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anduineliiiigcessdemonstrat:ed
events, he said whetloer it be
did anything t:o safeguard the
grounds
hythe CDI in ensaring an strin
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st.ep tli date for the extradition
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assisting the Cdi in
prosecu
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incl.uding the
or
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arrest warrant against, the then
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Red faces as CBI
contradicts itself
on Hemraj pillow
Agencysaid pillowwith male DNAwasfound in
______
______________
Aarushi room, now says picked from Hemraj room
DIPtNKAR GI-IOSE
OHAZIABAD. \
GUST 29
There were some red faces in
the CBI on Wednesday after a
Ghaziabad
court,
of
parents
where
Noida
the
teenager
Aarushi are being tried for her
murder and that ef their dome
-
he help fteniraj, wastnld that a
pillow
and
pillow
traces of male
case with
DNA, presented
as case exhibits, were recovered
from "the servants room'
and
not Aarushi's
room.
last week, when the exhihil
was opened during the chief cxaminationofsenior CFSLbiolo
gist Dr BK Mahapatra, he told
the court that according to a for
_______
________________
a__________________
warding letter signed by R K
Dhankar, the then SP (CBI)
The Taiwars are being tried
the pillow and pillow ease were
in a Ghaziabad court
found
in
Aarushi
counsel had said that
room,
The exhibits were
opened again
n the
court on Wednesday.
Among them were
two pillows and their
covers. Thcrewasno
dispute about
th
first of these pillows
as in Mahapat a's
analysis,
the first cx
thh
_____
__________________
__________
suggested
the
presence of a male in
Aarushi's room and
supportedthetheory
that
both
victims
were present in the
room on the night of
themurder.
The Talwars' counsaid: "The efforts
sd
hihit belonged to Aa ushi and
of the CBI to prove the pres-
showed traces ot female DNA.
But there was a contiadiction in
ence ot Hemraj in the room
have completely fallen in this in-
theCBT stand on the seeondpi
stance. This is
low and
its cover which
-
be
longed to Hcmraj.
The
lawyer
cauit out
representing
a dehherateactto
mislead the court and has been
unients
by two different doc
giving
dhferent inca
Aarushi's parents Rajesh and
tions of
Nupur Talwar asked Mahapatra
signed by CBI officials."
to comparethe two pillow
cases
based on photographs. Mahapa
tra
said they
were different.
As
recovery,
reported
and
earlier,
both
the
seizure memo, while detailing
thelocationfromwhicheachot
Thereafter, a parcel which was
the
sealed on June 1,2008 during
recovery ot evidence wos us
fromthe crimescenewassilent
played
in
showed
a marking, signed by
its case.
l.awyersrepresentingtheCBT
court.
It
clearly
13 other items was taken
onthelocationotthepilowand
Pankaj Bansal, lnspector(CBI)
did not deny the discrepancy but
and Dr Rajinder Singh, head of
said this would not make a difference or the larger outennie
the CFST. team, which stated
"taken from servants room",
During Mahapatra's chief cx
amination. he had quoted a for
warding letter writtenby the SP
of the case.
"The location is not very important with regard to the case.
Inthe Supreme Court aswell, it
CBI which had said that these
has been said that the pillow' and
samples
its ease came from
room.
Caine
from Aarushi's
At that time, the CBI
rooul itsel i.
Hemrai's
Uiey sad.
__ _ _
OSA case against Abhishek Verma
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
THE CBI on Wednesday regis
tered a fresh case against un
Ministry
known
of
Defence
(MoD) officials under the Offi
cial
Secrets Act
(OSA) in the Ab
hishekVerma case. Besides nam
ing
Verma
classified
for the leakage of
-
-
________
-__________________
defence documents, the
agency also booked unkno
offi
cials of Gantonindia and USA—
ABHISHEKVERMA
firm owned by Verma and his
wife Anca Maria Neascu.
partner C Edmonds Allen were
The
CBI
then
e
I
classified.
