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CBI RAIDS SSC EXAM VENUE, 4 ARRESTEDALLAKABAD: A (3131 team conducted a raid at the venuØ ofanexamination conducted by the Staff Selection Comthissionand rounded up a number ofcandidates for alleged use ofunfair means. Acting ona tip-off, the CBI team arrived in thecity on Sunday and raided an inter college whereTier 112012exams were underway and arrested four persons who wereallegedly cheating with the help of mobile phones.

For coal blocks, Chhattisgarhdropped elephant reserve planASHUTOSHBHARDWAJON June 4, 2008, ArvindJam, chairmanofCII Chhattisgarh, wrote a lettertothe divisionalforestofficer, Korba,saying that since coal blocks ofafew companies fell in the area of aproposed elephant reserve inthe district,"the reserve should be shifted tosome otherlocation". The companies,Jammentioned, included JLDYavatmal Energy Ltd of NagpurbasedDardas, now named in a CBIHR in coal block allocations.Surguja0IMADHYAPQADESH Jashpurclemru7KorbaoRaigarhoCHHATTISGARHRaipur*51(5 ISPAT,JSW LOSE COAL BLOCKS, PIGCRI QUESTIONS ARVINO JAYASWAL P3Subsequently,the state governmentdecidedto drop the 450 sqkmproposed reserve in Lemru, Korbadistrict,without informingthe Centreeven though it had already receivedclearance from theMinistryofEnvironment and Forests for thereserve on October 5, 2007.North Chhattisgarh has a substantialelephant population inJashpur, Surguja, Raigarh and Korbadistricts, which also have richcoal blocks. Leaders from both theBJP government and CongressCONTINUEDONPAGE2

C'garh drOpped jumbo reserve planhave been seekingprotection rba, said fourblocks— Nakia, man-animal conflicts were onofelephantsintheregion.The Seyang,FatehpurandFateh the rise. He had also menthenCII chairman's lettersaid pur Eastfellwithin the 10 tioned "a resolution passedbythat the since proposed ele km radius of the proposed thestateAssembly" seekingaphant reserve will "block at sanctuary. Of these Syang reserve inKorba.least 40 milliontonnes of coal block had been allotted to In October 2007, Chhatproductionper annum in hi AES Chhattisgarh EnergyPvt tisgarh received a letter fromture", it may be shifted to Ltd, Nakia to Chhattisgarh the Union Ministry of Envisomeother location. Captive Coal Mines Pvt Ltd, ronment and Forests approvDefending the move to a consortium of five compa ing Lemru for the reserve.drop the Lemru reserve, the nies, Fatehpur to SKS Jspat Subsequently, on NovemberChhattisgarh government says and Power Ltd and Prakash 6, the principal chiefconserithadn'tnotifiedsettingituptillIndustries Ltd, and Fatehpur vator of forests wrote to theJam sent the letterand hence East to Visa Power Ltd, JLD forest conservator,therewas noquestion ofscrap Yavatmal EnergyLtd, Green Bilaspur/Surguja circle, toping it. "An elephant reserve Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, RKM take necessary steps fornotifiinLemru was just an initial Powergen Ltd and Vandana cation of thereserves. The letconcept.Thestate government VidyutEnergyLtd. ter read "Lemru (Korba),had already proposed to Incidentally,when Nakia Badalkhol(Jashpur), Thmorpstrengthenthree traditional coal block was allotted to ingla(Surguja)areundereleelephanthabitats in the state Chhattisgarh Captive Coal phant reserves" and unless theBadalkhol, Thmaz-pingla, Mines Pvt Ltd, XX Shrivas elephant corridor links all-Semarsot. Thesehadtobe de tavawas director(Personnel) these areas, "it will not be efdaredaselephant reserves and of South Eastern Coal Fields fective". Lemru was clearlythe area in between as habitat Ltd, a subsidiaryofCoalIndia considered an integral part ofmanagement corridor. The Limited under Ministry of the elephantcorridor.government didhot find a re Coal. He wouldhave sat infor "We talk of sustainableserve inLemru feasibleasthen a meeting of the screening development,but do nothing.the total area under elephant committee at the Centre on Lemru was part of a no-goreserves would have become the allocation. After retire area in Korba, still given totoobig and unmanageable, af ment,Srivastava took over as companies," said noted acfectinghundreds of villages," CEOinChhattisgarh Captive tivist Sudeip Srivastava.government spokesperson N Coal MinesLtd. Interestingly, the state didBaijendra Kumar told TheIn Contrary toits claims now not inform the Centre aboutdian Express. of Lemru having been "non its Lemru reserve move. SoonAsked whether the gov feasible", the Chhattisgarh July 29, 2009, replying to aernment had given in to CII government had laid out its question in the Lok Sabha,demands, he said: 'Anybody benefits while seeking the re MinisterofEnvironment andhas the right to make de serve a few years earlier. In Forests Jairam Ramesh saidmands. We decided against April 2005, thenprincipal sec the Centre had granted perLemru as it was found non retary(Forest)PJoy Ommen missionto create two elephantfeasible. It had nothing to do hadwritten to the Centrefor reserves in Lemru andwith coal blocks or creation of an elephant re Badalkhol Manora-Thmarpcompanies."serve sayingChhattisgarhhad ingla in Chhattisgarh-nineArvind Jam's letter to the around 100 elephants and in daysafter the former had beendivisional forest officer, Ko the absence ofa proper zone, scrapped.

