Naidu moves SC challenging HC order
New Delhi, Sep 23: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court order dismissing his petition for quashing the FIR against him in connection with an alleged scam in the Skill Development Corporation. The high court had rejected his plea on Friday. Later on Friday, a court in Vijayawada had granted custody of Naidu to the CID for two days. Naidu was arrested on September 9 for allegedly misappropriating funds from the Skill Development Corporation when he was chief minister in 2015, which resulted in a purported loss of more than Rs 300 crore to the state exchequer. While dismissing his petition for quashing of the FIR, the high court had noted that his plea was devoid of merit and said the court was not inclined to interfere at this stage when the investigation was ongoing. The high court had observed that police have the statutory right and duty under the relevant provisions of the CrPC to investigate a cognisable offence. (PTI)
Two killed, 4 hurt in tanker explosion
Thane, Sep 23: Two persons were killed and four injured after a tanker exploded on the premises of a Century Rayon factory in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Saturday morning, police said. Two more persons were missing. The incident took place at the company’s manufacturing unit at Shahad. As per the statement issued by the company, a tanker “of a third party, which arrived from outside at the plant site on September 23 at about 11.15 am got ruptured while it was under inspection before filling.” “Two casualties have been identified and four persons are undergoing treatment at a hospital and they are all stable. A search is on for two others who were untraceable,” the statement added. Local firemen and fire services of the company fought the blaze that broke out following the blast, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Ulhasnagar Division) Amol Koli confirmed that two persons had died in the blast. Officials of the industrial safety department will probe the incident, he added. (PTI)