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Rajasthan govt’s anti-corruption drive will become more stringent, says Ashok Gehlot after circular triggers row

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Pali: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Thursday that the Rajasthan government’s anti-corruption drive will become more stringent after the controversial circular issued by the Acting DG of Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau Hemant Priyadarshi on not making names, photos and videos of person or personnel accused in a bribery case public until proven guilty by a court.
During an interaction with reporters in Pali, CM Gehlot said, “The DG has issued the circular on the basis of the earlier order of the Supreme Court, but it does not mean that our campaign against the corrupt will end; rather our campaign will go on with more vigour.” CM Gehlot emphasized that DG’s circular is based on the decision of three judges of the Supreme Court.
Gehlot said, “Rajasthan is the only state in the country where the Anti-Corruption Bureau has carried out maximum raids. Even the Collector and SP have been arrested. The previous government did not bother to curb corruption. Our government has taken a stance against corruption.”
The Chief Minister also said, “FIR registration has been made mandatory in Rajasthan due to which the number of registered cases is increasing.”

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Acting DG of Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau Hemant Priyadarshi issued an order on Wednesday late evening, to all outposts in-charge unit in-charges of ACB that the Anti-Corruption Bureau won’t divulge the name and photos of the concerned person or personnel charged in bribery case during phone tapping procedure or later until he is proven guilty by the court.
Priyadarshi was made acting DG by the state government on Wednesday after the retirement of DG BL Soni of the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Within hours of getting the charge, he took out this order which stokes controversy.
Dismissing the opposition’s charge, CM Gehlot said in the paper leak case that strict action will be taken against the offenders.
“In our states, there’s at least an examination being conducted for jobs. I was in Gujarat. The young people don’t get jobs there. Among multiple exams in Rajasthan, there were one or two incidents of paper leaks. Then should we stop all the exams? asked the CM.”

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My daughter was terrified, didn’t report matter to police: Nidhi’s mother Sudesh in Kanjhawala case

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New Delhi: Sudesh, mother of Kanjhawala death case eye witness Nidhi, on Thursday, claimed that her daughter was terrified after the accident and that is why she did not report the matter to the police.
While talking to ANI, she said, “You would have got scared seeing Nidhi’s condition, she was so terrified.” Her response came against the backdrop of claims by Anjali’s mother where she termed the incident a “well thought-out conspiracy.”
Anjali’s maternal uncle, Prem said he suspected Nidhi’s involvement in his niece’s death and demanded a CBI inquiry in the case.
Claiming that Anjali’s mother was not speaking the truth, Sudesh said, “Nidhi came back home at 3 am. She told me a fatal accident has happened. The men tried to run the car over Nidhi as well. Nidhi survived with minor injuries. The car had tinted glass.”
Sudesh further said that she was unaware that Nidhi had gone to a party.
She said, “Nidhi did not tell me that she was going to a party. She had just told me that she is going to Shelly’s house.”

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Sudesh also refused to recognise Anjali as Nidhi’s friend.
“We are not going to run away. Whatever I am saying is the truth. Nidhi and Anjali did not know the accused men,” she added.
In an update, the Delhi Police on Thursday said that two more people have emerged as suspects in the horrific incident that took place in Delhi’s Khanjawala on New Year’s night in which a 20-year-old died after the scooter she was riding was hit by a car and then the car dragged her for a few kilometres under the wheels.
Addressing a press conference today Special Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Delhi Police Sagar Preet Hooda said the men are Ashutosh, the owner of the car, and Ankush, the brother of one of the accused. He said the two suspects would be arrested soon.
According to the police, the statement of eyewitness Nidhi has been recorded and no link has been found between the eye witness and the accused.

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