Five persons acquitted in bogus ralion cards case NEWDELHI:ADeIhjcourt in has acquitted five persons, including former food inspec a charge sheet against eight tors, in a bogus December 2008 and filed accused, the then food inspec- ration cards tors Som Nath Punjabi and case, saying the investigation Rajender Prasad, and Daya was not done properly. Nand Bansal, Special CRI Judge San jeev Jain said the prosecution Ram Niwas, Krishan Pal Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Ram Chander and has failed to prov its case againstall the accused beyond Raman Kumar (all fair price reasonable doubt. The charge sheet alleged thatihe accused issued 10 'If wc go through the cross examina shops owners). tion of irwestigating officer (10), lt refleets that investi bogus gation of this case was not in carried out properly. For the purpose of spot verification with an 10 relied on the statements radon cards under Antyodya Anna Yojna scheme the name of live persons aizn to divert the sup- ply of the radon in the open cards market. 'Ihree of the live accused Ram Chander and holden and reports of post man,' the judge said. Raman Kumar and Rajendra Prasad had already died dur ofsome residents, CBI ration had lodged an FIR mg the trial. Pll CBI files fresh FIR in coolgaie MPOSTBUREAU I [sIs11l[ti:IjI t The HR has been filed NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (cm) has flled a fresh HR againsf Revati Cenient 1 Private Limited Company along with all the members of the B6th Screening Committee of the government against a Madhya Pradesh- based company in connection with its probe in the alleged irregularities related to allocation of coal blocks. P fle FIR has been Mcd against Revati Cernent Pri vate Lirnited Company along tigating agency across I ndio induding lndore and Satna before chargIng them with all the members ofthe 36th Screening Commit tee of the government iii connection with the ongo mg probe into irregularities while allotting coal blocks to -a - -c tion report (FIR). This is the 23rd HR in the case related to allocation of coal blocks? 2005 and 2006 Severaj raids were con ducted by the investigating CRI spokesperson said, agency across Indla includ mg Indore and Satna before frorn 1993 to 2009. 'Revati Cernent promoters Untesh Shara and Kailash booking them them with Shara, along with director tion ChininayPalekar,havebeen narned in the first infornia Several raids conducted by the inves- criminaj conspiracy (see 120 B IPC), cheating _______________________ 13 (1) (a). In 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General oflndia (CAG) in a report mentioned that due to irregularities in the whole process there was a notional loss ofßs 1.86 trillion to the national exche quer. Then the audit agency clahned that the allocation (section 420 of IPC) and processwasflawedandpos crirninal nusconduct sibly fraudulent. (See CBI Sizes RS28L CBI seizes 28L from Saradha from Saradha scamsier BID scamster BJD MP's house MP's house From Page 1 PNS U NEW DELHI Searches in West Bengal at Thursday con- 10 locations, including S resi- .l. ducted searches at 30 locations across West Bengal and accused persons of Saradha CR! on Odisha on the official and residential of the premises accused, including the sitting Janata Biju Dal MP Ram Chandra Hansda, in the multi- crore Saradha scam. During the searches, the recovered US lakh from the residence CBI cash in of founder of Nava Hansda, Diganta Capita], and a bank FD 0f!22 lakh and !4.90 lakh cash from the house of Sanyasi Pradhan, another member and founder director of the same company. During searches - ñ and official premises of founder members, director 1 office-bearers and other employees of Bhubaneshwar. based Nava Diganta : Capital Services, a lot of incriminating documents have been seized, sources said searched the residential premises of former BJD MLA Subarna Naik and former BJP MLA Hitesh Kumar Bagartti. Hansdah, Nailc and Bagartti are founder memand directors of Nan Diganta Capital Services Ltd, which has been booked as the accused company. The investigators will ques- Pradhan the cash recovered dur- tion J-lansda and about the source of and investment