Shahjahanpur rape case: Chinmayanand's blood pressure normal, can be discharged in a couple of days, says hospital

Swami Chinmayanand is under observation and his blood pressure and other parameters are normal, according to the Hospital where he currently under observation

The former BJP leader was tested for heart problems on Monday after he complained of chest pain, but an angiography did not find any 'significant blockage' in his arteries

The former Union minister was arrested on Friday after a student, who studied at a college run by his ashram, accused him of raping her and physically exploiting her for a over a year

Lucknow: Former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand is under observation and his blood pressure and other parameters are normal, according to the hospital where the ex-BJP leader, who was arrested after a student accused him of sexual assault, has been admitted.

He was tested for heart problems on Monday at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences here after he complained of chest pain, but an angiography did not find any "significant blockage" in his arteries.

 Shahjahanpur rape case: Chinmayanands  blood pressure normal, can be discharged in a couple of days, says hospitalFile image of Swami Chinmayanand. News18
"Swami Chinmayanand is admitted in MICU (Medical Intensive Care Unit) Ward of SGPGI under Professor PK Goel, HoD, Cardiology. His blood pressure and other parameters are normal, he is still under observation," Chief Medical Superintendent Professor Amit Agarwal of SGPGI said in a bulletin on Tuesday

Agarwal said, "There has been an improvement in the condition of Chinmayanand. His blood sugar is also normal. He had lunch and is also talking. If his health is fine, he may be possibly discharged within a couple of days."

Jail officials said that doctors in Shahjahanpur had referred the BJP leader to Lucknow earlier on Monday morning due to his health condition.

Chinmayanand was admitted with symptoms of angina in the SGPGI's Medical Intensive Care Unit Ward.

"An angiography was done at the PGI and no significant blockage was found. Angioplasty was not required," Agarwal had said on Monday.

The leader had the chest pain due to diabetes, he had said.

A postgraduate student, who studied at a college run by Chinmayanand's ashram, has alleged that she was raped and physically exploited by the 72-year-old for over a year.

Chinmayanand was arrested on Friday in the case. He has been booked under sections 354 D (stalking), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

Instead of IPC Section 376 (rape), he has been booked under IPC Section 376 C, which is usually applied in cases where a person abuses his position to "induce or seduce" a woman under his charge to have "sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape".

Narendra Modi-Rahul Gandhi slugfest: Congress, BJP are in Ivy league of hypocrisy

The current slugfest between the BJP and the Congress over the Sahara and Birla diaries is a living embodiment of Rahat Indori's couplet: Jhooton ne jhooton se kaha hai, sach bolo (liars are asking liars to speak the truth). Since Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of accepting "Rs 40 crores from Sahara" at a rally in Gujarat's Mehsana, both parties have come up with arguments and allegations that make politics resemble the Ivy League of hypocrisy.

Consider Rahul Gandhi's case first. After threatening to expose Modi in Parliament, bring about a quake, he has done a Kejriwal 2.0 by rehashing some of the allegations made by the Delhi chief minister in the state assembly. The papers he is quoting to attack Modi are a compilation of the who's who of Indian politics.

Hidden in the Sahara files and the Birla papers are names of politicians from across the political spectrum, including those of Congress leaders, some UPA-era stalwarts and the then Delhi chief minister, now the party's face in Uttar Pradesh. There are some oblique references to the then minister of environment and forests Jayanti Natarajan too in the diaries. Gandhi's selective outrage perfectly qualifies as a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

If Rahul Gandhi were really serious about a probe, he could have at least done an encore of his famous act of tearing up the legislation that UPA wanted passed to shield convicted politicians, allow them to contest polls. But, Rahul has performed the sorry spectacle of running with Sheila Dixit and hunting for Modi.

 Narendra Modi-Rahul Gandhi slugfest: Congress, BJP are in Ivy league of hypocrisyPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
The BJP's conceit, deceit and denials are even more shameful.

In April, the ruling dispensation had launched a brutal assault on Congress leaders and former PM Manmohan Singh because their names appeared in several conversations between middlemen accused of influencing the AgustaWestland chopper deal. On the basis of the conversations — not evidence — that mentioned in the proceedings of an Italian court, the party had asked the Gandhis to come clean on the deal.

