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NEW DELHI: fle Central Vigilance Commission
has referred the coalblock allocatjon between 2006
and 2009 for a probe by the CM. The move has
come
following a complaint in this regard by Bharatiya
Janata Party leader Prakash Javadekat The prime
has come under attack on this issue recently.
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OUSTANDING RESULTS
FOR FIIT JEE STUDENTS
New Deiht fle
students ofFTITJEE
have
brought
outstanding
in the
resuits
lIT-JEE,
2012.
Overall selections from long
term classroom programme
aM medium/short classroom
programme have been four in
top 10, 10 in top 20, 43 in top
100, 75 in top 200, 155 in top 500
ranks. A total of 3514 FIITJEE
students
have been awarded
the rank in lIT-JEE, 2012.
RED CORNER NOTICE
AGAINSTBIHAR ENGINEER
AGE CORRESPONDENT
The Interpol has issued a red corner
notice against Fasih Mahmood, an
engmeer
from Bihar, for his alleged
involvement in Chinnaswamy blasts in
Bangaluru and Jamia Masjid explosion
in the national capital. According to
sources, the RCN has been issued
against 28-year-old Mehmood on a
request from the CBI, nodal agency for
the Interpol in Indla, for offences of terrorism and crimes involving the use of
weapons and explosives. The CBI had
approached the Interpol at the request
of Delhi and Karnataka police for the
alleged role of Mohammed in
Chinnaswamy Stadium blasts in
Bangaluru and Jamla Masjid blast.
CVC SENDS
COAL BLOCKS
CASE TO CBI
AGE CORRESPONDENT
fle Central Vigilance
Commission
has
referred to the CBI the
case of alleged irregularities in utilisation of
coal blocks by some pri-
vate companies. The
case has been referred
to the CBI for preliminary enquiry, sources
said.
According to sources,
CBI
officials
held a
meeting on Thursday
during which the issue
was
discussed
at
length.
Cm
ofticials
discussed all aspects of
the reference received
from the CVC, and also
which branch should
handle the probe, they
said.
"lt is believed that the
specialised branch of
the agency will probe
the case. A final decision will be taken in a
day or two. Agency otilcials will also consult
officials
of
the
Comptroller
and
Auditor General in this
regard," sources said.
Immediately
after
registering
agency
a
officials
PE,
will
also seek certain clarifications from the concerned ministry, sources said. "Agency otficials will probe the role
of certain government
officials also in this
regard," sources said.
NRHM: Charges filed
against Kushwaha
AGE CORRESPONDENT
The CBI on Thursday mcd
snpplementary
charges-
beet
in connection with its
probe related to alleged
irregularities in the upgradation of 134 hospitals in
Uttar Pradesh under the
National
Mission
Rural
Hcalth
(NImM)
Programme. fle chargesheet
has been filed against for'mer family welfare minis-
ter of the state, Bahn SinglT
Kushwaha, and his dose
ahle R.l'. Jaiswal, the then
881' MLA, for
their official position.
misusing
agency
The
in
Its
chargesheet, filed before
the
special
court
accused
Mr
Ghaziabad,
Kushwaha and Mr Jaiswal
of misusing their official
Babu Singh
Sources
Kushwaha
sah!,
"Tod4y's
suppleznentary
chargesheet pertains to the
agency'
probe iü äonnection with the first case registered by lt on January 4.
Accused
had
persons
allegedly misappropriated
around 68 per cent of the
NRHM funds, t 13.4 crores,
meant for upgradation of
134 district hospitals in the
state".
"Investigations
1w the
position to benefit the private company Surgicoin
Mediquip J'vt Ltd in the
agency
case. The CIII has slapped
IPC
sections
related to
criminal conspiracy, crimi-
given to the GhaziabadSurgicoin
based firm
Mediquip Pvt Ltd
and a
Lucknow-based firm by the
accused without following
anyrules and on the basis
nal breach of trust by pubcheating,
lic
servant,
forgery
besides relevant
sections of Prevention of
Corruption
Act.
