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‘…don’t spoil atmosphere with hate speeches’: Supreme Court on Jitender Tyagi bail plea

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The Supreme Court on Thursday said people should stay together peacefully and enjoy life, as it issued notice on a bail plea of Jitender Tyagi — formerly known as Wasim Rizvi — arrested in connection with hate speeches at the Hardiwar Dharam Sansad held in December last year.

Tyagi, a former Chairperson of UP Shia Waqf Board, had converted to Hinduism recently.

A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath said: “Stay together peacefully, enjoy life…” as it issued notice to Uttarakhand government on Tyagi’s plea.

During the hearing, the bench emphasised on the need to sensitise the speakers, so that they don’t make speeches, which spoil the atmosphere.

Tyagi moved the apex court challenging the Uttarakhand High Court order, which rejected his bail plea in March.

At the outset, the bench queried Tyagi’s counsel, what is a Dharam Sansad?

As senior sdvocate Sidharth Luthra, representing Tyagi, submitted that from the videos of the event, he could only guess, people wearing bhagwa (saffron) clothes were giving speeches, the bench said such speeches spoil the atmosphere.

Luthra contended that people of the nation have to be sensitised and pointed out his client has been in custody for close to 6 months.

As the state government counsel opposed Tyagi’s bail plea, the bench queried whether further investigation was required, as charge sheet has already been filed in the matter.

It also asked what was the maximum punishment in the case registered against Tyagi. The state government counsel said the maximum sentence was 5 years, since the speeches were given at a religious place. However, Luthra said the ‘Dharam Sansad’ was not a religious place, and the maximum sentence was 3 years.

After hearing arguments, the top court issued notice on Tyagi’s bail plea to the Uttarakhand government and scheduled the matter for further hearing on May 17.

In January this year, the Uttarakhand Police arrested him for inflammatory speech at the event in Hardiwar.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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