Bajrang Dal

Six months on, police add UAPA charges in cases connected to Nuh violence

Police have slapped charges under the stringent UAPA against the accused in three cases connected to the murder of two home guards and a Bajrang Dal member and an attack on a cyber police station six months ago. While the charges were not included in the initial FIRs related to the cases, court documents showed these were added to the challan presented in a court to oppose the bail petition filed by the accused. Six people, including two home guards and a cleric, died in the clashes that erupted in Nuh after a procession of the VHP was attacked by mobs on July 31 last year and spread to adjoining areas, including Gurugram. The imposition of UAPA in three FIRs came to light three days ago when lawyer Tahir Hussain Rupariya, representing some of the accused, filed their bail petitions before the court. Rupariya said after the bail application was filed, information was received from the court that charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) had been imposed on two o

10 Bajrang Dal activists including women injured in Hazaribag stone-pelting

At least 10 Bajrang Dal activists including women were injured when their bus was pelted with stones by a mob while they were returning to Hazaribag after participating in the 'Shourya Jagaran Yatra Programme' at Ranchi, police said on Monday. The incident took place near a mosque in Pelawal area near Hazaribag at about 8.45 pm on Sunday. Hazaribag Superintendent of Police, Manoj Ratan Chothe told PTI that no arrests have been made so far but the miscreants of both the groups involved in the incident have been identified and FIRs would be lodged against the persons involved. The SP said arrests would be made based on investigations as members of a particular community who pelted stones have alleged that the bus stopped in front of the mosques and the passengers shouted 'Jai Shri Ram' and other religious and objectionable slogans. He said the incident occurred in front of a mosque at Pelawal near Hazaribag town while the passengers of the bus were returning to Katkamsandi about 30 k

Nuh violence: Accused Monu Manesar sent to 14-day judicial custody

Bajrang Dal leader Monu Manesar accused of inciting violence in Nuh was been sent to a 14-day judicial custody on Tuesday. Speaking to ANI, the Advocate of the accused, Som Dutt Sharma said, "He has been sent to judicial custody till September 26. He will be produced before the court again. The case has been wrongly registered against him."Earlier today the accused was detained by the Haryana Police in Gurugram's Manesar.Nuh district witnessed violence following clashes between two groups that broke out after a religious procession passing through the district came under attack, leaving two home guards dead and dozens of people, including around 20 policemen, injured in the violence that followed. Meanwhile, Bharatpur Superintendent of Police Mridul Kachawa said that they are in touch with Haryana Police over his transit remand. Monu Manesar alias Mohit Yadav comes from Manesar near Gurugram. He is also one of the key accused in connection with the death of two men Nasir and Junaid. .

Congress won't ban Bajrang Dal in Madhya Pradesh, says Digvijaya Singh

Congress' poll promise in Karnataka of banning Bajrang Dal had turned into a major controversy, with BJP making it a major issue during its campaigns

As Assembly polls near, debate over Bajrang Dal heats up in Madhya Pradesh

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Narottam Mishra said that Congress' eye flu is getting clear gradually as they are now seeing some good people in Bajrang Dal

VHP disassociates itself from arrested cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi

The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Wednesday disassociated itself from cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi arrested in connection with the communal clashes in Haryana's Nuh district. "Raj Kumar alias Bittu Bajrangi, who is said to be a Bajrang Dal worker, has never had any relation with Bajrang Dal. The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) also does not consider the content of the video allegedly released by him to be appropriate," the right-wing outfit said in a statement. Bajrang Dal is the youth wing of the VHP. Bajrangi was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the communal clashes that erupted in Nuh on July 31, police said. He was questioned in connection with a fresh FIR registered against him and 15-20 others at Nuh's Sadar Police Station based on a complaint filed by Assistant Superintendent of Police Usha Kundu. Police said Bajrangi, the president of an outfit called the Goraksha Bajrang Force, was initially detained by a Crime Investigation Agency team of Tauru from Faridabad and taken for

SC directs Centre, states to ensure peaceful rallies against Nuh violence

The Supreme Court directed the authorities to video record the rallies held by VHP and Bajrang Dal in sensitive areas and preserve the footages

VHP holds demonstration against Haryana communal clashes in Noida

The Vishva Hindu Parishad carried out a demonstration in Noida on Wednesday against the communal violence in Haryana and demand monetary aid to the kin of two members of its youth wing Bajrang Dal, who it claimed died in the clash. The Hindu-right group carried out its demonstration despite the imposition of CrPC Section 144, which prohibits unlawful assembly of more than four people, in the city in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, where security has been stepped up in view of the clashes in the neighbouring state. The right-wing procession started from Noida Stadium in Sector 21A of Noida around 10 am and culminated near the District Magistrate's office in Sector 27, witnessing the participation of hundreds of members and supporters of VHP and Bajrang Dal. The procession -- led by VHP's Noida Mahanagar unit president Chhaya Singh and Mahanagar mantra Dinesh Mahawar decried the "anti-national forces" and demanded strict action against them, the body's Noida unit head for publicity Rahu

Bajrang Dal camp organisers booked for imparting arms training in school

Assam Police have registered a case against Bajrang Dal activists for organising an arms training camp at a school in Darrang district. The case was registered with Mangaldai police station under Section 153A/34 IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, and doing acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony). ''Reference video related to training by Rashtriya Bajrang Dal at Maharishi Bidya Mandir, Mangaldai, a case has been registered vide Mangaldai PS case no 357 U/S 153A/34 IPC," Darrang Police tweeted. Assam Director General of Police G P Singh had directed the Darrang district superintendent of police to register a case and take lawful action against those allegedly involved in organising an arms training camp as seen in a video that has gone viral. ''Reference Mangaldai video-SP@ Darrang_Police has been instructed to register a case under appropriate sections of law and investigate the matter and take ..