The
agency has already filed its
first
chargesheet
in
the
case on April 3. Both Mr
Kushwaha and Mr Jaiswal
are in the judicial custody.
revealed that the
work for the upgradat lon of
134 district hospitals was
- -
forged
documents,"
sources said. An approximate loss ol' 15.46 crores
was found to have been
caused to the goverrnnent
of
exchequer
in
sources added.
the
case,
ORDERS ON
JAGAN'S BAIL
PLEA TODAV
Hyderabad, May 31: A specia! CII! Court posted to
Friday orders on the ball
petition of MP Y.S. Jagan
Mohan Reddy, who is in
Jan
in a disproportionate
assets case. The CBI court
on Thursday rescrved the
orders
after hearing
the
arguments öl' the lawyers
of
Jagan
and
the
probe
agency.
Jagan's, counsel Ranilt
'Kurnar argued tor his conditional interim ball
so
that M cotiltl cnlaign tor
his party in the June 12
bye!ections.
He told the
that
Jagan
court
was
arrested when he was in
the midst of the campaign.
Re said lt Jagan was granted interim ball, he would
in the court after
the campaigning came to
an end June 10.
appear
Jagan was also ready tor
dai!y appearance in the
police station öl' the constituency
he said.
he was visiting,
The counse! also
argued that the CBI had
never questioned or arrested
Jagan while the case
was registered hJ August
last year. Re al!eged that it
was a po!itical conspiracy
to keep hirn away from
campaigning
tor
the
byelections
to one Lok
Sabha
seats.
and
18
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Assernb!y
fANS
DARA SINGH ENCOUNTER:
BJP MLA DSCHARGED
NARAVAN BARETH
The Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) has received a setback on
Thursday when district and sessions judge in Jaipur discharged
former minister and HJP chief whip
Rajendra Rathore in the fake
encounter of Dara Singh by the special operation group of the
Rajasthan police on October 23, 2006
A jubijant Rathore said lt has
been proved that 1 was wrongfully
framed in the case and the
agency
had been misused. Earlier in the
day, the high court has granted ball
to two of the suspects in the Dara
Singh case. "lt is victory ofjustice.
lt's proved that the charges against
were baseles
and the government misused the agency," said Mr
Rathore. The CBI bad arrested hirn
tue
on April 5.
CVC refers coal
block mess to CBI
PBD BUREAU/PTI
made a formal complaint
THE
Commission has referred
there
probed. If the inquiry has
been ordered, it's good."
Earlier,
to J3I the case of alleged
irregularities
because
were so may glaring lacunae which needed to be
Vigilance
Central
CVC
to
NEW DELHI, MAY3I
it
was
erro-
in utilisation
neously reported that the
of coal blocks by some pri
CVC has referred to CBl
the allocation of coal
blocks to public and private companies for prob-
vate companies.
CBI officials, who are
tight
lipped
about the
issue,
held
reportedly__________ ing the alleged irregularities in coal block
a meeting today
which
in
was
the
issue
discussed
allocation
process
adopted by the Centre
in
""
detail, sources said.
and related issues.
meeting,
According to the
which was chaired_________ leaked
draft CAG
The
by the CBI chief, dis
cussed
all aspects of the
reference received
the vigilance
from
panel and
also which branch should
handle the probe, they
said,
BJP
leader
Javdekar
Prakash
has also made a
complaint to the Central
Vigilance
Commission
seeking a probe in the
alleged irregularities in
the
utilisation
of
coal
blocks by these compa
nies.
When
Javadekar
in
the
appearing
media, Government's fail-
ure
to
blocks
may
auction
155
between
have
coal
2004-09
resulted
in
windfall gains to the tune
of Rs 10.7 lakh crore to
power companies, some
of them PSUs.
The Government had
denied figures quoted in
the leaked report and said
there was no final report
from the auditor.
