Harsh Vardhan defends AIIMS CVO sacking Was not eligible EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE TB: CBT didn't verify all Tskrat case facts HI Correspondent The CBI charged one retired Rajinder Kumar headed its Ahmedabad branch at TB official " Iettohindustant,mee NEW DELHI: Attacking the CBI chargesheet in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the Intelligence Bureau (TB) has claimed in the Supreme Court that it was filed without fully verifying all the facts, - thetimeoulsliratencounterand threeservingofficials—p Mittal, MK Sinha and Rajiv Wankhede in the case along with around - a dozen Gujarat police officials. According to CBI chargesheet, Them, in an affidavit before the top court filed in re'sponse two TB assets were engaged by Rajinder Kumar and Gujarat police official GL Singhal for to a petition moved by Gui arat police official NX Amin who is assisting them in managing the illegal custody of Zeeshan Johaz an accused in the case, claimed: "Despite ooperationextend one of alleged Pakistani terrorist killed in the encounteralong with Ishrat, in the last week of April, ed by the LB in the course of investigation inthe case, the CW 2004. But them says, according to intelligence inputs, Johar, sent to India by LeT commander seems to havefiled achargesheet in this case implicating four LB officials without fully veriiing Muzammil, reached Alimedabad all the relevant facts." only on May 15,2004. 'Big-banner producers bribed Kumar directly' Abhlshek Sharan .. hindust "abNshokshara nilnie m in Mumbal, along with the advi.orypanelmernljerandtheauthoi' NEW DELHI: The alleged bribe of isedagent, for alleged]y demanding bribesforissulagacensorcertifi- 7O,O for the issuance of a cen sor certificate taken by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)'s suspended CEO Rakesh Kumar might just be the tip of an iceberg. According to CBI sources, Kumar allegedly pre ferred dealing with big-banner Bollywood producers for such favours directly and alone. cate to a regional movie. The arrested authorised agent told Cm that Kumar allegedly took bribes of 25,OOO and t.5 lath from him for screening of movies within a week and three daysrespectively "The chargefor screening promos was lO,OOO," said the source. The CBI suspects that the "The two co-accused arrested lathe case, one of whom is CBFC advisory panel member and the arrested CEO has sought bribes other an authorisedcensor-cei-ti flcationagent, have revealed that "We are ascertaining facts about the alleged payments. Once Kumar used conduits like them suchfransactionsareestablished, only for dealing with small pro ducers," said the source. "Kumar we would seek versions of those who were part of such transac- dealt directly with producer of big-banner films." lions" said the source. Kumar has been arrested under provisions of Kumar was arrested on Monday the Prevention of Corruption act. from several prominent BoUyveod producers, directors and actors. 'fl-I 'Syndicate Bank case: 2 bail pleas rejected ............. '[email protected] NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the bail pleas of chairman and managing director (CMD) of Prakash Industries Ltd and its director who, along with others, were arrested in the Syndicate Bank bribery case. Special CBI judge Swarana THE COURT SAID THE CMD AND ITS DIRECTOR'S BAIL APPLICATION HAD _________ INTERESTS OF ENSURING ASIR INVESTIGATION had toberejected in the interests of ensuring a fair investigation Kanta Sharma has also issued since the CBI's probe was still at a notice to initiate Proclaimed Offender proceedings against an early stage and withesses were beingsunimonedfromwithinthe accused Purushotam Totlani, country and foreign nations. who isaileged tobeaBhushan Steel employee and close aide of BSL's vice-chairman and co accused Neeraj Singal. CBI has previously alleged that Totlani is an integral part of the scam and is allegedly in possession of the bribe money paid by BSL to Syndicate Bank MD SIC Jam. Responding to arguments submitted by the Aggarwals' counsel that the duo had notbeen charged with any serious offences, the court said the offence was more serious than others as it "was against the public and the entire country" "It is sad that in the race to Refusing to take a lenient view, the court said the CMI) of Prakash Industries Ltd 'Wed becomericher,peopledonoteven hesitate to adopt illegal means Prakash Agarwal and Its director VipulAgarwal's bail application present - to obtain huge loans, and the case is a classic example of this," said the judge. Man acquitted in 1984 Ourdwara Pulbangash case NEW DELHI: The lone accused in a 1984 anti-SUch riots case in which a mob had set fire to the Gurdwain Pulbangash innorth Delhi killing three people has been acquitted by a court which said CIII had failed to establish his presence on the spot. The investigating agency had also looked into allegations against senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler but said sufficient evidence could not ifi ogetheragainst him. The court ordered further investigation into the matter concerninghm. