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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh likens Jamia riots with 2002 Gujarat riots, says no Muslim can trust Modi

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh resorts to fear-mongering by comparing Jamia riots with the 2002 Gujarat riots

Politics

BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya shares videos of being surrounded by Muslim mob, says WB government showed no concerns to his safety

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

West Bengal has been turned into a war zone after anti-CAA rioters had unleashed chaos in the state. Several trains had been damaged, railway stations vandalised and buses have been burnt.

Crime

West Bengal: DCP trying to arrest railway station vandals injured as violent mob hurls bomb at police

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

The anti-CAA rioters in West Bengal have been resorting to endless vandalism and arson attacks. DCP Yadav was chasing the persons behind the Sankrail railway station vandalism when a local mob hurled bombs at the police.

Crime

Jamia students joined rioters, former Congress MLA Asif Khan named: Read details of FIR filed in Jamia anti-CAA riot case

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

The Delhi Police has also named former Congress MLA Asif Khan as one of the accused in its FIR. Six people including four local politicians and the former Congress MLA have been named as suspects in the Delhi Police FIR.

News Reports

Viral image of man donning anti-riot gear is not of an RSS member but an AATS cop: Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff - 17 December, 2019

Social Media was abuzz with the unfounded rumours that the man who was seen pounding batons at the violent mob of protesting students was affiliated to the RSS

Law

Jamia riots: Supreme Court dismisses pleas against police action, directs the petitioners to approach respective HCs

OpIndia Staff - 17 December, 2019

Dismissing the pleas filed by lawyers of petitioners seeking suo motu action against police action, the Supreme Court asked the petitioners should be file a case in the respective HCs.

Crime

Delhi Police say Jamia rioters were prepared, violence was not spontaneous but well-planned

OpIndia Staff - 17 December, 2019

Delhi Police has arrested 10 persons over their involvement in the Jamia Nagar riots in Delhi.

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi abroad on vacation? Priyanka Gandhi leads a ‘symbolic’ protest of 2 hours against Citizenship Amendment Act

OpIndia Staff - 16 December, 2019

It seems like the jetsetting Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi is again abroad, two days after he held the Bharat Bachao Rally.

News Reports

Jamia ‘protestors’ continue their violence, assault ANI journalists

OpIndia Staff - 16 December, 2019

Last evening, the Delhi Police had to enter the Jamia Millia Islamia University to quell the bouts of violent acts accompanying the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

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