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Ahmedabad: Gujarat high court(HC) on Monday permitted the Su-preme Court-appointed special in-vestigation team (SIT) to recordvoice samples of Naroda Gam caseaccused, Babu Bajrangi and Jai-deep Patel.

Setting aside an order passedearlier by a special court hearingthe riots case, Justice MR Shah al-lowed the state government’s andSIT’s application to collect voicesamples of the accused persons,

who were seen in tapes of Oper-ation Kalank in 2007, making extra-judicial confession to the crime.

SIT’s special prosecutor, AjayChoksi sought the samples to be re-corded at the All India Radio. Afterthe voice recording, the samplesare to be sent to the Forensic Sci-ence Laboratory (FSL) at Jaipurfor the purpose of comparison andanalysis. The tapes of the sting op-eration were also verified by theJaipur FSL, when CBI had probedinto the authenticity of the videorecording.

On March 4 this year, while re-fusing SIT to collect voice samples,

vestigation, but of the court. Moreover, the trial court men-

tioned that legislature has provi-sion for only specimen signatureand handwriting. Hence the courtcannot invoke Section 311-A ofCrPC because there is no referenceto voice sample in the amended leg-islation.

Interestingly, two courts hear-ing SIT cases — Gulbarg Societymassacre case and the Naroda Pa-tia case — had permitted the probeagency to collect voice samples ofthe accused.

SH Vora, a special judge hearingNaroda Gam case, observed thatthe Indian Evidence Act and theCriminal Procedure Code have no“expressed and specific provision”for directing an accused to givevoice sample for comparison.

The lower court also observedthat by collecting voice samples,SIT was not going to bring freshevidence on record because thevoices have already been recordedduring the sting operation. Andcomparing voice samples or hand-writing is not a subject of police in-

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Voices Of Babu Bajrangi And Jaideep Patel To Be Analysed In 2002 Riot Case

HC permits SIT to record voice samples

Jaideep Patel Babu Bajrangi

Thiruvananthapuram/Ahme-dabad: Retired Gujarat DGP R BSreekumar alleged that Special Investigation Team headed byex-CBI chief RK Raghavan prob-ing Gujarat riots has actually functioned as a team ‘B’ of Gujaratpolice.

“None of the evidence provid-ed by me have been considered by the SIT for reasons best knownto them,” Sreekumar said at ameet-the-press organised by PressClub in Thiruvananthapuram onMonday.

Reacting to reports that SIThad given a clean chit to Gujaratchief minister Narendra Modi inthe riots cases, Sreekumar said hehad given 35 pages of evidence toSIT on what happened in Gujaratduring the 2002 riots, which wereignored. He is consulting lawyers

about the possibility of movingSupreme Court.

In a letter submitted to Ragha-van, just before the SIT status re-port on the complaint filed by Za-kia Jafri was leaked out,Sreekumar pointed out the veraci-ty of the evidence provided in hissix affidavits to the Nanavati-Meh-ta commission, which was alsosubmitted to the SIT. Jafri had fileda complaint against Modi and 62others, blaming them of omissionand commission during the riots.

Reacting to the SIT holding for-mer minister of state for homeGordhan Zadaphia, retired ADGPMK Tandon and IGP PB Gondiaguilty in this inquiry, Sreekumartold TOI over the phone, “This is aclear move to assuage the feelingsof Mrs Jafri and saving Mr Modiand co in the conspiracy case.” Ac-cording to him, Zadaphia is a per-

sona non grata as far as Modi isconcerned. “He did not play anyrole in the parading of Godhra car-nage victims’ bodies in Ahmeda-bad,” he said.

Sreekumar’s affidavits con-tain evidence in the form of a di-ary which he kept when he wasstate intelligence chief, recordinghow illegal orders were given tohim by bureaucrats in Modi’s gov-ernment. The note to SIT chief, hasa point-by-point argument againstwhat Sreekumar says was a cam-paign by ‘advocates of the stategovernment and accused personsin the Jafri complaint to denigratethe veracity of my evidence andmalign me’. He also refers to the‘cajoling and intimidating’ by thethen undersecretary (home) Di-nesh Kapadia and secretary(home) GC Murmu, to suppress in-formation before the commission.

