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04 | metro | HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012 ht classifieds Cost cutting Chief secretary Samar Ghosh, PWD secretary Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, and home secretary Basudeb Banerjee on board on an air-conditioned Volvo at Milan Mela on Wednesday. Principal secretaries of 18 departments will tour 5 districts in a bus rather than hired cars and follow chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy. The bureaucrats will return to the city on Friday. 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Read as 'max temp/min temp/conditions'. Conditions key - S Cl: Cloudy : Dust Storm CS: Cyclonic Storm D: Depression, DD : Deep Depression Fg: Fog, L: Low Pressure. PC: Partly Cloudy, Rn: Rain, RH: Relative Humidity, Sn:Snow, Su: Sunny, W.D.:Western Disturbance, TS: Thunderstorm SATURDAY FOR THE RECORD: Wednesday's temperature max 35.6°C min 27.3°C, Max R.H. 92%, Min R.H. 67% Rainfall (8:30 to 17:30): Nil W E A T H E R F O R E C A S T C Copyright Skymet Company 2012 : All rights reserved. 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The sky will be partly cloudy. Mainly dry weather expected over the metropolis. High 34 C Low 27 C. 0 0 A mainly cloudy sky with possibility of thundery activity. A few drops may fall in pockets of the city. The day will be sultry. High 33 C (+01 C), Low 27 C (+01 C). Max R.H. 92% 0 0 0 0 A warm and humid day. Mainly dry weather likely. The sky will be partly cloudy. Chances of thundery development. High 33 0 0 C Low 27 C Highlights: Widespread rain is likely over north west plains, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, coastal Karnataka, Kerala and AP. Light to moderate rain over east Rajasthan, Gujarat, south Chhattisgarh and Orissa. Scattered light rain over rest of India. FORECAST: Hottest: Madurai, Tamil Nadu 36 C Coldest: Darbuk, Ladakh 01 C Wettest: North Lakhimpur, Assam 0 0 Port Blair 29/23 A&N Islands 30/23 ‘Paranormal’ activity on Nagerbazar flyover alarms locals Ratnalekha Mazumdar & Joydeep Thakur [email protected] KOLKATA: Bengali literature and films are full of ghosts – those that live in marshlands, on tall trees, in old houses, in crema- toriums, those that eat fish, eat human flesh, cruel ones and innocent ones, humourous ones and serious ones. Now comes a flyover ghost, a totally novel apparition, the fear of which has been stalk- ing numerous residents of Nagerbazar, one of the most crowded areas of Kolkata, after a young biker was killed on a flyover in an accident that took place in May within a month of chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurating the structure. Rumours of a ghost – actu- ally a male figure stopping cars and bikes on the flyover at late hours of the night – have spread like wild fire over the past few days in the area with people even shutting window panes in the neighbourhood despite the sultry weather to keep the spir- it away. Sreetama Bose a government employee who stays near Mrinalini Cinema Hall at one end of the flyover said: “I have heard about the strange things happening on the flyover from my relatives and friends. I am really scared. I have started avoiding the bridge even dur- ing day time.” “I don’t believe in ghosts and would request everyone not to believe in such rumours. I, too, have heard about the rumour but right now I’m at Nagerbazar and absolutely no one is scared or concerned about it,” Sujit Bose, vice-chairman of Bidhan Nagar municipality, said. Prabir Chatterjee, inspector- in-charge of Dum Dum police station, rubbished the story. “It’s nothing but a rumour being spread and the media should not encourage it,” he said. A visit to Nagerbazar indi- cates the rumour is more omnipresent than the appari- tion. Locals complain of water and stones being thrown at their homes from the flyover, which runs very close to houses on either side. And if there are reports of ghosts, can ghost busters be far behind? One of the found- ing members of the Paranormal Research Society of India (PRSI), Somen Kotal, told HT they have already been tipped off by worried citizens of Nagerbazar. “Recently we received a mail in which the sender claimed that a woman who saw the acci- dent in which a biker died is witnessing strange things. She had given drinking water and bandages to the locals so that they could give to the victim when he was writhing in pain. Now she often sees shadows moving in that particular