‘Western spies abducted Syria bishops’ (Musawer iqbal butt )

The former leader of Syria’s opposition National Coalition Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib says Western spies currently active inside Syria were behind the recent abduction of two archbishops in Aleppo.

According to Khatib, tens of Western spy agencies are currently active in Syria, reports show.

The reports also added that the former head of the opposition has claimed that it was also possible for a foreign intelligence agency to work in Syria to instigate more tension in the country.

He said that those responsible for the abduction of the archbishops are trying to add to the unrest in Syria.

Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo Paul Yazigi were abducted as they were reportedly carrying out humanitarian work in a village in Aleppo governorate on Monday.

According to Aleppo residents, Ibrahim went to pick up Yazigi from the rebel-controlled Bab al-Hawa crossing with Turkey. Their car was intercepted on the way back by militants who kidnapped the archbishops and killed their driver. The two were later released on Tuesday.

Khatib submitted his resignation in March, in protest against the institutional limitations of the foreign-backed body.

On Monday, George Sabra was named the caretaker of Syria’s opposition National Coalition.

The Syria crisis began in March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of soldiers and security personnel, have been killed in the violence.

The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.

Delhi police chief must resign, 1000s say (Musawer iqbal butt)

People have taken to streets of the Indian capital to demand resignation of the New Delhi police chief, following a recent rape case of a five year old girl.

Indians staged a demonstration in New Delhi asking Neeraj Kumar to step down as police escorted the second accused in a vehicle to the court on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

"”We are urging Neeraj Kumar to step down from his chair. We are asking him to step down if he is not able to do anything. We are seeing since November- December that this person is least concerned about the safety of women and he is sitting on the chair despite the string of incidents pertaining to the safety of women. We are telling him that we are ready to organize a religious ceremony for him, we are ready to pray in the temple, but we are requesting him for God's sake, please step down from your chair,” one of the protesters said."

Women and children could also be seen among the protesters.

On Monday, Kumar refused to resign and stated that his resignation would not help ensuring justice in the case.

The second suspect, Pradeep Kumar, 19, was arrested on Monday in the eastern state of Bihar, where the first suspect, Manoj Kumar, was apprehended early Saturday morning.

The two men have been arrested on suspicion that they abducted the 5-year-old girl on April 14 and taking her into Manoj Kumar’s apartment, where they raped her several times. The girl was found semiconscious in the apartment two days later.

Also on Monday, hundreds of people demonstrated in New Delhi for the fourth consecutive day in protest against the conduct of police dealing with the kidnapping and rape of the girl.

The five-year-old girl, whose name has not been revealed, has undergone surgery and was in stable condition on Monday.

The assault on the little girl has evoked memories of the horrific gang rape by six men of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus on December 16, 2012, in New Delhi. She succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in Singapore on December 29.

The horrific nature of the crime shocked Indians, who thronged the streets, demanding protection for women and capital punishment for rape, which currently carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.