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sanjay Bansal held that the case of CIII was "very very aliasPanewajaof murdei rioting damagingaplaceof worship with an intent to fusulta religion, mischief by fire, and various other provisions under the Indian Penal Code. The court noted that there was discrepancy in the identity of the accused. Vardhan: Lapses in AIIMS officials appointment fl.!utta. I" I dhartha4ufla®hindvsIanhmo&com NEW DELHI: Union health minis- ter Harsh Vardhan on Thursday reiterated that whistleblower _______ ,. , Sax4iv Chaturvedi was removed from the post of chief vigilance officer (CVO) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due toprocedural laps es In the appomtment. for the post he was holding at AUMS. We were informed that without the approval of the " Sanjiv Cliaturvedi. - .7 HI PHOTO CVC, nobody can be assigned DrvishwasMehtaonMayzsthis the post of CVO anywhere. This yeax rejecting Nadda's objections. was brought to our notice and taking cognisance of the same, Chaturvedi within months of we removed him from the post," Harsh Vardhan told reporters. his appointment after he initi ated vigilance inquiries. Mad The health ministry has Azad had also sought to transfer wasnotavailableforacomment. cited the Central Vigilance Chaturvedi took over as the Commission's (CVC) objections CVO In July 2012 and initiated as the reason for his removal, The CVC manual says any CVO vigilance Inquiries against sen ior AIIMS officials, including Vineet Chawdhry a 1982-batch of an autonomous body must be appointed with its "approv al'. The health ministry had also initially failed to put up 'anel of names as mandated by the CVC. The ministry did later send some names, which included Chaturvedi's, but the lAS Himachal-cadre officer. Based on Chaturvedi's inquiries, the CBI registered a prea liminary inquiry In January 2014, naming Chawdhry as one of the accused. Chawdliry now additional chief secretary of Chaturvediwouldhavecontin Himachal Pradesh, said: "How would I know if the CBI has ued as the CVO till 2016 but for objections raised by BJP Rajya registered an Inquiry? I am not aware," Chawdhry told HT. CVC did not respond to the list. SabhaMPjPNadda.In May 2013, Documents accessed by activ Nadda, fromHimachal, raised the 1st Subhash Agarwal under the issue in the Eajya Sabha He wrote to then minister of state forper RTI Act show the CVC consist- sonnel, VNarayanswami. Nadda appointment. However, docu- also wrote to then union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Nadda had also cited pending cases filed against Chaturvedi by the Hooda-led government In Haryana to back his objection, The two chargesheets against Chaturvedi were quashed by then president Pratibha Patil and her successor Pranab Mukherjee. Nadda remained unavailable for comment. Current union health secretary Lov Verma had approved a file note prepared by joint secretary ently opposed Chaturvedi's ments also show the CVC had acknowledged him as the CVO and mentioned him as such on its official website. The decision to create the position of a deputy secretary! director to whom the work of a CVO was assigned, was ratified by the AIIMS governing body and institute body The then leader of the opposition, Sushma Swaraj, was a sitting member of both the bodies and was present when this decision was ratified. - Badaun rape: SP seeks - apology from Opposition PRESS TRUST OF INDIA mar should apologise to the LucknowAugust2i SP Government for blaming The rifling Samajwadi Party It and raising fingers on it on Thursday sought an apology from Opposition leaders on the rape issue after the fingers for raising on the party in the Badaun killings It said the forensic report which ruled out sexual as- on the victims has uex posed" their against the Uttar Pradesh - man report," SP spokesRajendra Chowdhury told reporters. The sources said they case. sault CDFD propaganda re not ruling out honour kill- ing angle in the have not thing so matter but concluded any- far. Chowdhury said the Opwas together try- position Government. on ing to defame the State Gov- Wednesday the Hyderabad- CBI sources had ernment as it has no issues based Centre for DNA Finger- left to discuss. printing and Diagnostics (CDFD) has ruled out sexual assault on the