zone,” Kotal added. Reports have also poured in from other local residents about the shadows. They also claimed that some strangers try to stop their vehicles asking for lifts. But after a few seconds none can be seen. “We would like to go there to investigate with infrared thermometers, motion detec- tors and special sound recorders. But we need per- mission from the police, or the local councillor, as these exper- iments need to be conducted between midnight and 3 am when paranormal activities are believed to heighten,” said Shantanu Sen, another PRSI member. “Not all such strange inci- dents are paranormal. Often criminals try to scare local res- idents so that they avoid a par- ticular area, thereby helping criminal activity,” Kotal also warned. Rumours of a ghost stopping cars and bikes on the flyover have spread like wild fire People are so frightened that they are keeping windows shut depsite the sultry weather Locals have complained of water and stones being thrown at their homes from the flyover Locals have also said some strangers have tried to stop their vehicles asking for lifts. But after a few seconds none can be seen GHOST AHOY Mamata favours holding rural polls early next year Arindam Sarkar [email protected] KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is thinking of holding three-tier panchayat polls in Bengal in early 2013. She believes holding the rural polls in December 2012 will not give the Trinamool Congress any political advantage. The term of the three-tier bodies would expire in May 2013. And even if rural polls are held early, the panchayat bodies elected in 2008 would continue to function till the ter- mination of their full term. The government file asking the state Election Commission to prepare for the panchayat elections in the state is still lying in the CM secretariat and is waiting for Banerjee’s signature. “Mamata Banerjee knows holding the panchayat polls in December 2012 would not give us any political advantage,” said state panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee. Confident of a comfortable victory in the rural polls, Banerjee said corruption in the panchayats, non-performance of the rural bodies in the last 34 years, misuse of central funds for rural development and the promise that homestead and farmlands would not be acquired forcibly from the farmers for setting up of industries and Special Economic Zones (SEZ) would be Trinamool electoral issues. Banerjee alleged that under the Left Front government there has been huge embezzlement of development and misuse of rural funds. She said state finance min- ister Amit Mitra has done 24 special audits and has discov- ered the financial discrepancies. “Land predators, the CPI(M) and the Congress, cannot claim to be the champions of farm- ers. Where were they, when I was on a 26-day hunger strike for the Singur farmers in 2006,” asked an agitated Banerjee. For Banerjee, the ensuing panchayat polls are crucial. Though the Left Front has been routed in 2011 Assembly polls, the CPI(M)-led Front controls 14 out of 18 zilla parishads in the state, the Congress and the Trinamool hold two each. “Central funds for rural devel- opment come directly to pan- chayats. So unless one controls the rural bodies, one cannot pursue one’s own model of devel- opmet in the villages,” said Mukherjee. After a rout in the 2006 Assembly polls, it was Banerjee’s pro-farmer movement in Singur and Nandigram and political agitations against forcible acqui- sition of more than 80,000 acres of farmlands in the state by the Left Front government to set up industries and SEZ cata- pulted her to the limelight. “Our government will only acquire land for government projects such as constructing roads, laying railway lines and water pipes and building hos- pitals,” said Banerjee. Trinamool’s land policy in the state will be conveyed to the UPA-II government at the Centre. Banerjee, who appointed rail- ways minister Mukul Roy as Leader of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, will oppose the UPA’s Land Acquisition Bill both inside Parliament and in Cabinet meetings. Rival Trinamool student unions clash at city college HT Correspondent [email protected] KOLKATA: A day after state edu- cation minister Bratya Basu asked members of Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad to stop violence on college cam- puses, a clash broke out between two groups of TMCP on Wednesday at North City College, forcing the authorities to shut down the institute