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INX Media PMLA case: ED grills Karti Chidambaram for six hours
Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, was questioned for about six hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday in connection with a money-laundering probe against him in the INX Media case. Officials said Karti was summoned to record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He was grilled a number of times in the case in the past. Karti arrived at the ED office in Jamnagar House in central Delhi at about 11 am and left shortly before 6 pm. He took about an hour-long break for lunch. It is understood that Karti was confronted with certain statements of the other accused and witnesses in the case. Officials said he might be called again for questioning. The ED had attached Karti's assets worth an estimated Rs 54 crore, located in India and abroad, in the case last year. The central probe agency had registered the PMLA case on the basis of a CBI FIR and had alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board ...
Drug peddler held with 6 kgganja in Ghaziabad
A suspected drug peddler was arrested with 6 kg ganja in a village here, police said Thursday. S P (City) Shlok Kumar said that during routine checking, a team of Shahibabad police approached a man who was waiting for a public conveyance holding a gunny bag in his hand near Teela Shabazpur village trisection here. Upon frisking, police recovered 6 kg ganja from his possession Wednesday, he said. The accused was identified as Parvez, a resident of Lisadi gate in Meerut city. During interrogation, he disclosed that he was selling ganja in small pouches, police said. He also confessed to his long involvement in drug peddling, they said, adding that Parvez was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sent to jail.
INX Media case: Indrani Mukerjea to turn approver, seeks lawyer
Indrani Mukerjea, former media baron booked in her daughter's murder case, has moved an application before a Delhi court to turn approver in the INX Media corruption case in which former Union minister P Chidambaram is an accused. Mukerjea, who appeared through video conference from Byculla jail where she is lodged in Sheena Bora murder case, told Special CBI Judge Sunil Rana that she needed to be pardoned, and as an accused had not engaged an advocate to represent her before it in the case. Taking note of her application, the court directed Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to appoint a legal aid counsel for Mukerjea, the former INX Media Director, and put up the matter for hearing on February 14. Besides Mukerjea and Chidambaram, the name of his son Karti has also cropped up in the case involving Rs 305 crore, which relates to Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval granted in 2007 for receipt of funds by INX Media. The CBI had registered an FIR in the case on May 15,
Odisha BJP leader fails to appear before police in BJD
Senior Odisha BJP leader Golak Mohapatra Thursday failed to appear before the police in Ganjam district for questioning in connection with the murder of a BJD youth leader, citing ill health,police said. Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Chhatrapur Ramesh Chandra Sethi said he will be called again for questioning in the case. Police had earlier interrogated Mohapatra, spokesperson of BJP's Odisha unit, about one-and-a-half years ago in the case relating to the murder of Laxmidutta Pradhan, BJDs youth leader on September 17, 2017, police said. The BJP leader, who was summoned to appear before police on Thursday, sought more time from police through his legal representative, they said addding another senior state BJP leader Bhrugu Baxipatra has also been summoned to depose before police on February 9. As many as 19 persons, including BJPs Ganjam district unit secretary Krushna Chandra Nayak and Laxmipur panchayat samiti member N Duryodhan Reddy, have been arrested in .
Ayappa devotee body seeks recall of SC order to reserve verdict in Sabarimala case
National Ayyappa Devotees' Association Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its order which reserved verdict on pleas seeking review of an earlier judgement, allowing women of all age groups to enter the Sabarimala temple, on the ground that NADA was not allowed to advance arguments in the hearing. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Wednesday reserved its decision on pleas seeking re-consideration of the September 28, 2018 judgement. "I am seeking recall of the yesterday's order by which the verdict was reserved on review pleas, because I was not allowed to advance oral arguments," lawyer Mathews J Nedumpara, appearing for NADA, told the bench. "You file a written arguments within three days and if we are satisfied that it requires oral hearing then we will consider," said the bench, comprising the CJI and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. The lawyer alleged that he had raised fundamental questions of law in petition of NADA, but .
Man held for killing married woman after she refused his marriage proposal
A man killed a married woman, 18 years older than him, after she rejected his marriage proposal in outer Delhi's Nangloi, police said Thursday. Shyam Yadav, a native of Pansalwa in Madhubani district of Bihar, wanted to marry 45-year-old Madhuri. Both of them worked at a shoe factory where Yadav allegedly fell in love with her. Since the woman was already married, the proposal did not interest her, they said. The woman left the job after sensing Yadav's desperation for her. This was not the end of her ordeal as Yadav started following her and eventually stabbed her to death Wednesday. Officials of Nangloi police station were informed regarding stabbing of a woman on Wednesday, following which they rushed to the spot, police said. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead, Seju Kuruvilla, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) said. The woman's daughter told police that she was killed in front of her by one Shyam. Based on her statement, a case was ...
