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The Print
10-07-2025
- The Print
Purnea murders rock Bihar: Teen saw mob beat family to death over ‘witchcraft', lived to tell the tale
Before the family could make sense of the situation, Ramdev returned with a mob of around 200 people carrying weapons, allegedly catching hold of five members of the family, and beating them up before 'setting them on fire'. The teen saw fellow villager Ramdev Oraon, standing with his sick nephew Sunil Oraon and warning that his entire family would be burnt alive if they didn't 'treat' his nephew within half an hour. Having lost his son around 10 days back, Ramdev appeared very aggressive. New Delhi: A 17-year-old and his family in Tetgama village in Bihar's Purnea were jolted awake from their sleep Sunday night by a loud hostile warning: 'You're a witch. You ate my son Sumit, and now will you eat my nephew too?' The murders in the village, predominantly home to a tribal community, have rocked Bihar, drawing widespread condemnation from various political leaders. An FIR was filed Monday based on the complaint of the 17-year-old, who alleged that his family was assaulted by the mob and burnt. Purnea district police have so far arrested three accused of the murder and disposing of the five bodies, three kilometres away from the village. The deceased have been identified as Babu Lal Oraon (65), his wife Sita Devi (60), their son Manjeet Oraon (25), daughter-in-law Rani Devi (22), and Babu Lal's mother Kota Mosmat (75). The three arrested have been identified as Chhotu Oraon and Nakul Oraon from the same village, while the third accused, Mohammed Sanaul, hails from the neighbouring village of Kumardih. Bihar Director General of Police Vinay Kumar said Tuesday that the accused persons used a tractor to dispose of the bodies after killing them. The tractor belonged to Sanaul. However, he said that victims were not burnt alive, but after they had died. 'The post-mortem report confirms that the victims were not burned alive, as there were no signs of smoke inhalation,' the DGP said at a press conference in Patna. 'They threatened him (Babulal) with dire consequences. When he failed to cure the child, villagers belonging to the Oraon caste group turned on him in anger, and beat him up severely. After the assault, they attempted to dispose of the body by burning it and loading it onto a tractor.' Also Read: 'Came in using broken window, gagged her': How vacation in Pahalgam turned nightmare for 70-yr-old woman How the complainant 'escaped' Purnea district police rushed their team to the village Monday morning after receiving a call from Babulal's minor son, after he regained consciousness and alerted the local police station. In his complaint to the police filed Monday afternoon, he laid out the sequence of events Sunday night. He alleged that Ramdev Oraon had returned within half an hour of sounding his warning, as he had said, around 10.30 with a mob of around 200 people, which carried sticks, rods and other sharp weapons, and included women villagers. Even before the family could think how to protect themselves, the mob allegedly caught hold of five of them and tied them up with ropes. The minor further claimed that all of them were beaten up mercilessly and assaulted, while being taken towards the village pond. A woman caught hold of the complainant himself, he said, and took him to the pond, where he allegedly witnessed the grievous assault on his parents, brother, sister-in-law and grandmother. While they were allegedly trying to burn them, taking them to be half-dead, the complainant managed to escape the woman's grip. 'When they were burning them by sprinkling oil on them, I somehow freed my hand and ran away from there. I went a little far away and hid in the dark, and was watching them beat up and burn my family,' the 17-year-old alleged in the police complaint, a copy of which ThePrint has seen. The charred remains of the bodies were allegedly filled in sacks before a tractor was called to the spot, and the bodies were taken to an unknown place, he further said. Based on the complaint, Purnea police Monday booked 23 suspects named by the minor complainant, including prime accused Ramdev, his wife Soni Devi, and brother-in-law Anil, and one Nakul under Sections 190 (liability of members of an unlawful assembly), 191 (2) and (3) (rioting), 118 (1) and (2) (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 126 (2)( wrongful restraint), 103 (2), (mob lynching), 238 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention Of Witch Practices Act, 1999 that criminalise identification of a woman as a witch, and damage caused on that pretext, have also been invoked. Purnea Superintendent of Police Sweety Sehrawat said in a statement that the bodies were buried inside the pond, three kilometres away from the village, to keep them from being discovered. As the matter came to light, senior public servants and representatives rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. Purnia District Magistrate Anshul Kumar said that the bodies were tied and buried in the pond in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. 