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Historic
monuments affected Fear
psychosis grips survivors 100-cr aid
to Gujarat power board |
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PM
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Boy named
Bhukamp Sabarmati
poll cancelled Foreign
Secys to meet tomorrow 15 m take dip on
Basant Panchmi Bharat
Shah denied bail India, EU
JWG on terrorism soon Basu
gives tapes to Liberhan panel CBI ex-chief
for model crime act Property worth
50 lakh recovered
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Historic monuments affected AHMEDABAD, Jan 29 — The earthquake, which has damaged several monuments in this historic city, has not touched the Sabarmati Ashram from where Mahatma Gandhi launched his campaign against untouchability. “The ashram is in perfectly fine condition,” said the secretary of the Gandhi Smriti Samanat, Mr Amrut Modi. There were about 450 students in the ashram at the time of the quake. Since it was January 26, students, mostly children of scavengers from all across Gujarat, were offering prayers when the quake struck, he said. Mr Amrut Modi said, “We all ran outside to the open space and the children, aged between eight and 13 years, were scared as the ground beneath them jolted.” “We made the children sing the most loved song of the Gandhiji Ishwar Allah tere naam, just to divert the attention of the children and this helped them overcome the fear,” he said. The Gandhi smriti secretary said the children have been sent back to their native places as their parents would be concerned about them. The ashram, which was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1915, is the biggest tourist attraction in the city. It lies on the serene stretch of the Sabarmati river and was referred to as the Satyagraha Ashram during the life of the Mahatma. In 1930, it was from here that the Mahatma began his famous ‘Dandi march’ to protest against the salt tax imposed by the British. The ashram continues the work started by Gandhi and has a handicrafts centre, a handmade paper factory and a spinning wheel factory. The ashram and the Hridaykunj — the cottage where Gandhiji resided — was the centre of political activities till Gandhiji left it for the Dandi march in 1930. He then gave away the ashram to the Harijans and vowed never to return to it till the country attained independence. And, he never could. The Hridaykunj is now a small museum displaying his few possessions. It is preserved as a national monument. In addition, there is the Gandhi Memorial Centre, a library and a sound-and-light show that offers an interesting display of the Mahatma’s life and teachings. While Sabarmati Ashram, visited by many from across the world, is safe, the historic Bhadra Fort has been damaged by the quake. The outer wall of the fort has collapsed and major cracks have developed in the sides of the fort’s tower. The circular wall of one of its sides has crumbled and fallen inside. The fort also houses the local office of the Archaeological Survey of India. “Several historical monuments in the city have been damaged by the quake,” said ASI’s superintending archaeologist for Gujarat D. R. Gehlot. “A team of experts is surveying the monuments in the city and would compile a report indicating the extent of damage,” he said, adding that preliminary surveys indicate that most of the monuments have suffered damages which can be restored. “No monument has been destroyed beyond restoration. However, it would take some time for the restoration of all the monuments,” he said. The Bhadra Fort was built by Mughal Governor Shah Alam in 1411 A.D. The palace with its huge arches, ornate balconies and jalis, used to span around 44 acres, is now limited to a few acres. He said the Jama Masjid at Pankornaka, the third floor of the mosque has tilted and some pillar joints have fallen apart. Stone screens have come off at many places in the mosque and one of the minarets has also been damaged. Some damage has also been caused to Sidi Sayeed’s mosque, which houses the famous stone screen, an identity of the city and from which the logo design of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, has been inspired. Sidi mosque build by a general of Abysinian origin in the 1570s by pulling down a section of the 15th century wall of Ahmed Shahi sultans, is known for its intricate perforated stone work. The mosque looks like a fabulous maze of traceries. However they are actually ventilated by 10 exquisite filigree stone screens called jaalis, the archaeologist said. He said that so intricate are the designs that the two best among them, the intertwining tree like forms flanking the mihrab and white minibar, have been duplicated on wood at the museums of New York and Kensington and one of the smaller lotus shaped ventilators was taken away by the British for display in their museum. |
