) ' 10$ '2 2 2 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' +,-!+./0 *(+ +* , 1*23 -(*./0 :/(+0)&+2,-#0+" 0&/9+;$+0%#*8@/+0#/+$ /+%<8#<+/:: $+-#&39*:, )-:%)-&)%*+8,%/ /%*3-#/%#&/ 3-%*$#(%/- 0-#*9:N*:3:%/> %$#/%8:<+/(:<03/#0#3#8 #*3?&%/0+/8 $+-/%$&* -;$+/%)%$<#.%;,%$% 3 ()!*4 ++ 56 7% 8 + % /12 # ! " #$ % evidence that these were deliv- # &)%# plaint of Dr Patil which has the Home Minister the HC bench ered. letter of Param Bir addressed to observed, “Prima facie, the “The company (Dassault) he much-discussed “letter the Chief Minister, as an issues are such that the very said the money was used to pay Tbomb” dropped by annexure”. faith of citizens in the func- for the manufacture of 50 large Mumbai’s former Police Alluding to a Press release tioning of the police depart- replica models of Rafale jets, Commissioner Param Bir issued by Deshmukh suggest- ment is at stake. If there is any even though the inspectors Singh on the MVA ing that he is not averse to fac- amount of truth in such alle- were given no proof that these Government claimed the tar- ing any enquiry, the HC bench gations, certainly it has a direct models were made,” Mediapart geted scalp on Monday as said, “Such preliminary enquiry effect on the citizens’ confi- *+,$+-# reported. Maharashtra Home Minister shall be conducted in accor- dence in the police machinery signed a Government to The allegations were first Anil Deshmukh resigned from dance with law and concluded in the State”. fresh controversy has bro- Government deal worth over uncovered by the French anti- his post on “moral grounds” as early as possible but prefer- “Such allegations, there- Aken out regarding the 7.8 billion Euros in 2016 for 36 corruption agency Agence within hours of the Bombay ably within 15 (fifteen) days fore, cannot remain unattend- Rafale fighter jet deal with Rafale medium multi-role Francaise Anticorruption High Court ordering a from receipt of a copy of this ed and are required to be allegations of French manu- combat aircraft. (AFA) during their audit of “Preliminary Enquiry” (PE) order”. looked into in the manner facturer Dassault paying one About two years back, the Dassault, according to the by the CBI into the serious “Once the preliminary known to law when, prima million Euros as gift to an deal faced another storm when report. But the AFA “against all charges of corruption made enquiry is complete, the facie, they indicate commission Indian middleman. The mid- allegations came up of an apparent logic” decided not to against him by Singh. Director, CBI shall be at liber- of a cognisable offence,” the HC dleman is already facing Indian defence manufacturer refer the case to prosecutors, it In a day of swift develop- ty to decide on the future bench added. charges of money laundering in being favoured in the offsets. said. ments, a HC Division Bench course of action, also in accor- Shortly after the HC passed another defence deal in The Rafale jet deal has a 50 per “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 its order, Deshmukh submitted India. cent offset clause wherein 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 his resignation to Chief These allegations surfaced Dassault has to plough back inspectors raised an eyebrow fair, impartial, unbiased and Pawar’s confidant Dilip Walse- prising Chief Justice Dipankar proceed further, Dr Patil shall Minister Uddhav in Mediapart — a French inves- nearly 30,000 crore into the 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,” Thackeray. tigative website— over the Indian defence 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 weekend. The report said the 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 information about Dassault 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 paying money to the middle- 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, man came out during an inves- 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- tigation by French anti-cor- 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 this dent on my part to continue as ruption agency. 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 court has ordered such an Home Minister. Hence I have Incidentally, 12 Rafale jets ate has claimed the money legal precedents suggest that tinue in the post”. were entrusted to the State opinion, would be sufficiently action,” the HC bench added. voluntarily decided to quit the manufactured as per the Indian 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 In its reasoning for taking post. Please relieve me from my specifications have already 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- cognisance of the allegations of post,” he said in his resignation joined service at the Ambala report has not provided any Euros can be enough to con- Deshmukh, Maharashtra independent agency like the nary enquiry into the com- corruption against the State letter. airbase. India and France document or photograph as stitute corruption.” / + " * $% jects, but contracted the virus Cine Employees (FWICE), said five days after starting the pro- a crew of nearly 100 was set to +" duction on his action adventure begin filming in Madh Island movie “Ram Setu” here. from April 5 but when the # Not just Kumar, as many as mandatory COVID-19 tests & 45 members the film’s crew were done, 40 junior artistes nation between the agencies as have also tested positive. tested positive. &'(R the Tactical Counter Offensive &)%# In a statement on Monday, “They all have been quar- Campaign (TCOC) of the Kumar said he has been admit- antined after testing positive. PLGA under the Central he coronavirus pandemic ted to a city hospital as a pre- Out of those, 40 were junior Military Commission of the Tseems to have hit the Hindi cautionary measure. artistes while the rest were " CPI(Maoist) is underway film industry hard with actors “Thank you everyone for Akshay’s make up team, their against the security forces in '% )#.%&/ % % # *+,$+-# 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 Government must go in for a 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 decisive operation against the 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 Maoists who are attempting to night. Federation of Western India for the virus. Guerilla Army (PLGA) MLA K Sarveshwar Rao in Dandakaranya, Chhattisgarh, deadly attacks on troopers in run a de facto Government in With Maharashtra being Battalion No. 1 Commander September 2018 which is being seven in Jharkhand, one each jungles of tribal-dominated deep forests of Bastar division the most Covid-affected state at Madvi Hidma. probed by the NIA, officials in Odisha and Telangana sprawling Bastar. since late 1980s.