Ahimsa Times 2008 02 SrNo 92

Author(s): Ahimsa Times
Publisher: Ahimsa Times

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and brought the incident to the notice of the Archeological Survey of India and authorities in Gujarat, Delhi and Mumbai. On February 5, the Archeological department of Gandhinagar directed the STBMMT to restore the idols in Patan, however, no action has been taken yet.
ALLEGED MOLESTATION OF JAIN SADHWI AT PALITANA A Jain sadhvi has alleged molestation outside a dharmshala in the pilgrimage town of Palitana in Gujarat. This has outraged the Jain community of the entire region. In a police complaint, the 27year-old sadhvi told that a man attacked her on February 9, when she had gone into the open field behind the dharmshala to attend to the nature's call. She said the man molested her and ran away when she shouted for help. As the community threatened a major agitation, the police held an identification parade , in which the sadhvi identified a balloon-seller, Laxman Bhara, who lives near the place, as the culprit. Bhara was immediately arrested. Palitana police inspector, R. J. Waghela said Bhara had taken the sadhvi by surprise, pushed her to the ground and tried to gag her. But sadhvi's cries forced Bhara to flee, he said. The sadhvi had immediately informed the caretakers of dharmshala about the incident. The police was called in, but the caretakers didn't want to register the complaint initially, preferring to discuss the issue among themselves first. Maharaj Revant Vijay ji of the Palitana Jain temple has demanded stern action against the accused. Courtesy: Mahavir S. Chavan.
FORMER MCD COUNCILOR OF DELHI ASHOK JAIN FORMALLY CHARGED FOR MURDER New Delhi, Feb 22 Two days after arresting him, Delhi Police has finally charged former Municipal Corporation of Delhi councillor, Ashok Jain and eight others with plotting the murder of a citybased builder last year. Filing the charge sheet in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alok Kumar Aggarwal, the Delhi Police crime branch said that Jain along with Pramod Singh, Bhishm Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Pravin Kohli, Gopal Krishan Aggarwal, Desh Raj, Hitender alias Pappu and Rishi Pal had hatched a criminal conspiracy to murder Vijay Dhaiya due to personal enmity. The court took cognisance of the chargesheet under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder) and 404 (dishonest misappropriation of property belonging to a deceased person) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and posted the matter for further hearing. Jain was arrested Feb 20 in Chanakyapuri. Businessman Dhaiya was murdered in Hauz Qazi in September last year. Jain had allegedly hatched a criminal conspiracy with Gopal Krishan Aggarwal and Rishi Pal to murder Dhaiya due to personal enmity.
IRS OFFICER PRIYESH JAIN HELD FOR CHEATING He is working as an assistant controller with P&T department. Priyesh Jain, a probationary Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, has been arrested by the Sion police on a charge of cheating. According to the police, Jain forged the signatures of his childhood friend and operated her demat account for share transactions. Jain had cleared his IRS examination in the handicapped category in 2006 and was ranked 462, the police said. He is currently working as an assistant controller in the Post and Telegraph (P&T) department and is awaiting his IRS posting. The complainant, Lakshmi, who is a journalist, got to know of the forgery when she received a letter from the Munda port and special economic zone. The letter said the money she had paid for the allotment of shares was being returned to her because she was not allotted any shares, the police said. "When Lakshmi enquired about the share allotment application, she got to know that it was Priyesh Jain who had applied for shares from her account by forging her signatures. Based on Lakshmi's complaint, the police registered a case of forgery against Jain. "During investigation, police found evidence that Priyesh
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