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  • CBI files charge sheet in APPSC question paper leak case

    By PTI

    ITANAGAR: The CBI has filed charge sheet against 10 accused persons in a local court here, in the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission conducted assistant engineer (civil) examination question paper leak case.

    The premier investigating agency filed the charge sheet at the District and Sessions Court in Yupia near here, on Thursday, sources at the state police department said.

    The case pertains to question paper leak of the assistant engineer (civil) exam for 2021, conducted by the APSSC.

    The CBI had taken over the investigation on October 27 this year after the state government recommended for a probe by the agency.

    The case was initially investigated by the Capital police and later transferred to the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the state police.

    The paper leak incident came to light after one Gyamar Padung, a candidate of the examination, filed a police complaint before the Itanagar police station on August 29 claiming that he suspected that the AE (civil) examination paper had been leaked.

    More than 400 candidates appeared in the examination held on August 26 and 27 this year. The SIC had arrested 10 persons including APPSC’s deputy secretary cum controller of examination Taket Jerang.

    APPSC chairman Nipo Nabam had on October 14 resigned on moral grounds. The state government had also ordered probe of all exams conducted by the APPSC since 2014 by the SIC (Vigilance). The SIC so far had arrested 32 people in various cases.

    “The arrests were made following detailed interrogation and technical and financial analysis of the suspects. The SIC’s investigation into the paper leak matter is ongoing and all facts are being investigated in detail. All legal formalities and norms of professionalism are being maintained during the investigation,”

    SIC SP Anant Mittal said, adding that the SIC is committed to ensuring justice for the aggrieved candidates of various exams.

    ITANAGAR: The CBI has filed charge sheet against 10 accused persons in a local court here, in the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission conducted assistant engineer (civil) examination question paper leak case.

    The premier investigating agency filed the charge sheet at the District and Sessions Court in Yupia near here, on Thursday, sources at the state police department said.

    The case pertains to question paper leak of the assistant engineer (civil) exam for 2021, conducted by the APSSC.

    The CBI had taken over the investigation on October 27 this year after the state government recommended for a probe by the agency.

    The case was initially investigated by the Capital police and later transferred to the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the state police.

    The paper leak incident came to light after one Gyamar Padung, a candidate of the examination, filed a police complaint before the Itanagar police station on August 29 claiming that he suspected that the AE (civil) examination paper had been leaked.

    More than 400 candidates appeared in the examination held on August 26 and 27 this year. The SIC had arrested 10 persons including APPSC’s deputy secretary cum controller of examination Taket Jerang.

    APPSC chairman Nipo Nabam had on October 14 resigned on moral grounds. The state government had also ordered probe of all exams conducted by the APPSC since 2014 by the SIC (Vigilance). The SIC so far had arrested 32 people in various cases.

    “The arrests were made following detailed interrogation and technical and financial analysis of the suspects. The SIC’s investigation into the paper leak matter is ongoing and all facts are being investigated in detail. All legal formalities and norms of professionalism are being maintained during the investigation,”

    SIC SP Anant Mittal said, adding that the SIC is committed to ensuring justice for the aggrieved candidates of various exams.

  • Babri Masjid demolition case: AIMPLB to move SC against CBI court acquittal of 32 accused

    By PTI

    AYODHYA: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will move the Supreme Court against a CBI special court acquittal of all the 32 accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, an official of the board said on Wednesday.

    The CBI court had on September 30, 2020 acquitted the accused including former deputy prime minister L K Advani in the case after which two Ayodhya residents — Haji Mahboob and Syed Akhlaq — moved a revision petition before the Allahabad High Court.

    A two-judge bench of the High Court rejected the revision petition on November 9 this year, saying the appellants had no locus to challenge the judgment as they were not victims of the case.

    AIMPLB executive member and spokesperson Syed Qasil Rasool Ilyas said the board has now decided to move the Supreme Court against the acquittal.

    “We are certainly going to approach the Supreme Court as the apex court in the Ayodhya Verdict itself has accepted that the demolition of Babri Masjid was a criminal act,” he told PTI.

    “The five-judge Supreme Court bench that delivered the historic Ayodhya verdict had termed the Babri Masjid destruction a serious violation of the rule of law and the accused are still out of the reach of Law,” he added.