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Fear psychosis grips survivors AHMEDABAD, Jan 28 — Fear psychosis has gripped the survivors of the country’s worst earthquake and those hospitalised, with plasters and bandages, are living a traumatic life. Four-year-old Sanchit has been clinging to his mother ever since the quake. Each time the question of going into the house comes up, all he asks is, “Will we all die if we go in?” Kalpeshbhai, 42, admitted in the neurosurgery ward of V S Hospital, runs out frequently, holding his hands on his head as he can still feel the earth shaking. Assurance from doctors, nurses and family members, seem to be falling on deaf ears. The fear is not limited to the very young or old. Even middle-aged persons like Rupali Shah, 35, are in its grip. While she was transferred from the neurosurgery ward to another, she clung to the shirt of her husband, asking him not to leave her. “At first, she refused to recognise me or her sister. After some time, she recognised her mother, but shouted that the roof was collapsing,” her husband Bharat Shah said. Dr Ashok Kumar, psychiatrist, said the post-trauma period will go on for some days at least. “The earthquake has been a sudden shock. For those who have lost their near and dear ones, it has been more than that. The death and destruction has affected them mentally. Such extreme cases can worsen and become a lifetime problem. He said persons showing signs of fear must be treated as it may turn out to be serious later, if not treated immediately. Another psychiatrist, Dr Smita Gauthi, said, “Patients with psychological problems started knocking the doors of my clinic within hours of the quake and they continue to pour in.” Stating that there is awareness among the people about the need to treat such cases immediately, she said, “Patients have to be handled very carefully, not only by the doctors, but also by the family members.” Doctors said family members should avoid talking about the quake to the patients as the patients tends to get panicky and might do something drastic. Brijesh Patel, whose wife Krishna is undergoing treatment, said, “We realised it was an earthquake and began rushing out. My sister-in-law and her daughter were struck inside and went down with the building. I heard their shrieks through the rubble.” “My wife continues to hear their shrieks and every now and then, extends her hand to help them come out of the debris,” he added. And, even those not admitted in the hospital fear venturing into their homes, more than 72 hours after the Bhuj quake measuring 6.9 in the Richter scale rocked Gujarat and sent shockwaves across the country. With aftershocks continuing and rumour mongers having a field day, residents here prefer to be outside their homes by sleeping in the open and cars parked in the grounds. “We have stuffed valuables, blankets, water cans, and some food in our Maruti van,” Mr Kapil Mehta, said, adding that the 8-seater van never looked so comfortable. He and his family of four members have been spending their nights in the van since January 26, the day the quake struck. Many residents could be seen carrying bags with stuffed with their valuables, a pair of clothes, water and some food. Another resident, Bhaskar Patel, said, “Most building have developed cracks and for the rest, the residents are simply frightened.” Meanwhile, some 20 airmen from the Bhuj Air Base have been hospitalised in Ahmedabad Military Hospital and a few others who are in need of intensive medical care have been flown to Army Medical Institute in Pune. Most of them suffer from multiple fractures, broken backbones, deep slits and severe psychological trauma. Corporal Mohan said, “I was in the third floor when the building began shaking like a leaf. The impact was less as there was just one floor above. I came down with the rubble and my ankle was stuck in it very badly. I was in that position for about an hour before help arrived.” Considering himself to be lucky to have survived and feeling bad for his colleagues, he said, “Out of the 45 persons in the building at that time, only 10 survived.” |
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100-cr
aid to Gujarat power board NEW DELHI, Jan 29 — The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has sanctioned an ad hoc assistance of Rs 100 crore to the Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) for replacement and repairs of the damaged power distribution infrastructure in the quake-hit areas even as Union Power Minister Suresh Prabhu left here for Bhuj today to inspect the damage caused to the power infrastructure in Gujarat. The ad hoc assistance will help the GEB in replacing the damaged transformers, electricity lines, cables and poles, an official release said. The power supply in Bhuj has been partially restored and efforts are on to restore power elsewhere in the Kutch district, it said. The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has sent a team of engineers from its Vindhyachal (Madhya Pradesh) and Korba (Chhattisgarh) stations to Gujarat to assist the GEB for restoring the power stations. NTPC has two gas based power stations in Gujarat — 645 MW station in Kawas and 648 MW plant in Gandhar. One 106 MW gas turbine and one 110.5 MW steam turbine in Kawas and one steam turbine with a capacity of 255 MW in Gandhar was tripped due to the earthquake and was brought back within two hours, the release said. The Power Grid Corporation has sent 50 engineers to help restore the sub-transmission facilities in Kutch district and especially in Bhuj. The emergency restoration service (ERS) based in Jamnagar, Itarsi and Delhi is on standby to be rushed to the State whenever required to repair small transmission towers. |
