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Two MCD
engineers
bookedbyCBI
Staff Reporter
NEWDELHI: Two Municipal Corporation
of Delhi
engineers
have been booked by the Central
Bureau of Investigation for
allegedly conspiring with a retired
Major General to allow
unauthorised construction on
his property at Mahipalpur in
South Delhi.
The CBI conducted searches
at the premises of the accused
persons and the Gurgaon residence
of the retired Major
General. During the exercise,
they claim to have seized documents
pertaining to unauthorised
construction at the
Mahipalpur property and papers
related to various investments,
expenditures and
properties in the name of the
Major General and his family
members

Supreme Court reserves verdict
on transfer of Aarushi case
Rajesh Taiwar filed plea for trial in Delhi for "security reasons"
.1. Venkatesan
NEW DELHI: The Supreme
Courton Monday reserved its
verdict on Dr. Rajesh
Talwar's
plea for transfer of the
Aarushi Talwar murder case
trial from Ghaziabad to Delhi
citing security reasons.
A Bench of Justice B. S.
Chauhan and Justice 3. S.
Khehar reserved verdict after
hearing senior counsel Mukul
Rohatgi and senior
counsel
Pinak! Mishra, appearing for
Dr. Talwar, and Additionaj
Solicitor-General Harm Baval
for the CBI, opposing the
transfer. While reserving the
verdict the Bench asked the
trial court toadjourn the proceedings
scheduled for February
29 by one week
Fourteen-year-old
Aanishi,
the only daughter of
the Taiwars, was found dead
Aarushi's father
Rajesh Taiwar
with her throat slit at thefamily's
Noida residence on the
outskirts of Delhi on May 16,
2008, and the body of their
domestic help Hemraj was
found on the terrace the next
day. Refusing to accept the
closure
report filed by the
CBI in December
2010, the
trial court took cognisance of
the case. Aggrieved, Dr. Nupur
Taiwar challenged the order
before the High Court,
which on March 18, 2011, dismissed
hçr plea.
The n4xt day the Supreme
Court stayed all further proceedings
and on January 6
this year the Court disposed
of the matter paving the way
for the trial.
Besides security reasons,
citing the earlier incident
when Dr. Taiwar was attacked
in the court premises,
he also said that most oMhe
witnesses were in Delhi. He
said it would be desirable if
the trial was conducted in a
court in Delhi.
Mr. Rohatgi submitted that
it would be in the interest of
justice to hold the trial in Delhi
as it would be convenient
not oniy to the witnesses but
also to the prosecuting agency,theCßl.
Mr. Mishra explained how
the police was a mute spectator
when Dr. Talwar was attacked
in the court premises
in January 2011 and the magistrate
took cognisance of
the closure report despite the
protest petition being filed.
Mr. Haval, however, opposed
the transfer saying that
there had been consistent attempts
by the couple to delay
the trial at every stage.
He said adequate police
protection would be given to
the doctor couple and the magistrate
wasyet to commit the
case to the Sessions for trial.
Proper security arrangement
would be made for them in
Ghaziabad by the Sessions
court after the case was commißed
for trial.

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MCD engineers in CBI net for graft
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of
Investigation has registered a case
against two engineers of the Municipal
Corporation of Delhi for allegedly
allowing a retired Major General
to carry out ifiegal construction on
his property on NH-8 in Mahipalpur.
CBJ officials said the engineers made
monetary gains out of this and they
have been booked under the Preven
tion of Corruption Act.
The MCD officers of Najafgarh
Zone booked by CBI are the then assistant
engineer (building) Ann Mittai
and the then
junior engineer
(bllding) SK Maan. CR1 conducted
raids at the residence of the accused
and seized several Incriminating
documents related to the unauthorizedeonstruction.
TNN

Aarushi case: SC reserves order on shifting of trial
New Delhi:
The Supreme
Court on Monday reserved
the murder oftheir daughter
Aarushl from Ohaziabad to
Delhi.
A bench of justices BS
Chauhan andJ S IChehar also
asked the trial court, which
is to hear the case on Febru
ary 29, to adjourn it for one
week.
its verdict on dentist couple
Rajesh and Nupur Taiwar's
Pleading to shift the trial
to Delhi, the couple has submitted
plea for shifting the trial
thatit has been a trau-
against them in the case of matic experience for them to
go to Ghaziabad to face the
trial and that they also face a
security threat there.
Senior advocate Mukul
Rohatgi,
appearing for the
TalwaYs, has submitted that
it would be better to hold the
trial in the national capital
as it would not only be convenient
to them but also for the
witnesses and the prosecut
ing agency the CBI.
The CBI, however, has opposed
the plea, saying that
there has been attempt on the
partof the couple to delaythe
trial and has assured the
courtthatpropersecurityarrangement
would be made
forthem in Ghaziabad. PTI

Acton CBI plea in'
Shanwari case: HC
The Rajasthan HCon Monday
directed thestate to
'takeaction oi the CBI's
clajmthatitsofflcials are be
Inthreatenedändwitnessenre
belngpi-essured in the
Bhanwari case, The HC also
asked the state to consider
cBI's plea to shift Mahipal
Maderna and MS Bishnoi to
separatejails. TNN

CBI case against firms
for duping insurance cos
New Delhi: The CBI has registereda
case against the directors
of two Sonepat-based companies
and a Dadra and Nagar Havelibased
firm, who defrauded several
governmentinsurance companies
between 2005 and 2009 by
lodging exorbitant claims
against the insurance cover regarding
incidents of fire intheir
factory premises. CBI officials
say that the claims worth
about Rs 15 werelodged
crore-
-
by these companies in the government
insurers out of which
theywerepaidRs6croreowv.
er, later it was found that fake
bifis were submitted
goodswereburnt.
to show
The agency has booked Ganesh
Jim, director of North Intha
Coating J'vt Ltd based in
Kbarkhoda (Sonepat), his son
Prabhalcax who is director of
Prabhat Polymers in the 'cheating'
case, Ganesh JIm also runs
BajrangResinsPvtLt.
"They hatched
- a criminal
conspiracy and defraudedDelhi
branches of United India Insurance
Company New India Insurance
Company and Oriental Insurance
Company by lodging
exorbitant claims against the insurance
coverfrom these compaflies
regarding incidents of fire
in their factory premises from
2005 to2009,"said Clii spokesperson
DhariniM bra.
"Such claims, worth about Its
15 crore, were lodged onfive occasionsagainst
which the insurance
firms have paid about Its 6
crore,"saidMjshra. INN

Bhanwar case Can't find
4 witnesses says CBI
APURVA
JAWUR,FEBRUARY 27
The CBI on Monday
told the Rajasthan
"High Court thatfour
of thewitnesses in the Bhanwan
Devi case are untraceable.
In an application seeking
that sacked
minister
MahipalMaderna and Congress
MLA Malkhan Singh
be shifted out of Jodhpur
jail, the CBI also said that
"powerful persons" were intimidating
witnesses
and
putting pressure on the
probe agency.
Senior CBI officials said
the fourwitnesses—including
Goverdhan Bishnoi, a
BUANWARI DEVI
relative of accused Sohanlal
Bishnoi and Ajit Bishnoi,
who had allegedly recorded
a conversation between
Malkhan'ssister Indira and
Devi were untraceable.
"Other
-than these four, at
least anothersix peoplewho
we have been questioned before
have not responded to
summons and we have not
been able to trace them," a
senior CBI official, who did
not want to be named, said.
The sources also said the
CBI had summoned several
people for questioning and
many ofthem had agreed to
become witnesses but have
nowgone underground due
to "pressure".
Sahiram Bishnoi, who allegedlykidnapped
and murdered
Devi on Maderna's
behest,and another accused
Baldev Ram had agreed to
become approvers but now
deny it, the CDI said in its
application.
The CBI also told the
court that the investigation
was being hampered "be-
hire
cause of the high-profile na
of the accused" and that
evidence was being tamperedwith.
Maderna, a powerful
Jat leader and
Malkhan, a Bishnoi leader,
had mobilised members of
theircommunity to demonstrate
against the CE! to put
it under pressure, the applicationalleged.
Besides, the accused
were also hying to derail the
probe by threatening the investigators
and filing false
court petitions against them,
the CBI said. After hearing
the CBI, the High Court ordered
the government to
look into the issue and take
steps by March 3, the next
dateof hearing.

