South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Chakradharpur, August 29:  An Indian Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) trooper  committed suicide  in Indian state Jharkhand. The CRPF 60 Battalion trooper Ajit Kumar Pathak shot himself dead from his service AK-47 assault rifle at Chakradharpur city of the state. He shot himself in the forehead and died immediately.

 Srinagar, August 28  : Indian police have arrested three innocent Kashmiri youth in  Bomai Sopore of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.The youth identified as Shariq Ashraf, Saqlain Mushtaq and Tawfeeq Hassan Sheikh were arrested from a joint check-post set up by Indian  army and paramilitary personnel at Bomai Chowk in Sopore area of Baramulla district.

 Srinagar, August 28, 2022: A 22-year-old student Sameer Ahmad Thokar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in  Indian state Gujarat ruled by Hindutva BJP, even as his family members smell foul play and demanded an investigation into the matter on Sunday. 

 Srinagar, August 28”  A 13-year-old boy was found hanging inside his home in the Ashmuji area of Kulgam district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. An official told the media men that on Saturday, a boy name (withheld) from Ashmuji was found hanging at his home in an unconscious condition after which he was rushed to the District Hospital Kulgam.The boy, however, was declared brought dead upon his arrival at District Hospital in Kulgam. Police have taken cognizance of the incident and initiated an investigation into the matter.

 Kolkata, August 28: The incidents of rape and torture are increasing in India day by as the shocking incident happened in  Indina state West Bengal when two Indian Border Security Force  personnle gang rape of a young woman. This incident took place in North 24 Parganas district of the state. 

 HYDERABAD, August 28: The number of cases reported in Indian state Telangana under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) and cybercrime targeting children has increased significantly, police data show. 

 Rajkot, August 28, 2022 :The editor and the owner of ‘Saurashtra Headline’, a Rajkot-based eveninger, were booked for publishing an article hinting at the possible removal of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel  of BJP citing unhappiness in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s central leadership with his performance, a police official said on Saturday. 

 Bengaluru, AUG 28 2022: More than 1,000 people from all walks of life, including women’s organisations, workers’ unions, student unions, lawyers and artists gathered at the Freedom Park in the Indian southerin city Bengaluru  on Saturday demanding justice for gang rape victim Bilkis Bano. They condemned the remission of sentence demanding that the same be invalidated and the culprits be immediately sent back to prison to continue their full life term. 

 Devgadh Baria, August 26, 2022: Fearing for their lives, Muslims migrated from the Randhikpur village after 11 convicts who mostly belong to Hindutva BJP-RSS in the Bilkis Bano case were released by the BJPs Gujarat government. Sameer Ghachi, who fled Randhikpur village in Indian state Gujarat governed by Hindutva BJP government with his entire family of 12 and, migrated to his uncle's place in Devgadh Baria.

BarmerAugust 24, 2022 :The Dalit boy who is a student of Class 7, has been hospitalized with injuries to his head after being beaten up by his Hindutva teacher Ashok Mali, in Indian state Rajasthan’s Barmer, days after a similar incident was reported in the same state. The boy, who is a student of Class 7, had left out a question during a test, following which his teacher beat him and slammed him against the wall, his brother - also a student of Class 7 at the same school - said. He was taken home with an injury to his head, unconscious.