sought
0 S
ay in jai
es p1 e
legal opinion on Verma's alleged
DELHI:
ai
involvement as the documents
NEW
were not recovered from his pos
session but were provided by a
Neascu, wife of Abhishek Verma,
Anca
Maria
was granted bail on Wednesday in
third person.
the forgery case filed by the
CBI
documents include the
on the complaint of Union Minis-
JAF's acquisition plans for the
terAjayMaken.ThecourtofSpe-
The
Judge Sanj ccv
next five years, some of which re
cial
late to acquisition of UAVs.
granted bail
CBI
to
Anca
Jain
on the
Allen and Verma have been
grounds of her gender and bea
engaged in litigation after their
causetheCBlhadnotbrought any
business ties snapped. Verma had
"concrete
The
evidence" against her.
slapped on
criminal conspiracy. the sections
filed a case against Allen accusing
Verma Section 3of the OSA
underwhichthe CBlfiled itsnew
him of cheating him of Rs 55
(penalty for spying) in which the
FIR. The agency will also seek
crore and forging documents to
Prime Minister on Maken's forged
sentencecouldgoupto l4yearsin
Verma's custody to record
defamehim.
letterhead seeking relaxation of
THE CBI
has
jail. The agencywill now question
senior
Ministry of Defence of fi
cialsandretiredArmypersonnel
who
they
suspect
may
have
statement and to
his
establish his
visa norms for some foreign na-
tionalsworkingwithZTETelecom
officials,
taking money from Swiss firm
IndiaPvtLtd.Despitegrantofthe
Dc
Rheinmetall Air Defence AG to
bail,
docu
stall the blacklisting proceedings
she is yet to get bail in a money
the Ministry of
helped Verma in the leakage of
fence certified
documents. These officials may
ments
also face charges under OSA and
handed over by Verma's former
that
were
the
alleged that
and his wife for allegedly
Verma
that
has
Verma hadwritten a letter to the
The CBI has already booked
contactswithMinistry of Defence
Earlier,
CBI
reportedly
initiated
against it.
by
the
government
Anca would remain injail as
launderingcase registeredagainst
her by the
ED.
ENS
CBI arrests BCCL
official for graft
Dhanbad:
A senior official of
the Bharat Coking Coal Limited
(BCCL)
was arrested by Cifi
sleuths on Tuesday for allegedly accepting bribe from a civil
contractor at Jharla of the district.
"B P Gabai, an Assistant Fi-
nance Manager of BCCL's Eastern iharia Coalfield in Bhora
area, was caught red handed
whileacceptingRs2o,000froma
civil contractor, Sugriv Singh
around 11 am at his (official's)
office," Cflissuperintendentof
Police
(Dhanbad)
P K Majhi
saidhere.
Be said the agencs anticorruption wing
laid a trap af
ter the contractor lodged a cornplaintwiththeCBlaccusingthe
BCCL
official of
demanding
money for the last several days,
Gabai was produced before
a local court, which sent him to
14 daysjudicial remand, he add-
ed.
pu
-
CBI registers Official Secrets Act
case against Abhishek Verma
SYED ALl AHMEDITNS
to be of secret nature include
acquisition plans
The CBI today registered a
against
case
arms
dealer
Force,
soiwces
said.
The Defence Ministry sub
Abhishek Veima under the
mitted
Official Secret Act (OSA) on
August 24
complaint
the
to
of secret official
by
documents.
Defence
Ministry
requesting the agency
probe
"leakage
on
probe leakage
thebasis ofa complaint filed
the
for next
five years for the Indian Air
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 29
defence
The CBI
di:
to
cussed this issue at senior
of secret
level to register the case as
defence documents".
The Defence Ministry has
already provided the CBI
there was no
mention
of
Abhishek in the complaint,
soiwces
said.
with a list of seven documents that come under the
ments had not been recov-
definition
ered
of
the Official
Secrets Act (OSA). The doc
nts which
believed
Sources
said
the
docu-
from Verma's posses-
sion. They were disclosed by
other persons.