for three days. According to TMCP mem- bers in the college, the groups clashed over control of a stu- dent union. Police said some students gathered near the college in the afternoon and started an argu- ment over ‘hijacking’ students from their groups. The brawl followed the heated argument, and police had to intervene to disperse the students. However, no injuries and arrests were reported. “What we suspect is that both the groups have hired out- siders to take part in the clash. It was pre planned, it seems,” a police officer said. Following the clash state edu- cation minister has called up police commissioner Pachnanda urging him to take stern steps against the accused. This is not the first time that such a clash has broken out in the college. Recently the col- lege witnessed at least three such clashes in the past five months over the same issue. “Education minister Bratya Basu is a former lecturer of our college. We have requested him to intervene in the matter,” said a professor on condition of anonymity. It was on only Tuesday that Trinamool Congress was observing the foundation of Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad. Bratya Basu warned members not resort to violence on college campuses. “Violence on campus is not a solution. It will only defame the image of Trinamool Congress and Mamata Banerjee. Please do not resort to violence on college campuses and stop others from doing so,” Basu told TMCP supporters on Tuesday. After Trinamool Congress came to power in May 2010, several clashes on college cam- puses of Kolkata and the state have been reported. The TMCP supporters have been held responsible for most such clashes. The principal of Surendranath College has recently lodged a complaint with chief minister Mamata Banerjee blaming TMCP mem- bers for the ruckus in the col- lege asking her to intervene immediately. The college was also shut down for three days when the admission procedure for first year was on. NEW PUJAS MUST SEEK HIGH COURT NOD HT Correspondent [email protected] KOLKATA: Any new Puja in Kolkata would require a high court order to get adequate permission to hold one from different government agencies. “As per Calcutta high court order we cannot allow any new pujas in the city. Anybody seek- ing one would require to move court,” Jawed Shamim, joint commissioner of police (head- quarters), told reporters after a meeting at the civic head- quarters on puja arrangements. Echoing Shamim, mayor Sovan Chatterjee too assert- ed that it would not be possi- ble to allow fresh pujas in Kolkata. However, Chatterjee wants to ensure that all exist- ing puja committees are enlist- ed with the government agencies. “At present we have 2,060 pujas enlisted with us, but I want all pujas to get enlist- ed. City should not hold any puja without government per- mission,” the city mayor said. According to senior civic offi- cials, KMC already handed over 3,000 blank forms to the Kolkata Police, which would reach city’s all police stations. Different puja committees have to collect the form from local police stations and seek permission from fire services. Only after finding out that the land for puja is of KMC, civic authorities would issue the required permission or else refer to the other government agencies like KMDA. Chatterjee had also drawn a deadline for repairing roads prior to Puja. “I have asked the PWD secretary and my roads and engineering department to complete the road repair- ing work by September 30. I have also asked solid waste management department to work harder to keep the city clean specially on the festive days,” mayor told reporters. Even the Railway Vikas Nigam Limited, construction agency for Joka-BBD Bag metro rail, had been asked to coop- erate during the festive days to keep the traffic moving in Behala. Bratya Basu on Tuesday warned Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad members from resorting to violence on campus After Trinamool came to power in May 2010, a rash of clashed have been reported. TMCP supporters have been held responsible for most such clashes The principal of Surendranath College has recently lodged a complaint with chief minister Mamata Banerjee blaming TMCP for clashes IGNORING BRATYA HC raps judge for acquitting husband in dowry death Deepak Prahladka [email protected] KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rapped a Sealdah trial judge for acquit- ting a husband and his parents in a “dowry death” case by hold- ing on the basis