However, the opposition and Team Anna had
contacted,
said "we
have
demanded a
the case.
probe
in
HC sets aside
__ __
Nupur Talwar"
bail application
PBD
__________
BUREAU/PTI
AILAHABAD, MAY 31
THE
bail plea of Nupur
Taiwar, lodged in Dasna jail
in connection with the
murder of her daughter
Aarushi
and domestic help Hemraj
for a month now, was today
rejected by
the
Allahabad
High Court.
-
extended by
after
A single-judge Bench of
Justice
Arvind
Tripathi
turned
Kumar
down the
application of Nupur who
had moved the High Court
after her plea for bail
was
rejected by a
special CDI
court at Chaziabad earlier
this month,
Nupur's
Srivastava
counsel
Amit
they may
move the Supreme Court
against
said
the
High Court
order. According to CDI
counsel Anurag Khanna,
the court rejected
Nupur's
submission that she
should
be
released on bail as done
in the case of her husband
Rajesh, both
dentists.
The
couple are facing trial in the
twin murder case,
We
opposed
had
strongly
this
submission
_____
the
trial court
its expiry" he added.
Extensions,
granted
are
only in case of regular bail
and
not in
case of interim
bail. 'SO, technically,
he now
has to obtain a regular bail in
order to be out of custodyc
Khanna
said.
14-year-old
Aarushi was found dead in
her bedroom at the Talwar's
residence at Jalvayu Vihar,
Noida, on the intervening
night of May 16-17, 2WB. The
body of Hemraj was found
on Mayl7 on the terrace.
Nupur contended
there were many
that
inconsis-
tencies in the investigation
the CDI
carried out by
claimed
agency
clean
that
had
chit
the
given
and
probe
her
a
closure
report, though the lower
in
its
court had nevertheless chosen to go ahead
with the
and pointed out that Rajesh
Talwar has been granted an
trial. On its part, CDI said
interim bail and not a regu
lar bail," he said. "In fact, a
on the terrace of Talwars
residence with the door
bolted though they nor-
petition mcd by us (CDI) is
pending
before the High
Court
whereby
we
sought cancellation
interim bail as
have
of his
thesame was
Hemraj's body was found
mally kept it open and that
they had initially refused
identify him
upon
recovery of his body.
to
_____ ____ -
CWG street-lighting scam:
Three accused granted bail
—
lv,
PBD
NEW OEL3I, MAY
A
DELHI
granted
officials,
MCD
of a contract
eac
before
Special
Games
Judge
CDI
Pradeep Chaddah relea
Powertech Engineers Pvt Ltd. Keeping in..
mind the fact that the two co-accused have
been enlarged on bail and the present
OP
Mahla
and
Gurcharan
released on
Singh
be
The
bail on fur
investigating officer and
Executive
sum of Rsl lakh with one
surety each in the like
what has emerged is that
the witnesses are merely
civic body's tender clerk
Singh
Gurcharan
on a
personal bond of Rs one
with one
lakh each along
of
the
same
amount.
The three along with
have
been
amount," the court said.
The trio were granted
bail on ground
of parity
depose
to
the
the
of,
promoters
as
Sweka, TP Singh and JP
accused.
Singh, have already been
granted bail by the Delhi
accused
save
Sugan,
noted
Singh,
award
tody for nearly a
of the contract
Delhi-based firm,
to
Sweka
Powertech Engineers
Pvt
Ltd.
'Keeping in mind the
fact
that
the
two
have
co
been
enlarged on bail and the
present
custody
accused
for
are
in
nearly
a
year, it would be
ness
of
the
enlarge the
in fit
things
accused
to
on
bail,
"Let
have been in
the
and
nesses in
DX
accused
judlcial cus
material
wit
the
JP
MCD
the
named
in
Gurcharan
Raju,
of
as
case
are
Mahla,
Singh,
TP
Singh
and
Accountant
who
released
on
was
V
earlier
Mls
bail.
