Chargesheet in defence canteen scam in june
The Central Bureau of Investigation will file the chargesheet in the defence Canteen Stores Department (CSD) scam in June against the five arrested accused in the case. Senior Army officers along with a private individual were arrested in June last year when the CBI caught a top Army officer accepting a bribe.
“We have gathered incriminating evidence against the accused. We have also established the money trail of illegal gratification received by Brigadier Anuj Kainthla and Bikas Ranjan Das-chaudhary. Daschaudhary had been accepting `25,000 per month in 2011 from Milind Govilkar, totally amounting to `3 lakh,” said a CBI source, involved in the investigation. Further, `5 lakh was traced to Brigadier Kainthla.
Milind Govilkar, from Sankalp Consumer Products Private Limited, along with two of his employees were also arrested. Daschaudhary was caught red-handed in a trap laid by the ACB in June last year. He was held while accepting a bribe at his Napean Sea Road residence. All the five accused are currently on bail.
The scam included procuring consumer goods from intermediaries when defence rules clearly stipulated buying them directly from the manufacturers or their exclusive distributors.
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Woman rams into lady traffic cop
age correspondent
Mumbai, March 7
A 45-year-old housewife was arrested for rash driving after she lost control over her Hyundai i10 car and hit a 23-year-old woman traffic constable at a busy junction in Andheri (east) late on Thursday morning. The accused has been released on bail. According to an official from the Vile Parle police station, the incident took place at around 11.30 am at the crowded Bahar junction.
The accused, identified as Avni Ganatra (45), was driving her Hyundai i10 car from her residence to the market. While Ganatra was taking a turn she was signalled to stop by the victim Pratiksha Sawant, a traffic police constable posted with the Airport traffic division.
“But Ganatra could not control the speed of the car and hit Sawant. Due to the impact, Sawant fell down and has suffered injuries on both her legs and a hand. Sawant was discharged from the Cooper Hospital after treatment,” said senior police inspector, Vijay Dhatrak of Airport traffic police.
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