This news has now moved away from headlines to 'city editions' of all major media.
Here are some:
1. Pravin Togadia points out that the only other time when a Mahant of Goraksha Math was arrested by police was in 1946-47, in the events that led to the partition of India. He wanders if this arrest will lead to Kashmirization of Purvanchal. He said that government which praises SIMI and does not arrest its leaders, has no hesitation to arrest a respected Yogi. If Yogi is not released, VHP will start a 'Chalo Gorakhpur' campaign throughout India. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
2. In the meanwhile, Sadhus and sants have started arriving in Gorakhpur. Goraksha Math has become a camping ground of all sorts of Sadhus from all over India. Ex central Minister of NDA government Swami Chinmayananda has become the coordinator of efforts. RSS has directed all its wings to get directly involved in the campaign. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
3. Yogi has appealed businesses and shopkeepres of Gorakhpur to resume their businesses again, after more than a week of complete closue. Akhil Bharatiya Vaishya Ekata Parishad and Gorakhpur Vyapar Pratinidhi Mandal decided to open the shops but wear black clothes until Yogi is released.
4. Meanwhile police is busy preparing the "data" behind a bunch of cases against Yogi. One single person has come forward to bear witness against Yogi, on allegations of inciting violence.
5. Seeing long queue of people in front of Jail, lining up to meet Yogi and have his Darshan, Jail administration has refused to allow people access to Yogi. People are sitting on Dharna in front of the Jail. To disperse people, police resorted to Lathi-charge. Gorakhpur University student union is organizing this protest. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
6. Somebody threw a bomb inside the residence of an ex-MLA of Samajvadi Party Dr. Mohasin Khan. No one is hurt, but police could not arrest anyone. (Another artificial case in making)
http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
7. Yesterday, a police constable raped a young woman inside her house, after beating her brother. This has further infuriated the people of Gorakhpur against the police. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
8. Another attempt to rape case. Police arrested a husband and wife who are activists of Hindu Yuva Vahini. Husband was sent to Cantt Police Station for interrogation while wife Gita to women police. Around midnight she was mysteriously released from PS without any paperwork. She alleges that a couple of cops, on pretext to give her a ride home, took her to a lonely place and tried to molest her. Upon protesting they threatened to clamp serious cases against her husband. She somehow managed to run away from them after being beaten, and went straight to the local newspaper office. She is badly injured. Her husband has been chargesheeted by police within hours.
http://www.amarujala.com/today/gkpnews.a...4GKP3C.asp
Here are some:
1. Pravin Togadia points out that the only other time when a Mahant of Goraksha Math was arrested by police was in 1946-47, in the events that led to the partition of India. He wanders if this arrest will lead to Kashmirization of Purvanchal. He said that government which praises SIMI and does not arrest its leaders, has no hesitation to arrest a respected Yogi. If Yogi is not released, VHP will start a 'Chalo Gorakhpur' campaign throughout India. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
2. In the meanwhile, Sadhus and sants have started arriving in Gorakhpur. Goraksha Math has become a camping ground of all sorts of Sadhus from all over India. Ex central Minister of NDA government Swami Chinmayananda has become the coordinator of efforts. RSS has directed all its wings to get directly involved in the campaign. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
3. Yogi has appealed businesses and shopkeepres of Gorakhpur to resume their businesses again, after more than a week of complete closue. Akhil Bharatiya Vaishya Ekata Parishad and Gorakhpur Vyapar Pratinidhi Mandal decided to open the shops but wear black clothes until Yogi is released.
4. Meanwhile police is busy preparing the "data" behind a bunch of cases against Yogi. One single person has come forward to bear witness against Yogi, on allegations of inciting violence.
5. Seeing long queue of people in front of Jail, lining up to meet Yogi and have his Darshan, Jail administration has refused to allow people access to Yogi. People are sitting on Dharna in front of the Jail. To disperse people, police resorted to Lathi-charge. Gorakhpur University student union is organizing this protest. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
6. Somebody threw a bomb inside the residence of an ex-MLA of Samajvadi Party Dr. Mohasin Khan. No one is hurt, but police could not arrest anyone. (Another artificial case in making)
http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
7. Yesterday, a police constable raped a young woman inside her house, after beating her brother. This has further infuriated the people of Gorakhpur against the police. http://jagran.com/news/citynews.aspx?id=30...eid=1&cityid=47
8. Another attempt to rape case. Police arrested a husband and wife who are activists of Hindu Yuva Vahini. Husband was sent to Cantt Police Station for interrogation while wife Gita to women police. Around midnight she was mysteriously released from PS without any paperwork. She alleges that a couple of cops, on pretext to give her a ride home, took her to a lonely place and tried to molest her. Upon protesting they threatened to clamp serious cases against her husband. She somehow managed to run away from them after being beaten, and went straight to the local newspaper office. She is badly injured. Her husband has been chargesheeted by police within hours.
http://www.amarujala.com/today/gkpnews.a...4GKP3C.asp