ing the searches. During searches in Odisha at 20 different locations, including residential official and premises of founder members, directors, office-bearers and other employees of Bhubaneshwar-based Nava Diganta Capital Services, a lot of incriminating documents have been seized, Realty and Saradha Travels, have yielded incriminating documents relating to various business transactions between these accused companies, the sources said. The CBT has so far registered 47 cases, including three in West Bengal and 44 in alleged chit fund Odisha in the scam on the directions of the Supreme Court of India, After the agency indicated that West Bengal police officials would be booked for failing to provide the related the scam despite to documents the probe. including residential bers of arrested reminders, the State Police has now assured every help in Odisha at 20 different locations, The CR! also dential premises I The official sources said. Continued on Page 4 CBI Director Ranjit Sinha had recently met West Bengal DGP GM? Reddc who assured him to cooperate in the probe. CBIfiles fresh FIR in coal scam New Delhi, July3l: CBI has flied aatnst a fresh a FIR Madhya Pradesh-basecj company in connection with its probe In the alleged irreg- ularitiesrelated to allocation of coal blocks. In its 23rd FIR in the probe, the agency has alleged cy criminal conspira- and abuse of official position on part of the company, its and unknown directors memhers of 36th Screening Com- mittee in respect of allocation Thesgora of B/Rudrapuri Coal Block, CBI sources said. PT' Coal scam AMAN MALIK Revati Cement booked Saradha Odisha By AMAN scam: CBI books MP former MLAs MALIK [email protected] Ex lAS officer attacked in jail HI Corresponden Thousands of In-eligible can-' didatesbethgadniittedtoastate university for a fee between the NEW DEthL A former bureaucrat years 1999 and 2000. who was convicted in an admis Kumar had been one of the whistleblowers who helped sionsscaminHaryanawasalleg. edly attacked by an inmate at officet unearth the scam before being found guilty of complicity in the same case by a special CBI court is among the 10 officials convict ed In the JBT admission scam of 2013. FbrmerHaryana chief mm in 2013. Jail authorities said Kumar was injured during the episode ster Urn Prakash Chautala has also been convicted in the case. apparently triggered by one of the inmates' desire to extort Tihar Jail on Monday SarijeevKumaz an lAS 'protection money' from hilu. Kumar was rushed to Deen DayalUpadJay (DDU) hospital afterjail authorities realised he had suffered Injuries. A criminal case against the assailant was lodged at the Han Nagar police station. 'According to his complaint, Kumar was attacked on Monday wben he was returning from the canteen,' said an official. Investigations are underway and Kumar Is out of danger. SARADHA SCANt CBI RAIDS IN ODISHA, BENGAL NEW DELHVKOU(ATft The Central Bureau of Investigation ((RI) on Thursday conducted searches at 10 premises in West Bengal and including the residences of a Biju Janata 20 premises In Odisha Dal (BiD) bk Sabha member, a former Bib legislator and a - - Bharatiya janata Party (BJP) former legislator as part of its probe into the 10,O0O-crore Saradha chit-fund scam. CR1 has so far registered 47 cases, including three in West Bengal and 44 in Odisha in the alleged chit fund scam on the directions of the Supreme Court. Saradha Scant CBI Raids Houses of 3 Politicians BHUBANESWAThCBI la, COALGATE CBI FILES CASE AGAINST PVT ARM NEW DEUB: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged a fresh case against a Madhya Pradesh-based private firm, its three directors and members ofthe inter-ministerial 36th screenIng committee for alleged irregularities related to the allocation of a coal block to it in 2008 despIte ineligibility. The agency has so far filed 23 cases since September 2012 In its probe into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks. CBI raids house of BJP MP in Odisha over chit fund scam feßureau muJtj-crorethjtftmdscamth the state. Bhubaneswar July3l: The Launching Its Investlga. Central Bureau of Investiga- tions against two chit lion (CBI) on Thursday raided the houses of three pollil- companies, fund itose Valley Nabadiganta Capital and Ser- clans, including the sitting vices Ltd.