Chamarajanagar: DCF Chakrapani suspended over death of five tigers
Chamarajanagar: The Karnataka government has suspended Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Y. Chakrapani in connection with the unnatural deaths of five tigers in the Gajanur area near Meenyam, under the Hoogya range of the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary.
The suspension follows recommendations made by a high-level inquiry committee constituted by the government to investigate the deaths. The action has been taken on grounds of dereliction of duty, and a departmental inquiry by the Forest Department is still pending.
The investigation also revealed that outsourced staff working in the wildlife sanctuary had not received their salaries from March to May. As a result, some of the staff held a protest on June 23 in front of the Kollegal divisional office, demanding payment. This lapse has also been cited in the inquiry findings.
DCF Chakrapani has been directed not to leave his headquarters until further notice.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