CBI grills Jayaswal for 8hrs, Bagroclia may be lIeXUaeral documents related to hisfirm's application for the allo-"The CBI will also grill cationoftheßandercoalblockby his CBI interrogators.directors of JIDvavatmal"The CBI willEnergy Limited,seek clarificaNavbharat tion from Bagrodia regardingPower PrivateHT Correspondentthe allegations against him," saidLtd. Vini Iron & Steel" letters®hndustantimes.com Udyog Ltdthe source. Bagrodia isand JAS Infraa formerminister and RS member.Capital Private LtdNEW DELHt The CBI on MondayAfter Jayaswal, the CBI will"Thequestioned AMR hon & Steel CBi will be grillingeothereofthethePrivateLirniteddirectorArvind four accused firmst 19erring firm— his brother andJayaswal for allegedly misrep officials -18 directorsmining baron Manoj Jayaswal,resenting and concealing facts and aCA Ramesh Jayaswal and Devendrato get the Bander coal block inMaharashtra.Darda. The four were bookedalong withcoal officials forJayaswa!, who arrivedatthe backform—thepriorallocation alleged criminal conspiracy,agency's headquartersat!!am, offive coal blocks and the equi cheating and abuse office.was questioned for around eight typarticipationby!nfinucture After the AMR dli4tors, thehours. He was quizzed on his Leasing & Financial Services agency will also gall! directorsfirm's representatives alleged Limited and Lokinat Group. of the four other firmsiLI)meeting with then minister of Lokmat'Qroup's chairman is Yavatmal Energy Limited,state for coal Santosh Bagrodia Congress kajya Sabhamember Navbharat Power Privateon September !8, 2008, said a VijayDarda,fatherofDevendra, Limited, Vini Iron & SteelCBI source, one of the four AMIR directors. Udyog Limited and JASThe CBI suspects that the Ten days later, the firm !nfrastructure Capital Privatefirm's representatives had allegedly confessedto the mis Ltd. All the companies wererevealed facts thatwere alleged representntions in a letter to booked by the CBI along withly misrepresented or concealed the minister. AMRfor alleged misrepreseninits applicationform and feed Jayaswal was also shown sev tation to acquire coal blocks.

CBIquestionsArvindJayaswalEXPRESS NEWS SERVICENEWDELHI, SEPTEMBERI7THE CBI on Monday questionedArvind Jayaswal inconnectionwith the alleged misrepresentationand concealingof facts by his company, AMRIronand SteelIMLtd, forgettingBander coalblock in Maharashtrain 2008. Arvind,brother of mining baronManoj Jayaswal, is one of thedirectors of the company andhas been named by theCBI initsFIR againstAMR.Officials said thatArvindarrived at the CBI headquartersaround 11 am and wasgrilled for nearlyeight hours.The agencybelieves thatArvindis among thegmup ofrepresen-tof stete for coal SantoshBagrodia in his chamber.Arvind was also coüfrontedwith various documents relatedto theallocation.Theagency is likelytocallforquestioningotherdirectorsof the company, includingManoj Jayaswal andtheson ofCongress MR Vijay Darda,Devendra, whoare accused inthecase, saidofficials.

Court dismisses Verma. wife's plea for release from custodyNEWDaft: Businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife's pleatfor release from judicial custody in the EnforcementDirectorate's money launderingcase were dismissed onMonday by a Delhi court. The additional chief metropolitanmagistrate extended the judicial custody ofVerma and hisRomanian wife Anca Maria Neascu till October 1. The couplewas produced before him following issuance ofproductionwarrants against them on September 10.

Chandoliatold'me not to takeapplications afterUnitech: Witness10 was part of CBI team which raidedmy house, says SrivastavaANEESHA MATHUR ments in thetrial.NEWDELHI, SEPTEMBERI7DEPOSING before the specialCEI court on Monday,keywitness in the 2G spectrumscam case AX Srivastavasaidthat the Investigating Officerwho recorded his statementsas a prosecution witness wasalso part of a CBI team that sions"with the JO.searched hishouse inDecember2010.Srivastava wascross examinedjyadvocate VijayAggarwal on behalfofR XChandolia,former personalsecretary tothe then Telecom ministerA Raja.Srivastava said, "Thesearch teamwascomposed offour officers of the CBI, accompaniedby two witnesses.The officeisincluded InspectorShyam Prakash, Inspector ShJagrup,but I donotrememberthe name of the other two.Shyam Prakash interrogatedme on several occasions in thiscase. RC number was writtenon the search memo, whichIdo not remember now, but itmaybe RC No 45 and lam deposinginthisRC itself."Later, Aggarwal said thewitness's statement reveals thatthepmcesswashigJiiyirreglar."Thisimpeachesthecredibilityof the witness. How can hebemade an approver when thesameofficerwho conducted araid in his house also recordedhis statement? How can anyonetestirtruthfullyin this situation?"said Aggaiwal. He saidthat the defence counsel willraise this question during argutinue on Thesday.Srivastava, formerdeputydirector general (Access Services)in the DoT, has deniedallegations of any pressure ortutoring fromthe CBI. lie hasdenied the allegation that hehad "improved" his statementsor was deposing falsely in thecourt as a result of "discus-Thewitnesshassajdthathehad been asked by Chandoliatostopaccepting applicationsforUASLlicencesonce the applicationfrom the Unitechgroup had been receivedOnbeing questionedabout a noteinitiatedfrom his officeregarding a cut-off date forthereciept of UASL applications,Srivastava said the note hadbeen initiated on Chandolia'ssuggestion. He toldthe court ofSpecial Judge0PSaini thathewas "under much pressure"from Chandolia not to mentionhis name. When the defencecounsel raised the questionofwhy Srivastava had not mentionedthe threatfromChandohainhisinitial statementsto the10, he said sincethe note hadbeen approvedby Raja, it didnot occur to him to tell the JOabout Chandolia'sinvolvement"I had submitted the notethrough proper channel orapprovalofhighestdecision makingauthoiityinthedepartmentand if the suggestion of Chandoliato originate such a proposalwas reallycorrect, itwouldget approval of the thenMOC&IT before implementation."he said. Srivastava'scross examination will