UPSaysno to action against Siddiqui
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
LUCKNOW,FEBRUARY 27
THEUttar Pradesh government
has said that it is legally
not possible for it to initiate
action aainst PWI)Minister
Naseemuddin Siddiquion the
basis of recommendations
made by Lokayukta Justice
(Retd) NKMehrotra.
According tothe govern
ment, since the allegations
have no relationwith any decision
takenby him inhis capacity
as a minister, it is not possible
for it to legally initiate
action. On Februaiy 23, the
Lokayukta had held Siddiqui
and his wife HusnaSiddiqui,
a BSP MLC, guilty of money
launderingand misusing their
posts, recommending an inquiry
by the CIII or the En
forcementDirectorate.
Sending his report to
ChiefMinisterMayawati, the
Lokayukta had sought an action-taken
report within a
month. The government sent
itsreply onMonday. The decision
comes a day before the
sixth phaseofpolling in 13 districts
that have a sizeable
Muslim population. Siddiqui
is BSP's Muslim face.

FIR against
two National
Museum
curators
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 27
TIlE CBIhas registered an
FIRagainst two curators of
the National Museum and
three others for alleged irregularities
in awarding
contracts to a private corn
pany. The two, J E Dawson
and K K S Deori, and the
then director general of the
museum,U Das, are alleged
to have favouredPackwell &
Company in awarding contracts
worth Rs 74Iakh without
inviting tenders.
Dawson, curator of ar
chaeology, is the
seniormost
curator at theNational
Museum, while Deori is curator
(display).
The case was first reported
by The Indian Express
in November last year. TWo
others named by theCE! are
research officerKR Behma
nia and administrative officer
Kameshwar Mishra.
The CBI on Saturday
carried out searches at seven
places in the Capital and
registered an FIR after if
found evidence to show atleged
favour shown to the
private firm.

CBI unearths
medicine supply
scam, files case
NEW DELm: The CBI has
registered a case againstofficials
of Directorateof Health
Services, Delhi, for allegedly
purchasing medicines at inflated
price fromBangalorebased
AstraZeneca India
Pharma Limited. The agency
has
also booked the company's
director.
As per the agency, the Directorate
had given a rate
contract of Rs 1,530 (excluding
VAT) per gram vial of
Meropenem in 2009 to the
company. The company got
the contract allegedly by furnishing
a false affidavit that it
wasn't supplying the vial to
any other organisation at a
rate lower than quoted byit
forsupplies to the Delhi government.
The company kept
supplying the medicineat inflated
rate even after getting
showcause notices forthe recoveryofRs
7.5 crore.
ENS

Arushi trial
transfer plea
ared herring,
CBI tells SC
Order on petition reserved, Talwars
point to their 'harrowing' experience
KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL
NEW DELHI, FEI3RUARY27
TIlE
Supreme Court on
Monday reserved forfinal
orders a petition by dentist
couple Nupur and
Rajesh
Talwar, whose daughter Arushi
was found murdered at their
Noida house inMay 2008, to
transfeT the trial from Qhnzjabad
toDelhi after a heated bout
of parry and counter between
the couple and the CBI.
While the Talwars banked on
their 'harrowing" experiences
after Arushi's murder to seek
transfcr of the trial, the CDI said
the couple's plea was
only a "red herring"
calculated to delay
criminal proceedings
against them
case.
Arushi was
in the
found
dead on May16, 2008,
and the body of their
domestic help, Hemraj,
was found on the
terrace of the house the next day.
The CBI said an accused cannot
choose the court. The transfer
petitions were filed after the
Supreme Court on January 6,
2012, directed the couple to
stand trial in the case.
Arguing before abcnch ofJustices
B S Chauhan and S S Khebar,
the Talwars said they were
picking up the pieces of their
professional lives after shifting
residence to Delhi in 2009 following
a "particularly harrowing"
two years in Noidh after
their daughter's murder.
Senior advocatc Mukul Rohatgi
highlighted a 'murderous
attack' on Rajesh Taiwar by a
person wielding a meat cleaver
on January 25, 2011, insidc the
Ohaziabad court premises itself,
He said Rajesh barely survived
the assault,which left him completely
paralysed on the right
side of the face.
But CBI counsel
and Additional
Solicitor General Harm
Raval questioned whether the
couple's apprehensions about a
"murderous attack" was genuine
at all. He said they had never applied
for police protection till
date after the 2011 attack.
'His attacker was a deranged
person. The same man (Rajesh's
attacker) had attacked three different
persons during that time,
one of them being former DOP
SPS Rathore who was then accused
in the Ruehika Girhotra
case. It was not him (Rajesh)
alone. Besides, such an incident
can take place anywhere," Raval
[IJij 4;]
said, assuring that the
agency would take
care of the couple's secutity
in Ghaziabad.
Senior
Pinaki Mishra,
advocate
who
also represents the
TalwaTs, referred to
CBI's take that
the
real reason why the
'Ihlwars want to move
the trial to Delhi is that they can
apply for anticipatory haila
telief for accused persons not
prevalent inUttarPradesh.
Countering
this allegation,
Mishra said there was no such
'clandestine" reason for seeking
transfer to Delhi. lie claimed
Rajesh was already on bail and
Nupur was never arraigned as an
accused in the case, at least until
the closure report was filed by
the CBI in the case.
To this, Raval countered that
Rajesh was never on bail, and
that the trial court had merely
refused to cxtcnd hisjudicial custody.
I-fe said
the application
moved by Rajesh on July 11,
2008, was only for discharge and
not specifically for hail.
"They had applied for discharge,
the order releasing him
was passed afterwe said we did
not require him in custody,"
Raval submitted.

CBI case against
retd Major General,
MCD engineers
NEW DELHI: TheCBI has registered
a case against a retired Major General
and two engineers of MCD at
Najafgarh Zone for facilitating an
unauthorised construction in Najafgarh
area ofSouthwest Delhi. The
CBI, during the raids, claimed to
have seized documentsrelating to
an unauthorisedconstruction on a
property at NH-B, Mahipalpur, from
the retired Major General's residence
in Sector 23, Gurgaon.

