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  • CBI recordsdata probe growth document of Hanskhali rape case ahead of Calcutta Prime Courtroom

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: The CBI on Monday filed a growth document ahead of the Calcutta Prime Courtroom on its probe into the case of gangrape and next dying of a minor woman in Hanskhali space of West Bengal’s Nadia district.

    The court docket made it transparent that the id of the lady would now not be disclosed via any person.

    The central company submitted in a sealed quilt the growth document ahead of a department bench presided via Leader Justice Prakash Shrivastava, at the route of which it undertook the investigation.

    The CBI on Friday arrested two individuals together with a TMC panchayat member, who’s father of top the accused, taking the overall selection of arrests within the case to 6.

    Anindya Sundar Das, one of the most petitioners within the PILs that had prayed for the CBI probe within the Hanskhali incident on April 4, had prayed for switch of the trial within the case to Kolkata from Nadia, claiming that the primary accused, being the son of a ruling birthday party chief, would possibly affect lawsuits there.

    The bench, additionally comprising Justice R Bharadwaj, directed Das to provide a duplicate of the applying to all events involved.

    It mentioned that the events may just report a reaction to the similar ahead of the following date of listening to, scheduled on Might 20.

  • DHFL-Sure Financial institution case: CBI searches premises of outstanding realtors in Mumbai, Pune

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: The CBI on Saturday started searches on the premises of a few outstanding developers, together with Ashwini Bhonsale, Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, at 8 places in Mumbai and Pune in reference to the DHFL-Sure Financial institution corruption case, officers stated.

    The CBI suspects that their corporations have been used to channel alleged illicit cash within the Sure Financial institution-DHFL mortgage case, they stated.

    Balwa and Goenka had previous been arraigned as accused by way of the CBI within the 2G spectrum case however have been acquitted by way of a unique courtroom in 2018.

    The CBI has now knocked on their doorways in a 2020 corruption case towards Sure Financial institution founder Rana Kapoor, Kapil Wadhawan of DHFL and others.

    “The searches are occurring at 8 places in Mumbai and Pune. Not anything can also be stated now concerning the function of other folks being searched,” an respectable stated.

    The CBI has lately arrested Sanjay Chhabria of Radius Builders within the case.

    The company has alleged that Kapoor entered right into a felony conspiracy with Wadhawan for extending monetary help to DHFL regardless that Sure Financial institution in go back for considerable undue advantages to himself and his members of the family thru corporations held by way of them, they stated.

    In line with the CBI FIR, the rip-off began taking form between April and June 2018 when Sure Financial institution invested Rs 3,700 crore in momentary debentures of DHFL.

    In go back, Wadhawan allegedly “paid kickback of Rs 600 crore” to Kapoor and his members of the family within the type of mortgage to DoIT City Ventures (India) Pvt Ltd, they stated.

    Kapoor’s daughters — Roshini, Radha and Rakhee — are 100 according to cent shareholders of DoIT City Ventures thru Mogran Credit Pvt Ltd, it alleged.

    The mortgage of Rs 600 crore was once sanctioned by way of DHFL to DoIT City Ventures (India) Pvt Ltd at the foundation of loan of sub-standard homes having very meagre price and by way of taking into account its long term conversion from agricultural land to residential land, the company has alleged.

    It was once additional discovered that DHFL had now not redeemed the quantity of Rs 3,700 crore invested by way of Sure Financial institution in its debentures until date, it stated.

    As well as, Sure Financial institution additionally sanctioned a mortgage of Rs 750 crore to RKW Builders Pvt Ltd whose Director is Dheeraj Wadhawan and which is a DHFL team corporate for its Bandra reclamation venture, which was once transferred by way of it to DHFL with none funding within the venture for which it was once sanctioned, they stated.

    “Rana Kapoor bought undue pecuniary merit from DHFL within the topic of funding within the debentures of DHFL by way of Sure Financial institution, in the course of the corporations held by way of his spouse and daughters,” the FIR alleged.

  • TMC’s Anubrata skips showing ahead of CBI, says able to stand sleuths in flat 

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress heavyweight chief Anubrata Mandal on Sunday skipped showing ahead of CBI sleuths of their place of business right here in reference to the investigation into post-poll violence circumstances bringing up fitness causes, however mentioned he is able to face wondering in his place of dwelling.