(NCSL),the CBlpo- Lok Sabha Ml' of ruling Biju lice searched Janata Dal, Rama Chandra Hansda, in connection with a 15 places Mayurbhanj,Keonjhax pada in Nua- and Bhubaneswat CBI starts probe into lIT functionary roleingraft PRAMOD " KUMAR The CBI has initiated an enquiry against a top t'unctionary of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, to probe his lleged role in the irregularities committed in the process of appointment bf some facuity members on contract basis in the institute. Besides, the agency, sources said, is also probing bis allege role in the irregtilarities in awarding contract related to reeruitment of teaching staff in certaffl faculties to a private institute. Sources sah, "Initial probe b te agency has revealed that the suspected official of the institute, by abusing his official position, appointed a per- as a counsellor on contract basis by tlouting all the laid down nornis and son procedures of the insti Agency to probe Pils alleged rote in the irregularities committed in the pröcess of appoint- ment of some facul ty members on COfl tract basis in the institute lt rnay be recalled that the Central Bureau of Investigat lon recently registered a PE against a for- mer VC of the Central University of Jharkhand (Ranchi) to probe his alieged wie in irregulari- ties committed in award various contracts reiated to the varsit Ing Besides, tute." The agency has regpreliminary istered a enquiry (PE) in this connection and will soon seek ciarification from the suspected official, they added. bis wie is also being probed in the aileged irreguiarities coinmitted in the appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff of the university "In this case also initiai probe by agency the "The suspected official also violated the guide- revealecl that certain lines didates of the General Finance Rules (GFR-2005) by awarding recruitment pertaining contract to some teaching staff to a private institute allegedly cari- who weit selected for post the lacked required qualification and experience. The Centrai Bureau of Investigatlon is exanüning the roie of in an arbitrary manner", sources said. 11 required the agency may sedk clari- some inembers of the Screening Committees who seiected candidates fication from the private institute also, they added. for the posts in the varsity," sourcessaid. Charges on 6innaval war room leak case AGE CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI. JULY 31 Eight after Bureau years Centra! the o Investigation (CBI) fjled a chargesheet in a case relat- to leakage of information from Naval war room, a Deihl court on Thursday charges against framed ing Ravi Shankaran, Abhishek Verma and four former officials seniot defence under the Officia! Secrets Act (OSA). The court framed charges under 120-B (crimina! conspiracy) and other sections OSA against Verma, Shankaran, a km of former Navy Chief Admiral former Prakash, Arun of Nava! Kulbushan Commander Rana sacked Commanders Nava! Vijender Rana and VK. ‚Jha Wing ex-lAF and Commander S.L. Surve. The has fixed court August 8 as the next date of hearing. In a separate case, also the court charges against former Salam framed Verma, Captain Naval Singh Rathore and former Naval Commander J.S. Kaira under the OSA andthelPC. In the first case, the CBI had mcd chargesheet on July 3, 2006 and a supple- mentary chargesheet under section 120-B (crimiconspitacy) of the IPC commit the offence under the OSA for alleged- na! to - ly entering into a conspiracompromising and cy pages about 7,000 defence Information sensitive nature. of of - Cm registers 2 fresh cases hi coal scarn AGE COftRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, JULY 31 The CBI, probing the Coalgate scam, on Thursday registered a fresh case against a tvladhya Pradeshbasecl private firm, its three dfrectors ancl members of 36th screening committee in connection with its investigations into the alleged irregularities related to allocation of Thesgora B/Rudrapuri coal blocks in Madhya Pradesh. Sources said the agency will