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probe
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LUCKNOW: The Luc know bench of Allahabad High Court on
W&besday expressed dissatisfaction with the CBI probe
into the murder of two chief medical officers and said nothing substantial was done hi the last few months. The observation was made by n division bench while hearing a PIL on
the CD! probe into the murder of VK Arya and BP Singh and
a probe into an alleged scam in CMO office. The CDI had
submitted a sealed status report on the murder probe.
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Defence nails CBT
witness's error
TIMES NEWS NErWORK
New Delhi: CBI faced some
embarrassment in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder trial on
Wednesday when defence lawclaimed a prosecution
wrongly
had
in-
yers
witness
formed court that a pillowand-cover wastakenfrom Aarushi's room, when in fact it
had
been
recovered
Hemraj'sroom.
The CBI witness
biologist
-
from
CFSL
B X Mahapatra
bythethenSP(Cßl)RKDhan
kay.
had told court last week that
the
sample
(belonging
to
Heniraj) was recovered from
Aarushi's room, going by the
The
defence
opened the
second pillow (Heniraj 's) that
showed traces of male DNA
June 4,2008 forwarding letter
Mahapatra
on Wednesday
was shown photographs of
of the CBI superintendent of
both pillows with covers, and
police. However, the defence
pointedout aCBI officer'snot
he agreed that they were in
deed different. Thereafter, de
ing on the parcel cover, dated
fence
June 1, 2008, that stated the
the
counsels
pillow's
showed
him
parcel
sample was taken from Hem
cover
signed by CBI inspector Pan
raj'sroom.
kaj
CBI prosecutor RK Saini
Bansal
and CFSL team
chief Dr Rajinder Singh that
later clarified that the agency
stated: "taken from servant's
had already settled this point
room".
in its counter-affidavit to Nu
pur Talwar's review petition
counsel Satyake
Defence
"The photo
graphs show the two pillows
pillow with cover was indeed
from the servant
belonged to different rooms
and a CBI officer had himself
recovered
room of
L-82
(Talwars' Noida
Singh
said,
in the Supreme Court. "This
tv
writtenthat the secondpillow
house),"
adding,
he said,
"Fromthebegiiming,wehave
was recovered from Heniraj 's
room. The witness (Mahapa
relied on the June 1 noting.
The CBI SP's forwarding let
tra) has been saying in court
ter
Aa
rushi's room since they (CBI)
are trying to prove the pres
CBI's clarification liftsthe
help,
ence of a male there...Cßl's
efforts to prove the presence
Talwar
petition
of Heniraj in Aaruslii's room
havefallenflat".
wrongly
mentioned
rushi'sroom".
cloud
from
Krishna,
as
another
Nupur
had in her review
claimed the pillow-and-cover
that itwasrecoveredfromAa
However, CBI officials said
was recoveredfrom his room.
Wednesday's
Two pillows with covers were
taken from the Talwars' resi
will not affect their case as
they have already clarified
dence. There was no contro
this point in a counter-affida
vit inthe Supreme Court.
versy about the first of these,
which Mahapatra said was
Aarushi's andhadtraces of fe
male DNA. Last week, he in
formed court the second sam
development
On Wednesday,
the de
fence filed an application in
court seeking permission to
summon
Mahapatra
again
plc
was
also
found
in
Aarushi's room, relyingupon
when the prosecution sum
mons witnesses from CDFD
the forwarding letter signed
Hyderabad.
HC to CBI: Tell us if you are
incapable of probing the case
Castigates The Agency For Shoddy Progress In CMOs Murder Investigation
TIMES
Lucknow: Expressing
delay
in
completion
of
made in the investigation so
farbeforethecourt.Aftergoingthrough
might go to the extent of passing direr
tiontoinvestigatetheconductof the lOs
charge-sheet orciosure report. After all
howinuchtime youwilltake. Already a
it,thedivisionbenrhofdusticelmtiyaz
oftheußlwhohavedelayedtheinvesti
lot of time has passed," the court ob-
progress
NEWS NETWORK
concern over
into
the probe
Murtaja
and Justice Ashwani
Kumar
chief needical ciii
cers ICMOs), Dr VK Arya and Dr UP
Single, the Luclmow bench of the Alla
since May 28,2012.