    He said appellants Haji Mahboob and Syed Akhlaq were CBI witnesses and their houses were attacked and burnt on December 6, 1992 by a mob that was gathered by the accused.

    He said Mahboob and Akhlaq lived in the close vicinity of Babri Masjid.

    Mahboob and Akhlaq had moved the High Court on January 8, 2021 against the CBI Court judgement.

    While rejecting the petition, the High Court said in its order, “In view of the foregoing discussion, this Court is of the opinion that the instant criminal appeal filed on behalf of the appellants under Section 372 Cr.P.C., under the facts and circumstances of the case, is liable to be dismissed on the ground of non-availability of the locus of the appellants to challenge the impugned judgment and order dated September, 30, 2020 passed by the trial Court, hence the same is, accordingly, dismissed.”

    AYODHYA: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will move the Supreme Court against a CBI special court acquittal of all the 32 accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, an official of the board said on Wednesday.

    The CBI court had on September 30, 2020 acquitted the accused including former deputy prime minister L K Advani in the case after which two Ayodhya residents — Haji Mahboob and Syed Akhlaq — moved a revision petition before the Allahabad High Court.

    A two-judge bench of the High Court rejected the revision petition on November 9 this year, saying the appellants had no locus to challenge the judgment as they were not victims of the case.

    AIMPLB executive member and spokesperson Syed Qasil Rasool Ilyas said the board has now decided to move the Supreme Court against the acquittal.

    “We are certainly going to approach the Supreme Court as the apex court in the Ayodhya Verdict itself has accepted that the demolition of Babri Masjid was a criminal act,” he told PTI.

    “The five-judge Supreme Court bench that delivered the historic Ayodhya verdict had termed the Babri Masjid destruction a serious violation of the rule of law and the accused are still out of the reach of Law,” he added.

    He said appellants Haji Mahboob and Syed Akhlaq were CBI witnesses and their houses were attacked and burnt on December 6, 1992 by a mob that was gathered by the accused.

    He said Mahboob and Akhlaq lived in the close vicinity of Babri Masjid.

    Mahboob and Akhlaq had moved the High Court on January 8, 2021 against the CBI Court judgement.

    While rejecting the petition, the High Court said in its order, “In view of the foregoing discussion, this Court is of the opinion that the instant criminal appeal filed on behalf of the appellants under Section 372 Cr.P.C., under the facts and circumstances of the case, is liable to be dismissed on the ground of non-availability of the locus of the appellants to challenge the impugned judgment and order dated September, 30, 2020 passed by the trial Court, hence the same is, accordingly, dismissed.”

  • Plea in HC to transfer Shraddha Walkar murder case from Delhi Police to CBI

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI:  A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking a direction to transfer the investigation into the Shraddha Walkar murder case from Delhi Police to the CBI, alleging that presence of media and public at places of recovery amounts to tampering of evidence.

    The plea, which is likely to be listed for a Wednesday hearing, alleged that the Delhi Police has revealed every detail to the media and public regarding the investigation which is not permitted under the law.

    It claimed that the Delhi Police have not sealed the alleged place of the incident to date which is continuously being accessed by the public and media personnel.

    Walkar was murdered by 28-year-old Aaftab Poonawala, who sawed her body into 35 pieces and dumped the body parts across the city over several days past midnight.

    “The incident of murder is alleged to have been taken place in Delhi and after that the body parts have been alleged to have disposed at different places, thus investigation of Police Station Mehrauli cannot be efficiently be carried out due to administrative/ staff paucity as well as lack of sufficient technical and scientific equipment to find out the evidences and the witnesses as the incident had taken place about six months back in May, 2022,” the petition filed by Joshini Tuli submitted.

    The plea, filed through advocate Joginder Tuli, claimed that sensitive details of the investigation by the Delhi Police have so far been revealed to public persons through the media which has led to tampering of sensitive evidence.

    “The presence of media and other public persons at the place of recoveries, court hearings etc. of any accused amounts to interference with the evidence and witnesses in the present case,” it alleged.

    On November 17, a trial court had permitted the police to question the accused for five more days in its custody, while another judge had allowed his narco analysis test to unravel the sensational case after he consented to undergo the forensic procedure.

