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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Robert Vadra stopped on way to meet wife Priyanka Gandhi
In a long Facebook post, Vadra said that he had packed his bags to go to Lucknow but was informed that he won’t be allowed to step out of the airport. This is totally shocking that as a husband he can’t even go and support his wife, he wrote.

Businessman Robert Vadra on Wednesday alleged that he had been stopped at Delhi airport from going to Lucknow to meet his wife and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who remains under preventive detention for defying orders to visit Lakhimpur Kheri.
Priyanka Gandhi has been in police custody since early Monday when she was stopped while attempting to go to Lakhimpur Kheri where 9 people including 4 farmers and a local journalist had died in violence on Sunday.

In a long Facebook post, Vadra said that he had packed his bags to go to Lucknow but was informed that he won’t be allowed to step out of the airport. This is totally shocking that as a husband he can’t even go and support his wife, he wrote.
In his post, Vadra said his family and wife comes first. She is released soon and back home safe, Vadra wrote. He spoke with his wife Priyanka Gandhi yesterday and she told me that she has not been served with any order or notice. She has not been produced before a judicial officer and has not been allowed to meet her legal counsel, Vadra said.
Vadra also said he is shocked beyond belief at how Priyanka has been arrested under Section 151 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday had stopped Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa at Lucknow airport. However, Baghel managed to arrive at Lucknow Airport from where he held a press conference through video conferencing.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the UP govt had suspended internet services of district Sitapur, where Priyanka Gandhi is in the detention room.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had earlier said she is being kept in detention by the Uttar Pradesh Police without any legal basis. She had also alleged that police personnel surrounded and pushed Congress leaders accompanying her.
Her brother, former Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi has also been denied permission to meet Lakhimpur Kheri violence victim families.
Cases have been filed against Priyanka Gandhi and 10 others under the apprehension of breach of peace. Among these 10, 8 of those named by the UP police were not even present with her, Priyanka said.
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Indore: Temple stepwell roof collapses during Ram Navami celebrations, over 20 feared trapped
In the viral videos, police and locals were seen trying to rescue the devotees trapped in the collapsed stepwell.

In a major accident during Ram Navami celebrations, a temple stepwell roof collapsed at Indore’s Shree Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal Temple.
Reports said more than 20 people are feared trapped after the roof of an ancient bavdi collapsed during the Ram Navami festival. Rescue operations are underway and as per early reports, 6 people have been rescued from the stepwell.
In the viral videos, police and locals were seen trying to rescue the devotees trapped in the collapsed stepwell.
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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took cognizance of the incident and directed local authorities to speed up the rescue operation, reports said.
This is a developing story.
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Police vehicles torched as violence erupts between 2 groups in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Police and public vehicles were reportedly set ablaze by the mob as violent clashes erupted between two groups outside a temple in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Wednesday night, reports said.

Police and public vehicles were reportedly set ablaze by the mob as violent clashes erupted between two groups outside a temple in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Wednesday night, reports said.
As per reports, an altercation between two groups escalated outside a Ram Temple in Kiradpura area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and resulted in the two sides hurling stones at each other as more people joined the clashes.
According to the police the mob also set ablaze several police and public vehicles outside the temple and the police had to fire tear smoke shells to pacify the situation and disperse the mob.
A senior official said that four people who sustained injuries in the incident and were hospitalized, have been discharged after receiving medical attention.
He said that fire services were called to the scene to douse the burning vehicle and a heavy deployment of police personnel has been made and security beefed up to prevent any riots or untoward incidents from taking place.
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CP Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Nikhil Gupta told news agency ANI that a clash broke out between two groups in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’s Kiradpura area during which stones were pelted by both sides and the mob torched some private and police vehicles.
The officer said the police was compelled to use force and fire tear gas shells to disperse the rioters and the situation is peaceful, adding that strict action will be taken against the miscreants.
The senior officer said all the “miscreants” have been removed and situation is under control while also appealing the people to maintain calm and peace.
In a video shared on Twitter, AIMIM’s National Corporator Mohammed Naseeruddin Twitter said that Aurangabad MP Imtiaz Jaleel went to the Ram temple following which false news was spread that the temple was attacked by some miscreants.
Police and local administration have appealed the people to maintain calm and not to believe rumors.
Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani acquitted in 2017 rally case
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Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani acquitted in 2017 rally case
A Gujarat sessions court, Wednesday, overturned a lower court sentence and conviction of Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others in a case of unlawful assembly for taking out a public rally without the permission of the police in 2017.

A Gujarat sessions court, Wednesday, overturned a lower court sentence and conviction of Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others in a case of unlawful assembly for taking out a public rally without the permission of the police in 2017.
Setting aside the lower court judgement, a sessions court in Mehsana district observed that debates and bona fide criticism of government actions are essential for the existence of democracy while also quoting former US President Abraham Lincoln: “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God, cannot long retain it.”
The sessions court in its judgement noted that the prosecution’s entire case was baseless and lacked any substance or evidence.
Additional Sessions Judge CM Pawar allowed the appeal of Jignesh Mevani, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Reshma Patel, and others against the May 2022 order of a judicial magistrate court which had convicted and sentenced them for three-months in jail under sections 143 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
In July 2017, an FIR was lodged against Dalit rights activist Jignesh Mevani and others at the Mehsana ‘A’ division police station for taking out an “Azadi march” in support of landless farmers of the area, without police permission, from Mehsana town to Dhanera in Banaskantha district.
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Mevani and other accused had sought permission from authorities to organise a rally under the banner of Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch to air grievances of members of the Dalit community.
Jignesh Mevani—a prominent Dalit leader—is also a working president of the Gujarat Congress.
An executive magistrate via an order June 27, 2017 granted the permission for the rally, however, it was rescinded on July 7 of that year on grounds of public disorder but Mevani and others persisted and went ahead with their planned rally leading to an FIR against them for unlawful assembly under section 143 of the IPC.
Mevani, at the time, was an independent legislator from Banaskantha district’s Vadgam and was reelected from the same constituency on Congress ticket in the December 2022 elections.
Justice Pawar in his ruling observed that “deliberations, discussions, debates and bona fide dissent against policies of government and even bona fide criticism of action of government are essential for the existence of democracy in the nation.”
The sessions judge also highlighted the misuse of power and process of law by authorities for suppressing the voice of people, and noted showing “dominance of power” is not unknown even in a democratic set up.
The judge noted that in a democracy elected leaders meant to serve the people not to rule them, adding that a democratic nation is duty-bound to “protect the rights of citizens without any fear of criticism for survival of the ethos of democracy in the nation.”
He observed that right of freedom will be nullified in a democracy if dissent or peaceful protest is branded as an offence.
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