teenage girls whose bodies were found hanging from a tree in May "Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, BSP supremo Mayawati, Ramvilas Union Paswan, Minister former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Ku Coal case: CBI finds no proofagainst Birla, Parakh PRESSTUJSTOF INDIA New DellitAugust 21 10-month probe, After a the CM has decided to file a clo- sure report in the coal block allocation case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal ry PC Parakh as Secreta- the agency could not find any evidence in this matter. The case against the two was registered in October last year by the agency which had alleged that Pareversed his deci- rakh had sion to reject cation to months basis coal block allo Hindalco ' wlthout or change within any valid In circumstances" and to show undue favours". c'c CBI implicating officers in Ishrat Jahanenëountercase :IBtoSC PRESS TRUST OF D'JOIA New Delhi, 21 The Intelligence _ rr August The lB also ____ a a 4 rejerrea tO tuC the facts in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter killing case of Gujarat. ing - Italsoplacedinasealed ithad terrorist from the Legal received Attache, posted in the US Narendra Moth. "Despite full cooper tion extended by JR in the course of investigation in this case, CR1 seems to have Embassy in Delhi, men tioning some information about Ishrat ,Jahan which availableto theFRI officers during the inter rogationof David Coleman became 1-leadely. filed a charge sheet in this case implicating four JR The affidavit assumes significanceinviewof the officers without fully ver second relevant facts," LB said in its affidavit. The lB also referred to the 25 June 2010, letter chargesheet ifyingall the supplementary filedby CRJ on 6 February naming former TB Special Director Rajin der Kumar and three oth The six other police Attache, posted J G in the US Deputy SP Tarun Barot and commando Anaju . in ers for being "involved" in the case. The other three and Wankhede. The TB in its L Singhal, retired DSP Parmar, Mehsana Chaudhary. a joint operation of state police and Intelligence Rajeev Amin was accused of abducting Tshrat and Sheikh from Vasad two affidavit days priorto the kfflings and firing the shots during the names are P Mittal, M K Sinha G Ithadallegedthatitwas Delhi eliminate senior BJP leader Gujarat N K Amin and six officers includelPS officer Embassy Toiba which was trying to and the then Chief Minister named the Legal Lashkar-e L K Advani - suspended Deputy Superintendent of received from that the CR1 is implicating its officers withoutverify activities of had other police officers. has told the Supreme Court received about CR1 Gujarat's June 2010 letter Police Bueau envelope secret inputs the nr elaborated on the sequence of events that led to the Bureau. encounter in which 19-year old Mumbai-based girl so-called encounter. The four were gunned down by the Gujarat police on 15 June 2004, on the IshratJahan,JavedSheikh chargethattheywereona Pranesh Pillai, Zee shan Johar and Amjad All Rana were killed in a fake mission to eliminate the alias encounter in 2004. Jfl its first chargesheet, then Chief Minister Naren dra Modi. CBI has claimed all the four were killed in a "fake" encounter. H Courtacquits man in: 1984 gurdwara riot PREgS TRUST UF INDIA New Delhi, 21 about the correct name of the rioter. August accused in a 1984 an ti Sikh riots case in which a mob had set afire Gurdwara Pulbangash in Iiorth Delhi The lone killing three persons has been acquittëdbyacourtherewich CBI failed to establish his presence on the spot, The name of senior Con said gress leader Jagdish Tytler had also cropped up in the caseforhisallegedinvolvement but the CBJ had said cast that there "Such Is state of affairs that it is extremely inipossible to conclude as to what actually is the correct name of the rioter," the cotrt said. "It must be prosecution / held that the has a very very weakcase.Ithasnotprovedthe charges beyond reasonable doubt against the-accused. "It has failed to establish presence of the accused at the spotatthetime of commission was no sufficient material againsthimandlaterhcour of offences, As a necessary consequence, the accused is hereby acquitted of the charges hadorderedfurtherinvestiga. against him," the ASJ said. tion into the matter concern inghim,whichisstiflpendjng. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Bansal held that (ASJ) the case of CBI was "very very weak" and absolved Suresh Kumar alias Panewala of var bus charges, including mur der, rioting, damagingaplace of worship with an of insult the religion intent to any class ofpersonsandmischiefbyfu-e. The court noted that there was discrepancy in the iden tity of the accused and said the record revealed that the pros ecution itself was not clear Regarding Tytler, the court said, "The CBI was directed (last year) to further investi- gate the case. The matter is still under further investigation with respect to Tytler". The case relates to an mci- dent on November 1, 1984, in the aftermath of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhis assassination, when a mob of over 1000 persons had set afire Gurdwara Pulbangash innorthDelhi,killingthreeper" sons - Sardar Thakur Singh, Gurcharan Badal Singh and Singh. IB to SC: CBI impiicating our oflicers in Ishrat case New DeIhl, Aug. 21: The has Intelligence Bureau told the Supreme Court that CBI is implicating its officers without verifying the facts in the 2004 Ishrat ‚Jahan encounter killing case 01 Gujarat. lt also placed in a sealed envelope secret inputs it had received about terrorist activities 01 Lashkar-e Tayyaba which was trying to eliminate senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and the then Gujarat chief minis- ter Narendra Modi. "Despite [nil cooperation by IB extended in the course of investigation in this case, the CBI seems to have filed a chargesheet in thi.s case implicating four IB officers without fully verifying all the relevant - facts," JB said in its affidavit. The IB also referred to the June 25, 2010 letter Legal [rom received Attache, posted in the US embassy in Delhi, mention information Ing some about Ishrat Jahan which became available to the FBI officers during th& interrogation of David Coleman Headely The affidavit assumes sigin view of the supplementary second nificance chargesheet filed by the CBI on February 6 naming former IB special director Rajinder Kumar and three others for being "involved" in the case. Other three names are 1'. Mittal, MK. Sinha and Wankhede. The IB in its affidavit elaborated the sequences of eventsthat led to the encounter in Rajeev which 19-year-old Mumbaibäsed girl Ishrat Jahan, Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Johar änd Pillai, Zeeshan Amjad Ah Rana were kiled in a fake encounter in2OO4. —PTI LCensor cEoT called bribe: 'speed möney' PRAMOD KUMAR » NEW DELHI, AUG. 21 1. g of Film Certification (CBFC) ribery case, involving suspended Rakesh Kumar, have revealed that the accused used to call the bribe amount 'Speed Money'. The' CEO suspended CEO, said, sources had allegedly authorised a particular representa tive of the board to col lect the bribe amount on his behalf Interrogation of the arrested accsed has also revealed that Kumar used to direct ly deal with producers of big while bahner movies operated through agents for small banners. "The agency has mi tiated the process to identify Bollywood those personali ties who directly paid to Kumar for getting ‚ L. !»a. 1k . _______ 'r A 1 Rakesh Kumar otTicials on Thursday opened a locker of and found Kumar around 2 kg of gold and diamond jewellery worth !65 lakh along with six proper ty documents," sources said. CBI officials are also collect ing details about several bank accounts of Kumar which were opened in Delhi after assuming the charge ol' the CBFC chief, they added. An Indian railways personnel officer, Kumar joined as CEO of CBFC in January The agency is also censor certificates. They will be sOon called tor examina loQking at the role of CBFC members in the tion," sources said CBI is also probfflg the role of certain mem bers of the board who were in regular touch with Bollywood per agency movies F'ebruary to sonalities, this year. railways An Indian personnel sources said. Sources further said the sleuths have also recovered two bank lockers of KuniarinMumbaiaj,d agency Baroda. "The agency irregularities. has The already also asked CBF'C to furnish details on certificates issued to during August officer, Kumar joined as CEO of CBFC in January The CIII may register tionate a dispropor assets case against Kumar also. .. Disturbed FmanceMnmsterCracks theWhip oil Sagging Morals ofPSBs Professional managements, tighter risk management system on the cards after aseries of blots on public sector banks Our Bureau New Delhi: Keen to restore the credibility of public sector banks marred of late by bribery scandals, the new government has begun work to tighten theft risk manage ment system and professionalise managements. Some recent mci dents have been disturbing... I would only hope that they are a in the ocean and we have all learnt the lessons from such mci drop dents, and there will be no repeti tion of them," finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday Credibility is of extreme hupor tanceasfaras the banking industry maintaining customers. The government has initiated