By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, July 27:The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the city police probing the Mecca Masjid blast is banking on narcoanalysis tests in its investigation into the unexploded bomb found near the site of the explosion.
The city police registered two cases after a bomb went off in the mosque on May 18 after the Friday prayers. While one bomb exploded, killing nine people and injuring 58, an unexploded bomb was found in the mosque premises.
The State government had handed over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. However, the unexploded bomb case is being investigated by the city police. The CBI got vital clues in the case and released the profiles of suspects in New Delhi. The SIC, however, is groping in the dark.
They have arrested seven suspects including Shaik Nayeem alias Sameer, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, his associate Shoaib Jagirdar, a butcher from Jalna in Maharastra, Mohammed Abdul Sattar, Mohammed Abdul Kareem Qadri, Shaik Abdul Kaleem alias Rafi, brother of Abdul Khaja, the second in command of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (Huji) and Mohammed Imran.
They are also suspects in the bomb blast case. But none have been linked to the case till date. The SIC has conducted narcoanalysis tests on Sameer and his associate Shoiab Jagirdar. Sources close to the SIC said the tests have not yielded any result.
Now the SIC has sought court permission to conduct similar tests on Shaik Abdul Kaleem alias Rafi and Mohammed Imran. The SIC filed petitions in the XII additional chief metropolitan magistrate’s court. The court heard arguments in Imran’s case on Friday.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
AP High Court : State cannot gift land
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, July 27: A division bench comprising Chief Justice G.S. Singhvi and C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy said the State is only the trustee of the lands and that people were the real owners while hearing the arguments in IMG Bharata land issue.
Stating that the State has no right to gift away lands to firms according to its whims and fancies, the bench asked the advocate general who gave the State such powers. The case has been posted for hearing on Monday, July 30.
Hyderabad, July 27: A division bench comprising Chief Justice G.S. Singhvi and C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy said the State is only the trustee of the lands and that people were the real owners while hearing the arguments in IMG Bharata land issue.
Stating that the State has no right to gift away lands to firms according to its whims and fancies, the bench asked the advocate general who gave the State such powers. The case has been posted for hearing on Monday, July 30.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
State buys helicopter for police
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, July 25:The Greyhounds, hitherto confined to combing operations in forests and other possible hideouts of the Maoists on ground, would here after get the facility to hip hop in a chopper to hunt down the maoists.
The police so far have been using army helicopter for the purpose of only shifting the injured greyhounds in encounters and land and claymore mine blasts. Now, the State government has sanctioned a helicopter exclusively to deal with Maoists to the police.
The helicopter is likely to be delivered to the police in less than a month, director general of police M.A. Basith said in an informal chat with media.
Hyderabad, July 25:The Greyhounds, hitherto confined to combing operations in forests and other possible hideouts of the Maoists on ground, would here after get the facility to hip hop in a chopper to hunt down the maoists.
The police so far have been using army helicopter for the purpose of only shifting the injured greyhounds in encounters and land and claymore mine blasts. Now, the State government has sanctioned a helicopter exclusively to deal with Maoists to the police.
The helicopter is likely to be delivered to the police in less than a month, director general of police M.A. Basith said in an informal chat with media.
Seniority list for promotions to avoid hassles
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad July 25: The home department has decided to prepare an integrated seniority list to prevent legal tangles in the promotion of deputy superintendents of police, sources said on Wednesday. The seniority issue has blocked filling up of 105 vacancies of DSPs, including in Intelligence, CID, City Central Crime Station and Special Branch. Nearly 300 circle inspectors belonging to the 1976 to 1985 batches are awaiting promotion.
Five inspectors of the 1976 batch approached the AP High Court over the abnormal delay in their promotions. The court directed the director-general of police and principal secretary, home, that the petitioners should be given promotion by the end of July. A senior police officer told this correspondent that is normal for ad hoc promotions to be given as per the list prepared by the department which was leading to legal tangles.
"We have decided to sort out the age old problem of challenging the seniority in the courts every time. Dozens of cases are pending in the court pertaining to seniority. This time we will prepare an integrated list. It will be completed in a month’s time," said a senior officer who is responsible for preparing the list.
Hyderabad July 25: The home department has decided to prepare an integrated seniority list to prevent legal tangles in the promotion of deputy superintendents of police, sources said on Wednesday. The seniority issue has blocked filling up of 105 vacancies of DSPs, including in Intelligence, CID, City Central Crime Station and Special Branch. Nearly 300 circle inspectors belonging to the 1976 to 1985 batches are awaiting promotion.
