June 23: 858 COVID-19 cases, 1 death in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Jun 23: Karnataka on Thursday recorded 858 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the caseload to 39,63,633 and the total fatalities to 40,072 respectively, the Health Department said.
Also, the day saw 682 people getting discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,18,452 till date.
Active cases stood at 5,067, a Health Department bulletin said.
Bengaluru Urban accounted for the maximum number of 820 cases and one death, it said.
Other districts too reported new cases: Seven each in Dakshina Kannada and Mysuru, and three each in Hassan and Kolar.
The bulletin said 12 districts of the State reported zero infections and nil deaths.
A total of 36,289 samples were tested today, they include 29,462 RT-PCR tests, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 6.68 crore.
The number of those vaccinated rose to 11.14 crore with 44,848 people being inoculated today, it said.
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2010 CWG 'scam': Delhi court accepts ED closure report in case against Suresh Kalmadi
New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI): Bringing down curtains on a 13-year-old case, a Delhi court on Monday accepted the Enforcement Directorate's closure report in a money laundering case against Suresh Kalmadi, the former head of the organising committee of 2010 Commonwealth Games and then secretary general Lalit Bhanot and others.
The acceptance of the closure report brings to end the money laundering angle in the alleged scam, which took place 15 years ago.
The allegations of corruption in conducting the 2010-Commonwealth Games (CWG) triggered a huge political uproar in the country, leading to filing of several criminal and money laundering cases, including the present one.
Kalmadi and others were accused of misconduct in award and execution of two important contracts for the games.
Special judge Sanjeev Aggarwal noted the CBI had already closed the corruption case, based on which the ED started its money laundering probe and accepted the report, which also named CWG OC's then COO, Vijay Kumar Gautam, its then treasurer, A K Matto, Event Knowledge Service (EKS), Switzerland, and CEO, Craig Gordon MeLatchey.
The judge noted ED's submission that the offence of money laundering was not found during its investigation.
"Since during the investigations, the prosecution has failed to make out a offence under section 3 (money laundering) of the PMLA... as no offence under section 3 of the PMLA has been made out or has been committed, despite discreet investigations by the ED, therefore, there is no reason to continue with the present ECIR, as a consequence, the closure report filed by the ED stands accepted," the judge held.
The sole money laundering investigation was initiated by the ED based on the case lodged by the CBI.
According to the CBI, the works contracts related to Commonwealth Games were Games Workforce Service (GWS) and Games Planning, Project & Risk Management Services (GPPRMS).
An undue pecuniary gain was caused by the accused persons to the to the consortium of EKS and Ernst and Young, by way of awarding the two contracts in a deliberate and wrongful manner and caused corresponding loss of Rs 30 crore to OC, CWG, the CBI alleged.
The CBI later filed a closure report in January 2014, saying "no incriminating evidence surfaced during the investigation in the matter" and the allegations in the FIR could not be substantiated against the accused persons.