when the previous hearing of the case
washeld,the CBlhadmadenoheadtvay
habadhigh court on Wechiesday
and
the niurdeis of
Iwo
direct
edsuperintendentofthepolice(SPlof
IlieCRI tobe present lithe courtun Sep
tember 12 alongwiththeprogress ofthe
Single observed heat
was
asking
for
more
time
on
the
rtted on tile
previous occasion. 'flee cuun, lioweven
did not specie' the reason cited by the
saunA ground which it had
investigationdone sofar. Thetwo mar
CRI
derswere saidto belinkedtothe multi
gation. The
coun saicltbatit could also
served.
pass all onjerbannag(lie investigators
from amy important investigation in fu
tare. "It iswellknownwho designedthe
scam
and murders but you (CLI
don't
know", ohservedthendgestnthejani
The CBT has not
substantial progress and its
packed court r'ooni.
made
any
On
lice ollier leimd, additional advo-
cate general llaj Bahaclur Single Yadav
on behalf of the state government ap
prised
had
the court that the govennnent
granted
sanction
tin pros
cntion
souglitby tlieCßlagadist37accnsed.ina
clucbngtloctorsrnthe
NIP TM
scam and
di
investigationhasbeencenteredaround
cases mlatedto it.
envelope.
theaccusedwhowereareestedbythelo
rertedthe CLI thatnowwhensanction
calpolice.Thecontt.whilesayingthatit
hadheengranted,itconldgoaheadarid
clarify
The conet also remarked, We are
monitoring die probe fir inure than a
yeararidyeu(Clll)aremakingmockery
could pa'' a suitable or'derrequiredfor
completionof the probe. also askedthe
file chearge-sieeets against (lie accused.
Earliei;thepetitioner.whohadfiledthe
whether it was capable of prcting the
case, the court also directed the agen
cy's SPTRaIa Bath to come alotigwith
of everything and seeking time on cv
cry occasion withoutbringing any sub
stantialniaterial onrecord"Tbecourt
agency
llce clarificationwhv thee two hivestigat
ing officers dOs) who are probing the
twocasc'sshouldnothereplaced. Reluc
hiqurir-ed front the CRI how nla,nv ac
cusedtheagencyhadlistedinthe mar
der cases. The CRI replied that three
his argument defended (be investiga
tionsdone bvthe agency so fan lie said
that itwas eosyto pointfingerstowords
tant to accept the CBl'splea
riames--acontractorflKVermaancltwo
anybody
thonsandcroreNgl-Tlascanitbattook
place during lice RSPregiiue.
While asking the
leaditigto
to
onreasons
-
if it was faring any shortage of
bands or infrastrnrture.
ThecßhcounselßireshwarNath in
but beibre
makingariy arrest.
At this, the court
public
interest litigation last year
uiñchledto CRI inquiry into the scam
andmurdersmlatedtoit,snhmtttedhe-
foe-c die corn-I that die CRI has allowed
thebigfishtogo,whereassomepersons
tho had roisc'd voice against the scam
inthehealthandfamilywelfaredepart-
prohe,tbecourt
hired shooters Anaud Prakash Tiwari
the Chlhadtocollectevideuce.Hesatd
menthaveheenmadearcused.
said that evencivil police snb-inspeclor
worfidhave investigatedthe casebetter
thanthc CRI.
Thehighcourtbaddirertedthe CRI
and Vinod Sharma have come lo die
fore.ltalsasaidthatdeputyCMODrYS
lhat iL\vasalsnjalulceanfacttllatilobody
forward to depose against the
scalusters or murderers. I\loreovcr, he
Dr Ar'ya was diol iii Oclobec 2011
tacile Dr Singln was killed six months
later.Boththeniurdersurre saiodtobc
was entrristedwiththe
linkedtotheksfl,7oocroreNllHMscain.
thetwo caseson July 27,2011.