soon file at least ten more FIRs. The FIR alle ged that the contpany was allocated the Thesgora B/Rudrapuri Coal Block in 2008. CBI raids BJD MP'S residence in Saradhä scam CORRESPONDENT AGE NEW DELHI, 'JUIV "Hansclah, Bagartti 31 bers The Cßron Thursday conducted search at 30 locations, including. the resisitting Biju dences of Janata Dal (BJD) Lok member Sabha Ramachandra Hansdah and two other politicians front Orissa in connection with its probe into the multi-crore Saradha chit- fund scant. Sources searches - Mayurbhanj Lok constltuency Hansdah, former Sabha a legislator BJD Naik and fornier MLA BJP's Hltesh Bagrattl. Searches were concjucted wlth Diganta Capital and memNava Services Limited against which CBI recently registered a case for alleged swindling of people's money running into erores", sources said. Sources said agency has recovered from the Hanseah 28 lakh cash residence of for which the agency will seek his expla- nation. said were conducted at 10 locations In West Bengal and 20 places In Orissa lnclud Ing the residentlal premise of BJD MP front Subarna and Naik ait founder ljirectors of In conneetlon agency's Investiga- tions Into 47 tered to probe FIRs registhe alleged chit fund scan on the directions of the Supreme Court of Indla. Searches at the resof another Director Sanyasi Pradhan has also led to recovery of fixed deposit receipts o t22 lakh idence - and cash of about 15 lakh, they added. The case against the Nava Diganta Capital Services Limited Is a part of probe into chit fund scam also known as Saradha scam. Sources sald searches also took place at 10 locations in West Bengal lncluding resi- dential arrested premises accused of five in the Saradha case and offices of Saradha Realty and Saradha Travels. PUB BRAWL: UQUOR SARON't GE{ANDSON AGE DEHIED BAIL CORRESPONDENT NEW DEIHI, JUIV 31 that he had provided the information sought by the investigating officer A city court on Thursday dismissed the anticipato regarding the incident and has fully cooperated ry bau Wadla, piea of Parth iiquor baron Kishanlal Wadia's rand son, accused of trying to force bis way into a club by assaulting their staff aiong with his friends amt security personnel. Special CBI judge G.P. Slngh dismissed the antic ipatory ball plea after the toid the court that Mr Wadia was not cooper police ating in the investigation. Mr Wadia, who was earll er granted interim ball till Thursday, sought antici patory ball on the ground in the probe. Defence lawyer toid the court that his dient has already joined the probe as and when required by the police and there was no need to arrest or take Hirn in custody. Flut chief Prosecutor S.K. Dass countered the arguments, saying custodiai interrogation of the accused was required and a CCTV footage of club Keya at DLF Promenade Mali, where the incident had taken piace, was a cruciai piece 0! evidence. Registration woes about unscrupulous elements trying to tontrol the high security registration plates scheme have flooded the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and CDI. Recently the Ministry of COMPLAINTS Road Transport and Highways wrote to Home Secretary Anil Goswaml, alleging that anti-national elements were making attempts to control the project. of Registration The Association Plates Manufacturers of India has sent complaints that a syndicate controlled by people from the underworld is making efforts to have a monopoly by getting all the contracts. r U U : ____ ___ H U: 4 :> ". .: .-, . .' ] ___ ByMail Today Bureau (3randson in New Delhi OURS after a Delhi court fl dismissed the bail plea of Paarth anticipatory wadia the grandson of liquor Kishanlal Wadia, baron and the prime accused In last month's Incident of a violent brawl at a Vasant Kunj pub police has nab - the South district initiated a hunt yet again, to Wadia and his friend and co accused, Ranjvijay Lochav. Lochav is the son of a former Congress MLA Lochaw. Both wadia and l,,ochav were on bail till Thursand had been evading the police. While there Is no official record of theirpresence in the Patiala House Court on Thursday —where Wadia's anticipatory ball pleas was listed for hearing,some police officials said