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Page12.Qxd (Page 1) MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Police seize suitcase, re-create crime scene India hopeful of SC reforms, finalisation Govt mulls 2-kg LPG cylinders; MUMBAI, Aug 30: trict, who helped the team of Mumbai police of international terrorism convention locate the spot where Sheena Bora was allegedly NEW DELHI, Aug 30: on Information Society). starts e-booking for connections The sensational Sheena Bora murder case buried, today said when he first spotted the body took another turn today when police seized a suit- Mr Lykketoft briefed the in 2012 it was just a skeleton with no flesh. India today expressed its NEW DELHI, Aug 30: in running to gas agencies for crore have joined the DBTL and case that was purportedly meant for packing the Minister on his priorities for the "It was all skeleton. There was no flesh. The expectations of achieving con- getting a new LPG connection. are getting subsidy in their bank body of her brother, whom Indrani Mukherjea 70th General Assembly session After providing LPG in local Government doctor took it for postmortem, crete forward movement on the Already, a refill can be ordered accounts. had allegedly planned to kill, even as key accused and conveyed that the theme of easy-to- carry 5-kg cylinders, after which it was buried," Police Patil Ganesh UN Security Council reform online. The scheme was launched in Sanjeev Khanna and the driver were taken to spot his presidency would be ?the the Government is planning to Dhene of Hetevne village said. negotiations, as well as finalisa- The 2-kg cylinder will cater 54 districts on November 15, to re-create the crime scene. United Nations at 70 - A New launch 2-kg bottles at local Asked how he came across the skeletal tion of the Comprehensive to the LPG requirements for all 2014, and extended to all over Officials were tightlipped about the progress Commitment to Action. kirana stores even as it intro- remains, Dhene said, "I had gone to collect man- Convention on International sections of society including the country from January 1, in the probe amidst reports that Indrani and her Responding, Ms Swaraj said duced online booking of new goes. The body was not in a suitcase. The sur- Terrorism under the presidency economically weaker families, 2015 with a view to cut diver- former husband Sanjeev Khanna had been mak- India's expectations to achieve connections for subsidised rounding area was burnt." of newly-elect UN General students and migrant labourers sion and subsidised fuel being ing contradictory claims about who killed her concrete forward movement cooking fuel. Indrani, her driver Shyam Rai and Khanna Assembly Mogens Lykketoft. who do not have proof of consumed by unintended seg- daughter Sheena three years ago. under his presidency on the UN LPG is traditionally avail- were interrogated at Khar police station yester- These views were conveyed address due to acquiring resi- ments like restaurants and other The new twist in the probe came when Security Council reform negoti- able in 14.2-kg cylinders, which day. During the course of the grilling, they by External Affairs Minister dence on temporary basis. Such commercial establishments. Sheena's brother Mikhail claimed that their moth- ations as well as finalisation of are not very convenient to carry LPG subsidy payout from blamed each other for the crime, a police official Sushma Swaraj to the visiting the Comprehensive Convention people can buy 5 Kg LPG cylin- er Indrani had planned to kill him also on April and its cost at Rs 418 is consid- Union Budget in 2014-15 was said. President-elect of the 70th on International Terrorism. der at market price. 23, 2012, when she had given him a spiked drink. ered high for poor and rural pop- He also said about 25 lakh Rs 40,591 crore as against Rs The blood and hair samples of Indrani and Session of the UN General During his visit, Mr ulation. The same day Sheena was allegedly killed by Mikhail Bora have also been collected and sent to people have voluntarily given 52,231 crore in 2013-14, a sav- Indrani and Khanna in a car with the help of the Assembly, when he called on Lykketoft is scheduled to call on A 5-kg cylinder priced at Rs the Kalina-based Forensic Science Laboratory. her here today. the Prime Minister. He will also up subsidy on LPG, helping ing of Rs 11,640 crore. driver Shyam Rai. The three had carried the body 155 was introduced in October widen the reach the scarce fuel. The report is expected in the next couple of days. Assuring India's full support deliver a talk on the topic "UN 2013. Pradhan said Modi had and disposed it in Pen tehsil in Raigad district the The alleged car