The court is also moidtuctug die pro
gress. Initially the CIII was given three
the niaste.rniiuds. On court's repeated
query dial was diem any ollier accused
whose name has come to light, the CIII
task when thepiecesof evidence were
erased and wahed out. At Ills, die
court remarked. "then say that you
Police saidthat theirdeputy Dr V'S Sa
clianwas the aiasteraiindbeliindbotb
the killings and also the Lucimow part
unwillingly tookthe name of cx
(CBl)ere
incapable of probingthenmt
terandwewillpasssuitableorder". The
ofthe scam.Hcwasorrestedbutfound
dead inside Lucknow jail. The CRI is
court also added:
nowprohingthetwomurders,Sachan's
delay
tuthe
CIII
in its report submitted in a sealed
toprohe
monthstime to complete theprobebut
it has not been able to do so even after
morethan
Sachan,vinowaslaterfounddeadinjoil
under mysterious circumstances,
diestatusrerurtufdie
CMO.
Lucknoxy DrAK Shukla.
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probe of CMO
SIÔwCBI
murders draws Court ire
High Court after itwas sub-
Special Correspondent
Lticknow
LUCKNOW:
The
Bench
Allahabad
of
Court has expressed
pleasure
in
over slow progress
the CBI
probe
into the
muikier
of two Chief
Officers
in Lucknow.
Me41ea1,
A tWo-Judge Bench
lice
lmtiyaz
Justice
High
its dis-
vestigating
officers
of
the
CBI.
The Chief Medical Officers
of' the State Family Welfare
Department, Vinod Arya and
BY. Singh, were murdered in
of Jusand
Murtaza
Ashwani
mitted the status report in a
sealed envelope by the two in-
Kumar
Lucknow
and
October
in
April
2010
following
2011
which the allege4 scam in the
Singh fixed September 12 as
CMO office had áurfaced.
the next date of hearing and
directed the Superintendent
General, Raj Bahadur
of
Police of CBI, who is mon-
iforiiig
the case, and (the
investigating
officefsito be
present in person.
The Beftèh observed
nothing
subsCantial had
done,, in the
" months
two
last
The
Yadav,
Court
Additional
Advocate
submitted
the.
State
Singh
to
the
Govern-
ment's prosecution sanction
order of 34 doctors and em-
th4
been
tWo/three
in the case This ohsérVation Qas made by' the
.ployees
ofthe State
Department
in
Health
connection
withthe multi-crore National
Rural
Health
(NRHM) scam.
Mission
Complete Ggpalgarh probe
in three months, CBI told
Rajasthan handed over case to CBI following public outcry
crime of attack on Gujjars
and hqd been falsely impli-
Special Correspondent
JAIPIJR: The Rajasthan
Court on Wednesday
High
direct-
ed the Central Bureau of Investigation
to complete
its
Of the 13 persons arrested
" case,
eight are Gujjars and
by the CDI in the
five-are Meo Muslims.
cated
CBI
probe into the police firing
there were serious
attack
acy to
submit areportto the Court.
by the CBI in the case,eight
Government
Gujjars
are
Muslims.
outcr' over the victims being
booked as accused.
pute
Rastogi of the
Jaipur Bench
order while re-
Meo
in a disof lam!
14,
jecting
the bail application
turn on
2011,
resorted
when
to
September
the, police
indiscriminate
firing on the mosque on the
pretext of dispersing the
ruly
Un-
mob.
Illi had
the
a "course correction" in the
CBI probe and have alleged
there was no change in cirsince the time
that five innocent Meo Mus-
The
Court
cumstances
first petition was dismisthe investigation
and
was yet to be completed.
lims
- -
four of them from a
single family
ed
to
balance
were arrestthe
case
against Gujjars.
bail
On the other hand, not a
did
single policeman accused of
not make any observation on
defence counsel Shahid Ha
firing on the mosque and
joining the Gujjar mob in
While
rejecting
application,
San's
moved the High
was in progress.
activists in
Muslim
on May 8 this year.
observed
that
plication
sed
dispute
The
gation
following
tate have been demanding
took a
years.
through the
petition
the rejection of his first ap-
the
violent
and took part in the conspir
fivt
second
near the mosque for several
the
1111,
Court for bail
two coftimu-
over a piece
passed
who the CBI said was a member of an unlawful assembly
and
The
nities were locked
High Court's
by one of the accused,
Gujjars.
