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Bhajan asked to give straightforward reply
Attack on Dera Chief
Dera head seeks quashing of proceedings
Kidney Scam
2 women with infant jump to death
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Fight female foeticide, CJ asks lawyers
Tantrik, 4 others get 10-yr RI for killing woman
2 exam-linked suicides in Jind, Rewari
Next hearing on Dhonchak’s plea on Mar 21
Forest official held on bribe charge
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Bhajan asked to give straightforward reply
Chandigarh, March 5 Kadiyan, who was presiding over the disqualification proceedings initiated against Bhajan Lal and his two loyalist MLAs, Dharampal Malik and Rakesh Kamboj, told Satyapal Jain, counsel representing Bhajan Lal, that the respondent was simply required to reply in one line that he continued to remain a member of the Congress on whose ticket he was elected to the house. The Speaker said Bhajan Lal could reply to the question either in person or through an affidavit, or by holding a press conference. “But the reply to that question is not forthcoming in spite of my giving repeated opportunities. I again emphasise that the reply to that question be given in either yes or no. If his reply is in the affirmative then I will stop the proceedings at the very same time”, Kadiyan said. Harbhagwan Singh, advocate representing petitioner Shadilal Batra, offered to withdraw the charges if Bhajan Lal claimed continued allegiance to the Congress. While Batra was present during the hearing, Bhajan Lal did not come citing health problems. Jain, counsel for Bhajan Lal, said at least two weeks’ time was needed for the respondent to clarify his stand on the issue of his affiliation to the Congress. The Speaker, however, refused to grant two weeks for the answer and asked Bhajan Lal to appear before him in his chamber on March 8 at 2 p.m. and clarify that he had faith in the Congress and that he had not floated any new party. Jain, who was also representing Dharampal Malik and Rakesh Kamboj, today cross-examined Jitender Malik, petitioner against Dharampal Malik, and Ramesh Gupta, who moved the petition against Rakesh Kamboj. These two MlAs were also asked by the Speaker to give evidence in support of their allegiance to the Congress on
March 8. With the date of the next hearing for all three rebel MLAs fixed for March 8, the trio would be now free to take part in the inaugural sitting of the budget session of the assembly on March 7. The Speaker said he would go by the law and was in no hurry to take any step in view of the approaching assembly session. |
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Attack on Dera Chief
Panipat, March 5 Karnal DSP Surinder Singh Bhoria said Hoshiar Singh, the fourth accused, was arrested from Mansa district last night. He said the accused had kept the explosive used in the attack on the controversial dera chief with him. The accused was pursuing MA (English) through correspondence from Kurukshetra University and is a graduate in computer applications. Bhoria said investigations revealed that Hoshiar Singh was in constant touch with Bakhsheesh Singh, the blast mastermind who is at large, for the past one year. He was keeping tabs on the movement of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh whose convoy was attacked on February 2 this year. Meanwhile, the accused was sent on a five-day police remand by a local court today. |
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Dera head seeks quashing of proceedings
Chandigarh, March 5 Fixing March 13 as the next date of hearing in the matter, Justice Lakshmi Narain Mittal of the High Court directed that the copies of proceedings in these cases be placed on record of the court. The Dera chief is facing trial for his alleged involvement in the murder of Sirsa-based scribe Ram Chander Chhatrapati and dera former manager Ranjit Singh, besides exploitation of women inmates. |
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Kidney Scam
Ambala, March 5 The CBI counsel pleaded that Manoj had been working in Dr Amit’s hospital since 1990 and he was aware of the details of the kidney scam. The CBI said the investigation into the scam had not completed so far as some more accused were to be nabbed yet. The CBI requested the court not to grant him bail at this stage. The counsel of Manoj requested the court to grant bail to his client as the CBI had already interrogated him in the case. He pleaded that Manoj’s name was not included in the initial FIR. After hearing the arguments of both sides, CBI Magistrate R.N. Bharti dismissed the bail application. Manoj is in the judicial custody till March 7. The application of the CBI for ceasing the account of Dr Amit in Canada was also argued in the court. The CBI had filed an application in the court to cease Amit’s accounts in Canada. The court has fixed March 7 for the next hearing in this matter.