that Wadia was briefly spotted Inthe courtpremises Butevenbeforehisbaslplea was dismissed by the special CBS Judge and the police could have had a chance to arrest lain, he seemed to have vanished. Lochav too, has been giving the police a slip ever since the Incident, Wadis and Lochav are accused of trying to force their wag into the pub along with aix of theirper aonal security officers and about 13 bodyguards, and of assaulting theetaftoftheclubKeyalnvas ant Kunl on June2? thls year A senior police officer of South district said the cops have re-launched their search for the accused, anddeployed abatteryofstaffniembers and otherresnurceaforthesame. "severalteams of speciailstsk Three ISTF) and special staitof Snuthclistricthavebeenc'ormedandtheyarecon qf tr'- _____ ______ liquor baron an J3'iends got - violent t/ter being denied day - ductlngraadslnthelrhideouts,"theofficeradded. enti'y into a JJOS/t „it(jl pub J By Mansi In New Delhi STRiCT policies and in-house security are what most Delhipubs and lounges focusing onto avoid unwanted brawis.The managersadmitthatsuch incidents not Just give them a bad name butare aiso a serious loss of business, "We S OURCES said a day before on 27 June, Wadla's guards also had are very strict while profiling our guests. In the last one and a half the brawlyear, we have not had a single such personal security allegedly Tewari a heated ergiiinentwithanelhipoliceinapec tor when their convoy of six luxury cars, Including super Luxury cars like ilMWcAuda and scar with redbeacon, were Incident. We don't aiiow stags entry unless they are accompanied by a couple." Directorofskootertounge at Chanakyapuri's Hotel Samrat, MkkeyMehtasald."Wehaveourown Paarth Wadia (In pink shirt),Kabir Sheikh (wearing specs) and a group of friends. Shivam Gupta (behind Kabir) with Delhi pubs bring in strict " " for safe evenings policies Kun), said brawls are a loss to the business and leaves a wrong Impression to the people sitting at the pub. "If a fight breaks between two groups, we have to intervene, But we try to sort out the matter," Nautlyal said, He added that if a group misbe haves with women, the authority slmplyasks men to leave. 'Wewant thegrouptoleaveevenwithoulpay. ingthe biii," Nautlyal said. Blues In Connaught Place ciaimed that the rightkind of training given to the staff and careful observation on every guest has helped it to avoid eny such situation' from going out of hand.'estrictlydoa'tservaicoho to anyone below 25. Anyone seen drinking heavily is politely refused in-house security that is trainedweD to give a safe environment to the more drinks.We also get cabsforthe throughShahdara, to handle such situations, women or couples in our pub. When guests so that they can go home they June, "On 26 were commg from Shahdm'a Hemant Nautiyal, general manager complaint of misbehaviour is a safeiy," Pramod Joshi, general man' whenatrafficjamoccuncdduetothelrconvoyin otstriker Pub and Kitchen in Vasant brought to our notice, wejust ask agerofthepub,said. the congested streets ofthe locality where Wadia's ancestral home was situated. Suddenili Wadis's guard got out of his thrashing the manager. One of the six cars, lie later reached the reacised the spot, they found subham Jam, Shivani Gupta and car and started misbehaving vrsth guards also whipped entrance gate of the lceya pub out his pistol omund four persons with grievous Kabir Sheikh. while they are still theinspector,"policerourcessald, along with his friends subham andthreate'nedthernaaagerafter lajurics."Afterregisteringtwaci' looking for the other accused adding that they however later pointing it at him," the officer Jain,Kabirsheilth,Ran'djaysiasgh, FIRs. one against the bouncer and who are on the run apoiogased when they saws wire added, When other bouncers Shivam Gupta, Sameer Khurasia other against the mischief makers, Following the police's failure in inspectorv hand, less set m the and around as private security Intervened, the security guards the police freed Wadiaimdhlsasso nahbingtheaccused, theassistant ?aarth Wadia, who Is cathe run, guards," aaenior police officer said. and Paarththrashed them, Latec elates. 