    Earlier, the accused was sent to five days in police custody.

    NEW DELHI:  A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking a direction to transfer the investigation into the Shraddha Walkar murder case from Delhi Police to the CBI, alleging that presence of media and public at places of recovery amounts to tampering of evidence.

    The plea, which is likely to be listed for a Wednesday hearing, alleged that the Delhi Police has revealed every detail to the media and public regarding the investigation which is not permitted under the law.

    It claimed that the Delhi Police have not sealed the alleged place of the incident to date which is continuously being accessed by the public and media personnel.

    Walkar was murdered by 28-year-old Aaftab Poonawala, who sawed her body into 35 pieces and dumped the body parts across the city over several days past midnight.

    “The incident of murder is alleged to have been taken place in Delhi and after that the body parts have been alleged to have disposed at different places, thus investigation of Police Station Mehrauli cannot be efficiently be carried out due to administrative/ staff paucity as well as lack of sufficient technical and scientific equipment to find out the evidences and the witnesses as the incident had taken place about six months back in May, 2022,” the petition filed by Joshini Tuli submitted.

    The plea, filed through advocate Joginder Tuli, claimed that sensitive details of the investigation by the Delhi Police have so far been revealed to public persons through the media which has led to tampering of sensitive evidence.

    “The presence of media and other public persons at the place of recoveries, court hearings etc. of any accused amounts to interference with the evidence and witnesses in the present case,” it alleged.

    On November 17, a trial court had permitted the police to question the accused for five more days in its custody, while another judge had allowed his narco analysis test to unravel the sensational case after he consented to undergo the forensic procedure.

    Earlier, the accused was sent to five days in police custody.

  • J-K Police SI recruitment scam: CBI files charge sheet against 24 including former BSF commandant

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI:  The CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet against 24 people, including a former BSF commandant, for allegedly leaking the question paper of a police sub-inspector recruitment examination conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board, officials said.

    In its charge sheet filed before a special court in Jammu, the Central Bureau of Investigation said Yatin Yadav of Rewari had accessed the question paper through an Okhla-based printing press employee Pradip Kumar Katiyar.

    Yadav used a network of middlemen and officials of Jammu and Kashmir Police and central paramilitary forces to target aspirants willing to cough up Rs 20-30 lakh to get through the recruitment process through which 1,200 posts in the Jammu and Kashmir Police were to be filled up, the officials said.

    NEW DELHI:  The CBI on Saturday filed a charge sheet against 24 people, including a former BSF commandant, for allegedly leaking the question paper of a police sub-inspector recruitment examination conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board, officials said.

    In its charge sheet filed before a special court in Jammu, the Central Bureau of Investigation said Yatin Yadav of Rewari had accessed the question paper through an Okhla-based printing press employee Pradip Kumar Katiyar.

    Yadav used a network of middlemen and officials of Jammu and Kashmir Police and central paramilitary forces to target aspirants willing to cough up Rs 20-30 lakh to get through the recruitment process through which 1,200 posts in the Jammu and Kashmir Police were to be filled up, the officials said.

  • Court orders to proceed with framing charges against cops who handled rape case against Sengar

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A special court has ordered to proceed with the matter of framing charges against three Uttar Pradesh policemen who initially handled the rape case against ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017 for failing to record allegations of the minor victim against the leader, officials said.

    The court recently rejected the petition of Kunwar Bahadur Singh, then posted as Circle Officer of Safipur in Unnao, seeking discharge from the case filed by the CBI.

    The case was lodged under Section 166A of the Indian Penal Code, for not recording the victim’s complaint that she was raped by Sengar on June 4, 2017, they said.

    Facing inaction even after her complaint to the Chief Minister’s Office remained unaddressed, the victim attempted to self-immolate in front of the chief minister’s residence in Lucknow on April 8, 2018, which snowballed into a major political issue in the state.

    Besides Singh, the court has also ordered to proceed with the case of framing of charges against D P Shukla, former SHO of Makhi Police Station and Digvijay Singh, sub-inspector, who were also charge-sheeted, they said.

    It is alleged that the victim in her application to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on August 17, 2017, had alleged that she was raped by Sengar on June 4 that year and later gang-raped by three other men on June 11, but the police did not take any action on her complaint.

