' 7 )# *%-";# &#"-";#; VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( '( ')!*+, # -#-. #)*"+, #)/+0 < $ 2 $ + $ ' ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% 2 > +2 $ <=2 <$ 19 + #&#%%# ? $%&@A '' 1B ?# $!##& # * - .-"/!01 !+2 be targeted by the Centre then under federal structure it is a est Bengal Chief Minister serious matter. WMamata Banerjee fight “If the CM of a big State as against the Centre has gal- WB is sitting on dharna, then are a mature democracy and “Spoke to Mamata didi and vanised the Opposition. Several it is a serious matter. Is this CBI professionalism should be expressed solidarity. “Modi- top Opposition leaders have vs Mamata Banerjee or maintained.” Shah duo’s action is complete- vowed to join Mamata’s protest Mamata Banerjee vs BJP? We’ll Congress president Rahul ly bizarre and anti-democracy,” in Kolkata to express solidari- find out soon. If CBI is being called up Mamata and extend- he tweeted. ty with the TMC supremo. misused, it’s a matter of digni- ed support to her, saying the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Support from Opposition ty of the nation, and prestige of entire Opposition is together Akhilesh termed the CBI’s leaders like Rahul Gandhi, the agency,” said Shiv Sena and it will defeat the fascist action undemocratic and Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav, spokesman Sanjay Raut. forces. He alleged the events in against the spirit of the Tejashwi Yadav, N The BJD, which has often West Bengal were part of an Constitution. “The BJP wants Chandrababu Naidu, Arvind sided with the Modi unrelenting attack on India’s to stay in power by hook or by Kejriwal poured in for Mamata, Government, too backed institutions by Prime Minister crook. They are so scared of who began her sit-in protest in Mamata over the alleged mis- Narendra Modi and the BJP. losing that the CBI is being Kolkata on Sunday night over use of the CBI by the Centre While Andhra Pradesh used as election agents. the CBI’s attempt to question and claimed that the federal Chief Minister N Chandrababu This is undemocratic and the city police chief in con- probe agency was being “used Naidu said it was a glaring against spirit of the nection with chit fund scams. as a political weapon” ahead of example of how “Modi-Shah Constitution. We demand due While the Shiv Sena, which the general elections. duo are destroying the institu- process be followed so that the is BJP’s partner at Centre and The BJD in a statement tions”, Delhi Chief Minister CBI is not used as a tool of polit- State Government, said if a said, “Institutional integrity of Arvind Kejriwal came out in ical interference,” he tweeted. State as big as West Bengal can the CBI has to be restored. We support of the TMC chief. Continued on Page 4 & R " ( The apex court said it will team of CBI officers landed at that it was “unprecedented” hear on Tuesday the CBI’s the Kolkata CP Kumar’s resi- ! " that the CBI was stopped from )% * applications which alleged that dence in an apparent bid to s the face-off between the lawfully doing its duty when it an extraordinary situation has interrogate him regarding his ABJP and the TMC on the wanted to question the Kolkata the current situation. arisen in which the top police role as the chief of the SIT issue of the CBI attempt to police chief regarding the chit Mamata said she had tol- officials of the West Bengal formed the State Government n a counter offensive of sorts question Kolkata Police fund scam on Sunday. He said day after the high-tension erated all that the CBI and Police are sitting on a dharna in 2013 to investigate the multi- Iagainst Sunday’s CBI action Commissioner Rajeev Kumar the CBI team wanted to ques- Adrama following the CBI’s through it the Centre did to her along with a political party in crore Saradha chit fund case. outside the residence of Kolkata in the chit-fund scam blew into tion Kumar as he is “not coop- attempt to quiz Kolkata Police party leaders by framing them Kolkata. In another develop- The CBI claimed that Police Commissioner Rajiv a full-scale political war, Union erating” in the case. Commissioner Rajiv Kumar’s in false cases and torturing ment, West Bengal Governor K despite repeated notices Kumar Kumar, the Kolkata Police on Home Minister Rajnath Singh Making a statement in the prompting Mamata Banerjee to them. But this time they have N Tripathi has submitted a did not appear before the CBI Monday issued summons to on Monday hit hard at the Lok Sabha on the prevailing sit- embark on an indefinite dhar- targeted the head of an insti- report to Union Home for questioning, neither he had CBI Joint Director Pankaj TMC saying there may be con- uation in Kolkata, Rajnath na against the Centre’s alleged tution like the