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No technique to predict quake areas: expert DEHRA DUN, Jan 29 — Given the past record of seismic activity in the earthquake-prone zones IV and V, one would tend to believe that Uttaranchal, the Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh, parts of Jammu and Kashmir and north-eastern states comprising fault lines deep inside the earth may experience major earthquakes in the coming months. But the scientists of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, have cautioned against the panic being created by such un-scientific predictions about earthquakes. While talking to this correspondent in an exclusive interview. Dr. Niranjan Singh Virdi, Director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, said that no such technique had been developed so far in the world to specify areas as to when and where the tremor would hit. However, a day before the scientists observed certain changes on the seismogram which was one of the precursor to the tremor. But again the method is yet to be developed to specify areas and timing of earthquake. Millions of dollars were spent every year in the world to study the precursors to the next possible earthquakes due to changes in the water table, discharge of springs, gravitational acceleration and other magnetic characteristics but there was still a dearth of a necessary technique to make a prediction about a seismic disaster. The frequent seismic activity in the Rann of Kutch area (Gujarat), Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts (Uttaranchal), Kangra valley (Himachal Pradesh) and parts of Kashmir valley had apparently caused several faults in these areas as a result of the disturbances and consequent shearing and cracking of subterranean rocks. According to Dr Virdi, the Himalayan mountain range, an outcome of the compressional processes ensuing from the India-Asia collision (70-40 ma), has been undergoing extensive crustal shortening along the entire 2400-km-long northern edge of the Indian plate. A series of thrust planes is known to have formed as a result of these processes. Three principal thrust planes in the Himalayan region are the main central thrust (MCT), the main boundary thrust (MBT) and the main frontal thrust (MFT). The MCT is believed to have resulted from an intra-crustal thrust that brought up the mid-crustal level rocks of the higher Himalayan crystalline to the lesser Himalayas. Tectonically, it represents a ductile shear zone at depth, comprising a duplex zone with three district sub-thrusts L MCT-1, MCT-2 & MCT-3, from South to North. Of these MCT-1 (between Kangra and Uttarkashi), the southern most and the youngest appears to be seismically more active. The lesser Himalayan sequence tying between the MCT and the MBT (Tehri, Mussoorie, Rishikesh) shows stacking of various groups of rocks characterised by South-vergent thrusts, which were later folded into major scale synforms and antiforms. The geological maps of the Himalayan region indicate the presence of an anticlinal structure very close to Chamoli. After the March29,1999, earthquake at Chamoli, the field investigations by the scientists found signatures of recent deformation associated with this anticline. A sharp contact of MCT-1 with recent deposits has been identified near Chamoli on the southern flanks of the anticline along the Alkananda river. Thick deposits of colluvium (boulders and pebbles intercalated with coarse sand) occur at the foot of the sleeper limb of the fold. The colluvium might have been remobilised on an incipient slope due to the development of the growing fold. This contact is interpreted to be the surface expression of an active fold. Dr Virdi advocates precautionary measures for the people living around the active fault lines. Despite notorious record of calamities, these regions have seen an explosion of unchecked construction activities and unplanned growth which ultimately took the toll by over 10 times the number of lives lost two centuries ago in the Rann of Kutch area. Half a dozen oil refineries, nuclear, thermal and proposed hydro-electric plants within a short distance of the disaster zone of the Bhuj earthquake bore little or no damage. This is evidence enough to prove that if earthquake-resistant structures were erected, even the most sensitive installations could be saved from damage, the scientist claimed. Instead of spreading panic about ensuing disaster the Himalayan regions, the scientist has recommended an extensive and meticulous assessment of vulnerability of the existing structures. He has called for implementation of the available standard codes for ensuring earthquake-resistant construction. |
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PM describes it as national calamity AHMEDABAD, Jan 29 — Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee described the earthquake in Gujarat as a national calamity but quickly added that “there is no need to make such a declaration.” He disclosed that he would set up a National Disaster Cell. To coordinate activities dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake, Mr Vajpayee has constituted an group of ministers headed by Union Home Minister L. K. Advani to monitor the relief and rehabilitation work in Gujarat. This will be in addition to the Crisis Management Committee overseen by Cabinet Secretary T. R.
