Chennai

March 26 2002

Alandur magistrate court today cancelled the conditional bail granted to Azmi, a Kuwaiti girl who arrived here last week using a fake passport along with his boyfriend cum husband...

The girl loved Khadar Basha of Andhra Pradesh, who was working as a driver in her house in Kuwait. The girl became pregnant and fearing severe punishment for both in her country, she eloped with his boyfriend and came to Chennai with a fake passport.

They were detained by the immigration officials at the chennai airport for possessing fake passport and handed over to the airport police.

The police produced them in the magistrate court which released them on bail on the condition that they should sign the register at the police station daily.

But they failed to turn up for the last three days and their whereabouts were not known.

When the couple came to the police station this morning to sign the register, they were taken to the court again. The magistrate cancelled their bail and ruled that since they failed to honour the court order, they should be lodged in jail.

Police sources said they would be imprisoned in the Vellore jail.

Crucial BJP meeting on 27-03-2002 at chennai

Chennai

March 26 2002

The crucial meeting of the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit core committee, to discuss the DMK’s decision to snap its ties with it, did not take place today as two of its members, Pon Radhakrishnan and C P Radhakrishnan, both MPs, were away at Delhi attending the joint session of Parliament.

"The meeting will now take place tomorrow," state unit general secretary L Ganesan told reporters.

Asked for his comments on the DMK’s decision, BJP national vice-president V Rama Rao, who was here to attend the meeting, said, "There is no clash between the DMK and the BJP. If there are any differences, it can be sorted out through talks between the leaders of both the parties."

"Everybody knows that we are pro-Hindu, but we are not anti-minorities," he said.

BJP general secretary Sanjay Joshi and treasurer Sukumaran Nambiar, along with Rama Rao, had informal consultations with state BJP leaders, including S P Kirupanidhi and K N Lakshmanan, on "organisational matters," Ganesan said.

Party sources said the outcome of the discussions would be submitted to BJP president Jana Krishnamurthy who is expected to arrive here this evening. BJP MPs from Tamil Nadu are also expected.

Burglars strike again at police quarters in chennai

chennai

March 25 2002

Burglars struck again at a police quarters in the city and decamped with cash and valuables, totalling over 60 sovereigns, from three houses when the inmates were away on Sunday night.

Only last week, burglars struck at the Kondithope police quarters and escaped with the booty, this time the victims were from Tondiarpet police quarters.

The burglary in the police quarters has left the residents shaken.

The Joint Commissioner of Police C.Sylendra Babu, said the culprits had broken into ten houses but only three were occupied. They removed about 60 sovereigns of jewellery and some cash from the house of Kala, a woman constable.

Some valuables were reported stolen from other houses.

Fingerprints have been lifted from the scene of crime. Police suspect the same gang, which struck at the Kondithope quarters earlier to be responsible for Sunday's crime.

A special team has been formed to trace the culprits.