Five inspectors of the 1976 batch approached the AP High Court over the abnormal delay in their promotions. The court directed the director-general of police and principal secretary, home, that the petitioners should be given promotion by the end of July. A senior police officer told this correspondent that is normal for ad hoc promotions to be given as per the list prepared by the department which was leading to legal tangles.
"We have decided to sort out the age old problem of challenging the seniority in the courts every time. Dozens of cases are pending in the court pertaining to seniority. This time we will prepare an integrated list. It will be completed in a month’s time," said a senior officer who is responsible for preparing the list.
Monica Bedi : I will return a star
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad July 25: Monica Bedi, Bollywood starlet and girlfriend of mafia don Abu Salem, was released on bail from the Chanchalguda prison on Wednesday.
A relieved and cheerful Monica said she was looking forward to acting in Telugu films and promised to come back to Hyderabad "as an actress, and not as an accused".
She later flew to Hoshiyarpur in Punjab along with her father to spend time with her family. "I have got a couple of offers to act in Telugu films and will come back real soon," she told reporters at the airport.
Sources close to Monica said Hindi filmmaker Guddu Dhanoa offered her a role in one of his forthcoming movies. A Telugu producer also wants to make a film on her life starring Monica herself.
Her fans thronged the gates of the Chanchalguda prison from 6 am for a glimpse of the former actress. She came out at 7.40 am and immediately offered a thankful prayer to God.
As soon as Monica walked out, media teams surrounded her. She promised to speak to them and left within minutes. The media teams followed her to Begumpet airport where some news channels had even arranged a live telecast.
A beaming Monica thanked the judiciary, jail staff, prison inmates and others for her release. "Justice has been done," she said.
She said she hopes to restart her film career. "I missed acting. I have now got several offers from Bollywood and Tollywood," she said.
Monica said she had been a naïve girl and had trusted everyone. "I will plan my career carefully from now on," she said. "I have learnt a lot in prison."
She smiled when reporters asked about marriage plans. "Give me a break," she said. "I have just been freed and you want to marry me off right now. Marriage can wait. I want to make a successful career in films."
Monica had earlier acted in the Telugu film Taj Mahal starring Srikant. She also starred in several Hindi films, including Suraksha, Tirchi Topi Wale and Jodi No. 1 before abandoning her film career.
She was extradited to India from Portugal with her companion Abu Salem in 2005 and was sent to Chanchalguda prison in September 2005 in connection with a fake passport case. The actress said she kept herself occupied by teaching other women prisoners yoga, dancing and English in Chanchalguda and Bhopal prisons.
Hyderabad July 25: Monica Bedi, Bollywood starlet and girlfriend of mafia don Abu Salem, was released on bail from the Chanchalguda prison on Wednesday.
A relieved and cheerful Monica said she was looking forward to acting in Telugu films and promised to come back to Hyderabad "as an actress, and not as an accused".
She later flew to Hoshiyarpur in Punjab along with her father to spend time with her family. "I have got a couple of offers to act in Telugu films and will come back real soon," she told reporters at the airport.
Sources close to Monica said Hindi filmmaker Guddu Dhanoa offered her a role in one of his forthcoming movies. A Telugu producer also wants to make a film on her life starring Monica herself.
Her fans thronged the gates of the Chanchalguda prison from 6 am for a glimpse of the former actress. She came out at 7.40 am and immediately offered a thankful prayer to God.
As soon as Monica walked out, media teams surrounded her. She promised to speak to them and left within minutes. The media teams followed her to Begumpet airport where some news channels had even arranged a live telecast.
A beaming Monica thanked the judiciary, jail staff, prison inmates and others for her release. "Justice has been done," she said.
She said she hopes to restart her film career. "I missed acting. I have now got several offers from Bollywood and Tollywood," she said.
Monica said she had been a naïve girl and had trusted everyone. "I will plan my career carefully from now on," she said. "I have learnt a lot in prison."
She smiled when reporters asked about marriage plans. "Give me a break," she said. "I have just been freed and you want to marry me off right now. Marriage can wait. I want to make a successful career in films."
Monica had earlier acted in the Telugu film Taj Mahal starring Srikant. She also starred in several Hindi films, including Suraksha, Tirchi Topi Wale and Jodi No. 1 before abandoning her film career.
She was extradited to India from Portugal with her companion Abu Salem in 2005 and was sent to Chanchalguda prison in September 2005 in connection with a fake passport case. The actress said she kept herself occupied by teaching other women prisoners yoga, dancing and English in Chanchalguda and Bhopal prisons.
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