Mamata Arrives in Sagar Island to Ensure Pilgrims Get Best Facilities
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 350 | Wednesday, 27 December 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,531.50 (+38.50) pSENSEX 34,010.61 (+70.31) qDOW JONES 24,754.06 (-28.33) qNASDAQ 6,959.96 (-5.40) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.08 (-0.02) qRUPEE/EURO 75.93 (-0.03) pGOLD/10GM 29,975 (+100.00) pSILVER/K 38,870 (+170.00) OVER 500 STUDENTS, MCDONALD’S ROW: ‘ISHANT MUST DON’T TAKE JUNIOR DOCS TO SINGHVI ASKS CPRL DELIVER IN SA; COMPARISONS HIT THE STREET LOGISTICS PARTNER TO STEYN, MORKEL NOT TOO SERIOUSLY: AGAINST NEXT PG4 RESUME SUPPLIES PG12 A THREAT’ PG14 JACQUELINE PG16 Non-compliance to GANGA SAGAR MELA GETS UNDERWAY NARADA STING CASE be ‘very costly’ for No money given to companies: Govt Mamata arrives in Sagar Island to Samuel, claims MPOST BUREAU K D Singh’s company NEW DELHI: ensure pilgrims get best facilities OUR CORRESPONDENT Sending out a stern message to corpo- KOLKATA: In a fresh twist in the Narada sting video rates, the govern- PRITESH BASU largest in the country after Kumbha case, the company owned by MP K D Singh claimed ment has said non-compliance will be “very Mela. So lakhs of pilgrims visit the on Tuesday that it has not given any money to Mathew costly”, and strong deterrents will be there to SAGAR ISLAND: The Ganga Sagar place every year and the develop- Samuel for conducting the sting operation. curb the dangerous adventure of using compa- Mela, one of the biggest religious ment that has taken place under the The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is plan- nies for wrongful purposes. events of the country that witnesses leadership of the Chief Minister here ning to issue fresh summons to Samuel to question him Continuing the clampdown on illicit fund the gathering of lakhs of pilgrims, that includes power connection is again in this regard as he had earlier demanded that the flows, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has is all set to witness a sea change in beneficial to all including the pil- company owned by Singh had given him money to carry already struck off more than 2.24 lakh compa- overall development of infrastruc- grims,” he said. out the sting operation. nies that have not been doing business for long ture this year. Banerjee, along with Mayor of It may be noted that Kanwar Deep Singh, popularly and has disqualified over three lakh directors Appreciating Chief Minister Kolkata Municipal Corporation and known as K D Singh, was elected to the Rajya Sabha in associated with such entities. Against this back- Mamata Banerjee’s unflinching ded- the state Fire and Emergency ser- 2014 with support from the Trinamool Congress. drop, Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas ication towards such measures, a vices minister Sovan Chatterjee and “It is crucial to ascertain from where Samuel got the said things are being simplified for legitimate rousing welcome was given to her the minister of state for Information money that was used in the operation. We are looking businesses while checks are being bolstered as soon as she landed on the Island and Cultural Affairs Indranil Sen into this as top priority,” a senior CBI official said. against illegal business activities. and visited Kapil Muni Mandir on offered puja at the Kapil Muni Man- Mathew Samuel, the former CEO of Narada News “It should be very easy to be compliant and Tuesday evening. dir on Tuesday evening. She spoke portal and the man behind the sting operation, had told very costly to be non-compliant. We want this... Banerjee on Tuesday evening to the temple authorities after offer- CBI sleuths that it was conceived in 2014 in consultation There should be a strong deterrent against illegal reached Kachuberia transit point in ing her prayers. with Singh, who at that time had invested in Tehelka business. People using the company for illegal Sagar Island from where she headed It may be recalled that the Chief magazine for reviving it. Mathew was an employee in purposes that should be a perilous adventure,” towards Kapil Muni Mandir by road. Minister held a high-level meeting at Tehelka at that time and later shifted to Narada News. he said in an interview. The Chief Minister is scheduled to Nabanna a few weeks ago over the Samuel had claimed that he was asked to call a New About the ongoing action with respect to address a public distribution pro- preparations of Ganga Sagar Mela. Delhi office of the Alchemist Group of which Singh suspected shell companies, he said investigations gramme of the state government on Now, she is personally visiting the used to be chairman emeritus. Every time he needed are being carried out with urgency. Wednesday noon at Rudrapur in Island and speak to the concerned money, Samuel would call the office, which is alleged “When you go for prosecution, it should Sagar Island. ministers and officials to take a stock to have taken public deposits and cash was delivered serve as a deterrent. Imprisonment option She will also oversee the prepa- if the situation. to him in Kolkata. should essentially be confined to violations rations for the forthcoming Ganga CM Mamata Banerjee at Kapil Muni temple in Sagar Island PIC/MPOST The Chief Minister will be dis- As per claims by Samuel, Singh had given him around involving criminality and fraud,” Srinivas said. Sagar Mela in which lakhs of pil- tributing benefits among people of Rs 80 lakh, which was used for the sting operation. On the scenario of certain genuine entities grims will visit the Island to take the stood with flowers to welcome the to power. The convoy slowed down the area from the programme on The CBI in April had started a case against 12 top also facing the heat in the clampdown, Srinivas holy dip at the confluence of river Chief Minister when her convoy at many places as Banerjee greeted Wednesday at Rudrapur, which is Trinamool Congress leaders under various sections of said every effort is made to ensure that “innocent Ganga from January 10 to 16. passed by. the residents of the Island. situated around 10 kilometres from POCA and the IPC, after being ordered to conduct a companies are not inconvenienced”, adding that There were lakhs of people on They shouted slogans hailing Mohanta Gyan Das, head of the mela premises. probe into the Narada News controversy by the Calcutta investigations are carried out only after prelim- both sides along the 30 kilometre the Chief Minister as the main per- Kapil Muni Mandir, appreciated The preparation for the pro- High Court. The sting video had featured some of these inary scrutiny. “In any such large exercise, it is road connecting Kachuberia tran- son behind the overall development the Chief Minister for the develop- gramme is going on in full swing leaders taking money from Samuel. not unusual that there could be some collateral sit point to Kapil Muni Temple to in the Island that had remained ment that Sagar Island has witnessed and elaborate security arrangements It may be mentioned that CBI’s FIR says that inves- damage. It cannot be so perfect but effectively, get a glimpse of the Chief Minister. neglected for years before the under her leadership. have been made as there will be a tigation was being launched against TMC leaders “for it is very focussed, and every effort is made that Conch shells were blown as they Mamata Banerjee government came “Ganga Sagar Mela is the second huge turnout at the meeting. habitual acceptance of illegal gratification”. innocent companies are not inconvenienced,” he assured. 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