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THE TIMES OF INDIA, AURANGABAD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020 TIMES NATION 5 CBI summons ex-CM of HC grants bail to Safoora Zargar on humanitarian grounds New : The Delhi high presenting Delhi Police, sub- hing a personal bond of Rs seek permission from the tri- urt to impose certain bail con- ught a day’s time to take in- The police said there is court on Tuesday granted bail mitted that Zargar can be rele- 10,000 and surety of the like al court and will remain in to- ditions on the accused wo- structions on the issue. strong, cogent, reliable and Manipur in to Safoora Zargar, the preg- ased on regular bail on huma- amount. uch with the investigating of- man. Delhi police, in its status sufficient material available nant Jamia university stu- nitarian grounds and the de- The court said she shall ficer of the case over mobile Advocate Nitya Ramak- report, opposed Zargar’s bail proving the direct involve- fraud case dent who was arrested under cision has not been taken on not indulge in any activity for phone once in 15 days. rishnan, representing Zargar, plea saying a clear and cogent ment of Zargar, M Phil stu- anti-terror law UAPA in a case merits of the case and should which she is being investiga- Mehta, who was briefed by said she has no difficulty with case has been made out aga- dent of : The Central Bu- related to communal violence not be made a precedent. ted and shall not hamper or in- advocates Amit Mahajan and the statement made by the So- inst her as such she is not en- University. rau of Investigation (CBI) has in northeast , as solicitor ge- Justice Rajiv Shakdher, terfere with the on-going in- Rajat Nair, said the order licitor General. The court ma- titled to bail in view of grave The police said she has be- summoned Congress leader neral Tushar Mehta did not who conducted the hearing vestigation or influence the which is based on concession de it clear that the order is not and serious offences which en lodged in a separate cell and former Manipur chief mi- oppose the court’s decision on through video conferencing, witnesses. shall not be cited or treated as passed on merits and it be not have been meticulously and and chances of her contrac- nister Okram Ibobi Singh for humanitarian grounds. released Zargar, who is 23-we- It also said that in case Zar- a precedent in any other case. treated as precedent. surreptitiously planned and ting coronavirus from any questioning on Wednesday in At the outset, Mehta, re- ek pregnant, on bail on furnis- gar needs to travel, she has to Mehta also urged the co- On Monday, Mehta had so- executed by her. other person do not arise. PTI Rs 332 crore alleged misapp- ropriation of development funds between 2009 and 2017, when he was the chairman of the Manipur Development Society, official said. A CBI team has reached Imphal for questioning Singh and other accused, who will be quizzed at the agency office on Wednesday, they said. It is alleged that Singh conspired with others during his tenure as the chairman of the Manipur Development Society (MDS) from June 2009-July 2017, and misappro- priated government funds worth approximately Rs 332 crore out of Rs 518 crore that was entrusted to them for the purpose of executing deve- lopment work, according to the officials. Along with Singh, the CBI has also named three former MDS chairmen — D S Poonia, PC Lawmuknga, O Nabakis- hore Singh — all retired IAS officers. Other accused will al- so be called for questioning so- on by the CBI. PTI

‘Ensure proper treatment of UP shelter girls’ New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has as- ked the UP government to en- sure proper treatment and protection of 57 girls who tes- ted positive for the coronavi- rus infection at a government- run shelter home in Kanpur. The Commission said it is clo- sely monitoring the situation and is in touch with state aut- horities on the matter. Meanwhile, Bahujan Samaj Party president Maya- wati on Tuesday demanded a fair probe and action against errant officials. PTI