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IN BRIEF China briefed on PoK activity India today conveyed its concern to China over its “activity and presence” in GilgitBaltistan Pakistan-occupiedKashmir region in the backdrop of reports that up to 11,000 Chinese troops had moved in there. Indian Ambassador to China S Jaishankar met Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun to convey anger and concerns in India. — (PTI)
Plane crashes in Dubai A cargo aircraft today crashed near Dubai International Airport, and the crew members were killed in the accident, local TV channels reported. The plane came down on the Emirates Road motorway, setting some cars on fire, a news agency reported. — (PTI)
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Vasco murder solved 19-yr-old admits killing Dourado HERALD REPORTER VASCO, SEPT 3
A month after Naresh Dourado of Vasco was brutally murdered at Chicalim, Vasco police achieved a major breakthrough by arresting a youth from Khariwado, Vasco in connection with the murder. Snehal Dias (19) of Non-Mon in Khariwado, Vasco was arrested on charges of murdering Dourado (26) on August 2 in the flat of his (Dourado’s) brother at Chicalim. The gruesome murder had shocked the State and Vasco police was under constant pressure to nab the culprit(s) at the earliest. (Related report on pg 2) Speaking to reporters in the presence of Deputy Superintendent of Police Mahesh Gaonkar and Police Inspector Braz Menezes, Superintendent of Po-
Snehal Dias
lice (South) South Allen De Sa evaded a volley of questions and declined to disclose more details in the case. “Since the case is at the initial stage, it will be premature to comment on it. We are investigating all aspects of the case,” added De Sa. De Sa said the accused, Snehal Vincent Dias, had confessed
to the crime and said he had killed Naresh in his brother’s flat at Chicalim. “After confirming various angles into the case, the accused was linked to the case and moreover, the accused was known to the deceased. During interrogation, Dias confessed to the crime,” said the SP. “The accused was recently arrested by Panjim police in connection with a motorcycle theft.” “On August 18, he was brought from the Panjim police station to the Vasco police station on a transfer order and was placed in judicial custody,” he said. “Since Dias was in judicial custody in connection with a theft case, he was taken by Vasco police for interrogation (Continued on page 10)
ICC suspends ‘fixing’ trio, Pak smells a rat PTI LONDON, SEPT 3
For the first time in its history, International Cricket Council (ICC) today suspended Pakistan’s Test captain Salman Butt and his two teammates accused of ‘spot-fixing’, prompting an angry outburst from Pakistan which saw a “conspiracy” and sought to insinuate that its President Sharad Pawar may have had a hand. Five days after the scandal rocked world cricket, the ICC cracked the whip by suspending the tainted trio of Butt and pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir but declined to specify the charges brought against them. On a day marked by a war of words between the ICC and Pakistan, the spotlight was on the players as well as they were subjected to a fresh round of interrogation by the Scotland Yard. The ICC said the three players
Hindu temple partly gutted in UK, none hurt PTI LONDON, SEPT 3
The Hare Krishna Temple in the east Midlands town of Leicester was partly gutted when suspected gas bottles used for cooking in the temple exploded. Temples authorities told Press Trust of India that all those present in the temple were safe, and had been accounted for. However, some individuals received minor injuries to their hands and faces from the shrapnel. Leicester, has a large population of Indian origin. Firefighters were searching the wreckage of the temple and crews were using specialist equipment to enter the damaged building. Eyewitnesses said windows had been blown out.
have been notified officially of the offences they are alleged to have committed and have been provisionally suspended pending a decision on the charges. “In accordance with the provisions of the code, this means they are immediately barred from participating in all cricket and related activities until the case has been concluded,” the ICC said in a statement. “They have a right to contest the provisional suspension and a further opportunity to defend these charges at a full hearing
before an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal in accordance with Article 5 of the code,” it added. But within hours of the suspension, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan threatened to sue the ICC for its unethical decision of suspending the players and sought to insinuate that Pawar had a hand in the decision. Hasan said the ICC was trying to make Pakistan a “scapegoat” for its inefficiency.
Chief of the Air Staff, P V Naik directing Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar to address the audience after conferring on him the honorary rank of Group Captain in New Delhi on Friday.