a forensic audit in the al (government equity) is to be of floaded and the entire capital that leged FD scam. Jaitley said the new government you (banks) so earn is character, The minister pointed out that the Indian banking system has been both professional and conserva- "Credibility is of extreme tmportance five. "When . suf- fered setbacks few years ago, the Indian banking system survived the mt-lu ictni it V sub-prime crisis... wehaveourown sense of banking values and it is these values that have paid off nnr "" " '-"" ARUN JAITLEY m ' well," he said. On financial inclusion and risk management system, "We expect banks to have better risk management. The department of rmancialserviceshasbnactively ship workingfor this," he said at anlndi an Bank function on Thursday lie said the government has ac pect the Central Bureau of Investiga tion(CBI) inanallegedbriberycase and another probe into Oriental Bank of Commerce and Dena Bank corded high importance to re-capi talisation of PSU banks, "While his comments follow the arrestof Syndicateßankehairman and managing director SIC Jam by global banking as far as the banking of any bank, the ploughed back in the banking industry forexpansion," he said. had taken some decisions to profes slonahse managements of banks Is concerned... We must endeavour improved standards of credibility," he added. Though he didn't name the public sector surplus liquidity for misappropriating funds worth U36 crore from their fixed deposit government, the "On August2B, we will launch flagment - programme of . national do not reach. Nobody can be left out of the growth process." AruniaitleyonlhursdaytoOka digatdynastypoliticsSaying times had changed and sur" names didn't matternow. - "-' Merely(because)you came L fromadistinguishedfamilyand F somebody else came from a less distinguishedonethesenior BJPleadersaid,thoughhedidnt i name anypart.Therecentgen- era ele ions ha een oug on thecongressandSP.Meanwhile, elicitated by SRCC, the FM said, )5 - He darkareaswherefinancialservices NewoelblFinanceminister di participation." added, "We cant have too many Name,asksFM i the govern- the Jan Dhan Yojana.l'rhne Minister will be inaugurating it in Delhi and we ex- What's in a : initiative Jaitley said, Peer recognition or being rec' ognisedbyone'sownfraternity mosUmportancomparedto CBI Has Falsely Implicated Our Men in Isharat Case IB to Sc NEW DELHI: O The Intelligence Bureau has told the SC that CBI is implicating its officers without verifying the facts in the 2004 lshrat Jahan encounter killing case of Cujarat, It also placed in a sealed envelope secret inputs it had received about terrorist activities of LeT which was trying to eliminate senior BJP leader L X Advani and the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. "Despite full cooperaUon extended by lB in the course of investigation in this case, CBI seems to have filed a charge sheet in this case implicatingfour lB officers without fully verifying all the relevant facts," lB said. I&B Stays Film on Indira Killers _________ lB had cautioned against movie release Our Political Bureau New Delhi: The I&B ntistry has stayed the release of controversial film, Kaum Do Hcere, after the home ministry asked it to re-exam Inetheclearancegiventothemovie based onIndira Gand l's assassins. Inteffigence reports had cautioned that itmay lead to ten ions between Hinuds and Sliths in some parts of the country and later CE! alleged that the film was cleared by the Censor Board chief after he accept edabribeof !llakh. I&Bsourcessaldthei-eleaseofthe film has been stayed due to the rea sonsstatedbyMJTAandffirep-ts The home ministry had asked the I&B ministry on Wednesday to re examine the clearance given to Kaum Do Moore. The arrested Censor Board CEO Rakesh Kumar has revealed during interrogation he gotthe money as bribe from the makersof theflimbeforehecleared ltwithan'Adults' certificateonMay 29,aCBlofficialtoldET. "The movie had earlier been re jected by the censor board In , -i - - _______________________ - - AFORADULT: Rakesh Kumar January and could not be released on its initial release date of February 28. We will be probing this matter now," the official said on the condition of anonymity ET wastheflrsttoreportonAigtlo that LB had raised an objection to the film's release in a report to HomeMinisterlsjnath Singhand said the movie couldspañc HinduSilthtensions inpunjab, Deihiand Haryana as it depicts Indira Gandhi's two assassins as mar- tyrsandgemsoftheconinunity" Court dismisses bail pleas in Syndicate Bank bribery case Nirnimesh Kumar tions against thenwas stillon. Seeking bail for the NEW DELHI: A special court for their counsel submitted CBI cases here on