INX Media case: Indrani Mukerjea seeks lawyer for plea to turn approver
Indrani Mukerjea, former media baron booked in her daughter's murder case, requested a Delhi court for an advocate to file a plea for turning an approver in the INX Media corruption case in which former Union minister P Chidambaram is an accused. Mukerjea, who appeared through video conference from Byculla jail where she is lodged in Sheena Bora murder case, told Special CBI Judge Sunil Rana that she had not engaged an advocate to represent her before it in the case. The court directed Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to appoint a legal aid counsel for Mukerjea, the former INX Media Director, and put up the matter for hearing on February 14. Besides Mukerjea and Chidambaram, the name of his son Karti has also cropped up in the case involving Rs 305 crore, which relates to Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval granted in 2007 for receipt of funds by INX Media. The CBI had registered an FIR in the case on May 15, 2017 alleging irregularities in the FIPB clearance ...
Sikh lawyer alleges humiliation for carrying kirpan, SC says will look into it
The Supreme Court Thursday assured a Mumbai-based Sikh lawyer that it would look into his complaint against security officers who denied him entry into the apex court premises with kirpan. The lawyer said the Constitution guarantees him the freedom of practising the religion and he has been "humiliated, insulted, tortured" every time he visited the apex court as the security officers did not allow him to carry kirpan inside. "We will certainly look into it," a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told lawyer Amritpal Singh Khalsa, who mentioned his complaint for redressal. The lawyer sought directions to the security department to ensure that young Sikh lawyers like him are not "humiliated and insulted" and are allowed to wear and carry kirpan in court premises. In his complaint, Khalsa said that the security guards denied him entry citing his kirpan's length was more than what was permitted, though there is no restriction on its size under the law. "Every time I enter the apex .
ED questions Vadra for over 6 hours in money laundering case for second day
Robert Vadra, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law, was questioned by Enforcement Directorate for the second day on Thursday, for over six hours, in connection with a probe into allegations he laundered money to purchase illegal foreign assets. Official sources said Vadra was required to rejoin the probe on Thursday as he needed to answer more questions on allegedly acquiring immovable assets in the United Kingdom. They said the questioning of Vadra is underway and it is understood that he is being "confronted with" documents that the agency has obtained or seized as part of its probe in the case, including those linked to absconding defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari. Vadra has also shared documents with the investigating officer of the case and has assured some more will be provided as and when he gets them, the sources said. He was grilled for five-and-a half hours for the first time in the case on Wednesday. His lawyer said Wednesday night that Vadra had replied to every ...
INX media case: Karti Chidamabaram questioned for over 6 hours
Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram was on Thursday questioned for over six hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the INX media case.
Corporate lobbyist Talwar's close aide granted interim protection from arrest
A woman, close aide of corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar and a suspect in a money laundering case against him, was on Thursday granted protection from arrest till February 21. Yasmin Kapoor moved the court seeking anticipatory bail, claiming that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had threatened her to take names and also convince Talwar to give names of government officials/political functionaries, failing which she would be arrested and face trouble. She further submitted that the probe agency was after her as she had businesses with him in the past. Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann granted the relief to Kapoor after her advocate told the court that she was ready to cooperate in the investigation. Talwar is currently in the ED custody, which has alleged that he acted as middleman in negotiations to favour foreign private airlines causing loss to national carrier Air India. The application claimed that ED had conducted a search at her Delhi residence and office on February 1 during ...
SC shifts trial in Muzaffarpur horror case to Delhi
The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred the trial in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case to Delhi and directed the trial court judge to hold day-to-day hearings and wrap it up in six months.
