Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s prediction of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy K S Jawahar, becoming AP CM reflects his political immaturity Excise Minister

04 SATURDAY 29�07�2017 Big firm ready to take over AgriGold, HC told

Court apprehensive of proposal, but asks counsel to file affidavit; AgriGold refuses to disclose name of the firm

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ an earlier occasion, the bench had it would affect their purchase deal Gold management for its failure to at least six times higher. The bench directed the state government to in future. fulfil its promise of bringing a buy- then permitted the company to auction identified properties The bench expressed its disincli- er who would offer much higher bring a buyer for those IN a significant development, a through e-portal. Initially, the nation to stop the ongoing process price than what was bid in the properties. company’s counsel told the High bench finalised 12 properties of to accommodate the said new at- open auction. On Friday, company’s counsel Court on Friday that a big group of Agri Gold and five properties of tempt by an unknown company. “We are completely unhappy Janakiram Reddy presented before firms was interested in taking over Akshaya Gold for auction on And- It, however, asked the senior with the 25 pc higher rate offer the court a buyer who said he was Agri Gold company and making hra Pradesh government’s portal. counsel to file an affidavit in this brought by the company while we willing to buy the properties at 25 payments after verifying the titles When the matter came up for regard. Already a lot of time was were told that the rate would be pc higher rate than what was auc- of the properties concerned. hearing on Friday, the senior coun- taken up in attempts to give the de- around five or six times what the tioned for. Senior counsel P Sri Raghuram sel made a mention before the positors their monies back. What successful bid fetched,” the bench Expressing its displeasure at made this offer before a division bench saying that a big group was would happen if in the ‘due dili- remarked. this offer, the High Court bench bench of justices V Ramasubrama- interested in buying Agri Gold’s gence’ concluded that the assets On earlier occasion, the coun- said, “It is too low to inspire the nian and S V Bhatt which was deal- assets. were not worth buying, the bench sel for Agri Gold objected to confidence of this court. This offer ing with a batch of petitions filed While refusing to disclose the asked the senior counsel. the low rates fetched in the only proves that the auction was by Telangana Agri Gold Custom- company’s name at this juncture, As for auction of properties, the auction of properties, par- proper and the company’s claims ers and Agents Welfare Associa- he submitted that the company bench came ticularly the ones in Nuz- of higher prices were wrong. If tion and others seeking a CBI had hired Delloitte to do a due dili- d o w n vid in this is the manner in which the probe into Agri Gold scam and re- gence exercise and sought time be- heavily and suggested that auction is sought to be obstructed, turn of the depositors’ monies. On fore finalising the auction bids as on the the actu- al rates then the auction of 274 attached Agri w e r e properties can never be completed. We will have to pull up our socks We are completely unhappy with the 25 per cent higher rate offer and deal strongly by not allowing brought by the company while we were told that the rate would be around five or six times what the successful bid fetched such things in future”, the bench observed and posted the case to High Court August 16.

7-year-old girl abducted on Tirumala rescued

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE As per police sources the wom- @ Tirumala an kidnapped Nandini with the intention of selling her off into SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Nandini who flesh trade or using her as a beg- was kidnapped from near the gar to live off her. According to Tirumala shrine on July 23 was Urban SP Abhishek Mo- found in Bengaluru on Friday. hanty, after the case was regis- The Tirumala Police arrested tered the Tirumala police split the woman who abducted the into 14 special teams and initiat- child from the garden city on ed the searches across the State. Thursday. The kidnapper has Based on the CCTV footage, po- been identified as R Shalini, 34. lice released images of the kid- Shalini visited Tirumala on napper and the abducted child. July 22 and after darshan After getting specific clues, the searched the premises of Lord police rushed to the kidnapper’s Venkateswara temple with an in- residence and arrested her on tention to kidnap a little girl. Thursday. Vedic students during a protest against demolition of temples at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada on Friday | P RAVINDRA BABU Govt urged to rebuild demolished temples

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE akalla Vidyadhara Rao alleged that Prasad Raju urged Hindus in Vi- @ Vijayawada the State government was taking jayawada to participate in the pro- no action for rebuilding the demol- test. It’s been almost an year after MEMBERS of the Vishva Hindu ished temples. the demolition of temples, but till Parishad (VHP) and Hindu Dhar- He said that Chief Minister N date there is no word from the gov- ma Parirakshana Samithi (HDPS) Chandrababu Naidu had promised ernment on rebuilding them. “The staged a protest here on Friday de- to build a mega temple for all the government should issue an order manding the government to re- gods at one place as an ideal wor- regarding the construction of the build temples which were demol- ship place, but he failed to keep his demolished temples by August 15 ished at the time of Krishna promise. or else we will organise a Maha Pushkarams. HDPS president Kon- VHP city vice-president Durga dharna on August 18,” he said. Harvard team to visit Uddanam VIGIL STEPPED UP EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Three-tier security @

