ACB raids home, office of female KAS Officer
Bengaluru: The Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted unexpected raids at the residence, office, and six other places associated with KAS officer Dr. B Sudha on Saturday morning, and recovered a large number of illegal assets.
Dr. Sudha’s residence at Bengaluru, flat at Yelahanka, her office at the Department of Information and Biotechnology at Shanti Nagar where she is working as the administrative officer, Byatarayanapura, Shrirampura at Mysuru, and the residences of her acquaintances at Chantar Tenkabettu in Udupi district were raided by the ACB. Investigations are underway.
During the raid, the ACB recovered a large number of gold ornaments that allegedly belongs to Dr. Sudha.
She was formerly working as the Special Land Acquisition Officer at the Bengaluru Development Authority. At present, she is working as the administrative officer at the Department of Information and Biotechnology at Shanti Nagar.
Based on the court-registered complaint made by a citizen, Dr. Sudha is being investigated for corruption and acquiring illegal assets during her tenure as the Special Land Acquisition Officer at the Bengaluru Development Authority. The raids conducted on Saturday are in coordination with the aforementioned investigations.
The source of Dr. Sudha’s assets and property are being investigated along with the legality of the documents in her possession.
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Anbumani asks PM Modi to ban sale of cigarettes for those born after 2009
Chennai (PTI): PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take legislative measures to prohibit smoking and the sale of cigarettes to individuals born on or after January 1, 2009, thereby creating a smoke-free generation.
Anbumani, former Union minister for health and family welfare, said, "Once implemented, it (ban on cigarettes) will ensure that future generations are legally prevented from ever accessing tobacco products", he said in a letter to Modi.
"I write to you with a deep sense of urgency and responsibility, drawing your kind attention to a critical public health issue that continues to endanger the lives of millions of Indians, particularly among the younger generation who are affected by cigarette smoking", he claimed.
Stating that India unfortunately bears a disproportionately high burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality, he said, adding that, according to global health estimates, nearly 267 million Indians, approximately one in five citizens, use tobacco.
"Each year, tobacco consumption directly accounts for over 1.35 million deaths, while exposure to second-hand smoke contributes to a total of approximately 2.3 million deaths annually", he said, adding, "these figures are alarming and reflect a public health crisis of immense magnitude".
He pointed out that Scientific evidence unequivocally establishes tobacco use as a leading cause of cancer and numerous non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular ailments, chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD, and multiple forms of malignancies. "In India alone, tobacco is responsible for nearly 40–50 per cent of all cancer cases, with over 4.7 lakh deaths annually attributed to tobacco-induced cancers", he added.
"In this context, I strongly urge the Union government to consider enacting a transformative law similar to that of the United Kingdom, that permanently prohibits the sale and consumption of tobacco products for individuals born on or after a specified year (such as 2009). Such a generational ban would mark a decisive step towards eliminating tobacco use in India over time", he said.
