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  • Delhi Waqf Board recruitment irregularities: Court sends AAP MLA Amanatullah khan to 4-day custody

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday sent AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to four-day custody of the Anti-Corruption Branch in a case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment.

    Special Judge Vikas Dhull passed the order on a plea moved by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), which said it needed to interrogate Khan for a thorough investigation.

    In its plea seeking Khan’s 14-day custody, the agency claimed that five of Khan’s relatives were appointed in the board, while 22 were from Okhla, which he represents.

    “A person whose income is Rs 4.32 lakh is receiving cash worth Rs 4 crore.,” the prosecution told the court. It also added that an ACB official was manhandled and slapped during the searches conducted on Friday.

    “The entire team was manhandled and firearms were recovered,” it said. The ACB had on Friday arrested Khan after conducting raids at his premises.

    They said during the searches, the ACB team was allegedly attacked by Khan’s relatives and others known to the Okhla MLA outside his residence. An FIR was already registered in connection with the alleged wrongdoings in the board.

    According to the FIR, Khan, while working as chairman of Delhi Waqf Board, illegally recruited 32 people by violating all norms and government guidelines.

    The then CEO of Delhi Waqf Board had clearly given a statement and issued a memorandum against such illegal recruitment, it said.

    Further, it was alleged that as chairman of Delhi Waqf Board, Khan rented out a number of properties of the Waqf Board illegally amid allegations of corruption and favouritism, it added.

    The FIR also alleged that Khan misappropriated funds of the Waqf Board comprising grants-in-aid from the Delhi government. The ACB had issued a notice to Khan on Thursday for questioning in connection with the Prevention of Corruption Act case registered in 2020. The Okhla MLA was called for questioning at 12 pm on Friday.

    Earlier, the ACB had written to the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat demanding that Khan be removed as the Delhi Waqf Board chairman for allegedly hampering the probe by “bullying” witnesses in a case against him.

    NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday sent AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to four-day custody of the Anti-Corruption Branch in a case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment.

    Special Judge Vikas Dhull passed the order on a plea moved by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), which said it needed to interrogate Khan for a thorough investigation.

    In its plea seeking Khan’s 14-day custody, the agency claimed that five of Khan’s relatives were appointed in the board, while 22 were from Okhla, which he represents.

    “A person whose income is Rs 4.32 lakh is receiving cash worth Rs 4 crore.,” the prosecution told the court. It also added that an ACB official was manhandled and slapped during the searches conducted on Friday.

    “The entire team was manhandled and firearms were recovered,” it said. The ACB had on Friday arrested Khan after conducting raids at his premises.

    They said during the searches, the ACB team was allegedly attacked by Khan’s relatives and others known to the Okhla MLA outside his residence. An FIR was already registered in connection with the alleged wrongdoings in the board.

    According to the FIR, Khan, while working as chairman of Delhi Waqf Board, illegally recruited 32 people by violating all norms and government guidelines.

    The then CEO of Delhi Waqf Board had clearly given a statement and issued a memorandum against such illegal recruitment, it said.

    Further, it was alleged that as chairman of Delhi Waqf Board, Khan rented out a number of properties of the Waqf Board illegally amid allegations of corruption and favouritism, it added.

    The FIR also alleged that Khan misappropriated funds of the Waqf Board comprising grants-in-aid from the Delhi government. The ACB had issued a notice to Khan on Thursday for questioning in connection with the Prevention of Corruption Act case registered in 2020. The Okhla MLA was called for questioning at 12 pm on Friday.

    Earlier, the ACB had written to the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat demanding that Khan be removed as the Delhi Waqf Board chairman for allegedly hampering the probe by “bullying” witnesses in a case against him.

  • CBI to produce former NSE CEO Chitra Ramakrishna in local Special court

    Express News Service

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will produce former chief executive of  National Stock Exchange Chitra Ramakrishna in the local Special court of CBI cases seeking custodial remand of her in connection with the multi crores market manipulation-cum-irregularities case of NSE, lodged against her and others with the agency.

    She was finally taken into custody by the CBI after questioning her for last a couple of days during which her replies were found unsatisfactory.

    CBI sources on Monday morning said that she would be taken on custodial remand with the permission of the concerned court. Earlier, the CBI Spl court had rejected the plea for anticipatory bail and expressed displeasure over the lackadaisical attitude of the agency working on the case.

    Prior to her arrest, Anand Subramanian-The former Group Operating Officer and the closest to Chitra Ramakrishna was arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the NSE colocation matter.

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    CBI sources also said that the days of Anand Subramanian ended on Sunday, so the CBI will also produce him in the Special court seeking the second remand of Anand Subramanian on Monday apart from producing Chitra Ramakrishna.

    ALSO READ: Were ex-CEO of NSE Chitra Ramkrishna and Anand Subramanian planning to turn neighbours?

    Both are accused of complicity in committing grave irregularities in the market manipulation and trading as well as passing confidential information to outsiders including one who continued in communication with Chitra Ramakrishna with a pseudo-identity called”Himalayan Yogi”.

  • NIA detains 10 people in connection with probe into new ISIS module

    The NIA on Wednesday detained 10 persons from Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi for their suspected involvement with a new ISIS inspired terror module planning to carry out blasts in north India, especially in the national capital, officials said.

    The National Investigation Agency conducted searches across 16 locations in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi in connection with its probe into the new module called ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’, they said.

    Of the 10 persons detained by the anti-terror probe agency, five were picked up from the western Uttar Pradesh district of Amroha following a joint operation with the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad, Inspector General ATS Asim Arun said in Lucknow.

    Five more were detained from north-east Delhi with the help of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, officials said.

    “The searches are going on,” an NIA spokesperson said.

    The group was under NIA surveillance for some time following inputs of their  suspicious activities, officials said.