Sweka
already been
which
reasonable
ground for granting bail.
an accused in the case.
The trial court had on
The CBI had opposed
March 12 framed charges
the
the
year
the
case have
examined,
was a
trio's
bail
on
the
ground
claim
that they cannot
parity with other
as they were
MCD officials and were
in a position to influence
co-accused
witnesses
accused
the
skin
Those
High Court on May 21.
The special court also
that
from
record and they will not
be able to do much to
of causing a loss
of nearly Rs 1.43 crore to
the exchequer in illegal
accused
accused
however,
court,
nishing personal bond in
Engineer OP Mahla and
others
Sugan,
Engineer DX
Sugan,
surety
accused are in custody for nearly a year
granted them bail saying, "I questioned the
sed on bail MCD Spper
intendent
loss of nearly
contract to Delhi-based firm, Sweka
the
Commonwealth
oth
in illegal award of the
in
a corruption case involv
ing award
along with
f1.43 cr to the exchequer
arrested
for their alleged roles
"
ershaiS'been acused bf
,jS
three
to
1
causing a
today
court
bail
.
_LI
BUREAU/PU)
belonging
their department.
to
Powertech
Engineers Pvt Ltd is also
the
and the firm
against
six
persons
for criminal
conspiracy, cheating and
forgery under the Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC)
and
various provisions of the
Prevention
Corruption Act.
-
of
Reddy's mining firm caused
Rs 480-cr loss to Karnataka: CBI
Probe agency says AMC mined 40,000 tonnes of ore illegally
BANGALORE: The CBI. in its
brought the huge cache of doc-
charge sheet in the illegal
mining case pertaining to
the Associated Mining Com-
uments in nine large iron boxes. The seven accused have
been charged with cheating,
pany (AMC), has quantified
criminal conspiracy, criminal
ed
the loss caused to the State
breach of trust, theft, forgeç
falsification of accounts under
ore was mined from the lease
area, several lalch tonnes ofore
Prevention of Corruption Act.
were mined from other mining
lease areas in the name of
exchequer at Rs 480 crore.
The CE! had registered an
FIR in the AMC case on Octo-
The CBI has agreed with the
observations made by the
ber 1,2011 on the directions of
the Supreme Court against Ja-
Lokayukta report on illegal
minjng on theAMC case.
nardhanaßeddyand22others.
The GB! has accused M E
Shivalingamurthy, the then di-
The CE! has filed the charge
-
'3D laser surve of the mining
lease area and quantified the
illegal
tonnes.
mining at 40,000
However, the CBI stat-
that while 40,000 tonnes of
AMC.
Payments have been made
towards these from the AMC
accounts. Taking into account
all these, the CBI quantifies
sheet in the case against seven
people
former minister Ja-
rector of the Department of
Mines and Geology of illegally
that the company made a windfall gain of Its 480 core, the
nardhana Reddy, his wife G
Lakshmi Aruna, former LAS officers and then Mines and Ge-
extending AMC's mining lease
for 10 years from 2000.
loss caused to the State excheq-
ology
Directors M E Shiv-
alingamurthy
and S P Raju,
Reddy's persona! assistant
Mehfuz A!i Ichan, then Range
The CRI has accused then
Deputy Conservator of Forest
The CEI officials submitted
company byßeddy and his wife
S Muthaiah, Range Forest Of-
ology
the 28-page charge sheet and
G Lakshmi Aruna, from its
18,327 pages of annexure doc-
original owners KM Parvatam-
ficerMahesh Patit and SF Raju
of aiding illegal mining in the
uments supporting the charge
sheet on Wednesday as the 90-day period of Reddy's arrest by
ma
the Karnataka CE! ended on
Wednesday. CE! officials
stated that during the course
of the inquir
it conducted a
cluding lormer Mines and GeMinister V Muniyappa,
Pati!
