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November 12, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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5 girls declared ‘dead’ found alive by CBI CBI man in France for extradition of scamster 14 labourers die
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Flesh trade suspects freed under political pressure 40 hurt in violence
over cow slaughter President addresses function on Azad Don’t politicise Ayodhya: Paswan
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7 killed in Mumbai fire Mumbai, November 11 Fire brigade officials confirmed that seven persons were charred to death in the incident of fire, the cause of which is yet to be ascertained. Around 600 to 700 jhuggis in that area located between government colonies and the Bandra-Kurla complex were gutted in the fire. The officials said the fire had been brought under control and currently cooling operations were in progress. The entire area had been evacuated by over 200 firemen involved in rescue operations and the Mumbai police. Senior police and fire brigade officials have rushed to the site. The fire started at 11.28 am. Twelve fire tenders, two water tankers, five to six ambulances, one mobile operation theatre were rushed to the spot and the fire could only be contained after over three hours. Senior Congress leader and Congress MP Sunil Dutt was among the first to reach the site and urged the authorities to provide urgent relief to those affected. The Suburban Collector has opened a temporary office there to help those affected in the fire.
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5 girls declared ‘dead’ found alive by CBI New Delhi, November 11 The Uttar Pradesh police had registered a case under Section 302 against seven persons, including the caretaker of a Nari Niketan at Varanasi, for their alleged involvement in a sex racket and murder of five inmates there. However, the Uttar Pradesh Government asked the CBI to probe the matter and the agency found alive all five girls — Neelam, Poonam, Jyoti, Soni and an unnamed girl — who were declared murdered in June, 2000, by the police, agency sources said. The CBI said its team had recorded the statement of all five girls and also photographed them which would be produced in the designated court soon. The state police had alleged that Neelam had been burnt to death, Poonam and Jyoti were hanged, Soni’s throat was slit and the unnamed girl was choked to death. The state police had not even cared to verify the statement of the complaint as to whether the five had actually been killed. The FIR, which was filed in the designated CBI court at Varanasi, alleged that the caretaker of the Nari Niketan at Shiv Pora had entered into a conspiracy for “supplying” girls, who were the inmates at the Nari Niketan. However, during investigations the CBI found that the entire case to be concocted with “mala fide” intentions and that the state police had not made a proper investigation.
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CBI man in France for extradition of scamster New Delhi, November 11 CBI officials said that the French authorities were “satisfied” with the extradition papers sent by the investigative agency after Varadarajalu was arrested in the suburbs of Paris. The CBI had sent an extradition request for Varadarajalu, alias MVR, to the French authorities where his bail application was recently rejected by a local court. The accused, belonging to Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, had been staying in France under the assumed name of Louis Jalu. He had managed to get a French passport in March, 2001. Varadarajalu (60) had fled the country immediately after the scam came into light. The CBI has registered 13 cases against him which involved his 15 Indian companies and three companies of Singapore. In the absence of any extradition treaty with France, the CBI had sent papers for his extradition through the diplomatic channel. The agency had secured a “red corner” notice against him in 1998 and his passport had been cancelled. He was arrested in the suburbs of Paris and a French magistrate sent him to detention pending a request from the Indian authorities for his extradition. |
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14 labourers die
in truck mishap Nasik, November 11 According to the police, the ill-fated truck with 40 sugarcane labourers, including their children, was on its way to the Maroli sugar factory in Gujarat. The driver lost control when the truck approached Charanmal Ghat and fell into the 15 feet-deep valley. The police said that of the 14 dead persons, nine were residents of Muldongri village in Nandgaon tehsil in Nasik district while five hailed from Mordastanda in Dhule district.
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Idols stolen from Jagannath Temple Puri, November 11 The two-feet high ‘ashtadhatu’ (eight metals) idol, regarded as the representative of Lord Jagannath, was found missing when “sevayats” came to open the sanctum sanctorum of the 12th century shrine at dawn today. The silver idol of Narayani — considered the deity of the new moon day — was also untraceable, temple administration sources said. The “ratna bhandar” of the temple, where of precious jewellery and ornaments of deities were kept, was found to be safe. The police, however, described the act as an attempt to rob the “ratna bhandar”, which had failed. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Revenue and Law Minister Biswabhushan Harichandan and senior police officials have rushed here from Bhubaneswar to take stock of the situation. The Temple Administrator, Bhabani Shankar Panda, said the lock on a side entrance of the sanctum sanctorum, inside which the deities of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are kept on the ‘ratna simhasan’, had been found broken.
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Flesh trade suspects freed under political pressure Patna, November 10 The police also seized a diary containing a long list of the parlours’ “political clients”. The Krishna Puri police station was flooded with phone calls from politicians asking the young police officer to release the owner of the parlours without taking the matter to the court. A large number of Khadi-clad lieutenants of the politicians could be seen at the police station. The culprits were later released bowing to the political pressure. The diary seized by the police is reported to contain the numbers and names of some distinguished politicians and traders here. It was an open secret for the locals that these parlours were the flesh trade centres for the rich and famous who could not afford to be seen at the identified red-light areas. The local media had, time and again, written about these parlours but owing to the political patronage enjoyed by the owners, the police could not lay hands on them. |
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40 hurt in violence
over cow slaughter Jaipur, November 11 Angry protestors gheraoed a police station, attended it with stones, set ablaze two jeeps and a roadways bus in Baroda-Meo village after a cow was found axed to death and its flesh pieces seen near a place of worship, they said. The police lathi-charged the protestors and fired in the air to disperse them, Inspector General Police (Law and Order) A.K. Jain said, adding that no one was injured in the firing. Prohibitory orders have been promulgated and one company of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary deployed. |
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President addresses function on Azad New Delhi, November 11 Addressing a function on the occasion of the 113th birth anniversary of freedom fighter and renowned educationist Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the President recalled what Azad had said over 50 years back. “I would like to refer to the so-called opposition between East and West, or between different races and cultures. Most accounts of such conflicts seem in any case, to be based on misunderstanding of facts”, he said. Meanwhile, various leaders paid tributes to Azad on his birth anniversary. Home Minister L.K. Advani, Union Ministers Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Vijay Goel, Dr Satyanarayan Jatiya and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker P.M. Sayeed were among a host of dignitaries who paid floral tributes at the
portrait of Maulana Azad in the Central Hall of Parliament. A booklet containing the profile of Maulana Azad was brought out by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on the occasion. |
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Don’t politicise Ayodhya: Paswan Lucknow, November 11 Addressing a well-attended rally to launch the LJP’s assembly poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh here today, Mr Paswan, without taking names of any political party and organisation, said the parties should shun “objectionable’’ actions before the court verdict was pronounced.
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