NDA job scam: CBI grillsex-commandant for 10 hrsSUSHANTKULKARNI& PRANAV KULKARNIPUNE, SEnEM}mg 17Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) onMonday grilled Lt GenJatinder Singh for 10 hours inconnectionwith the allegedrecnfitmentscam that had unseatedhimin Julyfrom the postofNationalDefenceAoidemy(NDA) commandant.Now attached to theArmy Headquartersas astaffer to the Deputy Chief ofArmy Staff, Li Gen Singh ar-,rived at the CBlofficeinpuneat 10 am in a Pune HO SubAreacar and emerged atBpmthrough abackdoor in a bid toevade reporters. CBI sourcessaid he will be called again atlOamibesday.RajkumarVahtkar,super.intendent of the CBI-ACB,confirmed that Lt (len Singhwas questioned in connectionwith the case on Mondaymorning. He refused to divulgedetails.The alleged scam involvingrecruitmentofclass 'C' employeeshad come to light inJune last week. His staffofficerCotKulbir Singh and PhysicalItaining Officer (PTO)ColA XSinii, besides a civilianstafferand five otherswhoacted as "agents', havealreadybeen questioned by the CBIand are currently outonbail.LI Gen Singli was shiftedon July4after the CBI wrote toDcfcnceMinisterAKMtony,seeking his transfer to faciliSingh coming out of the CBI headquarters in Akurdi after being questioned on Monday.latean "unbiased probe".The CDI had said IheyrecoveredKs1.76 crore of the allegedrecruitment scammoney, and that "trails are alsobeing traced" of about Rs 4lakhLtGenSingh'sstaff officerCalKulbfr Singh isbelieved tohave handed over to Lt GenSingb's brother in a five starhotel inMumbal onJune23."LI Gen Singh claimedKdbir Singh hadhanded overmoney he had borrowed. Whywould the amount he in cash,when hisbiother hadpaid himby cheque? Interestingly, wealso seized 12bottles of expensivewhisky along withthe Rs4lakh in cash," said an officeT.A 7000 sq ft post-retirementbungak,w Lt Gen Singhhas been constructingat Antbalahas also come under thescanner of the agency. TheCBI isreportedly lookingintovarious payments made forthe house valued at approximatelyRs 1 crore. "We arelooking into modes of paymentlor the house. Ourteamshave carried out searches inDelhi and other places," said aCBI officer.Another officer said,'During questioning,we askedSingh about relations betweenhimand his staff officeraswellas PTO. He was cooperativeduring questioning though heopted not to answer manyquestions.Wewill he questionloghim again on ibesday."When The Indian Expressteamvisited the CBI office inAkurdi, the car was parkedoutside. Lt OenSingbwas acconipaniedhyhis son-in-law, adoctor at the Militaiy Hospital,Punt, and other relatives.U Gen Singh tried to evadethe Express team.In fact, oneof the persons who accompaniedhim sat in the car, while UGen Singh opted to exitthough a back door. One ofthe persons who accompaniedhim tried to prevent The IndianExpress photographerfromtakingpictures,ARULHORI2ON

Judicial custody of Verma,wife extended till Oct 1EXPRESS NEWS SERVICENEWDELHI, SEPTEMBERI7AClTYcourthasrejectedtheapplication forrelease filed bybusinessman AbhishekVerma and his wife AncaMaria overa moneylaunderingcase registered by the EnforcementDirectorate (ED)and extended their judicialcustody till October 1.The couple is currently inthe custody ofthCBIina differentcase lodges under theOfficial Secrets Act. As a resuit to the CBI custody, theED had been unabie to producethem before court onSeptember 10, which was thedate of expiry of the judicialcustody granted to theED.The couple had filed theapplications before the AdditionalChief MetropolitanMagistrate Gautam Mananpleading that since the EDhad not takenany steps to producethem before the courtfromCBI custody on expiryoftheirjudicial custodyremand,the "continuity of custody"hadbeenbroken.The application statedthat they were "not in custody"inthis case and grantingfresh custody would be "tantamountto a fresh arrest" andwill lead to"severe agony andinjustice" to them. The court,however, rejected theplea andextended their custody period.

CBI arrests its own cop In bribery caseMUMBAI: CBI on Monday arrested its own police sub-inspecwith the Economic Offences Wmg (EOW) after he wascaught red-handed while accepting a bribe of 20,000 fromthe complainant. 1(1< Sabat had demanded the bribe fromthe complainant, who was a witness in a CE! case, for notmaking him an accused in the case.

CBI enquiry finds irregularitiesin ground handling contractsSix AAI officialssuspended for.hlping firmsbag projectsENS ECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI, SEPTEMBERI7ministry has sus-THEpendedcivil aviationsix seniorofficials of the AirportsAuthorityof India(AM)after a CIII enquiry foundthem guilty of irregularitieswhileawarding ground handlingprojectsat various airports.Orders have also beenissued to take strict action onthis issue, which may include'cancelling the ground handlingcontracts awarded to thecompanies."The CRI enquiry report,whichhad asked AM to takeaction against the officials,came on June 14, 2012. Actionswere taken by the aviationminister after it came tohis notice," said a senior civilaviationminispyofficialThe CR! enquiry,into theaward of groundhandlingprojects atKolkataandChennaiairports, found that AMofficers favoured Bhadra InternationalIndia Ltd whileawarding contracts at airports.The officers who havebeensuspended areLLKrishnan,executive director (commercial),RLSaran,DGM (finance),SBasu, additional GM(commercial), Arun Mehan,DGM (operations), PICChadha,DGM (operations)and Ravi Verma, GM."The minister has also orderedfflMgfthe FIR against"Premßajaj, MDof the suspectcompany, RV Narayanan, retiredED (commercial), AXDubey, retired ED (finance),AM and others for their actsofmanipulation,forgeiy,crimtrialbreach of trust, criminalconspiracy and corruption,"said a ministry's pressrelease.Financial bid of BhadraInternationalIndia and NoviaInternational consortiumwasopened and die rate ofroyaltypayable to AMby theconsortiumwas modified to make itgr ater than thequotes oftwoothercompetingcompanies."The figure of 'nine andhalf'wasmanipulated to makeit 'nineteen and half' whileevaluating the tender, byadding 'teen' below 'nine andhalf'," said the release.The CBlalsofoundirregularitiesinawardingcontract forThvandrum,Coimbatore,Calicut, Mangalore andThtchi.Neither BhadraInternationalIndia nor Novia InternationalConsultinghad theminimum five years experiencein groundhandling.Since NoviaInternationalConsultingdid not have a minimumannual turnover of Rs200crore, theannual financialturnover of entire NoviaGroupofcompanieswas takeninto account by AAI officials.It was also found thatNarayanan,retired ED (commercial)joinedBhadra InternationalIndia as itsviçe presidentafter hisret ttmthfl. :