    Her complaint was registered in Chief Minister’s grievance portal and forwarded to Kunwar Bahadur Singh for inquiry.

    The victim had appeared before Singh and admitted that she had made the complaint, the CBI inquiry showed.

    Singh had forwarded the complaint to DP Shukla who handed it over to Digvijay Singh who had conducted the inquiry.

    In the inquiry report submitted on August 24, 2017, Digvijay Singh said a case was already registered, referring to the incident on June 11, 2017, at Makhi Police Station in which a charge sheet has already been filed but it did not say anything about rape by Sengar June 4, 2017.

    “He further mentioned in the report that other allegations of the complainant are baseless and false and she is habitual of giving the applications,” the CBI has alleged.

    Sengar has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court for raping the minor who had come to his house seeking employment on June 4, 2017.

    Based on the inquiry report submitted by Digvijay Singh, Kunwar Bahadur Singh also submitted his report on November 25, 2017, in which he mentioned details of the action by police in the incident of June 11, 2017, but nothing was mentioned of the June 4 incident, the court has noted.

    The CBI has alleged these officers being the public servants had neither properly enquired nor ensured proper enquiry of the allegations, particularly related to the complaint of rape against Sengar.

    Without giving specific findings in his report to senior officers, Kunwar Bahadur Singh termed the minor’s complaint against the then MLA “false and baseless”.

    This recommendation was not only made in reference to the case sent from the Chief Minister’s Office but also in previous complaints filed by the victim, mentioning both incidents of rape, before different authorities which were also marked to Kunwar Bahadur Singh, the CBI has alleged.

    The agency has alleged that the three officers did not perform their duties as per the statutory mandate in respect of the rape complaint against Sengar even after receipt of the “first information of cognizable offence and had failed to record the information being public servants” hence committed offence under IPC section 166A.

    Kunwar Bahadur Singh had filed an application before a special court here to discharge him from the proceedings as he was not responsible for the actions of his junior officers — D P Shukla and Digvijay Singh.

    “In the considered opinion of this court, there is ample material on record which prima facie discloses the commission of offence punishable u/s 166A IPC by the accused persons. Consequently, the plea on behalf of accused no. 1 (Kunwar Bahadur Singh) seeking discharge is declined,” the court held.

    The court also directed to proceed with the matter of framing of charge for the offence against all three.

    NEW DELHI: A special court has ordered to proceed with the matter of framing charges against three Uttar Pradesh policemen who initially handled the rape case against ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017 for failing to record allegations of the minor victim against the leader, officials said.

    The court recently rejected the petition of Kunwar Bahadur Singh, then posted as Circle Officer of Safipur in Unnao, seeking discharge from the case filed by the CBI.

    The case was lodged under Section 166A of the Indian Penal Code, for not recording the victim’s complaint that she was raped by Sengar on June 4, 2017, they said.

    Facing inaction even after her complaint to the Chief Minister’s Office remained unaddressed, the victim attempted to self-immolate in front of the chief minister’s residence in Lucknow on April 8, 2018, which snowballed into a major political issue in the state.

    Besides Singh, the court has also ordered to proceed with the case of framing of charges against D P Shukla, former SHO of Makhi Police Station and Digvijay Singh, sub-inspector, who were also charge-sheeted, they said.

    It is alleged that the victim in her application to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on August 17, 2017, had alleged that she was raped by Sengar on June 4 that year and later gang-raped by three other men on June 11, but the police did not take any action on her complaint.

    Her complaint was registered in Chief Minister’s grievance portal and forwarded to Kunwar Bahadur Singh for inquiry.

    The victim had appeared before Singh and admitted that she had made the complaint, the CBI inquiry showed.

    Singh had forwarded the complaint to DP Shukla who handed it over to Digvijay Singh who had conducted the inquiry.

    In the inquiry report submitted on August 24, 2017, Digvijay Singh said a case was already registered, referring to the incident on June 11, 2017, at Makhi Police Station in which a charge sheet has already been filed but it did not say anything about rape by Sengar June 4, 2017.

    “He further mentioned in the report that other allegations of the complainant are baseless and false and she is habitual of giving the applications,” the CBI has alleged.