CAarushi: SC reserves order on Taiwars' plea
NEW DELHI, 27 FEB; The Supreme
Court todayreserved its verdict
on dentist couple
Rajesh and Nopur
Taiwar's plea for
shifting the Aarushi
I Icmraj double-mur
dct triai against
them from (ihaziahad to Delhi.
Abench oIJustices 13 S Chauhan
and J S Khehar also asked the trial
court to adjourn its 29 February
hearing for a week in the case of the
-double murder of the doctor couples
teenaged tlaukhter Anrushi and
their domestic help Hemraj.
Pleading to shift the tnal to Del-
'-hi, 1cdupltha suhniiited that
uk,)4prèheñd security thrèa in
Ghazthhhd trial dourt. Senidr Advo
cate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for
them, has subimtted that it would
be better o hold the trial in the na
tionalcapital as it would not only
be convenient to them but also for
the witnesses and the prosecuting
igency, the CM.
The CM, however, has opposed
the plea, saying that there has been
attempt on the part of the couple
to delay the trial and has assured
the court that proper security arrangernenLs
would be made for
them in Ghaziahad.
Additional Solicitor General
Haren Raval has said that there
svere some hidden motives behind
filing of the plea and that the petition
fbr transfer F the case might
have been flied as Sectioh 438 of
the Cr1 1inallfrOedure Code
(reldtingtoindcatbry bail) isnth
applicable in Uttar Pradesh
On 6 January, the apex court
had ckaredthe decks for the couples
trial in the murder case by di
missing their lca to quash criminal
proceedings against them The
bench had reftised to interferë;th
the lower courts order, saying
there was nothing wrong in the
magistrates order of taking cognizance
of the chargesheet summonlog
them Aarushi was found tlead
at the flimilys Noida residence on
the intenening night of 15-16 May
2008. The body of their senant,
Hemraj, was tbJnd the flCXi (lay00
the terrace.
The investigation in the ase was
initially cariled out by Unar Wadesh
Police which had arrested Rajesh
iilwir on 23 May 2008 The
probe was suhsëqucndy handed
osi to thCB1oh 29 May 2008
and RajesI Talwat as gracted bail
by the Ghaziahad court on 11july,
2008 The agency, after probing
the murder for over two-and-a-half
years, had filed its closure report in
the case in the Chaziahad special
CI court, saying it had been unable
to find evideflce to prosecute
the Taiwars. fh
Ghaziabad court
had, however, rejected the agency's
closure report, holding that
there was enough pnnia fade material
in the CRIs report to put the
couple on tnal and had issued
summons to them
The ntLgistrate had
take9 cognizance
of the ease and summoned
the Taiwars on 9 February, 2011.
The dcnttst couple had subsecluettly
nit'wed the Allahahad Iligh
Court which had
dismissed their
plea to quash he court summons
and' the prdcedings'initlated
agaihst thtnt 'Ihey had then ap
proâched the apex court which
had on 19 March last year stayed
the trial against them sns

Mayawati Says no to CBI
Probe Against Close Aide
Charges against Siddiqui do not relate to ministerial powers, CM tells Lokayukta
OUR POLITICAL BUREAU
C(3:
LULKNOW
The Mayawati government has rejectedthe
state Lokayukta's recommendationof
aCBIand Enforcement Directorate
probe into corruption cases
against PWD and irrigation minister
Naseemuddin Siddiqui. The state government
in itsreply to Lokayukta Justice
N}C Mehrotra said that the allegations
against Siddiqui pertain to
issues which donotrelatetohis executing
any of his ministerial powers and
therefore does notcome under the purview
of the Lokayukta.
The Mayawati governmentalso asked
justice Mehrotra to inform the complainant
that he could approach the
concerned officials to Took into allegations
of stamp-duty evasion and formation
of an educational society Siddiqui
is Mayawatis aide and a very
powerful minister
The Lokayukta report had said that
the assets of Naseemuddin and his
wifeMLc Husna Siddiqui were disproportionate
to their known sources of
income. Justice Mehrotra said that the
charges againstsiddiquiwerefoundtc,
be of grave nature, which required a
detailed inquiry Hence he had recommendedthe
CM torequestfora CBI and
Enforcement Directorate probe. He
said that Siddiqul had floated a QF'
Educational Society, which existed onlyon
paper but had vast properties in
its name. Siddiqui is Mayawati's confidant
and heads a dozen important de-
partments,besidesoverseeinglceypaj-
ty-related work.
The QF Educational Society according
to the complainant in the case, allegedly
purchased 57 bighas in Barabanki,
valued at l6crore, forjust t46
lakh. Similarly land was purchased In
Tindwarlvillageof Bandaforttslakh
which had a market value ofU crore.
The Lokayukta said the complainant
OVERCONFIDENT Mayawati at an election rallyIn Dareillyon Monday—PTI
Lokayukta
n the case had stated
that Siddiqui had con-
ducted large-scale ir-
report
saidassetsof regularities in the
SiddIqul and Bundellthand Area Behis
wife tALC velopment Fund and
Husna used the ifi-gotten
according to the complaint.
The complaint also said that Husna
Sidthqui purchased a bungalow of
16,000 sqm in the cantonment area for
150lalchfrom MeeraChauhan,whenas
per the circle rate only the cost of super
structure is around!l crore. Siddiqui's
disproporti money to buy land at son Afzal Siddiqui had also set up a
onatetotheir several places. Jn processed-meat factory in the name of
Iaiown come-tax returns filed AQ Frozen Fruit, which had encroached
sourcesof 'by Siddiqui stated his
upon huge tracts of land.
income income as 1.92 crore,
in the last four years,
Many charges against Siddiqui were
found to be true, prima fade, and itquiring
but his family has acquired several
further Investigation, the Lo
acres worth 150 crore in Barabanki, Faiehpui
kayukta said while recommending
Banda and Amroha districts,
CBlandEDprobes.

Aarushi murder
case: Apex court
reserves verdict
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday reserved its
verdict on dentist couple Rajesh
and
Nupur Talwar's plea for
shifling the trial against them,
in the case of the murder of
their daughter Aarushi, from
Ghaziabadto Delhi. A bench of
justices B S Chauhan and J 5
Khehar also asked the trial
court, which is to hear the case
on February 29, to adjourn it
for one week
The couple submitted that
it has been a traumatic experience
for them to go to
Ghaziabad to face the trial
and that they also face security
threat there,
Senior Advocate Mukul
Rohatgi, appearing for them,
submitted that it would be
better to hold the trial in the
national capital as it would not
only be convenient to them but
also for the witnesses and the
prosecuting agency, the CR!.
The CE!, however,
opposed the plea, saying that
there has been attempt on the
part of the couple to delay the
trial and has assured the court
that proper securit9 arrangement
would be made for them
in Ghaziabad.
PNS

