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Narayan Sai's aide held for helping him abscond
New Delhi, October 18
The Gujarat Police with the assistance of the Delhi Police's Crime Branch today arrested an alleged close aide of self-styled god man Asaram's son Narayan Sai for helping Sai abscond. The arrested persons has been identified as Dharmesh, who was caught from Asaram's ashram at Ridge Road. The police claimed that Dharmesh helped Sai escape.

BJP demands power secy’s removal
New Delhi, October 18
The BJP today demanded removal of power secretary RK Verma and a high level probe into the matter of "unaccounted money stashed in British Virgin Islands" by his wife Ritu Verma.

Ex-cricketer's wife among four injured in road mishap
New Delhi, October 18
A former cricketer, Murali Kartik, met with a road accident at Niti Marg in New Delhi when he and his wife Shweta were returning to their home from the Hotel Taj Mansingh . The incident took place at Green Park about 12.15 pm today.


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Narayan Sai's aide held for helping him abscond
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 18
The Gujarat Police with the assistance of the Delhi Police's Crime Branch today arrested an alleged close aide of self-styled god man Asaram's son Narayan Sai for helping Sai abscond.

The arrested persons has been identified as Dharmesh, who was caught from Asaram's ashram at Ridge Road. The police claimed that Dharmesh helped Sai escape.

Investigators added that Dharmesh will be taken to Gujarat for further questioning. Meanwhile, a lookout notice has already been issued against Sai, who has been named in an FIR of the sexual assault of two girls, both sisters, in Surat, Gujarat.

In their complaint, the sisters alleged that the elder one had been sexually assaulted by Asaram between 1997 and 2006 at his ashram. The younger girl has accused Sai of sexually assaulting her between 2002 and 2005 at an ashram in Surat.

Sources in the police department said that a team of the Gujarat Police had arrived in Delhi on Tuesday evening after Sai's mobile phone location was traced at ashram in Ridge Road.

The Gujarat Police and the Crime Branch raided Sai's suspected hideouts in Najafgarh, Rohini, Jaffarpur Kalan and Ridge Road. "He still managed to escape, because he was reportedly being assisted by his associates," the sources said.

Today, amid speculations that Sai may have slipped into Haryana from south-west Delhi, the Gujarat Police arrested Dharmesh after they discovered that he is involved in allegedly hiding Sai.

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BJP demands power secy’s removal
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 18
The BJP today demanded removal of power secretary RK Verma and a high level probe into the matter of "unaccounted money stashed in British Virgin Islands" by his wife Ritu Verma.

In a statement, the BJP also demanded that the Delhi Government should meet the Election Commission and seek removal of the secretary as exceptional circumstances have arisen after the expose on the alleged stashing unaccounted money.

This is an exceptional situation where it has come to the light that the spouse of the power secretary, despite being homemaker, has reportedly a huge amount of unaccounted money deposited in the tax havens abroad. It cannot be a mere coincidence that a massive power scam is going on under the current power secretary in collusion with the government and the discoms, said Delhi BJP leaders.

Ritu Verma has been shown as a depositor of unaccounted money the bank. Verma has been shown as a shareholder in Windsor Incorporation Inc., which was started with an authorized share capital of $50,000, said the leaders.

RK Verma refused to give the comment saying that he was out of city.

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Ex-cricketer's wife among four injured in road mishap
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 18
A former cricketer, Murali Kartik, met with a road accident at Niti Marg in New Delhi when he and his wife Shweta were returning to their home from the Hotel Taj Mansingh . The incident took place at Green Park about 12.15 pm today.

Kartik was unhurt in the accident. His wife suffered injuries, while three men in another car, Xylo, that was also involved in the accident, sustained injuries.

One of them suffered a fracture in his right hand. The other two men suffered minor injuries.

Shweta were taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

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