Nupur getsbailtobeout in a weekUTKARSH ANANDNEW DELHI, SEPTEMBERI7MORE than four months after herarrestasan accused in the AarushiHemraj double murder case, dentistNupurThlwarwillcome outonbail onor after September 25.TheSupreme Court on Monday pavedthe way for herrelease after notingthat most of the material witnessesin the case who,the CDI alleged,could be influenced byt4upur and her husband RajeshThlwar had been examined in theOhaziabad trialcourt.Granting the CIII a maximumottO days to examine other witnesseswhoitconsidered pivotal tothe prosecution's ease, a Bench ofJustjcesAKpatnaikandJSKheharsaid the trial court will releaseNupuir onbail' subject to its ownsatisfaction".",we directthat the trial courtwill allow tO days' time toexamineremaining two material witnesses,namely Vimla Sarkar (formermaid) and Chandra Bhushan(colony's guard), or any other witnessin the case, if these two witnessesare not available," JusticePatnaiksaid.Irrespective ofthe examinationor not of the witnesses, the trialcourtshall releaseNupuronhailonthe condiUons it deemsfitafter September25,thecourt said.The apex court had last monthrefused tolet Nupur,the mother ofAarushi, out on bail till examinationof 13 "crucial" witnesses wascompleted before the trial court.The CIII had contended that shemight influence witncsscs,which includefriends, neighbours and employees.Eventorthis long, Nupurlaiwar being confined in jail wasnot necessary at all. She isadoctor with an establishedpractice in the city, andis aneminent member of society. Shewas not a flight nsk at all. CBI hassaid that she rnighttamper withevidence, but there is absolutelynopronithat any of thathashappened."SATYAKETIJ SINGIL couie[orth?SwaBI-Icrbail is not a big loss to us.Two personal witnesses-BimlaSarkar who was also a maid andChander Bhushan a securityguard --are untraceable. Theremaining witnesses are policeand CDFD officers. The court hasgiven bail only alter September25, by when more materialwitnesseswill be examined!'CBI COUNSEL"During the proceedings onMonday, Additional Solicitor GeneralSiddharthLuthra apprisedtheBench that out of 13 material witnesses,nine had been examined,two did not wish tobe examinedwhile Sarkarandßhushanweicuntraceable.Seeking her bail, Nupur'scounsel senior advocate KV.Wishwanathanand Sandeep Kapursaid: "The petitioner has givenhercompiciecooperatidhórdâiE'amination of witnesses. The CBInowwants to add three other wit.nesses... It should notbe an end"less cxcrcise."Nupurwill be released on or after September 25.EXPRESS ARCI4IVE

ScwantsNupur'freed by Sept 25',PBD BUREAU/PTI.NEW DELHI, SEPT I?Ghaziabad court on April,30,had moved the apexcourt challenging t,heAllahabad High Court'sDENTIST Nupur Taiwar, order whichhad on May3lwlo has been In jail fo dismissed her plea for bail.over four moriths in the The trial court had on Maytwirt murder case of her 2 rejected Mupur's bail plea.daughter Aarushi and Her 'dentist husbanddomestic help Hemraj, - was Rajesh Talwar, who is a co-'today granted bail by the - acused in the case, hasSupreme Court which already been granted baildirected her to be rleasedby September 25. court--on July 11, 2008 by the trialIn view of ohgo Aarushi, 14, 'wasing trial in which the found dead in herCDI is examining the bedroom at thewitnesses, a Bench of -$f Talwar's esidencejustices AX Patnaik in Jalvayu Vihar,and J5 Khehar said Noida, on the interthatNupur bé vetting night of May-released next week 16-17,, 2008. Theand directed the investigat body of Hemraj was founding agency to 'complete onMay 17 on the terrace.examining its witnesses by Opposing the bail plea, -Septmeber 25.Additional Solicitor Gen-"We ask the trial court to: -eral Siddharth Luthra conallowone week time to CDI tended 'that the CDI hasto examine the remaining already examined nine out-material witnesses. If they of 13 witheses and onlyare not examined then trial 'two witneses remain to be-court shall release the , petitioner, by September 25," two witnesses because they;the Bench said; are not traceable. It assuredNupur, who has bSn injail for 139 days since her completed by the end ofsurrender before the this year. -.examined as it has droppedthe tourt that trial would be

VDOT gives filesto CBI in probeof 2G duringNDA regime.PBD BUREAU/PhNEW DELHI, SEPT I?DEPARTMENT of Telecommunications(DoT) has handed over 15files soughtby the CDI in connectionwithits probe into increase ofspectrum bandwidth for Airteland Vodafoni between 2001 'and2003 during when NDA was inpower. . ,The agency which is - likely-tofile a chargesheet in the case in thefirst Week pf October, had soughtcertified copies of the files pertainingto increase of spectrumbeyond4.4 MHz upto 6.2MHz, beyond 6.2MHz up to 8 MHz, and beyondBMHZ up to 10MHz to these companieswhen late Pramod Mahajanwas the telecom minister, officialsources said today."The CBI had registered - a caseagainst the then Telecom SeaetaryShyamal Chosh and____________DeputyDirector Geperal (Value AddedSeMces) jR Gupta and unknownofficials of Bharti____Cellular (now knotwn as BhartiAirtel), and Hutchinson Max andSterling Cellular(now known asVodafone Essar)last November. _A,Both Bhafti Airtel andVodafone have, however, deniedthe allegation levelled againstthem saying they had alwaysmaintained, the highst standardsof corporate governanceand regulatorycompliance.A letter from Assistant WirelessAdvisor M Patnaik to C8l'sDeputy Superintendent of PoliceRA Yadav listed all the 15 files pertainingto tle decision çf increasingthe spectrum bandwidth ofthitwo. Telecom operators, th sourcessaid.CDI has sought certified copiesof licenses, amendments iss.zed bywireless planning and thordinalionwing of the ministry and subadçlitionaiissued tothen.', $They said 4ocuntsctrurn.jetated to'additional spectrufit allocaflon, tothree companies—beyond4.4'MHzupto 6.2 MHz, beyond 6.2 MHz upto BMHZ, and beyondBMHz up to10 Mlt--should be ptovided tothe agency "urgently".,-

""CBI quizzes 'ArvinJayaswal in coalgatePBD BUREAU/PPFIR in which it alleged thatHem DELHI, SEPT I?the company concealed.and misrepresented factsthat its group firms wereTAKING its j*obe further already allocated coal"in the coal block allocation blocks and that it wasscam, the CBT today ques ' financially eligible to gettioned Arvind JayaswaJ in tl4 block.connection with alleged The agency is likely tomisrepresentation and call for questioning other-concealing of facts by his, directors 'of the cpmpanycompany AMR Iron and including his rother"Steel Private Limited for Manoj and son of Congressgetting Bander coal block MI'Vijay Darda, Devendrain Maharashtra.who are also accused in theJayaswal, who arrived case against the company,-at tfr agency's headqu'ar the CBI sources said.ters here around They said11 am, was Jayaswal wasgrilled by sleuths questioned intill around seven connection within the evening, allegations thatCBI sources éaid. t!le company inorder to prove financial di-gibility to acquire the block'They said he was confronted with various documerits related to allocation,He was also asked abouthe alleged meetings withthe then minister of statefor coal withregard to coalIt also claimed the corn-bined networth of "problock allocation, they said.fraudulently claimed thatit was a proposed specialpurpose vehicle of LokmatGroupand ILFS.Attempts to contact the posed'! vehide as that ofcompany did not materi the company's, they said.Misc.Vijay Darda has refut'Jayaswal has been ed' all the allegationsnamed by the- agency in its against him.-