    A supply just about Mandal mentioned that regardless of his ailing fitness, the TMC’s Birbhum district president is able for wondering at his flat in Kolkata.

    “Mandal has communicated to us mentioning his lack of ability to come back to our Nizam Palace place of business as a result of his ill-health. He has given his consent to be puzzled at his flat right here,” a CBI officer instructed PTI.

    On Saturday additionally, the TMC chief didn’t move to the place of business of the CBI which summoned him then in reference to a farm animals smuggling case, and wrote to the central company in the hunt for 4 weeks to seem ahead of it bringing up his fitness situation.

    Mandal has been instructed through medical doctors to take “complete leisure” for the following two to 3 weeks.

    He was once discharged from the state-run SSKM Clinic right here on Friday night, 17 days after he was once admitted there with health-related headaches.

    The CBI has shaped a different scientific group to determine Mandal’s present fitness situation.

    Mandal previous dodged CBI appearances more than one occasions bringing up fitness issues and election-related works.

  • 3rd arrest made in Hanskhali rape case

    By way of PTI

    HANSKHALI: CBI sleuths on Saturday arrested one particular person from Ranaghat in West Bengal’s Nadia district for his alleged involvement when it comes to a minor lady’s rape and next dying in Hanskhali space, a senior legit of the company stated That is CBI’s first arrest within the case.

    Two different accused within the case, one in all them son of an area TMC chief in Nadia, had been previous apprehended through the state police.

    “The suspect held nowadays, a pal of the native chief’s son, were hiding in Ranaghat close to Nationwide-Freeway 34. We traced him by the use of cell tower unload era. We will be able to be wondering him,” the CBI legit stated when contacted. He had fled Hanskhali together with his mom quickly after the case got here to gentle, he said.

    Tower unload era is used to search out details about mobile phones energetic in a selected space.

    A minor lady used to be allegedly gangraped on the party of the TMC member’s son, the high suspect within the case, on April 4. She bled to dying hours later, in line with her folks who lodged a police grievance 5 days later.

    Throughout the day, the company puzzled the oldsters and two cousins of the lady. “Their variations had been recorded. We would possibly name them once more if there’s a want,” the legit stated.

    A separate group of CBI sleuths, accompanied through group of workers of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) , within the morning visited the flats of the 3 accused to gather proof.

    The central company has been directed through the Calcutta Prime Courtroom to probe the incident.

  • Trinamool MP Saugata Roy speaks out on crimes in opposition to girls in Bengal, birthday party colleagues hit again at him

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    KOLKATA:  Amid the furore over the alleged gangrape and homicide of a minor lady in West Bengal’s Hanskhali, the ruling Trinamool Congress is witnessing distinction of opinion amongst its leaders.

    Whilst MP Saugata Roy expressed fear over crimes once more girls within the state dominated through a girl CM, some other MP mentioned the issued can’t be tied to the CM’s gender. 

    “Everybody is anxious in regards to the crimes in opposition to girls. I don’t know if it is on account of media protection or now not. However everyone seems to be expressing his or her fear over the problem. We can have to make sure 0 tolerance in this factor. In a state the place the executive minister is a girl, if one of these unmarried incident takes position, it’s going to be shameful to everybody. I be expecting the police management to stay an eye,” mentioned Roy whilst attending a programme in his Dum Dum constituency.

    His remark comes days after a minor lady died after being allegedly gang raped through the son of a ruling TMC panchayat chief at Hanskhali and Calcutta Prime Courtroom passed over the investigation into it to the CBI.

    The court docket has additionally directed that investigation into 4 contemporary rape instances in numerous portions of the state can be finished beneath the supervision of senior IPS officer Damayanti Sen, who’s at the present a distinct commissioner of Kolkata Police.

    Reacting to his remark, birthday party MP Satabdi Roy mentioned “I do not believe what Sougata Roy mentioned is correct. Does the executive minister need such incidents to happen? All we will be able to say is that such incidents are shameful.”

    “What does he imply through girls leader minister? Does having a male leader minister justify the crimes in opposition to girls? The state govt has taken all essential motion to regulate crime in opposition to girls,” she mentioned.

    Echoing her, TMC state vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar mentioned that atrocities in opposition to girls are shameful for all the society.

    “It’s condemnable without reference to having a girls leader minister or a male leader minister,” he mentioned.