Jindal Steel Works and 13 other
companies. The CRI has stated
and Deputy Conservator of
that it will file supplementary
Forests S Muthaiah. !t has stata
that investigations are still
charge sheets as and when in-
in progress against others in
completed.
Forest Officer Mahe
uer.
He is also accused of ratifr
ing the illegal takeover of the
vestigations
against them are
and family on August 1,
2009.
The investigating agency has
forest area and also issuing
transit permits for ore mined
illegally elsewhere, in the name
of AMC.
OH News Service
Notorious wildlife smuggler gets bail
NEW DELHI: Notorious poach-
harganj area here after which
smuggler
the CBL had taken him in the
er
and
wildlife
Sansar Chand, often termed as
'the Veerapan of North India'
custody.
During his interrogation,
any wildlife criminal.
Sansar Chand was granted
ball on a personal bond of Ps
25,000 and one surety of the
was on Thursday granted bail
Chand had
by a Delhi court in a 2005 case,
clues to the CBI and also point-
same amount. He, however,
would not be out of jail owing
involving violation of the
ed at the existence of an
to several other cases pending
Wildlife Act.
ised crime syndicate engaged
against him in other
in a large-scale operation
across various wildlife sanctu-
He is an accused in numerous cases under the Wildlife
aries across the country.
The agetcy subsequently in
Protection Act for poaching
lodged in a Jaipur jail in
Rajasthan for various other
2005 had chargesheeted him
serve.
wildlife offences.
Chand was arrested in June
2005 by Delhi Police fron Pa
under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime
Act (MCOCA), a first against
The ASJ granted ball to him
after his counsel Pramod
Additional sessions judge
Pawan ICumar Jam
granted bail
to Sansar Chand, who is currently
provided several
organ-
been in jail for over six years
while the maximum punish-
ment under
the Wildlife Act it-
self is seven years. His bail plea
was opposed by the CBI on the
ground that
he has been
charged under MCOCA.
The court, however, said
courts.
of
-
mere pendency of MCOCA
case cannot be a ground for
denying bail.
Besides Chand, others who
tigers in the Sariska tiger re-
Dubey submitted that he has
were chargesheeted by the CBI
were Sudesh Kumar, Babu,
Badalandßitu.
Ph
refers
CVC
coal block
allocation
case to CBI
NEW DELHI: The
Central Vigi-
lance Commission has referred
to Central Bureau of Investiga-
tion
(CE!) the case of alleged
irregularities in utilisation of
coal blocks by some
private
companies.
CBJ officials,
who are tight
lipped about the issue, reportedly
held a meeting on Thursdiscuss the issue in de-
day to
tail,
sources said.
In the meeting chaired by
the CE! chief, all aspects of references received from the vig-
ilance panel were discussed.
EJP
leader
Prakash
Javdekar also complained to
the Central Vigilance Commission seeking a probe into the
alleged irregularities in the utilisation of
coal blocks by these
companies.
Ph
4AP ministers under scanner
HYDERABAD: Four Andhra
they helped Jaganmohan accu-
Pradesh
mulate massive
Ministers may come
illegal assets.
A bench headed by Justice
Dalveer Ehandari issued the
under CBI scanner for their alleged role in issuing controversial Government Orders that
notices to the CBI, ministers
have become the basis for filing
and the IAS officers and sought
a case against YSR Congress
chief YS Jaganniohan Reddy.
their stands on the petition
!I
by an advocate, Sudhakar
Jaganmohan was arrested in
an alleged disproportionate as-
Reddy.
case on May27 after being
grilled for thtee days by the in-
ed Mopidevi
The CBI had already arrestVenkata Ramana
sets
vestigatingagency.