SIT functioned as B team ofGujarat police: SreekumarTNN & AGENCIES

It appeared as if ‘IncredibleIndia’ had got replicated atAnand Niketan Shilaj as

heritage monuments including

Red fort,Fatehpur Sikri,QutubMinar,Konark Sun Temple,TajMahal among others, werereplicated on Saturday.

As many as 28 heritagesites recognised by UNESCO,consisting of temples, monu-ments, caves, sanctuar-ies and railwayswere at display

through stories,m u l t i m e d i a ,p a i n t i n g s ,sketches andclay models. Over

500 students from class V to XIparticipated in the event,whichwas an effort of around 15 days.The exhibition took viewersinto the past and gave a glimpseof various eras from Mesolith-ic age to the modern period.

Even the theme for annu-al day celebration was ‘WorldHeritage Sites of India’. Eventthrough drama and dances

made an attempt to createan awareness of our

rich cultural heritage so as toprotect it, preserveit and pass it

on to the next

generation.

Young guardiansof India’s heritage!

As part of the annualday celebrations,Rachna School,

Shahibaug, presented ‘Rang

Tarang’-a medley of per-formances by the students,who performed with graceand confidence. The morn-ing folded into various stageplays and performances in

English, Hindi and Gujaratifollowed by a folk dance ofGujarat by Gangaba School,Ashram Road.

Each act had an underly-

ing message for the audiencewhich is relevant in today’sworld wrapped in a perfectmix of humor and great per-formances apart from the pro-fessionalism maintained tobring about a brilliant show.School director Jayshree Lalb-hai said, “Having such eventsamidst academic session givesstudents a much neededbreak, and this is the timewhen the students display

their varied sides and its in-credible to see the output”.

Students displaying model of Red Fort during an exhibition

Rachana’ites showcase talent

Ahmedabad: An accused in the Soh-rabuddin Sheikh fake encountercase, N K Amin, on Monday soughtone more adjournment from thecourt in the proceedings on his appli-cation to turn an approver and seek-ing pardon.

Interestingly, the investigatingagency did not take any objection toAmin’s request. Following this, addi-tional chief judicial magistrate A YDave kept the hearing on Amin’s pleaon December 18. Amin sought timefrom the court to study CBI’s statusreport filed in the Supreme Court andto collect necessary documents.

Amin, who was arrested in 2007 inthis controversial case, was chargedwith destruction of evidence by theearlier probe agency, CID (crime). Hewas booked under Section 201 of IPC.When Gujarat police was investigat-

ing, police inspector V A Rathodnamed Amin in his statement. Aminled the legal battle against the probeagency’s move to make Rathod a wit-ness. Ultimately, Gujarat high courthad to decide the issue and Rathodwas made an accused, taking the tallyof the accused cops to 14.

However, when investigation wastransferred to CBI, the new probeagency levelled charges of conspir-acy and murder also against Amin inits charge sheet filed on July 23, andbooked him under Section 302 and120B of IPC.

Just four days after he was ac-cused of murder, Amin moved an ap-plication that he will turn an approv-er and reveal the hitherto notdisclosed details of the case. CBI, too,has been eager to know how Kauserbiwas killed, and informed the courtthat it has no objection if Amin is par-doned.

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Ahmedabad: Shruti Kulkarni of SVNIT in Surat took partin Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay’s annual in-ternational science and technology festival called Techfestin January. Though she did not bag a prize in the competi-tion, she had reason to come back smiling. “The event wasnot only a fun-filled time, but it was also an opportunity tomeet students from other parts of the country and abroadand understand more about the field,” said Kulkarni.

She is one of thousands of students from Gujarat whotake part in Techfest each year, making the participationfrom Gujarat the second highest. Only Maharashtra isahead of Gujarat.

With a promising rise in registrations form the state thistime as well, the upcoming edition of event, Techfest 2011 tobe held between January 7 and 9, is once again expectinghigh participation from Gujarat. Media coordinator of thefestival, Ronnie Philip said, “The registration process is onat present but looking at the trend, it seems Gujarat will takethe number two position this time as well.”