Prasad. |
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Boy named
Bhukamp BHUJ, Jan 29 (UNI) — “Why Bhukamp? Ganatantra would have been a better name”, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee remarked when he was told that a boy born on January 26 had been named after the earthquake. At the makeshift Army hospital, 12 children have been delivered since the devastating earthquake. One was born just half an hour before the Prime Minister arrived by road from Kandla. Five of them were delivered through caesarean section. Mr Vajpayee was told by Wg Cdr S.S. Chawla, the hospital in charge, that despite severe casualties being admitted there had not been a single death there. |
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Free satellite
phone service NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (UNI) — The government has provided satellite phone terminals at the following places from where people can make calls free of cost. The telephones can be accessed from India and any part of the world by dialling the code
00873. Bhuj 761887199 Gagodar 761887193 Laltekri-2 761187190 Vithoon 761887210 Airport-1
761887196 Nakhatrana 761887198 Madhapar-1 761602892 Nalia-1 762092816 Collectorate-2 761887213 Bhachau-1
761887194 Rapar 761887191 Mandvi 761887197 Mundra 761887211 |
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Sabarmati poll
cancelled NEW DELHI, Jan 29 — In view of the severe earthquake in Gujarat, the Election Commission (EC) today cancelled the February 19 Assembly byelection in the Sabarmati constituency. The commission took the decision because of the state administration’s preoccupation with the relief and rescue operations in the quake-hit areas, EC sources said. The election process has already been set in motion in Sabarmati and January 31 is the last date for filing of
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Foreign Secys to meet tomorrow NEW DELHI, Jan 29 — Nepalese Foreign Secretary Narayan Shumshere Thapa is arriving here today for foreign secretary-level wide-ranging talks, including recent anti-India riots and the 50-year-old Indo-Nepal Treaty. A spokesman of the Ministry of External Affair said that apart from wide-ranging talks on Wednesday with his Indian counterpart, Mr Lalit Mansingh, the Nepalese Foreign Secretary would also call on the External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, during his three-day stay in the Capital. The foreign secretary-level talks would cover the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including political, economic, security and water resources issues, the spokesman said. Mr Thapa would also meet the Union Home Secretary, Mr Kamal Pande, to discuss issues related with security and the activities of the ISI in Nepal. The two would also discuss ways to prevent incidents like that of last month when an alleged statement of film star Hrithik Roshan led to widespread riots in Nepal. Nepal is keen to have discussions on the Friendship Treaty, under which the nationals of the two countries enjoy free movement. New Delhi has conveyed its readiness to take up the treaty under the changed regional environment. The Vajpayee government is prepared to review the treaty, the sources said. |
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15 m take dip on Basant Panchmi KUMBHNAGAR (Allahabad), Jan 29 — Over 15 million persons took a dip at Sangam on Basant Panchmi today. It was the fourth “snan” of the month-long Mahakumbh parv and the third “shahi snan” of the 13 akharas of sadhus and sanyasis. The Basant Panchmi snan is the final “snan” for the sadhus and they will start dispersing to their respective deras and maths in the country. The number of pilgrims on Basant Panchmi day broke all previous records. Never has such a huge gathering collected on this day for the holy “snan” at Sangam in the history of the Kumbh mahaparv at Allahabad. The pilgrims, in large numbers, had been gathering at Sangam since yesterday. According to one official estimate, about 40 lakh pilgrims had taken bath yesterday itself. This was in addition to today’s numbers. As per astrological calculations, the Basant Panchmi ‘tithi’ started last evening. The banks of Sangam looked as if a sea of humanity had descended there. All roads leading to Sangam were full of pilgrims. Traffic snarls were witnessed near the Alopi police station chowk, Jusi areas and at a number of other places in the city. A large number of residents of Allahabad who had gone to the banks of Sangam or the mela area too were trapped in long traffic jams. Almost all of them had to leave their vehicles in the mela area as the police had banned the plying of all types of vehicles in the mela areas. Pilgrims had to walk a distance of 10 km to 15 km to reach the Sangam. The police is reported to have cane-charged boatmen who had parked their boats near the Quila Ghat. Boats were not allowed anywhere near the Quila Ghat, the Saraswati Ghat or Omli Ghat today. Saraswati Ghat, known as the VIP Ghat, was crowded with Army boats, boats of the police or of various departments from where the families of officials of these departments were ferried across the Yamuna to Sangam. The boatmen, numbering about 5,000, carried pilgrims from the Jusi and Orail areas or from near the Naini bridge. They could be seen charging between Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000 for full boat as against Rs 25 per passenger fixed by the administration. As per official information, the Basant Panchmi snan started immediately after midnight. The shahi snan by the Naga sanyasis started at about 5.15 am, when the first akhara, the Mahanirvani Akhara started in procession from its camp towards the Sangam. The Akharas today completed their shahi snans without much fanfare. The akhara chiefs, had at a meeting yesterday decided not to play bands or indulge in any fanfare while going for the snan in view of the Gujarat earthquake. A two-minute silence was observed by the chiefs at the meeting. It was also decided to collect food, clothes and medicines for the quake victims and send teams of followers of different akharas to provide succour to the victims. Brahamchari Braham Swaroop of the Jai Ram Annkshetra called a meeting of saints of akharas and appealed to them to contribute their mite to the relief operations in Gujarat. |
