The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested a man from Noida who allegedly duped people by flaunting morphed images on social media with ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The accused, identified as Mohammad Kashif, defrauded people by assuring them of tenders and government jobs by claiming links with top officers and ministers. The Special Task Force of UP Police arrested him on Wednesday from his residence. The 36-year-old used to live in a high-rise society in Noida Sector 107.

The police have also seized a Mercedes car used by him and three Apple iPhones.

The official said Kashif posted his morphed pictures on social media which purportedly showed him interacting with some ministers in the central government as well as the state government. He also edited his picture which showed him with PM Modi.

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He continued by saying that he has deceived people by promising them contracts or jobs in government agencies while using these morphed photographs to demonstrate his connections with senior government officials and ministers.

The UP Police have lodged an FIR against the accused under Sections 420 (cheating), 467, 468, and 471 (all related to forgery) of the Indian Penal Code as well under provisions of the Information Technology Act.

The police said Kashif was produced before a local court on Wednesday and has been remanded in judicial custody.

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All 69 accused, including former Bharatiya Janta Party minister Maya Kodnani, in the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre in Gujarat were acquitted by a special court in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

The accused included Maya Kodnani, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, and 84 others. 18 of the accused died during the intervening period. The verdict was pronounced by special judge Shubhada Baxi at 5:30 pm.

The trial started in 2010 and continued for 13 years with six different judges. Reports said the prosecution had called as many as 187 witnesses while the defence called 57.

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Earlier, a trial court had convicted both Bajrangi and Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya case and had sentenced them to life imprisonment. Later, the Gujarat High Court overturned Kodnani’s conviction and upheld Bajrangi’s conviction in 2018.

In 2017, Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah appeared as a defence witness for Kodnani the court. She had claimed that she was present at the Gujarat Assembly and Sola Civil Hospital during the time of the massacre.

The Naroda Gam massacre was among the major riots that took place in Gujarat. On February 28, eleven Muslims were burnt to death after mobs set their houses on fire in Muslim Mohalla in Kumbhar Vas in the Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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Three tribal girls, aged between 14 to 17 years, were reportedly gangraped in Kalahandi district of Odisha while returning home on the night of April 16, officials said today.

According to the police, on the fateful night, the three minor girls were returning home after watching jatra (folk theatre) when they were intercepted by five men. They said the five accused, stopped the girls and allegedly gangraped them in a nearby forest.

Bijepur police station inspector-in-charge Lingaraj Sethy said the incident happened on the night of April 16 (Sunday), however, a complaint was filed by the tribe’s elders at the Bijepur police station on Wednesday evening after it was found that the alleged rapists belong to a different community.

The senior officer said that based on the complaint by the tribal elders, an FIR under the POCSCO Act, relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, has been registered.

Inspector Sethy said the area is infested with Maoists with a hilly terrain full of dense forests and it is suspected that the accused men may be hiding in the deep woods.

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Reports quoting local sources said the tribal leaders convened a meeting after the families of three rape survivors approached them and narrated their daughters’ ordeal to them.

The tribal leaders decided that the crime must be reported to the police as the accused belonged to a different community, leading to the delay in filing the complaint.

As per reports, on Thursday, the minor girls had to travel to three different hospitals for medical examination as no female doctors were available. Finally, doctors at the Bhawanipatna government hospital conducted a medical checkup of the victims which confirmed sexual assault.

Meanwhile, Kalahandi Adivasi Sangha president Prakash Majhi issued an ultimatum, threatening protests by the tribals if the accused are not arrested within the next 24 hours, adding that a team of the Adivasi welfare group will visit the girls’ families and decide the future course of action.

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