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The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) has carried out multiple raids in central Kashmir on August 12 as part of a reopened probe into the 35-year-old murder of Sarla Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit woman. The raids targeted individuals linked to the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and are part of wider efforts to resolve long-pending cases from the violent early 1990s.
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00:00We have some news just coming in. Let's begin this edition with that, with the BJP now giving instructions to all its MPs to stay in Delhi from the 6th of September to the 9th.
00:10All MPs will be asked to assemble them at one place. The process of vice presidential election will be explained to all the MPs.
00:18Asperia is getting in more details on that story. The BJP is preparing essentially for a fight and asking the MPs to be in Delhi's city, of course.
00:31Is there a whip of sorts? What more can you tell us? This, of course, because it wants to get the numbers intact, isn't it?
00:37Ahead of the vice presidential elections in India.
00:39Just recently we saw how the MPs, their flow leaders had met in the parliament and it was being decided that everyone will be told what exactly is the process for the vice presidential election.
00:52Because there are a lot of first-time MPs also. The BJP does not want that there should be any kind of goof-up.
00:57That's the reason why few of the three days, 6th, 7th and 8th, these are the days when the BJP is asking all the MPs to stay in the national capital.
01:06They will mostly be assembled at one place. They will be told what exactly needs to be done.
01:12This is also a show of sense that we will see coming in from the BJP.
01:16And in that party, it was decided that JT Nanda and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they are the ones who will finalise the names of the candidates.
01:22The last date of the nomination is on the 21st. 22nd is when the withdrawal can take place.
01:27So we will see a name also coming out in the next couple of days with regards to who the BJP, the NDA as a whole will be pitching as its vice presidential candidates.
01:35All right, I'm going to leave it there for the moment. Getting into those details is Aishwarya Paliwal.
01:40All MPs of the BJP have been asked to stay in Delhi wherein they would be explained the entire process of the elections of the vice president of India.
01:48That position, remember, fell vacant after the resignation of Jatik Thangar.
01:52More news coming in. These are first raids in Kashmir.
02:03Genocide matter. Genocide pro-body raid in the nurse murder.
02:07Ex-JKLF chief Yasin Malik's Srinagar home stands raided.
02:12Kashmiri pundit Sadla Bhatt was murdered in the year 1990.
02:15These are investigations in connection with that.
02:17VLG earlier had reopened a pundit. Genocide cases hoped for justice after 35 long years.
02:31I'm going to go straight across to Meer Farid for more details on that story.
02:35Meer, this comes after the investigations were opened up after 35 long years.
02:41What more can you tell us about the direction in which it is headed?
02:45Well, it's a very significant day because the Lieutenant Governor's administration, if you remember,
02:54just 10-15 days back, in various functions, the Lieutenant Governor distributed job letters
03:01as well as compensation to the terror victims in the Kashmir Valley.
03:05Now, at that time, the LGA administration had also said that they will reopen, reinvestigate cases of targeted killings of Kashmiri pundits
03:15because that's been the longstanding demand of the Kashmiri pundit community who have said time and again that justice has not been delivered.
03:23These cases were investigated, but they were never completely investigated with conviction.
03:28So, today is significant because the first such case has been reopened.
03:32Sarla Bhatt, who was a nurse in the Shri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences,
03:38in April 1990, she was abducted by terrorists and four days later, her bullet-ridden body was found.
03:44So, this is the first case that has been reopened.
03:47The State Investigative Agency has been handed over the case.
03:50And already, this morning, eight locations in Srinagar have been raided.
03:55All ex-operatives, commanders of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, which is a proscribed organization,
04:01and importantly, also the residence of Yasin Malik, who is in Tehar Jail,
04:05and his residence in Maish Suma was also raided.
04:08These raids happening early morning, and investigations have been started.
04:13Though, there are many observers who feel that already 35 years have passed,
04:17so this seems to be a symbolic gesture, but then, nonetheless, this was the demand of the Kashmiri Pandit community.
04:24And, Sneha, in the coming days, we will see more such cases being opened,
04:28and we will see more raids and more investigation as far as these killings are concerned.
04:33Interestingly, it is happening at a time when, on 10th of November,
04:37the NIA court will hear the plea of the NIA, who have advocated death penalty for Yasin Malik.
04:44Now, one can clearly connect the dots, but as far as Yasin Malik is happening,
04:51as far as Yasin Malik is concerned, these things happening simultaneously,
04:55and the raids also on the residences of other J.K.L.F. commanders.
05:00Also, talk to us about, apart from this one case, of the gruesome rape and murder of Sadla Bhattarwa,
05:06other cases as well.
05:08So, in that sense, are all of these cases going to be opened up, just to give more clarity on that front?
05:13Well, Sneha, we, as of now, don't know how many cases the LGBT administration has decided to reopen.
05:22Now, obviously, these cases will be judged on the basis of the kind of investigation that has happened at that time.
05:28Now, as far as this case is concerned, this is an FIR of 1990 in the Nagin police station.
05:34So, you have to understand, it's 35 years later that these case files, which would have been gathering dust in some police station, have been reopened.
05:43And this will require a painstaking investigation, because probably most of the witnesses or many people would have expired since,
05:51and this case would be a difficult one.
05:54But they have started investigations, and the first step has been raids on the residences of the accused.
06:01Now, there are many more such cases.
06:03There are some gruesome ones, as you rightly said.
06:05And it seems that, obviously, the priority will be to reopen them first, reinvestigate, and give a sense of closure to the victims' families,
06:14obviously, who have been fighting since, to ensure that these cases are reinvestigated and just as done,
06:21because the allegation has been that they were not investigated, or the attention that they deserved was not given to them.
06:28And that's why they need to be, these files need to be reopened and reinvestigated.
06:33So, you will see more such cases being reopened.
06:35But, obviously, the more gruesome ones, the cases where the families have been after the government to reopen them, would be given priority.
