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BJP slams AAP for questioning ED over excise policy case

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New Delhi: The BJP on Friday slammed the Aam Adami party and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning the Enforcement Directorate’s supplementary chargesheet filed in connection with the excise policy case.
Addressing a press conference here, BJP leader and Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi said, “Anyone trying to question the ED is trying to question the apex court. The judiciary has upheld that ED’s job is to mitigate corruption in the country. The way the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is questioning the ED, it is becoming clear that Arvind Kejriwal is with those who indulge in corruption. Kejriwal does not want corruption to end in this country.”
She also alleged that the ED chargesheet makes it clear that “AAP has an alliance with unregulated businesses”.
“The ED has proved through its investigation that AAP was indulging in corruption under the guise of liquor policy. Along with this, the agency also revealed that Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia were also involved in this,” Lekhi said.
The court on Thursday took cognisance of the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against five individuals and seven companies in connection with alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy, which was withdrawn last year by the AAP government after a CBI probe was recommended into the matter.
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February 3, 2023
Court grants bail to ex-Maha minister Anil Deshmukh’s aide in corruption case

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Mumbai: A special court on Friday granted bail to Kundan Shinde, an aide of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, in a corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Special CBI judge S H Gwalani allowed the bail plea of Shinde, who worked as a personal assistant to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Deshmukh, Shinde’s lawyer Aniket Nikam said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had in June 2021 arrested Shinde in connection with a money laundering case, and later the CBI took his custody in a corruption case.
A special PMLA court on Wednesday allowed Shinde’s bail plea in the money laundering case.
Other accused in the case include Anil Deshmukh and dismissed assistant police inspector Sachin Waze. Deshmukh is out on bail, while Waze continues to be in judicial custody.
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in March 2021 alleged that Deshmukh, the then home minister, had given a target to police officers to collect Rs 100 crore per month from restaurants and bars.
Former assistant police inspector Waze, who was arrested in the case of an explosives-laden vehicle found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house in Mumbai last year, had also levelled similar allegations.
The high court in April 2021 directed the CBI to carry out a preliminary inquiry.

Based on the inquiry, the central agency had registered an FIR against Deshmukh and others for alleged corruption and misuse of official power.
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February 3, 2023
Delhi excise policy case: Govt’s loss of Rs 581 cr was diverted as profit to accused, says ED

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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has claimed in its supplementary chargesheet filed in connection with the excise policy case that the Delhi government lost revenues of about Rs 581 crore by providing a margin of 12 per cent to private wholesalers (L1 licence holders).
This 12 per cent commission was given to them by not paying heed to the expert committee headed by IAS Ravi Dhawan, as per the chargesheet.
The ED claimed that the loss was diverted to ostentatious profits to the wholesalers, including accused M/s Indo Spirits which was used to recoup the kickbacks paid in advance by the ‘south group’.
“In order to create a device for continuous payment of kickbacks to Vijay Nair, an unheard of margin of 12 per cent was provided to the private wholesalers contrary to the recommendations of the expert committee headed by Ravi Dhawan, then excise commissioner, which suggested for a single government entity as wholesaler for Delhi.
“On this account, the government lost revenues of Rs 581 crore that would have accrued to it in case the expert committee recommendations were accepted by the government, which in the subject policy was assigned to private players, only to fill the personal coffers of AAP leaders,” the chargesheet read.
The ED has also claimed in the chargesheet that the ‘south group’ directly and indirectly controlled nine retail zones, which included five retail zones of Sarath Reddy.
In some cases, the control was via financing of the EMD (earnest money deposit) for the process, ostensible investments, relatives/dummies/proxies.
Apart from the direct profits accruing from the wholesale business of Indo Spirits, the modus operandi for recovering the kickback paid in advance by the ‘south group’, monies in the form of outstanding from the ostensible sales from the wholesale of Indo Spirits to retail of the ‘south group’ with an understanding that the outstanding was not to be recovered and the amount will be shown as recoverable in the books of account, the chargesheet said.

“Sarath Reddy’s controlled entities owed over Rs 60 crore to Indo Spirits, which is shown as outstanding but was not meant to be recovered as part of the conspiracy,” the ED claimed.
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February 2, 2023
Paresh Rawal gets HC relief till Monday in case over comment on Bengalis

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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court directed the police not to take any coercive action against actor Paresh Rawal till Monday in connection with an FIR filed by CPI(M) West Bengal secretary Mohd Salim whereby it was alleged that he made derogatory comments about the Bengali community.
The court directed Salim’s lawyer to take instruction from the CPI(M) leader about his position on the FIR as the actor claimed that he has apologised for his statement.
Rawal, a BJP leader, moved the high court seeking quashing of the FIR against him and a notice by the police to appear before it on February 4 in connection with the case.
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the police not to take coercive action against Rawal till Monday, when the matter will be taken up for hearing again.
The court directed Salim’s lawyer Shamim Ahmed to take instruction from the leader about his position on the issue and inform it on Monday.
Rawal stated in the petition that his speech delivered in Gujarati on November 29, which he did during election campaign for the Gujarat assembly elections, was misinterpreted and mistranslated allegedly for political vendetta.
He claimed to have clarified his statement and apologised on December 2, on which date Salim filed an FIR at Taltala police station in Kolkata over the comments made by the actor in the speech.
Rawal claimed in his petition that he had clarified through Twitter that by “Bengali”, he meant illegal immigrant Bangladeshis and Rohingyas in India and not otherwise.