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CBI questionsArvind JayaswalDirector ofAtvlß underscanner forallegedly twisting allocation factsKS REPORItRNew Delhi, 17SeptemberThe Central Bureau ofofDarda'sLokinat Group andLit!lad alsoted thecombined net worthoftheproposedvehicle as that of theInvestigation (CIII)today questionedArvind Jayaswal In thecoal block allocation scam.Jayaswal, director of AMRIron and Steel PvtLimited. wasquestioned for allegedly misrepresentatingandconcealingthe fact that the company hadalready been allottedfive blocks when Itbadapplied for the one atBanderIn MalmrashtraAMR was required toprovide details of itsallocations but Is said tohave concealed thisbecause It would haveweakened Its claim andalso because the companywanted toavoid scrutiny.the CBI believes.CIs also examining thepossibility ofcriminal conspiracyby senior officials of thecoal ministry. There suspectedto have been aware of thecompany.COAL FIRECW Is also looking at therole of seniorgovernmentoffidaisallegedly Involved In othermisiepresentafionbefozethescreening committee. In onesuch case, Vini Iron and SteelUdyog was notrecommendedby the Jharkhandgovernment and thesteel ministry Initially.However, duringthe 36th screeningcommittee meeting(heldonjuly3,2ooB),the then chief secretaryof Jharkhandhadrecommendedadngtheßajhara(North and Eastern) blocks toyin!, insteadof to ZoomVallabh Steel, whichhad beenrecommended by the steelSimilarly, the roles of seniorcoal ministry officials areallocation of five blocks toThcyollelytocall Manoj Jayaswal andRamesh Jayaswal, dlmctors Inthe company, and alsoDevendra Darda, son ofCongress party Member ofParliamentVjay Darda.CR! officials say the company,to establish financial eligibilityto acquire the Banderblock, had claimed itwasa proposedspecial purpose vehiclealso under the scanner In allocatingthe Mahuagaxtil block toJas Infrasinicture Capital PvtLtd by notscrutinising the documentspresented by thecompany,and allowing It to getundueadvantage In the allocationprocess. Manoj JayaswalIs also accused In this case. CDIInvestigations have found JasInfrastructure was allocatedsevenblocksbetween 1999 and2005 but the company hadconcealed this Information.

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Nupur TaiwarNUPUR GRANTEDBAIL, TO RE FREEAFTER ONE WEEKRIDHIMA MALHOTRANEW DELHI. SEPT, 17Die Supreme Court onMonday granted ball toNupur Taiwar, in jallfor overfour months oncharges of murderingher 14-year-old daughterAarushi and domesticheip Hemraj in 2008,directing she bereleased from jall byTuesday next weck,during which time theCBI should completeexamining other witnesses.On theCBj's claimthat Nupurrnight influencecrucial witnessesif freed on ball, thecourt gave lt Urne tillSeptember 25 to exarninethe remaining witnesses,after which shewill be released fromGhaziabad's DasnaJall."'Ne direct the trialcourt will allow (aweck's) Urne to the CBIto exarnine the remainingmaterial witnesses.Ball after 10 days, uptoSeptember 25," ordereda bench ofJustices AK.Patnaik and J.S.Khehar. The bench saideven that if the CBJfailed to completeexarnining witnesses inthe next weck, Nupurshould be releasedfromjall on September25.

Ground handling contracts::6 Airports Authority officials suspendedFor allegedly favouring private firm Bhadra InternationalOur BureauNewDelli4 Sept.lThe Civil AviationMinistryhas ordered theimmediate suspension andinitiationofmajor penaltyagainst six senior officers ofthe Airports AuthorityofIndia(AM) for allegedlyfavouring a private firmwhile awarding groundhandlingcontracts.The action follows aCentral Bureau ofInvestigationprobe thatfoundthe officers involvedin committing irregularitiesand favouring EhadraInternational IndiaLtd(BIlL) in theaward ofcontracts forgroundhandlingservices at certainairports, including Chennaiand T(olkata, a statementissued by theMinistry said.The GB! also found graveand serious irregularitiesinaward of contracts forground-handlingseMces forThiruvananthapuram,Coimbatore, Kozhikode,Mangalore and Tiruchiairports.The CBI probe onChennai and Kolkataairportsfoundthat theseofficers had made certaindeviations from thecommercialmanual in thenotice invitingtender(NIT).The deviation, in particular,includeddeliberateincorj,orationof the term"tie-up" nrrangement in theeligibility criteria, asstipulated in the NIT tomakeBIILeligible in jointventure technicalagreementwithNoviajnternationalConsulting(NIC) APS forparticipatingin thebidprocess, the statement adds.Besides, the experienceand turnover of the lead'company was to be takeninto account Tn this case, thelead company is BIIL, whichis doingthe ground-handlingwork, whilethe turnoverand experience ofNIC werecounted,the Ministry said.In addition,neither ofthetwo companies had theminimumexperience of fiveyears inground-handling,asrequired in the tenderconditions.Theofficers whosuspended are L.L.Krishnan, ExecutiveDirector (Commercial);R.L.Saran,DGM (Finance); S.Easu, Additiqnal GM(Commercial); Arun Mehan,DGM (Operations); P.K.Chadha,DGM (Operations);and Ravi Verma, GM.The statement further-adds that the compliancereport on its directionsphouldbe positively done bythe endof this monthashwini.phadnisthehindu.co.in