    Sengar has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court for raping the minor who had come to his house seeking employment on June 4, 2017.

    Based on the inquiry report submitted by Digvijay Singh, Kunwar Bahadur Singh also submitted his report on November 25, 2017, in which he mentioned details of the action by police in the incident of June 11, 2017, but nothing was mentioned of the June 4 incident, the court has noted.

    The CBI has alleged these officers being the public servants had neither properly enquired nor ensured proper enquiry of the allegations, particularly related to the complaint of rape against Sengar.

    Without giving specific findings in his report to senior officers, Kunwar Bahadur Singh termed the minor’s complaint against the then MLA “false and baseless”.

    This recommendation was not only made in reference to the case sent from the Chief Minister’s Office but also in previous complaints filed by the victim, mentioning both incidents of rape, before different authorities which were also marked to Kunwar Bahadur Singh, the CBI has alleged.

    The agency has alleged that the three officers did not perform their duties as per the statutory mandate in respect of the rape complaint against Sengar even after receipt of the “first information of cognizable offence and had failed to record the information being public servants” hence committed offence under IPC section 166A.

    Kunwar Bahadur Singh had filed an application before a special court here to discharge him from the proceedings as he was not responsible for the actions of his junior officers — D P Shukla and Digvijay Singh.

    “In the considered opinion of this court, there is ample material on record which prima facie discloses the commission of offence punishable u/s 166A IPC by the accused persons. Consequently, the plea on behalf of accused no. 1 (Kunwar Bahadur Singh) seeking discharge is declined,” the court held.

    The court also directed to proceed with the matter of framing of charge for the offence against all three.

  • Delhi excise policy scam: Court seeks CBI’s response on businessman Abhishek Boinpally’s bail plea 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday sought the CBI’s response on the bail application moved by Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally in connection with a case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

    The agency had arrested Boinpally earlier this month on the allegation of lobbying in Delhi’s Excise Policy.

    Special Judge MK Nagpal issued notice to the CBI and directed the agency to file its response by November 4, when the court will further hear the matter.

    The CBI had earlier told the court that Abhishek has been arrested in the ongoing investigation after it was revealed through the statements of witnesses and the perusal of Bank accounts that he was part of repeated meetings at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad with other accused persons and other liquor traders in connection with the formulation of liquor policy.

    He was part of the conspiracy in pursuance of which he transferred money through hawala channels to co-accused Vijay Nair through the other co-accused Dinesh Arora prior to the implementation of the policy during the period November 2021 to July 2022, the CBI alleged.

    The money transferred by the co-accused Sameer Mahendru of M/s Indospirits has also finally landed in the account of Abhishek Boinpally and he has not been able to satisfactorily explain regarding the receipt of said money, it said.

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday sought the CBI’s response on the bail application moved by Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally in connection with a case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

    The agency had arrested Boinpally earlier this month on the allegation of lobbying in Delhi’s Excise Policy.

    Special Judge MK Nagpal issued notice to the CBI and directed the agency to file its response by November 4, when the court will further hear the matter.

    The CBI had earlier told the court that Abhishek has been arrested in the ongoing investigation after it was revealed through the statements of witnesses and the perusal of Bank accounts that he was part of repeated meetings at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad with other accused persons and other liquor traders in connection with the formulation of liquor policy.

    He was part of the conspiracy in pursuance of which he transferred money through hawala channels to co-accused Vijay Nair through the other co-accused Dinesh Arora prior to the implementation of the policy during the period November 2021 to July 2022, the CBI alleged.

    The money transferred by the co-accused Sameer Mahendru of M/s Indospirits has also finally landed in the account of Abhishek Boinpally and he has not been able to satisfactorily explain regarding the receipt of said money, it said.

  • Eknath Shinde govt restores general consent to CBI to probe cases in Maharashtra

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has reversed the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation’s decision of withdrawing the general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate cases in the state.

    The Shinde government restored the general consent given to the central probe agency, an official said.

    CM Shinde cleared the proposal of the home department headed by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to reverse the decision of MVA government to withdraw the general consent to the CBI to probe cases in the state, the official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) told PTI.

    With the reversal of this decision, the CBI will no longer require permission of the state government to step in, he said.