UPshrugs off nudge
on probing CM's
right hand man
PNS LUCKNOW
Paying no heed
to the
Lokayukta's recommendation
for a CBI or Enforcement
Directorate inquiry (ED)
into allegations of moneylatindering
against PWD Minister
Nasimuddin Siddiqui, the State
Government on Monday said
that as per rules, itwas notpossible
to take any action against
Siddiqui.
The Government's reply is
a much-awaited relief for
Nasimuddin Slddiqui who
holds over 15 portfolios in
Mayawati's Cabinet and is
regarded as the right hand
man of the Chief Minister.
Another senior Minister facing,
Ramveer Upadhyay might also
get shielded by the
Government in a similar
Lokayukta inquiry
Upadhyay has said that
the Lokayukta was crossing
hislimits by continuing inquiry
against him. Throwing a challenge
to the ombudsman, he
said that was powerful enough
to have theLokayukta removed
if he wanted.
Aspokesperson of the State
Government on Monday
evening said: "No legal action
was possible against
Nasimuddin Siddiqui as per
recommendations made by
Lokayukta Justice (retd) NK
Mehrotra under section 12 (4)
of UP Lokayukta Act since the
charges against him were not
related to any decision or action
taken by Siddiqui in the capacity
of a Minister'
The Government also
urged the Lokayukta to inform
the complainant in this case
that he was free to seek justice
under suitable laws from a
capable authority.
During the Lokayukta
inquiry, it was found that the
BJP outraged,
assails Maya
PNS" LUCKNOW
The
BJP expressed shock
over the letter writtenby
Chief Minister Mayawatl to
the Lokayukta daimin that
he had no right to recoth
mend any inquiry against her.
Cabinetcolleague
Naseemuddin Slddiqui.
The party said
Mayawati's move was shamefid
and that she was blindto
the corrupt ways of Siddiqui
who "enjoyed her blessing2'
State BJPpresident Surya
Pratap Shahi said
that the
Chief Minister had virtually
owned up to all the graft
charges against Siddiqui by
giving Mm her approval and
consent. "During the last
fiveyears, Siddiqul who holds
several important departments,
has looted the State
exchequer and acquired
immense movable and
immovable wealth and had
also handed over a larger
portion to the Chief
Minister" he said.
QP Educational Society run by
1-lusna Siddiqui had received
donations from about 300
fake donors.
During interrogation, several
office bearers of the educational
society admitted being
ignorant of the office and
other office bearers
institution.
of the
More over the assets
owned by the couple
(Nasimuddin and Husna
Siddiqui) was manifolds in
excess than the ITR fIled by
them during previous four
years.

SC reserves order
on shifting of trial
c'z in Aarushi case
PBD BUREAU/Ph
NEW DELHI, FEB 27
THE Supreme Court today
reserved its verdict on dentist
couple Rajesh and
Nupur Taiwars plea for
shifting the trial against
them in the case of the murder
of their daughter
Aarushi from Ghaziabad to
Delhi.
A bench of justices
Chauhan and JSIchehar also
asked the trial court, which
is to hear the case on
February29, to adjourn it for
one week. Pleading to shift
the trial to Delhi, the couple
has submitted that it has
been a traumatic experience
for them to go to Chaziabad
to face the trial and that they
also
there.
face security threat
Senior Advocate Mukul
Rohatgi, appearing for
them, has submitted that it
would be better to hold the
trial in the nationalcapital as
it would not only be convenient
to them but also for the
witnesses and the prosecuting
agency the CBI.
The CBL however, has
opposed the plea,
saying
that there has been attempt
on the part of the couple to
delay the trial and has
assured the court that proper
security arrangement
would be made for them in
S
Ghaziabad.
Additional Solicitor
General Haren Raval has
said that there were some
hidden motives behind filing
of the plea and that the
petition for transfer of the
case might have been filed
as section 438 of the
Criminal Procedure
Code
(relating to anticipatorybail)
is
not applicable in Uttar
Pradesh.
On January 6, the apex
court had cleared the decks
for the couples trial in the
murder case by dismissing
their plea to quash criminal
proceedings against them.
The bench had refused to
interfere With the lower
couris order, saying there
was nothing wrong in the
magistrates order of taking
cognisance of the charge
sheet summoning them. 14-
year-old Aarushi, the only
daughter of the Talwars,
was found dead at the familys
Noida residence on
the intervening night of
May 15-16, 2008.

CBI RECORDS TELECOM
SECRETARY STATEMENT
PRAMOD KUMAR
NEW DELHI, FE8.27
fle CDI, probing alleged Irregularitiet
committed in awarding
additional spectrum licences dur"
Ing farmer communications mln"
ister late Pramod Mahajan's
tenure, recently recorded the
statements ofthe then telecom
'secretary, Shyamal Ghash, and
twa farmer senior otticials of the
department of telecommunications
(DOT).
According to sources the agency
has so far registered the statements
oftotal 20 officials ofthe
DaT, including twa farmer wireless
advisors.
Statement of Mr Ghosh - has
been recorded under relevant sections
of the CrPC after filing an
FIR in the case.

CBI SAYS U.P. ORDERED
PROBE ON ITS REQIJEST
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, FEB. 27
CBI oftlelals on Monday malntained
that lt was on their request that the
UP government decided to recommend
a Cm probe into the alleged
murder ofan employee of the state
bealth department In Lakhlmpur
district. Mahendra Sharma, a cierk
wlth the state health department
was found dead under mysterk'its
circumstances on February 15. A
post mortem analysis had confirmed
that his death bad been
caused by smothering. Accordlng to
reports, Sharma bad been allegedly
suspended from his Job for not sign
Ing some ifies related to the
National Rural Health Mission
Programme. He bad been transferred
thrice in recent months and
had not received bis salary.

SC reserves verdict on
shifting Aarushi case
NEW DELHI, FE8.27
After the CBI strongly
opposed dentist couple
Rajesh 2a!war and -Nupur.
Talwärs plea f& shiftlng of
the high-profile case related
to the murder of their
daughter Aarushi aM
domestic heip, in which
they now stand as accused,
from the Ghaziabad court
to Delhi, the Supreme
Court on Monday reserved
verdict on the issue.
Additional
Solicitor
General Harm Ralval
pointed several "loopholes"
in the petition of Taiwars,
alleging that they even had
misrepresented" facts in
the apex court on two occasions
when their petitions
related to their ball and
appearance before the
Ghaziabad court were
being heard. A bench of
Justices ES. Chauhan amt
J.S. Khehar jeservM the
verdiet after Taiwars'
counsel Pinaki Mishra said
the couple faced real threat
to their lives as Rajesh was
attacked during an appearance
last year. However,
Raval said the couple Md
not come to the apex court
with clean hands as they
not only cast aspersion on
the Clii, which was "honest"
in telling in its report
to the Mal court that "no
evidence" was found
against them and left it to
the wisdom of the court to
take further action on the
report.

CBISEEKSTO
SHIFT BHAIIIWARI
CASE ACCUSED
AGE CORRESPONDENT
JAIPUR, FE8.27
The high court on Monday
in Jodhpur sought a reply
from the state government
In theßhanwarjDcvi case
regarding the CBT's plea to
shift the high-profile
accused
from Jodhpur jail
to some other place. The
CBI conterided that lt has
been under constant pressure
and witnesses were
threatened by iiffluential
people involved in the cas.
The agency has filed an
aflidavit in the court and
said witnesses have been
threatened. The court had
asked the agency to come
up with affidavit when CBI
lawyer Panney Singh made
verbal submission saying
the agency was receiving
tbreats from the high-profile
people.