of “false” evi- dence that the wife was a men- tal patient and had committed suicide. Quashing the acquittal, jus- tices GC Gupta and Indira Banerjee held Binod Shaw and his parents guilty of murder- ing Santra (23), a mother of 2- year-old male child, after her parents refused to give a jeep in dowry within four years of her marriage. Awarding the life imprison- ment to Shaws, the judges said: “Considering the gravity of the offence and the cruelty with which the deceased was put to death, the highest punishment should be awarded for ends of justice. They cannot have any claim for leniency on the ground of the child whose mother was done to death so cruelly. His maternal grandparents are there to look after him.” The judges came down heav- ily on the trial judge for rely- ing on the “fake” doctor’s pre- scriptions and medicines cash memos to prove that Santra was a mental patient and prone to commit suicide. “The trial judge acted arbi- trarily by relying on false med- ical documents and did not apply his judicial mind. It is strange that it did not occur to him that no one purchases med- icines without a cash memo or that hospitalisation of a patient is always backed by documen- tary evidence,” the judges said. Rejecting the medical doc- uments, the judges said: “The prescriptions did not depict the mental or physical condition of the victim. These prescriptions had been fabricated in the year 2005, which is why the regis- tration number is KOL230602/05 whereas the victim died in 2004.” Rapping the trial judge for ignoring autopsy report, the judges said: “The autopsy surgeon did not depose that it was a case of sui- cide. He deposed that the death was caused due to asphyxia, which could very well have been homicidal.” The case dates back to February 27, 2004, when Santra’s body was recovered from a pond near her matri- monial home. The police start- ed a case on the complaint of Santra’s father, alleging con- tinuous torture on his daugh- ter by Binod and her parents due to failure his part to give them a jeep promised at the time of her marriage in 2000. The trial began at 3rd fast track, Sealdah, which had on February 28, 2006, acquitted Shaws by holding that Santra had committed suicide. The trial judge accepted the med- ical documents to prove that Santra was a mental patient and prone to commit suicide. Challenging this, the state appealed to high court. Attacking the acquittal, the additional PP Siladitya Sanyal had said: “The trial judge ignored the relevant evidence; disbelieved the witnesses on trivial or no ground and demon- strated utter lack of judicial scrutiny into the evidence.” HC STAYS NETAI KILLING TRIAL The high court stayed the trial of Netai killings case before the CBI court at Bichar Bhavan. Justice Dipankar Datta passed the interim stay on trial till September 7 on a petition filed by an accused Abani Bhusan Singha, challenging the validity of the state notification dated August 17, 2011 ordering transfer of all the cases of CBI started in Nadia, East Mednapore and West Midnapore to CBI court. It was alleged that the state had ordered only transfer of the cases started under the Prevention of Corruption Act and not under the Indian Penal Code. Countering this, the CBI advocate said that the Netai case was transferred to Kolkata under the order of the high court. JUSTICES GC GUPTA & INDIRA BANERJEE HELD THE HUSBAND AND HIS PARENTS GUILTY OF MURDERING SANTRA FOR MORE DOWRY CM FOR LIST OF MINISTERS’ ASSETS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) At a meeting with investors in October 2011, Mamata Banerjee had asked the audi- ence not to pay bribes for set- ting up business units in the state. “Please don’t give bribes. Please do inform us if there’s any demand for bribes. Your identity will be kept secret and the police will take appropri- ate action,” the chief minister had said while launching the website of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation. Interestingly, it was in June last year that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked for details of assets of Union ministers. “This step will help us main- tain transparency in the Maa- Mati-Manush government. 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Page 1: THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012 … AUGUST 30, 2012 htclassifieds Cost cutting Chief secretary Samar Ghosh, PWD secretary Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, and home secretary Basudeb Banerjee on board

