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SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 12 SPORT 16 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAFALE DEAL: SMOOTHEN SAUDI REJECTS THREATS AS STOCKS DOUBLE DONE BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR RUFFLED FEATHERS PLUNGE AFTER TRUMP REMARKS & DUSTED CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 278 LUCKNOW, MONDAY OCTOBER 15, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable KRITI FOR RESPONSIBLE HANDLING OF} #METOO’ } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Maj Gen, 6 jawans Akbar fights back MeToo get life in Dangari Trashes charges, threatens legal action, gives no indication of stepping down PNS n NEW DELHI article a year ago did not out of a small hall. fake encounter case DEFENSIVE accused him of doing any- “At the time concerned, I nion Minister MJ Akbar thing. “She did not however had a very tiny cubicle, patched Uon Sunday tried to brazen * Soon after returning from a name me as she knew it was an together by plywood and glass. 5 youths were out the charges of sexual mis- trip to Africa, the Minister of incorrect story. When asked Others had tables and chairs conduct levelled against him by State for External Affairs recently why she had not two feet away. It is utterly several women journalists and issues a statement named me, she replied, in a bizarre to believe that anything gunned down in threatened them with legal * Accusations without evidence Tweet, “Never named him could have happened in that action while giving no indica- have become a ‘viral fever’ because he didn’t ‘do’ any- tiny space, and, moreover, that 1994 by Army tion of stepping down from among some sections thing.” “If I didn’t do anything, no one else in the vicinity ANUP SHARMA n GUWAHATI office. Akbar described the * Gives a political twist to the where and what is the story? would come to know, in the charges against him as “false whole controversy There is no story. midst of a working day. These and fabricated” and gave a “This was admitted at the allegations are false, motivated even personnel of the Indian political twist to the whole * Lies do not have legs, but very inception. But a sea of and baseless,” he said. SArmy, including a Major controversy by suggesting that they do contain poison, which innuendo, speculation and abu- Akbar went on to add, General, have been sentenced this was part of an “agenda” as can be whipped into a frenzy. sive diatribe has been built “Wahab states that she com- to life imprisonment by a the charges came a few months This is deeply distressing around something that never plained to Veenu Sandal, who Summary General Court before a general election. happened. Some are total, wrote features for the paper. Martial (SGCM) for their As many as ten women dozen women sharing their unsubstantiated hearsay; others Sandal has described Wahab’s involvement in a fake caused widespread public out- journalists, who served under experiences can be claimed as confirm, on the record, that I version as nonsense, in an encounter that had taken place rage. The army branded them Akbar when he was the editor political conspiracy? Bigger didn’t do anything. Let me interview to the Indian Express. in Assam in 1994. as Ulfa militants and gunned of a national daily, have nar- wonder is which constituency note examples. Shutapa Paul Sandal has also said she has “I am extremely happy to down five of them in what has rated horrifying tales of sexu- does his stepping down impact states, ‘The man never laid a never heard, in 20 years, any- see that justice is finally deliv- now been established as fake al assault made on them by in elections? The only clear hand on me’,” he said. body accusing me of any such ered in the infamous Dangari encounters. Four others were their boss. Soon after returning answer is that this govern- Akbar then referred to thing.” encounter case where five released in a jungle. from a trip to Africa, the ment is actively protecting & Shuma Raha and pointed out Akbar then went on to innocent youths were killed. The then All Assam Minister of State for External promoting the sexual perverts,” that she too said he didn’t remind that both Ramani and The verdict of the court mar- Students’ Union leader Jagadish Affairs issued a statement trash- Chaturvedi posted on Twitter. actually ‘do’ anything. “One Wahab kept working with him tial yesterday once again Bhuyan filed a habeas corpus ing the charges against him, The Congress has also woman, Anju Bharti, went to even after these alleged inci- brought to the fore the neu- petition in the Gauhati High saying accusations without