Junaid Khan Lynching: Four Arrested By Haryana Police, and 3 Other Updates

1. Junaid Khan Lynching: Four Arrested By Haryana Police.

Haryana Police on Wednesday arrested four accused in connection with the Junaid Khan lynching case. This is considered to be a major breakthrough in the case and it just came a day after Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the perpetrators would be brought to justice. Earlier today, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu condemned the stabbing. “Any incident of such nature is condemnable. It is brutal, atrocious. It will not be acceptable at all. People who are responsible for the same should be identified and dealt very firmly,” Naidu told reporters outside the Parliament. Junaid was last week stabbed to death after he was returning from Delhi along with his two brothers.

2. 1993 Mumbai Blast Convict Mustafa Dossa Dead.

Mustafa Dossa, one of the convicts in the 1993 Mumbai Blast case, died today after suffering a cardiac arrest. This news has been confirmed by JJ Hospital Dean Dr. TP Lahane. Dossa passed away at 2.30 pm in the afternoon, however, he was admitted to the hospital last night at 3 am, after being diagnosed with a high fever. Dossa had earlier informed the special TADA court about a heart condition and said that he wanted to undergo a bypass surgery. “The dean of JJ Hospital has confirmed the news of the demise of Mustafa Ahmed Dossa to his family. After completing inquest and post mortem procedure, the body will be released to his family for burial,” lawyer Rizwan Merchant said.

3. Mamta Called GST Another Epic Blunder By The Centre, After Demonetisation

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, expressed her concern over Goods and Services Tax (GST), which has just two days left in rolling out. She called it ‘unnecessary disastrous hurry’ and another blunder by the centre after Demonetisation. “I am deeply concerned about GST implementation. After demonetisation, this unnecessary disastrous hurry is another epic blunder by the Centre,” Mamata said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. However, Mamta clarified that her government is not against the GST Bill but rather is worried about the way the centre is implementing it.

4. Philippines Bill: Sing National Anthem With Passion Or Face Jail.

The Philippines House of Representatives has approved a bill that would require the Filipinos to sing Lupang Hinirang, country’s National Anthem, with ‘fervour’, whenever it is played in the public. Now the bill has been sent to the Senate, where if the bill is also approved then a failure to sing the national anthem with passion will land a person in jail for a year, along with a fine of 50,000 to 100,000 pesos. A second offense would include both a fine and prison time and violators would be penalized by “public censure” in a newspaper. However, the bill does not mention how it would qualify the measurement of enough fervour in a person’s singing.

28th June 2017
Jyotsna Amla