Kolkata police Minister Rajnath Singh on the submitted the vital evidence Srivastava for appearing as a stitutional breakdown in West described the action against the highhandedness, the Bengal chief, she said. situation that unfolded in the that he and his team seized witness in a case of fraud Bengal. He added the Central CBI probe team a threat to the Chief Minister on Monday “I will prefer giving up my city after a CBI team was from various Saradha offices. worth 45 lakh, sources said. Government is vested with federal system of the country. launched a multi-pronged life to making an insulting allegedly obstructed by police Following the incident While acknowledging the power to take steps to restore “There may be constitu- attack at the Centre. The Chief compromise with the situation,” from questioning Kolkata Mamata started a sit-in protest receipt of the notice, the CBI normalcy in any part of the tional breakdown in West Minister accused the BJP Mamata said from the dharna Police chief Rajeev Kumar in against the CBI action calling Joint Director said he would country. Bengal... under the Government of “subverting the platform from where she also the Saradha scam, Raj Bhavan it a Modi Government’s act of consider legal action only after The Home Minister Constitution, the Central Constitution,” and “condemn- addressed a farmers’ meet of sources said on Monday. vendetta. The sit-in will con- taking legal advice. Soon after accused the TMC of damaging Government has been vested ing anyone as anti-national her party on telephone. The content of the report tinue till February 8, the Chief getting the notice, Srivastava the Constitution by having with the power to maintain who dares question BJP.” In related development, was, however, not immediate- Minister said. left for Delhi by an stopped CBI officials from per- normalcy in any part of the The sit-in stage was turned the Supreme Court agreed to ly known. Mamata said, “If anyone evening flight. forming their lawful duties. country,” he said. into a makeshift office where give an urgent hearing to the The report was prepared by destroys the pillars of democ- Continued on Page 4 Rajnath told the Lok Sabha Continued on Page 4 Mamata held a Cabinet meet- CBI’s plea alleging destruction combining the report of the racy then democracy itself ing ahead of the State of electronic evidence related to Special Investigation Branch becomes threatened,” adding !# &# # " * ! "# * !# N Budget. Launching a blistering the Saradha chit fund scam and the reports submitted to she had no other way but to & ! *#% &--- #O 4#! %5 $# # ! * attack on the Modi case by Kolkata Police the Governor by the State Chief descend on the streets to save &- !# # !# !( "#" !# Government for “destroying Commissioner Rajeev Kumar Secretary and the Home democracy reminding the & # " # +#" * ' +#" * "!##& 6) +#"- democratic institutions,” and said it will come down Secretary late on Sunday night, “entire Opposition parties of * ' +#"( # "#- O & !"# 7'" Mamata said she would prefer heavily on him if police office the sources said. the country are with us.” & # " " #" # " 89 # # & # # giving up her life to making “even remotely” tries to destroy A political firestorm start- Continued on Page 4 !# !# # "" #: #!!# !# immoral compromises with the evidence. ed on Sunday evening after a Related reports on P5 # # $ # "# ! !"#! % # $ $ Given the nature of job and !"# $!% % discipline, the officers, howev- #& he day-to-day movement er, used to travel on their own & '( Tand functioning of Army and later claim allowances. officers to attend courses or The latest order has put a stop % crucial meetings may be hit due to this also. # !# # to cash crunch for meeting Elaborating the concept of % ) # travel and accommodation Temporary Duty, sources said !& * expenses. Nearly 4,000 crore an officer, for example, posted # & is spent every year on in a sensitive area, may be +#"- these purposes. asked to report about certain London/New Delhi: UK ed by Scotland Yard in April An order issued on security matters in person due Home Secretary Sajid Javid on 2017 after the Indian authori- Monday by Principal Controller to security reasons to the top Monday ordered the extradi- ties brought fraud and of Defence Accounts, Pune most commanders at a differ- ) .# ( tion of Vijay Mallya to India, in money laundering charges said due to insufficient funds ent station or New Delhi. # # #O 0-1 a major blow to the embattled amounting to 9,000 crore available under Temporary sufficient funds under the rel- tions of the order, officials said withdraw in advance more Moreover, any stint up to six * liquor baron. against the former Kingfisher Duty and Permanent Duty evant heads. 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