JDharmana
Geeth Reddy, Ponnala
maih and
.1
Laksh-
Prasada Rao,
Sabitha Reddy who
held Revenue, Major Indus-
companies which in turn invested in Jaganmohan's com-
Rao, former excise minister
as Quid-pro-quo, the
CBI said inan affidavit field be-
ports portfolio in J(ajasekhara
Reddy Government in connec-
fore the Supreme Court.
lion with the
panies
The Supreme
Court on
who held Infrastructure and
leged
Jaganmohan'sal-
disproportionate assets
case. The CBI said it would examine Sabitha Reddy in con-
portfolio respectively during
March 12 issued notices to six
Andhra Pradesh ministers and
YS Rajaselcharaßeddy' regime
eight IAS officers on a plea al-
nection
for their role
legingthat the CRI was not pro-
to Bharathi Cements and oth-
tries, Irrigation and
will be questioned
Mining
in issuing certain GOs that are
alleged to have favoured some
ceeding
against them despite
having sufficient
evidence that
ers.
P-ri
with the GOs related
MISUSE OR MIS-ALLOCATION?
CVC Calls for
CBI Probe into
Coal Blocks
DIG BLACK HOLt No end to controversies over coal
OUR BUREAU
IN L %IV Li LL II I
The Central Vigilance Commissioii (CVC) has reca Central Bureau of Investigation
ommended
(CBI) probe Into the misuse of coal blocks allocated
to some companies, government sources said.
Details of the CBI probe were sketchy A top government source said the agency would probe a
complaint ag
inst four or five companies In Tharkhand and Chhattisgarh that allegedly profiteered
by selling coal in the open market from blocks
meant for captive use.
Another source, however, gave a conflicting verand said the CBI would probe the process ofallocation of blocks between 2006 and 2009. BJP
members J'rakash Javadekar and Hansraj Ahir
had earlier sought a probe Into coal blocks allotted
sion
between2ooeand2oogto141
companies.
The spokesperson for the CBJ did not respond to
phone calls and text messages from ET.
Whllesaine
said CDI would
An agency report quoted Javadekar as saying: "We have made a
formal complaint to the CVC be-
cause there were so many glaring
cosformisuse
which needed to be
probed. If the enquiry has been
of coalblocks,
ordered, its good."
probeafew
seine
would
said it
probe
allocation of
blocksduring
2006t0 2009
lacunae
Allocation of coal blocks came
under public scrutiny in March
after a leaked draft report of the
Comptroller and Auditor General
of India estimated the govermnent had given away 155coalblocks,
amounted to an "undue benefit" of no.?
lakh crore to private companies. The CAG's fmal
report has not been placed in Parliament so far
Team Anna has also criticised the government for
its handling of coal blocks, Anna Hazare said; "Till
which
today Ihave said that the prime minister Is not corrupt.
But my team said that they have proof that
the prime minister took decision on the 155 coal
blocks when he was heading the coal ministry"
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected the
charge, saying: "My long public career as finance
minister, as leader of opposition In the Rajya Sabha and now as prime minister has been an open
book. I will give up my publiclife if allegations are
provedagainstme."
In a statement Issued on Wednesday, Team Anna
said the allegations were based on what the CAG
had said and that these should be probed by an independentinvestigative agency
HC sets aside Taiwar's
bail application
\Nupur Taiwar's bail plea
abad
earlier this
month.
was on Thursday rejected by the Allahabad High
Holding that there is primafacie evidence, the Ghazi-
Court, causing a huge setback to the dentist who is
abad court had ordered
framing of charges of mur-
facing thai in the murder of
her 14-year-old daughter
Aarushi and domestic help
Hemraj, Pll reports from
Allahabad.
der and destruction of evidence against the dentist
couple Rajesh and Nupur
Taiwar.
The court had
A single-judge Bench
of
dered framing
also orofadditional
Justice Arvind Kumar Tn-
charge of misleading the in-
pathi
vestigations against
war who had
who had filed a police complaint
at Noida police station
turned down the application filed byNupur Talmoved the
Rajesh,
High Court after her plea
thathis
for bail was rejected by a
was murdered by domestic
help Hemraj.
special CRI court at Ghazi
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