HC asks ailing accused in naxal blast case to amend plea and seek bail
The Hindu
Prison authorities take the accused to the TATA Memorial Care Centre in the city every alternate day for treatment.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked an accused in the case related to a blast carried out by naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district in 2019 to amend her petition and seek bail. Nirmala Uppuganti, the petitioner, has moved the court seeking that she be shifted from prison to a hospice as she is suffering from last-stage cancer. The case pertains to the death of 15 security personnel and a civilian in a landmine blast near Jambhulkheda village in Gadchiroli district on May 1, 2019.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.