Thursday the dismissed bail pleas of Pra- Agarwal and Vipul Agarwal, that Pawan Bansal, chartered accountant, Vineet and Puneet case against them was basedonlyon the intercepts of Industries chairmanr dum-managing director Ved their conversations recorded Prakash Agarwal and its di- pul rector Vipu Agarwal in the Syndicate Bank bribery case. associated with the company as he had relinquished the di- kash Special ICanta Judge Sharma Swarana dismissed by the agency. sel As regards Vi- Agarwal, he was no more rectorship Neeraj Singhal, Ved Prakash two, last year, his coun- stated. Godha, Vijay Pahuja, Punishotam Totlani and Pankaj Bansal, Eight ofthem are in judicial custody while absconding. The Totlani is investigating agency has charged them with entering into a criminal conspiracy their bail applications, admit- There are nine accused in the plea of counsel for investigating agency that the case, including Syndicate Bank's suspended Chairman- to bribe the banles chairman cum-Managing ofthe BhushanSteel. Ithad ar- ting the they would tamper with evidence if released Director SK. on bail as Jam. Nine other accused are investigation into the allega Bhushan Steel vice-chairman for increasing the credit rested limit Mr. .Tain while allegedlytaking abribe ofRs.so lakh. 1 Govt blocks film on Indira assassination NUTEN MAHAJAN NEW DELHI, AUG. 21 - The Centre 011 Tliursijay decjded that the Punjabi film Kaum Dc Heere baseu on Indira Gandhi's - - October 31, 1984 assassina tien will not be released Du Fr-iday as scheduled. This decision was taken after a home ministry report expressed fears that its releaseon Friday could bad to law and order prob lems in Punjab aM else where in Not-Ui lntlia Officials ofthe home aM information anti brnarl casting ministries aM die Centrol Board of Film Certification saw the film againand deeineil II not fit for release this week. "We sawthe Film and deeided that lt will not be released tomorrew," CBFC 44 chief Leela Samson said alter a review of tue LflOVlC on the MHA's advice. She added the decision was talten under Rule 32 of Cinematograph the (Certification) Rules 1983, that pertains to re-exami nation of certified films. The lioine mjnistry earli er voiced serious concern at the content of the Punjnbi film, aM aslsed the l&B ministry to take 11 relook nt its elearance. lt said the Punjabi-lan gimge film Ka.om De Heem may affect communal bar mony in Punjab anti other " a bribe of!1 lakh. The censor board passed the film willi an 'A" certificate and it was due tobe released on Fiday in over theatres in North rndta. Funjalj, In both the Congress and the BJP had demanded a ban on the film, but its producer, Pardeep Bansal, said lt was based on true incidents, on the basis of the findings of the Justice Thakkar Coxnmission, that Md probed Indira Gandhi's assassination. 'lt 15 a Gern pietely balanccd film Sorne people are unneces- Censor board haits release this week; MHA feati Punjab probl ems - nlay create eninity between comnunities and iea to tension. Sources said the film, reportedly based on -the lives oftheassassins ofthe late P me Minister Singh, fleant Satwant Srngh and Kehar Singh glorifies their act. There were reports that CBFC CEO Rakesh Kumat, who was arrested by the CEI - \%pJq. J northern states. An MHA bettet said he film was "highly objectionable" and recently corniption on charges, bad elearet] the allegediv taking film after sarily - trying to controversy watehing Bansl said. the create a. without tnovie,' ISHRATJAHANCAsE _ __ 'S CBI implicating Our off icers: lB to SC PIONEER NEWS SERVICE" NEW DELHI "involved" in the case. Three other officers named are P Mittal, MK Sinha and Rajeev Intelligence Bureau hasWankhede. The told the Supreme Court that CBI is implicating its offt cers without verif'ing the facts in the alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan 2004 and three others in Gujarat. "Despite fill cooperation extended by Ill in the course of investigation in this case, Cm seems to have filed a chargesheet in this case impli cating four lB officers without fully veri'ing all the relevant facts:' the 18 affidavit said, It also placed in a sealed envelope secret inputs it had received about terrorist activ ities of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba which was trying to eliminate senior BJP leader L K Advani and the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. ThelfireferredtotheJune 25, 2010 letter received from Legal Attache, posted in the US I t ' j - The lB bits affidavit elaborated the sequences of events led to the encounter in which 19-year-old IshratJahan, that Javed Pillal, Sheikh alias Pranesh Zeeshan Johar and Amjad All Rana were killed