Is the Sahara and Birla diaries case any different? The selective allegations made by both Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi against the prime minister are also based on papers that were seized by Income Tax officials during raids on these groups.

The Sahara papers were seized by I-T officials in a raid on the corporate office of its chairman. The documents showed details of proposed and actual payments made allegedly to different people, with details of place and timing. These documents were made part of the probe after following the procedure laid out under the law. In short, they have official and legal sanctity. Similar documents with details of alleged payments were recovered from raids on CEO of the Aditya Birla group in 2013.

So, why can't the BJP ask its leaders to do what it advised the Gandhis in the AgustaWestland case: Come clean, face a probe. Or is this a case of BJP being presumed innocence and the Congress being declared guilty without a probe? Remember also the BJP's double-standards in raking up the "J-tax" (alleged kickbacks to Jayanti Natarajan) during the 2014 election campaign based on entries in the Birla diaries and then laughing them off when the charges boomeranged on them.

As Indori said: Ghar mein jhooton ki mandi lagi hai, darwaze pe likha hai sach bolo.

In this concert of lies and hypocrisy, truth could be drowned, but not hidden. Everyone in India knows that politicians take donations (in unaccounted cash) for contesting elections. Huge chunks of this money come from the corporate sector under various pretexts but is divided up as contributions from individual donors. Any party that claims it fought the 2014 elections with legitimately collected and properly documented donations just knows the art of lying and fudging better than the other. In the hamam of political funding, every party is naked. By pointing fingers at each other, through selective allegations and charges of bribery, the Congress and the BJP are living another Indori couplet: Ungliya sab par na yu uthaya karo, kharch karne se pehle kuch kamaya karo.

Though Rahul Gandhi is trying to kick up a storm — his only option since he is on verge of political extinction — it is unlikely to lead to a concrete result because his intentions are steeped in hypocrisy and subterfuge. It would just lead to some noise, allegations, counter-allegations and then would be forgotten.

The BJP, would, of course brazen it out. Like it did when Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje faced allegations of impropriety in the Lalit Modi case. Like it did when it rode the storm on the Vyapam scam and resultant spate of suspicious deaths.

Several years ago, when LK Advani's name appeared in the Jain hawala diaries, he quit parliament and returned only after his name was cleared by the Supreme Court.

Over the past few decades, laws of morality in politics have undergone a drastic change. Instead of trying to be Ceaser's Wife, politicians now believe in the pragmatic philosophy of claiming innocence-till-proven-guilty. The BJP, once a party that talked of shuchita, pardarshita and asmita in public life, is defined more by pragmatism and opportunism, instead of morality and ideology.

So, behold the spectacle of two liars fighting for truth. It is the defining feature of our polity.

Priyanka Gandhi Slams UP Government For Roti-Salt Meal To Schoolchildren

MIRZAPUR: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for serving just chapatti and salt to schoolchildren in Mirzapur under the mid-day meal scheme of the central government that provides lunch and proper nutrition to children from poor families who study in government schools across the country.

"In Mirzapur's school, students are being served salt and roti as mid-day meal. This is the real state of affairs of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh. The government facilities are getting poorer and such treatment towards children is highly condemnable," Ms Gandhi tweeted in Hindi along with the video that shows young children sitting on the floor of the school corridor, eating rotis with just some salt in their plates.

After an inquiry, the district authorities called it "a serious lapse" and teacher in charge of the school and the supervisor at the gram panchayat have been suspended.

The website of the Uttar Pradesh mid-day meal authority, the overseeing body for these meals in the state, describes an elaborate menu that is supposed to be served to children at government-run primary schools. It includes pulses rice, rotis and vegetables. Fruits and milk are included on certain days, according to the meal chart.

The Uttar Pradesh government says it is providing mid-day meals in over 1.5 lakh primary and middle schools across the state, as of December 2018. Over 1 crore children are supposed to benefit from the scheme.

According to the centre, the mid-day meal scheme is designed to provide a minimum of 450 calories per child per day, which should include at least 12 grams of protein too each day. These meals should be served to each child at least 200 days a year.

