QWrap: Pak JIT Gives Evidence, Panama Papers & Hema Malini Trolled

Here’s a quick wrap of the day’s top stories.

QWrap: 05.04.16

1. Pak JIT Provided Additional Evidence on JeM’s Pathankot Role: NIA

The Quint has learnt from top sources in the NIA that the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT) conducted a preliminary inquiry into the Pathankot terror attack before coming to India.

2. Panama Leak: IT Dept Chasing Tax Havens, Adani’s Surname Change

The Panama Papers not only confirm what Indian security agencies had in their dossier on Iqbal Mirchi, who allegedly handled finances of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but also expose the network of offshore companies that the Mirchi family used to pick up properties, reports The Indian Express.

3. Foreigners Attacked, Molested by Group of Drunk Men in Ajmer

Four foreigners were allegedly attacked and looted by around six unidentified youths, who also molested one of them in Ajmer district in Rajasthan. The attackers were allegedly inebriated.

4. Waqar Younis Steps Down as Pakistan Coach

A day after Shahid Afridi stepped down as the captain of Pakistan’s T20 team, under-fire head coach Waqar Younis resigned from his position, alleging that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) did not pay any heed to his recommendations, as a result of which the team was not “moving forward”.

5. Wicket-Keeper Batsman Sarfraz Ahmed Named Pakistan’s T20 Captain

Wicket-keeper batsman Sarfraz Ahmed has been appointed as captain of Pakistan’s Twenty20 team, replacing Shahid Afridi who resigned from the position after the side’s dismal performance in the World T20.

6. Even 23 Years Later, Divya Bharti’s Death Remains a Mystery

Disappointment in love, mounting debts and an altercation with three policemen who had allegedly barged into her apartment were cited as the motives last week behind the suicide of TV star Pratyusha Bannerjee.

Indeed, the end of Divya Bharti exactly 23 years ago today, also remains a mystery: an unsolved case hovering between an accidental fall and a death wish. Some had even suspected a conspiracy theory involving the hand of the underworld.

7. Twitterati Condemns Hema Malini’s Harsh ‘Senseless Suicides’ Tweet

Actor-politician Hema Malini is getting some flak on Twitter for her tweets about ‘senseless suicides’. Though she doesn’t mention the late TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, she does hint that she has no patience for those who ‘succumb under pressure and give up easily’.

8. Model Talk: What It Takes to Be a Stunner on the Fashion Week Ramp

Looking pretty on the ramp doesn’t come that easy. There’s oodles of hard work that goes into it: from keeping up with intensive diets and sweating it out in the gym to trusting your makeup artist blindly. The stunning international model Nadia lets you in on the prep needed for the madness and the fiesta that is the annual Lakme Fashion Week.