SC reserves order on plea
for transfer in Arushi case
THE Supreme Court on Monday
reserved its order on petitions
by Rajesh and Nupurlaiwarseeking
transferof the Arushi murder
case from Ghazlabadto Delhi.
The CBI claimed that this was
an attempt to delay the trial.
The Taiwars submitted that,
apart from a threat to their iife
in Ghaziabad, a number of witnesses
were from Deihi.
Noting that the triai court had
posted the matter for hearing
on February 29, a bench ofJustices
B.S. Chauhan and J.S. Khehar
stressed that the parties
couid seek adjournment of the
matter by a week.
Senior counsel Mukui Rohatgi
stated that there was a murderous
attack on Rajesh outside the
court premises in Ghaziabad on
January 25, 2011. Apart from
this, the proceedings in Ghaziabad
were taking place in a
charged atmosphere, he said.
Senior counsel Pinaki Misra, on
the coupie's behaif, relied on a
-precedent where.a casewas
Rajesh and Nupur Taiwan
transferred after fears ofattack
on the accused by a rival gang.
"Where is the rival gang in this
case" the court asked.
Misra said the first CM team
that probed thematter, had held
the servants guilty but the second
team had changed the
direction ofthe probe. "There is
a class divide here," he said,
adding that the transfer would
make the trial convenient for all.
.Gyanqzgflijgh/Dei4

Topcop surrenders in encounter caSe
A XJam had been abscondmng since June2oll; CBI tried to contact Interpol for help
JAIPLIR, DHNS: Additional
Director General of Ra
Jasthan police A IC Jam,
wanted by CBI for hisrole In
an alleged fake encounter
case, surrendered before a
special court In Jaipur on
Monday.
Jam,59, had been abscondthg
after the Central Bureau of
Investigation filed a
chargesheet against him in
June last year, accusing him of
masterminding the fake en
counter ofDara Singh.
The special CE! court of
judge Mahendra Singhal sent
him tea day's judicial custody.
The CRI will move for his remand
on Thesday.
The CBI had mounted pressure
on Jam and had revoked
his passport, besides declaring
him a "proclaimed offender'
It also announced a reward of
Es 10 lakh for giving information
that maylead to his arrest.
Theagency had initiated the
processof securing an Interpol
'red corner notice' against him
on Saturday. as CBJ suspected
that Jam, a 1978-batch WS officer,
may have leftIndia.
Jam has been named by the
CBI in its chargesheet, accusing
him of allegedly killing
Singh in 2006 when he was
heading the Special Operations
Group (SOG)of Itajasthan police.
This is for the first time in
the history of the Indian Police
Service that such a senior officer
has been declared a pro
claimed offender. The CBI said
Sirgh was taken into illega] custody
by SOG officials from
Jaipur airport and was taken
to an isolated place near Amber.
He was kept hostage till
October 23, 2006 after which
hewas killed in cold blood.
'Circumstantial evidence
clearly shows that tiara was
murdered in cold blood by
SOG personnel, and the act
was monitored by A X Jam,
SOG SPA Ponnuchammi aM
Additional SP Arshad Ali,
along withother officials. During
this period, BJP MLARajendraßathore
wasin touch on
telephone with Jam," the
chargesheetstated.
Police claimed that Singh
was killed while fleeing from
custody.
But the CBI alleged that
there was animosity over supporting
rival gangs of liquor
smugglers between Rathore
and Singh. Singh was a bootlegger
operating in Rajasthan
and flaryana.

CBI wants
separate jails
for Bhanwari
case accused
JAIPUR The CE! on Monday
submittedan affidavit demanding
forshifting offormerWater
Resources Minister Mahipal
Maderna and MLA Malkhan
Singh from Jodhpurjail toseparate
prisons outside Jodhpur
for"free and fair investigation".
It said the two accused who
belong to prominent communitiesare
trying to influence
the investigation in the Bhanwan
Dcvi case. The CE! said
that it's also getting threats.
The investigating agency
however, didnt speci' who is
attempting to influence its investigation.
The Rajasthan High Court
sent notices tothe governmentto
reply before March 2
as to what action itis contemplating
under these circumstances.
The next hearingof
the case is on March 3. The
CB! has also demanded for
quashing ofthe habeas corpus
filed by Bhanwari's husband
Amarchand.
Singh and Maderna were
arrested a few months ago,
and are currently in Jodhpur
jail.The CE! on Monday said
that itwants the politicians to
be moved into separate jails.
!nvestigators said that both
menare powerful people and
theirrelations are influencing
witnesses from Jodhpur.
According to the CBI,
Singh, a Congress MIS and
Maderna, both had affairs
with Bhanwari Devi—an auxilarynurse
and midwife who
starred in local music videos.
She went missing from her
home near Jodhpur on Sep
tember 1 amid reports that
she was blackmailing Maderna,
then a minister, and
Malkhan, with a CD that
showed himsharingintimate
moments with her. The CBI
believes that she was kidnapped
and killed and that,
her body was set on fireby hitmen.
Amarchand, who persuaded
the courtto file a case
of rape and murder against
Maderna, has also been anrested
for allegedly assisting
her abduction.
DH News Service

CB'I to probe'
IPS officers
for shielding
colleague
MUMEAI: The Bombay High
Court on Monday directed the
Central Bureau ofInvestigation
(CBI) to probe the role of
two AdditionalDirector Generals
ofPolice, high-profile
Maharashtj-a Anti-Terrorist
Squad (ATS) chief Rakesh
Maria and fourother IPS officers
in manipulating investigations
into theircolleague X
LThshnoj's dubious clearance
oflawexams.
The probe order came in
the wake of allegations made
by formervice-principal of
Siddarth Law College Chitra
Salunke, who accused Inspector
General of Police Bishnoi
in her petition to theHigh
Court of managing toclear his
law graduation withthe help
of the then acting principal IA
Indar without undergoingthe
practical exams held on
March 12,2005.
In her petition, Salunkhe
stated that a probe was ordered
following her complaints
to the university authorities,
which was
investigated by Additional Director
Generals of police
Pankaj Gupta and Mohan
Rathod, ATS chiefMaria, Additional
Commissioner ofPolice
Sanjay Saxenaand three
Deputy Commissioners of Police-Naval
Bajaj, Brijesh
Singh andVishwas Nangre
Patil.
The petitioner had further
charged that the sevenIT'S officers
had submitteda false re
port to their superiors and
though she had lodged a complaint
with MaharashtraDirector
General ofPolice, on
February 10,2010, till date no
action has been taken.
"It is precisely becauseof
the camaraderie being shown
by Maharashtra cadre IPS officers
towards each other that
I would like a CBI probe into
the matter' Salunlche told the
court.
A division bench of JusticesVMKanadeandPD
Kode, while ordering a
probe, also directed CBI to
submit its report within three
months.
They also added that itwas
the dutyofa police officer to
carry out investigations
promptly and not dilly-dally.
DH News Service

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WiMax cue: CBI
conducts searches
NEW DELHI: The premises of
a former BSNL chairman,
three top officials, and a
company believed to be
close to the former
Telecom Minister, A: Raja,
werE searèhed by theCBI
on Saturday in connectkn
with the Rs.535-'crore
scam Mlegea intth
of contracts forWiMàx
services.

NRHM SCAM
Suppliers of medicines called the shots: CBI
Rajesli Ku mar Singh
" raJesasingh®bjndijstantjmos car''
LIJCKNOW:Private medicine suppliersand
hçt the officials of
the health and family welfare
department-called the shots
in the postings of chiefmedical
officers (CMOs) across UP
The idea was to sell the government
sub-standard medicines
and equipmeatat exorbi
tnnt rates under the National
Rural Health Mission (NRHM),
the CBI has found during its
investigation. The CMOS, who
recommended such medicines,
received a commission from the
drug suppliers. They even made
advance paymentto the suppliers
in violation of guidelines.
"The suppliers played broker
between the pharmaceutical
companies and the health
department for medicine supply
to government stores and
hosçAthis7 said a CR1 officerlb
ensure things went smoothly,
they got doctors oftheir choice
posted as CMOS.'
The racket was blown following
the interrogationof one
Mahendra Pandey. Beginning
as a liaison person of a pharmaceutical
company, Pandey
has ended qp a millionaire,
thanks to NRHM. He has propenies
inDelhi, Noida, Lucknow
and Ghaziabad and launched a
real estate flrm, Sleek
Construction Limited, in
Ghaziabad. His brothers
Surendra and Brij Bhusan
Pandey hunched a pharmaceutical
company, Sleek
Pharma, to grab the government's
medicine procurement.
tenders.