    Section state basic secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh asserted that ladies are secure and safe in West Bengal beneath Banerjee’s management.

    “I do not wish to touch upon what he (Roy) has mentioned. The ladies of the state are secure and safe in West Bengal beneath the management of Mamata Banerjee. The executive minister herself directed the police to take stern motion,” he mentioned.

    The opposition events requested Roy to percentage this piece of “recommendation” with Banerjee as an alternative of constructing statements in public.

    “No matter he has mentioned is correct. However he will have to say this to his birthday party supremo Mamata Banerjee and ask her to prevent the lawless state of affairs within the state. Till and except he does that, it sort of feels his feedback are an try to play to the gallery,” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned.

    Echoing him, state Congress president Adhir Chowdhury questioned whether or not Roy would additionally condemn the statements made through the executive minister.

    “Roy has been pronouncing many stuff that sound tune to our ears. However will he condemn the statements made through the executive minister after the Hanskhali incident? He will have to do this first,” Chowdhury, additionally the chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha, mentioned.

    Banerjee had, on April 11, publicly expressed doubt over the reason for the minor lady’s loss of life, which her circle of relatives attributed to gang rape and had questioned if she died after being slapped through somebody.

    She had claimed that the sufferer was once in a dating with the accused and had questioned whether or not she was once pregnant, a remark which was once roundly criticized through opposition events.

    Senior CPI (M) chief Sujan Chakraborty welcomed Roy’s observation however questioned whether or not he would say it to Banerjee.

    “It sort of feels he has learned that Bengal has earned a foul popularity for its lawless state of affairs. However he will have to first ask the executive minister to ascertain the rule of thumb of legislation within the state,” he mentioned.

    The minor lady, a pupil of same old 9, was once allegedly gang raped on April 4 at a birthday celebration on the area of a TMC panchayat chief’s son at Hanskhali in Nadia district, in step with a police grievance filed through her oldsters.

    She bled to loss of life hours later, the grievance mentioned.

    The lady’s father has claimed that the son of the panchayat chief had snatched his daughter’s frame at gunpoint and cremated her.

    The lady’s oldsters have additionally alleged that they had been threatened with dire penalties in the event that they reported the incident to the police.

    Two individuals, together with the TMC chief’s son, had been arrested up to now in reference to the case.

    DGP Manoj Malviya was once sharing the degree with Roy on the match. On the other hand, birthday party MP Shatabdi Roy disagreed together with her veteran colleague.

    Previous, CM Mamata Banerjee’s commentary in regards to the incident — if the sufferer and the accused had been in a dating had attracted flak.

    CBI sleuths on Thursday broke open the lock and searched the place of dwelling of the top accused within the alleged gang rape rape case, an officer of the probe frame mentioned.

    The home is the place the alleged crime was once dedicated on April 4 and the investigating company accumulated samples from there sooner than locking the home, he mentioned.

    The CBI sleuths had been accompanied through staff of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory and all the seek operation and proof assortment had been videographed, he mentioned.

    The hunt persevered until overdue on Thursday night time because of an influence lower within the house.

    The central investigating company has been directed through Calcutta Prime Courtroom to probe the incident wherein the top accused is the son of a ruling TMC chief of Hanskhali panchayat.

    “The ability lower slowed our seek operation on the area. Now we have accumulated a number of samples from the room the place the alleged crime was once performed. They’ll be despatched for forensic assessments,” the CBI officer mentioned.

    Throughout the CBI seek locals approached its sleuths and claimed that the boys and boys of the world are being threatened through the circle of relatives and accomplices of the accused.

    In addition they asked for defense.

    The district police has already arrested the top accused Sohail Goyali and his good friend Prabhakar Poddar.

    The CBI crew, which has two girl officials, is predicted to habits some other spherical of seek operation on the place of dwelling of the accused and its surrounding house on Friday in reference to the investigation within the crime, the officer mentioned.

    The crew had reached Hanshkhali on Wednesday night time and picked up the case diary and different paperwork associated with the probe performed through the district police.

    “We might move and meet the fogeys the lady on Friday and file their observation,” the officer mentioned.

    The lady’s father had claimed on Wednesday that the accused had snatched his daughter’s frame at gunpoint and cremated her.

    The circle of relatives had lodged the police grievance on April 10.

