CBI court pulls up agency for delay in filing sanction order in RG Kar case
Kolkata: The special CBI court on Thursday criticised the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for delaying the submission of the prosecution sanction order issued by the state government in the case involving alleged financial irregularities by Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College.
Ghosh’s lawyer, Zohaib Rauf, stated that the agency had obtained the sanction order on January 27 but failed to inform the trial court. The special court has issued a show cause notice to the CBI, seeking an explanation for the delay.
The agency had, however, submitted the sanction order before the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. The special court is expected to begin the charge-framing process within a week and will hear the case again on Friday.
Meanwhile, Sandip Ghosh’s wife was transferred from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to Beliaghata ID Hospital on Thursday.
In a separate development, the parents of the RG Kar rape and murder victim visited Raj Bhavan in the evening to meet Governor CV Ananda Bose. Speaking to the media, they said they had sought the Governor’s intervention to arrange meetings with President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah.
“The Governor assured us of all possible help and asked us to email him our request. We also expressed our dissatisfaction with the CBI’s handling of the case, and he assured us of his support,” the victim’s parents said.
Earlier in the day, BJP state president and Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar visited the victim’s family and stated that they had written a letter addressed to the CBI, which he would deliver to the agency's office.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
