The Kerala Police are investigating the mysterious deaths of an IRS officer, his sister, and their mother in Kochi. The officer, Maneesh Vijay, and his sister, Shalini Vijay, were found hanging inside their house, while their mother, Shakuntala Agarwal, was discovered dead on her bed. Police have not yet established a direct link between the deaths and a CBI case in which Shalini was summoned as an accused. Preliminary findings suggest the siblings died by suicide, but the cause of their mother's death is still under investigation. The family had been residing in the quarters for the past year and a half but reportedly kept to themselves, maintaining limited interaction with neighbours, police added.
At least 30 patients have lost their lives in the ongoing stir by resident doctors in at least 50 government and private hospitals in Rajasthan.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the plea of controversial godman Chandraswami alias Nemi Chand Jain, who is facing prosecution in twelve Foreign Exchange Regulation Act cases, to travel abroad. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's plea that the accused, if permitted to go abroad, may not come back to face trial in the country. Allowing Chandraswami's plea to visit the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Mauritius.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Delhi High Court order allowing controversial godman Chandraswami, who is facing prosecution in a dozen criminal case, to go abroad to meet his disciples.
CBI counsel Mohammed Shakeel told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravinder Dudeja that the agency wanted to show the evidence to the court.
Neeraj Shekhar, son of late PM Chandra Shekhar with whom Chandraswami was closely linked, attended the cremation.
He was seen as one of former PM Rao's trusted aides and advisers.
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