YEH MERA INDIA

Remains Police SI for 39 years, yet is worth ` 50 crore 

Mohd  Yunus Siddiqui, presently posted as enforcement sub-inspector in Transport Department at Kaimur in western Bihar is worth Rs: 50 crore. Most of his assets have been reportedly acquired through illegal means in his 39-year-long career.   

This startling fact came to light when the sleuths of Economic Offences Unit (EOU) swooped down on his residence and recovered Rs 61.98 lakh in cash. The raiding team also found that Yunus owns a cinema hall, besides a training college, a public school, 34 vehicles and a hotel in Mohania. He also owns four four-storied houses – two each in Patna and Muzaffarpur, apart from 25 acres of land in different parts of Bihar.

Born in an extremely impoverished family, Yunus’s parents eked a hand-to-mouth existence till he joined the government as sub-inspector in 1974. Yunus’s father Md Siddiqui used to sell turmeric and green chillies, while his mother Latiphan was a vegetable seller. But after the death of his father, Yunus threw out his mother, who, out of frustration, committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train.

Advocate & 92 criminal cases against him!?!

New Delhi: A 73-year-old advocate was arrested for his involvement in over 92 cases of forgery and motor vehicle theft, police said. Dhani Ram Mittal is a master at stealing vehicles and was involved in 92 cases of forgery and thefts of motor vehicles, said a senior police officer. He was arrested while driving a stolen car.

“During questioning over the fake car documents, Mittal threatened the police staff by saying that he is a senior citizen and how did they dare to stop his vehicle,” said the officer. He also threatened to get the officers suspended from their service and tried to slip away from the spot, leaving the car behind, said the officer. “On checking police records, Mittal was found involved in 92 cases of cheating, forgery and motor vehicle theft,” said the officer. “Mittal started committing crimes since 1964 in Rohtak,” the officer added. His modus operandi was simple, usually parking his car near the targeted car and starting it with a master key and driving it off. “If caught, he took the pretext of his old age and apologised to the owner, saying it was a mistake and showed his car parked adjacent to the stolen one,” said the officer.

Oscar winning producer fined for smoking in non-smoking area

Jaipur: The producer of Oscar award winning film No Man’s Land March Bachet, who was here as a jury of the International Film festival,  was fined Rs 200 by the police for smoking at public place.

Bachet plans his next Anglo-French film to be shot in India was found lighting a cigarette by a cop, of Manak Chowk police station outside the Golcha theatre where the Jaipur Film Festival was going on. The cop told the film producer Bachet that smoking in public is unlawful in India. Bachet pleaded ignorance, but the cop insisted on booking him. The cop told him that he could avoid all the hassles by making a fine of Rs 200. Bachet, much relieved person paid the fine and obtained a receipt.

When father ticked off his son

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress (Pillai) leader R Balakrishna Pillai  asked chief minister Oommen Chandy to drop Pillai’s son and minister KB Ganesh Kumar from the cabinet. The father and son have been at war for over a year. A letter making this demand was handed over to Chandy by an aide to the senior Pillai. Ganesh Kumar is the forest, sports and cinema minister. At a meeting of the Congress-led United Democratic Front, Pillai’s aide demanded that Ganesh Kumar be removed as minister as he does not enjoy the confidence of the party any more.

SG & Law Minister not seeing eye to eye

Rohinton Nariman has resigned as Solicitor General of India. Nariman sent his resignation letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with a copy to Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. Though the reasons that triggered Nariman’s resignation are not immediately known, sources said that he and the law minister were not on the same page on certain issues, and Nariman was upset with the way government instructions were reaching him. Nariman was appointed solicitor general in July 2011, after his predecessor Gopal Subramaniam resigned, protesting against Nariman’s appearance in the 2-G scam case before the Supreme Court. The solicitor general is the prime lawyer of the central government in the Supreme Court. Nariman reportedly left for Mumbai after submitting his resignation.

FIR against BJP MP from Amreli for slapping doctor on duty

An FIR has been lodged against Naran Kachadiya, a BJP MP from Amreli, for allegedly slapping a government doctor on duty and threatening to kill him, police said.

The incident took place at Amreli Civil Hospital here, where one of the relatives of Kachadiya is undergoing treatment, they said.

The victim, identified as Dr Bhimji Dabhi has lodged the FIR against the MP.

"A relative of Kachadiya is being treated at the trauma centre of the Civil Hospital here.

India’s monthly average income rises

New Delhi: The per capita monthly income, a measure to assess standard of living, grew at a slower rate of 13.7 per cent to Rs 5,130 in 2011-12 at current prices compared to Rs 4,513 in 2010-11. "The per capita income at current prices is estimated at Rs 61,564 (per annum) in 2011-12 as against Rs 54,151 for the previous year depicting a growth of 13.7 per cent, as against an increase of 17.1 per cent during the previous year", said the revised data of national accounts released here.