    (With PTI Inputs)

  • CBI arrests guy who transported petrol utilized in Birbhum bloodbath

    Via PTI

    RAMPURHAT: The CBI on Thursday arrested the e-rickshaw driving force who allegedly transported the petrol that was once utilized in environment ablaze the homes in Birbhum’s Bogtui village, resulting in the dying of 9 other people, an professional stated.

    Ritan Shiekh was once nabbed from his area in Bogtui within the early hours, he stated.

    “He was once known from the CCTV photos. Additionally, his identify cropped up in statements given by means of different suspects arrested and witnesses,” the CBI professional informed PTI.

    Ritan went lacking after the bloodbath, he stated.

    “He used to enter hiding all the way through the day, and go back house within the useless of the night time,” the professional stated.

    The CBI was once at the hunt for him, he stated.

    With this, the CBI has made six arrests within the case after taking up the probe from the West Bengal police at the course of the Calcutta Top Court docket.

    The company has additionally taken custody of twenty-two individuals previous arrested by means of the police.

    The CBI searched Ritan’s area after his arrest, the professional stated.

    9 other people died of burn accidents as their properties in Bogtui had been allegedly firebombed after the homicide of native TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh.

  • Instructor recruitment rip-off: HC extends keep on order summoning Bengal minister to look prior to CBI

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: In a short lived aid to senior West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, a department bench of the Calcutta Prime Courtroom Wednesday prolonged a keep for 4 weeks on an previous order that directed him to look prior to the CBI in reference to a petition alleging irregularities in appointment of assistant lecturers in state government-aided colleges.

    The department bench comprising Justices Subrata Talukder and A Okay Mukherjee additionally refused to simply accept the resignation of Justice (retired) R Okay Bag from the chairmanship of a committee appointed previous by means of every other department bench of the court docket to inquire into the allegations, and asked it to finish investigation in Workforce C-post appointments.

    The panel has already submitted its record at the probe into Workforce-D appointments.

    The bench directed that the keep granted by means of it on an order of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay that requested Partha Chatterjee to look prior to the CBI by means of Tuesday night will proceed for 4 weeks from Wednesday.

    The bench additionally directed the Bag Committee to post its record by means of Might 13, when the topic will arise for listening to once more.

    Chatterjee used to be the state training minister when the alleged appointments had been made.

  • CBI arrests yet one more individual in Birbhum killings case

    By way of PTI

    RAMPURHAT: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday apprehended yet one more individual in reference to the Birbhum killings, taking the entire collection of arrests made by means of the company within the case to 5, an respectable stated.

    The accused, known as Samir Sheikh, a resident of Bogtui village, was once referred to as by means of CBI sleuths for wondering on Sunday morning, he stated.

    “This guy’s identify cropped up each time we spoke with eye-witnesses. As of late, he was once giving us other variations and seeking to confuse us. We arrested him and can proceed wondering him,” the CBI respectable stated.

    Previous, the CBI had arrested 4 accused folks from Mumbai.

    The West Bengal Police had additional arrested 22 folks for his or her alleged involvement within the case.

    They all are at this time in CBI custody.

    9 folks died of burn accidents after assailants threw petrol bombs at a number of properties in Bogtui village close to Rampurhat the city on March 21 following the homicide of native TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh.

    A Particular Investigation Workforce constituted by means of the state govt was once previous probing the case, which was once later passed over to the CBI as consistent with the Calcutta Prime Court docket’s order.

  • Birbhum killings: CBI books 10 other people in TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh’s homicide

    By way of PTI

    RAMPURHAT: The CBI on Saturday registered an FIR in opposition to 10 other people in reference to the homicide of TMC chief Bhadu Sheikh, which it sounds as if ended in the killing of 9 other people in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a senior authentic stated.

    Amongst the ones named within the FIR are Palash Shiekh, Sanju Shiekh, Sona Shiekh and Choto Shiekh — who’ve been arrested, he stated.

    The case used to be filed underneath IPC sections 302 (homicide) and 120B (legal conspiracy), and related sections of the Explosive Components Act.

    The CBI visited Rampurhat police station right through the day, and picked up the case diary and paperwork connected to Bhadhu Shiekh’s homicide investigation, the authentic stated.

    “The CBI officials spoke to the police group of workers there. In addition they spoke to witnesses of the homicide and took inventory of the placement,” he stated.

