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SC/ST scholarship scam: ED attaches Haridwar property of educational trust

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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that they have attached an immovable property worth Rs 5.06 crore situated in Haridwar, belonging to Aarti Charitable Educational Trust which runs Amrit Group of Colleges, Roorkee, in the case of SC/ST scholarship scam.
The total attachment in this case till date is Rs 12.13 crore.
The ED initiated the investigation under PMLA based on the FIR registered by Haridwar police.

During the course of investigation, it was learnt that Amrit Group of Colleges, Roorkee had fraudulently received huge amount of scholarships in the name of SC/ST students from Social Welfare Department, Haridwar for the period 2011-12 to 2016-2017.
“It was established that the institution had made false claims to obtain scholarship under SC/ST scholarship scheme which have been embezzled, siphoned off by Amrit Group of Colleges, Roorkee and caused huge financial loss to the public exchequer with wrongful gain to themselves,” an ED official said.
Investigation under PMLA revealed that this ill-gotten money was further diverted to either the personal bank accounts of the trustees of Aarti Charitable Educational Trust or to other accounts of the college, utilised for the expenses of the trust and withdrawn in cash.
Further, property worth Rs 1.45 Crore in the nature of land situated in Haridwar district belonging to Wali Gram Udhyog Vikas Sansthan, Roorkee which runs Techword Wali Gram Udhyog Vikas Sansthan, Group of Institutions, Roorkee and another property worth Rs 5.62 crore in nature of land and building situated in Haridwar district belonging to Seth Bimal Prasad Jain Educational Trust which runs Phonics Group of Institutions, Roorkee have also been attached.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 28, 2023
Andhra police invokes SC-ST Act against hotel for serving food on plates with Ambedkar’s picture: NCSC

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New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh Police has invoked the SC-ST Act against a hotel that served food on paper plates with the pictures of B R Ambedkar on those, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) said on Tuesday.
The NCSC received a complaint on July 8 last year through Twitter, alleging that food was served on paper plates with the picture of Ambedkar in a hotel in Konaseema district.
When a protest was staged against this by the members of Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, the hotel owner got an FIR lodged against 18 men.

The police arrested the 18 SC men and sent them to jail. Police investigated under sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and after finding the allegations against the hotel owner and the paper plate seller to be true, they were arrested.
NCSC Chairman Vijay Sampla said during a hearing, police informed the commission that the SC-ST Act and section 295A of the IPC have been added in the matter in accordance with the commission’s instructions.
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was enacted by Parliament to prevent atrocities and hate crimes against the members of the SC and ST communities. The Act is popularly known as the SC/ST Act, PoA or simply, the “Atrocities Act”.
The FIR against the 18 SC men was also cancelled at the hearing, Sampla said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 18, 2023
SC/ST organisations ask KCR to rename Hyderabad after Ambedkar

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Hyderabad: The All India Confederation of SC /ST organisations here has requested Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekhar (KCR) to rename Hyderabad district after Dr B.R Ambedkar.
According a letter dated March 30, the All India Confederation of SC /ST from Telangana asked KCR to change the name of the capital district in Telangana to Ambedkar Hyderabad.
The organisation also gave historic reasons for considering their request of changing the name of the capital. For example, it said Dr BR Ambedkar, who India’s constitution, got India’s first doctor literature degree from the Osmania University of Hyderabad. Ambedkar had also also suggested Hyderabad to become the second capital of India and so on.

It is humbly requested to CM of state to name Hyderabad district to Ambedkar Hyderabad district on the occasion of 132 birth anniversary celebration and inauguration of world tallest statue of Ambedkar to be held on 14 April 2023,” the release said.
The 45-foot wide and 125-foot long Dr B R Ambedkar statue will be inaugurated on April 14 in honour of Ambedkar Jayanti by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 3, 2023
Telangana HC rejects BJP MP Arvind’s plea in SC/ST atrocities case

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Hyderabad: The bench of Telangana High Court headed by chief justice Ujjal Bhuyan quashed Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind’s plea, seeking directions to drop a complaint lodged against him under the SC/ST Atrocities Prevention Act at the Nizamabad Police Station.
The judge ordered him to face trial in a case registered against him in Madannapet police station, by vacating its earlier order dated January 5, 2022, while directing the police to avoid taking any action against the MP.
D Arvind visited the Chanchalguda Central Jail in Hyderabad on October 31, 2021, to meet C Naveen Kumar alias Teenmar Mallanna. Later, speaking to media, he claimed the issue to be useless (lottapeesulu) and the complaint being filed as bogus SC/ST cases.
On January 2 this year, a social worker filed a complaint at Madannapet Police Station, alleging that Arvind had denigrated the SCs and STs by using the pejorative term ‘lottapeesulu’ (useless).
Following the complaint, a case under Section 3(1)(7) of SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities), Act was registered, which is a non-bailable offence.
During an earlier hearing, the CJ advised the MP to be more careful during public meetings and restrain from uttering such words.
However, Arvind spoke about the bogus SC, ST cases registered against many persons, at the press conference and filed a criminal petition in the court seeking the quashing of the FIR.
Upon the request of the counsel of MP, the CJ kept the day’s order in abeyance for 30 days to enable the petitioner to avail alternate remedy.

To give the petitioner time to seek an alternative remedy, CJ Ujjal Bhuyan suspended the ruling for 15 days at the request of MP Arvind’s attorney.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 18, 2023
Filing chargesheet in each case lodged under SC-ST Act not mandatory: Allahabad HC

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Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Friday said it is not mandatory to file a chargesheet in each case lodged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act after an FIR is registered in the matter.
“The intention of the legislature is that the investigating officer would file the chargesheet, if, during the probe, he finds adequate evidence against the accused,” the Lucknow bench of the court said.
A bench of Justices Rajan Rai and SK Pachauri passed the order on a petition filed by Gyanendra Maurya. Dismissing the petition, the bench said the legislative intent has to be understood logically.
The petitioner had challenged certain provisions of the Act, saying those should be struck down as those mandate that once an FIR is registered, the investigating officer is bound to submit a chargesheet.
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February 3, 2023