Hindu Yuva Vahini men barge into house, attack couple out as cops watch

April 13, 2017

Meerut, Apr 13: A group of men belonging to the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a Gorakhpur-headquartered party whose leader is UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, allegedly barged into a house in Meerut and dragged out a consenting couple, parading them in broad daylight to a local police station.

The men, who said they found the lovers in a "compromising position", alleged that the man, a Muzaffarnagar resident called Waseem Ahmad, had pretended to be a Hindu in front of the girl so that he could carry out a "love jihad".

Asked about it, a Vahini leader involved in the "raid" said he and his men only went to the house in Meerut's Shastri Nagar locality after getting a tip-off from neighbours. It was then that they took the couple to the thana. Though cops were present at the scene and as the humiliated girl was taken through a crowded street with people clicking her photos, they kept quiet and took no action of any kind.

Nagendra Pratap Tomar, the West UP head of Vahini, justified his initiative and said his outfit "came into the picture only after locals caught the couple". He added, "Police had already taken the couple to the station. We had been informed that a young man and a woman from different faiths were there in a room. But by the time we reached the place, police had already taken them to the thana. We asked the cops to register a case against the landlord, too, as it was he who allowed such activities in his house."

Police, however, had a different version of the whole incident. SP (city) Alok Priyadarshi said, "The couple was not inside the room. The boy was teasing the girl outside the house after which police arrested him. Since the girl did not come forward to register a complaint, we booked him under IPC sec 294 (obscene acts or words in public). There is no inter-religion angle involved as both are from the same faith."

Interestingly, the video, which has gone viral, clearly shows the couple inside a room. In the footage, they are being heckled, abused and brought outside the building by a jeering crowd. The video also has Tomar admitting that he and his team had "caught the couple red-handed".

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Sam Pitroda quits as Indian Overseas Congress chief after controversial remark

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May 8,2024

Congress leader Sam Pitroda has stepped down from the post of Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress and his resignation was accepted by the party. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to X and announced that Sam Pitroda had decided to resign from the key post "of his own accord".

Pitroda had been under fire over his controversial remark that Indians in the East resemble the Chinese while those in the South look like Africans.

"We could hold together a country as diverse as India -- where people on East look like Chinese, people on West look like Arab, people on North look like maybe White and people in South look like Africans. It doesn't matter. We are all brothers and sisters," Pitroda said during an interview with The Statesman.

The Congress immediately distanced itself from Pitroda's remarks, terming them "unacceptable".

"The analogies drawn by Mr Sam Pitroda in a podcast to illustrate India's diversity are most unfortunate and unacceptable. The Indian National Congress completely dissociates itself from these analogies," Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.

The BJP also hit out at the Congress over Pitroda's remarks and termed them "racist and divisive".

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Around 80 Air India Express flights cancelled as crew goes on ‘mass sick leave’

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May 8,2024

Nearly 80 Air India Express flights were canceled after the cabin crew members went on a "mass sick leave", official sources said on Wednesday.

As many as 79 international and domestic flights were canceled after about 300 senior cabin crew members reported sick at the last minute and switched off their mobile phones.

The Air India Express management is currently trying to reach out to the crew, who are protesting against the new employment term at the Tata Group-owned airline, sources said.

The cabin crew has also alleged that there was a lack of equality in the treatment of the staff after the merger with Tata Group. They claim that some staff members were offered lower job position despite clearing interviews, sources said.

"A section of our cabin crew has reported sick at the last minute, starting last night, resulting in flight delays and cancellations. While we are engaging with the crew to understand the reasons behind these occurrences, our teams are actively addressing this issue to minimise any inconvenience caused to our guests as a result," an Air India Express spokesperson said.

"We sincerely apologise to our guests for this unexpected disruption and emphasise that this situation does not reflect the standard of service we strive to provide," the spokesperson added.

Guests impacted by cancellations will be offered a full refund or complimentary rescheduling to another date, the airline said.

Several passengers took to their social media accounts and complained about the sudden cancellations of their flights. They said that they had "no information" about the cancellations.

Some "very disappointed" passengers on X said that they had reached the airport when they were informed that their flights were canceled.

"We apologise for any inconvenience. Please be informed that your flight has been canceled due to operational reasons," Air India Express said in response to one of the posts on X.

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