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■ Chief secretary Samar Ghosh, PWD secretary Ajit Ranjan Bardhan, and home secretaryBasudeb Banerjee on board on an air-conditioned Volvo at Milan Mela on Wednesday. Principalsecretaries of 18 departments will tour 5 districts in a bus rather than hired cars and follow chiefminister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy. The bureaucrats will return to the city on Friday. HT PHOTO

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‘Paranormal’ activity on Nagerbazar flyover alarms localsRatnalekha Mazumdar &Joydeep Thakur■ [email protected]

KOLKATA: Bengali literature andfilms are full of ghosts – thosethat live in marshlands, on talltrees, in old houses, in crema-toriums, those that eat fish, eathuman flesh, cruel ones andinnocent ones, humourous onesand serious ones.

Now comes a flyover ghost,a totally novel apparition, thefear of which has been stalk-ing numerous residents ofNagerbazar, one of the mostcrowded areas of Kolkata, aftera young biker was killed on a

flyover in an accident that tookplace in May within a month ofchief minister Mamata Banerjeeinaugurating the structure.

Rumours of a ghost – actu-ally a male figure stopping carsand bikes on the flyover at latehours of the night – have spreadlike wild fire over the past fewdays in the area with peopleeven shutting window panes inthe neighbourhood despite thesultry weather to keep the spir-it away.

Sreetama Bose a governmentemployee who stays nearMrinalini Cinema Hall at oneend of the flyover said: “I haveheard about the strange things

happening on the flyover frommy relatives and friends. I amreally scared. I have startedavoiding the bridge even dur-ing day time.”

“I don’t believe in ghosts andwould request everyone not tobelieve in such rumours. I, too,have heard about the rumourbut right now I’m at Nagerbazarand absolutely no one is scaredor concerned about it,” SujitBose, vice-chairman of BidhanNagar municipality, said.

Prabir Chatterjee, inspector-in-charge of Dum Dum policestation, rubbished the story. “It’snothing but a rumour beingspread and the media should

not encourage it,” he said. A visit to Nagerbazar indi-

cates the rumour is moreomnipresent than the appari-tion. Locals complain of waterand stones being thrown at theirhomes from the flyover, whichruns very close to houses oneither side.

And if there are reports ofghosts, can ghost busters befar behind? One of the found-ing members of the ParanormalResearch Society of India(PRSI), Somen Kotal, told HTthey have already been tippedoff by worried citizens ofNagerbazar.

“Recently we received a mail

in which the sender claimedthat a woman who saw the acci-dent in which a biker died iswitnessing strange things. Shehad given drinking water andbandages to the locals so thatthey could give to the victimwhen he was writhing in pain.Now she often sees shadowsmoving in that particular zone,”Kotal added.

Reports have also poured infrom other local residents aboutthe shadows. They also claimedthat some strangers try to stoptheir vehicles asking for lifts.But after a few seconds nonecan be seen.

“We would like to go there

to investigate with infraredthermometers, motion detec-tors and special soundrecorders. But we need per-mission from the police, or thelocal councillor, as these exper-iments need to be conductedbetween midnight and 3 amwhen paranormal activities arebelieved to heighten,” saidShantanu Sen, another PRSImember.

“Not all such strange inci-dents are paranormal. Oftencriminals try to scare local res-idents so that they avoid a par-ticular area, thereby helpingcriminal activity,” Kotal alsowarned.

■ Rumours of a ghost stoppingcars and bikes on the flyoverhave spread like wild fire

■ People are so frightened thatthey are keeping windows shutdepsite the sultry weather

■ Locals have complained ofwater and stones being thrownat their homes from the flyover

■ Locals have also said somestrangers have tried to stop theirvehicles asking for lifts. Butafter a few seconds none can beseen

GHOST AHOY

Mamata favours holdingrural polls early next yearArindam Sarkar■ [email protected]

KOLKATA: Chief minister MamataBanerjee is thinking of holdingthree-tier panchayat polls inBengal in early 2013. Shebelieves holding the rural pollsin December 2012 will not givethe Trinamool Congress anypolitical advantage.

The term of the three-tierbodies would expire in May2013. And even if rural pollsare held early, the panchayatbodies elected in 2008 wouldcontinue to function till the ter-mination of their full term.

The government file askingthe state Election Commissionto prepare for the panchayatelections in the state is still lyingin the CM secretariat and iswaiting for Banerjee’s signature.