He stated that he has been given notices by the police here under CrPC’s section 41A for appearing before it in connection with the FIR.
Alleging that the investigation is partisan, he prayed for quashing the notice issued to him by the police and the probe into the matter.
He also prayed that no coercive action be taken against him in connection with the case registered against him at Taltala police station.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 2, 2023
Delhi excise scam case: Kavitha, others gave bribes worth Rs 100 cr to AAP leaders, ED alleges

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Hyderabad: BRS MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla and others who the Enforcement Directorate called the ‘South Group’ gave kickbacks to the AAP leaders to the tune of Rs 100 crore, the 400 page chargesheet filed by the agency said.
“Sh Vijay Nair, on behalf of leaders of AAP has received kickbacks to the tune of Rs. 100 Cr from a group, for convenience, we may call it the South Group (as termed in the statements of various persons recorded during the investigation), whose prominent persons are Sh Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, Sh Raghav Magunta, Sh Sarath Reddy and Ms K Kavitha. The South Group was represented by Sh Abhishek Boinpally, Sh Arun Pillai and Sh Buchi Babu. Sh Abhishek Boinpalli facilitated the transfer of Rs. 100 Cr kickback in connivance and conspiracy with Sh Vijay Nair and his associate Sh Dinesh Arora,” the ED chargesheet read.
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February 2, 2023
Govt Employee Arrested In Narwal Blasts Case, Drone-Dropped ‘Perfume IED’ Recovered: DGP

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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough in January 21 Narwal, Jammu blast by arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant, who is also a government employee, from whose possession a “perfume IED”, first of its kind, was recovered.
Addressing a press conference in Jammu, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh, as per news agency KNO, said that after 11 days of hardwork of the Jammu police, a major success was achieved in the form of arrest of one Arif Ahmed, a resident of Reasi district of Jammu.
“Arif is a government employee and is an active militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit. He was working at the behest of Qasim, a Reasi resident and his uncle Qamardin, also a Reasi resident, presently in Pakistan, who are part of LeT,” the DGP said. He said Arif was involved in three IED blast incidents—Shahstri Nagar, Katra and January 21 incident of Narwal, Jammu.
“So far we had seen IED with explosive materials, sticky bombs and timer fitted IEDs but a new type of IED was recovered from Arif which is Perfume IED. This IED is in a bottle form and seems like a perfume bottle but contains explosive material,” the DGP said, adding that “since the IED is new to us, experts will see how harmful and how powerful it can be. We have not touched it so far.”
He said that the main aim of these IEDs is to target innocent people and to trigger communal hatred in the Jammu region. “Arif will not only lose his job but a strong dossier will be prepared against him. He was a very clever operative. He had burnt all the evidence be that his clothes, shoes and that he even set ablaze his mobile phone as well. But police worked hard on even small inputs and leads that led to the arrest of Arif,” he said, as per KNO.
The DGP said that IED’s received by Arif were air-dropped through drones. “He has confessed to the crime,” he said. To a query about Danghri, Rajouri incident and the fate of probe, the DGP said that the investigations are in the advance stage and the output will be shared with the media men shortly.
Asked about further links of Arif and possible Kashmir connection, the DGP said that so far it has not been seen that Kashmiri youth are coming to Jammu for militancy or for that matter Jammu youth going to Kashmir. “Further investigations are on,” he said.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

February 2, 2023
Three Arrested In Rajouri IED Recovery Case

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SRINAGAR: The Rajouri police have arrested three persons who were behind planting two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on January 8 and 18 in the district.
Quoting Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Haseeb Mughal newspaper The Tribune reported that the accused have been identified as Majid Dar, a local of Rajouri town; Zohaib Khan of Manjakote in the district; and their leader Mohammad Jabbar of Darati village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakot of Poonch district. Jabbar’s brother Mohammad Ibrar who was involved in terror activities is already in jail.
The module was working on the directions of their handlers across LoC who are associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group. Many IEDs have been seized from their possession that were supposed to be used in other attacks,” said the DIG.
Two IEDs were seized from different areas of Rajouri, including Dandote in Budhal on January 8 and Kheora within the town on January 18. The DIG informed that it was on the basis of information by locals that they were able to make the arrests. Electronic signatures were also used to authenticate the information.
“The IED in town was placed near a shortcut to GMC Rajouri which is used by many people. The explosive had the sophisticated mechanism of pressure as well as timer. In case no one stepped on the IED, it would have gone off in a time set by the planter,” said the DIG.

