IIT student uploads nude photographs of woman on internet
Kharagpur (WB): An IIT student allegedly uploaded nude photographs of a woman on internet, police said on Friday. 18-year-old Surajit Kumar Jain, a second year Electronics and Communications student from Bilaspur, uploaded nude pictures of a woman, who is a teacher in the same district on internet last month, police said. Following a complaint by the woman, Chhattisgarh Police tracked down the Internet Protocol (IP) address which revealed that the photographs were uploaded from IIT Kharagpur campus by Jain, they said. Police visited the IIT Kharagpur campus yesterday in search of the accused, who was reported to be absent since two months by IIT Director, Tapan Ghoshal, they added. (PTI)
Charge sheet against IAS couple likely next week
Bhopal: The Lokayukta police is likely to file a charge sheet on February 22 against suspended IAS couple Arvind and Tinoo Joshi, accused of amassing assets worth Rs 41 crore. The Joshis are facing cases for disproportionate assets under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Indian Penal Code. Apart from the Joshis, the charge sheet is likely to mention 16 others, including their family members, Lokayukta sources said today. Those who may be named in the charge sheet include Arvind’s father H M Joshi, mother Namrata Joshi, sisters Abha and Vibha, associate S P Kohli and his family, Delhi-based stamp vendor Raj Rani, insurance agent Seema Jaiswal and property broker Pradeep Jain. Both Arvind and Tinoo are 1979 batch IAS officers of the state cadre. Income Tax Department raided their official residence in Bhopal in February 2010, leading to discovery of disproportionate assets. The Lokayukta had earlier this month received permission for prosecution of the Joshis from the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. (PTI)
Larger SC bench to hear plea against Justice Swatanter Kumar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that the plea of a former law intern seeking probe against its retired judge Swatanter Kumar for allegedly sexually harassing her be heard by a three-judge bench and posted the case for hearing on March 26. A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi also agreed to hear two intervening applications filed in the case and directed that the response of Justice Kumar, who is heading National Green tribunal, be supplied to the amicus curiae appointed by it in the case. Justice Kumar, in his reply to the allegations levelled by the former intern, said that the charges against him were part of a malicious conspiracy intended to damage his reputation. He told the apex court that its full court resolution of December 5, 2013, in which it was held that no complaint can be entertained by the Supreme Court against its retired judges is correct and denied all the allegations levelled against him by the intern. On January 15, the court had issued notice to Justice Kumar and had also appointed senior advocates Fali S Nariman and P P Rao as amicus curiae to assist it in the case. It had also directed Attorney General G E Vahavati to assist the court in the matter. (PTI)
Family feud leads to acid attack on woman
Howrah (WB): A 40-year-old man has been detained for allegedly throwing acid on a woman here, police said. Pappu Singh threw acid on the 30-year-old woman, who is his neighbour, while she was returning home from a market on Thursday evening, they said. Police suspected that this is the result of a family feud between Singh and the woman. The woman, seriously injured, was admitted to the Howrah district hospital, they said. (PTI)
Veteran Congress leader Maderna ‘critical’
Jaipur: Senior Congress and former Assembly Speaker Parasram Maderna has been put on ventilator support following respiratory failure, sources said. The 92-year-old Jat leader was rushed to SMS Hospital here after he complained of swollen legs and stomach two days back. He was shifted to the ICU last night and is in a critical condition, SMS Hospital Superintendent Dr Virendra Singh told PTI here. “Maderna’s condition is critical and on respiratory ventilator,” Singh said. A team of doctors attending on him said Maderna is suffering from diabetes, osteoarthritis and septicaemia. His elder son and former Congress minister, Mahipal Maderna, who is in jail in connection with Bhanwari Devi’s murder case, was given interim bail to attend to his ailing father by the court on February 12. Mahipal has been allowed to visit the ICU from 10 am to 5 pm till his father is admitted there.(PTI)