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New Indian Express
31-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Targeted attack on Christian, Adivasi communities: LDF, UDF
RAIPUR/KOCHI: The nuns, arrested on charges of forced conversion and human trafficking from Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh, will have to remain in jail after the Sessions Court refused to hear the bail plea. Session Judge Aneesh Dubey said the case fell outside the court's jurisdiction. The matter will now be heard by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Bilaspur. According to the members of the LDF, UDF, and BJP delegations, the court has stated that the nuns will have to approach a special court for relief. Sr Preethi Mary and Sr Vandana Francis, along with Sukaman Mandavi, were arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) at the Durg railway station on July 25 following a complaint by a local Bajrang Dal functionary, who accused them of forcibly converting three women from the state's tribal-dominated Narayanpur district and trafficking them. According to the GRP, the group was allegedly preparing to travel to Agra where the three young women were to be trained and later employed. The nuns, booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Section 143 (trafficking) and Section 4 of the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Act, 1968, (unlawful religious conversions), were remanded in judicial custody till August 8. Kottayam MP Francis George told TNIE, 'The things that happened on Wednesday were quite unexpected. As soon as the bail application was moved, the Sessions judge said that the plea could not be heard since it didn't have the power to hear human trafficking cases.' The matter got complicated as Narayanpur and surrounding areas are Naxal-infested. 'Since human trafficking cases are prevalent in these areas, laws have been made in such a way that they come under the purview of NIA,' he said.
Hindustan Times
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Key Naxal operative arrested from Rohtak in Haryana: NIA
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key Naxal operative from Haryana, who was 'actively working to promote anti-national activities', an official statement said on Wednesday. The NIA team seized a mobile phone with SIM card, one Tablet, two memory cards, and 'incriminating' documents related to the CPI(Maoist) from the accused, it said. Priyanshu Kashyap, a native of the Naxal-infested Bastar district in Chhattisgarh and currently living in Rohtak district of Haryana, was nabbed on Tuesday on the basis of information provided by Haryana Police, the agency said. The NIA team seized a mobile phone with SIM card, one Tablet, two memory cards, and 'incriminating' documents related to the CPI(Maoist) from the accused, it said. Kashyap was found to be a member of the proscribed terrorist organisation CPI (Maoist), and was actively working to promote its anti-national activities as its area committee in-charge in Rohtak, the NIA statement alleged. Leaders of CPI (Maoist) have been conspiring to re-energise the decrepit influence of the outfit in the Northern Regional Bureau (NRB), comprising Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, it said. The conspiracy involves several underground and overground workers (OGWs) of the terror organisation, engaged in recruiting cadres and strengthening the outfit in the northern states, the NIA said. Many front organisations and student wings are supporting the outfit's efforts to wage a war against the government of India, it claimed. While the underground workers are in direct contact with senior leaders of CPI (Maoist), the OGWs operate in the guise of activists to further the nefarious agenda, the NIA said. The workers were being provided funds from the Eastern Regional Bureau of the CPI (Maoist), especially from Jharkhand, NIA investigations have revealed. The anti-terror agency had earlier arrested two other persons, Ajay Singhal alias Aman, in-charge of State Organising Committee (SOC) Haryana and Punjab, and Vishal Singh, member of CPI (Maoist), in the case.
Deccan Herald
30-07-2025
- Deccan Herald
Key Naxal operative arrested from Haryana: NIA
Priyanshu Kashyap, a native of the Naxal-infested Bastar district in Chhattisgarh and currently living in Rohtak district of Haryana, was nabbed on Tuesday on the basis of information provided by Haryana Police, the agency said.
The Print
30-07-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Key Naxal operative arrested from Haryana: NIA
The NIA team seized a mobile phone with SIM card, one Tablet, two memory cards, and 'incriminating' documents related to the CPI(Maoist) from the accused, it said. Priyanshu Kashyap, a native of the Naxal-infested Bastar district in Chhattisgarh and currently living in Rohtak district of Haryana, was nabbed on Tuesday on the basis of information provided by Haryana Police, the agency said. New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key Naxal operative from Haryana, who was 'actively working to promote anti-national activities', an official statement said on Wednesday. Kashyap was found to be a member of the proscribed terrorist organisation CPI (Maoist), and was actively working to promote its anti-national activities as its area committee in-charge in Rohtak, the NIA statement alleged. Leaders of CPI (Maoist) have been conspiring to re-energise the decrepit influence of the outfit in the Northern Regional Bureau (NRB), comprising Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, it said. The conspiracy involves several underground and overground workers (OGWs) of the terror organisation, engaged in recruiting cadres and strengthening the outfit in the northern states, the NIA said. Many front organisations and student wings are supporting the outfit's efforts to wage a war against the government of India, it claimed. While the underground workers are in direct contact with senior leaders of CPI (Maoist), the OGWs operate in the guise of activists to further the nefarious agenda, the NIA said. The workers were being provided funds from the Eastern Regional Bureau of the CPI (Maoist), especially from Jharkhand, NIA investigations have revealed. The anti-terror agency had earlier arrested two other persons, Ajay Singhal alias Aman, in-charge of State Organising Committee (SOC) Haryana and Punjab, and Vishal Singh, member of CPI (Maoist), in the case. PTI AKV RT This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Hindustan Times
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Key Naxal operative arrested from Haryana: NIA
New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency has arrested a key Naxal operative from Haryana, who was "actively working to promote anti-national activities", an official statement said on Wednesday. Key Naxal operative arrested from Haryana: NIA Priyanshu Kashyap, a native of the Naxal-infested Bastar district in Chhattisgarh and currently living in Rohtak district of Haryana, was nabbed on Tuesday on the basis of information provided by Haryana Police, the agency said. The NIA team seized a mobile phone with SIM card, one Tablet, two memory cards, and "incriminating" documents related to the CPI from the accused, it said. Kashyap was found to be a member of the proscribed terrorist organisation CPI , and was actively working to promote its anti-national activities as its area committee in-charge in Rohtak, the NIA statement alleged. Leaders of CPI have been conspiring to re-energise the decrepit influence of the outfit in the Northern Regional Bureau , comprising Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, it said. The conspiracy involves several underground and overground workers of the terror organisation, engaged in recruiting cadres and strengthening the outfit in the northern states, the NIA said. Many front organisations and student wings are supporting the outfit's efforts to wage a war against the government of India, it claimed. While the underground workers are in direct contact with senior leaders of CPI , the OGWs operate in the guise of activists to further the nefarious agenda, the NIA said. The workers were being provided funds from the Eastern Regional Bureau of the CPI , especially from Jharkhand, NIA investigations have revealed. The anti-terror agency had earlier arrested two other persons, Ajay Singhal alias Aman, in-charge of State Organising Committee Haryana and Punjab, and Vishal Singh, member of CPI , in the case. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