06:44But the first step, and as I said, it's happening at a time when Yasin Malik,
06:49a plea from the NIA for death penalty or advocation for death penalty for Yasin Malik,
06:54will be heard by the special NIA court on 10th of November.
06:58You know, also, talk to us, Miri, you spoke about Yasin Malik.
07:01Who are the others and the role of the other people that's being looked into in this entire matter?
07:08Well, there are, in total, eight commanders and operatives of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front.
07:13Now, apart from Yasin Malik, Abdul Hamid Sheikh, who was, again, an ex-chief of the JKLF.
07:20He was killed in an encounter in the late 90s.
07:23Then you also have Nurul Haq, also known as Air Marshal.
07:27He was, again, a top commander of the proscribed JKLF.
07:31There are at least three more who may not be as significant as far as the hierarchy of JKLF at that time is concerned.
07:39But as far as various murder cases against Kashmiri pundits and otherwise are concerned,
07:44they have been accused and they are wanted in these cases.
07:47So, they will also be investigated.
07:50But it is, in many ways, the top leadership of the proscribed JKLF, which was operational in the early 90s.
07:58Sneha?
08:01Be with us, Ameer.
08:02I'm going to come back to you for more on that.
08:03Amit Raina is also now joining us from Kashmir.
08:06He also is from the Kashmiri pundit community.
08:09Thank you for your time.
08:10Your response to the investigations in this case, the SIA, carrying out raids in central Kashmir,
08:16is what we know this is in connection with the gruesome murder of Sadla Bhat.
08:19How do you respond to this?
08:21Good morning.
08:22I think it is very sad that a community which has faced genocide is awaiting justice for the last 36 years.
08:30We have seen zero conviction till date on any of the killings of Kashmiri pundits,
08:36on the ethnic cleansing as well as genocide.
08:40I honestly don't know what raids are being carried out and what the investigative agency has found.
08:49But what I know is that the perpetrators of the heinous crimes,
08:53Yasin Malik, Bitta Karate, Javid Nalka, continue to go unpunished till now.
09:02Long years.
09:03So my question has got to do with the fact that there are investigations that will be carried out.
09:08But what can the teams, what can the investigating agencies find really after 35 long years
09:13in terms of destruction of evidence?
09:15And of course, these 35 years have gone by.
09:19There's this hope for justice.
09:20But many believe that this is just a symbolic sort of a move.
09:24What's your thought?
09:26See, when I had gone to the Supreme Court demanding justice,
09:29that was almost seven, eight years back,
09:31the Supreme Court back dismissed the petition saying that it is too long a period
09:36and then nothing will come out of it.
09:38So honestly, I don't know after 35 years what a policeman will find by raiding certain places.
09:48It's a case of a murder and a rape.
09:51And the family of Sarla Bhatt and the entire Kashmiri Pandit community is awaiting justice.
09:56So either the Supreme Court was wrong when they dismissed the petition of roots in Kashmir
10:01or the police is out to prove the Supreme Court wrong.
10:05Only time will tell.
10:07But honestly, the way things have progressed is very disappointing for the committee.
10:11It is very disappointing for the entire judicial system and justice mechanism of this country.
10:16Who would you say is responsible for the situation in the sense that this matter has had to be investigated after 35 long years?
10:27I think that both the judiciary as well as the executive is responsible for such a pathetic state of justice.
10:34Also, an honourable court which finds time to find the true motor cognizance on how BCCI should conduct
10:46and has not broken up the last 30 seconds to a particular committee to an ethnic cleansing
10:55which has happened right in front of their eyes.
10:56So, judicial is equally responsible and the executive are failing to constantly ensure the justice to the community.
11:09I think everyone is equally responsible for it.
11:12All right.
11:12I'm going to leave it at that for the moment.
11:14Amitra, I appreciate your time here joining us and telling us about your views.
11:18Little hope for justice.
11:19But he says those behind this murder have gone, in fact, have need to be, in fact, taken to task.
11:27But little hope that this is going to happen after 35 long years of this gruesome, gruesome murder.
11:32We're talking about the genocide in Kashmir, the manner in which Kashmiri pundits were brutally murdered.
11:39I'm now going to go across to Ashok Pandit also joining in.
11:42Thank you for your time.
11:44There seems to be some hope for justice after 35 long years.
11:47Where there are first raids that are being carried out in connection with the Kashmir genocide case of 1990.
11:53This specifically in connection with the murder of Sarla Bhat.
11:57Your thoughts on what do you think is going to be the way forward?
12:00Because this comes after 35 long years.
12:04Ashok Pandit.
12:05You see, it's very well known that what role does Asin Malik play on the genocide of an ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri pundits,
12:1735 years back.
12:18We all know that Asin Malik was responsible for killing of air force officers, army, people.
12:26And his constant effort to keep Kashmir and Kashmiri pundits issue burning.
12:34He is responsible for killings of not only Sarla Bhat, but many, many, many Kashmiri pundits there.
12:42Now, what I, as a Kashmiri pundits, we are all hoping since the last 35 years for justice.
12:49Picking up one case of Sarla Bhat is a welcome sign.
12:53And we also expect that so many killings and so many rapes and murders of Kashmiri pundits are there on records.
13:04We want every case to be open.
13:08It's not that just, you know, you just pick up a case and then you follow it up.
13:14On the total sum, on the whole sum, the entire race has been suffering and still suffering the genocide and ethnic cleansing of ours.
13:23So, it's a welcome sign, no doubt about it.
13:26At least there is a hope which has been created for justice of Kashmiri pundits, nearly 5 lakh Kashmiri pundits.
13:33And we hope that this case will, this reopening of this case of the murder and rape of Sarla Bhat will take Yasir Malik to gallows.
13:44And he will get the worst possible punishment, which will create an example that, and as less to Kashmiri pundits,
13:52that one terrorist like him who is responsible for such a major crime has got, you know, a closure and he has been punished.
