CBI
chargesheets six more in gangrape case
Ahmedabad:
The Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) on Monday chargesheeted six more accused in the gangrape
of a Muslim woman and murder of 14 of her family members
during the religious violence in Gujarat in 2002. More than
1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died in revenge killings after
59 Hindus were burned to death on a train by a Muslim mob.
Bilkis Yaqoob, a key witness in the gangrape case, had alleged
that a mob of 500 people had attacked them and at least
three women, including his sister, were gangraped on March
3, 2002. Bano and her husband Yakoob Patel are the only
survivors in the family of 16, the rest were burnt alive.
The CBI had chargesheeted 14 accused late last year. The
Supreme Court would hear the case on April 27.
Militant
killed in Doda encounter (Go
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Doda:
Security forces on Monday
killed a militant along the ceasefire line in Kashmir. Police
said the militant, belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba,
was intercepted in Doda district, and killed after a three-hour
fierce gunbattle. Police said the militant, identified as
Abu Salfi, and one of his associates had taken refuge in
a house in the village. Officials said 10 kgs RDX (Research
Developed Explosive), one AK- 47 rifle, 56 live rounds,
three magazines were also recovered from the slain militant.
"We had cordoned this area by 3.30 p.m. and then only the
militants started firing when the encounter started at 4.30
p.m. One militant, Abu Vikas Salfi was killed and he was
a Lashkar-e- Taiba militant. We have seized one AK 47, three
magazines and 60 rounds," Virender Sharma, Assistant Superintendent
of Police in Doda, told reporters. Sharma said the militants
wanted to disrupt the national polls beginning April 20.
Militant groups and separatists have urged people to boycott
the national polls.
Indo-Bangla
border talks in Dhaka on April 28 (Go
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Dhaka:
Giving a serious thought to the killings taking place
on the porous Indo-Bangladesh borders, talks between chiefs
of Bangladesh and Indian border security forces will take
place here on April 28. According to Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)
sources, the six-day talks will cover a wide range of issues.
It is expected that the Bangladesh side will focus on cross-border
insurgency, the illegal entry of Indian citizens into Bangladesh
and to open the Teen Bigha Corridor. "Although incidents
of killing in the border areas have reduced for the last
couple of months, we will register our concerns with the
Indian authorities," said a BDR officer.
Navy
inducts T-84 (Go
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Chennai:
The Indian Navy today inducted the Fast Attack Craft,
T-84, equipped with the state-of-the-art structural, hydrodynamic
and propulsion features. The vessel with a top speed of
45 knots was inducted in the presence of Vice-Admiral O
P Bansal, Flag Officer Commanding-in- Chief, Eastern Naval
Command, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition
J S Bedi and Goa Shipyard (GSY) Chairman and Managing Director
Sampath Pillai. The third indigenous and the fifth ship
of its class, the aluminum hull craft is designed in such
a way that it can be put at sea at a very short notice for
performing a range of tasks such as surveillance, reconnaissance
and beach insertion and extraction of commando forces. Fitted
with the MK-20 naval stabilized gun system, electro-optic
detection system and sophisticated armaments, the craft
is propelled by two MTU engines, which drive two ''articulated
surface drive'' and ''surface piercing propellers.'' The
ship is equipped with sophisticated sensors and a weapon
suite of two 20 mm Oerlikon guns, typhoon and fire control
systems, multi-sensor stabilized integrated system with
forward looking infra-red sensors and laser ranging that
can identify and locate a person standing at a distance
of two km under pitch dark conditions.
Maradona critical, kept in ICU (Go
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Washington:
The all-time great Argentina soccer star Diego Maradona
was admitted to a clinic after he complained of high blood
pressure. His condition is said to be critical, and has
been kept in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a Buenos Aires
hospital. He was reportedly breathing with the help of a
respirator and his condition was "reserved". Meanwhile,
a TV report had claimed that Maradona had fallen ill after
taking a drug overdose. But the report could not be confirmed.