CBI targets doctors in
NRHM raids across UP
TIkIES NEWS NETWORK
Luckñow: CBI raided 23 lodatioñs across"
Uttar Pradesh's 12 districts on Saturday in
connection with the National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) scam. The raids werecarried
out with a focus on present and former
chief medical officers and their deputies,
whohavenowbeenpromoted. Thepremises
of a number of contractors and suppliers of
medical equipment and pharmaceuticals
were also searched The raids were on at
some places when reports last came in and
are understood to be a fallout of four fresh
FIRs that CBIregistered on Friday
In Lucknow, CBI searched the residences
of R S Verma, SK Shiloiya and Harish
Chandra, who are the Varanasi, Gorakhpur
and Ballia CMOs. Fortner Varanasi CMO K
M Tewari's residence was also searched.
His sonKshitij wasasked to accompany the
CBI teamafterthe search. DrTewarireportedly
scaled the boundary wall of his house
and fled when he sawthe CBlteam.
In Shrawasti, sleuths searched district
hospital records and in Gorakhpur the
R SVerma duringthe raid in Lucknow
premises of P P Verma weresearched. Vetma,
now posted at Gorakhpur District Hospital,
was CMO of Deoria when the misappropriation
of funds was detected. The
premises of MMEhan were also searched.
Khans involvement inthe scam is allegedly
related to hisstint as GondaCMO.
On Friday, CBI had conducted simultaneous
raids at 30 locations in 11 districts.
The searches focused on, contractors and
suppliers of medicines and equipments to
the government hospitals under NRHM.

CBI registers case, raids
officials in WiMax deal
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: CBI carried ouf
nationwide raids on Saturday
after registering a case
naming many officials of
BSNL and private firms in
grant of leased service area
contract foi deployment of
WiMax services forBSNL.
,jIrregularities in BSNL's
WiMax deal is yet another
contract in which ex-telecom
minister NRaja wasaccused
of manipulating provisions
of the tender to favour
a firm. But his name
doesn'tfigure in the CBIFIRA
spokespersàn said CBI
carried out searches at nine
places in Kolkata, Delhi, F'a-
nating
ridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon
and Chennai. "Incrimi
documents wererecovered,"
aspokesperson said-
"lt is alleged the public
servants had entered into a
criminal conspiracy among
themselves and in furtherance
of the said conspiracy,
the accused public servants
abusedtheirofflcialposition
ANOTHERRAJA L(NK
and ficilitated award of
franchisee forthree LSAs to
a private limited company"
The agency accused the
officials of "dishonestly and
intentionally
withholding
the sale of tender documents
in a fraudulent manner, and
allegedly diluting the eligibility'
conditions to accommodate"
to fthoüi Starnet
Communications, which
won the contract. CBI said
BSNL suffered an "estimated
wrongful loss of Rs 535.50
crore" because of the deal.
CBI said Starnetalso "did
not have the required qualification
of Rs 100 crore annualturnoverforthelast
two
years". Sources said CBI raidedthepremises
of ex-BSNL..
CMDKuldeep Goyal, former
director (consumer mobility)
BSNLR KAggarwal, formerGM
Pradèep Nagpaland
former DGM (strategic planningAnilKumar).
BSNLhadon June 3, 2009,
floated
tender for WiMax
franchise. CBl'spreliminary
enquiry found BSNL diluted
terms and conditions of the
contract to favour Starnet.

CBI files case over
BSNL WiMax deal
PRAMOD KUMAR
NEW DELHI, FEB.
The CEI on Saturday registered
a fresh case in connection
with the alleged
irregularities committed in
awarding Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL.)'s
Leasd Service Area (LSA)
contract for Worldwide
interoperability for
Microwave access (WiMax)
services to a private firm.
The LSA contract (worth
535 crores) for WiMax services,
which is being
probed by Hie agency, was
allegedly awarded during
former communications
minister A. Raja's tenure.
According to sources, Hie
FIR has been registered
against Hie then chairmancum-managing
direetor of
BSNL Kuldeep Goyal,
director, consumer mobilty,
R.K. Aggarwal, Hie then
general manager Pradeep
Nagpal and then DGM,
strategie planning, Anil
Kumar and senlor official
of a private company 8.
Manoharan.
Besides, two private companies
have also been
named In Hie FIR.
Immediately after registering
the FIR, Hie agency
officials conducted searches
at nine places In Delhl,
Faridabad, Ghazlabad,
Gurgaon, Chennal and
Kolkata. The CBI officials
recovered incrimlnating
documents during the
searches.
"The agency had earlier
registered a PE to prQbe
irregulai-ities in .BSNL's
WiMax deal. After collecting
evidence against BSNL
officials in the WiMax deal,
agency officials decided, to
convert the PE into a regular
case," sources said. lt
was Erst reported in this
newspaper th&t the CBI
will soon lodge an Ellt in
BSNL's WiMax deal.
Winiax is one of the technologies
that offers wireless
broadband services.
The agency in its FIR
said "The BSNL on June 3,
2009, floated tender tor
short-llstlng bidders tor
WiMax franchise. Accused
BSNL officials allegedly
abused their position and
facilitated award of ISA
contract tor development ot
WiMax services to a private
company by intentionally
wlthholdlng thesale of
tender documents in a
fraudulent manner, and;
allegedly diluting the eligibillty
conditions to accommodate
the company and
Ums causing an estlmated
wrongful loss ot approxlmately
1535.50 crores to
BSNL."
-' There are allegatlons
that the company dld not
have the requlred quallEcatlon
of !100 crores annual
turnover for the last two
years," sources said.