“Mamata Banerjee knowsholding the panchayat polls inDecember 2012 would not giveus any political advantage,” saidstate panchayat ministerSubrata Mukherjee.

Confident of a comfortablevictory in the rural polls,Banerjee said corruption in thepanchayats, non-performance

of the rural bodies in the last34 years, misuse of central fundsfor rural development and thepromise that homestead andfarmlands would not be acquiredforcibly from the farmers forsetting up of industries andSpecial Economic Zones (SEZ)would be Trinamool electoral issues.

Banerjee alleged that underthe Left Front government therehas been huge embezzlementof development and misuse ofrural funds.

She said state finance min-ister Amit Mitra has done 24special audits and has discov-ered the financial discrepancies.

“Land predators, the CPI(M)and the Congress, cannot claimto be the champions of farm-ers. Where were they, when Iwas on a 26-day hunger strikefor the Singur farmers in 2006,”asked an agitated Banerjee.

For Banerjee, the ensuingpanchayat polls are crucial.Though the Left Front has beenrouted in 2011 Assembly polls,the CPI(M)-led Front controls14 out of 18 zilla parishads inthe state, the Congress and theTrinamool hold two each.

“Central funds for rural devel-opment come directly to pan-chayats. So unless one controlsthe rural bodies, one cannotpursue one’s own model of devel-opmet in the villages,” saidMukherjee.

After a rout in the 2006Assembly polls, it was Banerjee’spro-farmer movement in Singurand Nandigram and politicalagitations against forcible acqui-sition of more than 80,000 acresof farmlands in the state by theLeft Front government to setup industries and SEZ cata-pulted her to the limelight.

“Our government will onlyacquire land for governmentprojects such as constructingroads, laying railway lines andwater pipes and building hos-pitals,” said Banerjee.

Trinamool’s land policy inthe state will be conveyed tothe UPA-II government at the Centre.

Banerjee, who appointed rail-ways minister Mukul Roy asLeader of the TrinamoolCongress Parliamentary Party,will oppose the UPA’s LandAcquisition Bill both insideParliament and in Cabinet meetings.

Rival Trinamool studentunions clash at city collegeHT Correspondent■ [email protected]

KOLKATA: A day after state edu-cation minister Bratya Basuasked members of TrinamoolCongress Chhatra Parishad tostop violence on college cam-puses, a clash broke out betweentwo groups of TMCP onWednesday at North CityCollege, forcing the authoritiesto shut down the institute forthree days.

According to TMCP mem-bers in the college, the groupsclashed over control of a stu-dent union.

Police said some studentsgathered near the college in theafternoon and started an argu-ment over ‘hijacking’ studentsfrom their groups. The brawlfollowed the heated argument,and police had to intervene todisperse the students. However,no injuries and arrests werereported.

“What we suspect is thatboth the groups have hired out-siders to take part in the clash.It was pre planned, it seems,”a police officer said.

Following the clash state edu-cation minister has called up

police commissioner Pachnandaurging him to take stern stepsagainst the accused.

This is not the first time thatsuch a clash has broken out inthe college. Recently the col-lege witnessed at least threesuch clashes in the past fivemonths over the same issue.

“Education minister BratyaBasu is a former lecturer of ourcollege. We have requested himto intervene in the matter,” saida professor on condition ofanonymity.

It was on only Tuesday thatTrinamool Congress wasobserving the foundation ofTrinamool Congress ChhatraParishad. Bratya Basu warnedmembers not resort to violenceon college campuses.

“Violence on campus is nota solution. It will only defamethe image of TrinamoolCongress and MamataBanerjee. Please do not resortto violence on college campusesand stop others from doing so,”Basu told TMCP supporterson Tuesday.

After Trinamool Congresscame to power in May 2010,several clashes on college cam-puses of Kolkata and the statehave been reported. The TMCPsupporters have been heldresponsible for most suchclashes.