IMG deallocatesone more mineAGE CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, SEPT. 17The governmetit onMonday decided to deallocateone more mine antideduct bank guaranteesof two others. Moreover,the inter-ministerialgroup (IMG) recommendetiforfeiture of bankguarantee of a block alottedto Hindalco anti TataPower. ‚ IbllThe decision to deallo"cc Gpigangdult ABCebal btck, jointty givensto JSW Steel, a companyowned by Sajjan Jindal,brother of Congress Ml'Naveen Jindal, antiHimachal EMTA wastaken on the recomniendationof the InterMinisterial Group (IMG).The block had extractablereserve of 61.54. Milliontonnes (MT).The panel is scrutinising29 out of 58 cases thatwere served show causenotices for non-developmentof mines timing prescribedtimeline.Meanwhile, the InterMinisterial Group hasdecided to recommenddeduction of; bank guaranteein the case ofa minejointly allotted toHindalco anti Tata Powerdue to delays in develojmentof the block, saidsources.(81 QUESTIONSJAVASWAL OVERCOAL BLOCKSAGE CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, SEPT. 17The CBI, probing theCoalgate scam, on!Monday qwstMwedArvind Jayaswal in con-21e4t16h witlalleged nt 1'representat4oit aiid' eoncealing of t'acts by hiscompany, ATvIR Iron andSteel Private Limited, forgetting Bander coal blockin Maharashtra.Jayaswal was called forquestioning at the agencyhcadquarters here onMonday.Jayaswal, director oftheaccused firni, arrived ataround 11am in the morningand was questionedfor about six hours. Hehas been named by theagency in its FIR in whichit alleged that the compa:ny concealed and misrepresentedfacts."He was asked questionsrelated to certain incriminatingdocuments recoveredduring the recentraids by the agency inNagpur. He was askedpointed questions",sources said.

CBI ARRESTS ITS MANFOR TAKNG BRIBEAGE CORRESPONDENTMUMBAI, SEPT.I7The Central Bureau ofJnvestigation (CBI) on Mondayannouncedthat lt had trapped andarrested one of its own officers in acorruption case.On September 14, police subinspectorK.K. Sabat was caughtred-handed while aecepting a bribeof 20,000 from a witness in a criminalcase. The trap was laid whenthe complainants in the caseapproached the CBI a few monthsago. Investigating officers verifiedthe authenticity of the complaint,and checked both the complainantand the accused's antecedentsbefore laying the trap. "Sabat wascaught whlle accepting the bribe atTarun Bharat building In Andheri(east)," said a CBI official.

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CBI grills coalscam accusedfeßumauNew Delhi, Sept 17: TheCentralBureau ofInvestigation(CBI) probing the coalscam finally started questioningtheaccusednaniedhits first mfoni ation reports(FIRs)on MondayThe CBI, which hadbooked five private firms forthisrel.fesenting facts to getcoal blócksallocated, grilledArvind Jayaswal, a directorof Nagpur-based AMR Ironandsteelandbrotherminingbaron Manoj Jayaswai, forover six hours at its Delhiheadquarters on MondayIn itsFIR, the CBI has saidthat AMR Iron and Steel,which was allocated BandercoaThlockinMaharashtrain2008, fudged its balancesheets and didnot disclose tothescreening committeethatthe group had afready beenallocated five coal blocks thatitñied to develop.Other accused in the case,coal block allocated to AMRiron and Steel. Recently a let-terwrittenbyManojJayasw-alto his father in 2008, hadcome out in media, a copy ofwhich is withFE, which saidthat the family should immediatelytransfer2fi%shares toDanla-owned Lokmat Groupas thecompanywas allocatedcoal block because of the effortsofLokmatGroup.,Jayaswal has been questionedin connection withallegationsthat the companyinorder toprovefinancial eligibilityto acquire the block,fraudulently claimed that itwas a proposed special purposevehicle of LokmatGroupandlLFS.In its FIR against AISIR,the CBI has mentioned thatthe company was neitherrecomniendedby the state governmentnor by any Centmlministry initially but it wasallocated a coalblock afteritsrepresented met the thenminister for state coal In hischambers in 2008.Manoj Jayaswal and CongressMP Vijay Danla's son "The CBI also grilledDevender, are likely to bequestioned on Tuesday AccBagrodia,,Jayaswal over his links withthe former MOS coal Santoshwho was holthngwho has been booked inanother case, is likely to bequestionedinadayortwo.According to sources, theCBlaskedJayaswalabouttherole played by Danla to get athe portfolio between 2008--2009. The ministry was weliaware that ANn is alreadysittingonfivecoalbiocksandisineligibleforanyotherallocation"a sourcesaid.

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Six seniorAAI officialssuspendedfor graftfeßureauNewDelhi, Sept 17: Corningdown heavily on officialsallegedly involved incommitting irregularitiesand favouring Rhadra InternationalIndia in awardingagroundhandling contract,aviation ministerAjit Singh on Monday orderedimmediate suspensionof six senior AirportsAuthorityofIndia (AAI).The minister has alsoinitiated major penaltyagainst the AM executivedirector (commercial) ILKrishnan, deputy generalmanager (finance) iILSaran, additional generalmanager (commercial) SBasu, DGM (operations)ArunMehan,DGM(operations)?K Chadha and GMRaviVerma. The order hascome after a CBI inquiryfound these officialsguiltyof makingdeviations inthetender documents ofground handling forChennaiand Kolkata airportstomake Bhadra InternationalIndia eligible in the bidpmcess.Singh also orderedffluijgof HRagainstPremß,the Ml)of Rhadra Inteniational,IN Narayanan, rethtdED (commercial), AXDubey, retiredED (finance),AMand othersfor manipulation,forgery criminalbreach of trust,conspiracy and corruptionunder TPC and Preventionof Corruption Act.

