QAhmedabad: DPIL Promoter Moves Gujarat HC for Bail & More

Here is your roundup of the top stories from Ahmedabad: Sumit Bhatnagar Had moved the HC for Bail on same grounds

Amit Bhatnagar (right) with PM Narendra Modi (left) and BJP leader Saurabh Patel (centre). Image used for representational purposes only.

(Photo Courtesy: Amit Bhatnagar/Facebook)

1. Bank Fraud Case: DPIL Promoter Moves to HC Again for Bail

Diamond Power Infrastructure Limited (DPIL) promoter Sumit Bhatnagar, who is behind bars in connection with a Rs 2,654 crore bank fraud case, has again moved to the Gujarat High Court seeking temporary bail of 15 days.

The bail has been sought to help his daughter, a special child, with her subject selection in class XI and to ascertain her percentage of disability in order to avail of relaxations meant for special children.

Sumit had earlier moved to Gujarat High Court seeking month-long bail citing the same grounds. However, he had to withdraw the petition on 20 May after the counsel for the state government vehemently opposed the plea, arguing that Sumit had availed of temporary bails time and again citing one reason or another.

(Source: DNA)

2. Villagers in Patan Stay Put: ‘Won’t Allow Our Land to Be Used for Waste Disposal’

Following stiff opposition from the residents of Chanasma taluka in Patan district against a proposed landfill site to dispose of hazardous industrial waste, state authorities have decided to indefinitely postpone public hearing to register objections of the people against the project.

The public hearing was scheduled for 11 June.

Regional Manager of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), Murali Krishna, said, “The public hearing was scheduled on 11 June. But, because of widespread opposition to the project, the project proponents had proposed to postpone it. And accordingly, we have granted the request today. We have asked them (project proponents) to announce the postponement in newspapers tomorrow. The new date for the public hearing will be announced later.”

(Source: Indian Express)

3. As Chinese Industrial Park Takes Shape Near Sachana, Visiting Officials Plan Tour

A 44-member delegation from China will be touring Sachana in Ahmedabad district where a Chinese industrial park is being built over 200 hectares, state government sources said on Friday, 7 June.

“The China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME) has acquired 200 hectares and is building the park,” said Rajkumar Beniwal, Managing Director of Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb) on the sidelines of “2019 China (Guangdong)-India (Gujarat) Economic and Trade Cooperation Conference” being held in Ahmedabad.

iNDEXTb is a Gujarat government arm that helps attract investments to the state.

“The state government is playing only a role of a facilitator in this project. Tomorrow, the Chinese delegation will be visiting areas where the proposed park is coming up,” Beniwal said, adding that non-polluting industries will be set in the new industrial park.

(Source: Indian Express)

4. Surat Fire Tragedy: Arrested Engineer Emerges Key Accused

Jayesh Solanki, the deputy engineer of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), who was arrested earlier this week has emerged as a key accused in the May 24 Surat fire tragedy at a city’s commercial complex, Takshashila Arcade, that killed 22 young students.

Solanki had allegedly regularised illegal structures of the three-storeyed complex under impact fee. The Crime Branch, which is investigating the case, is planning to again question SMC architect H M Mangukiya since he had signed the documents regularising the illegal construction at Takshashila Arcade.

(Source: Indian Express)

5. Gujarat Congress Leader Kishan Singh Tomar’s Daughter Uses Fake Documents for Job

A case was lodged with the Gomtipur Police Station after it was revealed that Congress leader Kishan Singh Tomar’s daughter had submitted a forged certificate of Lucknow University to get a teacher’s job in the Seth CL Hindi medium high school.

According to police officials, in the year 2013, using the fake degree, Madhuri Tomar had joined the school in which her father Kishan Singh Tomar was also a trustee. The verification of the certificate at the time was done by Madhuri’s husband Vijay Pratap Singh and she was recruited as a teacher.

Five years later, she applied to get a permanent teacher’s post at the school and her documents were sent to Gandhinagar for verification. It was revealed that no such certificate was issued to Madhuri and that the document was a fake. Six months after the incident, a complaint was lodged.

(Source: DNA)