Controversial remark on Amaravati sparks outrage
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju has lodged a formal complaint with Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta, seeking legal action under various IPC sections. He emphasised that such remarks were defamatory, disrespectful to women, and posed a threat to public harmony.
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Hindustan Times
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- Hindustan Times
Chhattisgarh: 14 govt officials booked in ₹7 cr tendupatta financial fraud case
A chargesheet was filed on Tuesday by the Chhattisgarh State Economic Offenses Investigation Bureau (EoW) in a financial fraud case involving the embezzlement of funds meant for tendupatta (tendu leaf) collectors in Sukma district of Bastar. The accused officials allegedly conspired to divert a large portion of this amount by preparing forged documents. (Image sourced from India Fellow website) The EoW officials said that the case involves the misuse of approximately ₹7 crore intended as incentive wages for forest produce collectors during the 2021 and 2022 tendupatta seasons. The accused officials allegedly conspired to divert a large portion of this amount by preparing forged documents and using them as genuine records. So far, misappropriation of ₹3.92 crore has been confirmed across eight remote primary forest produce cooperative societies out of the 17 committees under investigation. Also Read: Ex-sarpanch booked for 'embezzlement' of panchayat funds The chargesheet, running over 4,500 pages, was submitted on Tuesday in the special anti-corruption court in Dantewada against 14 government officials. Tendupatta collection is a vital source of livelihood for tribal communities in this heavily forested and insurgency-hit region. Many families in Bastar depend entirely on tendupatta wages for their survival. During the investigation, EoW officers travelled to several remote and inaccessible locations including Madaiaguda, Golapalli, Kistaram, Jagargunda, Chintalnar, Chintagufa, Bhejji, Konta, and Polampalli to record statements from villagers. The case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 467, 468, 471 (forgery and use of forged documents), and 120B (criminal conspiracy), along with provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 as amended in 2018. The investigation into the remaining nine cooperative societies is still underway.
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Chhattisgarh EOW files chargesheet in multi-crore tendupatta embezzlement case in Sukma
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has filed a chargesheet in a high-profile corruption case involving the embezzlement of crores meant for tendupatta (forest produce) collectors in Sukma district of Bastar division. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The case implicates a District Forest Officer (DFO), four forest officials, and nine managers of primary forest produce cooperatives in one of the state's most sensitive and Maoist-affected tribal regions. The chargesheet, spanning over 4,500 pages, was filed on Tuesday before the Special Anti-Corruption Court in Dantewada, under various sections of the IPC, including criminal conspiracy, forgery, and misuse of official position, along with provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018). According to the EOW chief Amresh Mishra, DFO Ashok Kumar Patel, while serving in Sukma Forest Division, abused his official position and colluded with subordinate forest officials and managers of tendupatta societies to divert a significant portion of the Rs 7 crore tendupatta bonus fund meant for collectors during the 2021 and 2022 collection seasons. Fake documents were allegedly prepared and used to siphon off the money without distributing it to the actual beneficiaries. So far, the investigation has covered eight out of 17 targeted forest cooperatives, revealing embezzlement of Rs 3.92 crore. The affected areas include some of the most remote and Naxal-affected regions such as Madaiguda, Golapalli, Kistaram, Jagargunda, Chintalnar, Chintagufa, Bhejji, Konta, and Polampalli, where the bonus scheme was allegedly manipulated. Inhabitants of these tribal villages, who rely heavily on tendupatta collection for livelihood—were found to be unaware of the bonus scheme during the course of the investigation. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Their testimonies formed a critical part of the evidence presented in the chargesheet. Those named as accused in the case include Ashok Kumar Patel, former DFO, Sukma, other forest officials Chaituram Baghel, Devnath Bhardwaj, Manish Kumar Barse, and Podiyami Idima, cooperative managers Payam Satyanarayan alias Shatru, Mohd Sharif, C H Ramna (Chitturi), Sunil Nuppo, Ravi Kumar Gupta, Ayatu Korsa, Manoj Kawasi, Rajshekhar Puranik alias Raju, and B Sanjay Reddy. The EOW has invoked IPC Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), 467, 468, 471 (forgery and use of forged documents), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and Sections 13(1)(a) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act against the 14 accused. Officials said that investigation is still ongoing for the remaining nine societies, suggesting the scam could be wider in scope than currently known. This is one of the largest tendupatta fraud cases ever investigated in Chhattisgarh's Naxal belt, and the EOW's probe is expected to expand further in the coming months.
Hindustan Times
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Tihar jail prisoner dies by suicide inside jail
A prisoner in Tihar Jail's hospital died by suicide by hanging himself from a window, informed the Tihar Jail officials in the early hours of Monday. Karmakar was under trial, while Saquib was convicted for his involvement in the 2002 and 2003 Mumbai blasts.(PTI File) The prisoner was an under-trial inmate, namely Ramesh Karmakar, who was lodged in Jail Number 4 but was undergoing treatment at the jail hospital in Jail Number 3 since May 28. Karmakar's body was found hanging from a window late on the night of Sunday, and the jail authorities were informed on the early morning of Monday. In another such case, an accused named Saquib Nachan in connection with the terror group Islamic State (ISIS), died in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, informed sources said on Saturday. He has been in judicial custody in Tihar Jail since 2023 and was admitted to the hospital a few days ago, they said. Saquib was convicted for his involvement in the bomb blasts in Mumbai in 2002 and 2003. In line with the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Saquib Nachan, a habitual offender in many previous terror cases, was also a self-styled Amir-e-Hind for ISIS in India. Earlier in June 2024, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) had chargesheeted Nachan along with 16 hardcore agents of a proscribed global terrorist network, in a conspiracy involving the recruitment and radicalisation of youth and the fabrication of improvised explosive devices in the Delhi-Padgha ISIS terror module case. The accused were chargesheeted under various sections of IPC, UA(P) Act, Arms Act and Explosive Substances ACt, were found to have been engaged in a massive ISISI conspirancy involving recruitment, training and propagation of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ideology among gullible youth, along with fabrication of explosives and IEDs are fund-raising for the banned outfit. Its investigation had subsequently led to the seizure of several incriminating documents and data relating to the manufacturing of explosives and the fabrication of IEDs, along with propaganda magazines like 'Voice of Hindi', 'Rumiyah', 'Khhiafat', 'Dabiq', published by IS.