INX Media Case Live Updates: Chidambaram challenges CBI remand in Supreme Court

Former Union minister P Chidambaram's ordeal has been prolonged as a special   court on Thursday sent him to a five-day CBI custody in connection with INX          Media money laundering case. He will remain in the CBI custody till August 26.

Chidambaram’s legal team is now planning to fight another legal battle on Friday to get protection against arrest in ED cases.

The Supreme Court bench of Justice R Banumathi and Justice AS Bopanna will hear Chidambaram’s plea filed against the Delhi High Court’s order rejecting his anticipatory bail plea in CBI and ED cases.

This is the case related to INX Media, in which matter is listed for hearing on August 27. The anticipatory bail plea was listed in CBI case on Friday but matter turned infructuous as CBI arrested him on Wednesday night from his residence.

Here are the Live Updates:

3:10 pm: SC grants interim protection to Chidambaram in ED case, lists matter for August 26

The Supreme Court Friday granted protection from arrest to former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in the money laundering case lodged by ED and agreed to hear on August 26 the CBI and ED cases in the INX Media scam.

Chidambaram will however continue to be in the CBI custody as the apex court did not intervene in the matter for which he has been sent for custodial interrogation of the agency till Monday.

A bench comprising justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna posted both the matters for hearing on Monday, August 26.

"Having heard the counsels for petitioner and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, we are of the view that the co-accused were granted bail in the ED case. Petitioner shall not be arrested till further hearing of the case. List the petition on Monday (August 26). The respondent (ED) shall file their reply and contentions by Monday," the bench said.

After the order was dictated, Mehta tried to hand over sealed cover documents to the court saying that the bench should satisfy its conscience before passing an order granting protection from arrest to Chidambaram.

3:08 pm: CBI to focus on all FIPB approvals given by Chidambaram

Following Enforcement Directorate's lead, the CBI's custodial interrogation of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram is expanding from INX Media to other firms which were given Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearances by the Congress leader during his tenure as the Finance Minister in the UPA government.

After a special court on Thursday sent Chidambaram to four-day CBI custody till August 26, the probe agency is now specifically focusing on all FIPB and FDI clearances given by Chidambaram, said a source, adding, "However, it is very difficult to crack him".

On Day 2 of Chidambaram's interrogation following his arrest on Wednesday night, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is enlarging its scope of investigation from INX Media to Aircel-Maxis and four more business deals, suspecting his role in granting alleged illegal FIPB clearances and receiving multi-crore kickbacks through several shell firms, sources said on Friday.

The sources said the CBI is looking at Chidambaram's role in grating alleged illegal FIPB approvals to Diageo Scotland Ltd, Katara Holdings, Essar Steel Ltd and Elforge Ltd.

The FIPB, which used to function under the Union Finance Ministry, has now been scrapped.

3:06 pm: Chidambaram in CBI custody till Monday

3:04 pm: Chidambaram, Karti get protection from ED arrest till September 3

13:14 pm: Pakistan Senator Rehman Malik has condemned the arrest of Congress leader P Chidambaram and added that he was targetted by the Modi government.

12:55 pm: Both CBI and ED cases to be heard on Monday

12:54 pm: Chidambaram can't be arrested by ED till Monday, says SC

12:52 pm: Chidambaram has been evasive, he's not answered questions, says solicitor general

The solicitor general said, "It's my case that he's [Chidambaram] been evasive. He's not answered questions and unless he's under custodial interrogation, he will remain evasive."

"We do not give interim protection only because some high court had given interim protection earlier," he said.

12:49 pm: Found 10 properties, 17 bank accounts in various countries linked to Chidambaram, says ED

12:43 pm: It's a case of money laundering of a monumental magnitude, says govt lawyer

The government lawyer in court said that illegitimate money would not be deposited in my account if I'm innocent. He said that there are allegations of shell companies being created where money is transacted and laundered.

"We can show case diaries to court. It's a case of money laundering of a monumental magnitude. I am saying this with some responsibility," the lawyer said.

12:38 pm: HC judge copy pasted ED note, says Kapil Sibal defending Chidambaram

12:35 pm: Hue and cry being created about vendetta on TV debates, says solicitor general

The solicitor general said that there are a large number of petitions pending on the issue of retrospective effect of PMLA in SC. The high court judge noted that the gravity of the offence necessitated denial of bail."

