by the disrupted electric lines that were under faulty since morning and assures the public that field team of KPDCL wont rest till all the feeders are up and running.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

January 30, 2023