Phe sub engineer’s house raided
Indore: lokayukta Police on Thursday conducted raids at the premises of Public Health Engineering (PHE) department's sub engineer and recovered assets worth over `1.5 crore, disproportionate to his known sources of income. Acting on a tip-off, a 30-member team raided sub engineer Rajkumar Soni's residence and two other properties, lokayukta SP, Virendra Singh told. Initial investigations revealed that Soni owns properties worth `1.5 crore despite the fact that his total salary during his 29-year-long service was amounting to `40 lakh which proves disproportionate assets. The engineer owns a hostel, two houses and two plots. Details of one more plot were recovered from his possession and its details are being worked out, Singh said. lokayukta sleuths also seized `58,000 cash, jewellery worth `4 lakh and household articles worth `11.5 lakh from his three properties. Singh said that Soni has deposited `4 lakh cash in eight bank accounts and also invested `8 lakh in 13 lIC policies. A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Soni and final valuation of his assets was underway, he added.
HC confirms death sentence of 3
Indore: Madhya Pradesh High Court today confirmed the death sentence of three persons for rape and murder of a four years old girl. The division bench of Justices S K Seth and PK Jaiswal upheld the sessions court's ruling, said government lawyer Raghvendra Singh Bais here. Additional sessions judge Indra Singh had awarded capital punishment to Jeetu (21), Babu alias Ketan (27) and Sunny alias Devendra (24) on April 26, 2013 for rape and murder of a girl on June 24, 2012 in Somnath ki Juni Chawl area in the city. They were convicted under sections 363 (abduction), 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code. The trial court termed their crime as "rarest of rare" and awarded death sentence to the accused. The DNA test report proved to be a crucial piece of evidence against the accused, advocate Bais said.