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2 women with infant jump to death
Jhajjar, March 5 The police has registered a case against the husbands of the women and other family members for harassing them for dowry and forcing them to commit suicide. According to information, three women, Sushila, Monika and Umesh got married to Umed, Bijender and Chand, respectively, of the same family in 2005. Sushila and Monika were sisters and Umed and Bijender were brothers while Umesh was a cousin of Umed. The trio along with Sushila’s daughter Muskan jumped into a well situated outside the village. Sushila’s uncle Satender, a resident of Silothi village, had lodged a complaint that the trio’s in-laws used to harass the women and pressurised them to bring more dowry. The harassment drove the women to commit suicide, he alleged. The police has registered a case against the trio’s husband and other family members under Sections 304-B, 34 and 307 of the IPC. |
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Fight female foeticide, CJ asks lawyers
Yamunanagar, March 5 Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Vijender Jain said this while speaking at the centenary celebrations of the Jagadhri Bar Association here last evening. Justice Jain thanked the state government for providing infrastructure at the District Courts in the state. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda praised the Chief Justice for his landmark judgments and taking up social issues. Hooda also announced Rs 11 lakh for the library of the Bar. Brij Rajsharan Kaushik (96), son of the founder of the Bar, was honoured by the administrative judge of Yamunanagar district, Justice S.S. Saron. District and Sessions Judge Virender Singh and president of the Bar Association Pardeep Rathore also spoke on the occasion. Students of local colleges and schools presented
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Tantrik, 4 others get 10-yr RI for killing woman
Kaithal, March 5 According to information, Kulwinder Kaur got married to Gurmeet Singh of Kharkan village. After giving birth to two sons, she fell ill. Her husband and mother-in-law Parkash Kaur thought that some evil spirit had entered her body, following which she was taken to the house of one of the accused, Dr Partap Singh, a medical practitioner of Kharkan village. The tantrik, who was present there, lit fire in a room and after chanting mantras started giving blows of hot tongs on the body of the victim to bring out evil spirits. She was also forced to inhale chilly powder smoke. All this continued quite long time while the victim’s husband, mother-in-law, Dr Partap Singh and one Gurmej Singh held the victim. After some time, the victim died on the spot. She was hurriedly taken to the cremation ground and cremated before her parents could reach the spot. Tantrik Rashid Mohammad, Gurmeet Singh, Parkash Kaur, Dr Partap Singh and Gurmej Singh were held guilty under Sections 304, 201 and 148 read with Section 149 of the IPC by the court and awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs
50,000 each. They were also awarded five-years sentence and fined Rs 10,000 each for destroying the evidence by cremating the body
secretly. The court has ordered that in case of default for payment of fine the accused would have to under go further imprisonment for three years. The fine, if recovered from the accused, would be paid to minor children of the victim as compensation. |
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2 exam-linked suicides in Jind, Rewari
Jind, March 5 This has been the second suicide case by a student after the start of the annual examinations recently in the district. The victim identified as Manvir (20), a resident of Digana village, was depressed after an unfair means case (UMC) was registered by a team of flying squad at the exam center. The police recovered the body from the railway track this morning. Earlier, a class IX student had committed suicide in a similar manner near Uchana railway station two days back. The victim was dissatisfied and unhappy with his preparation for the annual examinations. REWARI: Jogender, a student of class IX, reportedly set himself on fire in Mohalla Shukarpura here on Monday when his parents were not at home. Sources said he took the extreme step owing to apprehension of failure in annual examinations. He was admitted to the local Civil Hospital with severe burns. Later, he was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, where he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. |
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Next hearing on Dhonchak’s plea on Mar 21
Chandigarh, March 5 The High Court had, earlier, taken note of a letter written by Dhonchak seeking a CBI probe into the allegations of forgery and fraud against Ahlawat during his tenure as SP, Rewari, along with other police officials. Taking up the letter, Chief Justice Vijender Jain had directed that the matter be taken up on the judicial side, and the letter be treated as a writ petition. |
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Forest official held on bribe charge
Yamunanagar, March 5 Surjeet Singh of Ledakhas village had alleged that the officer, Kartar Singh, had demanded Rs 25,000 from him. According to him, Kartar Singh was threatening to implicate him in a case of khair wood smuggling. The Van Karamchari Sangh has, however, alleged that Kartar Singh is being implicated in a false case. The team was lead by DSP Karnail Singh while the BDPO of Chhachhrouli was the duty officer. The DSP said Rs 20,000 was recovered from Kartar Singh. He said Surjeet Singh had complained to the vigilance department about the bribe demand. The Vigilance Bureau laid a trap and arrested Kartar Singh. He will be produced in court tomorrow. |
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