VHP, Bajrang Dal give memorandum to Delhi Police over Muharram violence

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal submitted a memorandum to the police over Saturday's clashes during Muharram processions in west Delhi, officials said. A senior police officer on Sunday said leaders and supporters of the two organisations submitted their memorandum at the Nangloi police station against the incident which left several police personnel and volunteers injured and caused damage to public property. As they submitted their memorandum, they chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans outside the police station before dispersing, the officer said. Police on Sunday registered three cases after an unruly crowd taking part in Muharram processions clashed with police and pelted them with stones in west Delhi's Nangloi area. Twelve people, including six police personnel, were injured in the clashes, they said. The police lathicharged the "unruly crowd" to disperse it, they had said. Police said on Saturday, "Several 'tazia' processions were being carried out in the Nan

Basavaraj Bommai dares Congress govt to ban RSS, Bajrang Dal in Karnataka

Senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Friday challenged the Congress government in Karnataka to impose a ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bajrang Dal. Alleging that the Congress was pursuing 'politics of vengeance', he said those who ever tried to ban RSS were sent home packing. Bommai was reacting to Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge's purported statement that the government will not hesitate to ban RSS and Bajrang Dal if they disturb peace in the state. Keeping aside all its promises, the Congress has started pursuing the politics of vengeance. It appears that politics of vengeance is more on the agenda than the development of the state, the former CM told reporters here. They are talking about banning RSS and Bajrang Dal. Whom are they telling this? Please try it. I am challenging them. They don't have powers to ban any organisation. It's the prerogative of the Centre, which does it after seeking the opinion of all the states, Bommai pointed out. On the one hand, the Cong

Will ban Bajrang Dal, RSS if peace is disturbed: K'taka min Priyank Kharge

Priyank Kharge reiterated that his govt would ban outfits like Bajrang Dal and RSS if peace of the state is disturbed and if BJP leadership find it unacceptable, they can go to Pakistan

Congress Prez Kharge summoned by district court for Bajrang Dal remarks

During the recently concluded Karnataka assembly elections, the Congress compared the Bajrang Dal with 'anti-national organisations like SIMI and Al-Qaeda'

BJP will get more votes due to Bajrang Dal ban row: Goa CM in Karnataka

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday hit out at the Congress party alleging that it is dividing people in the name of caste and religion

VHP issues legal notice to Cong for defaming Bajrang Dal, demands Rs 100 cr

The Vishva Hindu Parishad has issued a legal notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing him of making defamatory remarks against the Bajrang Dal in his party's Karnataka poll manifesto and demanding a compensation of Rs 100 crore. The notice was issued by the Chandigarh unit of the VHP and its youth wing Bajrang Dal on May 4, demanding the compensation within 14 days. There was no immediate response from Congress on the queries sent to the party in this regard. In its poll manifesto for May 10 assembly polls in Karnataka, the Congress said it is committed to take firm and decisive action against individuals and organisations such as the Bajrang Dal and the Popular Front of India (PFI) "spreading hatred" among communities on grounds of caste and religion. The action will include a "ban" against such organisations, the party promised. "That in the manifesto at Page 10, you made defamatory statements against the Bajrang Dal, associate body of the Vishva Hindu Parishad

Cong making mockery of Hindu faith by asking to ban Bajrang Dal: Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday accused the Congress of attempting to 'make a mockery' of Hindu faith by proposing to ban Bajrang Dal, which the majority community will not tolerate and accept. He also alleged that those who do not like Ek Bharat, Sreshtha Bharat' (One India, Great India) are backing the anti-national' organisations like 'Popular Front of India' (PFI). Adityanath, who is also the head priest of Gorakhnath Math, said in a public meeting here in Chikkamagaluru district of poll-bound Karnataka, that he came from the land of Rama in Uttar Pradesh to the land of Hanuman (Karnataka). The bonding between the two states underlines the fact that they are integrally one and "materialise" the concept of Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat', he said. Those who don't like Ek Bharat, Sreshth Bharat' somewhere encourage anti-social and anti-national organisations like PFI on the one hand, and on the other, they want to ban organisations which are committed to ...

Cong's Bajrang Dal ban promise a windfall for BJP as it battles incumbency

Congress insiders confide that the move by the party has given undue advantage to the BJP

No question of banning Bajrang Dal if it plays by rule-book: Cong's Moily

There is no question of banning the Bajrang Dal if it plays by the rule-book and behaves itself, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said on Friday, as his party's manifesto proposing to outlaw the outfit continues to come under fire from the BJP. Speaking to PTI, Moily said the reference should be viewed as the Congress issuing some kind of a notice and warning to Bajrang Dal, and not as if the party is going to ban it if it's voted to power in the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka. On this issue, the former Chief Minister indicated that the Congress would adopt the approach of the then Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel who, he said, lifted the ban on RSS after receiving an undertaking from the organisation that it would not indulge in "illegal activities". The Congress in its manifesto for the Assembly polls released earlier this week said it was committed to take firm and decisive action against individuals and organisations spreading hatred amongst communities on grounds

Banning Bajrang Dal impossible: Yediyurappa in poll-bound Karnataka

Yediyurappa asserted that the BJP will "comfortably form the government by winning 135 seats" in the state

Karnataka elections: What is Bajrang Dal, the outfit Congress plans to ban?

The Congress said in its manifesto that it will ban organisations promoting enmity or hatred, whether among majority or minority communities