Of the 13 persons arrested
had handed over the case to
the CHI following a public
Justice Ajay
"
case was "very sensitive" in
nature, in which the investi-
which 10 persons were killed,
within three months
and
State
t)at
charges
against the accused and the
on a mosque at Gopalgarh on
September 14 last. year,
The
PrakaEh
contended
Sharma
Not a single policematraccused of firing on
mosque, joihing Gujjar mob has been arrested
"
in the case.
tounsel Tej
plea
connection
the
that
the
Judge
Iii had no
with the alleged
lynching
side
those praying in-
has been
arrested.
Aarushi defence
nails CBI error
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The GB! faced
some embarrassment in the
Aarushi-Hemraj
murder
trial on Wednesday when defence lawyers claimed a prosecution witness had wrongly
informed court that a pifiow
and cover were taken from
Aarushi's room, when In fact
it had been recovered from
flemraj'sroom.
The GB! witness
- GF'SL
biologist 13K Mahapatra
had told court last week that
UNSOLVED MYSTERY
room or L32çl'alwars Noida
sample (belonging
to
house)"
he said, adding,
Hemraj) was recovered from
Aarushi'smogoingbytheWrom
the beginning, we
the
kJune42008foiwaFdihgletteia
have relied on
thiJUiW'
of the GB! superintendent of
ing. The GB! SF's forwarding
police. However, the defence
letter
pointed out a GB! officer's
noting on the parcel cover,
Aarushi's room".
dated June 1,2008, thatstated
the cloud from another help,
the sample was taken from
Krishna,
Hemraj's mom.
had in
GB! prosecutor BK Saini
wrongly
GBI's
mentioned
clarification
lifts
as Nupur Thiwar
er review petition
claimed the pillow-and-cover
later clarified that the agency
was
had already settled this point
room.
in its counter-affidavit to Nu
pur Th.lwar's review petition
Two pillows with covers
were taken from the Thlwars'
in the Supreme Court "This
pilloW
with cover was indeed
residence. There was no controversy about the first of
recovered from the servant
these.
recovered
from
his
27 firms got coal blocks
but yet to statt work CBI
Neeraj Chauhan
I TNN
Protests by BJP
New Delhi: Ahead of filing
FIRs in the Coalgate scam,
starting Friday
the CBI has identified sever-
Harping on its demand
al companies
for
cancellationof 142 coal
which were a!-
Wocks and demanding PM
Manmohan Singh'sresig-
located blocks long ago but
had not started any work
yet,
said.
sources
Identified
nation overthe coal scam.
the BJP said itwill launch a
some 27 companies which
[ave not begun production
nationwide agitation from
Friday. Party spokesman
"We
have
coal till date," a CBI
ource said, adding that the
gency has zeroed in on
I
ome officials of different
ainistries who were memrs of the screening comittees
in three states
arkhand,
-
-
Chhattisgarh
d Karnataka
where
ese 27 companIes were alated blocks and is plan-
gto question them.
"The CBI is expected to
bases against someof
f
se private companies hy
end of this week, as well
a onduct raids at various
p es. The CBI's prelimin
enquiry has found that
p
re
th
ate companies misrepnted, facts,
including
tig]
of
BJP will organize demonCBI sources said they will quiz
strations in 40 cities. "on
officials at nine ministries and
PSUs linked to the allocation
August31, September 1 and
2, our leaders will go to 40
they had to conduct raids
cities and we will launch our
protest," he said. ThN
and collect
evidence.
The
agency has examined secretaries
and joint secretaries
in the coal
ministimc
offi-
26 blocks bagged
free of cost: Ahir
cials of private companies
and others who were part of
companieswere
Private
allocated 26 coal blocks in
the screening committees.
