MP police recruits' caste marked on chest
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), April 29: Newly-recruited police constables had their chests marked with their caste -- SC (Scheduled Caste) or ST (Scheduled Tribe) -- during a medical examination here, triggering an outcry. State Home Minister Bhupendra Singh ordered a probe on Sunday.
Dhar witnessed a police recruitment drive in the past few days, the medical tests for which are being conducted these days. To identify the recruits, the district hospital marked the ones under reservation with their caste.
Dhar Superintendent of Police Virendra Singh told IANS on Sunday there might not be any malicious intent behind it.
"The last time some mistakes happened during the recruitment. The hospital may have undertook this method to avoid any mistake this time. However, a probe has been ordered."
The Home Minister tweeted that a probe has been ordered into the controversy while the Communist Party of India-Marxist said the incident was a criminal act and demanded action against those responsible under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Bangladesh's interim govt revokes ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's passport
Dhaka, Jan 7: Bangladesh's interim government on Tuesday said it has revoked the passport of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 96 others over their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the July killings.
Hasina, 77, has been living in India since August 5 last year when she fled Bangladesh following a massive student-led protest that toppled her Awami League's (AL) 16-year regime.
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several former Cabinet ministers, advisers, and military and civil officials for “crimes against humanity and genocide”.
Addressing a press briefing here, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said, "The Passports Department cancelled passports of 22 people involved in enforced disappearances, while passports of 75 people, including Sheikh Hasina, were revoked due to their involvement in the July killings.”
He, however, did not reveal the names of the remaining individuals whose passports were cancelled, the state-run BSS news agency reported.
