Emergency landing at city airport KOLKATA: A Bagdogra-bound Air India flight from Delhi with 115 passengers on board today www.morningindia.in C i t y made a safe 'precautionary landing' here due to 'technical snag'. "The Delhi-Bagdogra flight (AI- 879) made a precautionary landing at the NSC Bose International Airport here safely with all 115 Kolkata, Monday passengers on board," an Air India spokesman said here. "Because of a suspected technical snag, 03 the Bagdogra-bound plane was diverted to the city airport and made 'precautionary landing' at 27 July 2015 around 1.35 pm," he said. With Yakub set for final reckoning, ISI Administration professors question 2004 execution ready to cope Demand for relook at Dhananjoy case By Nilanjan Dutta nected with their academic dis- him hostile. The police seizure KOLKATA, July 26: Even as cipline? “We are immersed in list was signed as witness by a with rains: CM Yakub Memon’s petition mathematics, and mathematics person who supplied tea to the By Our Correspondent comes up before the Supreme is all about logic. Before the police station. He did not turn Court on Monday and his last hanging as we were following up to give evidence during the KOLKATA, July 26: The mercy plea still lies with the the news about the case, it trial. West Bengal administration is President, the Coordination of seemed there was a lack of Recoveries: A necklace prepared to cope with any situ- Democratic Rights logic in the whole build-up. recovered at the scene of ation arising out of heavy rains Organisations (CDRO), a con- Any logical voice might have crime, which the police in the state during the next 48 glomeration of rights bodies in been drowned in the pro-hang- claimed to be Dhananjoy’s, hours as has been predicted by the country, has raised the ing frenzy. Sometime after the turned out to belong to another the meteorological department. demand for reopening of the execution, we decided to put apartment staffer who claimed Chief minister Mamata case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, all the elements of the case to to have given it to Dhananjoy. Banerjee told reporters on hanged in a city jail 11 years the test of logic. And now we Police also did not bother to Sunday that a three-member ago. are in a position to say that his tally the number of the watch committee headed by The demand is prompted by guilt had not been proved recovered from Dhananjoy’s the state home secretary had the findings of a recent beyond reasonable doubt,” village house and the one that been formed to monitor the research by two professors of Prof. Sengupta told Morning the Parekh family claimed was situation. the Indian Statistical Institute, India. stolen from their house. The weather office predicted Kolkata. According to the The task was not easy. Forensic evidence: There heavy to very heavy rainfall in report by Debashish Sengupta Moreover, it was not an official were 21 stab wounds on the the next 48 hours, which might and Prabal Chaudhury titled project. However, the two pro- victim’s body, but no weapon result in flood in some parts of “Re-Analysis of the Case of fessors with two research asso- was recovered. The victim’s the state, because of a low the Murder of Hetal Parekh ciates meticulously gathered body was lying in a pool of pressure developing along the and the Judicial Killing of and analysed every bit of blood, yet no witness claimed north-east Bay of Bengal Dhananjay Chatterjee”, all the record generated in course of that they saw any blood on adjoining Bangladesh and the mainstays of the police and the long case. Dhananjoy’s clothes. While West Bengal coast. prosecution story are open to Here are some salient points semen traces were found in the “Already some parts of question. from their findings which victim’s vagina, no DNA test North 24 Parganas district are Dhananjoy was executed on CDRO has cited to back up its was done to ascertain if it was security agency by Hetal’s rues Prof. Sengupta. waterlogged because of rains. the eve of Independence Day demand: of the accused. father alleging that Dhananjoy “This is one of the main rea- But the administration is work- 2004, nearly 14 years after his Witnesses: The police case Other inconsistencies: The used to harass her was used by sons why we demand that no ing round the clock with the arrest in May 1990, on charges was based on certain witness crime allegedly happened the police to establish motive. one should be hanged: be it local civic bodies. In the event of rape and murder of school- accounts which are suspect. between 5:20 pm and 5:50 pm, To the researchers, it seemed to Yakub Memon or Dhananjoy. of further rainfall we are alert girl Hetal Parekh, who lived in The police claimed that the while Hetal’s mother was out have been written after the Death penalty must be abol- and will cope with the situa- a city apartment in which he apartment liftman had left of the house. However, she crime. ished. It leaves no chance for tion,” Banerjee said before worked as a guard. Dhananjoy on the floor of the called the police three hours “Unfortunately, even if our rectification even if an error of leaving for London on a five- What made the