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| Wednesday, October 18, 2000, Chandigarh, India   
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6 dead, 80 hurt in UK rail
mishap HATFIELD (England), Oct 17 (Reuters) — A high-speed passenger train travelling from London to Leeds derailed north of the British capital today, killing at least six persons and leaving 80 injured. “We can confirm there have been some fatalities, but we can’t say exactly how many...At least five,’’ a police spokeswoman told Reuters. “A significant number of people have been injured. At present we estimate that there are 80 wounded. The injured have been taken to hospitals across the county.’’ Railway officials said the 11.10 GMT train from London’s King’s Cross Station to Leeds derailed in the Hatfield area of Hertfordshire, about 50 km outside the capital, at a speed of 115 m.p.h. Three or four carriages of the train have been very badly damaged. The restaurant car had its roof ripped off,’’ an ITV television reporter on board the train said. “In the first-class carriages the damage is much worse, and people have walked past me and said there were actually bodies there, that people had been killed.’’ Buta moves
Delhi High Court NEW DELHI, Oct 17 — A former Union Minister, Mr Buta Singh, sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment along with a former Prime Minister, Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao, in the JMM MPs bribery case, today moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court order. Mr Buta Singh, in his appeal filed in the court registry, claimed that the special judge had “erred” in holding him guilty of bribing four JMM MPs and “failed” to consider that the “prosecution had not been able to bring any incriminating evidence” against him. The Union Minister’s counsel, Mr Satish Tamta, told reporters that “there is neither any direct nor circumstancial evidence to draw the inference of conspiracy” against his client. The appeal is likely to come up for hearing tomorrow. Mr Tamta said the conviction was entirely based on the “uncorroborated testimony” of an approver, Mr Shailendra Mahatao, one of the four JMM MPs, who was allegedly bribed. The special court failed to appreciate that the approver himself “is unworthy of any reliance” because he on numerous occasions had been telling “lies” on the issue, he alleged. He said neither a case under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) nor Section 7, 12 and 13 (2) read with Section 13 (1) (D) of the Prevention of Corruption Act could be made against Mr Buta Singh. The trial court had sentenced Mr Buta Singh and Mr Rao to three years’ rigorous imprisonment on October 12 and also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on each of them. The court had said that on failure to pay the fine, they would have to undergo a further imprisonment of six months. The former Prime Minister is likely to file an appeal in the high court after Mr Rao’s counsel, Mr R.K. Anand, returns from abroad. The special court has suspended the sentence till November 8, for the two convicts to move the higher court. Mr Anand has gone to Belarus as a member of an
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