He also said, "At a stage which is pre-chargesheet stage, we are limited. Hue and cry being created about vendetta on TV debates."

"The evidence is about digital documents. There were searches conducted and email communication has been recovered," he said.

12:34 pm: Solicitor general opposing anticipatory bail plea

12:32 pm: CBI has statement of Indrani Mukerjea saying that she gave money to Karti, says solicitor general

Solicitor general said, "When the matter was first argued before the media yesterday is when I came to know this is their argument."

He said, "The CBI case is that the accused as finance minister granted FIPB approval to INX media. INX media is owned by Indrani Mukerjea. CBI has recorded statement of Indrani Mukerjea saying that she gave money to Karti. That's the predicate offence. The ED is probing the money trail."

12:29 pm: What chance in hell do I have of getting bail, asks Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal said, "If courts are going to cut and paste allegations of the investigation agency without hearing me, what chance in hell do I have of getting bail?"

12:26 pm: Chidambaram's lawyers raise questions on Delhi HC order

Kapil Sibal said that Delhi HC says "on narration of facts" and "material collected", Rs 3 crore has come into account of ASCPL. "Where are these facts? Where is the evidence? None of the evidence is on record," he said.

12:25 pm: Kapil Sibal slams ED, says ED did not file any affidavit

12:22 pm: Issue is about personal liberty, says Kapil Sibal

12: 21 pm: SC to hear CBI custody order on Monday

12:18 pm: SC hearing plea for anticipatory bail against ED in INX media case

12:17 pm: SC bench Justice Banumathi says whether right or wrong, the custody order has been passed by a competent court.

12:16 pm: SC says it will hear CBI case on Tuesday

12:15 pm: Kapil Sibal says CBI should not have arrested P Chidambaram

12:14 pm: No question of anticipatory bail when accused is in custody, says SC

12:13 pm: Chidambaram's bail plea hearing begins in Supreme Court

12:06 pm: All this being done to divert attention from economic crisis, says Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, on P Chidambaram's arrest, said, "All this is being done to divert attention from the economic crisis looming in the country. People of the country are watching. They have installed governments in the past and when the time comes, dethroned such forces."

11:20 am: If P Chidambaram does not get relief from the Supreme or the anticipatory bail petition is rejected, he will file a regular bail petition in the ED case, sources said.

11:02 am: Nalini Chidambaram inside SC, Karti also in court

P Chidambaram's wife Nalini is present inside the Supreme Court. She is sitting outside court 7 where matter is to be heard. Karti Chidambaram is also present in the court.

10:06 am: Karti Chidambaram leaves from his house

9:49 am: P Chidambaram was questioned briefly last night after being brought back to CBI headquarters

P Chidambaram was questioned briefly last night after he was brought in to the CBI headquarter from the court. The questioning was specifically in connection to FIPB approvals and the FDI.

9:48 am: Will be going to court for P Chidambaram, says son Karti

9:11 am: Economy in ICU, govt targetting those defending civil liberties, says Kapil Sibal

Targetting the Centre over slowdown in the country's economy and the arrest of former Union minister P Chidambaram, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday said while the economy is in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the government has issued a "look out notice" for all those defending civil liberties.

Taking to Twitter, the former Law Minister said the developments in the last few weeks have shown that both the economy and the cause of liberty need a "stimulus package".

"The economy is in ICU and government has issued a "look out notice" for all those defending civil liberties," he tweeted.

This comes a day after Sibal had expressed his discontent over Chidambaram's arrest and termed it "drama" and "political persecution".

On August 21, the Delhi High Court dismissed Chidambaram's plea for bail. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) had issued a look-out notice against him on Wednesday in the INX media case. A special anti-corruption court on Thursday sent the Congress leader to CBI custody till August 26.

9:10 am: Justice Sunil Gaur, who denied bail to Chidambaram, retires

Justice Sunil Gaur who passed the order denying anticipatory bail to former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and businessman Ratul Puri, retired on Thursday.

A full court reference was addressed to Justice Gaur who also handled the trial in sensational Shivani Bhatnagar murder case.

