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The Uttar Pradesh police has initiated draconian National Security Act (NSA) proceedings against Samajwadi Party leader Ummed Pehelwan Idris in connection with the video of an elderly Muslim man named Abdul Samad assaulted allegedly by Hindu youth after forcing him to chant Jai Sree Ram in Ghaziabad.

Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari has been granted temporary protection from arrest by Uttar Pradesh Police by order of the Karnataka High Court, and does not have to travel to that state for questioning in connection with a case about tweets about the assault of a Muslim man in Ghaziabad.

Speaking about the FIR registered against him along with other Congress politicians, journalist and social media giant Twitter by Ghaziabad Police over tweets in connection to the assault on an elderly Muslim man, Congress leader Maskoor Usmani said that no FIRs can curtail his right to speak against the "state-orchestrated tyranny being faced by any individual on the basis of caste, creed, community, and culture".

This week marks the 19th anniversary of Muslim genocide in Gujarat.

"His demise has left us bereaved as an entire generation of literature lovers mourn this loss."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bilkis, an 82-year-old Muslim woman who became the face of the Shaheen Bagh anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Delhi are among those on TIME magazine's list of 100 "Most Influential People of 2020".