statisticians victim’s apartment. The lift- after discovering her body and findings raise strong doubts judgement is found later,” said day trip. turn to something that is appar- man denied this in court and immediately named Dhananjoy now, there is no way to bring Tapas Chakraborty, one of the The chief minister said the ently not even remotely con- the prosecution had to declare as the culprit. A letter to the back the person concerned,” conveners of CDRO. situation would be monitored even during her visit abroad Mamata Banerjee at the Kolkata airport before taking her flight to and prompt decision would be London on Sunday taken as and when required. Depression She hinted at her trip being cut logging in many low lying depression shortly, the local short in case the situation areas. meteorological centre in Mamata on a fun trip: Rahul turned grave. Meanwhile, with several Bhubaneswar said. By Our Correspondent and does the very opposite. ruins whole "Heavy to very heavy rain parts of Odisha already being Under its impact, rains and Maybe her party men too do (724cm) is likely to occur at pounded by a downpour since thundershowers would occur KOLKATA, July 26: West not listen to her, which was isolated places over Gangetic yesterday, many areas are like- in most places in the state. Bengal BJP president Rahul evident the day after July 21. family West Bengal and heavy rains ly to be lashed by heavy rains Heavy rainfall would occur at Sinha ridiculed Chief Minister She asked them to stop harass- By Our Correspondent (712cm) may occur in places coupled with gusty surface one or two places in northern Mamata Banerjee’s London ing teachers and soon it was over Odisha in the next 48 wind till tomorrow under the part of the state in the next 24 visit as a “fun trip” from a followed by a teacher in KOLKATA, July 26: A incur- hours," a senior MeT official influence of the low pressure hours, it said. Gusty surface Kargil Day rally in Kolkata on Asansol getting beaten up.” able bone marrow disease of said last evening. formed over the northeast Bay wind with speed reaching 45 to Sunday. He resented the huge Sixteen years after the son Anirban Basu Dhar and Warning has also been of Bengal. 50 kmph and up to 60 kmph expenditure on the tour and Kargil war, the BJP sought to chronic old age related illness issued for fisherman going out The low pressure, formed over North Odisha coast and 40 also reacted on her strategies of commemorate it in Kolkata by of his father Dipak had led to to the sea. under the influence of cyclonic to 45 kmph over south Odisha business dealings with Britain. taking out a procession from mental depression and ulti- Heavy rains hit the city and circulation over the northeast coast would prevail along and “The Chief Minister is out Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s mately in the tragic suicide by different parts of West Bengal Bay of Bengal and neighbour- off Odisha coast, the metereo- on a fun trip to London with a statue at Shyambazar five- the three-member family, on Saturday, causing water- hood, would concentrate into a logical office said. band of ministers investing point crossing to the statue of whose bodies were recovered such a huge sum of money just Captain Kanad Bhattacharya by the police in the wee hours for merriment, rather than near Tala Bridge. on Saturday. something of worth. Britain is The BJP and Bharatiya According to police, the itself sinking under a financial Janata Yuva Morcha while Basudhar family had com- ED summons crisis and our CM went there in paying homage to Captain pletely isolated themselves the hope of aid,” the state BJP Bhattacharya, who died Rahul Sinha garlanding the statue of Captain Kanad Bhattacharya in from their relatives and neigh- president said. defending the border in 1999, Kolkata on Sunday -Prabir Bhattacharya bours. The suicide note recov- The BJP leader also predict- demanded that an important ered from their Jyangra flat in Satabdi in ed new “revelations” regarding street in the city be named after would submit their demand to said, “Pakistan is continuously the Baguihati police station the Saradha scam in August. him. the deputy mayor. Sinha appre- indulging in attacks on India, area was signed by all the three On the syndicates issue he They said as the Mayor was ciated the Prime Minister’s but Modiji is capable of hoist- members of the family. The said, “Our CM says something in London with the CM, they role on the border issue and ing the Indian flag in Lahore.” note mentioned in detail where Saradha probe they were to be cremated and from where the expenses with the ongoing parliament would come and even the session. names of those who would Roy, however, told the ED ‘Victims’ to knock CEC door inherit Basudhars’ property, that she would send all the By Our Correspondent held in a free and fair manner. They will also meet Union home secretary to hear out according to police. documents related to the case The delegation will also meet home minister Rajnath Singh their grievances, the state Investigators believe that through her lawyer. KOLKATA, July 26: A the state’s Chief Electoral to seek justice for several cases government was