in which Sheena Bora was “On an average 50,000 peo- next day. to Mr Lykketoft in his new at 70" at the Indian Council of “We are now planning to requested the well-off people killed was yesterday traced, even as questions appointment, the External World Affairs. Mr Lykketoft ple from all works of life are who can afford to pay market The seizure of the suitcase from residential introduce a 2-kg cylinder that giving subsidy... The target set cropped up about a cover-up by police in not reg- Affairs Minister congratulated was unanimously elected by the can be easily carried... This will price, to voluntarily give up premises of Indrani and Peter Mukerjea in istering a case of murder or accidental death three by Prime Minister Narendra Mumbai's Worli area apparently lends credence to him on his election as President UN General Assembly as the be particularly beneficial for the their subsidy to help extend its years ago when a partially-burnt body, believed to of the landmark 70th session of President of the 70th session on Modi is one crore,” he said. reach to the most needy. Mikail's claim about his mother's plan to kill him rural people and poor who can- Also, the scheme to pay sub- be of her, was found. UN General Assembly, which June 15, 2015. He is scheduled not afford to pay the price of a “About 25 lakh people have and pack his body parts but there was no police As the investigation focussed on forensic sidy directly in bank accounts of confirmation of this theory. will address several important to assume his new responsibili- 14.2-kg or even 5-kg cylinder,” given up LPG subsidy voluntar- examination of the skeletal remains found in Pen issues, including adoption and ties with the commencement of customers, called the Direct ily and against these 22 lakh Police today brought Sanjeev Khanna to Khar Oil Minister Dharmendra Benefit Transfer on LPG, has tehsil of Raigad, the police also admitted that no implementation of the 2030 the 70th General Assembly ses- Pradhan said here. new connections to the needy police station and later took him to forest in Pen due procedure was followed when the body was been recognised by the tehsil, along with Rai. Agenda for Sustainable sion from September 15. To begin with, the penetra- have already been issued,” first found on May 23, 2012. Development, UN Security Earlier, he was the Speaker of Guinness Book of World Pradhan said. Indrani, Khanna and Rai will be produced tion of 5-kg cylinder will be Records as the largest cash "Neither a crime, nor a report of accidental Council reform, review of UN Danish Parliament and has served Assuming that each of these before a local court tomorrow where the police increased. New subsidised con- transfer programme in the death was registered when Raigad Police sent peacekeeping operations, cli- as Finance Minister and Foreign nections of 5-kg cylinders in consume an average of eight are likely to seek extension of their police cus- recovered skeletal remains to J J Hospital (in world, he said adding it has tody. mate change, and review of the Minister of Denmark, an official rural as well as far flung areas cylinders per annum and at the Mumbai) in 2012," Raigad's current Tunis Agenda (World Summit statement here said. (UNI) eliminated “middle-men and During sustained interrogation here yesterday, will be issued in first place. black marketers” and ensured average subsidy rate of Rs 200 Superintendent of Police Suvez Haque told Pradhan was speaking at the Indrani and Sanjeev had blamed each other for reporters in Alibaug, the district headquarters. the fuel is delivered to right peo- per bottle, the saving amounts to the crime. launch of online booking of ple. about Rs 320 crore. Though Sheena, daughter of high-profile Militants kill 2 engineers LPG connections. Indrani accused Khanna of committing the media professional Indrani Mukerjea, was mur- Since the launch of DBTL, Presently, a household is “Consumers can now book a murder and dragging her into the crime. However, dered in 2012 and the body disposed of in Raigad now named PAHAL, domestic entitled to receive subsidy to he said he only assisted Indrani as she had prom- district, the crime came to light only recently. new connection online. It will be LPG all over the country is sold buy up to 12 cylinders of 14.2- ised to help him financially. J J Hospital had on Friday handed over to in Pak airport attack verified within 48 hours and a at market price. Households get kg each or 34 cylinders of 5-kg Mikhail was also questioned at a hotel in person from the nearest LPG Khar Police a few bones it had received from KARACHI, Aug 30: cash subsidy in their bank each every year.
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