The principal ofSurendranath College hasrecently lodged a complaintwith chief minister MamataBanerjee blaming TMCP mem-bers for the ruckus in the col-lege asking her to interveneimmediately. The college wasalso shut down for three dayswhen the admission procedurefor first year was on.

NEW PUJASMUST SEEK HIGHCOURT NODHT Correspondent■ [email protected]

KOLKATA: Any new Puja inKolkata would require a highcourt order to get adequatepermission to hold one fromdifferent government agencies.

“As per Calcutta high courtorder we cannot allow any newpujas in the city. Anybody seek-ing one would require to movecourt,” Jawed Shamim, jointcommissioner of police (head-quarters), told reporters aftera meeting at the civic head-quarters on puja arrangements.

Echoing Shamim, mayorSovan Chatterjee too assert-ed that it would not be possi-ble to allow fresh pujas inKolkata. However, Chatterjeewants to ensure that all exist-ing puja committees are enlist-ed with the government agencies. “At present we have2,060 pujas enlisted with us,but I want all pujas to get enlist-ed. City should not hold anypuja without government per-mission,” the city mayor said.

According to senior civic offi-cials, KMC already handed over3,000 blank forms to the KolkataPolice, which would reach city’sall police stations.

Different puja committeeshave to collect the form fromlocal police stations and seekpermission from fire services.

Only after finding out thatthe land for puja is of KMC,civic authorities would issuethe required permission or elserefer to the other governmentagencies like KMDA.

Chatterjee had also drawna deadline for repairing roadsprior to Puja. “I have asked thePWD secretary and my roadsand engineering departmentto complete the road repair-ing work by September 30. Ihave also asked solid wastemanagement department towork harder to keep the cityclean specially on the festivedays,” mayor told reporters.

Even the Railway VikasNigam Limited, constructionagency for Joka-BBD Bag metrorail, had been asked to coop-erate during the festive daysto keep the traffic moving in Behala.

■ Bratya Basu on Tuesdaywarned Trinamool CongressChhatra Parishad members fromresorting to violence on campus■ After Trinamool came topower in May 2010, a rash ofclashed have been reported.TMCP supporters have beenheld responsible for most suchclashes■ The principal of SurendranathCollege has recently lodged acomplaint with chief ministerMamata Banerjee blamingTMCP for clashes

IGNORING BRATYA

HC raps judge for acquittinghusband in dowry deathDeepak Prahladka■ [email protected]

KOLKATA: The Calcutta HighCourt on Tuesday rapped aSealdah trial judge for acquit-ting a husband and his parentsin a “dowry death” case by hold-ing on the basis of “false” evi-dence that the wife was a men-tal patient and had committedsuicide.

Quashing the acquittal, jus-tices GC Gupta and IndiraBanerjee held Binod Shaw andhis parents guilty of murder-ing Santra (23), a mother of 2-year-old male child, after herparents refused to give a jeepin dowry within four years ofher marriage.

Awarding the life imprison-ment to Shaws, the judges said:“Considering the gravity of theoffence and the cruelty withwhich the deceased was put todeath, the highest punishmentshould be awarded for ends ofjustice. They cannot have anyclaim for leniency on the groundof the child whose mother wasdone to death so cruelly. Hismaternal grandparents arethere to look after him.”

The judges came down heav-ily on the trial judge for rely-ing on the “fake” doctor’s pre-scriptions and medicines cashmemos to prove that Santrawas a mental patient and proneto commit suicide.

“The trial judge acted arbi-trarily by relying on false med-ical documents and did notapply his judicial mind. It isstrange that it did not occur to

him that no one purchases med-icines without a cash memo orthat hospitalisation of a patientis always backed by documen-tary evidence,” the judges said.

Rejecting the medical doc-uments, the judges said: “Theprescriptions did not depict themental or physical condition ofthe victim. These prescriptionshad been fabricated in the year2005, which is why the regis-tration number isKOL230602/05 whereas thevictim died in 2004.” Rappingthe trial judge for ignoringautopsy report, the judges said:“The autopsy surgeon did notdepose that it was a case of sui-cide. He deposed that the deathwas caused due to asphyxia,which could very well have beenhomicidal.”

The case dates back toFebruary 27, 2004, whenSantra’s body was recoveredfrom a pond near her matri-monial home. The police start-ed a case on the complaint ofSantra’s father, alleging con-tinuous torture on his daugh-ter by Binod and her parentsdue to failure his part to givethem a jeep promised at thetime of her marriage in 2000.

The trial began at 3rd fasttrack, Sealdah, which had onFebruary 28, 2006, acquittedShaws by holding that Santrahad committed suicide. Thetrial judge accepted the med-ical documents to prove thatSantra was a mental patientand prone to commit suicide.Challenging this, the stateappealed to high court.

Attacking the acquittal, theadditional PP Siladitya Sanyalhad said: “The trial judgeignored the relevant evidence;disbelieved the witnesses ontrivial or no ground and demon-strated utter lack of judicialscrutiny into the evidence.”

HC STAYS NETAI KILLINGTRIAL

The high court stayed thetrial of Netai killings case beforethe CBI court at Bichar Bhavan.

Justice Dipankar Dattapassed the interim stay on trialtill September 7 on a petitionfiled by an accused AbaniBhusan Singha, challenging thevalidity of the state notificationdated August 17, 2011 orderingtransfer of all the cases of CBIstarted in Nadia, EastMednapore and WestMidnapore to CBI court.

It was alleged that the statehad ordered only transfer ofthe cases started under thePrevention of Corruption Actand not under the Indian PenalCode. Countering this, the CBIadvocate said that the Netaicase was transferred to Kolkataunder the order of the high court.

JUSTICES GC GUPTA &INDIRA BANERJEE HELDTHE HUSBAND AND HISPARENTS GUILTY OFMURDERING SANTRAFOR MORE DOWRY

CM FOR LIST OFMINISTERS’ ASSETS

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At a meeting with investorsin October 2011, MamataBanerjee had asked the audi-ence not to pay bribes for set-ting up business units in thestate. “Please don’t give bribes.Please do inform us if there’sany demand for bribes. Youridentity will be kept secret andthe police will take appropri-ate action,” the chief ministerhad said while launching thewebsite of the West BengalIndustrial DevelopmentCorporation.

Interestingly, it was in Junelast year that Prime MinisterManmohan Singh had askedfor details of assets of Unionministers.

“This step will help us main-tain transparency in the Maa-Mati-Manush government.We’re giving our asset detailsto the prime minister and ourstate ministers are giving theirsto the chief minister,” said SisirAdhikary, Union minister ofstate for rural development.

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I, Roshan Kumar Singh S/OShambhu Sharan Singh shallbe known as Ranveer SinghSurwar by Affidavit at Barrack-pore Court Dated 27-03-2012.

IN My Husband Mr. NarayanBasak's service record myname has been recordedas Ila Ghosh (Maiden Name)now I shall be known asIla Basak (After Marriage) byNortary Affidavit at BarrackporeCourt on 21-08-2012. BothName is same lady.

MY Son Avijit Bhadra Kumarand Abhijit Bhadra of NetajiNagar P.O. : Gobardanga,P.S. : Habra, Dist : 24 Pgs (N),W.B. shall be known every-where as Avijit Bhadra byAffidavit at Barasat (J.M.),1st Class Court on 27-07-2012.Mina Bhadra.

I , Brindaban Das , S/O UddhabDas , R/O Village : Shibpur ,1st Gheri , P. O. : Akshaynagar ,P. S. : Kakdwip , District : South24 Parganas , was formerlyknown as Brinda Das videan Affidavit sworn before theJudicial Magistrate , 1st Classat Kakdwip Court on date25-07-2012.