UP govt cafls for CBI probe
into accountant's death
LucknoW: The Uttar Pradesh
government on Sunday recothmended
a Cifi probe Into
the death of health department
accountant Mahendra
Kumar Sharmain lakhimpur
Rheri district.
"The state government has
recommended the probe and
a letter in this regard has been
sent by the state", a senior
home department official said.
The NRHM scam in the state
had turned murkier with
Sharmas death, the fifth victim
in the last one year after
the alleged bungling of over
Rs 10,000 crore of central
funds surfaced.
Sharma, 52, who was reported
missing since February
7wasfoundlying in a pool
of blood with severe injuries
on his head and face, from the
Pasgawan health centre of
Lakhimpur on February 15.
Two days later,on Februay
17, an FIR was registered
against six health officials, Including
the chief medicalofficer
and his deputy under sections
302 (murder) and 120 b
(criminal conspiracy).
Those against whom FIR
was lodged included chief
medical officer (CMO) Dr J P
Bhargava, deputy CMO Balbir
Singh, Pasgawan Community
'Mayagot hushing up NRHM scam
Shaiijahanpun Congress party has accused the Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) government in UttarPradesh oftrying to hidethe
tnithln the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam.
iittarPradesh Is steeped in corruption. This (National Rural
Health Mission scam) is a big example, which the government
Is trying todefend," Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi told
the mediain Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur city on the sidelines
bfa poll campaign here on Saturday.
The cm conducted fresh raids at 23 places across Uttar
Pradesh on Saturdayin connection with theNational Rural
Health Mission (NRHM) scam. Reports said raids were
conducted in Isicknow, Varanasi, Chaziabad, Kanpur, Jhansi
and Meerut.
The residences of chief medical officers and deputy chief
medical officers were also being raided, the CBI said.
Earlier, fouçfresh cases were registered by the CBI in
connectlin with alleged ethbezzlement of funds under NRHM
scheme. *r-'
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Health Centre (CHC) incharge
Dr S C Gupta and Pasgwan
CHC clerks !tajesh Hans,
Kuldeep and Munna Lal.
Ante-mortem smothering
was stated to be the cause of
the death in the autopsy report.
Six injury marks were
also found on his body
Victim's wife Mithilesh
had demanded CBI probe into
the matter while alleging that
her husband was murdered
and supected five health department
officials, including
Pasgawan community health
centre incharge. Sharma
was stated to be fifthvictim
in the alleged NRfIMscam.
In 2010-li, two senior
doctors Vinod Kuinar Arya
and B P Singh associated
with the health department
v2ere murdered within
months of each other.
Another doctor V S
Sachan, one of the accused
in NRllMscam was föünd,
dead in aLucknow jail.
In January, a UP Jal
Nigam engineer SunilVerma
allegedly committed
suicide
becase he was being
investigated in connection
with the scam. The news of
Sharma'sdeath had generated
a lot of hue and cry in
the poll season, with opposition
parties targeting BSP
over the matter. PTI
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CBI moves
baffle firms
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, FEB. 26
Tile
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CBI's investigations in
the VS. Jagan Moa
Reddy's assets case is baffling
top industrialists and
investors in Jagan's firms.
While the CBI is collecting
evidence against
Nimmagadda Prasad and
Penna Pratap Reddy, who
had invested a lot in Mr
Jagan's firms, the other
industrialists lilce AX.
Dandainudi, Madhav
Rainachandran who invested
only a few crores are
falling in line.
They have given statements
against Jagan's audi
tar Vijay Sal Reddy and
other accused in the case.
The CBI is now expecting
more industrialists to come
forward and depose with
them under Section 164 of
CrPC, a statement made in
front of a magistrate.
Mr Nimmagadda Prasad,
Potluri Vara Prasad of
Penna Group of Companies
and P Pratap Reddy are
named as accused in the
The CBI is now
expecting more
industriaflsts to
depose under
Section 164 of
CrPC in front of a
magistrate
case.
The focus of the probe is
mostly on allotments to
Vanpic and the Penna
group. Mr Nimmagada
Prasad has allegedly invested
!20 crore and Penna
cements !23 crore in
Camel Asia Holdings.
Dalmia
Cements allegedly
invested 150 crore and India
Cements !15 crore in
Raghuram Cements.
Mr Potuluri Vara Prasad
invested !146 crore, Mr
Nimmagada Prasad !100
crore and Penna Cements
!45 crore in Jagati
Publications Limited, the
CBI stated.

NRHM: CBI
conducts
fresh raids
Lucknow: The Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) conducted
fresh raids at 23places across Uttar
Pradesh on Satuitday in connection
with the National Rural
Health Mission (NRHM) scam. Reports
said raids were conducted
in Lucknow, Varanasi, Ghaziabad,
Kanpur,Jhansi and Meerut.
The residences ofchief medical
officers and deputy chief medical
officers were also being raided,
the CBI said. Earlier, four fresh
cases were registered by the CBI
in connection with alleged embezzlement
of funds -under
NRHM scheme.
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Fee for food coupons stirs protest
Tribals in Barwani write to chief minister that they are being charged Rs275,75 for being provided biometric cards and food coupons
DNA Correspondent BHOPAL
Tribais affiliated to ia;Yit
Adivasi flalir Sanriathan
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p rota eta ci age 'ci eta tea ot
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ted to p rovide tacit net
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circle acid ftion-1 rr.artpnne in
rite state.
In a letter written In
ciiiefniinisrereii FeL'naary
25, tri1etls and dalirs have
raregorised as API. and are
now bo jug forcoci to so]
gniIi, poi.i]try snd g(:)ats
pay the lee.
Theea fleerthey are hehig
tIler stat ad that LII tk is
they
register fr.:r the sr.r iveyc they
w i i" Lie denier! rat
icr
Fond rid. c ivi crcpp irs
COItlti]iSSIOIier Dipah Ras--
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are' itt and 1'!) to rni!ect.ors
oijhahoaand Baisvet,ti din
triers has ;.scrthnrteed en]--.
of this Dee. Virgo
Softech lad, a neenehe r of
tile lift eensorritnn isetrr
Ceat lv en ad r jet in nr.t n;eys
and data entrvratnpe,
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tilat tI'}S erore is being
levied ott the state s apnroxicrrately
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card itnklers itcost ntwltottt
The ttthak ti dettaflege
they are b&ng threatenedthat
uncsstheyrcqictcrfarehc
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tnpa thef
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t2IScrcreis beo9 teviedon
the states ap prox 8
akli APL
cardho deamost at wlorm are
ponrard ,cree.ofsuhsdsS
ta 015
0 505 SIn tietrseFves
rem
jected cc trot the prcecL
are poor in need o subsidoed
canons and this Thei have demanded a
looSe LOan flail sOcLola prca halt LU
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tile whole pmojcch 111t2 Rustogi stating, H would
proe.rr is a drain on the cxcheqeer
Re to sha ye veift yoi.t ft or
lee IcLet. the ilLOfl
be t{iOCirt
cv woe lii Irave been more ronsoitisory for pmvi]ing
us.ft.tl]y tepeLe Oh erhaurihig food ciltirioulatits under
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gratuw cardholders, orrordengro
narirenaI norms,"
tne],als
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UP writes to Centre
seeks CBI probe
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
LUCKNOW, FEBRUARY
DAYSbefore
Lakhimpur Kheri
goes to thepoiis, the
Mayawati government on
Sunday recommended a
CBI probe into the deathof
Health department purnor
clerk Mahendra Sharma
whose
decomposed body
was found in his flat at the
Pasgawan comunity health
centre premises on February
15.
Home Secretary Deepak
Kumar said a letter recommending
CBI investigation
had been sent tothe Centre.
The police said Sharma
had been missing since Feb
ruary 7 after he was asked to
submit records of funds re
ceived fromthe state govem
mont
for various NRHM
schemes. His body, bearing
injuiy marks, was tbund lying
in the kitchen. His family
HEALTH DEPT
CLERK DEATH
;tayed in Lakhimpur town,
90km away.
The post-mortem examination
found five antemortem
superficial injuries
on the upper part of the
body, including face, shoulder
and ears. It said the
death was caused by asphyxia
due to ante-mortem
smothering. Theviscerawas
sent for forensictests.
But the police ruled out
murder, as the two doors in
Sharma's flat were found
bolted from inside. The police
had to break into the flat
and the act was video
recorded. A openpacket of
sulphas, an insecticide, was
found in the bedroom.
However, a case of murderwas
registered against six
health officials of Lakhimpur,
including CMO J P
Bhargava and Deputy CMO
Balbir Singh, on a complaint
lodged by Sharma's wife
Mithlesh. The other four are
Superintendent of the CHC
S C Gupta, CHC clerk Rajesh
Kumar Hans and Tip
Health Ministerial Association's
Kheri district unit
president Kuldip Mishra and
secretary Muima Lal Verma.
She alleged that her husband
was being harassed to
sign certain documents in
back date and was killed
whenhe refused.
On Februaiy 22, the
Lakhimpur Kheri police
claimed it had found a suicide
note, addressed to the
district magistrate, carrying
Sharma's initials, blaming
Bhargava, Gupta and Hans
for driving him to suicide.
The police said the note accusedDr
Balbir Singhoftaking
bribe of Rs 20,000 to prevent
Sharma's transfer to
Dhaurahra in March 2010.

