The crime branch on Friday filed a Chargesheet against Shailesh Pandya in the murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethava. The 400-page Chargesheet revealed that Pandya had earlier made a failed attempt also to kill Jethava. The Chargesheet consists of statements of 151 witnesses. It states that Pandya was given a contract of Rs 11 lakhs to eliminate Jethava by Bahadur Wadher and Shiva Solanki. The duo hatched the conspiracy to...
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Second Chargesheet filed in Amit Jethava murder case
The city crime branch on Friday filed a voluminous supplementary Chargesheet in the RTI activist Amit Jethava murder case. The report was filed after the arrest of the sixth accused Shailesh Pandya, who is a sharpshooter. One Bahadursinh Rathod, who is believed to have helped the accused persons in carrying out illegal mining activities in the prohibited Gir sanctuary, has been shown as an absconder in the Chargesheet. The investigating agency...
More »Teacher panel chief in glare by Basant Kumar Mohanty
The chairman of the National Council for Teacher Education, a statutory body monitoring teachers’ education in the country, has been found guilty of corruption by a vigilance inquiry, sources said. M.A. Siddiqui is likely to be issued a Chargesheet within a week. A professor from Jamia Millia Islamia University on deputation to NCTE since 2008, Siddiqui is also likely to be repatriated to the university after it wrote to the human...
More »Corrupt public servants may face summary dismissal by Subodh Ghildiyal
The Centre is mulling summary dismissal of public servants Chargesheeted for corruption. The move will ensure that government will not have to wait for long-drawn court battle to sack officials found guilty of corruption. But it is to be seen if such a provision will extend to politicians who are classified as "public servants" in the anti-graft law. A GoM on tackling corruption will take a call on the issue while hammering...
More »SC paves way for trial in Palmolein oil import case
The Supreme Court has paved the way for start of trial in the Palmolein oil import scam. CVC J Thomas is an accused in the case. The apex court disposed the petition filed by K Karunakaran after his death. With this the interim order staying the trial also becomes ineffective. K Karunakaran, who was four times chief minister of Kerala, died in December last year. The case relates to the alleged loss of...
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