'a police eourcc said on the sub-Inspector who had first Bagh. Is n resident of Maharani one of Neeraj riowevec Wadis was stopped at bouncers. condltionofanonymity, reached at the crime spot, was According to the police. 'Wndia Is the entrance gate by the bounc snatched a dagger from one Surprisingly, the local transferredrolndmoion,ypolice the one who first attacked the , era as that day stag entry was of the assailants anoiice released them station; while the 5110 (Vacant manager and bouncerg at Keys. banned and they were only allow stabbedthem. without even scanning lüanfl was sent to the district lines Wadia'sassodatestoojomedin. ing the 'couple entry'. pub's "Paarth One of the ' the CCTV camera Meanwhile, in court on Thors' "After scanning the CCIV cans employees entered into a heated argument footage made a call „ , and recording day, special CBI Judge on era footage, at was revealed that at with the bouncers and the man to police controi mom the statesnents of eye Singh dismissed the anticipatory , lo.l2pmcnJunell Puarthalung agerofthe pub. soddenly, one of ' IPCRI and informed witnesses. far, So bail plea after the Deihi Police with his friends and bodyguards security guards slapped '1,.. ocl>usrtia them about the mci 4 police have arrested told the court that Wadis was not reached the mali in his convoy of one of the bouncers end started police dent. After 15 persons Including, j, i cooperating in the investigation. " passing - - - . t r rt's.TODM. n r OTHER I a INCIDENTS ¶ "A3l-year-old business- man from Shalimar Bagh 4 Ta r\4 was thrashed by four youths Inside Pepper Kebab grill and lounge In ansk Chanakyapurl after an argument. The accused also molested the businessman's fiancee. N A 23-year-old youth thrashed and molested three girls Inside Mrt9y Lounge & Bar in M-biock market in Greater Kaliash and conveniently fled the spot. Three days later, In a brazen act, he returned to the same bar and got into a scuffle with a businessman. "A group led by the of liquor baron and the son of a former MIA had a brawl with bouncers of Keya Pub In DIF Promenade mail In Vasant KunJ. Meanwhile, local police took all the persons, Including the main accused Paarth and his alleged goons to the Vasant KunJ (North) grandson ty ; N\\ 'i\ç\ aMII &S\\ 4J police station. A 23-year-old woman was molested by two bouncers at a night club of a south Delhi hotel In Vasant Vihar area. The incident occurred when vlctim, a beautician by profession, went to night club of the hotel, the three bouncers allegedly molested and misbehaved with her and also passed lewd comments. .A bouncer was shot at in a prominent pub of Rajourl Garden by two men. The duo had tried to kill the bouncer after a brawi at another pub, police said. CBI registers new case in coal scam against Revati Cements THECDihasregisterecjafresh case in the coal scam against a Madhya Pradesh based companyandmembenofthe 36th screening committee, taking the total company, Revatl Cements Pri limesh Shara, j,. Its a BiockinPenchin2ooB. The new FIR is in connection with 14 aiiocations in which the CDI has recommended closure ofprobebutwasoverruiedby Vlgiiance Commis sian (CVC), which directed the agencytoflie a fresh FIR. The Supreme t"t - -' --. jce',.eSJ*T-' - . y' . Jt; .-a Kaliash Promotion (DIPP), was aiiotted the Thesgora B-Rudrapurl Coai Central a te Court too backed the recommendation of the CVC in 13 cases and asked Jfrhw?a , . .-._ : ' : . . -. . ::.. . ' - J'T .' . .?''.'" a. CIII has - '7-'; " . . .3' . -2;: - C-? Sources said the company, despite being Ineligibie accord ing to the norms ofthe Depart ment of industrial Poilcy and the -t. directors Shara and Chinmaya Paiekar and unknown membersof the 36th Screening Committee. n:rrcmjT rCY number of The CDi has aiieged crlminai conspiracy and abuse of offi clvi position on the part ofthe vate Llmited, I k.IIJ'.EFCI ¶' .4. . . . -_"._.-;-.c-'' part of the company. "-'_ ._d' .