Plot to kill Prof Bhagavan: Charge sheet against nine accused
Bengaluru, July 21: Upparpet police have filed a charge sheet in the 1st ACMM court against nine accused including Sangh Parivar worker KT Naveen Kumar on charges of hatching out a conspiracy to kill rationalist Prof KS Bhagavan.
After interrogating the accused, the investigating officers have filed 671-page charge sheet against nie accused including KT Naveen Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Praveen, Amol Kale, Amith Degwekar and Manohar Yadav. The investigating officers have recorded the statements of more than 100 witnesses and attached FSL experts reports. Sources said that the police have considered the statement of Anil Kumar of Srirangapatna, friend of Naveen Kumar, as a major witness.
The police also found that Naveen Kumar had a conversation with another accused Sujith over phone, They had discussed about planning to kill Bhagavan, purchasing illegal weapons and conspiracy and it was mentioned in the charge sheet.
The SIT officers have taken these accused into custody in related to Gauri Lankesh murder. Naveen Kumar was arrested at Kempegowda bus stand in Bengaluru on February 8. During the interrogation, he disclosed that a conspiracy was hatched out to kill Prof KS Bhagwan. A case was registered at Upparpet police station.
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India bans direct, indirect imports from Pakistan
New Delhi (PTI): India has banned direct or indirect import of all goods from Pakistan with immediate effect, according to a notification of the commerce ministry.
A provision in this regard has been added in Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 "to prohibit direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan with immediate effect until further orders", it said in the notification dated May 2.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the notification said this restriction is imposed in the interest of national security and public policy.
Any exception to this prohibition will require approval of Government of India.
Inserting the provision with head "prohibition on import from Pakistan" in the FTP, it said: "Direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan, whether or not freely importable or otherwise permitted, shall be prohibited with immediate effect, until further orders".
The decision follows a terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people were killed on April 22.
