Engineering student killed after two-wheeler & BMTC bus collide in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Feb 2: A 21-year-old student of a private engineering college was killed after her two-wheeler and a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus collided here on Friday, police said.
Kusumitha, a second-year engineering student, was on her way to college when she met with the accident in Rajajinagar, they said.
Some passers-by rushed her to a nearby hospital where she was declared "brought dead." Soon after the accident, the BMTC bus driver fled the spot, a senior police officer said.
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Police suspect that the accident happened due to rash and negligent driving by the bus driver. However, they are scanning through the CCTV cameras installed in and around the vicinity of the spot to ascertain the sequence of events.
We have registered a case under sections 279 (Rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304 A (Causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code at Malleshwaram traffic police station and efforts are being made to nab the bus driver who has been absconding since the accident," he said.
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New application filed in SC against Adani group over US indictment
New Delhi: A fresh application has been submitted to the Supreme Court of India, seeking the inclusion of key documents related to the recent US indictment of the Adani Group. Filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, the petition aims to introduce two critical pieces of evidence into an ongoing case related to the Adani Group's financial practices.
The first document is a formal US court indictment accusing Gautam Adani, his relative Sagar Adani, and other company executives of orchestrating a massive bribery scheme to secure solar energy contracts worth billions of dollars in India. The indictment alleges that over $250 million in bribes were paid to Indian government officials to obtain these lucrative contracts.
The second document is a complaint from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accuses the Adani Group of securities fraud. The SEC alleges that Adani executives misled investors to raise funds for these solar projects, despite knowing that part of the capital was linked to corrupt activities.
This development follows the US Attorney's Office's recent charges against the Adani executives, who are accused of masterminding a bribery scheme to secure power supply contracts with state-run utilities in India. The contracts were expected to yield up to $2 billion in profits over two decades.
These charges come amid an ongoing investigation by India's Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) into the Adani Group, after allegations of stock manipulation and market irregularities surfaced, particularly following the release of the Hindenburg Report in early 2023. The new US legal documents could play a crucial role in strengthening the investigation into the Adani Group's business operations.
