CBI Case Against Enforcement Directorate Officer Probing Liquor "Scam"

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against a senior official of the Enforcement Directorate and the chief of hotel chain Claridges, in connection with the ongoing investigation in the Delhi liquor scam. The case names Pawan Khatri, Assistant Director of the ED, Vikramaditya Singh, the chief of Claridges Hotels and Resorts, and Deepak Sangwan -- an employee of Air India.

The ED is probing the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case involving former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others, in which Amandeep Singh Dhall is also an accused. He was arrested by the agency earlier this year.

The ED has claimed Pawan Khatri, and Nitesh Kohar, a clerk in the ED, had allegedly received Rs 5 crore as bribe through conduits to help Amandeep Singh Dhall.

According to the complaint, Dhall and his father Birender Pal Singh informed ED officials that they have given Rs 5 crore to Praveen Vats, a Chartered Accountant, between December 2022 and January 2023 to "arrange help" in the ED investigation in the case against Dhall.

In its complaint to the CBI dated August 7, the ED said Praveen Vats and Deepak Sangwan, the Air India employee, had taken Rs 5 crore from Dhall on the pretext of helping him in the liquor policy money laundering case through Pawan Khatri.

"Vats stated that of the amount received from Dhall, 50 lakhs was given to Sangwan and Khatri as advance as demanded by them in mid-December," the agency alleged in its complaint.

As Dhall was arrested in March this year, his father demanded a refund. On June 29, Rs 1 crore was returned to him in the presence of Khatri, as stated by Vats.

In his statement, Vikramaditya Singh has said that Aman Dhall had approached him for help and he had asked Vats to help him. Vats had told him that "after deducting expenses with ED officials and other expenses, remaining amount will be divided between them equally," the ED's complaint read.

Following the complaint, the CBI registered a corruption case against Khatri, Kohar, Sangwan, Vats, Vikramaditya Singh, Amandeep Singh Dhall and BP Singh for allegedly influencing ED's investigation in Delhi liquor policy case through bribes.

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Ukrainian Sisters Detained For Twerking On Soldiers' Graves In Kyiv

Two Ukrainian women were detained after a video of them dancing and twerking on the graves of dead soldiers went viral.

The video which was originally posted on Instagram by a user named 'vl_lindermann' shows sisters filming their dancing on the graves of dead soldiers on August 24, Ukraine's Independence Day. The clip shows the photos of the soldiers who lost their lives. Later, however, the video was removed, and the user posted an apology on Instagram, saying that they were visiting their father's grave. The video soon circulated across social media platforms.

2 Ukrainian women arrested after twerking at a cemetery.
by u/Marianmza in ukraina

According to RT.com, the Ukrainian police claim they came across the clip on Thursday evening. "In less than an hour, law enforcement officers had established [the women's] whereabouts and brought them to the police department," a statement by the Kyiv police said on Friday, adding that the two sisters "face up to five years behind bars" on charges of "desecration of soldiers' graves."

It was later revealed that the two sisters came to the cemetery to honour the memory of the fallen... in such a way. The Ukrainian police later published the pictures of the two women, still dressed in the same clothes they were wearing in the video, accompanied by a police officer.

Internet users were not happy with the video. A user Reddit user commented, "Lack of respect."

"Lack of brains in the first place," another user commented.

"Disgusting," the third user wrote.

"God, the amount of people claiming that this is a "Ukrainian thing" in that original thread is sad," the fourth user commented.

"These girls, most probably lack of attention, so government and society can give it with social matter job, like cleaning cemetery or doing some other job for few weeks/months as a consequence," the fifth user wrote.

 

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No Law Gives Right To Husband To Beat, Torture Wife: Delhi High Court

No law gives the right to a husband to beat and torture his wife, the Delhi High Court has held while granting divorce to a woman on the grounds of cruelty and desertion by the man.

The high court said, in this case, it has been proved that the man failed to resume companionship with his wife and not only did there exist physical separation but it was also coupled with "animus" of not bringing her back to the matrimonial home.

Taking into account the medical documents of the woman, the high court said in the absence of any rebuttal by the man, it has to be held that the woman's testimony of being subjected to physical assault stands corroborated by the medical documents.

"Merely because the parties got married and the respondent (man) was her husband, no law gave him the right to subject his wife to beatings and torture. Such conduct of the respondent necessarily qualifies as physical cruelty entitling the appellant (woman) to divorce under Section 13(1) (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), 1955," a bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna said.

The court noted that the man, who was present before it at the time of the passing of the verdict, had no objection to the grant of divorce.

"We accordingly find merit in the appeal and the marriage between the appellant and the respondent is hereby dissolved," the bench said.

The high court was hearing an appeal filed by the woman challenging the decision of a family court which had dismissed her petition seeking divorce from the man on the grounds of cruelty and desertion.

The high court noted that the woman had deposed that she was left at her parental home on May 11, 2013, in an injured condition and thereafter despite her efforts, the man refused to take her back to the matrimonial home.