yet to Anirban, Dipak and Minakshi ED officials said on Sunday delegation of Amra Akranta, a Officer Sunil Gupta on August of human rights violations in respond, Mahapatra said on killed themselves by consum- that Saradha boss Sudipto Sen forum of “victims of violence 4 on the issue. the state. Sunday. ing poison on July 19 or July had admitted during his inter- by the state and the ruling The delegation will include Amra Akranta members had “Even when we went to 20. On getting a call from one KOLKATA, 26 July: A fire rogation that Bollywood broke out at the thickly party” in West Bengal, will among others Prof. Ambikesh earlier met President Pranab Nabanna to meet the home sec- of the relatives, police from megastar and Trinamool MP populated Aheritola Nathbagan meet Chief Election Mahapatra, Pratima Dutta, Mukherjee and held a sit-in at retary, we were denied an Baguihati police station had Mithun Chakraborty and slum in north Kolkata around 4 Commissioner Nasim Zaidi Promila Roy Biswas (sister of Jantar Mantar in Delhi to high- appointment. We will tell the gone to Basudhar’s flat and pm on Sunday. Eleven fire Satabdi Roy had been roped in tenders brought the fire under next month to complain about slain activist Barun Biswas), light what it described as com- EC that holding of a free elec- had broken open the main By Our Correspondent to enhance the brand value of control. No casualty was the “deteriorating law and the lady of Sattore allegedly plete lawlessness in West tion here will be impossible door, locked from inside to the company. reported. Three houses in the order in the state”, which, it tortured by the police and Bengal. because the administration recover the three bodies. KOLKATA, July 26: The The actress was Saradha’s slum were completely gutted. believes, will not allow the Ibrahim Siddiqui of Furfura Though the President’s works in favour of Trinamool – Prabir Bhattacharya Enforcement Directorate has brand ambassador and was 2016 Assembly elections to be Sharif. office had asked the state Congress,” he said. summoned actress and paid Rs two lakh a month, Trinamool Congress MP Sudipto Sen had claimed. Working on Satabdi Roy for her alleged “After verifying the documents involvement with the Saradha she would send, we will ask e-retailing chit fund company. Roy has her to come to our office for been asked to present herself at recording her statement,” an the ED office on July 29. ED officer said. strategy, According to ED sources, Mithun Chakraborty has the Trinamool MP has told the already returned the money – says Godrej investigating agency that Rs 1.19 crore - he received though she was ready to coop- from the Saradha group to the KOLKATA, July 26: erate in the investigation, she Enforcement Directorate. The Consumer durable major would not be able to appear actor had been paid that sum Godrej Appliances today said before the investigators on July for his appearance on one of it is working on differentiated 29, as she would remain busy Saradha's TV channels. online strategy for its products in the wake of deep discount- ing by e-retailers. "When it comes to discount- For parents and ing by the online players, we are working on a strategy of differentiated offering with our strategic online partners so that children, too together we offer a value to the By Our Correspondent end consumer which is not based on the discounted price KOLKATA, July 26: As the city’s population is ageing, many but on the overall product elderly people face a common problem. Their children, whom proposition," Godrej they have brought up with great care, often leave them under Appliances Business Head & compulsion of finding a living in some faraway place. Maybe EVP Kamal Nandi said on they send some money home and keep in touch over phone or Sunday. Skype, but that is not enough for their parents to escape the pangs "Online sales today are of loneliness. There are not too many community organisations growing by leaps and bounds. that could lend them a hand of support. Mamta Ka Mandir under E-tailing has successfully cre- Bhagwat Jan Kalyan Trust was established precisely with this ated a buzz and connect with objective: helping those old people whose children had left them. the consumers. Going by the And now, it is venturing to make another much needed social performance in the past year, intervention: helping those children whose parents have left them. we feel that this emerging Its founder Pandit Maliram Shastri made the announcement dur- channel has huge potential," he ing its fourth annual function at Rajarhat on Sunday. The children said. will get free education in DPS Megacity. Ramavtar Poddar, Dr. Currently, the mix of online S.K. Sharma, Vijay Agarwal, A.D.C.P (Traffic) Bidhannagar in the overall sales is three per Police Commisserate Shivani Tiwari, Biramprakash Sultania, cent. Along with online strate- Satyanarayan Khaitan, Vinod Kedia, Naval Sultania, Dilip gy, he said, the company is Chowdhary and Manoj Agarwal graced the occasion. also strengthening physical Dog lovers rally in Kolkata on Sunday to protest against the Kerala government’s recent decision to kill all stray dogs – Prabir Bhattacharya sales channels.