14:02And that is what we as Kashmiri pundits hope for.
14:06You know, what I want to ask you, Ashok Pundit, is that this comes after 35 long years, you know.
14:11So, what really is the hope for justice in terms of the investigators and the kind of dots that they can join after so many years,
14:17in terms of the evidence that they can perhaps find, I don't know, after 35 long years?
14:24You see, you know, it's catharsis.
14:28Yasir Malik is in jail since a very long time.
14:32His house being graded now, after so many years, is also a Christian mark for us.
14:38We fail to understand because we don't have that kind of a knowledge why it's been graded now.
14:44And they must have got a clue and they have graded the house fine.
14:48There is no, you know, issue on that.
14:50But the point is, as I already said, that it's not only Sarwana Bhatt.
14:56Sarwana Bhatt is one of the main victims.
15:00We have Premna Bhatt.
15:02We have Lassa Kool.
15:03We have Sarwana Premi.
15:06We have, you know, so many.
15:09Justice Ganju.
15:09We have so many people in the line who have been killed, murdered, raped.
15:17We want justice to be given to every victim who has been killed and raped, killed like this.
15:23Why there is no inquiry against Farukadullah?
15:27Farukadullah was responsible for our genocide.
15:30Because he left Kashmir when the ethnic killing was happening.
15:35When we were killed and raped, he went away to London.
15:38Left us in Dutch, as far as in front of terrorists.
15:41Why there is no inquiry on him?
15:44Why there is no inquiry on Mehmovam Mukti?
15:47Because a father was responsible for my genocide.
15:50So it has to be taken on a very serious note.
15:53Picking up a case is not going to really, you know, help as far as our genocide is concerned.
15:59Okay.
15:59All right.
16:00I appreciate your time here, Ashok Pandit, joining in and sharing his views with us as far as the probe into the genocide cases.
16:06From 1990 is concerned.
16:08Remember, the left-in-governor had opened up these cases and it's now being investigated.
16:13These are the details that we have with us about the horrific murder of Kashmiri Pandit Sadala Bhatt.
16:18Murdered in the year 1990.
16:20That is the case that is being looked at right now.
16:26The alleged mastermind of the Kashmiri Pandit genocide is confirmed,
16:29killing Pandits while speaking to India today in his interview from our archives.
16:35Take a look.
17:08Do you think you were able to put your soul to your soul?
17:13No, in our mind it was that we will be able to God and liberate it.
17:18He taught us from here.
17:20Do you ever murder someone?
17:23Do you always have a order order or do you?
17:26No, I don't have a order.
17:29I got a order order.
17:31Do you have a order order?
17:33Yes.
17:34Do you want anyone to kill someone?
17:35Yes.
17:36Do you want someone to kill someone?
17:38Yes, I will kill you.
17:39If he said that your mother will kill someone?
17:41Yes, I will kill you.
17:42So this is a better situation for your soul?
17:44No, it's a better situation.
17:45I said that when a girl joins us, they have a situation.
17:50This is a good situation.
17:51If you don't, then you can go.
17:53It's not.
17:54It doesn't mean that you don't know.
17:56But you don't know that the man is a traitor.
17:58No.
17:59You told him to kill someone.
18:00You killed someone.
18:01Yes.
18:02How many people did you know?
18:04We killed them a lot.
18:05So, you have many people killed?
18:06No.
18:07You don't even remember too many people killed?
18:08No.
18:09We killed them.
18:1010 weeks, we killed them.
18:1110 weeks, 12 weeks?
18:12Yes?
18:1320 years.
18:14Were there all of them?
18:15Was there any Muslimischen beryffars or any Muslim?
18:16Yes.
18:17No, no.
18:18Was there many Muslims and many Kashmiris beryffars?
18:20Yes.
18:21Were there of many Kashmiris beryffars?
18:22Yes.
18:23Why?
18:24Why did it do this?
18:25I got an order order.
18:27First of all, who was you killed from the first person?
18:33I killed Satish.
18:37Who was Satish?
18:38Satish killed Tiku.
18:40Who was that?
18:42I killed him and killed him.
18:46Who was that?
18:47Pandit.
18:48You always killed him?
18:50Or you killed him from AK-47?
18:51I killed him from AK-47.
18:54When someone killed him from pistol,
18:57he was alone or two-three people?
18:59Maximum alone.
19:01You were wearing a mask?
19:03I was wearing a mask.
19:04People were watching you that you are killing someone.
19:07People were noticing you.
19:09People didn't do anything about you.
19:11No.
19:12People were giving you a mask.
19:14It's been so funny that you wanted to kill someone,
19:18but you failed.
19:21No.
19:22In the same way you had tried.
19:24Yes, it was.
19:25I knew it.
19:28I want to call you,
19:29because of the government.
19:31The city is sick.
19:33The city is sick.
19:35What's that?
19:36The city is sick.
19:37The city is sick.
19:38The city is sick.
19:40The city is sick.
19:41Who is sick?
19:42I don't know who is sick.
19:44But in the city not that he is sick.
19:46He is sick.
19:47He is sick.
19:48He is sick.