It said the man has also not countered the woman's argument that she was not brought back to the matrimonial home, for which there existed no reason.

"It is proved that the respondent had failed to resume the companionship with the appellant and thus not only there exist physical separation but it was also coupled with 'animus' of not bringing back the appellant to the matrimonial home.

"The respondent had no intention of resuming the matrimonial relationship which also got reflected when he chose not to contest the petition. The petition for divorce has been filed after more than two years of separation and therefore the appellant is also entitled to divorce on the ground of desertion under Section 13 1 (ib) of the HMA," the high court said.

According to the woman's plea, she and the man got married in February 2013 and they have been living with the family of the man's maternal aunt since his parents died a long time back.

The woman claimed that soon after the marriage, she was subjected to physical and mental torture and various atrocities were meted out to her which she continued to tolerate in the fond hope that with the passage of time, things would get settled.

However, the atrocities of the man and his family members kept increasing as they wanted to get rid of her so that the man could re-marry into an affluent family, the plea said.

The woman claimed that there was repeated demand for dowry and she was deserted by the man who refused to take her back to the matrimonial home.

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On Kota Suicides, Rajasthan Minister Lists Causes Of Stress In Students

Expressing concern over the increase in student suicides in Kota, a Rajasthan minister on Monday said the burden of education loans on parents is one of the causes of stress among aspirants and that the Centre must formulate a policy so that parents don't have to borrow money for education.

Two students, preparing for competitive exams in Kota, died by suicide on Sunday in a span of four hours. According to authorities, 22 students have died by suicide so far in the coaching hub this year -- the highest for any year. Last year, the figure was 15.

"The pressure of studies is there. Apart from this, several students have the burden that their parents have borrowed money for their studies. So they worry, if they fail, what will happen to their parents," Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Mahesh Joshi said.

He said the students live away from their homes and parents and this too is an additional burden on them which leads to suicides.

"The central government should make a policy regarding coaching institutes. There should be a system wherein parents do not have to take loans as it puts too much pressure on the students to succeed," he said.

"The students think, "What will happen (to my family) if I do not succeed?" as their parents have taken huge loans to educate them," he said.

Over two lakh students move to Kota annually to prepare for competitive exams such as the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for engineering and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges.

Earlier, the authorities in Kota asked coaching institutes to stop conducting routine tests for students preparing for the NEET and other competitive exams for the next two months in the wake of these suicides.

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Opposition INDIA Set For Next Round Of Meet, Due In Mumbai By Month-End

The Opposition Bloc INDIA will have its third meeting in Mumbai on August 31 and September 1, the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena (UBT) has announced. The party will host the meet, where the united Opposition is expected to draft its Common Minimum Programme.

There is expectation that an 11-member coordination committee will also be named, "At that meeting in Mumbai, we will decide on who the 11 will be, who the Convenor will be, etc. These are small things," Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge had said.

The meet comes days after the Opposition's No-Confidence Motion against the Narendra Modi government -- and the plan to compel him to speak on Manipur -- collapsed. The Prime Minister briefly mentioned Manipur only after a walkout by the Opposition, conducted after 90 minutes of his speech.

With that background, the Opposition seems to have its work cut out, figuring out a fail-safe roadmap for the next round of assembly elections and the general election next year.

The question of Opposition unity, too, needs to be settled in view of some comments by leaders of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, whose fragile peace with the Congress appears to be perpetually under threat.

The Shiv Sena UBT, which issued the invite, posted a teaser video on X, formerly Twitter, drawing on visuals from the earlier meetings of the new bloc, which announced its name in Bengaluru last month.

"Those who want to bring dictatorship in the country, We will be against them!" reads a rough translation of the caption.

जे देशात हुकूमशाही आणू पाहतात,
त्यांच्या विरोधात आम्ही असणार!#INDIA #जितेगाइंडिया #JeetegaINDIA pic.twitter.com/6bxM3mXdtz

— ShivSena - शिवसेना Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (@ShivSenaUBT_) August 28, 2023

Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, chief ministers MK Stalin, Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren, Mamata Banerjee and RJD chief Lalu Prasad were among those who took part in the two-day meet. Sharad Pawar, whose party underwent a split in June with the rebellion of nephew Ajit Pawar, also joined in.

Announcing the new name for the Opposition Bloc in Bengaluru, Rahul Gandhi had said: "The fight is between NDA and INDIA, Narendra Modi and INDIA, his ideology and INDIA… The fight is about two different ideas of India... The fight is for the voice of the country."

Calling the bloc "old wine in new bottle", the BJP had pitched "Bharat" against "INDIA".

"Today people are seeing who all are a part of NDA. They work for the shoshit and vanchit, adivasis and peechhdas (exploited and deprived, tribals and backward communities)... It is dedicated to the people of the country," PM Modi had said.

"Its motto is Nation First, Progress First, Empowerment of the People First... NDA is doing social justice as envisioned by Gandhi and Ambedkar," he had added.

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