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upur convinces SC,gets baU‚ after 139 days behind barsNEW DELl!!: The dentistNupur Taiwar, who has beeninjail for over four fllOflths inthe twin murder case of herdaughter Aarushi and theirdomestic heip Hemra), Wasgrantedb on Monday bythe Supreme Court, which16,2008 Aorushi, daughter cl Dr Raiesh und NupurTaiwor, taund doad in her bedreom. Rujesh lodges camplaintoccuslng servont Heniraj of murderMAY 17,2008Hemrais body bund an terruceMM 23, 2008 Ralesh urrested tor twin niurdersJAN 5,2010 CDI maves cauflta candurt norco tedirected her to be released by soys Role is sole suspert25September.an TaiwursDECEMMR 29, 2010 CDI fdes dosure report, The reportFEBRIJARY 9,2011 Special CDI cowt mukes TaiwaN accused in Aorushi marder raseIn view of the ongoing APRIL 11,2012 Special CDI tourt, Ghuziobad, issues non-bailuble warrant against 1trial in which the Central Nupur as she failed to appear beton Ihe ceurtBureau ofInvestigation (CRI)is 'examining the witnesses, abench of the justices AK PatAPRIL 30,2012 Nupur surrenders in Ghuziabod caurtSpeciol (Di caurt rejects her ballISEPTEMBER 17,2012 NupurTalwar guts beil framSCnaikaxidJsKheharsaidthatTalwar be released next weck Taiwar, who has been in 11 July2008 by the trial courtand directed the investigating jail for 139 days since her sur Opposing the ball plea, theagencyto complete theexami render before the Ghaziabad additionalsolicitor general;nation ofwiinesses by25Sep 'court on 30 April,had moved Siddharth Luthra contendedtember. 'Wc askthetrial cour& the apex court, challenging that the CRI had alreadjto allow one weck time to the the Allahabad high courts examined nine out ofCBI to examme theremaining order which had on 31 May witnesses and only two Wit'material witnesses. Ifthey are dlsmissed her plea for ball. nesses remained io be exaninot examined then trial court Her dentist husband Rajesh mcd as it had dropped twaishallrelease the petitioner by Talwar, who isa co-accusedin witnesses because theyare notSeptember 25 the benchsaid. the case, was grantedbail on traceable. PTI

I COALGArE v:CBI grills AMR chiefover 'irregularities'PNS"NEWDELHIThe CBI on Monday questionedArvind Jayaswal, Director ofAMRIron and Steel PrivateLimited.in connection with alleged irregularitiesin allocation of Bander Coalblock in Maharashtra to thecompany. AMR is one of the fivecompanies bookedby theagency finfraudulently seeking coal blocksfor captive use..Jayaswal, who arrived at theagency's headquarters here around11 am, was grilled by investigatorstill 7 PM, CR! sources said, addingthe questioning revolved aroundmisrepresentation and concealmentof factsby the company for seekingthe coal blockDuring questioning, Jayaswalwas confronted with various documentsrelated to allocation and wasasked if Congress MP Vijay Dardawas aware of the misrepresentationin the application for getting coalblocks. He was also asked about hismeetings with the then Minister ofState for coal Santosh Bagrodia forseeking blocks The sleuths furtherquizzed him on the shareholdingpattern and stakeholders of thecompany and sale of stakes after gettingthe coal block, agency sourcessaid. The CR! has also alleged thatthe company representatives hadmetBagrodia in his office and submitted that it was already inpossession of five coal blocks thatwere allocated to it earlier.The agency sleuths also grilledJayaswal over the company's claimin the application for seeking coalblocks that itwas a proposed specialpurpose vehicle (SPY) of aMaharashtra-based media groupand financial institutionInfrastructure Leasing and FinancialServices (IL&FS).AMR allegedly inflated its networth in its bid toget the coal blocks.The accused company wronfiillyprojected its valuation as the combinednet worth SPy between themedia group and the financialinstitution, the sourdes said.in its FIR, the CBI had allegedthatthe company fraudulently andwiliSily concealed and misrepresentedfacts that its group firms werealready allocated coal blocks and thatit was financiallyeligible to get theblock. The FIR has further allegedthat misrepresentation was done bythe company with an object toavoidcommittee.scrutiny by the screeningLater this week, the agency isexpected to question other directorsof the company includinghis brotherManoj and son of Congress MP9ay Darda, Devendra who are alsoaccused in the case against thecompany, the sources said.

Ajit Singh suspends 6 MI officials for graft!!NSnNEWDELHItJr-aking action against erring.1. officials, Civil AviationMinisterAjit Singhhas orderedimmediate suspension of sixsenior Airports Authority ofIndia officials after apreliminaryCBI probe found them allegedlyfavouringa private finnwhileawarding ground handling servicecontracts at some airports.Civil Aviation Minister NitSingh has ordered immediatesuspension and initiation ofmajor penalty proceedingsgainst AAI Executiveflirector(commercial) L L!Crishnan, DGM Finance R LSaran Additional GM(Commercial) S Basu, DGM(Operations) Arun Mehan,DGM (Operations) P XChadhaand GM Ravi Verma, aMinistrystatement said.A CBI inquiry had foundthem allegedly involved incornmiffingirregularitiesand favouringa particular company inawarding ground handling servicescontracts at Chennai,Kolkata and other airports.The Minister has alsoordered filing of FIR againstPrem Rajaj,MD of BhadraInternational India Ltd, retiredAAI EDNarayanan, retired(Commercial) RVAAI ED(Finance) A X Dubey and othersfor manipulating, forgerccriminal breach of trust, criminalconspiracyand corruption,the statement said.The AAI officers hadallegedly made certain deviationsfrom thecommercial manualin the Notice Inviting Tender(NIT) while awarding contractfor groundhandling services atChennal and Kolkata airports sothat Rhadra International IndiaLtd was benefited, the CBIprobe found.The officials had deliberatelyincorporatedthe term "tieup"arrangement in the eligibilitycriteria as stipulated in theNIT to make BhadraInternational India Ltd eligiblein jointventure technical agreementwith Novia InternationalConsulting APS for participatingin the bid process.Itwas found that the fmancialbid of the consortium ofBhadra International India Ltdand Novia International wastampered after opening of thetender bymodifying the rate ofroyalty payable to AAI so thatit becomes greater than thequotes ofother two competingcompanies and the consortiumcould win the contract, thestatement said.The figure of 'nine andhalf" was manipulated to makeit "nine teen and half".The term "tie-up" wasintroduced to make the companyeligible for the bid. Asneither Bhadra InternationalIndia Ltd nor NoviaInternational Consulting APShad a minimum five yearsexperience in ground handlingas! required in tenderconditions, it claimed."The experience of NoviaGroup of Companies was takeninto account by the officials inviolation of tender conditions.As there was no minimumannual turnover of!200 crorefor Novia InternationalConsulting APS, the annualfinancial turnover of entireNovia Group of Companies wastaken into account by the AAIofficials," the probe found.