CBI sources said they
Maharashtrafree of cost"
will also question some top
ranking officials of nine
during 2004-10, BJPMP
Hansraj Ahir said. "Maha-
ministries and PSUs, which
rashtra has 3% of coal
are linked to the allocation
of coal blocks. The agency's
Congress support, 26 coal
deposits in the country. With
enquiry has so far revealed
that most of the blocks were
blocks were allocated to
bidding."Ahirsaid Hesaid
essaith.
allocated between 2005 and
2009. Agency officials also
said they would not look in-
II officials remained
to policy issues and their
ippedaboutthenames
probe would only relate to
allocated to private players
should be cancelled and
use of blocks.
taken back," he aid.
fmancia! status, to get
co blocks, despite not bein eligible for the work,
so
Prakash Javadekar said the
companies, claiming
private players without any
that Coalgate is biggerthan
the 2G scam. 'Coal blocks
TNN
OSA case by CBJ
against Verma
NeeFaJctIaUIIaIIITNN
New Delhi: The GB! on Wednesday registered
a fresh case against alleged
arms dealerAbhishek Verma
and officials of Canton India
the ministry of
and
defence
(MoD) under the Official Sc
/
créts' Act (OSA) and criminal
conspiracy after the MoD confirmed that thedocuments handed overby-Ver-
ma's
US-based estranged business
partner C
Edmond Allen are classified.
Sources told 'J'OI that "another case related
to allegedly forging the letter of a superintendent of police of GB! by him is also likely to be
registered
soon". The agency filed a case
against Verma and unknown government officials after a formal complaint was received
from the MoD stating that the documents were
classified and violated the OSA. On receiving
the complaint, the
BI took a legal opinion on
the alleged involvement of Verma as the documents were not recovered from his possession,
but were provided by a third person.
However, it was decided to register a case
against Vermaandunknown MoD officials under
section 3 of the OSA (passing on sensitive
information) and 120-B (Criminal conspiracy),
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pillow cover blown
The CR1 had told the Supreme Court that the pillow cover was found in Hemraj
roOm. What prompted the prosecution to change fts mind during the trial?
Wewant
Aarushi
iv'
MURDERTRIAL
3
SEN
AVIROOK
GHAZIAO
For
the past
one month, the
CIII has
to give the special Clii court
tried
hearingthe Aarushi-iieamaj
trial the impression that
Hemraj's
room.
Aa,ushi's
were
blood
murder
traces of
in
found
Wednesday, it became
On
clear that the agency had been misleading the
court.
The issue of Hensrsj's blood in Aarushis
room
first
came
tip in forensic scientist Dr II
K Mohapatra's testimony to
was
'fact'
the court. The
then circulated among journalists
—through both whispered and open briefings
—and received
unquestioned coverage
outlet.
in alniosi every major news
[he
mc?
was
mearn the
It
oftren,endous importance.
Taiwan' servant was In
Aarutiii's
on
room
at
night
of the murders. If this was the case, the
a
socially unacceptable hour
"honour killing'
conjecture gets
of hard evidence, and
the support
reasonable
a
-
of events fails in place.
the
seçuence
Or RajeI,and NupurTaiwar standaccused of murdering their daughter AanisliIand Servant kemraj
stand
Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, who
Well before Dr Mohapatra had madethe
accused, discover their daughter with Hemraj.
golf
Or Talwar picks up a
both
daughter and servant
slits their throats to make
erase as
much evidence
scene at
they alter the
itt
rage and then
a
sure
accomplice,
His wife and
club and barters
they are dead.
as
possible. Together
crime to deflect suspt-
don away from them.
The Clii has never been shy
on
helps
Nupur, then
of theorizing
the motive. What it lacked, by its
repeated admissions, was evidence that
ported
the beginning of the story:
Hernia) and Aarushi
This
a
went
partly explains
patent falsehood
own
sup-
undetected, the prosecution would have been
withintouching distanceof
a
a
urasealed
court.,
and
the
tlisplayed.
whether them
pillow cover,
and
was
a
the CDI
Mohapatra'stestiTnOrsy. None of these report
suggested I-ternraj's
he "didn't remember" where
the pillow cover was found
can you say
"How
see"
officers on the case now
CBI
Wednesday,
he
the tag quoted
It
was asked to read aloud
above.
From
nets
going by what was
was
forwarding note to Dr
tnt that the prosecution didait try to
the
placed
displayed
item in
say
Mohapatra,
Aarushi's room.
ing
exciting event, first tried to get the exhibit
out only
done with,
with
inlormative tag
what
was written cii
on Wednesday.
a"yeh to ho gaya'. The
This throws up
folded into the pillow
forwarding letter
was
a
IL
iveryone
the only
depict all
Forensic Science
Laboratory colleague Dr Rajisider Siargia, and
key member of the
1 2-man learn thai mad,' tire seizurc
on
In his testimony, he had said the psi-
low cover was recovered from
Aarushi's
for warding Ic LW;
was
from
an
officer
room.
lie
received from the Clii three days later.
ter
June
I tad
[he
let-
who wasn't present
I
during the seizures. Wlieaa cross-examined,
tr Mohapatrt made
his
testimony,
where
a
significant change to
he said he "did not rcmember"
the piitiss cover
was
found. On
allegations.
What doesalt this
(ill
Bans,iI.
these
says it makes
no
oaean
e: an
for the case? The
as an importanI
view
attem1,ted frame-up exposer! in court
number of
of Wbdnesday't events.
luetoras
need
to
But
flow
a
he
The
(25!
months ago
caused
,so
had
told
[hat
the
the Suprenninr Coutt
pillow cover
nsuch confusion
was
that has
found in
I-lemrafs room. What prompted Cite proseculion to diange its mmd during [he trial?
pillow cover
By
the CR's accouni,
there was only one
place where this nfnrmadon was avadahle in
wniurig—and you
a seal,
could access
it only by
the way the trial erstirt did it
Dr Mohapatra could riot identify the seal
that
was
broken in court And
ihar
was
labeled
as
all
containing a
troversial blood-spotted pillow
answered
available
CBI invest-
the
olfiter, sign the affidavit submitted to
breaking
'Ihe trial udgs' has the task of measuring
the impact
U 1. Kaul,
recovered from l-lermaj's roem
was
difference whatsoever
The defence looks at it
gating
how did A
found
furtlaea q sieslion. lithe
was
Dr Mohapatra's Central
a
tag
pillow cover was
the Supreme(oust that said the
cording to
which
'[lie
Wednesday was tinder seal, they
didn't want this In happen The CR1 counsel
a;
wit-
say; officers or witnesses had no way ofknow-
on
was the primaryrecord
I, 21.0)5
their
record the
on
brow twitches uncontrollably during evety
A cloth tag attached
a
had said,
that?" Saint
There may he. You will have to wait and
of the seizure. The lag hear', the signaturesof
Dr Islohapatra was
Aarushis
presence its
room, I had said. Dr Mnhapatra told me,
record.
lanka!
record in
was on
the los-in of foreasic test results during Dr
cover and the 11cm neededto be unfurled 1w
the tag to be read. Saini, say defence lawyers,
Cli! inspector
sep-
at the
scene
in ii testified its provenance. The tag said:
"Pillow and pillow cover, blood stained (Iron]
servaral's room)". This
had
possibility of the prow-
goingbeyond what
cutlon
I
counsel Satni
prevent this say defence lawyers. RIK Saint,
the tonsured CE! counsel, whose right eye-
short, dramatic, little
Chaziabad
cover was found in Aanishi's
room. When cross-examined,
him
conviction.But
it did not go undetected.
in
asked
arately
that
fact. Had this gone
a
revelationabout the
found together.
why it tried to pass oft
as
Dr Mohapatra had said the
other hrsx
second con-
cover
ing to Krishna—a former suspect
have
the
belongid not
item in it.
As he chainof cussody of evidence in the
ease gets ever murkier, a new
stand or' Thursday.
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