UP: One killed in Sonbhadra stone quarry collapse, rescue operations underway
Sonbhadra (UP) (PTI): The body of a labourer was pulled out on Sunday morning from the rubble of a stone quarry that collapsed here, while several others remain trapped, a senior police official said.
The exact number of people trapped is not known. Uttar Pradesh minister and local MLA Sanjeev Kumar Gond, who visited the spot in the Billi Markundi mining area after the collapse on Saturday, said "around a dozen labourers" might be under the debris.
Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Varanasi Zone, Piyush Mordia, said on Sunday that work to remove the debris from the hill has been going on since last night.
The body of one person has been recovered, while a search is underway for the others.
Police identified the deceased as Raju Singh (30) from Panari village here.
The ADG said the stones that fell from the hill are quite large and the rescue efforts are taking time due to the need to work carefully.
Adequate equipment and resources are available, and the entire administration is engaged in the relief work, Mordia said.
On Saturday, District Magistrate B N Singh said a wall inside the Krishna Mines quarry suddenly caved in, trapping the workers there.
Minister Gond said the circumstances under which the mine was operating would be investigated and strict action would be taken against those found guilty.
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CBI registers fresh case against Reliance Communications, Anil Ambani
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI on Wednesday registered a fresh case against industrialist Anil Ambani and Reliance Communications Ltd for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 3,750 crore to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, officials said.
The CBI has filed the case for the alleged offences of conspiracy, cheating and misappropriation and under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from the LIC, making it the fourth case against the company and Anil Ambani, they said.
The agency has alleged that LIC was fraudulently induced to subscribe to Non Convertible Debentures (NCDs) worth Rs. 4500 crore between 2009 and 2012 on the basis of false representations made by Reliance Communications Ltd. and its management regarding the financial health of the company, and security and asset cover offered to LIC while subscribing to the NCDs.
The insurer suffered a loss of over Rs 3,750 crore and ordered a forensic audit against the company.
The forensic audit report dated October 15, 2020, conducted by BDO India LLP, reported that RCOM and its management had resorted to misutilisation of funds raised from banks and financial institutions, routing of funds through subsidiaries, misuse of sale invoice financing, discounting of fictitious bills, systematic siphoning of funds through inter-company deposits/shell related entities, creating and write-off of fictitious debtors and receivables and gross overstatement of security.
It said there was a mismatch between the charges and the assets.