19:50Militants
19:51Militants
19:51And women do rape too
19:53Militants
19:53Moving on after Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's nuclear threat
20:00Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bilal Bhutto Zardari
20:03Has made a provocative statement and issued a direct threat to India
20:06He targeted India over suspension of India's supporters treaty
20:10And threatened to go to war
20:11While addressing an event
20:13Bhutto said Pakistan has a strength
20:15And if there is war
20:16We can fight them
20:17And reclaim six rivers
20:19Speaking on Operation Sindhur
20:21He threatened India and said if war is imposed
20:23Pakistan will not step back
20:25And we will not bow down is what he said
20:27Earlier Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir
20:31During his US visit
20:33Gave nuclear threat to India
20:35And said if Pakistan thinks they are going down
20:38They will take half the world down with them
20:40We will have to do it
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21:30Donald Trump
21:31is a businessman
21:33and not just a businessman
21:35he's a real estate mogul
21:37so he's used to the horse trading
21:40and the back and forth
21:41morality doesn't come into play
21:43ideology doesn't come into play
21:46Aseem Mounir
21:48is Usama bin Laden
21:49in a suit
21:50the fact of the matter is
21:53there is no amount of concession
21:55that can be given to Pakistan
21:57that is going to change
21:59the ideology of Aseem Mounir
22:01or the Pakistani elite
22:04which he represents
22:05this is why I'm saying
22:08that Pakistan is playing
22:10a very dangerous game
22:12and while it may sound radical
22:15the fact that Pakistan
22:17is now threatening
22:18half the world
22:19with nuclear weapons
22:21it's threatening to blow up
22:22Indian dams and so forth
22:24is an indication
22:26that Pakistan
22:28has lost
22:29its right
22:31to be a legitimate state
22:33on the international stage
22:35it's time for the United States
22:37if not under Donald Trump
22:39then in future administrations
22:41to consider other policies
22:43Now on a dramatic move
22:46coinciding with Pakistan
22:47Army Chief Aseem Mounir's
22:49visit to the US
22:50President Donald Trump
22:51has officially designated
22:52the Balochistan Liberation Army
22:55and its alias
22:56the Majid Brigade
22:57as a foreign terrorist organization
22:59their decision comes
23:01as the BLA
23:01wages deadly guerrilla attacks
23:03from the 25th of March
23:05Jafar Express
23:06hijacking
23:07killing
23:0731 to suicide strikes
23:08in Karachi
23:09and Bada
23:10I'm going to go straight across
23:15to Rohit
23:15for more details
23:16on that story
23:17you know
23:18BLA getting a terror attack
23:20does it show
23:21Trump's
23:23and terrorist dance
23:24tango
23:24really in a sense
23:25Rohit
23:26and the timing of that
23:27very interesting
23:27is fine
23:28well you know
23:30I would not use
23:31any of those terms
23:32I think you know
23:33especially
23:34if you remember
23:35and recollect on March 11th
23:36about 100 militants
23:37from BLA
23:38had hijacked
23:40the passenger train
23:40in Pakistan
23:41and there were about
23:42500 people on board
23:43and they split them
23:44into ethnicities
23:45and you know
23:45there were about
23:4626 people
23:47you know
23:48from that province
23:50and off-duty service members
23:51that were killed
23:51and they were threatening
23:53to kill
23:53you know
23:54all the hostages
23:54and what not
23:55and BLA has been
23:56an outfit
23:57that the United States
23:58had listed
23:59as a special
23:59designated
24:00global terrorist organization
24:01so
24:02look
24:03I think
24:03America has been clear
24:05about not
24:05you know
24:06supporting any terror
24:08and I think
24:09yes
24:10you know
24:10Pakistan
24:11has been successful
24:12diplomatically
24:13with President Trump
24:14you know
24:15we know for a fact
24:16that they had also
24:16reached out
24:17to the previous administration
24:18to put BLA
24:19as a terrorist organization
24:21and to freeze their accounts
24:22and you know
24:23do certain things
24:24that they would
24:25to any other organization
24:26that is a terror organization
24:28but this is a win
24:30for Pakistan
24:30I can't see
24:32an Indian angle
24:33to this at all
24:33I think Pakistan
24:35had been suffering
24:36from you know
24:37from this
24:37movement
24:38as they call it
24:39but there is a terror
24:41element to it
24:41and President Trump
24:42who's been
24:43really warming up
24:44to the Pakistanis
24:45has been able
24:45to make that call
24:46that BLA should be
24:48listed as a terrorist
24:49organization
24:50so yes
24:51a huge win
24:52for Pakistan
24:52I think
24:53there will be
24:54consequences also
24:56for the Baloch
24:57activists in the US
24:58and I think
24:58that's a major concern
25:00because some of these
25:00people
25:01have been voicing
25:02you know
25:03for a separate
25:04Baloch state
25:04and have been
25:06you know
25:07trying to get
25:08that movement
25:08at the capital
25:10and talking to people
25:10in the state department
25:11and all that
25:12so I think
25:12that will take
25:13a big hit
25:13but BLA
25:15being a terrorist
25:16organization
25:17especially knowing
25:17what happened
25:18on March 11th
25:19I think
25:19that was
25:20the final straw
25:21that has pushed
25:22the administration
25:23to designate them
25:24as a terrorist
25:25organization
25:25more on the
25:33inside story
25:34of the Karnataka
25:34jumbo attack
25:36perils breaking
25:37the manned
25:37wild barrier
25:39tourists took
25:39selfie with the
25:40tusker
25:41and enraged
25:43the animal
25:43near death
25:44experience
25:45a Bandipura
25:45tourist
25:46escaped death
25:48now fined
25:4925,000
25:51rupees
25:51many animal
25:52activists
25:52in fact
25:53have been of
25:54the opinion
25:54that this
25:56was in clear
25:57violation
25:57of the norms
25:58where the
26:00tourist
26:00should have
26:01not gotten
26:02off his vehicle