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CBI seeks
contempt case
against Talwar
Opposes shfUng of
tra to DeDh; says
aDDegations aganst
court, agency faDse
ABBAHAM THOMAS
'l°he
Ccrural Bureau of
i ini'csngsfioo (CRI), probfit
c Aarush Tcilwac too ccltt
care, hat denuoichd ICi taLl ii
of coirtetieciproc ceilings
clams c detithc Rajesh Uceiwa
for makina "fal.se' aileeations
against,
the Ci. aziabad court,
the sudge hearing the case, a act
the CRI forseeking tra.nefecof
the trial to
In an aftida',tc flel din the
Ssicsre.i].se C our ice resp 005cm
faia"a.r's petition to traaesler
the case outside tithe Pradesh,
the Clii assened there was no
threat tolift or'security of the
areiasert. '['hrc
probe agency
(JB SA S
1 HVN
THREATTOT E
LF
TALWA
RAESH
THE PROBE
AGENCY SAYS
RAJESHI YNG
IODE YTREAL
Iso dismissed siegetions levelled
liv hi m ftat the attn oc
phe c-c in the Slate was ceo
conducive for a. ICr trial arid
hi the court sloddd slap a
contempt c.ha.rge on. him for
"lowering the enaiesty of the
cost
Taiwarisol cii to sent francut
ofIhe case was hated on a
ci aces mcCcitt o.f icruucerv 25,
2011 cileeu a iueretath'tuceound
boy attaccied luau acetic a
kuile,
tie was identified as the same
pen on who had attacked a
high-profile accused ue anoth--
-r, t case in i-la
-
no nfl I toniotiiv,
after fit c md d.cnt, it watt fe
CR] ce]]dt]o] Talwar et]
approached
the '_our to bee I
up the Secuniv
clheCiltaftidavtrsaid,'cf
there was a recsi than in the
retinct
coot d.
of the petttsoreer, lie
have filed, the transfer
peatLion m niod is] ]:-1 V at] or the
crotch laut lie rti ct not file such
a pci ii icutas, n fit, Ci etc s as
rio teas: Stating that Sec ucky
at the clhaztahad court was
acequate for conducting the
trial, ciae agencysaid, ICier the
enId i noicic
n, the CS] courts.
witere tic is trial is to ho lie!ri,
were shifted fete. new building
trllciclie ha PrOper to cetdcecy
wail ore at! s tries a.reri has only
one eruatt entrance"
'the CU]
also rubbished
clainas by Ta-lw a rctta'c lie faa-cl
shiftod residence to Delhi feari
ng ft ma ]'e attacks. 'itt p robe
aaoncy pobttc'rl out tire cicutis
couple laced sic licdC ]roan Noida
to Uelfel ret earls's as 2008 soru
alter the murder.
"Their sic thing ro Uelh is
not at all comaeccecl to arty that
in tiasir mieadl cite a r-eaoy
addrd. Pitt rca! feat of the
aroused, CE'
outcto out, waa
he aissence cc-i aeictospatory
ball pioviso-o fCiPC Secilore
41St ha LiP
since 1975. Aaay
pr-rson arrested fee a nonbailable
offence cannot seek
protection from
arrest.
ABSEN EOF
ANIIC AIDRY
BAIL PROV{SION
(CRPC SECTON
438) IN UP 5
CAUSE OF
ALWA
DEMAND OF
SF
B
FT NG OF
AL CLAFMS
iowever, ft i provls ort exists
n D3th 1. Tn ,nlirccT rekr
-
eflce to herosjiltht) ofTtlwar
ookE n
to teflon one the co.;e
rho cvortt rho trial was its tiled
to Dodd, thu affidavit said,
"Such a, iasperatoei sill cads
mine the taith of the common
m an in the :1LUll cia] .sy..tem a nil.
will generate an ss nwa era nted
tendt cccv in which all intlac'n
t.ia]. persons a 11l seek t.raisster
of their cases to arm area where
exists an sphere ot iniluenref
Claiming ft at
'tltwa r's
petition was another pioy to
tichy the triad CBltac-intedoud
me petit to mac s dld not mci nyc
the tranCe rpetiteon uremnethstely
after the orders were
passed for the r a npcara nor in
Gl!,mzicbad court Oil Ia aJar,' 6.
2012 hut kemowimigly wailed
tillthe tas t day ssirchwa s fixed
tbr
their ar'rrearanre
helbre
filing this rranshrr nr-tlrinn so
that the3' can easily obtain
stay of the p roses chaos on
tseoum md oI urciem icy. 'liiis has
been clone only "to gaits time
and to aht.,se ad c p moses of
law" The fact that all witnesses
tea the cast arc Irons Noida
ns.aue thetll:U suggest tohrsnst
against shiftcng Lice trial to
Delhi,

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UP clears CBi
probe into
health dept
clerk's death
TIMES NEWS NETWOAK
chan, an accused in the murder
cases and the scam, was
found dead inside Lucknow
jail. This was followed by the
suicide of UP JalNigam engineer
Sunil Vernia, whose
house was raided by CBI.
Lucknow: The Uttat Pràdesh
government on Sunday recommended
a CBI probe into
the mysterious death of
health department clerk Mahendra
Sharma at Lakhimpur.
He was handling a section
of the .NRHM-furided project
at the Pasgawancommunity
health centre and his body
was found a week after he
wentmissing on February 7.
While police-had initially
claimed Sharma committed
suicide, his family insisted he
was murdeted. His autopsy
report revealed that he diedof
smothering. After the death
was highlighted by the media,
police lodged an FIR against
six persons, including Shar
ma's boss, the Lakhimpur
chief medical officer.
With elections at Lakhimpur
on March 3, the governmeñt
has recoended a CBI
probe. Government officials,
however, described the recomthendation
asroutine.
"The widow had lodged a
complaint with the district
magistrate on Saturday seeking
a CBL probe. Afterconsulting
police, the DM forwarded
his report to the government
for a probe," said a senior government
official. "The home
department held a meeting of
senior officials following
which the DM's recommendations
were forwarded to the
department of personnel and
training (DoFF) which handles
CBI. We're waiting for a
response fromCBL"
What inay have influenced
the government's décisiôn to
hand the case to CBI was the
recovery of Janani Suraksha
Yojana cheques from the site
here the body wa found. It
established that Sharma was
dealing with NRHM projectsif
CBI's probe, too,establishes
that Sharma died because of"
an NRHM funding dispute, he
willbe the fifthperson to have
losthislilein the scam.
The NRHM scam surfaced
in Aprilwhen two family welfare
department CMOs—V K
Arya and B P Singh were
shot within six months. - In
.June 2011, deputy CMO YS Sarhnn
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