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POLICE ARREST Govt to sell onions WANTED CRIMINAL CBI files cases against Noida NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old criminal at `40 per kg wanted in several cases, including the murder of his own sister, has been arrested, police said on Tues- from 280 centres day. The Delhi Police said that engineer, raids premises in UP HT Correspondent Pradeep Saini, resident of Najafgarh, is a habitual offender ■ [email protected] and has been previously involved NAILED About 100-200 CBI officials split into 16 teams and carried out searches at Yadav in over a dozen cases of murder, NEW DELHI: Concerned over the robbery, attempt to murder and rising prices of onions, the Delhi Singh’s residence and offices, probe agency says incriminating documents found carjacking. HTC government on Tuesday said it Abhishek Sharan would sell the kitchen staple ■ [email protected] across the city at `40 per kg. NOOSE TIGHTENS CASES AGAINST SINGH The decision was taken at a NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown Yadav’s residence at sector 51 in Noida was sealed ■ The first case alleged that then cabinet meeting chaired by Delhi against Noida Authority’s sus- after the agency’s search on Tuesday chief engineer and his family mem- chief minister . pended chief engineer Yadav bers, associates amassed huge mov- “We have decided to sell onion Singh, the Central Bureau of THE TARGETED PLACES able and immovable assets during at 280 centres across Delhi at `40 Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday the period 2009-2014 that were dis- per kg. The onions were being ■ Yadav’s sector 51 residence ■ The second firm’s office, proportionate to his known sources registered two separate cases in Noida Noida procured since April 15,” the against him and his family of income official added. ■ His relatives’ residence in ■ Yadav’s earlier office at members and conducted raids ■ The second case was against Singh The food and civil supplies Agra Greater Noida authority on his premises across Uttar and unknown persons pertaining to department had made arrange- Pradesh. ■ Businessman Rajender ■ Yadav’s earlier office at probe against him since June 2012. ments for selling onions in pack- Yadav and his family face Minocha’s residence in Noida Yamuna Expressway “The allegations levelled in the ets of one kg each at the fair allegations of illegally amass- ■ Minocha’s firm’s office, authority police FIR were that Singh awarded price shops in all the wards of ing assets worth several crores. Noida ■ A third firm’s office in Noida contracts without following the laid the city from Monday. down procedures and thereby Yadav is alleged to have awarded ■ Singh’s in-laws’ residence in ■ Butler Palace colony resi- “We have also decided to sell caused undue pecuniary gain to the irregular contracts for pecuni- Firozabad dence of Singh’s daughter onions through mobile vans at ary gains worth crores. tune of crores of rupees to private places where fair price shops are ■ A factory of a second firm, ■ Singh’s earlier office firms and himself,” said the source After registering the cases, Noida in Noida not close to residential locations about 100-120 CBI sleuths as part so that the public does not face of 16 teams carried out searches at any inconvenience,” said food 16 locations across Uttar Pradesh, probe corruption allegations his alleged disproportionate es in November 2014 that led to and supplies minister Asim including the Lucknow residence against him. assets and favours granted to the revelation that one of his Ahmed Khan. of his daughter whose husband is “Incriminating documents suspected associates including associates had held `10 crore Officials said that the govern- an IAS officer posted in the state. including details of shell com- two builders and their firms on Singh’s behalf along with ment will keep a close check on The CBI raided 14 locations in panies, bank accounts, financial from the Income Tax (IT) depart- other documents showing his the prices of other essential Noida and allegedly recovered transactions and some important ment and the Noida police,” the savings (`1.7 crore) and assets commodities and has warned several incriminating documents. official files relating to the cases source said. (`3.6 crore), said the source. hoarders of strict action in The CBI probe was initi- against Singh and others have The IT department and the Singh and his son, Sunny, case they indulge in this illegal ated following a direction of been recovered during today’s Noida Police had been track- were reportedly not present at activity. Onions are selling in the Lucknow bench of the searches,” said a CBI source. ing Singh’s irregularities since the family’s Noida residence Old Delhi’s Subzi Mandi area at High Court on July “The agency will soon seek 2012. The department had con- when the CBI team went there `40-45 a kg while it costs `50-55 16 that asked the agency to details on aspects related to ducted raids on Singh’s premis- on Tuesday. in south Delhi. Can’t issue warning to chief HC refuses to issue order secy, Centre tells Kejriwal govt on plea against Meena HT Correspondent ers to appoint bureaucrats in ■ [email protected] the national capital is slated HTFOLLOW-UP ing orders in his letter. to be heard. HT was the first to report this NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Additional solicitor general Neelam Pandey development on July 24. on Tuesday declined to issue an (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appear- ■ [email protected] According to a Delhi govern- immediate order on the AAP ing for the Centre, said AAP ment official, the MHA said government’s plea seeking government has a “grudge” NEW DELHI: The Centre and the Sisodia did have the jurisdiction a case against Lt - against the ACB chief and Delhi government are once again to issue the warning as the home appointed Anti-Corruption want him out. He said the ACB headed for a showdown with the ministry is the cadre controlling Branch (ACB) chief MK Meena chief had in the instant case Union home ministry (MHA) authority. for not receiving a complaint acted in accordance with law reacting strongly to the warning The MHA’s letter asked the made by an SDM against some and there has been no willful letter written by deputy chief min- secretary to the L-G to convey the DDA officials while they were disobedience. ister Manish Sisodia to the chief home ministry’s position to both allegedly accepting bribe. The court also did not pass secretary last month. the deputy CM and the L-G. Justice VP Vaish refused to any order on AAP govern- The MHA has written a letter “The CS acted in pursuance pass any order on Delhi gov- ment’s prayer that the SDM to the secretary to Lt. Governor, of the directions issued by the ernment’s oral submission and be permitted to deposit the saying the order of deputy CM JULY 24, 2015 MHA. The imputations/viola- said he will take up the issue on seized case property with the Manish Sisodia regarding issu- Sisodia had threatened to ini- tions brought out by the deputy August 11, when an ongoing liti- ACB or with the registrar gen- TO GET THE PERFECT BUYER ance of warning “remains non-est tiate disciplinary proceedings CM in his order dated 17 July do gation challenging the Centre’s eral (RG) of high court, saying (doesn’t exist) without authority of against KK Sharma for allegedly not amount to any kind of miscon- notification giving Lt Governor “what will the RG do with the SIMPLY ADVERTISE IN law and any valid cause of action”. toeing the Centre’s line and violat- duct,” states the letter. (LG) Najeeb Jung absolute pow- case property”.