River Princess removal: SMIPL getting cold feet? HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, SEPT 3
Has Salgaoncar Mining Industries Pvt Ltd, (SMIPL), which had been flaunting its interest in wanting to remove the grounded M V River Princess free of cost, developed cold feet after the State government agreed to offer it a first chance to do the job? The SMIPL failed to attend a joint meeting convened by the State Disaster Management Authority today morning to negotiate with the bidders for removal of the vessel. Swapnil Naik, director of tourism when contacted said a representative of SMIPL was not present for the meeting but a letter containing certain terms was submitted by it. The meeting was headed by Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza as Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who is also a chairman of the State Disaster Management Authority, is in Delhi for Congress elections. The SDMA is now likely to meet in the next two days to finalise the bidder as the court hearing on the public interest litigation (PIL) of River Princess Hatao Manch (RPHM) is fixed for Monday. It must be recalled that the
Suicide bomber strikes Pak PTI ISLAMABAD, SEPT 3
At least 60 people were killed and nearly 200 others injured today when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shia procession organised to mark Al-Quds day in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta. The bomber, appears to be an Uzbek and in the age bracket of 20 to 22 years, was among the crowd and detonated explosives on reaching the Meezan Chowk in the Quetta city, the capital of Balochistan, shortly before 3 pm, police said. Dramatic footage aired on Geo News captured the blast, which occurred as the marchers were shouting anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian slogans to mark the International Quds day to express solidarity with the peo-
ple of Palestine. About 60 people were killed, The Nation newspaper quoted police and civil officials were quoted as saying. TV channels quoted officials at hospitals as saying that they had received about 100 injured people. The driver of a TV channel was killed while seven reporters and cameramen of various channels were among the injured. People screamed in panic and ran helter-skelter after the blast. Several men cowered in fear and tried to hide behind cars and motorcycles. Armed youths who were part of the procession started firing after the blast. Many persons sustained bullet injuries, officials said. The procession was organised by the Imamia Students’ Organisation, the Shia youth wing of
Balochistan. Meanwhile, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan commander Qari Hussain claimed responsibility for the suicide attack, saying though his group is fighting the United States and the Pakistani government, “Shiites are also our target.” The attack on the procession came hours after two terrorist strikes left as many persons dead in the country’s restive northwest. Balochistan police chief Malik Iqbal confirmed the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. He said police had asked the organisers of the rally to change the route due to fears of a terrorist attack. “The head of the suicide bomber, appears to be an Uzbek and in the age bracket of 20 to 22 years, has been taken into custody,: said a police official.
Crumbling, faulty walls make prisons porous VIbHA VERmA PANJIM, SEPT 3
The crumbling walls of the State’s oldest fort-turned-jail or the faulty walls of the newly constructed Sada sub jail are the stuff of harrowing tales of porous prisons every time inmates flee. The authorities themselves maintain that the Central jail at Aguada is ageing. The recent collapse of cell number one where notorious drug dealer
PRISONERS IN JAILS MALE
Convicts Remand Undertrials
AGUADA MAPUSA MARGAO PANAJI VASCO TOTAL
154 0 0
1 27 29
David alias Dudu Driham was lodged, paints a grim picture of this jail, which was once a highly secured place. Jail sources confirmed that three prisoners – two Israeli undertrials and a local accused –
0 2 27
0 25 22
28 37 62
183 91 140
were shifted to another cell after the cell crumbled unexpectedly. With the proposal for the Colvale central jail hanging fire, the authorities have to make do with the existing prisons which are highly prone to jailbreaks.
Also, the role played by jail staff in letting the prisoners loose adds up to the problem. Sada sub jail is already in the limelight for all wrong reasons after three prisoners – doublemurder convict Hitler Fernandes and undertrials Abhijit Patil and Seby Ferrao wanted for murder and theft, respectively – dug a hole in its wall and escaped. Abhijit was traced and arrested. Additional Inspector General (Continued on page 10)
government has already declined to grant SMIPL ownership of the vessel, a pre-condition it has set for removing the vessel. Skipping of today’s meeting by SMIPL has strengthened apprehension of the government authorities about its real intentions. “It had never imagined that the government would agree to its demand but situation has changed now and it probably doesn’t know what to do and hence these delaying tactics,” said a government officer commenting on absence of SMIPL in today’s joint meeting. The government authorities also believe that SMIPL doesn’t have necessary capability to actually remove the vessel and are doubtful that it will able to execute the work within one fair season (220 days) as claimed by it. Meanwhile, the members of SDMA negotiated with other two bidders — Titan Salvage and Madgavkar Salvage. The director of tourism clarified that none of the two bidders have claimed ownership of the vessel as precondition for removing it. Singaporean company, Titan Salvage is the only bidder which (Continued on page 10)
Bihar cop found dead, search on for three others PTI LAKHISARAI/PATNA, SEPT 3
The bullet-ridden body of one of the four policemen taken hostage by Maoists after Sunday ’s encounter in Bihar ’s Lakhisarai district was found today lying in a pool of blood, as the deadline for swapping them for eight Maoists expired at 10 a.m. The body of Lucas Tete, an assistant sub-inspector of the Bihar Military Police, shot in the chest was found at the Simra Tari Sringirishi dam in Kajra police station area, about 150 km from Patna, Superintendent of Police, R K Mishra said.
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