'A postmortem has been conducted as per the established procedure, and as per the traditional way, last rites have been performed,' DM Kumar said Tuesday. He further said that the minor complainant has been provided with adequate security at an institution. 'We have arranged a ration for the family, and will ensure a compensation amount will be disbursed to the victims' family as soon as possible.' Both DGP and DM emphasised the need for awareness and education about the false claims and beliefs of 'black magic' and 'witchcraft'. (Edited by Mannat Chugh) Also Read: 8 years after JNU student Najeeb Ahmed disappeared, Delhi court accepts CBI's closure report
Time of India
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Doing business by hiding identity is wrong: Baba Ramdev on Kanwar Yatra's directive
(You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Supporting the Uttar Pradesh government 's move to ask the owners of eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their information, Yoga Guru Baba Swami Ramdev on Sunday said that doing business by hiding one's identity is said here that he is proud of being a Hindu and 'Sanatani' and, in the same way, Muslims should also be proud of being Muslims, claiming that their ancestors were also that it is up to the customer to decide whose shop they want to eat at, he asked, "What is the reason that Muslims are doing business in Kanwar Yatra by hiding their names? Hiding one's identity is wrong in every moral and religious sense."On the Marathi language row, the yoga guru called the assault on Hindi speakers in Maharashtra unfortunate. He said that all languages should be equally respected, but Hindus should not fight among themselves based on different languages, castes, classes, sects and genders."This harms Sanatan, national integrity and unity. We all should live together,' Ramdev said on the sidelines of a Patanjali function here.
Deccan Herald
06-07-2025
- General
- Deccan Herald
Doing business by hiding identity is wrong: Ramdev on Kanwar Yatra's directive
Ramdev said here that he is proud of being a Hindu and 'Sanatani' and, in the same way, Muslims should also be proud of being Muslims, claiming that their ancestors were also Hindus.
Indian Express
04-07-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
‘Clear case of disparagement': Delhi HC directs Patanjali to remove lines against Dabur chyawanprash in its print, TV ads
Observing that 'a clear case of disparagement is made out' in Patanjali's advertisements for its chyawanprash, impacting Dabur, the Delhi High Court Thursday directed the company to delete parts of its print and TV ads in this regard and run them only after doing so. It reasoned that the disparaging narrative of the ads 'assumes more importance' as renowned 'yoga guru Ramdev' appears in them. In a suit before the Delhi High Court, Dabur India Limited had accused Patanjali Ayurved Ltd of disparagement and denigration of 'Dabur Chyawanprash', and of the entire class of chyawanprash in general, in ads of 'Patanjali Special Chyawanprash'. Dabur also accused Patanjali of making 'false and misleading statements' in the ads 'in disparaging comparison with 'Dabur Chyawanprash' and other existing chyawanprash in the market. Dabur had sought an interim injunction against Patanjali's Hindi and English TV and print ads. The court held that that Patanjali's print ads 'are an instance of specific disparagement' of Dabur's product, while its TV commercial (TVC) 'is an instance of generic disparagement with respect to the entire class of chyawanprash in the market.' Directing that the parts in the ads stating 'Jinko ayurved or vedon ka gyaan nahi Charak, Sushrut, Dhanvantri aur Chyawanrishi ki parampara ke anuroop, original chyawanprash kaise bana payenge (How can those without knowledge of ayurveda or vedas make original chyawanprash according to the tradition of Charak, Sushrut, Dhanvantri and Chyawanrishi)', 'Toh ordinary chyawanprash kyu' and 'Why settle for ordinary chyawanprash made with 40 herbs?' be deleted, Justice Mini Pushkarna held that 'a clear case of disparagement is made out.' '…what seems to fall from the bare reading and audio-visual viewing of the impugned TVC is that