ED registers PMLA case against Pak-based outfit

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Pakistan-based terror outfit Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, which also plays as one of the fronts of Lashkar-e-Taiba, for its alleged involvement in money laundering through various hawala channels. TNS

Doctors ‘leave’ scissors in woman’s stomach

Hyderabad: A case was registered Saturday against a team of doctors of a government hospital here following a complaint by a man alleging that they had left a pair of surgical scissors in his wife’s abdomen during a surgery in November last, the police said. The case of alleged medical negligence came to light on Friday when the 33-year-old woman had gone to the hospital after experiencing pain in her stomach and underwent an x-ray, they said. PTI

ECI orders Telangana collector’s suspension

Hyderabad: The Election Commission has ordered the suspension of IAS officer and Vikarabad (Telangana) collector Syed Umar Jalil for violating election norms in December 2018. He had allegedly removed the seals of EVMs when a petition pertaining to the Vikarabad Assembly election was pending in court. TNS