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Hans India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
'Matter of concern', says Gajendra Shekhawat on arrest of former Rajasthan Minister's aide on spying charges
Jaipur: Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, on Thursday, described the arrest of Shakur Khan, the Personal Assistant of former Rajasthan Minister and MLA Saleh Mohammad, on espionage charges as a matter of grave concern. Speaking to media, the Union Minister said, "I have just come from a foreign tour and have been informed that the Personal Assistant of Saleh Mohammad, who has been a former Minister, has now been arrested." He demanded that all those links connected with Khan should be investigated at the earliest and strict action should be taken against those compromising with the security of the country. Khan was detained on Wednesday night by an Intelligence department team who were acting on security-related inputs. Khan, who works in the district employment office, was found to have phone numbers associated with Pakistan stored on his device, an official said. "There were inputs about Shakur Khan that he could be involved in spying for Pakistan. He was on surveillance following inputs and was detained last night," the official added. A joint questioning was conducted in Jaisalmer following which the Intelligence department team left for Jaipur with Khan. According to sources, the 'spy' Shakur Khan was working as a Personal Assistant to former Minister Mohammad under the previous Congress government in Rajasthan. Khan and Mohammad's villages are nearly eight kilometre away from one another, they said. Mohammad has been a two-time MLA, a Minister, and has fought four elections under the leadership of the previous Ashok Gehlot government. He is currently the representative of India of the 'Pir Pagara' (a title given to the leader of the Muslim Sufi order of Hurs in Pakistan's Sindh) of Pakistan.
NDTV
4 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Rajasthan Man who 'Spied' For Pak Had Links With Ex-Minister: Sources
Quick Read Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. A Rajasthan government employee, Shakur Khan, was detained in Jaisalmer for espionage linked to Pakistan. He previously worked for ex-minister Shale Mohammad, sources said. Khan visited Pakistan multiple times and had suspicious bank activity. New Delhi: A 49-year-old Rajasthan state government employee, who was detained in Jaisalmer on suspicion of espionage for Pakistan, had a connection with a former minister in the ex-Ashok Gehlot-led government, sources said. According to sources, the 'spy' Shakur Khan was working as a personal assistant to former minister Shale Mohammad under the Congress regime in Rajasthan. Khan and Mohammad's villages are barely eight kilometers away from one another, they said. Mohammad has been a two-time MLA, a minister, and has fought four elections under the Ashok Gehlot government. He is presently the representative of India of the 'Pir Pagara' (a title given to the leader of the Muslim Sufi order of Hurs in Pakistan's Sindh) of Pakistan. During the previous government, Khan used to frequently visit Mohammad's father, Ghazi Fakir - a claim confirmed by local sources. While pictures on social media showed Khan, Mohammad and Ghazi Fakir (who died in 2021) together, NDTV could not independently verify the authenticity of it. However, officials said that it would be premature to link Mohammad with the espionage case. Khan was detained on Wednesday night by an intelligence department team who were acting on security-related inputs. Sources said that the 'spy' had visited Pakistan at least seven times. He also has two bank accounts - one of which was recently closed. Officials said that Khan's phone, which was sent for investigation, had some deleted data that could be of interest to them. According to Superintendent of Police, Sudhir Chaudhary, since Operation Sindoor, there is a heightened vigilance on the India-Pakistan border and especially in a border district like Jaisalmer. "In the past month, six people have been taken in for questioning for suspicious activities on the border. Shakur is the seventh person picked up for interrogation," he said. The central agencies are interrogating Khan again today, officials said.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Footage of protester hit with tear gas falsely linked to religious tension in Bangladesh
"In Bangladesh, acid is being thrown on Hindu women in broad daylight for coming out without wearing a burqa," reads a Bengali-language Facebook post shared on February 18, 2025. It includes a video that shows a woman trying to cover her face with her backpack while two other men beside her shout and ask for water to help her. A burqa is a one-piece overgarment that covers the entire head and body, with a mesh panel to see through. Acid attacks on women have dropped dramatically in Bangladesh after it enacted tough new laws that threatened the death penalty for anyone convicted of the crime (archived link). According to the Acid Survivors Foundation, there were 494 reported attacks in 2002 when the new measures came into force, but the number dropped to eight in 2019. The false clip surfaced as minority communities faced a string of violence since a student-led uprising toppled long-time autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 (archived link). In the chaotic days following her ouster, Hindus -- seen by some as having backed Hasina -- as well as Muslim Sufi shrines have been targeted by Islamist hardliners. It was shared alongside similar claims elsewhere on Facebook. But a reverse image search with keyframes of the footage led to a longer version of the clip that local online news portal Dhaka Post published on its Facebook page on February 13 (archived link). It shows a tear gas canister exploding in front of a group of protesters before riot police move in to disperse them. "Students clash with police in front of the Secretariat," says the video's caption. The clip in the false post can be seen from the 2:39 mark of the video report. Another outlet Prothom Alo also published footage showing the same scene (archived link). The Dhaka Tribune reported that police dispersed protests staged by students from Narsingdi Textile Engineering College against the institution's closure (archived link). Ashikuzzaman Limon, the man seen on the left of the Dhaka Post clip and a second-year student at the college, told AFP on April 27 that no burqa or acid was involved in the incident. "The way the footage is being shared is not right," Limon told AFP on April 27, 2025. "She was hit with tear gas hurled by police while we were protesting in front of the secretariat." Bangladesh fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner also published a report dismissing the claim as false. AFP has debunked a wave of misinformation sparked by religious tensions in Bangladesh.
AFP
30-04-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Footage of protester hit with tear gas falsely linked to religious tension in Bangladesh
"In Bangladesh, acid is being thrown on Hindu women in broad daylight for coming out without wearing a eads a Bengali-language Facebook post shared on It includes a video that shows a woman trying to cover her face with her backpack while two other men beside her shout and ask for water to help her. Image Screenshot of the false post taken on April 28, 2025 Acid attacks on women have dropped dramatically in Bangladesh after it enacted tough new laws that threatened the death penalty for anyone convicted of the crime (archived link). According to the Acid Survivors Foundation, there were 494 reported attacks in 2002 when the new measures came into force, but the number dropped to eight in 2019. The false clip surfaced as minority communities faced a string of violence since a student-led uprising toppled long-time autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 (archived link). In the chaotic days following her ouster, Hindus -- seen by some as having backed Hasina -- as well as Muslim Sufi shrines have been targeted by Islamist hardliners. It was shared alongside similar claims elsewhere on Facebook. But a reverse image search with keyframes of the footage led to a longer version of the clip that local online news portal Dhaka Post published on its Facebook page on February 13 (archived link). It shows a tear gas canister exploding in front of a group of protesters before riot police move in to disperse them. "Students clash with police in front of the Secretariat," says the video's caption. The clip in the false post can be seen from the 2:39 mark of the video report. Image Screenshot comparison of the footage shared in the false post (left) and the video published by Dhaka Post Another outlet Prothom Alo also published footage showing the same scene (archived link). The Dhaka Tribune reported that police dispersed protests staged by students from Narsingdi Textile Engineering College against the institution's closure (archived link). , the man seen on the left of the Dhaka Post clip and a second-year student at the college, told AFP on April 27 that no burqa or acid was involved in the incident. "The way the footage is being shared is not right," Limon told AFP on April 27, 2025. "She was hit with tear gas hurled by police while we were protesting in front of the secretariat." AFP has debunked a wave of misinformation sparked by religious tensions in Bangladesh.
