FIR against Modi Sugar Mills chiefs
Ghaziabad, May 25: Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ritu Maheswari has ordered lodging a FIR against Modi Sugar Mills Lts Managing Director Umesh Kumar Modi and Chief Executive Officer Ved Pal Singh Malik for not paying arrears of sugarcane farmers.
A communique from the district information office states that the farmers' sugarcane payment for 2017-18 have not been paid in time and an amount of Rs 21,296 lakh is still pending towards them.
District Sugar Officer Namita Kashyap and Maheswari had already notified them to clear the arrears but the sugar mill has not shown any inclination towards payment process.
Therefore on May 25, an FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/7 of Commodity Act, 1955 was filed by Ajay Pratap Singh, Secretary, Cooperative Sugarcane Development Committee Modi Nagar.
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Tirupati: Four devotees waiting for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam tickets die in stampede
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 8: Four devotees, including three women, died and several more were injured in a stampede here on Wednesday night as hundreds of them jostled for tickets for Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on Tirumala Hills, a police official said.
Hundreds of devotees turned up from across the country for the 10-day Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam commencing from January 10.
"Three women and a man died in the stampede," the official confirmed to PTI.
Meanwhile, videos of police administering CPR on a couple of woman devotees and injured persons being shifted in ambulances went viral.