26:02he tried to
26:03take a selfie
26:04with the tusker
26:05and that's why
26:07he was chased
26:07by the angry
26:08tusker
26:09there as you can
26:10see in these
26:10pictures
26:10but it's been
26:11a miraculous
26:12escape for the
26:13man
26:14who was
26:15at least
26:15a fraction
26:16of a second
26:16under the foot
26:17of the jumbo
26:18but has escaped
26:19with injuries
26:20he's got now
26:22to pay a fine
26:23of 20
26:245,000
26:25rupees
26:25a close
26:26shave
26:27with death
26:27while attempting
26:29to take selfie
26:30with the elephant
26:31gets fined
26:32this happened
26:33in Bandipur
26:34where a man
26:34who attempted
26:36to take a selfie
26:37with an elephant
26:37met with death
26:39almost
26:40miss tripper
26:42Bandipur forest
26:43goes to the
26:44Nilgiris
26:44sees wildlife
26:45movement
26:46close by the
26:46roads
26:47elephants
26:48dears
26:48vile boss
26:49can be seen
26:49grazing next to
26:50the road
26:51attracting tourists
26:52they're always
26:53instructed to
26:54maintain caution
26:55and not disturb
26:56wild animals
26:57in any manner
26:59and this tourist
26:59in question
27:00was trying to
27:01take a selfie
27:02the video
27:03showed a man
27:04attempting to
27:05go close
27:06to an elephant
27:07taking a selfie
27:08clearly
27:09walking the animal
27:10it chased him
27:11and almost
27:13trampled him
27:14to death
27:14that is the video
27:16that has gone
27:16completely viral
27:17many people
27:19asked what
27:19could have
27:20prompted the
27:20elephant
27:21to attack
27:22the tourists
27:22in this fashion
27:23but the answers
27:24are clear
27:24the problem
27:25is with man
27:26and not
27:27with the animal
27:27Masavraj
27:31has been
27:31saved
27:33though
27:33that's the
27:34name of the
27:35tourist
27:35that you see
27:36on your
27:36screens at this
27:36point in time
27:37is from Kerala
27:38he's been fined
27:3925,000 rupees
27:41as well
27:41he however
27:42has apologized
27:43for his actions
27:45I'm going to go
27:57straight across
27:58to Pramod Madhav
27:59for more details
28:00on that
28:00the man
28:01who's been fined
28:02is from Chennai
28:02I'm being told
28:03Pramod what more
28:04details can you
28:05tell us
28:06it's clear
28:06that the problem
28:07here was not
28:08with the tusker
28:09but with the man
28:10who got off
28:10the vehicle
28:11I mean try to
28:12take a selfie
28:12really when this
28:13is of course
28:14a clear violation
28:15isn't it
28:16it absolutely
28:20is Sneha
28:21and in fact
28:21this is a kind
28:22of a road
28:22that unfortunately
28:23goes through a
28:24forest and there
28:24is no other way
28:25but people have
28:26to be allowed
28:27to go through
28:27a wild forest
28:28a reserved forest
28:29that is the reason
28:29of these kind
28:30of issues
28:30in fact
28:31this is a kind
28:31of a strip
28:32that goes through
28:33Bandipur forest
28:34that is actually
28:34from Karnataka
28:35and also
28:36Masinakudi
28:36and various ranges
28:37in Nilayi's
28:38close by district
28:38so it's actually
28:39a pass by pass
28:40land
28:40where the road
28:41goes through
28:42Karnataka
28:43then Tamil Nadu
28:43then Karnataka
28:44and then Tamil Nadu
28:45and enters
28:45the state of
28:45Tamil Nadu
28:46but what happens
28:47is that
28:47in that area
28:48close by the road
28:49itself
28:50wild animals
28:50we've seen it
28:51elephants
28:52deers
28:52and wild birds
28:53actually
28:54graze in that area
28:55tourists have been
28:55very clearly mentioned
28:56not to stop the
28:57vehicles
28:58or like you know
28:59stay there for a
28:59long time
29:00but unfortunately
29:00people do not
29:01listen
29:02and this person
29:03he went a bit far
29:04trying to go close
29:05to a wild animal
29:06just to take a selfie
29:07and he nearly
29:08met his death
29:09thankfully
29:10the elephant
29:10had some brains
29:11unlike the person
29:12and it let him go
29:13and he was
29:14kind of trampled
29:15as well
29:16but later
29:17as the video
29:17went viral
29:18the Mysore
29:19Forest Department
29:19that they caught him
29:20identified him
29:21as Basavaraj
29:22a person
29:23who's a resident
29:23near Mysore
29:24and he has been
29:25now fined
29:26rupees 25,000
29:27and he has also
29:28given an apology
29:29statement
29:29in the form of
29:30a videos
29:30the fact is
29:32that this is
29:33a clear violation
29:34and Pramod
29:34when this video
29:36appeared
29:36just so many
29:37people were asking
29:38this question
29:38and what could
29:39have prompted
29:39this Tuska
29:40as is clear
29:41it's a violation
29:42on the part
29:43of the man
29:43and no fault
29:44of this elephant
29:45isn't it
29:45in the end of the day
29:46it surely
29:50is not a part
29:51of the elephants
29:51because that's
29:52a resort forest
29:53and like I said
29:54earlier
29:54the roads
29:56have been
29:56constructed
29:56in such a manner
29:57but instructions
29:58have been given
29:58to the tourists
29:59not to stop
30:00there for any
30:01any reason
30:01but even after
30:02that you can see
30:03what's happening
30:03over there
30:04and that land
30:05belongs to the
30:06elephant and the
30:06wild elements
30:07not to us
30:07over there
30:08that's very clear
30:09we just have to
30:10go through that
30:10but even after
30:11that such kind
30:12of unnecessary
30:13actions has led
30:14to kind of
30:15an event like
30:16this
30:16we've been told
30:17that it occurred
30:18on Saturday
30:19kind of a time
30:20when passengers
30:21and vehicles
30:21move through
30:22that part
30:22in a rapid
30:23manner
30:24but even after
30:25that shouldn't
30:26have happened
30:26and the man
30:27the vehicle
30:28should not have
30:28stopped
30:29and he shouldn't
30:30have gone close
30:30to just to take
30:31a selfie
30:31with the elephant
30:32got up the vehicle
30:34and he was with
30:35his family members
30:35also I'm presuming
30:36what more details
30:38do you have
30:38of this man
30:39and how is he doing
30:40at this point
30:41because for a fraction
30:42of a second
