Rs 4 lakh found strewn on highway in UP, returned to owner
Muzaffarnagar, April 25: Police handed over Rs 4 lakh in cash stacked in a dozen bundles, which was found strewn on the Meerut-Karnal highway in Shamli district, to its owner, officials said on Saturday. After a local resident informed the police about cash – six bundles of Rs 500 notes, four bundles of Rs 200 notes and two bundles of Rs 100 notes – lying on the road near Kabaraut village on Friday, the police recovered it and deposited it in the police evidence room, Additional Superintendent of Police Sumit Shukla said. Meanwhile, Shubham from Muzaffarnagar district had claimed ownership of the money, saying that the cash fell while he was returning home on a motorcycle after withdrawing it from a bank in Haryana. Shamli Superintendent of Police Narendra Pratap Singh told reporters that during the investigation, the real owner of the cash was found to be Shubham, and Rs 4 lakh in cash was handed over to him on Saturday. (PTI)
MP minister disowns brother after threat to woman officer
Alirajpur, April 25: Madhya Pradesh Minister Nagar Singh Chouhan on Saturday said that he had no connection with his brother who is facing a criminal case for allegedly threatening to assault and “bury alive” a woman officer. Inder Singh Chouhan was arrested in the case on Friday and produced in a court which granted him bail. Speaking to reporters, Scheduled Caste Welfare Minister Nagar Singh Chouhan said he had no connection with his brother. “We live separately and have no communication. He is responsible for his own actions,” the BJP leader told reporters. Inder Singh allegedly threatened Janpad Panchayat chief executive officer Priya Kang at the district headquarters on April 22. As per Kang’s complaint, the minister’s brother told her ‘I will break your teeth and bury you alive’, after she rejected ineligible applications under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana. (PTI)
Rodents destroy currency notes, SC expresses surprise
New Delhi, April 25: The Supreme Court has expressed surprise that currency notes, which were allegedly seized from the possession of an accused in a corruption case lodged in Bihar, were destroyed by rodents. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan, which wondered how many such currency notes get destroyed as they are not kept at a safe place, termed it a “huge revenue loss” for the State. The issue cropped up before the bench while hearing a plea filed by a woman, who was convicted and sentenced to a four-year imprisonment in a corruption case. It was alleged that the woman, who was serving as a child development programme officer at that time in 2014, had demanded and accepted a Rs 10,000 bribe from the complainant. The top court, which had earlier exempted her from surrendering till further order, granted her bail and suspended the sentence given by the Patna High Court. In its April 24 order, the top court said, “We are taken by surprise that the currency notes got destroyed by rodents. We wonder how many such currency notes recovered in this type of offence get destroyed, as they are not kept in a safe place. It’s a huge revenue loss for the State.” (PTI)
