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NEWS ANALYSIS Dulina
incident due to ‘mistaken identity’ ‘Evidence
learnt to be found against judges’ IMA
passing out today NORTH INDIA IN
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NEWS ANALYSIS Chennai, December 9 Ever since the 66-year-old former Karnataka minister was kidnapped by forest brigand Veerappan more than three months ago, the Krishna government had at best been
dawdling in working out a strategy to secure the release of Nagappa. The initial response of the state government in the wake of the incident was one of swift action in intensifying the STF operations. But the authorities buckled under pressure from Mr.Nagappa’s family and the opposition parties with their suggestion for
negotiations and the bandit’s threat conveyed through a cassette that Nagappa would be killed if the security forces were not withdrawn from the forest areas. The Tamil Nadu Government, on its part, had made it clear that it would not favour any negotiations with Veerappan, but in deference to Karnataka’s wishes, discontinued the joint operations aimed at nabbing Veerappan. Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa had recently told a Karnataka delegation that her government would be willing to reactivate the joint operations if Karnataka so desired. In the past few weeks, Veerappan had sent six cassettes to the Nagappa family demanding that the Karnataka government send jailed Tamil activist Kolathur Mani to negotiate the release of Nagappa. Though initially reluctant, the Karnataka Government agreed, but faced legal hurdles in securing the release on bail of Mani facing several criminal cases. The process of securing bail for the potential emissary was taking time and the deadline of 12 days given by Veerappan had passed. The Karnataka government hoped that Veerappan would accede to its request to extend the deadline. But its hopes were belied and Nagappa’s body was found with no clue to his death. Veerappan’s last cassette sent to the family of Nagappa on Sunday had cleverly thrown the blame on Tamil Nadu which had given a clear signal that it will do all it can to capture Veerappan alive or dead. Ms Jayalalithaa has denied that there was any encounter between the Tamil Nadu STF and Veerappan as the latter had claimed. “It is unfortunate that some mischievous elements are now trying to foment trouble by spreading rumours that it was the TN STF which was responsible for this encounter. This is untrue, she said in a statement yesterday. Kannada film actor Rajkumar, who had spent 108 days as a hostage of Veerappan before returning home unharmed two years ago, said his assurances to Nagappa’s children that nothing would happen to their father had been belied. He had told them that “Veerappan does not kill.” The Nagappa tragedy has thrown the Krishna government in a deep crisis, with the Opposition already demanding its resignation. For Kolathur Mani, Nagappa’s death means the proverbial slip between the cup and the lip. His hopes of an imminent release to enable him to act as the emissary have been shattered. |
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Sonia anguished at Nagappa’s death New Delhi, December 9 Congress spokesman Satyavrat Chaturvedi today said Ms Gandhi has expressed anguish at the death of Nagappa. He said Ms Gandhi had appealed to the people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to maintain peace. Asked about the BJP’s demand for the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister
S.M. Krishna, Mr Chaturvedi alleged that it was part of BJP’s doublespeak. He pointed out that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not resign after the Akshardham attack. “The menace of Veerapan has existed for 21 years,” he said, adding that there was no basis for demanding Mr Krishna’s resignation. |
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Dulina incident due to ‘mistaken identity’ New Delhi, December 9 In a statement, Minister of State for Home Affairs I.D. Swami said during investigation into the killing, 23 accused had been arrested and another case registered under the Atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. The minister said the state government would not hesitate in taking action against those found guilty by the inquiry report of the Divisional Commissioner, Rohtak. Mr Swami said the inquiry report was expected shortly. He said according to the facts given by the Haryana Government, the five persons were coming from Farukh Nagar in Gurgaon district and going to Karnal. They were carrying 228 hides (34 hides of cows, 2 hides of sheep and 192 hides of buffaloes) and a dead cow in a vehicle. The dead cow was purchased from a hide contractor. It was a stray animal and died on the morning of October 15. The vehicle stopped between Dulina and Jhajjar and the persons in the vehicle started skinning the cow along the road. Some persons from Jhajjar town returning home after Dussehra saw them persons skinning the cow and thought that cow slaughter was being carried out openly. They beat up the five persons, who died after the thrashing. They took the five persons to a police post. The police sent a verification party to Farukh Nagar from where the deceased had bought the cow, Mr Swami said. |
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‘Evidence
learnt to be found against judges’ New Delhi, December 9 The three-member panel, constituted by the Chief Justice of India, Mr Justice G.B. Pattanaik, comprised the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Mr Justice A.R. Lakshmanan, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Mr Subhashan Reddy, and Mr Justice Sachidanand Jha of the Patna High Court. Sources said the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was determined to take action against those found guilty and was expected to take a decision shortly after going through the voluminous report. The sources also indicated that the report of the panel had left it to the discretion of Mr Justice Pattanaik whether to make the report public or not and also to decide on the culpability of the judges. The report was submitted to Mr Justice Pattanaik yesterday. |
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IMA passing out today Dehra Dun, December 9 All duties have been earmarked for the parade that is to be reviewed by the grand old man of the Indian Army, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. Watching the future officers of Army will be the Army chief, General S. Padmanabhan, among other senior officers. On the campus armed guards stand in attendance, the security is strict as proud gentlemen cadets dressed in their grey- coloured suits walk around with their parents and siblings who have come from all parts of the country to witness this important event in the lives of the young men and women who will pass out as officers. The cafe on the north campus is abuzz with activity. A small banner near the cash counter says “all accounts closed”. This aptly sums up the fact that this is the last day for the boys. From tomorrow the officers will take charge of men who have already fought wars and know what it means. Militarily, this year the 572 officers, including 93 from the newly introduced technical entry scheme, will pass out. And importantly after several years most of the cadets have opted for the action-oriented infantry battalions. This evening a film on the life of Sam Manekshaw was released. |
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NORTH INDIA IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, December 9 Museums Under a scheme for the promotion and strengthening of regional and local museums, a sum of Rs 2.3 lakh was given to the Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum Society of Ludhiana and Rs 2.1 lakh to the Indian Academy of Fine Arts , Amritsar, during 2001-02. Under this scheme, the amount released to different NGOs and other organisations was Rs 2.7 lakh in Haryana and Rs 1 crore and 80 lakh in HP, Mr Jagmohan said.
Crop insurance A pilot scheme (implemented through the General Insurance Corporation of India) on seed crop insurance was launched by the government in 1999-2000. Mr Yadav told the House that 392 farmers in various states, including 13 in Haryana, had been insured. Providing details of the funds sanctioned under the scheme, the minister said Rs 2.50 lakh were sanctioned to Punjab and Haryana each in 2000-01 (State Seeds Corporation) and Rs 2.50 lakh to Punjab and Rs 5 lakh to Haryana (State Seeds Certification Agency).
Macro-management While Punjab was sanctioned Rs 1,700 lakh in 2002-03 under the macro-management scheme, Haryana , HP and J&K were sanctioned Rs 1,600 lakh each, the minister told the House.
Photo ID cards Minister of Law and Justice K. Jana Krishnamurthi informed the Rajya Sabha that under the programme of elector’s photo identity cards, 75.64 per cent of the total voters in Punjab, 39.06 per cent in Chandigarh, 85.78 per cent in Haryana, 55.64 per cent in HP and 20.83 per cent in J&K had been issued identity cards. |
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