-. alleged cnminal conspiracy on the CDI to get a fresh view from the CVC in one allocation, Highly piaced sources said on Thursday that the 01 will soon flielOmoreFigsinconnection itsdirectiontofiieFißsinl2of the 14 cases. "Since the court did not give any directions and did not entertain ourview, we with the coai scam. no choice but to tHe FIRs," said a senior CDI officer. The CBi was not too keen on filing Fißsas recommended by screening committee deliber have The CBi has alleged that the the CVC and informed the Supreme Court that the CVC ateiydidnotfoilowguldelines did not assign any reasons for Revati Cements. and showed undue favour to CBI raids property of Saradha Group honchos A CBI TEAM on Thursday carried out raids at 10-12 offices of the Saradha Group,the company at the centre of a muiti-Crore chitfund scam investigation. were not given the keys to Sen's house at HA-115. The team waited at least five hours they finally before forced thelr way Into by houses owned company chairman Sudipta Sen and Saradha's headquarters at the property. The team conductlng the raid at Saradha's Midland Parkoftice met a slmllar hurdle. Two Sait Lake were the propby the CBI, amono erties searched sources said. Fifty officers orthe investigative agency conducted the raids in three groups. The CBI operation was, however, delayed as the officers member Kunal Debjani MukFierJee, both of whom are currently behlnd bars along with Sen tor conning people iakhs of out of crores of rupees. Sources said Thursday's the The Cifi also ralded the houses of expelled Journallst-turned-Tnnamool Congress RaJya official Saradha Sabha Ghosh and operation helped its hands on (SI get some "important documents". Besides this, the officials collected Debjani's cetails of bank account to peruse through her transactions, the sources added. the CIII also conducted raids in Orissa against two companies, Plabadiganta Capital Service Limited and Rose Valley Group of Companies, accused of runfling chltfund scams.The houses of three politicians, Including DiD MP Rama Chandra Hansda, were among about a dozen locations where the agency conducted search operations. Mail Today and agencies SC PANELTO PROBE 2000 MEERUT FIRE COURTASKS UP GO VTTdPAYADDITIONAL COMPENSATION jEnv1ct directs the Uttar Pradesh govt "to The Supreme a compensation of Rs S lakh in addition to Court Th$1flO1a3JU1 inquiry mi sion to probe into the 2006 pay the Rs 3 lakh already paid to each of the families Of the deceased A bench of Justices fli" palMisraandVoopaiagow The state government also asked to pay Rs 2 lakh to the seriously injured and Rs 15,000 to persons who suffered minor injuries in the incident member " daappointedJustice(retd) S B Sinha as head of the in quirycommissionandasked a consumer electronicfair in himtosubmit areportby3l Victoria Park in Meerut it portedly due to a short cir January 2015. cuit. In its oi-dei; the court a! so asked the Uttar Pradesh against any of the officials, including the then district magistrateandtheSSPMeer ut, who grantedpermission An estimated 2000 pen to the organisers of the fair pie were at the fair when the without ensuringfire safety government to pa an inter im compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family menthers of those killed in the blaze fire broke out leading to a measures. According to Mr Gupta, stamle-ljkesituationwhich ended in tragedy Petitioner the state government left no Sanjay Gupta, who lost five stone unturned in shielding and Rs 2 lakh each to those membersof hisfamily,incjud the culprits and not even a whosufferedseriousinjuries ing and Rs 25.000 each to those who suffered minor inju fire tragedy moved the Su The petitioner preme Court seeking a CBI thattheadministration had ries. The court directed the Uttar Pradesh government inquiry into the incident, demonstrated utterly cal Hesought a U'ansferof the investigation to CBI to bring bus attitude and even the dead bodies of the victims to deposit the compensation amount with the district judge of Meerut. On theeveningof 10Apr11 2006, the fire spread through three children, in the singleofilcerwassuspended. contended the culprits, including otli were allegedly bulldozed at cialsresnsible,tolcThe petitionallegedthattilldate the instance of the top offi cials includingthethenDis- no action trict Magistrate. has been taken SIX CHARGED INNAVALT WAR ROQIVI LEAKCASE CASE WAS REGISTERED BY CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ON 