(IANS)

9:06: am: Chidambaram to sleep on 'takht' in Tihar once CBI custody ends

Former Finance and Home Minister P Chidambaram would be spending his next four nights in the plush CBI headquarters on Lodhi Road during the police remand, but his stay in his expected judicial custody would be rather harsh. Tentative arrangements are being chalked out at Tihar jail, once the CBI custody of the high-profile prisoner ends.

Highly placed sources in the Tihar jail said that Chidambaram, in all probability, is expected to be sent to jail once his CBI remand is done.

"We are not concerned with the period of CBI or ED custody. We are making preparations for his judicial custody, as he is expected to be lodged in Tihar, as per the jurisdiction," said a senior official of the Tihar jail, considered the biggest prison complex in Asia.

Sources said as of now, Chidambaram, if not granted bail in coming weeks, would be lodged in Jail No 7 meant for economic offenders.

(IANS)

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said the Congress should not worry about the arrest of P Chidambaram if he had committed no wrong and asserted that the law will take its own course.

The CBI on Wednesday night arrested Chidambaram, senior Congress leader and former Union finance minister, in connection with alleged corruption in granting foreign investment clearances to INX Media during his tenure.

Top Congress leaders defended Chidambaram and accused the Union government of political vendetta.

8:45 am: No political vendetta in action against Chidambaram, says Chouhan

BJP vice president Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said there was no political vendetta behind the action against former Union minister P Chidambaram, who has been arrested in connection with the INX Media alleged corruption case in New Delhi.

The Congress has come down heavily on the BJP government over the arrest of Chidambaram, accusing it of using the CBI and the ED as "personal revenge-seeking departments". The former Union minister was on Thursday sent to four-day CBI custody by a Delhi court, which said his custodial interrogation was justified in the case.

"Law takes in own course. Chidambaram went to the court, but did not get relief. The Congress's act of blaming the central government is not proper as it is working without any vendetta," Chouhan told reporters.

"If someone has indulged in any wrongdoing, it should be probed. It hardly matters whether the wrongdoer is big or small," the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said while refuting the Congress's charge that Chidambaram was a victim of political vendetta.

(PTI)

8:44 am: Chidambaram makes submissions after his request allowed by court

A request that former Union minister P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX media case, be allowed to make a brief submission was granted by a Delhi court, despite strong objection from the CBI.

Soon after arguments on custodial interrogation got over, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who was appearing for Chidambaram, sought permission from special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar that his client be allowed to speak as he wants to throw some light on the questions being asked by the CBI during interrogation.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing for the CBI, vehemently opposed the request saying the former finance minister has a team of legal stalwarts like senior advocate Kapil Sibal and Singhvi, who have already presented their arguments, and Chidambaram doesn't need a "crutch" to argue his case.

"Generally, only one lawyer is allowed to argue. But two able lawyers have already made the submissions (on Chidambaram's behalf). If we allow him, then we should not oppose any accused to make submissions in person across the country. This will set a very wrong precedent. If he himself wants to make submissions then he should not be represented by any counsel," Mehta said.

Singhvi said there are Supreme Court judgments which say that an accused can make submissions.

(PTI)

8:38 am: Uncaged parrot is not supposed to become vulture, says Abhishek Manu Singhvi

Referring to Supreme Court's 2013 remark likening the CBI to a 'caged parrot', former finance minister P Chidambaram's lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said an uncaged parrot should not turn into a vulture and prey on innocent people.

His comments came after a CBI court gave the CBI five-day custody of P Chidambaram, who was arrested by the investigative agency on Wednesday night in the INX Media case.

Kerala Top Cop, Under Suspension, All Praise For RSS, "Jai Sri Ram" Chants

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala's top cop Jacob Thomas, suspended for the last two years, will soon be reinstated after an order by the Central Administrative Tribunal or CAT to the state government. The police official considers it a major victory for "anti-corruption crusaders".
"The current chief minister has not done anything wrong. When a former Chief Secretary leaves a file note recommending suspension, the chief minister will do the obvious... My victory is a victory for everyone who stands against corruption," he told NDTV.

Jacob Thomas

But just days after this significant order, the senior police officer didn't shy away from expressing his political intentions. "Being an MP or legislator is a very promising job these days... I have been given offers by political parties, but I have not decided or joined any political party yet," Jacob Thomas told NDTV.

The senior-most

Delhi: 6000 trees in NDMC area to get QR codes

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to equip 6,000 trees with Quick Response (QR) codes. This will begin after six months when the tree census exercise gets completed and will take one month to complete. QR codes will provide details of a tree, including its age, lifespan, botanical name, latitude, longitude, common name, blooming season, girth and canopy size. The civic body will use bands or hooks instead of a plastic tag to ensure that trees are not harmed during installation of QR codes. At Lodhi Garden, as many as 100 old trees have already been tagged with QR codes.

Delhi High Court rejects Chidambaram's anticipatory bail plea in INX media case

Moments after the Delhi High Court rejected former finance minister P Chidambaram’s anticipatory bail in the INX Media case, Chidambaram has moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing against High Court's rejection of his plea. Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal is likely to make an urgent mention before SC registrar.

“Both the applications are dismissed,” Justice Sunil Gaur of the high court declared. The court had reserved its order on January 25 this year. The court hasn’t ruled on the senior Congress leader’s request to give him three days interim protection from arrest to go in appeal.

"Both the petitions (in CBI and ED case) are dismissed," said Justice Gaur. 

After the court pronounced the order, senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, appearing for Chidambaram, sought stay on the operation of the order for three days, to which the court said that it will consider the request and will pass order on it. 

During the arguments, both the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate had opposed Chidambaram's plea on the ground that his custodial interrogation was required as he was evasive during questioning. 

Both the probe agencies had contended that during Chidambaram's tenure as finance minister, FIPB clearance was granted to the media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007.

ED contended that the companies in which money was transferred are directly or indirectly controlled by Chidambaram's son, Karti, and they have a reason to believe that the FIPB approval was granted to INX Media on his son's interventio 

The high court had on July 25, 2018 granted interim protection from arrest to Chidambaram in both the cases and it was extended from time to time. 

The senior Congress leader's role had come under the scanner of various investigating agencies in the Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore. 

It was during his tenure as finance minister in the UPA-I government that clearances from the Foreign Investment Promoti .. 

In the INX Media case, the CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017 alleging irregularities in the FIPB clearance granted to the media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during Chidambaram's tenure as finance minister. 

Thereafter, the ED in 2018 lodged the money laundering case in this regard. 

Chidambaram's petition had said that though no summons had ever been served on him by the ED in this case, he had an apprehension of arrest in view of the summons issued to him by the CBI. 

Jammu and Kashmir Bank loan fraud: Third case registered, searches carried out in Bengaluru

Jammu and Kashmir Bank

JAMMU: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered a fresh case in the loan fraud worth over Rs 350 crore in Jammu and Kashmir BankNSE 1.36 % on Friday and conducted searches at different places in Bengaluru.

This is the third case registered by the ACB in the case in the past 10 days.

"An FIR under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Ranbir Penal Code has been registered against management, officers and officials of J&K Bank, along with the beneficiary involved in financial irregularities or loan fraud worth Rs 352.72 crore," a spokesman of the anti-corruption body said here.

On August 7, two cases were registered in loan frauds worth about Rs 600 crore in the bank involving a different beneficiary, a Delhi-based businessman.

Day After Receiving Award for 'Best Police', Cop Caught Taking Bribe in Telangana

Hyderabad: A day after receiving ‘Best Police’ award on Independence Day, a constable in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana was caught taking bribe by the Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday.

Tirupati Reddy, a constable in Mahabubnagar one-town police station, was caught by the ACB while accepting a bribe of Rs 17,000 from a sand tractor owner, Mudavath Ramesh.

"Despite having a licence for the sand transport, Tirupati demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from Ramesh,” ACB DSP S Krishna Goud said.

Ramesh approached the ACB officials who then laid a trap to catch him red-handed.

“On our directions, Ramesh gave Rs 17,000 to the constable, following which he (Tirupati) was arrested,” the ACB official added.

Tirupati received ‘Best Police’ award from the District collector on Thursday.