Explosion in Canada Indian restaurant injures 15
Ottawa, May 25 : At least 15 people were injured following a blast in an Indian restaurant in Canada's Mississauga city, the media reported.
The incident took place in Bombay Bhel located in Hurontario Street and Eglinton Avenue East at around 10.30 p.m. on Thursday, reports CBC Canada.
According to paramedics at the scene, three of the injured suffered "critical blast injuries" and were taken to a trauma centre in the neighbouring city of Toronto.
A Peel Regional Paramedic Services spokesperson told Global News that the restaurant building appeared to be intact, but there were a lot of broken glass.
The cause of the explosion is under probe.
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Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora sent to 7-day ED custody
New Delhi/Gurugram (PTI): A court in Gurugram has sent Punjab's Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora to seven days of ED custody in a money laundering case, officials said on Sunday.
Arora, 62, was arrested on Saturday evening from his official residence in Chandigarh by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a GST fraud case following raids against him.
The central agency had also searched the premises of a company linked to Arora, Hampton Sky Realty Ltd, in Gurugram. The company said it had faith in the legal process and was fully cooperating with all the statutory authorities.
Arora was brought by the ED sleuths to Gurugram, Haryana, from Chandigarh by road, the officials said.
The special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Gurugram sent Arora to seven-day ED custody. The agency had sought his 10-day remand, they said.
The minister's lawyer told reporters that the ED registered the case on May 5 and arrested Arora on May 9. He claimed this was a "politically motivated" case.
According to the ED, the probe under the PMLA pertains to "fake" GST purchases of mobile phones worth more than Rs 100 crore and subsequent exports to "round trip" alleged illegitimate funds from Dubai to India.
The agency alleged that multiple fake GST purchase invoices were acquired from "non-existing" firms in Delhi to falsely claim Input Tax Credit (ITC).
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal condemned the ED action, accusing the Centre of using agencies like the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation as "weapons" to scare opposition leaders into joining the BJP.
The BJP hit back, saying Kejriwal and his party were rattled as they knew that "their days are numbered in Punjab".