20 MARCH 2006 PREtS TRUST OF INDIA New Delhi, 31 ThecourthasflxedAugust eight July as hearing, Eight yearà after CBI the charge-sheet filed in a case next date of the she said. In a separate CBI case, the spokesperson said, the relatingtoleakageof infar court also framed charges mationfromNavaiwarroom, against acourttodayframedcharges NavalCaptainSalam against Ravi Shahkaran, Abhishek Varma andfour otherformerseniordefence officials under Official Rathore Verma, former Singh and former Naval Commander J Kalra S orwhichrelatedtoamatter war room and air defence the disclosure of headquarters, which have a unauthorised persons was direct bearing on national prejudicial security. eignty The byCBI case was registered onMarch2o,2006on to the saver'and integrity of India andthesecurityof thestate. Shankaran, whoisatpre- has sent in London, Ministry after scrutiny ti-atedallattemptsbyCBl to of inquiry held by the Indian AirForceagainstSurve and Code. the Board of Inquiry con , which to areferencefromtheDefence imderOSA andlndianPenal Inthefirstcase, a chareg Secrets Act (OSA). sitivenaturefrorntheNaval frus- extradite him. In the second case, CBI had filed a charge Verma, sheet former ducted by the Indian Navy, against July three, 2006 and a sup Parashar was arrested at the airport on April five, Rathore and former Naval cQurtframed charges under plementary 2006 on his return from Lon Commander J 120-B (criminal naming Verma on October CBI spokesperson Kachan Prasad said the conspiracy) and other sections of OSA against Verma, Shankaran, sheet was filed by CBI on charge sheet 19, 2006. don. (more) CBI claimed The accused were NavalCaptainSalam The chareg in its 250 case Singh S Kalra. sheet in this was filed by CBI in page charge sheet that the February 2007 in which the accused agency alleged that Rathore a kin of former Navy Chief chargesheeted Admiral Al-un Prakash, former Naval Commander Kulbushan $ana sacked (Criminal Conspiracy) of JPC tocommitolTenceuilder Officials Secret Act for allegedllyenteredintoacrim Naval CommandersVijender allegedly tion related to defence mat gal gratification" from Kul" ters, which was calculatedto bushan Parashar, beormightbeorwasintend main ed to be useful to the enemy war room leak case. Jha and ex WingComniander S L Rana IAF Surve, and V K - entering jnto a conspiracy mied" under 120-B and "compro about 7000 pages of defence information of sen Defence inal conspiracy officials for obtain ingandcollectinginforma had, during his tenure in acquisition wing of the Defence Ministry, got "ille accused oneof the in the Naval CBI files fresh FIR in coal scam PRESS TRUST OF INDIA New Delhi, 31 July A new case has been registered by CBI against a Madhya Pradesh-based company and members of 36th screening committee in connectionwith its probe into the alleged irregularities related to allocation of coal blocks. The new Fifi filed by the agency is in connection with 14 allocations in which 03! has recommended closure of probe but the Central Vigilance Cornmission(CVC) overruled it and directed the agency to file a fresh FIR. The Supreme Court has also vetted the recommendation of in 13 the anti-corruption watchdog cases and asked Cm to get a fresh view of the Central Vigilance Commission in one allocation. Highly placed sources said today that the agency will soon be filing 10 more FIRs in connection In its with the coal scam. rd FIR in the probe, the agency has alleged criminal conspiracy and abuse of official posi- tion on part of the company Revati Cements Pri- vate Limited, its Directors Umesh Shara, Kailash Shara and Chinmaya Palekar members of 36th Screening and unknown ComMittee. CBI files 23rd case in coal block scam Chit fund scam: CBI raids 15 places in Odisha BHUBANESWAR, DHNSCentral Bureau of Investigation on Thursday raided several places across various districts of Odisha, including eight in cap- ital Bhubaneswar, in connecdon with the multi-crore chit fund scam. Highly placed sources said nearly 12 teams of the probe agency places raided about 14 to 15 in Mayurbhanj, Naya- garh, lceonjhar, Khurda and Sambalpur districts. 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