-The Hindu Ranjit Sinha says CBI is part of government, not autonomous The widening sinkhole that the coal scam has become claimed its first victim on Wednesday as Additional Solicitor-General Harin Raval resigned for having misled the Supreme Court, while CBI Director Ranjit Sinha?brought the executive and the judiciary to the verge of open confrontation by stating that his agency was not an "autonomous organisation" but part of the government.? The CBI, which...
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Sajjan acquitted in '84 anti-Sikh riots case, shoe hurled at judge -Aneesha Mathur
-The Indian Express A Delhi court on Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of all charges in a case related to the killing of five men in a Delhi Cantonment colony during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Five others named as accused with Sajjan Kumar were convicted - three of murder and rioting, and two of rioting. The acquittal of Kumar led to protests from...
More »Make the CBI accountable also to the court, a Parliament committee and NHRC
-The Economic Times The Supreme Court has pulled up the CBI for misleading it on whether the agency had shared its status report with the government. Indeed, there can be no excuse for misrepresenting facts to the apex court. The Additional Solicitor General who told the court something that he knew to his personal knowledge to be false and the Attorney General who did not make amends must both go. The...
More »Cops on a roll on Saradha agent’s gifts -Monalisa Chaudhuri and Debashis Chattopadhyay
-The Telegraph Kolkata: Proceeds from the Saradha Group kept Bengal police on the move - at least in Baruipur, according to information stumbled upon by investigators into the default scandal. The police have learnt that Arindam Das, an agent who apparently made the highest collections from Baruipur in South 24-Parganas, had gifted two Tata Sumos (WB26R6763 and WB20U6409) to the local police station. "The two SUVs used in Baruipur police station were gifts...
More »Abetment to suicide charge looms on Sen
-The Telegraph Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the chief minister has asked district superintendents of police to initiate against Sudipta Sen cases of abetting the suicide of depositors. The SIT, led by director-general of police Naparajit Mukherjee, held a meeting today to discuss the strategy to pin down the Saradha Group chief for masterminding the default crisis that allegedly led five depositors to commit suicide in the districts. "Other...
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