    On October 21, 2020, the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government had withdrawn the general consent to the CBI under the contention that the central government was misusing central probe agencies to settle political scores.

    MUMBAI: The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has reversed the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation’s decision of withdrawing the general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate cases in the state.

    The Shinde government restored the general consent given to the central probe agency, an official said.

    CM Shinde cleared the proposal of the home department headed by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to reverse the decision of MVA government to withdraw the general consent to the CBI to probe cases in the state, the official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) told PTI.

    With the reversal of this decision, the CBI will no longer require permission of the state government to step in, he said.

    On October 21, 2020, the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government had withdrawn the general consent to the CBI under the contention that the central government was misusing central probe agencies to settle political scores.

  • Special court likely to pass order on ex-Maha minister Anil Deshmukh’s bail plea in corruption case

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: A special court here is likely to pass an order on Friday on the bail application of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in alleged corruption and misuse of official position case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

    Deshmukh (71) had sought bail in the case as soon as the Bombay High Court granted him bail on October 4 in a money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

    Special CBI court judge S H Gwalani on Thursday concluded hearing in the arguments on the bail plea and closed it for orders.

    The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was arrested on November 2, 2021 and has been in judicial custody. He was admitted to a private hospital last week for coronary angiography.

    Deshmukh, who was a minister in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, is currently lodged in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.

    In March 2021, senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh had 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 in Mumbai.

    Former assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, arrested in the ‘Antilia’ bomb scare case in March 2021, had levelled similar allegations against him.

    The high court in April 2021 directed the CBI to carry out a preliminary inquiry.

    The CBI, based on this inquiry, registered a first information report (FIR) against Deshmukh and his associates for alleged corruption and misuse of official power.

    Deshmukh had resigned as the home minister in April 2021 after the Bombay High Court ordered a CBI probe into the corruption charges levelled against him by Singh, former Mumbai police commissioner.

    MUMBAI: A special court here is likely to pass an order on Friday on the bail application of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in alleged corruption and misuse of official position case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

    Deshmukh (71) had sought bail in the case as soon as the Bombay High Court granted him bail on October 4 in a money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

    Special CBI court judge S H Gwalani on Thursday concluded hearing in the arguments on the bail plea and closed it for orders.

    The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was arrested on November 2, 2021 and has been in judicial custody. He was admitted to a private hospital last week for coronary angiography.

    Deshmukh, who was a minister in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, is currently lodged in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.

    In March 2021, senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh had 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 in Mumbai.

    Former assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, arrested in the ‘Antilia’ bomb scare case in March 2021, had levelled similar allegations against him.

    The high court in April 2021 directed the CBI to carry out a preliminary inquiry.

    The CBI, based on this inquiry, registered a first information report (FIR) against Deshmukh and his associates for alleged corruption and misuse of official power.

    Deshmukh had resigned as the home minister in April 2021 after the Bombay High Court ordered a CBI probe into the corruption charges levelled against him by Singh, former Mumbai police commissioner.

  • India joins global anti-crime network, can access database

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: India is now a part of a special international anti-crime network which allows Indian agencies instant access to a worldwide database of criminals with their complete digital that would aid in tackling transnational crimes and tracking absconding criminals.

    India recently became a part of this network that would allow India’s premier investigating agency the CBI access to Interpol’s 19 global databases containing 126 million records including DNA profiles and facial recognition images that would be extremely crucial to address crime threats, as well as locate and arrest the criminals behind them, said Jürgen Stock, Interpol Secretary General said who is here in New Delhi to attend the 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi.  

    In view of this India’s premier investigating agency the CBI would be able to work more closely with Interpol to deal with the increasingly high instances of cybercrime, especially in the fields of financial fraud, child pornography and drug trafficking, said Praveen Sinha, Special Director, CBI. 

    “India got connected to this specialized database and has already seen significant results from being part of this global network,” said Stock adding, “Our databases are checked more than 20 million times each day which equates to around 250 searches per second.”

    Stock said, “We know that cybercrime and online child abuse are significantly underreported, often because victims are ashamed or in cases of fraud, embarrassed, which means that the figures we see are just the tip of the iceberg.” He added that is why there are a number of resolutions at this General Assembly encouraging greater action by member countries to use Interpol resources in combating these crimes.

