Alvas college hostel students suicide case: Investigation report submitted to HC
Bengaluru, October 05: The Investigating officers submitted their investigating report on the suicide of Alvas Residential College hostel students at Moodabidri to the Karnataka High Court on Friday.
Public prosecutor V. Srinidhi submitted the investigating report to Justice B.V. Nagarathna who heard the petition filed by the parents of Kavya Poojary and Rachana Manjunath, in a sealed cover. When the public prosecutor submitted the report in a sealed cover, the HC asked how the counsel would argue if the report was submitted in the sealed cover. If a copy of the report was submitted to the counsel, he could also go through it and argue in the court based on the report, the Judge said.
But the public prosecutor said that since the case was still under investigation, it was not possible to disclose the report. Moreover, the investigating officer had collected the statements of more than 20 students about the incident and they would be in trouble if their names were disclosed. Moreover, the investigating officers have been handling the case efficiently and there was no need to handover the case to CBI investigation, he said.
Following this, the HC asked the counsel to file his objection over the investigation into the case and as to why the case should be handed over to the CBI, during the next hearing to be held on October 29.
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Hemant Soren to take oath as 14th CM of Jharkhand on Thursday
Ranchi (PTI): Hemant Soren is set to take oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand in a grand ceremony here on Thursday, which will be attended by several top political leaders, including AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Soren at 4 pm.
This will be the 49-year-old JMM leader's fourth stint as chief minister.
Soren retained the Barhait seat, defeating BJP's Gamliyel Hembrom by a margin of 39,791 votes in the recent assembly polls. The JMM-led alliance stormed to victory, securing 56 seats in the 81-member assembly, while the BJP-led NDA managed 24 seats.
Posters for the event can be seen across the city, while security has been strengthened and traffic regulations put in place.
Schools in Ranchi city are shut on Thursday in view of the swearing in of the Hemant Soren government.
Jharkhand in-charge and Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir said Soren is likely to take oath alone, and expansion of the cabinet will be held after a vote of confidence in the assembly.
Other senior political leaders likely to be in attendance are NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, a JMM leader said.
CPI(ML)L general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav are also likely to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
"It’s heartening to have such esteemed leaders join us for this important occasion," said Soren, who along with senior officials paid a visit to the Morabadi ground on Wednesday evening to take stock of the arrangements.