evi- asked Prime Minister Narendra the absurd extent of claiming I dents. “The reason why they trality of the Indian Army. It Court the same month seeking dence have become a “viral Modi to speak his mind on the was partying in a swimming remained silent for decades is has proved that one must have to know the details of these fever” among some sections. issue. “The PM’s silence is con- pool. I do not know how to very apparent: As Ramani has faith in Indian judicial system, youths. Based on the petition However, with more and spicuous. A PM who speaks on swim,” he said. herself stated, I never did any- democracy and the discipline filed by Bhuyan, the Gauhati more women coming out everything is silent on #MeToo. “Another accusation was thing. This is the reason why no and neutrality of an institution High Court ordered the Army against him and the The silence raises questions on Union Minister MJ Akbar, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment by a made repeatedly by Ghazala one went to the authorities for like Indian Army,” said Jagadish to produce the nine at the near- Government facing flaks, the dignity of the PM’s office. number of women journalists, at his residence after his arrival from a foreign tour Wahab, in an effort to damage so long, because I had done Bhuyan, who has been pursu- est police station. Later, the Akbar has reasons to face sleep- The country has been waiting in New Delhi on Sunday PTI my reputation. She claimed nothing,” he said. ing the case for the last 24 years. Army produced five bodies at less nights. for days for Modi to clear his that she had been molested in Akbar ended his statement The Army jawans from 18 the Dholla police station. Dismissing Akbar’s state- stand on this,” Congress leader innuendo and malice.” less allegations in order to office, 21 years ago. This is 16 on threatening note saying, Punjab Regiment had picked The investigation of the ment, Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said at a Press “Accusation without evi- decide our future course of years before I entered public “Lies do not have legs, but they up nine youths and student case was later handed over to Priyanka Chaturvedi wondered conference. dence has become a viral fever legal action,” he said in the life, and when I was in the do contain poison, which can leaders from different areas of the Central Bureau of how the BJP leader could try to Describing the allegations among some sections. statement. media. The only office where I be whipped into a frenzy. This Tinsukia district on February Investigation (CBI), which hide behind the allegation of a of misconduct made against Whatever be the case, now that Akbar said even journalist worked with her was that of is deeply distressing. As indi- 18, 1994 for their alleged role filed a chargesheet against the political campaign against him. him false and fabricated, Akbar I have returned, my lawyers will Priya Ramani who started this The Asian Age. A part of the cated above, I will be taking in killing the general manager seven Army personnel. “I wonder how over a said, these were “spiced up by look into these wild and base- campaign with a magazine editorial team then worked appropriate legal action.” of a tea estate. The arrest Continued on Page 4 CAPSULE PARRIKAR DISCHARGED Fire at Obra AMU’s Kashmiri students FROM AIIMS, BACK IN GOA Eye to State elections, Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar arrived in his home State on power plant threaten to leave for home Sunday afternoon from New Delhi, where he was undergoing treatment Cong pursues youth PNS n LUCKNOW at the AIIMS for pancreatic ailment. PNS n LUCKNOW ever, denied the Kashmiri stu- cause notices had been issued to Parrikar, 62, was flown in a special Party mulls 2 A group of dedicated professionals are working on the task fire broke out at the Obra dents' charges of harassment nine students for trying to hold flight and later taken to his private 2 Rajasthan Congress has conveyed to the party High Command that Athermal power plant, a sub- ashmiri students studying at and stressed that “no innocent an unauthorised gathering residence at Dona Paula near here, doles for jobless in its manifesto it would like to offer a monthly allowance of `3,500 sidiary of Uttar Pradesh Thermal Kthe Aligarh Muslim would be framed”. Thursday. “A three-member in an ambulance. P7 to unemployed educated persons in the State Power Generation Corporation University (AMU) have threat- Prof Kidwai also made it inquiry committee has been Limited, leading to the closure of ened to leave for their homes on clear that “there is zero tolerance set up to probe the incident.