TV journalist moves HC for quashing of summons in criminal defamation complaint
TV journalist Arnab Goswami moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday, challenging the summons issued to him in a criminal defamation complaint filed by an advocate for allegedly making defamatory remarks on a news channel. The journalist sought quashing of the February 28, 2018 order of a magistrate, summoning him as an accused in the defamation complaint, in which advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan had claimed that he was deliberately and wilfully defamed by Goswami and others on a TV channel. The alleged remarks were made during the broadcast of a programme relating to the violence that took place at the Patiala House court, following the 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) incident where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised. The scribe's plea has been listed for hearing on Friday before Justice R K Gauba. In his complaint, the advocate had submitted that during the programme on February 19, 2016, Goswami had levelled baseless and humiliating allegations against him. He had said the
Five held in connection with killing of PMK functionary
Five people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a PMK functionary near here, police said Thursday. Ramalingam was allegedly done to death on Tuesday after he questioned some people about religious conversion in the area, they said. S Nijam Ali, Sarbudeen, Rizwan, Mohamed Azarudeen and Mohamed Raiyaz have been arrested in connection with the case, police said. BJP national secretary H Raja visited Ramalingam's house and consoled the family members. Meanwhile, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and BJP condemned the incident and alleged that Ramalingam was targeted for resisting religious conversion in the region. PMK founder S Ramadoss sought constitution of a Special Investigation Team to probe the case, besides seeking financial compensation to the bereaved family from the central and state governments. BJP Tamil Nadu president Tamilisai Soundararajan said the incident should not be seen as an "isolated" one. "Ramalingam was killed the next day he prevented
Ahead of Commissioner Rajeev Kumar's questioning, CBI sends more officers to Kolkata
The CBI has attached ten officers from its Delhi, Bhopal and Lucknow units to its Kolkata office, which is probing the chit fund scam cases, till February 20 to provide additional manpower during questioning of some high profile suspects, including Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, officials said. A team of Superintendent of Police or SP Jagroop S Gusinha from its Special Unit in New Delhi accompanied by Additional SP V M Mittal, Surendra Kumar Malik, Chander Deep, Deputy SPs Atul Hajela, Alok Kumar Sahi and P K Srivastava, Inspectors Hari Shankar Chand, Ritesh Danhi and Surajit Das will camp in Kolkata, an official order said. It said these officers will be temporarily attached to CBI, EO-IV, Kolkata. They have been asked to reach Kolkata by Friday and will be stationed tentatively up to February 20. "Decision to issue notice to Kumar on a given date will be taken by investigation officer of the case," a senior official said. The Supreme Court Tuesday directed Kolkata Police .
BSES to hold Lok Adalats for power theft cases on February 9-10
The Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES on Thursday announced that special Lok Adalats to settle power theft cases in areas under its jurisdiction will be held on February 9 and 10.
Murder accused deported from the UAE
A 36-year-old man who was wanted in alleged murder cases by the Punjab Police and has a red corner notice against him was deported from the UAE on Thursday, officials said here. Prabhjot Singh was wanted in two cases of attempt to murder and murder in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Cases of attempted murder on August 21, 2017 and of murder on December 6, 2017 were registered against him at Gardiwal police station, the officials said. He was allegedly involved in the killing of one Amrik Singh in Garhdiwala village on December 6. A red corner notice was issued against the 36-year old Singh on the request of the Punjab Police on December 19, 2017. He was arrested in the UAE with the help of Interpol, the UAE and the CBI, they said. The CBI, which is the national central bureau of Interpol in India, informed the Punjab Police which sent a team to the UAE. Singh was deported to India Thursday. He landed in Amritsar, the officials said.
SC raps CBI, summons Rao for transferring officer probing Bihar shelter home cases
The Supreme Court Thursday issued a contempt notice to former CBI interim director M Nageswara Rao and asked him to personally appear before it on February 12 for transferring a senior officer, heading the probe in the Bihar shelter home cases, with a warning that "only God help you". The apex court took serious note of transfer of former CBI Joint Director A K Sharma to CRPF on January 17 without its prior permission despite specific orders earlier that the probe into shelter homes cases, including the Muzaffarpur rape and sexual harassment matter, has to be supervised by him only. "Why you (CBI) did not obtain leave of this court as per earlier orders. It is a fit case for contempt. Why should we bear with you. Enough is enough. Enough. ...we intend to deal with it (contempt)," said a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, rapped the agency saying, "we are going to take it very very seriously. You have played ..
PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif to be indicted in corruption case on Feb 18
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, who is currently in a jail for his alleged role in a housing scheme scam, will be indicted on February 18 in the case, a media report said Thursday. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had taken 67-year-old Sharif, the younger brother of jailed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, into custody on October 5 in the Rs 14 billion Ashiana-i-Iqbal housing project scam. He is accused of allegedly cancelling the contract of a successful bidder in the scheme and awarding the same to his favourite firm. During Thursday's proceedings of the case in the accountability court, the court inquired why Sharif was not present, stating whether he was ill or had a PAC meeting, the Geo TV reported. A police officer informed the court that Sharif was not well and also had a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Islamabad. At this the court stated that the police were just guardians and it .
Delhi court to hear Indrani plea to turn approver in INX Media case
A Delhi court on Wednesday said that it will hear, on February 14, the plea of former INX Media director Indrani Mukerjea seeking to become approver in the INX Media case.