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Defamation case: Chautala, Bishnoi granted bail
Sohna councillors back Cong
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Students fall ill after taking iron tablets
Now, Dalits targeted over poll
Friends’ spat ends up in group clash
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Defamation case: Chautala, Bishnoi granted bail
Gurgaon, May 22 The aforesaid persons, in addition to INLD MLA Abhey Chautala and several other journalists, had been summoned by a local court in the case filed by Haryana ADGP (CID) PV Rathi. They had been asked to appear before the court on May 22. Hearing the case, First-Class Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Rao granted bail to the politicians and journalists who personally appeared before the court today. He issued non-bailable warrants against the persons who did not appear in the court today and issued fresh summons to the persons to whom earlier summons could not be served. Chautala and Arora were exempted from personal appearance till further orders. The next hearing will be held on August 14. A news item published in an English daily on June 17, 2008, stated that an accused Dr Sandeep Sharma, owner of Shubham Hospital, Panchkula, had confessed before the CBI that he had bribed Rathi to get police protection. Dr Sharma was facing an inquiry in a case of forgery registered against him under Section 420 of the IPC at a police station of Panchkula and had sought and got police protection after he lodged an FIR claiming that his life was in danger. However, it later surfaced that Dr Sharma was arrested by the CBI on August 21, 2008, and hence, he could not have made any statement before the CBI in June, 2008, as reported by the newspaper. But in the meantime, the four aforesaid politicians issued statements, accused Rathi of being a corrupt police officer and demanding resignation from the Haryana Chief Minister on the issue. These statements were published in various newspapers from June 19 to 24, 2008. Those newspapers have also been made party in the defamation case filed by Rathi in November 2008. |
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Sohna councillors back Cong
Gurgaon, May 22 Dharambir welcomed the councillors and assured them of all possible help and support in ensuring all-round development of the area. He asserted that the remaining three councillors had also sent messages of their support to the party. Those who were present on the occasion include municipal councillor (MC) of ward 2 Ram Prasad, MC of ward 3 Manish Yadav, MC of ward 4 Anju, MC of ward 6 Sangam Rani, MC of ward 7 Munesh Kumar, MC of ward 8 Baluram Saini, MC of ward 9 Raman Lal Jangra, MC of ward 10 Anil Kumar, MC of ward 11 Harish Nanda, MC of ward 12 Brijbhushan, MC of ward 14 Vijay Azad and MC of ward 15 Roshni Bhardwaj. In the MC elections held on May 20, 101 candidates were in the fray for 14 wards, while Roshni Bhardwaj was elected unopposed from ward 15.
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Students fall ill after taking iron tablets
Karnal, May 22 The students were taken to the local community health centre at Indri, where they were given first aid and were soon discharged as their condition was stated to be normal. The tablets had been provided by the district health authorities and were distributed among the children by teachers. The SMO, Dr Hari Singh, said the students had been told to take the tablets after dinner, but some of them started consuming these empty stomach ignoring the medical advice. They reportedly started vomiting, which prevented their condition from getting worse. —
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Now, Dalits targeted over poll
Faridabad, May 22 The group allegedly used abusive language against them. The incident reportedly took place over the just concluded elections to the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad. The Dalit members were allegedly beaten up for voting for a “particular candidate’. The village falls in ward 26. According to the Dalits, they were beaten up as they had voted for a candidate against the liking of the group, which supported another candidate. The police has booked six persons of the the group following a complaint lodged by one of the victims, Ravinder Kumar. Those booked are two siblings Sukhveer and Harveer and their relatives. According to DCP, Central, Shashank Anand, disciplinary action has been initiated against an ASI, in charge of the Sector 16 police chowki, for allegedly not taking prompt action on the complaint of the victims. The cop allegedly misbehaved with Dalit women, who were holding a protest against the attack. The DCP said an inquiry into the allegations against the official had been ordered and the probe would be conducted by the ACP, Central. According to the DCP, two police teams have been constituted to arrest the six accused, who are at large. Tight security arrangements have been made in the village to avoid any untoward incident. The police registered an FIR only after members of the Scheduled Castes staged a protest against it for not taking timely action on their complaint. They also blocked the road near the police chowki for some time. The situation was brought under control after the DCP reached the spot and assured the protesters of strict action against the accused. The protesters threatened that they would not go to the village until they got justice. They said such incidents had become a common occurrence in the stae. |
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Friends’ spat ends up in group clash
Hisar, May 22 Two friends were having dinner at a dhaba outside the village late in the night. They had an argument. Soon, they came to blows. Both of them contacted their friends and relatives on mobile phones and a clash followed in which firearms were also used. However, the police reacted quickly and the situation was brought under control. Reinforcements were rushed in at midnight from all over the district to prevent the clash from flaring up further. Senior officers camped at the village till early this morning to keep a close watch on the situation. The police has registered criminal cases against eight persons in connection with the violence. They are Dinesh, Vinod, Firoz, Sanddep Godara, Virender, Pawan Bishnoi, Krishan Sura and Jai Singh. |
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Former Haryana Chief Minister and INLD president Om Prakash Chautala, INLD’s Haryana unit president Ashok Arora, Haryana Janhit Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi and several journalists today appeared before a local court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against them.
Victims hold protest, want culprits punished; village tense
