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Rane Questions Thackeray For Neglecting Memorial Of The Samyukta Maharashtra Movement

Mumbai: Drawing attention to the negligence of the memorial built at Shivaji Park to honour 109 martyrs of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane criticised Shiv Sena led Maha Vikas Aghadi government. He reminded Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that the memorial was the idea of late Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and alleged that it has been ignored for 12 years โ€œdeliberatelyโ€.

Rane has written a letter to Uddhav Thackeray Ahead of May 1, which is celebrated as Maharashtra Day. โ€ I am surprised that the memorial is not open to the public ahead of Maharashtra day. There is no decoration or repair. A proposal regarding lighting the memorial has been pending before the Standing Committee for six months. And the space of the memorial is used for parking and meetings,โ€ the BJP leader said.

Rane questioned Uddhav Thackeray if he would want to convert the property to private. โ€œKeeping aside Balasaheb Thackerayโ€™s wish about the memorial, you have reserved one floor for your photography section. Would you want to make it a private property of the Thackeray family? Marathi sentiments are hurt by this. You have ensured that the memorial is forgotten at all levels,โ€ he added.

The BJP MLA said that despite Aditya Thackeray being the Tourism Minister, the memorial was not listed on Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporationโ€™s list. โ€œIt shows that your intention about the memorial is different. At least ahead of Maharashtra day, put some effort and open up the memorial for the public, include it in the Tourism Corporationโ€™s list and decorate it with lighting so that the public would not doubt your purpose,โ€ Rane said.

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Gorakhnath Temple Attack: UP Police Claim Accused Murtaza Abbasi Had Taken ISIS Oath In 2020

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Lucknow: The interrogation of Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, who was apprehended in connection with an attack on security officers stationed at Gorakhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh, uncovered the suspectโ€™s ties to the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Murtaza Abbasi, according to the UP Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), had taken the oath of fighting for ISIS and was providing financial support to the militant groupโ€™s supporters.

Murtaza took an oath to fight for the terrorist organization ISIS in the year 2020, the Uttar Pradesh Police said.

The police added that Murtaza Abbasi was also in touch with ISIS terrorist and propaganda activist Mehndi Masood through social media. Mehndi Masood was arrested by Bangalore Police in 2014.

Through social media, Murtaza was constantly in touch with the fighters and supporters of ISIS abroad, the UP police said.

Murtaza confessed during interrogation that he had studied material on the internet regarding a variety of weaponry, including the AK-47 and the 5-4 carbine. Murtaza is said to have exercised with an air gun at home in the aim of carrying out an assault if he could get his hands on it.

GORAKHPUR TEMPLE ATTACK

On Sunday night, a man attacked members of the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary stationed at the Gorakhnath shrine in Gorakhpur. After a brief chase, the man, a chemical engineer named Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, was apprehended.

In a video that is being widely shared, Abbasi can be seen chasing cops with a sickle while the policemen and passersby lob bricks at him to defend themselves.

Two constables were reportedly injured in the incident.

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