IIT Bombay student and media and marketing managerof Techfest 2011 Neeraj Kookada said, “Till now we have re-ceived around 55,000 registrations in the competition eventsand workshops. Of these, around 10,000 registrations arefrom Gujarat.” While 3,148 students from Gujarat took partin Techfest 2009, the number rose 3,876 out of a total ofaround 20,000 in 2010.

Some of the institutes from Gujarat that are sending stu-dents for the event in large numbers in 2010 include SVNIT,Surat, and MS University Vadodara, which are both sending800 students each. Nirma Institute of Technology in Ahme-dabad and DAIICT in Gandhinagar will both see nearly 700students participating in the event.

Guj students makepresence felt at IIT-B’s Techfest

Dayananda Meitei | TNN

File photo of the IIT Bombay’s Techfest held in January this year

Ahmedabad: The way for-ward for a city in today’s glob-alised world is by making abrand out of it. And this is pos-sible only when its citizens col-laborate and participate ingovernance issues, said chiefminister Narendra Modi at theinaugural session of the three-day brainstorming session forthe newly-elected municipalcouncilors of Ahmedabad Mu-nicipal Corporation (AMC).

Modi pointed towards Chi-na which took every visitor toShanghai, instilling a gloriousimage of the country as awhole. “If China can think ofsuch strategies why can’t weplan something for our four ci-ties in Gujarat? After spendingmany years in politics, I havefelt that it is difficult to takeprogressive strides if one re-stricts vision for a city or thestate to just the number of

votes they gain.”Cleanliness and a slum-

free city were keys to shapingAhmedabad’s image, Modi in-sisted. “It’s pleasing to noticethat the same Amdavadi whomay throw garbage outside onthe main roads or spit in cor-ners, holds back those urgeswhen once inside the Kanka-ria lake premises. The lake isan experiment which willshow Amdavadis that cleanli-ness is on their conscience andthe habit should be allowed toexpress itself in a person’s im-mediate living or work envi-ronment.”

Modi even indicated that aspecial body of individualsshould be formed to help thecity think collectively. “Thecity largely owes it to millworkers who made this city. Itis one of the few cities in thecountry which is formed ofpeople who had come here insearch of opportunities.”

Time to take brandAhmedabad forward: Modi

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Ahmedabad: A group of sixBangladeshi nationals wasnabbed by a team of Isanpurpolice station officials onSunday night. They hadcome to sell off stolen goodsat a local market.

According to Isanpur po-lice, a team led by sub-inspec-tor G K Ilasariya got a tip-offthat a group was coming toShantipura to sell stolengoods. They were soon in-formed that a group match-ing the description had ar-rived. “We found three digitalcameras and cash from them.They were taken to the policestation. The men confessedthat they had stolen the goodsfrom a shop in Naranpura.We have arrested IsmailShaikh, 24, Zakir HusainShaikh, 22, MohammedLuntkarmulla, 22, Moinud-din Shaikh, 18, Mohsin Sar-dar, 19 and Mohammed AfzalMulla, 18,” said a cop. TNN

Six Bangladeshinationals caughtfor theft

Gandhinagar: Nine studentsof Entrepreneurship Develop-ment Institute of India (EDI)left behind the IIMs and othertop notch B-schools in the coun-try and made a clean sweep ofall the top prizes of ‘NationalBusiness Olympiad’ at IIM-AConfluence 2010 which endedrecently.

The students were pittedagainst as many as 20 teams ofIIM-A and many more teamsfrom other B schools like Facul-ty of Management Studies andIndian Institute of ForeignTrade from Delhi, SP Jain Insti-tute of Management and Re-search, and Narsee Monjee In-stitute of Management Studiesfrom Mumbai and Symbiosisinstitute of Business Manage-ment from Pune among others.

National Business Olym-piad is one of the largest eventsat the confluence which also

has the biggest prize money ofRs 1 lakh as the first prize. Theevent is a business simulationcompetition for the manage-ment students with an objec-tive to test knowledge, skillsand decision making in the ar-ea of finance, marketing, oper-ations and research and devel-opment.

“Everyone at the event wasshocked when EDI bagged allthe three prizes. They wouldhave hardly known how hardwe worked for it. We kept prac-tising 24 hours a day,” said EDIstudent Abhishek Goenka.

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