30:43I did see
30:43that he's come
30:44really
30:44you know
30:45under the foot
30:46of the elephant
30:46isn't it
30:47at least for a
30:47fraction of a second
30:48actually yes
30:52and in fact
30:53we should say
30:54that the elephant
30:55acted more
30:56responsibly
30:56in this situation
30:57because you could
30:58see that he's
30:59kind of trying
30:59to provoke
31:00the elephant
31:00over there
31:00and it tried
31:01to trample
31:02over him
31:02in fact
31:02at one point
31:03it actually
31:03placed its foot
31:05on him
31:05and he lost
31:07and he fell over
31:07but after
31:08like the people
31:09surrounding
31:09and they all
31:10were shocked
31:10to see that
31:10in fact
31:11we could also
31:11see that
31:12visuals
31:12that the people
31:13are saying
31:13that what he's
31:13doing is wrong
31:14and even
31:15after that
31:15some people
31:16unfortunately
31:16do kind of
31:17act like this
31:17and then
31:18the elephant
31:19just left the spot
31:20and he was
31:20pulled out
31:21he had scraps
31:23all over his body
31:23especially on his
31:25legs and knees
31:25but thankfully
31:26he was not
31:27badly injured
31:28and that is when
31:29the forest officials
31:30caught him
31:30and made him
31:31pay the fines
31:32Neha
31:32alright
31:33I'm going to
31:33leave that for the
31:34moment
31:34for Muth Madhav
31:35getting us up to
31:35speed
31:36with those
31:37details
31:37thanks
31:44alright
31:47and more news
31:48coming in
31:49this has got to
31:49do with the
31:50crackdown
31:50on dog rights
31:51activists
31:52Delhi cops
31:52book activists
31:53for India
31:54gate
31:55protests
31:55armed with
31:56the Supreme
31:56Court
31:56order cops
31:57break up
31:58the protests
31:59Supreme Court
32:00had ordered
32:00remember
32:00a big stray
32:02clean up
32:02stray dog
32:03clean up
32:04in Delhi
32:04national capital
32:05region
32:05warning
32:06dogs rights
32:07activists
32:07animal rights
32:08activists
32:08against meddling
32:10with authorities
32:10who are expected
32:11now to round up
32:12these dogs
32:13take them to
32:14shelters
32:14multiple dog
32:16rights activists
32:17have now been
32:18booked for
32:18protesting
32:19against this
32:20Anisha Mathur
32:21has got more
32:22details
32:22on that story
32:24Anisha
32:24this has got to
32:25do with the
32:26Supreme Court
32:26also talking
32:27about the fact
32:28in the same
32:29breath
32:29that if at all
32:30there is any
32:31interference
32:31with the work
32:32that's been done
32:33by authorities
32:33as far as
32:34taking these
32:35dogs to
32:35shelter houses
32:36is concerned
32:37there would be
32:38action against
32:38these animal
32:39rights activists
32:40as well
32:40isn't it
32:41well yes
32:43that seems
32:44to be what
32:45the court
32:45had said
32:46in the
32:46oral observations
32:47yesterday
32:47we are still
32:48waiting for
32:49the written
32:49order to be
32:50uploaded on
32:51the Supreme
32:51Court website
32:52now the
32:53problem here
32:54is that the
32:55court yesterday
32:56in the open
32:56court very
32:57clearly had
32:58said that
32:59stray dogs
33:00must be
33:00picked up
33:01and taken
33:01away to
33:02shelters
33:02to be
33:03sterilized
33:03and vaccinated
33:04and they
33:06will be kept
33:06in the
33:06shelters
33:07and anyone
33:07who is
33:08interfering with
33:09the authorities
33:10who are
33:11picking up
33:12these dogs
33:12will also
33:13face contempt
33:14of court
33:14action
33:14it will be
33:15taken very
33:16seriously
33:16now we'll
33:17have to
33:17wait and
33:18see how
33:18this works
33:19out on
33:19the ground
33:20really
33:20because we've
33:21seen massive
33:21protests from
33:22the animal
33:22rights activists
33:23yesterday also
33:24and we're
33:24hearing about
33:25the protest
33:25plan today
33:26as well
33:27and effectively
33:29all the lawyers
33:30as well as
33:31the activists
33:32and even the
33:33animal welfare
33:34board officials
33:35that we've
33:35spoken to
33:36all of them
33:37have said
33:37that at the
33:38moment this
33:39order of the
33:39court seems
33:40to be
33:40unimplementable
33:41because Delhi
33:42simply does
33:43not have the
33:43land or the
33:45shelter to put
33:46all of these
33:46stray dogs
33:46so we'll have
33:47to wait and
33:47see how this
33:48is going to
33:48work out
33:49because we
33:50need vans
33:51and we need
33:52trained personnel
33:53more importantly
33:53we need the
33:54land and the
33:55shelter space
33:55to put the
33:56lacks of dogs
33:57that are on
33:58Delhi road
33:58so we'll have
34:00to see how
34:00this is going
34:01to work out
34:01we're expecting
34:02protests also
34:03we're expecting
34:03the animal
34:05welfare activists
34:06to also move
34:07the court for
34:07review or modification
34:08of this order
34:09but we'll have
34:10to wait and
34:11see how it
34:11works out
34:11because effectively
34:12the written
34:13order has not
34:14even been
34:14published yet
34:15what I also
34:16want to ask
34:17you is that
34:17what is the
34:18legal road ahead
34:18for these
34:19activists
34:19many of them
34:20talking about
34:21the fact that
34:22there are no
34:23shelters
34:23there's missing
34:24infrastructure
34:25so this is not
34:26even doable
34:26at the end
34:27of the day
34:27it's in
34:28violation
34:28of the rights
34:29of the animal
34:30at the end
34:31of the day
34:31how are they
34:32going to take
34:32a legal route
34:33now to challenge
34:34this
34:34talk to us
34:35about that
34:35Misha
34:35when you look
34:37at the law
34:38as it currently
34:39stands
34:40the animal
34:41welfare board
34:42of india
34:43rules
34:43the animal
34:44birth control
34:44rules of
34:452023
34:46and the
34:46stray dog
34:47rules of
34:482001
34:48are very
34:49very clear
34:50you cannot
34:51remove a
34:52stray dog
34:53permanently
34:53from the
34:54place it
34:54stays
34:55because dogs
34:56by nature
34:57are territorial
34:57animals
34:58and removing
34:59a dog
34:59and taking
35:00them somewhere
35:00else
35:01and putting
35:02them in a
