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నిర్భయ కేసు దోషికి క్షమాభిక్ష నిరాకరణకు కేంద్రం సిఫార్సు
నిర్భయ కేసు దోషుల్లో ఒకడైన వినయ్ శర్మ క్షమాభిక్ష అభ్యర్థనను తిరస్కరించాలని కేంద్ర హోంమంత్రిత్వశాఖ రాష్ట్రపతిని కోరింది. క్షమాభిక్షకు నిరాకరించాలని దిల్లీ ప్రభుత్వం చేసిన సిఫార్సును రాష్ట్రపతి కార్యాలయానికి ఇవాళ పంపించింది.
నిర్భయ కేసు దోషికి క్షమాభిక్ష నిరాకరణకు కేంద్రం సిఫార్సు
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Published : Dec 6, 2019, 3:32 PM IST
నిర్భయ కేసు దోషి వినయ్ శర్మ క్షమాభిక్ష పిటిషన్ను తిరస్కరించాలని దిల్లీ ప్రభుత్వం చేసిన సిఫార్సును కేంద్ర హోంమంత్రిత్వశాఖ రాష్ట్రపతి రామ్నాథ్ కోవింద్కు పంపించింది. దిల్లీ లెఫ్టినెంట్ గవర్నర్ అనిల్ బైజాల్... క్షమాభిక్ష తిరస్కరణ ఫైల్ను పంపిన రెండు రోజుల్లోనే హోంమంత్రిత్వశాఖ ఈ పని చేసింది. వినయ్కు ఉరిశిక్ష నుంచి మినహాయింపు ఇవ్వొద్దని కోరుతూ అదే దస్త్రంపై రాసి పంపింది కేంద్రహోంశాఖ. ఈ సిఫార్సును రాష్ట్రపతి పరిశీలించి, తుది నిర్ణయం తీసుకుంటారని ఆ శాఖ తెలిపింది.
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నిర్భయ కేసు దోషి వినయ్ శర్మ క్షమాభిక్ష పిటిషన్ను తిరస్కరించాలని దిల్లీ ప్రభుత్వం చేసిన సిఫార్సును కేంద్ర హోంమంత్రిత్వశాఖ రాష్ట్రపతి రామ్నాథ్ కోవింద్కు పంపించింది. దిల్లీ లెఫ్టినెంట్ గవర్నర్ అనిల్ బైజాల్... క్షమాభిక్ష తిరస్కరణ ఫైల్ను పంపిన రెండు రోజుల్లోనే హోంమంత్రిత్వశాఖ ఈ పని చేసింది. వినయ్కు ఉరిశిక్ష నుంచి మినహాయింపు ఇవ్వొద్దని కోరుతూ అదే దస్త్రంపై రాసి పంపింది కేంద్రహోంశాఖ. ఈ సిఫార్సును రాష్ట్రపతి పరిశీలించి, తుది నిర్ణయం తీసుకుంటారని ఆ శాఖ తెలిపింది.
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Hong Kong – 6 December 2019
1. Van exploding
2. Pull out of exploded van
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alick McWhirter, Senior Bomb Disposal Officer:
"Obviously, we've been busier than normal. We've done different types of cases - petrol bombs, TATP (triacetone triperoxide). They are not the normal in Hong Kong, nothing like. But it's not to the point where we've gone beyond our capabilities yet."
4. Exploding watermelon
5. Explosion thrusting red cap into the air
6. Officer cleaning up after explosion
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alick McWhirter, Senior Bomb Disposal Officer:
"I hope that when history re-writes this, that there's a review of that. I watched the officers day after day, night after night, month after month, going out and holding the line. Their families are under threat, or they're being attacked with knives, with explosives, petrol bombs and they hold the line and use remarkable self-control in the face of incredible violence."
8. Officers reeling in detonation lines
9. Explosion behind concrete wall
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alick McWhirter, Senior Bomb Disposal Officer:
"I would probably refer to the hardcore more as anarchists. 99% of the protesters in Hong Kong, from what I've seen, are peaceful. You know, when you start to look at PolyU (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) or CU (Chinese University of Hong Kong) or whatever, there's clearly, though, a small hardcore who are dedicated towards violence."
11. Various of an officer putting on a bomb suit for demonstration
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Alick McWhirter, Senior Bomb Disposal Officer:
"You can speak to a large number of people in Hong Kong who stand absolutely behind the Hong Kong police force. If you speak to someone who's taking part in a protest, yes, they're unlikely to be saying anything particularly favorable to us. But there's a huge number of people in Hong Kong who support this force."
13. Close of traffic cone on sandbags
14. Officers chatting amid Hong Kong skyline
15. Officer cleaning up traffic cones from explosives test site
16. Pan of Hong Kong skyline at explosives test site
STORYLINE:
Hong Kong's much-maligned police force provided a rare behind-the-scenes look Friday at its bomb disposal squad to show the potentially deadly destructive force of homemade explosives seized during months of protests that have shaken the Chinese territory.
In a demonstration for media cameras, the bomb squad set off a series of controlled explosions in a disused quarry overlooking the city's high-rise skyline, blowing up a watermelon and shredding the front of a minivan.
In July, police announced the seizure of about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of TATP, which has been used in terrorist attacks worldwide. Other recent seizures in Hong Kong involved far smaller amounts, just 1 gram, of TATP, or tri-acetone tri-peroxide.
Just 1 gram of the unstable explosive, equivalent to the weight of a candy, could cause life-changing injuries, he said.
A demonstration blast of 1 gram of high explosive at the quarry above the bomb squad's fenced-off headquarters caused a loud bang. A blast involving 50 grams, which would fit into a cigarette packet, sent shrapnel flying from the shattered front of the minivan.
The squad used explosives with a destructive force equivalent to TATP but not TATP itself, because the substance is so dangerous to handle, susceptible to bumps, heat and friction.
In October, police said a homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to "kill or to harm" riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against protests. Causing a loud thud but no injuries, the small blast marked the first known use of an explosive device during the protests that started in June over a contested extradition bill and snowballed into an anti-government, anti-police and anti-China movement.
The bomb squad has also disposed of thousands of gasoline bombs prepared by protesters on university campuses.
"99% of the protesters in Hong Kong, from what I've seen, are peaceful," said Alick McWhirter, the squad's senior bomb disposal officer.
But he added: "There's clearly, though, a small hard core who are dedicated towards violence."
"Petrol bombs, TATP, are not the normal in Hong Kong," he added.
Distrust goes both ways. Protesters accuse police of systematic abuses. The widespread use of police tear gas and thousands of often muscular arrests have infuriated many in Hong Kong. A call for an independent investigation of police conduct features among protesters' key demands.
Later on Friday, protesters planned to rally against the use of police tear gas and to demand information about any health risks from the noxious choking clouds of gas liberally deployed to disperse demonstrators.
McWhirter, a career officer in Hong Kong for 30 years, expressed dismay that relations have soured so dramatically between the police force, long regarded as Asia's finest, and citizens it claims to serve and protect.
"I watched the officers day after day, night after night, month after month, going out and holding the line," he said. "They are being attacked with knives, with explosives and petrol bombs, and they hold the line and use remarkable self-control in the face of incredible violence."
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