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Bharat Shah
denied bail MUMBAI, Jan 29 (UNI) — Special MCOCA court judge A.P. Bhangale today refused bail to diamond king and film financier Bharat Shah and extended his police custody till February 1. The judge also ordered that another accused, film producer Nazim Rizvi be shifted from judicial custody to police custody till the same date. The hearing came up following another appeal from the lawyers of Shah, who was arrested on January 8 after it was revealed that he had been in regular contact with Karachi-based don Chhota Shakeel, and abetted him in coercing film stars to pay protection money to the underworld. Rizvi, producer of the film “Chori Chori Chupke Chupke” is alleged to have links with Shakeel. His assistant Abdul Rahim Allabux has been remanded in judicial custody till February 5. |
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India, EU JWG on terrorism soon NEW DELHI, Jan 29 — With India and the EU agreeing today to set up a joint working group (JWG) for countering international terrorism, the stage is being set for the preparation of a comprehensive global strategy to fight the menace which has emerged as a potential threat to the international political and economic system. The group would be set both at official and expert level, a
spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs said here while briefing newspersons about a meeting between the visiting European Commissioner for External Relations, Mr Chris Patten and the External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh. ‘‘We look forward to the early meeting of the first session of the JWG’’, the spokesman said, adding that Mr Patten and Mr Jaswant Singh discussed cooperation between India and the EU in the field of energy, water management, environment and health issues like HIV and AIDS. The two leaders also jointly inaugurated the India-EU round table meeting and urged those attending the meeting to come up with ideas to enrich bilateral relations. The Indian side, comprising 12 members, was led by the Director, India International Centre, Mr N.N. Vohra. The EU side was led by the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Mr Goke Frerichs. Mr Jaswant Singh, inaugurating the meeting, said he had proposed the establishment of such a forum when he had met Mr Patten in Brussels in September last year. Given its non-governmental nature, the round table meeting was expected to go beyond the scope of discussions associated with inter-governmental bodies. Its recommendations would provide direct input to both the government and European institutions. Issues related to trade and globalisation, crime and drug trafficking, environment and sustainable development figured prominently at the discussions. |
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Basu gives tapes to
Liberhan panel NEW DELHI, Jan 29—Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu today said that the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya could have been prevented had emergency been declared to avoid congregation of kar sevaks in Ayodhya. In his deposition before the Liberhan Commission, probing the sequence of events leading to the demolition of the disputed structure on December 6, Mr Basu handed over two audio cassettes containing the speech of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh in Calcutta. Mr Basu said he and CPM general secretary Harkrishan Singh Surjeet, during the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting on November 23, 1992, had told Prime Minister P. V. Narsimha Rao that Article 356 could be used. The NIC meeting was not attended by any of the BJP leaders, indicating their intentions, he pointed out. Besides criticising
the BJP and Mr Kalyan Singh, Mr Basu accused the former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao for failure in protecting the Babri mosque by just relying on Mr Kalyan Singh’s assurance and not taking adequate steps for the protection of the mosque. |
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CBI ex-chief
for model crime act SRIGANGANAGAR,
Jan 29 — The country needs model crime act to effectively combat
increasing insurgency and organised crime, said Mr Joginder Singh, a
former Director of the CBI, here. He was in the city to preside over
the inaugural function of Udaan-2001, a conference of awareness and
action organised by the Rotary Club. In an exclusive interview with
The Tribune, he said the spectre of terrorism and lawlessness stalking
the country was a result of the complacency. On the Bollywood
underworld nexus, he said money knew no barriers of law, caste or
creed. It is a sad comment on the system that we do not have a
Central law to check organised crime. It was in this context that
Maharastra had to enact its own law to check crime syndicates.