35:02shelter
35:03with other
35:03dogs
35:04leads to
35:04a lot
35:05of violence
35:06and aggression
35:06that is why
35:08the rules
35:08are very
35:08clear
35:08that dogs
35:09must be
35:10picked up
35:10by the
35:11municipal
35:11corporation
35:11sterilized
35:12vaccinated
35:13and then
35:13put back
35:14where they
35:14were picked
35:15up from
35:15the point
35:17of the law
35:18was to
35:19control the
35:20dog population
35:21to ensure
35:21that the
35:22dogs will
35:22die out
35:23from the
35:23area
35:23by themselves
35:25because there
35:26will be no
35:26new dogs
35:27born
35:27now yesterday
35:28when this
35:29was pointed
35:29out to
35:30the court
35:30in the
35:31open court
35:31hearing
35:32the court
35:32said forget
35:33about the
35:34rules
35:34so now the
35:34situation is
35:35very dire
35:36because children
35:36are getting
35:37attacked
35:37so effectively
35:39the first
35:39prong that
35:40the activists
35:41will have
35:41as a legal
35:42argument
35:43would be
35:44that the
35:44court has
35:45passed a
35:46direction
35:46which directly
35:47contradicts
35:48the rules
35:49that exist
35:50in fact the
35:52court has
35:52knowingly
35:54gone against
35:55the rules
35:55as they exist
35:57and the
35:57second prong
35:58of the argument
35:59that the
35:59activists can
36:00raise is
36:01that there
36:02is no
36:03infrastructure
36:04available
36:04therefore the
36:05timeline of
36:068 weeks that
36:06has been given
36:07by the court
36:08cannot be
36:09implemented
36:09the activists
36:10at the moment
36:11can seek a
36:12modification of
36:13the order that
36:14has been passed
36:14by the court
36:15before that
36:16very bench
36:16they can also
36:17seek a review
36:18of that
36:19order
36:21before that
36:22very bench
36:22pointing out
36:23these legal
36:24as well as
36:25factual aspects
36:26but when
36:27and if this
36:27will be done
36:28we'll have to
36:28wait and see
36:29because as I
36:30said earlier
36:30the actual
36:31written order
36:32is not even
36:33available yet
36:34so we'll have
36:34to see what
36:35is there in
36:36the actual
36:37written order
36:38versus what
36:39was said in
36:39open court
36:40yesterday
36:40I'm going to
36:41leave it at
36:42that for the
36:42moment
36:42getting in
36:43those details
36:43is my
36:43colleague
36:44Anisha
36:44Mathur
36:45another day
36:52of parliament
36:53and more
36:54pictures of
36:55protests
36:55going straight
36:56to these
36:56pictures coming
36:57in of
36:58members of
36:59parliament
36:59from
36:59Lok Sabha
37:00Rat Sabha
37:01protesting at
37:02the Makardwar
37:03in parliament
37:04our vote
37:05our right
37:05our fight
37:06is the cry
37:07really
37:07from the
37:08congress led
37:09opposition
37:09here
37:10members of
37:10the India
37:11Bloc
37:11are protesting
37:13remember
37:13yesterday
37:14also an
37:14attempt
37:15was made
37:15by them
37:16to march
37:17to the
37:17election
37:18commission
37:18of
37:18India
37:19office
37:19from the
37:20parliament
37:20house
37:21today
37:21they're
37:21back
37:22protesting
37:23again
37:24wearing
37:24these
37:24t-shirts
37:25that talks
37:26about
37:26their
37:27right
37:28to vote
37:28now they're
37:29raising
37:29two issues
37:30one is
37:30the
37:31special
37:32division
37:32exercise
37:33that's
37:33happening
37:34in Bihar
37:34which the
37:35opposition
37:35says will
37:36be carried
37:36out by
37:37the election
37:38commission
37:38outside of
37:39Bihar
37:39as well
37:40other states
37:40as well
37:41and also
37:42about both
37:43theft
37:43vote
37:43children
37:44a matter
37:46that has
37:46been raised
37:46by Rahul
37:48Gandhi
37:48pictures are
37:50of MPs
37:50protesting on
37:51your screens
37:52as Sonia
37:52Gandhi
37:53Congress
37:54President
37:54Malik
37:54Aljun
37:55Khadge
37:55along with
37:56other members
37:57of the
37:58opposition
37:58that you see
37:58on your
37:59screens
37:59at this
37:59point
38:00in time
38:00other members
38:04Congress
38:05and other
38:06alliance
38:06partners
38:0725
38:08opposition
38:09parties
38:09represented
38:10within the
38:11India
38:12block
38:12raising
38:13these
38:13concerns
38:14also
38:14asking
38:15the
38:15BJP
38:15led
38:16government
38:16to debate
38:17this
38:17matter
38:18in
38:18parliament
38:19which has
38:19now been
38:20rejected
38:21the BJP
38:22government
38:22says
38:23that they
38:23will not
38:23be discussing
38:24this issue
38:24because it
38:25is not
38:26within their
38:27purview
38:27it is within
38:28the purview
38:28of the
38:29election
38:29commission
38:30of India
38:31along with
38:37others
38:38are protesting
38:38let's take a
38:39listen
38:39pictures
38:53are of
38:54protests
38:54again that
38:55are broken
38:55out in
38:56parliament
38:56samajwadi
38:57party
38:57we see
38:58congress
38:58and others
38:59represented
39:00in these
39:01images
39:01are members
39:02of
39:03luk sabha
39:04rat sabha
39:04protesting
39:05against the
39:06election
39:07commission
39:07of India
39:08remember
39:09they did
39:09try to
39:09give a
39:10memorandum
39:10to the
39:11election
39:11commission
39:11yesterday
39:12but many
39:13of these
39:13MPs
39:14had to
39:14be
39:14detained
39:15also
39:16on your
39:16screens
39:17you can
39:17in fact
39:18see
39:18Rahul
39:19Gandhi
39:19the
39:19leader
39:19of
39:20the
39:20opposition
39:20in
39:20parliament
39:21pictures
39:23are
39:24of
39:25various
39:25MPs
39:27who are
39:27protesting
39:28in
39:28parliament
39:29house
39:29today
39:39all right
39:50take a look
39:51at these
39:51ground reports
39:52that my
39:52colleagues had
39:52sent in
39:53a few
39:53moments
39:54ago
39:54they
39:55say
39:56they
39:57will
39:57let's
39:58go
39:58let's
39:58go
40:00what
40:00do
40:00what
40:01do
40:02what
40:04do
40:04what
40:05do
40:07parliaments makar dua to election commission of india
40:37protest in parliament remember the opposition collectively has been raising this matter
40:46while in fact talking about the timing of the the special division role an exercise that is
