Aarushi case: Nupur Talwar fails to appear, court issues Non Bailable Wa...

A special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against murdered Aarushi Talwar's mother Nupur Talwar for failing to make an appearance in the court during hearing of the case.

The court issued the warrant after the CBI demanded the same due to her non appearance.Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar was present in court for the hearing and an order was awaited.

The special CBI court had on March 14 asked Nupur to appear in court within 30 days. But the Talwars' counsel sought exemption on the basis of a pending plea in the Supreme Court against facing trial.

The Talwars had sought a review of the Supreme Court order directing them to face trial in the murder of their daughter and domestic help Hemraj on the May 13, 2008.

Their review petition will be heard by the apex court on April 27.

NRHM scam: CBI issues notices to 11 officers, politicians

LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday morning issued notices to 11 officers, contractors and politicians summoning them to Delhi headquarters of the agency for questioning in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. In Lucknow, a dozen member team of the CBI has started visitng the primary health centers and community centers to verify if the money sanctioned to the people under different schemes of the NRHM were actually received by them and if yes then how have they spent it. The verification Those issued notices by the CBI include the Narendra Jain and his son Vivek Jain of Moradabad along with their business contact Saurabh Jain. Saurabh is believed to be the link between the former minister for family welfare Babu Singh Kushwaha and the contractors. The link is being seen as a critical one with regards to establishing the connivance of Kushwaha in the scam. The focus of the CBI investigations at these CHCs and PHCs is the implementation of Janani Suraksha Yojna (JSY) aimed at promoting institutionalised delivery of preagnent women in order to improve the infant mortality rate. In this scheme every expecting woman is entitled to a financial help of Rs 1400 in cash the child is delivered at the CHC / PHC. The CBI probe has unearthed instances where money was given to women as old as 60 years in age for delivery. In some places, initial verification has revealed that the beneficiary mentioned in the records was actually a man. In some other instances, some woman who had died 10 years ago, were issued financial help. In order to gather concrete evidence in these anomalies the CBI is conducting the verification exercise at the ground level and infront of the signing authority.

NRHM scam: CBI lodges eight FIRs

LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday night registered eight separate FIRs at its Lucknow office in connection with the swindling of funds and allegations of corruption in implementation of the National Rural Health Mission in the state. The move has paved way for initiating arrests in the cases, if the investigators saw a need for such an action . Sources in the CBI confirmed that a series of arrests were likely to follow in the next few days, including those of some senior officers , politicians, contractors and their families as well. The CBI move is sure to result in a political upheaval as the FIRs are related to anomalies committed during the present government itself and the action is sure to come as a fodder for the political opposition of the government to batter the BSP in the poll-bound state. The number of accused in these cases was expected to cross a couple of dozens but the exact count could not be ascertained yet as it will depend on the statements of those who have been prima-facie identified as the accused. The FIRs include names of some senior officers, former ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs. The cases have been registered under different sections of Prohibition of Corruption Act apart from the sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) that provide for action against forgery , fraud and graft. Sources confirmed that at least one FIR has been lodged against the State Health Society (SHC), which was the nodal agency for the NRHM implmentation. However , whether any particular name or designation has been identified as accused in the case, could not be confirmed. The CBI sources said that arrests were likely to include those whose names had figured in front companies that were being actually operated by politicians and officers of the health department. "In some instances , the individuals were not involved in the crime but there is evidence that they were pretty aware of it, hence they too will be deemed as accused," said senior officer.