CBI rds expose Cong bigwigs in mining scamKESTUR VASUKI" BANGALOREAof raids carried outbythe sleuths of Central BureauofInvestigation (CBI) for the pastfew days in 17 premises of themining companies andiron oretraders and stevedoring agentson charges that ore exportedfrom Karnataka were obtainedfrom ifiegal mining in Bellarydistrict (Karnataka), and this wasfacilitatedby a network ofpoliticiansand bureaucrats, hasembarrassed the OppositionCongress in the State.The CBI raids carried out inKarwar, Yellapur and Belikeriports in Uttara Kannada Districtin Karnataka has put theCongress ina spot as the ownAsenior Congressleader said thatcutting acrossparty lines, manypoliticians wereinvolved inillegal miningers of the premises were allCongress netas. In fact, for theOpposition Congress, which iscontinuouslyhitting out at rulingJW leaders accusing them oflooting iron ore, the raidsshowed even prominentCongress leaders were alsoinvolvedin illegal iron ore trade.The CBI raids onSaturdayon the houses oftwo Congressleaders Satish Sail, owner ofMallikarjuna - ShippinCompany in Karwar anBelekeri, and Shivaram Hebbar,former director of DreamLogistic Company, Yellapurhas revealed the nexus of politicianscutting across party lines.-Shivaram Hebbar, who wasthe Congress candidate in the lastAssembly electionfrom Yellapurconstituency lost to VS Patll ofthe BJP contested as the Congresscandidate from the KarwarAssembly constituency in the byelectionin 2010and lost toAnand Asnotikar of the BJP.A senior Congress leader onthe condition anonymity toldThe Pioneer that cutting acrossparty lines, many politicianswere involved in illegal mining.According to him, many seniorCongress leaders were alsoinvolved and people were awareoftheir activities in theparty Hesaid, "Cutting across party lines,many leaders are involved inillegal mining in the State.Congress leaders are noexception to this

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'Modi an icon ofgood governance'RATHIN DASr(BANASKANTHA)AMBAJIpresidentNitin GadkariBIPon Mondaysaid that ChiefMinister Narendra Modi hasset newstandards in good governanceand development andexpressedhopes that thepartywould once again win a twothirdsmajority in the forthcomingAssembly elections.These words came asunique birthday wish for Mcdibegan his the daywith seekingblessings from his mother. Onthis day last year, Modi hadbegun his now famoussadbhavna MissionGadkari also foresaw anearly election in which theCongress would be routed.Referring to misuse of the CBIagainst its opponents, Gdkariremarked sarcasticallythat theprobe agency is the mosttrusted ally of the Congress.Launching the third phaseof the Vivekananda Yuva VikasYatra from this temple townnear Rajasthan border, Mcdiridiculed the Congress call forshowingblack flags to the Yatra.amis is against democraticnormC Modi said, adding thatthe Congress haslost confidencein democratic institutions.Modi said that Congress isBJP president Nilin Gadkari greets Gujarat Chiet Minister Narendra kiodi on hisbirthday at Anbaji in Ahmadabad on Mondayforcing the homemakers topurchase extra LPG cylindersfrom stooges of the Congresswhowould mint money due thelimitingofcooking gas supplies.The Congresss hadpromised jobs which nevercame, Modi remindedthe hugegathering at the temple town.The Chief Minister alsoannounced that the nearbyPoshina taluka would beupgraded to a newtaluka whilenew district would be carvedout fromthe huge neighbouringSabarkantha district.PPEarlier in the day,addressing nearly 60,000youths at VivekanandaSammelan at Rajkot, Modiannounced Vinchchiya as anew taluka of the district.Modi took a dig at Rahu!Gandhi being described as anaional leader. He regaled theyouths, saying that why justnational, Rahul is an internationleader as he can contestelections in Italy too. He saidthat he is only a regional leaderwhile RahulGandhi is anintenational leader.

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Nupur Taiwargets bail, tospend 1 moreweek in jailLEGAL CORRESPONDENTNEW DEUII, SEPTEMBER 17Rejecting the CBI's objections,theSupreme Cowltodaygranted bail to NupurThlwar,facingtrial for herallegedrolein the murder of her 14-yearolddaughter, Aarushi, anddomestic help Hemtaj.ABenchcomprising JusticesAX Patnaik and JS Khehardirected the Ghaziabad trialcowl to order the release ofNupurby September2s onthetermsit deemed fit.Nupurandher husband Rajesh, who isalready on bail, are the mainaccused in the murder case.Both of them are dentists.The SC passed the orderafter CBI said it had completedexamination of nineof the 14 crucial witnesses.Of the remaining four, twowere not traceable and thequestioningof two would becompleted in a veek.Nupur,whohasbeeninjailfor 139 days since her surrenderbefore the Ohaziabadcourt onApril 30, had movedthe apex court challenging:the Allahabad High Court'sorder which had on May 31dismissed her plea for bail.The trial courthad on May 2rejected Nupur's bail plea.Arguing for Nupur, seniorcounsel Harish Salveand KyViswanathan said their clientcould not be kept in jail untilthe completion of the trialwldchwas likely totake abouttwo moreyears,

Dand's policeremandextended tillSept22RAm KUISHNAN KHAJURIAIINSUJAMMU, SEPTEMBER 17Even as a Kishtwar courttoday extended the policeremandof suspected keyplotter oftheKandahar planehijack Mehraj-ud-DinDandby six days till September22; teams of the NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA)and the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CR!) interrogatedhim to extract cluesabout his involvement inpther terror-related activitiesacross the country.'9'he MA and CR! teamstoday put him to sustainedquestioning. The teamsarrived in Kishtwar somedays ago," said Superintendentof police (SP), Kishtwar,Bhim Sen Thai.Thtti, how4,'er, refused toshare morn information disclosedby Dand.The Kihtwar 5? saidDand's police remand hadbeen extended till September22.The CRI team is beingheaded by the DIGj TN Balaii, while the MA team isbeing led by DSP SanjaySangaria.The ChiefJudicialMagistrate,Kishtwar,Ajay Guptatoday extended Dand'spolice remand till September22, said a lawyer fromKishtwar.If sources are to bebelieved, Dand, whoenjoyed ISI's patronageandwas close to a former Pakistanembassy diplomat;Arshad Cheema,smartlyused his (Cheema's) diplomaticchannels to push over80 subversive elements,including some top militants,into India from Nepal."He told his interrogatorsthat after receiving thesesubversive eloments over aperiod of time from Pakistan,he pushed them intoIndia," a source said.He has revealed that herecently facilitated the entryof fivemilitants into JammuandKashmir from Nepal,

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