Searched by CBI days ago, IAS officer kills himself, family, son is critical

Senior IAS officer and Protector General of Emigrants in the Ministry of Overseas Affairs Jagadananda Panda shot four of his family members before killing himself at his ancestral home in Bargarh, Orissa.

The Central Bureau of Investigation had searched his office and residence on July 22 over an emigration scam in Chennai. The 53year-old Orissa-cadre officer, on Central deputation since 2006, shot his father Munshi (75), wife Surekha (46), elder sister Bijayalaxmi (57) and younger sister Kishori (44) before killing himself with a pistol at his home in Deogaon village at around 2 am on Friday.

Panda also tried to kill his son 22-year-old Swapneswar Panda, an engineering student, who is now battling for his life at a government hospital in Sambalpur.

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Central Bureau of Investigation gives Tytler clean chit in 1984 riots case

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls as the party candidate from North-East Delhi, today got a clean chit from the CBI in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case after the probe agency found no “incriminating evidence” of his involvement.

In its final investigation report, the CBI requested Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Rakesh Pandit to drop prosecution proceedings against the Congress leader. With the CBI counsel confirming that the final report had been submitted as a cancellation report, the ACMM put it up for consideration on April 9 — that’s when a decision will be taken on the report.

Reacting to the CBI move, Tytler said the outcome of the probe was nothing beyond his expectation because he was “innocent” and the accusations against him were “false”.

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Another Army officer joined Abhinav Bharat, Lt Col had told Central Bureau of Investigation

Lt.Col. Prasad Purohit, arrested in connection with the Malegaon blast, told his interrogators from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that another serving officer in the Army, a Colonel who was Purohit’s neighbour in Panchmarhi, was recruited by Abhinav Bharat and made an office-bearer of the radical Hindu group in April 2008.

The Colonel also attended an Abhinav Bharat meeting held in Faridabad, which, Purohit said, was also attended by Samir Kulkarni and Ramesh Upadhayay — arrested in the Malegaon blast case and Dr R. P. Singh, a Delhi based doctor, among others.

Purohit also told his interrogators that he went to Kolkata in February to attend a programme organized by Tapan Ghosh, a radical Hindu activist, where he was introduced to two Bangladeshi nationals, one of whom was identified as Raju Saha.

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