UPA govt trying to send me to jail: Mulayam

Etawah: Coming down heavily on the UPA government at the Centre which his party helped survive after the Left withdrew its support over the Indo-US nuclear deal, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has charged it with using the CBI to try and put him behind bars.

"The government, which we have supported during the height of the Indo-US nuclear deal imbroglio, is now trying to send me to jail with CBI's help," the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister told a function at Charan Singh PG College here on Friday.

"The CBI is preparing fake documents to frame me (in the disproportionate assets case)," he said. He said party General Secretary Amar Singh, however, came to know about this and found out how "the property of others was mentioned against my name".

Yadav also flayed the Centre's faulty foreign policy and said the country stood isolated at the global level because of that. Turning to farmers, he said there was a move to stop the subsidy provided to them.


IANS

Fighting graft the SMS way

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is getting around 1,000 calls each day in response to its recently launched SMS campaign against corruption.

Though most of the calls are of frivolous nature but the officers say overall the large number of calls shows active participation by the people in the drive against corruption.

Call me

The agency has provided mobile and land line numbers where people can register their

complaints.

CBI director Ashwani Kumar, calling it a positive use of technology to bring down the corruption cases, said, "Awareness among the public is the best possible way to fight corruption in government offices and now a days almost everyone carries a mobile.

"It is a speedy as well as people friendly measure to tackle the issue," he added.

Awareness drive

The SMS is part of a public awareness campaign launched by the CBI to bring down the cases of bribing and corruption in government offices in National Capital Region (NCR).

"At times it is really difficult to answer each and every call but we are committed for the success of this campaign and we appreciate the people who are calling us," said a senior CBI officer.

Tie-up

"We have tied up with the mobile services providers and the SMS is being sent to almost every mobile. We want to make the people aware that CBI is ready to take up the genuine cases and they can approach us," said a CBI officer.

Successful

The campaign was first launched in Mumbai around six months back and as per records available with the premier investigating agency it was able to register several genuine cases. "So far we have received tremendous success and we are planning to extend this campaign to other states under different CBI zones," said the officer.

Frivolous calls

But on the flip side the agency is quite baffled with the frivolous complaints and the incidents where people are calling with malicious intention only to settle scores.

"A huge number of calls are from the people who want to complain about the bad behaviour of their neighbour or getting fined by the traffic cops. We need people to come forward with serious complaints so that we can plan and set trap to catch the guilty," said the officer.

Free of cost

So far no time limit has been set for the plan and the mobile companies are also providing the service free of cost.

"The basic purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness among the people and we want to make them understand that CBI is there to take up their rightful case," said the agency.

Source: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/sep/120908-CBI-sms-drive-corruption-huge-response.htm

CBI framing Krishna, Rajkumar

By: MiD DAY Correspondent Date: 2008-07-17

The families of Krishna, medical assistant of Dr Rajesh Talwar, and Rajkumar, the domestic help of the Duranis both accused in the murders of Arushi and Hemraj have alleged that the CBI is framing the duo.

Allurements offered

Family members of the two accused alleged that initially the CBI lured them with money in return of 'help'. They claimed that they were offered a flat and car for their 'cooperation'.

When we refused to cooperate the officials of the investigating agency threatened us that Krishna and Rajkumar would be pushed from the terrace and it would be made to look as if they were killed while trying to escape.

Being framed

Talking to the media, along with leaders of the Nepali community in the city, the family members alleged that the CBI is cooking up stories and have "chosen the characters". They claimed that in its bid to save the skin of Dr Rajesh Talwar, the CBI is framing the "poor".

Their family also alleged that the CBI had forced and threatened Krishna to take the name of Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal.

Moreover, during the interrogation and before the narco test they were physically tortured and were not allowed to sleep.

Decent Rakjumar

Rajkumar's cousin Dev Hari Gautam who is in Delhi since he heard about him, said, "I know him since childhood. He cannot even kill a hen. When I came here and met his owner Prafull and Anita Durani, they assured me that Rajkumar has nothing to do with the case and he was called for interrogation only. They also told me that he was at home when Arushi and Hemraj were murdered.

"Gautam added, "Anita Durani told me that my brother was very decent. If he had any bad feeling for Arushi then why would I have kept him at my home. Even my daughter is as old as Arushi."

Mohan, brother of Krishna said, "Krishna was taken to Talwar's residence and was asked to sleep there, walk bare foot and open the doors. He was also asked to hold the glass full of beer and drink it."

Latest meeting

"In my latest meeting with Krishna, he had told me that the CBI officers were asking him to say that he had given weapon of crime to Sujata. Krishna or any one from my family doesn't know any one called Sujata. My brother is innocent," he added.

Fight against CBI

Krishna's family demanded clear explanations from the CBI. The families of the accused also said that they would collectively fight against the CBI.

They questioned, if the CBI knows every thing about the murder then why they have failed to recover mobile of Arushi and Hemraj. IT also failed to find out the weapon of crime.

If Krishna and Rajkumar were the killers, they could easily throw away their clothes if they can throw the weapon and mobile phones, the families said.

Krishna's family also said that they will ask Nepal MEA to step in and ask lawyers from Nepal to come to India to fight their case.

Source: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/jul/170708Krishna.htm