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  • Antilia case: Threatening ‘most strongly guarded family’ unthinkable, says Waze

    Antilia case: Threatening ‘most strongly guarded family’ unthinkable, says Waze

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    Mumbai: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his kin are the “most strongly guarded private family of India” and “threatening” them with “unexplodable” explosives is one of the “silliest” things to do and under no circumstance he can think of committing such a crime, former policeman Sachin Waze has said in his fresh bail plea filed before a Mumbai court in the Antilia bomb scare case.

    Waze, currently lodged in jail, is a key accused in the case of recovery of an explosives -laden SUV from near Ambani’s house, Antilia, in February 2021, and the subsequent murder of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran, whose vehicle was used in the crime.

    He has moved the bail application before a special NIA (National Investigation Agency) court, saying the entire case against him “is based on bald allegations with inadmissible material” that cannot be relied upon at any stage to prosecute him.

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    The court asked the prosecution to file its reply on Waze’s plea and adjourned the matter to April 26.

    His plea said as a citizen of India, Waze has the highest regards for Ambani and his family members for their contribution in growth of the Indian economy.

    As a police officer, the applicant (Waze) is fully aware that the Ambanis are the “most strongly guarded private family” of India, thus “threatening” them that, too, with certain “unexplodable” low-quality explosives coupled with irrelevant anonymous note is one of the most silly things one could ever do, the bail plea said.

    Under no circumstances the applicant could even think of committing such a “silly” crime, it added.

    There was no material on record in form of statement to suggest anyone, including the Ambani family members, was in fear of death as alleged by the prosecution, said the former assistant police inspector (API), who was dismissed from service in May 2021 after his arrest.

    Even if the prosecution’s case is assumed to be true without admitting the same, such an activity would not amount to an “act of terror” as contemplated under the UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act), Waze’s application claimed.

    The former API is currently in judicial custody and lodged at Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.

    On February 25, 2021, an explosives-laden SUV was found near industrialist Ambani’s residence in south Mumbai. Hiran, who had said he was in possession of the SUV before it was allegedly stolen, was found dead in a creek in neighbouring Thane on March 5, 2021.

    Besides Waze, a few more police officials and some private individuals are named as accused in the high-profile case.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • India strongly rejects China’s objection to Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh

    India strongly rejects China’s objection to Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh

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    New Delhi: India on Tuesday firmly rejected China’s objection to Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the state “was, is and will” always remain an integral and inalienable part of India.

    External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said objecting to such visits does not stand to reason and will not change the reality.

    The home minister visited Arunachal Pradesh on Monday during which he launched the ambitious ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ that is aimed at improving the standard of living of the people in villages in frontier areas.

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    “We completely reject the comments made by the Chinese official spokesperson. Indian leaders routinely travel to the state of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other state of India,” Bagchi said.

    “Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. Objecting to such visits does not stand to reason and will not change the above reality,” he said.

    Bagchi was responding to media queries on the Chinese reaction to Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh.

    From a border village in Arunachal Pradesh, Shah, in a clear message to China, on Monday said that no one can dare cast an evil eye on India’s territorial integrity and encroach even an “inch of our land”.

    He said the era when anyone could encroach the borderlands of India was over.

    The home minister’s statement came days after Beijing announced Chinese names for 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh which the neighbouring country claims as the “southern part of Tibet.”

    Responding to a question on Shah’s visit, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, “Zangnan (the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh) is part of China’s territory”.

    “The activity of the senior Indian official in Zangnan violates China’s territorial sovereignty and is not conducive to peace and tranquillity in the border areas. We are firmly against this,” he told a media briefing in Beijing.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • GCC countries strongly condemn burning of Holy Quran in Sweden

    GCC countries strongly condemn burning of Holy Quran in Sweden

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    The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran, by extremists in front of the Turkish embassy in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

    On Saturday, January 21, Swedish right-wing leader Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Holy Quran, with the permission of the Swedish government.

    Paludan set fire to the Holy Quran surrounded by the police with a lighter after a long sermon, which lasted about an hour, in which he attacked Islam and immigration in Sweden.

    Following the decision, Ankara summoned Sweden’s ambassador to it and informed him of its condemnation in the strongest terms.

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    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and five other GCC countries— UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar have expressed their strong condemnation of such provocative actions against the feelings and sanctities of Muslims and the incitement to violence and hatred. 

    The GCC countries foreign ministries affirmed their countries’ total rejection of all forms of hate speech based on belief, race or religion, and the involvement of sanctities in political disputes.

    The ministries warned that the campaigns of hatred against Islam and the discourse of Islamophobia have witnessed a dangerous escalation with the continued systematic calls for the repeated targeting of Muslims in the world.

    Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain’s foreign ministries called on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities to reject hatred, discrimination, incitement and violence and stressed the importance of upholding the principles of dialogue and mutual understanding.

    The ministries renewed countries’ full support for the values ​​of tolerance and coexistence, and their keenness to establish the principles of international peace and security through dialogue and understanding.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )