Jharkhand
On the day of the incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had warned against mob attacks on cattle traders, beef-eaters and dairy farmers, saying killing people in the name of protecting cows was unacceptable.
Mvenkaiah Naidu, the then urban development minister, had also condemned the incident, terming it barbaric.
The fast-track court convicted Santosh Singh, Chottu Verma, Deepak Mishra, Vicky Saw, Sikandar Ram, Uttam Ram, Vikram Prasad, Raju Kumar, Rohit Thakur, local BJP leader Nityanand Mahto and Kapil Thakur. It also convicted another suspect, who the defence said was a minor.
Last year, the Bjp-ruled Jharkhand witnessed a series of lynchings of Muslim cattle traders. In May, a mob lynched four Muslim cattle traders at a village in Saraikelka Kharswan district after accusing them of being child traffickers.
The incident rocked Parliament, with several opposition leaders questioning the government’s seriousness in cracking down on cow vigilantism. Facing flak, the state government led by chief minister Raghubar Das warned police officers that they would be held responsible for any mob lynching reported from their area. The state also approached the Jharkhand high court, requesting that it constitute a fast-track court to try the Ramgarh lynching case. The police filed a charge sheet on September 2017 and as many as 19 prosecution witnesses were examined in the case. bers of the the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi protesting and shouting slogans in the well of the House, the speaker cited “lack of order” to adjourn the house.
This triggered a blame-game between the government and the opposition. Union parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar said, “We have always told the opposition, please cooperate in running the House to discuss banking irregularities and each and every issue, including confidence or no-confidence motion.” Congress leader and the party’s chief whip in Lok Sabha, Jyotiraditya Scindia, tweeted, “The brazen manner in which this government has passed bills in Parliament but refused to admit a legitimate no-confidence motion despite adequate signatures and numbers is a travesty of democracy.”
Both TDP and YSRCP have said their parties would persist with the motion on Monday, when the House reconvenes.
BJP leaders aren’t worried. “All the opposition parties have their own agenda. The din in the house will continue on Monday too. And if there is no order, the Speaker won’t be able to admit the motion,” a key party functionary said on condition of anonymity, signalling his party’s strategy to deal with the issue. and 12. Meanwhile, Islamabad said on Thursday that it was calling its high commissioner to India to the Pakistani capital to discuss the alleged ill-treatment of Pakistani diplomats and their families in New Delhi
External affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar termed this nothing out of the ordinary and said New Delhi wants Islamabad to resolve the issues being faced by Indian staff and ensure their safety.
Responding to complaints by Islamabad, New Delhi assured Pakistan last week that “India makes all efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for diplomats to work in”. It added that Indian officials had also faced “harassment” last year in Pakistan but chose to deal with it through “quiet and persistent diplomacy”. tion,” a senior Home Ministry official said.
An NIA official confirmed that the arrested person belongs to NSCN-IM but refused to give out his name or current designation in the group.
In a press statement Amandeep Singh, additional commissioner of customs said the accused has been booked under the Arms and Customs act.
“Four RONI G1 pistol-carbine conversion units, one RONI B (Beretta M9/92FS) pistol-carbine conversion unit, two L-3 Eotech holographic weapon sight along with some other equipments were recovered. The items have been seized under customs and arms act and the passenger has been arrested,” the statement read.
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju was not immediately reachable for comment.