LIVE: Agencies must do their job, says Rajnath Singh on Kejriwal’s arrest
Responding to the Opposition’s allegation that the BJP-led government at the Center had abused agency power to get Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrested, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh asked why the courts did not grant relief to the head of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “Even if it is believed that Arvind Kejriwal went to jail because of us, why is he not getting relief? Have we also taken control of the courts? What are these people trying to say? Let them have the audacity to say that we have been captured.” courts too…is it possible?” Rajnath Singh said in an interview ANI.
On the orders of a court in Uttarakhand’s Almora town, an FIR has been filed against Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and his subordinate YVVJ Rajasekhar. The court admitted a complaint by an NGO, Pleasant Valley Foundation, against the officials and directed the revenue police to file a case against them on March 2 and investigate the charges. Officials sent four people to a school, according to the Pleasant Valley Foundation. which was conducted by the NGO in Dadakada village on February 14. Kumar and Rajasekhar allegedly threatened to trap the NGO officials if corruption complaints lodged against them in the Vigilance Department and other forums were not immediately withdrawn, the complainant said. The case against the officials was registered by Govindpur revenue police sub-inspector on the orders of Almora’s chief magistrate, Almora’s district magistrate Vinit Tomar said.
As part of its training exercise, the Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps on Thursday fired anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) at a super high altitude area of 17,000 feet in Sikkim, Defense PRO said, Guwahati said. The exercise included extensive continuity training and live firing from various platforms at both moving and static targets depicting battlefield conditions. Mechanized units and infantry units from the entire Eastern Command participated in the training exercise.