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If there is any were given no proof that these Government claimed the tar- ing any enquiry, the HC bench amount of truth in such alle- models were made,” Mediapart geted scalp on Monday as said, “Such preliminary enquiry gations, certainly it has a direct reported. Maharashtra Home Minister shall be conducted in accor- effect on the citizens’ confi- Government deal worth over The allegations were first Anil Deshmukh resigned from dance with law and concluded dence in the police machinery fresh controversy has bro- 7.8 billion Euros in 2016 for 36 uncovered by the French anti- his post on “moral grounds” as early as possible but prefer- in the State”. Aken out regarding the Rafale medium multi-role corruption agency Agence within hours of the Bombay ably within 15 (fifteen) days “Such allegations, there- Rafale fighter jet deal with combat aircraft. Francaise Anticorruption High Court ordering a from receipt of a copy of this fore, cannot remain unattend- allegations of French manu- About two years back, the (AFA) during their audit of “Preliminary Enquiry” (PE) order”. ed and are required to be facturer Dassault paying one deal faced another storm when Dassault, according to the by the CBI into the serious “Once the preliminary looked into in the manner million Euros as gift to an allegations came up of an report. But the AFA “against all charges of corruption made enquiry is complete, the known to law when, prima Indian middleman. The mid- Indian defence manufacturer apparent logic” decided not to against him by Singh. Director, CBI shall be at liber- facie, they indicate commission dleman is already facing being favoured in the offsets. refer the case to prosecutors, it In a day of swift develop- ty to decide on the future of a cognisable offence,” the HC charges of money laundering in The Rafale jet deal has a said. ments, a HC Division Bench course of action, also in accor- bench added. another defence deal in India. 50 per cent offset clause “A s t h e y c o m b e d t h r o u g h ordered a PE by the CBI on the dance with law. Should the Shortly after the HC passed These allegations surfaced wherein Dassault has to plough the 2017 accounts, the AFA ground that “there can be no Minister and NCP chief Sharad CBI,” said a HC bench com- Director, CBI, see no reason to its order, Deshmukh submitted in Mediapart — a French inves- back nearly 30,000 crore inspectors raised an eyebrow fair, impartial, unbiased and Pawar’s confidant Dilip Walse- prising Chief Justice Dipankar proceed further, Dr Patil shall his resignation to Chief tigative website— over the into the Indian defence when they came across an item untainted probe, if the same Patil emerged as the frontrun- Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni. be duly informed of the same,” Minister Uddhav Thackeray. weekend. The report said the industry. of expenditure costing 5,08,925 were entrusted to the State ner to replace the outgoing The HC bench said that the Judges observed. “On a plea by Advocate information about Dassault In its report on Sunday, the Euros and entered under the police force”. State Home Minister. although it did not see an “It is needless to observe Jayshree Patil, the High Court paying money to the middle- French publication said the heading ‘gifts to clients’,” the This prompted Deshmukh “The police department is immediate reason to direct that the preliminary enquiry ordered a Preliminary Inquiry man came out during an inves- deal involved a 1.1 million AFA report said. to put in his papers. He said under his (Deshmukh’s) control registration of an FIR by the and further action, if at all by the CBI. That being the case, tigation by French anti-cor- Euro payment made by “The sum was indeed huge that in the wake of the High and direction. There can be no CBI based on one of the peti- required, would proceed unin- it would not be morally pru- ruption agency. Dassault to a middleman in for a gift. Though French law Court’s order, “it is not moral- fair, impartial, unbiased and tioners Jaishri L Patil’s com- fluenced by the fact that dent on my part to continue as Incidentally, 12 Rafale jets India. The French conglomer- does not set out precise limits, ly prudent on my part to con- untainted probe if the same plaint, “interest of justice, in our this court has ordered Home Minister. Hence I have manufactured as per the Indian ate has claimed the money legal precedents suggest that tinue in the post”. were entrusted to the State opinion, would be sufficiently such an action,” the HC bench voluntarily decided to quit the specifications have already was used to pay for 50 replicas giving a watch or an expensive Given that the ruling NCP police force. As of necessity, the served if the Director, CBI is added. post. Please relieve me from my joined service at the Ambala or models of Rafale jets. But the meal costing several hundred will keep the post vacated by probe has to be entrusted to an directed to initiate a prelimi- In its reasoning for taking post,” he said in his resignation airbase. India and France report has not provided any Euros can be enough to con- Deshmukh, Maharashtra independent agency like the nary enquiry into the com- cognisance of the allegations of letter. signed a Government to document or photograph as stitute corruption.” / + " * $% five days after starting the pro- Cine Employees (FWICE), said duction on his action adventure a crew of nearly 100 was set to +" movie “Ram Setu” begin filming in Madh Island here. from April 5 but when the # Not just Kumar, as many as mandatory COVID-19 tests & 45 members the film’s crew were done, 40 junior artistes nation between the agencies as have also tested positive. tested positive. &'(R the Tactical Counter Offensive In a statement on Monday, “They all have been quar- Campaign (TCOC) of the Kumar said he has been admit- antined after testing positive. PLGA under the Central he coronavirus pandemic ted to a city hospital as a pre- Out of those, 40 were junior Military Commission of the Tseems to have hit the Hindi cautionary measure. artistes while the rest were " CPI(Maoist) is underway film industry hard with actors “Thank you everyone for Akshay’s make up team, their against the security forces in Akshay Kumar, Vicky Kaushal all your warm wishes and assistants. Now the shooting their respective areas of dom- and Bhumi Pednekar among prayers, they seem to be work- has been halted indefinitely,” inance, sources said. nion Home Minister Amit the growing number of ing. I am doing fine, but as a Tiwari told PTI. nitial findings into the latest In a press statement issued UShah presided over a key !"# Bollywood celebrities to have precautionary measure under Hours after it was IChhattisgarh Naxal attack on Monday, the banned outfit meeting with Chhattisgarh $%& & '( tested positive for Covid-19. medical advice, I have been announced that shooting on suggest CPI(Maoist) chief has claimed that as many as 28 Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Meanwhile, 95,344 new hospitalised. I hope to be back “Ram Setu” has been put on operational commander accused in the killing of 15 “comrades” have been killed by and top security officials on Covid-19 cases, 435 related home soon. Take care,” he hold, actor Bhumi Pednekar Nambala Keshava Rao planned commandos in Gadhchiroli on the security forces from Monday and revisited strategies decisive operation against the deaths were recorded in India tweeted. took to Instagram to share the attack and the ambush was May 2, 2019, and the murder of January 1 to April 3, which to eliminate armed Naxals who Maoists who are attempting to in past 24 hours on Monday BN Tiwari, President, that she has also tested positive executed by People’s Liberation TDP Araku (Andhra Pradesh) include the highest toll of 17 in are orchestrating a series of run a de facto Government in night. Federation of Western India for the virus. Guerilla Army (PLGA) MLA K Sarveshwar Rao in Dandakaranya, Chhattisgarh, deadly attacks on troopers in deep forests of Bastar division With Maharashtra being Battalion No. 1 Commander September 2018 which seven in Jharkhand, one each jungles of tribal-dominated since late 1980s. the most Covid-affected state at Madvi Hidma. is being probed by the NIA, in Odisha and Telangana sprawling Bastar. Sources say that Shah and 4,52,445 cases, the Mumbai- Rao carries a reward of 1 officials said. besides two in Madhya Shah landed in Jagdalpur, Baghel were of the view that based entertainment industry, ' , " crore on his head and is on the Estimates also suggest the Pradesh.

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