on June 15, 2004. It was alleged that they were on a mission to eliminate the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. CBI claimed that the encounter was "fake" and all four were " Embassy in Delhi, mentioning killed in cold blood, some information about Ishrat Jahan which became available In its first chargesheet, CBI had named Gujarat's suspend- to the FBI officers during the interrogation of David Coleman Headley. The ed Deputy Superintendent of Police NK Amin and six other police officers that included GL affidavit assumes sig nificance in view of the second Singhal, retired DSP J G Parmar, Mehsana Deputy SP supplementary chargesheet filed by CBI on February 6 Tarun Barot and naming former JR Special Director Rajinder Kumar and three others for being commando Anaju Chaudhary. It had allegedtheincidenttobeajoint operation of state police and Intelligence Bureau, Badaun case: After forensic repor revelation, SP seeks oppn's apology Centre for DNA Pingerprinting, Diagnostics has ruled out sexual assault on victim M rv POST BUREAU LUCKNOW: ihe ruling Samajwadi Party on Thursday sought an apology from Opposition leaders for raising fingers on the party in the Badaun ings case, saying kill- the foren- sic report which ruled out - sexual assault on the victims has 'exposed' their propaganda against Uttar Pradesh Government. CBJ sources had on Wednesday said the Hyder abad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) has ruled out sexual assault on the teenage giris whose bodies were found hanging from a tree in May. 'Congress vice presi dent Rahul Gandhi, BSP suprmo Mayawati, Union Minister Rainvilas Paswan, former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar should apologise to the SP govern ment for blaming it and raising fingers on it on the rape issue after the CDFD report: SP spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury told reporters. The investigative agency it is crucial infor had said of May, an incident which The two cousin sisters—aged 14 und 15 years—were found hanging from a tree in Badaun djstrict of Uttar Pradesh the last week of May, an incident in which sparked national outrage with the SP-led government in the stute coming under Lire on the of law und order situation sparked national outrage with the SP-led government in the state coming under fire 011 the issue of law and order situation. He said that Opposition was together trying to defame the state governmentasithasnoissuesleft to discuss. 'Now, their propaganda from one of the the statements of eye-wit against the government most reputed government ness, the suspicion is now has been exposed labs which has cleared a lot probe in Badaun incident. of doubts about the the ory of the cousins being on the family members. The sources said they are not ruling out houiour sexually assaulted before killing angle in the mat killed and the needle mation in CBI In other incidents too, a weil planned attack was launched on SP govern- ter but have not concluded ment to malign its image: the fainily members. They said anything so far. he added. with sexual assauit being -aged that ruled men have been involved clearing the lie-detection found hanging from a tree in Badaun district oflJttar test aid inconsistencies in Pradesh being of suspicion out, is now on the accused Ilhe two cousin sisters 14 and 15 years were in the last week Chowdhury also alleged in Saharanpur, BJP in inciting people to break communal harmony. Raju associates made 2k cr in Satyam scam Sebi CBI to cocil dose block aulocation case against Birla, Parakh M POST BUREAU sections including crirninal conspfracy and criminal NEW DELHJ: After a 1O-month probe, CBT has decided to file a dosure misconduct on the part of report in the coal block investigations, allocation case involving industrialist Kumar Man galarn Birla and former coal secretary PC Parakh as the agency could not find any evidence in this matter. The case against the two was registered in Octo ber last year by the agency which had alleged that government officials. However, during the the CBI found that there was no qWd pro quo' on the part of Parakh and there was no wrongdoing in allocation of coal blocks to Hindalco, agency sources said on Thursday. The case bad triggered an intense attack against the CBI by the former bureau Parakh had reversed his decision to reject coal block allocation to Hindalco crat and Indla Inc but the within months 'without any valld basis or change in cir decision on II would be taken only after the probe cumstances' and 'undue favours was over. to show The FIR related to ab cation of Talabira II and III coal blocks in 2005 and CBI had charged Birla, Parakh and othet officials