Dog survives six hours in toilet with leopard
Mangaluru: A stray dog that was chased into the washroom of a house by a leopard in Bilinele village of Dakshina Kannada district survived six hours with its predator which did not harm the dog once the door was locked from outside.
The house owner Jayalakshmi locked the asbestos-roofed toilet from outside when she saw the tail of the leopard after hearing the noise early Wednesday morning.
Forest department officials were promptly informed and they reached the spot after 7 AM. They were amazed to see from a window both the animals lying on two sides of the washroom.
Forest officers who brought in tranquilizer darts to sedate the animal, failed in their attempt to trap the leopard as it broke through the roof and the nets outside the house to escape into the nearby forest.
Meanwhile, the dog walked out free through the door when it was opened.
The deputy conservator of Forests (Dakshina Kannada) V Karikalan said two separate cages had been set for the animal near the house if it chanced to come to the area again.
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ED seeks time to file reply on Jacqueline Fernandez's plea to turn approver in money laundering case
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday sought time to file its reply on a plea by actor Jacqueline Fernandez seeking to turn approver in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
Special Judge Prashant Sharma posted the matter for further proceedings on May 8.
The court had earlier on April 17 issued notice to the agency after the actor's counsel filed the application.
Fernandez, who was summoned by the ED several times in connection with the investigation, was named as an accused for the first time in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the agency.
On July 3, last year, the Delhi High Court dismissed her petition for quashing the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in the money laundering case.
Two months later, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the high court's order.
Delhi Police had booked Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore.
There are other ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country.
Chandrasekhar and his wife, Leena Paulose, facing proceedings in a money laundering case, were arrested by Delhi Police along with others.
The police invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case.
Paulose and Chandrasekhar were alleged to have used 'hawala' routes and created shell companies along with other accused persons to park the money earned as proceeds of crime.