A team of doctors from Harvard University will visit the kidney cordon in Tirumala disease-affected villages in Ud- danam region of dis- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Tirupati help us nab the culprits immedi- trict on Saturday. Actor-turned- ately,” Chief Vigilance and Secu- politician Pawan Kalyan will A three-tier security cordon rity Officer A Ravi Krishna told meet the doctors on Sunday. (Viswaksena cordons) will be Express. Before leaving for Uddanam, mounted at Tirumala soon. The “The Forest Department, special the Harvard team will meet doc- TTD is contemplating to install parties, Octopus and Red Sanders tors of Andhra Medical College face recognition devices, CCTV Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSAS- (AMC) here on Saturday,who had cameras and strengthening of TF) have been conducting combing already studied the mysterious door frame metal detectors and operations in Seshachalam forest health disorder. The doctors will command control. area, service roads or pathways leave for Borivanka village of A team of doctors from Harvard University will visit the kidney disease-affected TTD Executive Officer Anil Ku- under Operation Area Domina- mandal in Uddanam Borivanka village in Kaviti mandal of on Saturday | EXPRESS mar Singhal expressed his concern tion,” he said. region. over pilgrim safety and responded The existing security system “The Harvard doctors will have Harvard doctors during a pro- positively to strengthening of ex- would get a push with 20 door an interaction with the villagers gramme ‘Medical symposium on isting security system. frame metal detectors. for two to three hours. They will Uddanam Chronic Kidney Dis- “The anti-social elements are At the main entrance, 32 door also inspect some aspects in the ease’ which will be held in Vizag. resorting to proselytisation frame metal detectors would The Harvard doctors will have an village,” said Chaitanya Naidu, a Pawan Kalyan will leave for Vi- and consuming liquor on be installed instead of exist- interaction with the villagers for two Jana Sena activist. to three hours. They will also inspect jayawada on Monday and is most the hill shrine as there is ing four door frame metal On Sunday morning, Jana Sena some aspects in the village likely to meet Chief Minister N no proper mechanism at detectors and they would chief Pawan Kalyan will reach Chandrababu Naidu on the present, but the face rec- be connected to face rec- Visakhapatnam and meet the Chaitanya Naidu, a Jana Sena activist same day. ognition devices will ognition devices.

WILD MONSOON Cyclonic circulation triggers rain in Godavari, Vizag dists

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE an upper air cyclonic circulation is Level Chart runs from Vidarbha to @ Visakhapatnam lying over south South TN across TS and Seema. Pradesh and its adjoining west- “The weather system may result EVEN as the southwest monsoon central Bay of Bengal at 5.8 km in light to moderate rainfall and has lost its vigour in the state, the above the sea level. thunderstorm activities at isolated upper air cyclonic circulation over Further, the trough on the Sea places in coastal AP and Rayala- the west-central Bay of Bengal seema in the next two days,” said triggered isolated rainfall in the an IMD official. north costal districts on Friday. Precipitation on Friday Meanwhile, the Cyclone Warn- Heavy thunderstorm activities ing Centre, Vizag said that strong Area Rain (in cm) and rain lashed West Godavari and surface winds from south-westerly Visakhapatnam districts on Fri- Palakoderu 7 direction reaching a speed up to 50 day morning, while an almost dry kmph was likely to blow along and weather prevailed over the Rayala- Visakhapatnam 5 off the coastal AP during the next seema region. Anakapalle 3 24 hours. As per the report by And- Palakoderu in West Godavari hra Pradesh State Development district recorded a rain of 7cm, the Tanuku 3 Planning Society (APSDPS), the The cyclonic circulation is lying over south coastal AP and its adjoining highest in the state, followed by Vi- Anakapalle 3 state, as on Friday, has registered sakhapatnam (5 cm), Anakapalle an average rainfall of 219 mm west-central Bay of Bengal at 5.8 km above the sea level. It may result in light to moderate rain and thunderstorm activities at isolated places in Polavaram 2 and Tanuku (3 cm). Vijayawada re- when compared to the normal of coastal AP and in the next two days ceived 2 cm of precipitation. 233.7 mm, with a negative devia- Vijayawada 2 According to the weathermen, tion of 6.3 per cent. IMD official