Passport case: Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera denied anticipatory bail by Gauhati HC
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera, against whom Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma has filed a defamation complaint.
The Congress leader has alleged that the CM’s wife possesses multiple passports as well as foreign property, following which Bhuyan Sarma filed the complaint against Khera and other people who concurred with him.
Khera filed a plea for an anticipatory bail on Monday and Justice Parthiv Jyoti Saikia, who heard the case on Tuesday, had reserved the judgment. On Friday, the judge rejected Khera’s plea for an anticipatory bail.
Bhuyan Sharma has filed criminal cases against Khera and others at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The Telangana High Court had earlier granted him a seven-day transit anticipatory bail, but the Assam Police moved the Supreme Court against it.
According to a Congress leader, the apex court passed an interim order to stay the Telangana HC’s grant of anticipatory transit bail and asked Khera to approach the Gauhati High Court, which has now denied him the bail.
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4 workers die after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.
The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.
The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.
They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.
Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.
