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US Preps $500 Million Milatry aid Pakage To Wean India From Russian Weapons

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Washington: The US is preparing a $500 military aid package for India to deepen security ties and reduce the country’s dependence on Russian weapons, according to people familiar with the matter.

India is to be the largest recipient of such aid, and the announcement of dates and weapons are yet to be known.

The effort is part of a much larger initiative by President Joe Biden’s administration to court India as a long-term security partner. Despite its reluctance to criticize Russia for its invasion of Ukraine this initiative is undertaken by US. According to a senior US official, who wished to stay anonymous, “President Joe Biden administration plans India to be long-term security partner. He further added “The administration is working with other nations including France to make sure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has the equipment it needs. India is already diversifying its military platforms away from Russia. Also the US wants to help make that happen faster.

Defense secretary Lloyd Austin in a news conference last month said “We’re doing all this because the United States supports India as a defense industry leader in the Indo-Pacific and a net provider of security in the region. And we all understand the challenges that we face there. The People’s Republic of China is seeking to refashion the region and the international system more broadly in ways that serve its interests.” The news conference was also attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Currently, India is the world’s largest buyer of Russian weapons.

US had last month announced an economic aid package for Ukraine amid the war against Russia. “It was necessary to help the Ukraine government continue to function amid the ongoing Russian invasion,” said US.

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Uttarakhand BJP Leader’s Wife Dead In UP Police’s Crossfire, Leader Seeks CBI Probe

Ashmita Chhabria
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BJP Leader said, “We want a CBI enquiry to get justice for my wife. We did not use any weapons or fire. Instead, we handed them over to the police”

New Delhi: UP Police on Wednesday afternoon was chasing a mining mafia called Zafar and got to know that they are hiding in the Thakurdwara area of ​​Moradabad. When the police raided five and a half hours in the evening, Zafar started firing. In retaliation, the police also opened fire. When the Zafar thought that they have been surrounded by the police so they crossed the border and entered Uttarakhand. The UP Police team also reached there and in cross-firing BJP leader and the chief of Jaspur Block, Gurtaj Bhullar’s wife Gurpreet Kaur was killed. BJP leader alleged a larger conspiracy and called for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident.

The team of UP Police also reached Bharatpur where the mafia was hiding. ADG Rajkumar of Bareilly Zone told that Mining Mafia hid at the farmhouse of BJP leader Gurtaj Singh in Bharatpur. 

The UP Police personnel were in casual clothes and not in uniforms. In some videos, 10-12 people are seen entering Bhullar’s farmhouse with pistols and there were policemen in plain clothes. Initially, Bhullar’s family mistook the policemen. However, the Moradabad police team introduced itself and asked to hand over the 50 thousand prize mining mafia who had entered the farmhouse.

Bhullar’s family started demanding to call the local police. Meanwhile, the local people started protesting.

While arguing with the family, police officials identified the mining mafias. Cross firing started and at that time BJP leader Gurtaj Bhullar’s wife Gurpreet Kaur was shot in the crossfire.

After the incident, the family caught four people and handed them over to the local police. Angry locals blocked a National Highway, protesting Kaur’s death. Heavy police deployment was done in the area to control the situation.

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In cross-firing five police officials were injured too. Two police officials were shot at while three were injured in other ways in the clashes.

“The accused is a wanted criminal carrying a reward of ₹ 50,000. He escaped from there (Bharatpur village). When our police team reached, they were taken hostage and their weapons were snatched,” Moradabad senior cop Shalabh Mathur said.

Speaking with India Today, Bhullar said, “We want a CBI enquiry to get justice for my wife. We did not use any weapons or fire. Instead, we handed them over to the police.”

“It was a bigger conspiracy. It is a conspiracy of those men who came to attack us,” he said.

He also stated that the perpetrators of the crime were not injured and that they had fled from Kashipur Hospital.

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