other existing chyawanprash in the market are ordinary and consumers ought not to settle for ordinary products, which are not prepared in accordance with ayurvedic knowledge as they are not manufactured as per ancient ayurvedic texts and tradition. This Court further notes that the impugned TVC is narrated by Mr Ramdev, who also appears in the TVC in person,' the court stated. Mr Ramdev is a known yoga guru in India and is recognised as someone having knowledge of the Vedas. Thus, the narrative of the impugned TVC assumes more importance coming from the mouth of a person popularly known to be an expert in the field…,' it added. The judge continued, 'The said statement in the impugned TVC, in addition to being false, is also misleading for the reason that the impression created by the defendants, with Mr Ramdev as the brand ambassador, is that only the defendants have the knowledge of Ayurveda and Vedas, and can make original Chyawanprash, as per the traditions. Whereas fact of the matter is that Chyawanprash is an ayurvedic medicine as defined under Section 3(a) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act…' Reasoning that while it may be open for Patanjali to claim that its chyawanprash is the best, Justice Pushkarna noted, 'It is not open for them to state that other manufacturers of Chyawanprash lack the necessary knowledge and technical know-how to prepare the same as per ayurvedic texts as the same is firstly, untrue and secondly, misleading to the public at large.' Holding that the use of 'ordinary' in the Patanjali ads in reference to other chyawanprash is 'clearly negative', the court, also observed in respect of the TVCs, 'to an average person who watches the impugned TVC, where Mr Ramdev, an acknowledged yoga and vedic expert, declares that only the defendants possess the knowledge of ayurvedic texts to prepare original Chyawanprash, they would obviously be influenced by such statements and believe them to be true, and discard other Chyawanprash.' 'While assessing the overall impact of the impugned TVC on the audience, other factors, such as the person endorsing the advertiser's product, etc, also need to be taken into account. Therefore, the impugned TVC, in its manner of presentation as well as intent, seeks to disparage the entire class of Chyawanprash,' it added.
Scroll.in
03-07-2025
- Business
- Scroll.in
Patanjali restrained from running ‘disparaging' ads about Dabur product
The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved from running allegedly disparaging advertisements about a product manufactured by consumer goods company Dabur, PTI reported. Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the interim order on a petition filed by Dabur, which alleged that Patanjali Ayurved was disparaging its Chyawanprash product by claiming that no other manufacturer had the knowledge to prepare it. Chyawanprash is an Ayurvedic formulation made from a blend of sugar, honey, ghee, Indian gooseberry jam and several herbs and spices. It is sold as a dietary supplement. The matter arose after Patanjali Ayurved telecast an advertisement featuring Ramdev, in which he questioned the authenticity of Chyawanprash products sold by other companies, Bar and Bench reported. In its petition, Dabur objected to references in the advertisements that described a '40-herb' Chyawanprash as 'ordinary'. This was a reference to Dabur's product that advertised itself as using '40+ herbs', it alleged. Dabur also noted that it was misleading and harmful to label other brands as 'ordinary'. The petition alleged that such statements misrepresented Patanjali Ayurved's own formulation, questioned Dabur's adherence to Ayurvedic tradition and branded Dabur's product as inferior, Bar and Bench reported. The advertisements undermined confidence in a category of products governed by strict regulatory standards, the petition said. The advertisements also made 'untrue' claims that other manufacturers did not have the knowledge of Ayurvedic texts and the formulae used to prepare Chyawanprash, Dabur added. The consumer goods company also claimed that Patanjali Ayurved was a habitual offender, citing earlier orders in contempt proceedings against the company for similar advertising conduct. The court will hear the matter next on July 14. In April, the Delhi High Court had ordered Ramdev to take down advertisements in which he claimed that food company Hamdard's drink Rooh Afza was being used to orchestrate 'sharbat jihad'. In May, a day after the court warned Ramdev of contempt proceedings for publishing a new video allegedly targeting Hamdard, the yoga guru said that he will not make statements or publish social media posts targeting Rooh Afza.
