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Security ramped up and internet suspended in Nuh following call for ‘Shobha Yatra’ on Monday

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In the wake of a call for Shobha Yatra, a religious procession in Nuh district of Haryana, strict security precautions have been put in place. Police forces have been deployed across the district, and internet services have been temporarily suspended to prevent the spread of rumours or provocative messages that could lead to unrest.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday asked devotees to offer prayers at temples in their neighbourhood on Monday instead of holding any ‘yatra’. Permission has not been granted for the ‘yatra’, he said.

“Instead of a ‘yatra’, people can visit temples in their areas for ‘jalabhishek’,” he said and asserted that it is the state government’s responsibility to maintain law and order.

August 28 is the last Monday of the holy month of Shravan.

Despite the fact that the police had rejected authorisation for the religious parade, the Hindu outfit, VHP, stated that it will still take place.

1,900 Haryana Police personnel and 24 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed. No outsider will be allowed to enter Nuh. All entry points to the district have been sealed and the road leading to the Malhar temple has also been closed, PTI quoted the police spokesperson as saying.

Haryana police chief Kapur on Saturday said the administration has denied permission for the yatra due to a meeting of the G20 Sherpa Group, scheduled to be held in Nuh from September 3 to 7, and to maintain law and order in the aftermath of the July 31 violence.

He also presided over a meeting with senior officers of Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Union Territory of Chandigarh through video-conferencing and called for coordinated efforts to effectively deal with any emerging situation.

In another development, police said Ferozepur Jhirka MLA Mamman Khan has been sent a notice to join the investigation on August 30 in connection with the Nuh violence. Some Hindu organisations had accused Congress MLA Khan of making provocative statements.

According to officials, traffic on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway would resume. However, access to Nuh would be restricted. Meanwhile, the district’s mobile internet…

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Flag march in Sambalpur, internet suspended, security tightened ahead of Hanuman Jayanti

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Sambalpur: The security personnel conducted a flag march on Thursday in Odisha’s violence-hit Sambalpur city, where internet services were suspended and security tightened as the district administration geared up to organise a peaceful Hanuman Jayanti.

District collector Ananya Das, north central range IG Brijesh Ray, SP B Gangadhar along with security personnel conducted the flag march to instill confidence among the residents, who have restricted themselves indoors since Wednesday’s violence during a bike rally held ahead of the Hanuman Jayanti on Maha Bishuba Sankranti on April 14.

Ten police personnel and some civilians were injured in the clash between two communities while the bike rally was passing through a locality in the city on Wednesday.

Violence erupted on Wednesday evening when stones were allegedly thrown at the bike rally taken out to celebrate the Hanuman Jayanti.

The bike rally and a ritual Jhanda Sthapana’ are organised every year prior to Hanuman Jayanti in the western Odisha city.

During the clash, some shops and several two-wheelers were set on fire while a number of cars were damaged.

The police have arrested 26 people so far and sent them to jail on the charge of rioting, while petrol bombs and swords were recovered from the houses of some persons in the city. Most of the localities wore a deserted look on Thursday as the majority of the shops remained closed.

Fresh violence was reported from a place in Dhanupali police station jurisdiction where two people were stabbed, police said.
Das said the administration has made elaborate security arrangements for Hanuman Jayanti and more force will deployed if required.

She convened a peace committee meeting, which was attended by representatives from both communities. “All those who attended the peace committee meeting have assured to cooperate to organize a peaceful Hanuman Jayanti tomorrow,” the collector said.

Sambalpur superintendent of police, B Gangadhar said that 43 people were detained and 26 others booked so far.

The administration clamped prohibitory order under section 144 CrPC in areas under Town, Dhanupali, Khetrajpur, Ainthapali,…

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LIVE: Internet suspended in Punjab as cops gear up to arrest Amritpal Singh – Hindustan Times

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LIVE: Internet suspended in Punjab as cops gear up to arrest Amritpal Singh  Hindustan Times

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Alex Murdaugh trial suspended as courthouse evacuated due to security issue

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The South Carolina courthouse where former attorney Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial is taking place was evacuated Wednesday due to a security issue, officials said. 

“A bomb threat was received by Colleton County courthouse personnel,” a spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a statement.

“The building has been evacuated and SLED along with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the threat,” the statement continued. “No additional information is available from SLED at this time.”

Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman is presiding over the case as Murdaugh’s trial — for an alleged double-homicide that has been widely publicized for years — enters its third week. In a live stream of Wednesday’s proceeding, Newman can be heard calling a sudden recess around 12:30 p.m.

“Ladies and gentleman, we have to evacuate the building at this time,” the judge said. “So, we’ll be in recess until we discover what’s going on.”

Murdaugh, 54, is a disbarred lawyer previously known for his family’s status as prominent legal figures in South Carolina, their home state. He has been accused of shooting and killing his late wife, Margaret, 52, and their son, Paul, 22, in June 2021.

The case has led to a slew of allegations and 100 criminal charges for various alleged financial and legal offenses, including computer crimes, money laundering, forgery and breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Various indictments from prosecutors and a state grand jury allege Murdaugh stole settlement money, as well other funds, from his former clients, supposedly amounting to about $6.2 million. 

In an indictment filed six months after Margaret Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh’s killings, prosecutors also accused Murdaugh of crimes including operating a drug trafficking ring and allegedly attempting to fake his own death in an effort to secure a $10 million life insurance payout for his surviving son, Buster.

Murdaugh has insisted throughout the criminal investigation into his wife and youngest son’s deaths that he did not kill them. The disgraced attorney has said that when he found them shot to death at the family’s hunting estate in Colleton County on the evening of June…

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