ED questions TMC MP in Saradha scam case
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Trinamool Congress MP Ahmed Hassan Imran in connection with its money laundering probe in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam case. Imran, a Rajya Sabha MP, reached the agency’s office in Salt Lake here and was questioned about his connections with the defunct group owned by jailed Saradha Chairman Sudipta Sen. Sources said the ED wants to grill Imran as he was the Executive Editor of a Bengali publication ‘Kalam’ which was owned by Sen but it was later sold to another business group. ED sleuths want to know details of Imran’s financial income and other interests while working for the publication, the sources said. The agency is likely to confront Imran with some documents it has seized sometime back in this case. The ED has earlier quizzed TMC MP Mithun Chakraborty and Kunal Ghosh and state Textile minister Shyamapada Mukherjee in this case. A criminal case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been registered by the agency last year to probe the ponzi scam that came to light last year after thousands of investors alleged they were duped of their hard earned money by the schemes run by Saradha group.(PTI)
Woman kills leopard
Dehradun: A 56-year-old woman killed a leopard when it attacked her in an agricultural field in Jakholi area here, while she was irrigating her crops, forest officials said. The incident took place on Sunday when Kamla Negi was giving water to the crops in her field, Forest officer Sohan Lal said, adding, the animal who was hiding in the bushes suddenly attacked her from behind, leaving her seriously injured. However, the woman did not panic and attacked the leopard with sharp farming tools, killing him, he said. The woman was critically injured in the fight that went on for nearly ten minutes and her condition was stated to be serious, he added. (PTI)
Airport gets hoax call
Chennai: Police officials including CRPF personnel were kept on their toes at the Chennai Airport this morning, following an anonymous bomb threat call received by Airport Director, authorities said on Monday. Airport Director K Suresh received the call at 10.15 am stating that a bomb planted at the airport would go off any time, officials said. He immediately informed the Airport Police who in turn stepped up vigil at Anna International and Kamaraj domestic terminals, they said. All baggages and passengers bound for various destinations were screened, they said, adding, the call later turned out to be a hoax. (PTI)
Real-estate firm to pay Rs 5.5L for not providing documents
New Delhi: A consumer forum here has asked TDI Infrastructures Ltd to pay Rs 5.5 lakh to a man, who had booked a shop in its upcoming commercial project in Sonepat, for not providing him the documents related to his shop, while holding it guilty of “deficiency in service”. New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, asked the real estate firm to give the money to Delhi resident Vinod Kumar Kuchhal, noting that although the company had promised to complete the project in one year, it could not complete it even after three years. “We found Opposite Party (construction company) is extremely negligent in executing the papers of allotment and demanding further instalments. It is promised by OP that the allotment of shop would be given within one year from the date of booking, but even after expiry of three years OP failed to execute the papers regarding allotment of shop.(PTI)
Baby found alive before burial, dies
Mangalore: A male baby, born prematurely at a private hospital here and allegedly declared dead by doctors, was found to be alive just before burial, following which he was admitted to another hospital where he died last evening, police said on Monday. Gauri, a resident of Kumbala in the district, had a premature delivery on August 15 at a private hospital in nearby Deralakatte and the baby was kept in an incubator as he was suffering from congenital kidney failure and was in a critical condition, police said. According to the parents, the doctors pronounced the baby ‘dead’ on August 23, police said. When the baby was taken for burial, the parents found him to be alive when he gulped the milk poured into his mouth as part of the rituals. The baby was rushed to another hospital here, but its life could not be saved by doctors. The infant died last evening, they said. However, the doctors at the hospital said they had never pronounced the baby ‘dead’ and the parents got the baby discharged on their own volition. The baby was suffering from congenital kidney failure and was in a critical condition. A neurosonogram showed intraventricular haemorrhage and the chances of recovery were remote, which was explained to the parents, who did not wish to continue the treatment, a hospital statement claimed, adding the baby was discharged on request. (PTI)