    India, which became of the special network this year, will be able to use Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation database that helps investigators around the world identify an average of seven child abuse victims every single day, Stock said.

    India is already benefiting from being a part of this specialized database. Supported by the information database in a recent Operation Lionfish targeting drug trafficking, Indian authorities made the largest single seizure of heroin during the operation intercepting 75kg of the drug, said Sinha.

    Help in investigation India, which became of the special network this year, will be able to use Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation database that helps investigators around the world identify an average of seven child abuse victims every single day

    NEW DELHI: India is now a part of a special international anti-crime network which allows Indian agencies instant access to a worldwide database of criminals with their complete digital that would aid in tackling transnational crimes and tracking absconding criminals.

    India recently became a part of this network that would allow India’s premier investigating agency the CBI access to Interpol’s 19 global databases containing 126 million records including DNA profiles and facial recognition images that would be extremely crucial to address crime threats, as well as locate and arrest the criminals behind them, said Jürgen Stock, Interpol Secretary General said who is here in New Delhi to attend the 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi.  

    In view of this India’s premier investigating agency the CBI would be able to work more closely with Interpol to deal with the increasingly high instances of cybercrime, especially in the fields of financial fraud, child pornography and drug trafficking, said Praveen Sinha, Special Director, CBI. 

    “India got connected to this specialized database and has already seen significant results from being part of this global network,” said Stock adding, “Our databases are checked more than 20 million times each day which equates to around 250 searches per second.”

    Stock said, “We know that cybercrime and online child abuse are significantly underreported, often because victims are ashamed or in cases of fraud, embarrassed, which means that the figures we see are just the tip of the iceberg.” He added that is why there are a number of resolutions at this General Assembly encouraging greater action by member countries to use Interpol resources in combating these crimes.

    India, which became of the special network this year, will be able to use Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation database that helps investigators around the world identify an average of seven child abuse victims every single day, Stock said.

    India is already benefiting from being a part of this specialized database. Supported by the information database in a recent Operation Lionfish targeting drug trafficking, Indian authorities made the largest single seizure of heroin during the operation intercepting 75kg of the drug, said Sinha.

    Help in investigation 
    India, which became of the special network this year, will be able to use Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation database that helps investigators around the world identify an average of seven child abuse victims every single day

  • IRCTC scam: Delhi court refuses to cancel bail of Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI:  A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to cancel the bail of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on a plea moved by the CBI in connection with the IRCTC scam.

    Special Judge Geetanjali Goel, however, asked Yadav to be more careful and choose appropriate words.

    The CBI had claimed that at a recent press conference, Yadav had attempted to subvert the process of law and thwart the entire investigation as well as the consequent trial, and “blatantly abused the liberty granted to him.”

    The court passed the directions after hearing arguments during which Yadav claimed that he did not violate any condition set in the bail granted to him earlier.

    “I (Yadav) am in opposition parry and raising questions on wrongdoing is my duty. The CBI and ED are being ‘misused’ by the present government. All opposition parties are feeling this,” Yadav’s counsel told the court.

    The court said a detailed order will be passed later.

    The court had in October 2018 granted bail to Yadav after he appeared before it in pursuance to summons issued against him in the matter related to alleged irregularities in granting operational contract of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels to a private firm.

    NEW DELHI:  A Delhi court on Tuesday refused to cancel the bail of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on a plea moved by the CBI in connection with the IRCTC scam.

    Special Judge Geetanjali Goel, however, asked Yadav to be more careful and choose appropriate words.

    The CBI had claimed that at a recent press conference, Yadav had attempted to subvert the process of law and thwart the entire investigation as well as the consequent trial, and “blatantly abused the liberty granted to him.”

    The court passed the directions after hearing arguments during which Yadav claimed that he did not violate any condition set in the bail granted to him earlier.

    “I (Yadav) am in opposition parry and raising questions on wrongdoing is my duty. The CBI and ED are being ‘misused’ by the present government. All opposition parties are feeling this,” Yadav’s counsel told the court.

    The court said a detailed order will be passed later.

    The court had in October 2018 granted bail to Yadav after he appeared before it in pursuance to summons issued against him in the matter related to alleged irregularities in granting operational contract of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels to a private firm.