Unfortunately, this trend will continue for many more years,” he
remarked. He said the same was true of the rise in terrorist
activities in Jammu and Kashmir. We should set our house in order
before laying the blame on our neighbour, he said, apparently
referring to Pakistan. “We have to strengthen our intelligence
set-up. It has failed us time and again and will do so in future if we
do not initiate strict measures. But nobody is willing to take the
bulls by the horns since our political masters are being remote
controlled by babus,” he observed. Mr Joginder Singh said the
gravity of the current situation could be assessed from the fact that
no law was made to replace the now repealed TADA. “We cannot detain
terrorists or interrogate them for the fear of abusing human rights
even when we know that the present laws are woefully inadequate to get
a conviction”, he lamented. “What we need is a complete overhaul
of the Evidence Act. Nobody is willing to testify in the first
instance and even if someone decides otherwise, there is little hope
that the accused will not get off scot-free and go after the person
who deposed against him,” he countered. “The judiciary too is not
playing its part. Though activism was a good thing, but something has
to be done about the huge backlog in courts in the country, he said,
adding that a judge once told him that it would take 310 years to
clear the present backlog if no new cases were added to the
pendency. Remarking on the recent incidents of policemen being
involved in contract killings, he said it was a perfect example of how
the politicisation of the force over the decades has taken its toll.
Patronage by top politicians and policemen saw the emergence of a
section of the force operating outside the parameters of law. In a
lighter vein, the former director commented that he was not retired
and still spent eight hours on the computer completing his book —
Inside Indian Police — which promises to expose the functioning of
the force he was associated with. He is also giving finishing touch
to another book — The Complete Story of Bofors — which would be on
the stands after the court delivers verdict in the Hinduja brothers
case. |
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Property worth
50 lakh recovered HANUMANGARH, Jan 29 — The police has recovered property worth Rs 50 lakh out of a total Rs 67 lakh taken as a loan, by a couple, who were arrested in a fraud case. According to police sources, in March 2000, a Branch Manager of Rajasthan Finance Corporation had lodged a complaint of defrauding the corporation. The police recovered machines worth Rs 50 lakh from Gandhi Nagar Transport Colony, Delhi. The police last week had arrested Subhash Chander and his wife Sunita, from Sirsa and sent them to police remand. The couple told the police, that the machines were kept in Delhi. Later, a police team recovered the machines. Subhash Chander and his wife Sunita, had taken a loan of Rs 67 lakh from Rajasthan Finance Corporation, in March 98 to establish a PVC pipe factory in Hanumangarh, by the name of Chetak Tubes. Later, they closed it and took away the machines. When corporation authorities went to the place they found it locked and later lodged a complaint. Proceedings are also going on, in another fraud case, registered against the couple by the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, in the same concern, as they had taken a loan of Rs 1 lakh from the bank, to start the same factory. |
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Marandi to contest from Ramgarh 17 labourers die in mishap Oriya writer awarded Skeletons of 4 traders found |
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