of Hindalco under various IPC agency director Rarit Sinha had maintained that a final Unfazed by the criticism, Sinha had repeatedly said that the agency was not in the business ofwitch-hunt ing and a closure report would be Med in case there was no evidence. CBI team that cracked Aarushi case probed Badaun murders [email protected] the bribes. . . film eulogismg . . Punjabi 1' Indira's killing blocked NEW :Eh rtcon versy over the content ofthe movie Kaum De Heere the mm istry ofinformation and broadcasting on lThursdayannounced that the Punjabi language film L L 'fle ministry had also noted that some of the content of the eulogising former prime minis film was 'highly objectionable' ter Indira Gandhi's assassination and may create enmitybetween will communitles not be released on Friday. Earlier In the day, the home ministryhad expressed reserva and lead to com munal tension. According to sources, the film, which is report- tion and serious concem over the contents of the film and had asked the Information and edly based on the lives of the broadcasting ministry to take a relook at the clearance given to late prime minister, glorifies it. In a communication to reports that Censor Board CEO RakeshKumaz who was arrested I&B the ministnh thehome ministry had said the film may affect the communal harmony In Puiab and other northern states. - Beant Singh, Satwant Singhand Kehar Singh ofthe assasslns - their action. There have been recently by CR1, gave clearance to the film after allegedly takinga bribe. INCREASED SCRUTINY FM Says govt to ensure better risk management at PSU banks Arun Jaitley says govt will professionalize management, cautions on rising bad debt of lenders public sector By REMYA NAIR NEW DELHI Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the governalent will pro- fessionalize of state-run that better practices the management banks and ensure risk management are adopted by the lenders. Describing the dents of recent inci- bribes-for-loans as disturbing, Jaitley said: "1 would only hope that they are a drop in have the ocean, and we learnt the lessons from all such incidents, and there will be no repetition of them? Jait- ley was speaking at a foundation day event of Indian Bank. Scrutiny of state-run banks has increased after Syndicate Bank chairman and managing director SIC Jam was arrested on charges of accepting a bribe Lending CIII may be loans at up finance ministry has also ordered a forensic audit at Oriental Bank of Commerce and Dena Bank for misappropriation of deposits by some bank officials. been media There reports have that also the stood, at from 21% banks. As 2.52 2.08 trillion, trillion a year ago. banks. The state-owned listed banks Neeraj Singhal was also by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB1) in the case. closely monitoring of 30 June, gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of 40 ing ed minister JaitIcy. The some other bank chiefs and their dealings, especially in the context of the spike in bad to sanction a loan to Bhushan Steel Ltd earlier this month. Bhushan Steel's vice-chairman arrest- concerns Finance finance ministry has ordered a forensic audit on alleged misappropriation ofdeposits by some bank officials at Oriental Bank of Commerce and Deiia Bank. The government is proposadministrative measures to professionalize state-owned This the post of includes splitting chairman and man- to five years to ensure greater practices," said Robin Roy, as- accountability. sociate The for being inducted on bank boards. In addition, the government is considering chairmen a giving hank fixed tenure of up Nayak director, financial serv- ices, constituted by the Committee central bank recommended far-reaching their past mistakes. changes such the as governance banks make to overhauling of structure them more competitive and privatizing or merging banks. Though the government has clarified that it will not cede control in pub- lic sector banks, it decided to make to aging director, inducting professionals on bank boards, and laying down eligibility norms P.J. administrative changes make bank managements more efficient and transparent. aAdministrati be at two levels. reforms can One is in policy terms of direction, which can be useful only up to a point. The second relates to what banks state-run can adopt as best management Pricewaterhousecoopers "Banks are not learning from Banks do not have a system where they can warn their credit teams that are tasked with identifying new borrowers using the huge of historical data at amount disposal. They also will have to relook their bad loan their management process," he said. 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