40:51being undertaken in bihar the opposition says this will exclude voters and deny them
40:56their basic right to vote
40:58after attempting to carry out a protest march from parliament's makar dua to election commission of
41:08india today once again the entire india block is protesting right in front of makar dua you can
41:14clearly see that today once again on the issue of sr the protesters are taking place where the
41:20opposition mps are again raising slogans like vote chori ban karo uh our vote our right our fight and
41:27once again we are seeing a similar sort of protest taking place um leaders like a printa gandhi
41:33uh you know and also uh from other political parties uh are present here from rjd is here from dnk we
41:41have leaders also from the party rambopali is present we have leaders from tmc also who are also taking
41:48part in this protest so once again the entire india block uh protesting and uh raising their voice um
41:55and uh they are demanding that uh i know this that there should be discussion discussion on the issue
42:01of sir and that's why they are again protesting right in front of a makar dwar of parliament and
42:07raising slogans against them are the modi government remember that yesterday also they tried to uh take
42:13out protest but um it was stopped by delhi police and uh since the beginning of monstration we have seen
42:19a policy carrying out a signal out of protest demanding government to answer on the issue of
42:23sirf you should shine delhi for your day
42:28you smishra with that ground report mps are protesting and remains to be seen how things
42:34play out in parliament though this is going to be rather predictable with the house not functioning
42:38being stored on the very beginning of the monsoon session because of this issue the bjp says there is
42:45little we can do because this matter is not something that can be discussed in the house
42:49because it's not even in our purview it is within the purview of the election commission of india the
42:55opposition though unrelenting has been raising the issue of the special revision role in the state
43:01of bihar saying that there are people and there are thousands and lakhs of them who would be denied the
43:08opportunity to vote cleaning up the voter list is something that the election commission in that sense is
43:14doing in bihar and would be doing in other states as well is what the opposition says we are okay
43:20with the exercise but the timing is suspect more time has to be given to the people is what the
43:25opposition has said the matter is pending in court as well yesterday they tried to present a memorandum
43:30to the election commission of india with these mps marching from the parliament complex to the eci office
43:38just about two kilometers away from the parliament complex but were detained
43:58the poll body has called out opposition hypocrisy ec says 12 days since the new bihar list but no
44:05complaint with the body no party has lodged an official complaint all fire and fury but where
44:11is the proof is the question that the election commission is asking where is your complaint the
44:17formal complaint we're saying that no eligible elector is going to be left out and no ineligible
44:23elector is going to be included in the final electoral roll of bihar says the election commission
44:29submit your claims and objections to rectify any errors in the draft electoral roll of bihar published
44:35on the first of august so far till the 12th of august since the beginning of the claims and
44:41objections period not even a single claim or objection has been submitted by any political party so what is
44:47this allah about is the question that the election commission is now asking
44:55the election commission is set 12 days have gone by but there is no formal complaint with us so what is
45:00this really about is the question they're asking why is there no official complaint if you had a problem
45:06with our new list is what the election commission is asking all fire and fury but where is the saboot
45:13what about the proof the election commission is repeatedly saying that no eligible elector is going to be left
45:19out and no ineligible person is going to be included in the voter list it was published on the 1st of august
45:26so why is there no formal complaint if you had a problem with it is what the opposition has to
45:32answer to the election commission submit your claims and objections to rectify any errors says the election
45:38commission in the draft electoral roll of bihar which was published on the 1st of august but 12 days have
45:45gone by and there has been not a single complaint
45:51all fire and fury but where is the proof the election commission is stating that no eligible
46:01elector is going to be left out no ineligible voter would be included in the electoral roll of bihar submit your
46:09claims and objections to rectify any errors in the draft electoral roll of bihar published in the
46:15on the 1st of august so far till 12th of august since the beginning of the claims and
46:20objections period not a single claim or objection has been submitted by any political party
46:28they just free other for the rjd has responded let's take a listen
46:31of the rjd has been submitted by the rjd has been submitted by the rjd has been submitted by the
46:47foreign
46:54foreign
47:00foreign
47:05foreign
47:10foreign
47:15The Bihar is the direction of Bihar.
47:18But the SIR is doing the SIR.
47:21There is no relief of the SIR.
47:24The Prakaria has been the relief of the SIR.
47:28You can see that the deputy CM
47:31has been arrested on his election commission.
47:35All the issues.
47:37They have understood themselves.
47:39They have no fault.
47:41All right, we'll continue to get you more details on that big story
47:45that controversy isn't dying down anytime soon.
47:48For the moment, it's time for a break.
47:50News continues on the other side.
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