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February 2, 2023
Retd HC judge to monitor crime branch probe into Odisha minister’s murder case: Official

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Bhubaneswar: A former Orissa High Court judge will monitor the police crime branch investigation into the murder of health minister Naba Kishore Das, an official said on Wednesday.
The home department had earlier requested the Orissa High Court to name a judge to monitor the investigation being carried out by the crime branch of the police.
The administration had made such a request to the high court to “maintain transparency in the investigation” in the wake of a demand for an impartial inquiry into the incident, a home department official said.
“The high court suggested the state government to engage Justice (Retd) J P Das to supervise and monitor the probe,” he said.
The state government had earlier announced the crime branch inquiry into the incident immediately after the state health minister was murdered.
Das, 60, breathed his last on January 29 evening, hours after he was shot by a policeman at Gandhi Chhak in Brajrajnagar area of Jharsuguda district, where he had gone to attend an event.
Earlier, the opposition BJP had demanded a CBI probe into the incident, claiming that the “Odisha police could not deliver justice as a policeman was the prime accused in the case”.
The Congress also demanded a court-monitored special investigation team to probe into the incident or a judicial inquiry.

Meanwhile, the Odisha assembly informed the Election Commission that the Jharsuguda assembly seat fell vacant after the death of Das on Sunday.
According to norms, an assembly or Lok Sabha constituency cannot remain vacant for more than six months, the official said.
“As the election to the Odisha assembly is due next year, a by-poll to Jharsuguda seat may be held. The EC will take the final call,” he added.
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February 1, 2023
Activist Shoma Sen seeks discharge in Elgar Parishad case

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Mumbai: Activist-academician Shoma Sen, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on Tuesday moved an application before a special court here seeking discharge in the matter on the ground she has been falsely arrested and implicated for “exposing illegal arrests, torture and deaths of those defending their fundamental rights”.
She moved the plea, through advocate Sharif Shaikh, before judge Rajesh Katariya, presiding over the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court.
The court will hear the matter on February 14.
Sen, an English literature professor and Dalit and women’s rights activist, was arrested on June 6, 2018. She is currently in jail under judicial custody.
“Applicant (Sen) has been falsely arrested and her implication in the present offence is with mala fide and prejudiced intent merely because she has been a consistent defender of human rights and civil liberties which, many a time, have exposed illegal arrests, torture and deaths of those defending their fundamental rights,” her plea said.
The NIA, which is investigating the case, has claimed incriminating material against the accused was found in the computer of a co-accused.
However, the activist, in her plea, said letters and communications allegedly containing incriminating material against the accused persons in the case were neither in her possession, nor addressed to her, or by her.
Hence, to infer that these communications are authored by or addressed to some of the accused is “merely a baseless and prejudiced claim” that cannot be used as a ground to frame charges against her as this evidence would be deemed to be based on hearsay, said the application.

There is no proof that the name “Shoma” in any of the so-called electronic letters/ communications refers to the applicant, the plea said.
There are simply no indications that the so-called electronic letters/communications were authored by or addressed to any member of the proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist), it said.
The academician further claimed there is a selective and prejudicial targeting of the applicant and other accused.
Sen also sought discharge on the ground she has a host of health-related issues and is under medication for acute ailments such as glaucoma, hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome and advanced arthritis, among others.
The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held at Shaniwarwada in Pune city on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the city’s outskirts.
The Pune police, which initially probed the case, had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists.
Later, the probe in the case, in which more than a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused, was transferred to the NIA.
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January 31, 2023
Bootlegger arrested in Hiller Kokernag, Illicit Liquor recovered, Case registered.

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Anantnag: Continuing its drive against the menace of drugs and illicit liquor, Kokernag Police in wee hours arrested one bootlegger at Hiller Kokernag and recovered illicit liquor from his possession.
Kokernag Police led by SHO Kokernag Nisar Ahmad Hurrah along with Police Party recieved specific information about the illicit liquor during search of residential house of Mohd Yousuf @ Chola son of Hussain Sheikh Resident of Hiller area of Anantnag and recovered 76 bottles of 750 ml Tum, 9 bottles of 750 ml Whiskey & 27500 Cash.
Upon this Case under relevant sections of law was registered under FIR no 12/2023,in PS Kokernag further investigation was taken up.
Kokernag Police requested General to extend cooperation to the Police and come forward with any information regarding anti-social activity in their area.
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January 31, 2023