Ex-RAW director granted bail in spying case

After remaining in jail for four years, a retired Director of Research and Analysis Wing RAW arrested for passing sensitive information to a CIA agent was today granted bail by a local court which also restrained him from leaving the country.
Additional Session Judge Inder Jeet Singh gave the reprieve to Brigadier (Retd) Ujjawal Dasgupta, who has been in jail since July 19, 2006, on a personal and surety bond of Rs 75,000 each.
Dasgupta, former Director (Computers), RAW, was arrested for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act by passing on sensitive information to an American diplomat Rosanna Minchew who was allegedly acting as a spy.
Taking into consideration his advanced age of over 64 years and the fact that that other co-accused in the case were out on bail, the court granted relief to the former Brigadier who has been charged with offences punishable upto 14 years jail term. The court, however, warned him against contacting any witnesses of the case.
The other accused in the case Commodore (Retd) Mukesh Saini, who was working with the National Security Council Secretariat and a Senior System Analyst Shib Shankar Paul at the Secretariat, have already been released on bail. All of them were arrested in 2006 by the Delhi Police Special Cell on charges of passing secret information Minchew. Dasgupta was looking after the development of a ‘Anveshak’, a database management system. The court, in its “prima facie” observation, said Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory analysis of seized hard disk showed that that computer files related to Anveshak were last accessed in March 2005.
The American Diplomat was given visa in August, 2005 to coordinate Indo-US Cyber Security Forum. The Delhi High Court had on July two turned down a plea of a retired Director of RAW seeking direction to disclose information under the RTI Act about the software ‘Anveshak’ which was crucial to his defence in the espionage case filed against him.

Ex-RAW director granted bail in spying case

After remaining in jail for four years, a retired Director of Research and Analysis Wing RAW arrested for passing sensitive information to a CIA agent was today granted bail by a local court which also restrained him from leaving the country.
Additional Session Judge Inder Jeet Singh gave the reprieve to Brigadier (Retd) Ujjawal Dasgupta, who has been in jail since July 19, 2006, on a personal and surety bond of Rs 75,000 each.
Dasgupta, former Director (Computers), RAW, was arrested for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act by passing on sensitive information to an American diplomat Rosanna Minchew who was allegedly acting as a spy.
Taking into consideration his advanced age of over 64 years and the fact that that other co-accused in the case were out on bail, the court granted relief to the former Brigadier who has been charged with offences punishable upto 14 years jail term. The court, however, warned him against contacting any witnesses of the case.
The other accused in the case Commodore (Retd) Mukesh Saini, who was working with the National Security Council Secretariat and a Senior System Analyst Shib Shankar Paul at the Secretariat, have already been released on bail. All of them were arrested in 2006 by the Delhi Police Special Cell on charges of passing secret information Minchew. Dasgupta was looking after the development of a ‘Anveshak’, a database management system. The court, in its “prima facie” observation, said Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory analysis of seized hard disk showed that that computer files related to Anveshak were last accessed in March 2005.
The American Diplomat was given visa in August, 2005 to coordinate Indo-US Cyber Security Forum. The Delhi High Court had on July two turned down a plea of a retired Director of RAW seeking direction to disclose information under the RTI Act about the software ‘Anveshak’ which was crucial to his defence in the espionage case filed against him.

Over Rs.60 lakh withdrawn fraudulently from Air Force’s public fund

A case of fraudulent withdrawal of money from Indian Air Force’s public fund account with a nationalized bank has been detected by AFCAO (Air Force Central Accounts Office) officials.

The withdrawals were done using counterfeit cheques with forged signatures that were cleared by the bank.

The IAF has instituted an enquiry into the case and has also filed an FIR with the civil police. The IAF has also ordered validation of all its public and non-public accounts held at all Air Force establishments.

In a systematic fraud over a week from June 4-10, a total of 15 cheques amounting to Rupees 48,41,910 have been realized through the Bank against accounts of purportedly non-existent individuals, across the country.

The fraudsters, however, have managed to withdraw about Rs. 14 lakhs through various ATMs across several states, according to bank sources. The exact figure is yet to be ascertained.

The bank has, meanwhile, agreed to reverse the entire lost amount to the IAF’s Public Fund, as it was their responsibility to verify the genuineness of the cheques and their signatories. The cheques were dropped at drop boxes at various places and the banking system failed to detect the fraudulent cheques with fake signatures.

INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL : SALMAN KHAN AND ARBAZ KHAN WITH INDIAN NAVY

On the occasion of the Independence Day , Salman Khan and Arbaz Khan interacts with the Indian Navy Personnel on board INS Hansa at Goa. He had a lunch with the Naval Personnel.Indian Naval Personnel enjoyed on this occasion and the enthusiasm level was also increases. Khan brothers did Bhangra with the Naval tigers. Hats off to you Sallu Bhai. We Salute the Indian Navy and their families to be a part of the Navy. Here are some snapshot.

Indian Navy, Coast Guard making frantic efforts as Mumbai oil slick spreads

The Indian Navy and Coast Guard are making frantic efforts to contain the oil leak following the collision of two cargo ships off the Mumbai coast, which has entered its third day today, and is spreading fast and thick.“Six ships and a helicopter with anti pollution disposal spray systems have been put on the job to contain the oil spill,” said a Coast Guard official.

“Fishing associations have been also requested not to carry out any fishing activities till the oil spill is contained,” he added.

It has been reported that traffic at the harbour has been partially suspended as a precaution following the fall of around 200 oil containers from the MSC Chitra, an outbound merchant vessel from Navi Mumbai, after a collision with another vessel, the MV Khalijia-III on Saturday.

“MSC Chitra has tilted 80 degrees and the total oil spill is nearly 50 tonnes. So far, 300 containers carrying oil have tumbled into the water,” said Arun Singh, Commandant (Operations), Coast Guard.

There are reports that a high-level meeting has been called to assess the situation and discuss the steps that should be taken to bring the situation under control.

Officials of Maharashtra Government Environment Department, National Disaster Response Force, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Shipping Department, Mumbai Port Trust and other concerned agencies are expected to attend the meeting.

The Directorate General of Shipping has initiated an investigation into the incident.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan expressing concern over the issue said all efforts are being made to contain the leak.

“This is a serious issue. We have already filed cases against the captains of the two ships, which are from abroad. Today, I am going to have an aerial look at the accident site. We are trying to contain the leak as far as possible,” he added.

Mumbai Port Trust chairman Rahul Asthana, however, said the spill was not major, but admitted that the position of the MSC Chitra was ‘dangerous’.