    CBI officials additionally visited Bogtui Mor the place Bhadu used to be killed, he added.

    The CBI took over the investigation of homicide from the police, following an order of the Calcutta Prime Court docket.

    Bhadu’s homicide is assumed to have ended in the killing of 9 other people on March 21 in Bogtui village.

    The 9 other people, together with two youngsters, died of burn accidents after their homes have been allegedly firebombed.

  • SC consents to listen to after April 15 PIL on fast trial in instances towards politicians

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Ultimate Court docket on Friday agreed to listen to after April 15 a PIL which has sought expeditious trial of felony instances towards lawmakers and fast investigation by way of the CBI and different companies.

    A bench headed by way of Leader Justice N V Ramana used to be suggested by way of senior suggest and amicus curiae Vijay Hansaria that the plea had to be indexed for pressing listening to as regardless of quite a lot of instructions of the apex courtroom on expeditious trial of politicians, just about 2000 instances are pending trial for the remaining 5 years.

    On the outset, Hansaria sought an pressing intervening time order pronouncing {that a} detailed sixteenth document on pendency of trials towards lawmakers within the nation has been filed and as in line with it, many felony instances are pending in decrease courts.

    “Outdoor they may be able to watch for years. No drawback. With regards to the Ultimate Court docket and also you input into the Ultimate Court docket, it (the case) will transform very pressing,” mentioned the bench which additionally comprised justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli.

    “This can be a public pastime litigation (PIL). Now we have handed some orders. Now it is occurring. Please watch for a while. The issue is that the judges must be to be had…If I represent a unique bench for this example then I will be able to disturb two benches. On a Friday, can I disturb two benches?” the CJI mentioned.

    The CJI, after being suggested by way of the amicus curiae, assisted by way of attorney Sneha Kalita, agreed to listen to the plea after April 15.

    The bench mentioned, in the meantime, it could permit some intervening time programs of a few prime courts looking for switch of a few particular judges accomplishing trials towards lawmakers on quite a lot of grounds.

    Previous, the bench, on February 9, had agreed to believe list for early listening to the PIL.

    Hansaria had mentioned a contemporary document, giving main points of the pending instances towards serving and previous MPs, MLAs and MLCs, has been filed with the courtroom and pressing, stringent steps are wanted for expeditious disposal of the pending felony instances.

    Consistent with the new document, a complete of four,984 instances are pending towards Individuals of Parliament and Individuals of Legislative Meeting/Council out of which 1,899 instances are greater than 5 years previous.

    The document mentioned that the full collection of instances pending as of December 2018 used to be 4,110; and as of October 2020 it used to be 4,859.

    “Even after disposal of two,775 instances after December 4, 2018, the instances towards MPs/MLAs have higher from 4,122 to 4,984. This displays that increasingly more individuals with felony antecedents are occupying the seats in Parliament and state legislative assemblies. It’s of extreme necessity that pressing and stringent steps are taken for expeditious disposal of pending felony instances,” mentioned the document filed via suggest Kalita.

    The highest courtroom has been passing a slew of instructions from time-to-time at the plea filed by way of suggest Ashwini Upadhyay for making sure expeditious trial of instances towards lawmakers and fast investigation by way of the CBI and different companies.

    Hansaria had mentioned the standing document filed by way of prime courts additionally displays that particular courts are constituted in one of the vital states while, in others, the courts of the respective jurisdiction are accomplishing trials on the subject of the instructions handed every now and then.

    On November 24 remaining 12 months, the highest courtroom had requested the Allahabad Prime Court docket to factor a contemporary notification to arrange particular magisterial courts to check out minor offences involving lawmakers and make sure allocation of instances to periods or magisterial courts relying upon the gravity of offences, pronouncing the non-setting up of such courts in Uttar Pradesh used to be “in accordance with an glaring misconstruction” of its orders.

    The highest courtroom had taken exception to the non-setting up of particular magisterial courts in Uttar Pradesh for attempting lawmakers in minor offences and mentioned the notification issued by way of the prime courtroom on August 16, 2019, used to be in accordance with an “glaring misconstruction” of its instructions.

    The order had come on pleas elevating the criminal query of whether or not minor offences, triable by way of magisterial courts, towards lawmakers may also be prosecuted earlier than a unique courtroom presided over by way of a periods pass judgement on who’s senior to a judicial Justice of the Peace.