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New Indian Express
5 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Collector, SP visit LWE-hit village in Malkangiri
MALKANGIRI: Malkangiri collector Ashish Iswar Patil and SP Vinod Patil visited the Left Wing Extremism-affected Tulsi village under Mathili block bordering Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. The duo along with Mathili BDO Pramod Behera and other officials inspected the progress of the ongoing road construction from Temurupally gram panchayat to Tulsi village. The collector instructed the Rural Division-I officials and the executing agency to ensure that the under-construction culvert on the road is completed before the monsoon so that the Border Security Force (BSF) deployed in the area doesn't face communication disruptions during the rainy season. Both the collector and SP engaged with the villagers on various local issues and assured them of continued government support. Ashish directed the Mathili block administration to ensure that benefits of all government schemes reach the village. Tulsi village is a strategically important location due to its proximity to Chhattisgarh. The presence of BSF there aims to prevent the possible influx of Maoists from the neighbouring state.


Time of India
11-05-2025
- Time of India
Witness credibility in doubt, 2 cleared of '05 passport forgery
Mumbai: Raising doubts about the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses, a court has acquitted two south Mumbai residents who were accused of procuring passports by forgery and impersonation and attempting to travel to Dubai with them nearly 20 years chief judicial magistrate Vinod Patil cleared Abdul Rashid Ahmed Mistry (84), and Zuber Noor Mohammad Chali (64) of cheating, forgery, breach of trust and criminal conspiracy . According to the prosecution, based on a lookout notice, Mistry was intercepted at the city airport just before he could board a flight to Dubai under the alias Shoeb Ahmed Raza on Nov 19, 2005. During questioning, he allegedly revealed his identity and admitted to obtaining a passport using forged court noted that an immigration official deposed that a person named Shoeb Ahmed Raza submitted his passport and boarding pass at his counter and the documents matched the name on the lookout notice. Operation Sindoor 'Our job is to hit target, not to count body bags': Air Marshal Bharti on Op Sindoor Precautionary blackout imposed across parts of Rajasthan, Punjab 'Indian Navy was in position to strike Karachi': Vice Admiral on Operation Sindoor "He was the best person who could have identified the accused. However, he did not identify him," it said. It added that had the prosecution successfully established that the documents had been seized from the custody of the accused, then the onus of proving his innocence would have been on him. "But except for the investigating officer, no one has stated that those documents were seized from the accused... Panch witness Iqbal Rizvi... did not support the prosecution," the judge accused's counsel Aftab Qureshi said the prosecution did not produce any credible or independent evidence. "The case was based on unsubstantiated oral statements, lacking any corroboration."Sahar police had lodged the case, which was later transferred to DCB CID unit 8. The chargesheet was filed in Feb 2006 and charges framed in Nov 2008, but the trial began only in March 2015. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !