Tamil Nadu Governor has stirred fresh controversy by urging students to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' during a school function. The state education body have called for his removal, citing a breach of his constitutional oath. This comes on the heels of Supreme Court criticism over the Governor’s delay in approving ten state bills, most of which concern education.
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00:00Tamil Nadu school's body is sacking of the Tamil Nadu governor Ravi.
00:08Tamil Nadu governor Ravi is asking students to chant Jai Shri Ram, remove R.N. Ravi as the governor.
00:17This is the chorus which is now growing in Tamil Nadu, yet another embarrassment for the governor.
00:23The Tamil Nadu school's body says R.N. Ravi violated the governor's oath.
00:27The Tamil Nadu governor has asked students to chant Jai Shri Ram during an event.
00:33Educationists demand his removal from office.
00:45On this day, let us pay tribute to Kambal.
00:51By paying tribute to the one who was a great devotee of, Prabhu Shri Ram.
00:59I will say and you say, Jai Shri Ram!
01:02Jai Shri Ram!
01:05Jai Shri Ram!
01:07The governor of Tamil Nadu is surrounding himself in yet another controversy, wherein he was in a school asking students to chant Jai Shri Ram.
01:22The school body in Tamil Nadu is asking his resignation, asking him to step down.
01:28This is, in fact, yet another controversy surrounding the Tamil Nadu governor.
01:35Educationists demand his removal from office.
01:37Pramod Madhav has more details on that story.
01:40Pramod, this is just yet another controversy that the governor of Tamil Nadu has found himself in.
01:47Absolutely, Pooja.
01:49It was absolutely, Seha.
01:50This occurred two days back when the governor was in Madre in an educational institution, an engineering college where he was addressing people.
01:57And it was a program where he was trying to celebrate Kambal, an ancient poet from Tamil Nadu,
02:03who has written his own version of Ramayanam in Tamil called as Kambal Ramayanam.
02:07And this is where, after, like, praising Kambal and his works, what the governor did is that he requested the students in there to chant Jai Shri Ram after him.
02:16And he also, after saying Jai Shri Ram, he asked the students to say almost three times.
02:20And this is where, like, students' body, I mean, educationists from the state of Tamil Nadu have opposed it.
02:26DMK has also opposed it.
02:27And everybody now is calling governor as an RSS spokesperson and saying that he has violated the constitution, Seha.
02:34Mohd, give us a sense of how the government is looking at it, the manner in which they've been critical of his, of, you know, his conduct while in office.
02:45In fact, just very recently, the Supreme Court came down heavily on him as well, isn't it?
02:51Since Governor took oath as the governor of Tamil Nadu, R&R has been an issue for the Tamil Nadu government in various issues.
02:57And in fact, just like you mentioned last week, a historical judgment was given by the Supreme Court following how Governor Ravi has state 10 bills totally.
03:06And most of them were regarding education institutions where the governor has the upper hand in actually appointing the vice chancellors.
03:13And this is where the Tamil Nadu government went ahead.
03:15And in fact, as we speak, the chief minister has also called for a meeting with the vice chancellors and registers of all universities in the state of Tamil Nadu.
03:22And the actual meeting agenda for us, it's been told, it's to enhance higher educational development and such.
03:31But it definitely looks like the Tamil Nadu government is progressing with the way how it can go ahead and appoint vice chancellors and prominent positions in these institutions, Neha.
03:41All right, Ramoth, I'm going to thank you for the moment.
03:43Getting in those details is my colleague Ramoth Madhav telling us about this latest controversy surrounding the governor of Tamil Nadu.
03:49Listen in to what he said.
03:52On this day, let us pay tribute to Kambal by paying tribute to the one who was a great devotee of, Prabhu Sri Ram.
04:06I'll say and you'll say, Jai Sri Ram!
04:09Jai Sri Ram!
04:12Jai Sri Ram!
04:14Jai Sri Ram!
04:15And more news coming in at this point in time.
04:25This has got to do with the survey, the socio-economic survey.
04:29Car survey opening a can of worms here.
04:32Lingayat, Vokaliga groups are upset.
04:35Lingayat here says there's no transparency in the survey.
04:39Car count numbers have been fudge, says this here.
04:42Lazy Babu's botched up the car survey.
04:46That's the argument that is being made by the Lingayat Sears.
04:49They're upset with the findings of the survey.
04:52Remember, it was on their pressure that the survey was done earlier.
04:55But youujeal!
04:57Jai Sri Ram!
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07:57His arrest came at the request of Indian agencies,
07:59including the CBI in Ede, securing non-vailable warrants against him from Mumbai courts.
08:04Choksi, who fled India in 2018, had been residing in Antigua and Barbada
08:09before recently relocating to Antwerp with his wife, Preeti Choksi, who was a Belgian citizen.
08:15In September 2024, India requested his extradition,
08:19but Choksi's lawyer started his blood cancer diagnosis to oppose it.
08:23Ede officials argue he could return to India for treatment
08:25just as he had travelled from Antigua to Belgium.
08:28Choksi's legal team is now working on a bail plea
08:31and is expected to oppose extradition in Belgian courts.
08:36I am going straight across to Swapnil Kothari, senior lawyer and Hari Prasad SV.
08:40The PNB's scam whistle blew in this matter in which Mehul Choksi found himself embroiled him.
08:47Thank you so much for your time.
08:48Swapnil Kothari, I am going to begin by asking you,
08:51how do you look at this argument in court that has been put forth by Choksi in the past as well
08:56about the fact that he has blood cancer and that this is going to be an impediment
09:02vis-a-vis bringing the man to justice.
09:05How do you look at this, this argument that has been put forth by him
09:09as far as citing his illness is concerned?
09:11Well, Sneha, I believe if this argument did not work, you know, for him being arrested,
09:19I don't think this argument will work for him being extradited too.
09:22We can also treat him here.
09:26We have very eminent doctors here who can treat him for blood cancer here.
09:29So the extradition treaty does not look at the illness of the person.
09:33What the extradition treaty between India and Belgium will look at is an extraditable offense,
09:38dual criminality, and whether we are able to give him a fair trial here,
09:43all of which India can easily satisfy.
09:45If we can get Tahavur Rana here from the United States,
09:49I don't think it should be very difficult for us to get Mehul Choksi.
09:52And if we were to get Mehul Choksi, we were to get Nirav Modi as well,
09:56because both of them were jointly involved in this scam.
10:00And then Vijay Malaya to follow.
10:02So I believe Tahavur Rana's expedition has opened doors for all the others to follow as well.
10:08And I think India is in a very, very strong position diplomatically to call the shots
10:12and try to ensure that a tremendous amount of crime has been committed in this country
10:18by these two, three people that I just mentioned.
10:22Property is being sold, money being returned, enforcement directorate has done a good job.
10:28But the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, the PMLA, all call for arrest of the person.
10:33The person has to be tried here.
10:35If Tahavur Rana were to reveal details as to whether Taj or Obhira were the only thing
10:39or was there anything before that or was there anything after that,
10:41that is a lot of information that we will get as to who were the people involved
10:45in those 26-11 attacks.
10:48Likewise, we can get much, much more information from Mehul Choksi.
10:52If we were to come here as to which top ministers were involved at that level
10:56at the time when the scam was committed with BNB.
10:58And who else was there?
11:00How much involvement was there?
11:02How did this, how was this facilitated?
11:04Who facilitated this exit from this country?
11:06And many other questions that can, you know, that can be there in the minds
11:11of the enforcement directorate or the investigating authorities.
11:14So Sneha, I believe it's very, very important for us to get him here.
11:17As far as the illness is concerned, I don't think that will operate as an impediment
11:21because one could be ill, one could be having when you, you were not having this
11:24when you committed a crime, when you laundered the money or when you ran away
11:28from this country.
11:30So I believe you have to come back to this country.
11:32We will treat you for the illness.
11:33But at the same time, you will have to face the wrath of the law.
11:35That's right.
11:37You know, that's right.
11:38You know, I want to ask Hari Prasad, as we use the whistleblower in this time,
11:41you have opined in the past that it's going to be difficult for India to get him back.
11:46You know, would you like to tell us why, given that we have at the end of the day,
11:52even though it's come after a decade or so, Tahavur Rana has come back to the country.
11:56Of course, there is a sense that as far as diplomacy is concerned,
12:00India is obviously doing the right things to ensure that somebody like a Tahavur Rana
12:04comes back, then why not Mahal Choksi?
12:08Well, I don't know about Tahavur Rana coming back, how it happened,
12:13but Mahal Choksi, his wallet is strong, and he knows how to appoint the best of lawyers
12:22in the world. He will obviously fight tooth and nail to escape his extradition,
12:29like what other people have done in London, and Indian government is unable to get them
12:35back still now. So, same thing could happen in Belgium also. What is the guarantee that
12:39he will be brought back? He has a fleet of lawyers, a wallet full of money. So, I don't know if they
12:46succeed in getting him back. That's a great news. That will be good for India and also all those
12:53people who have lost money because of him, whom he cheated. So, my point is that getting back
13:00Mahal Choksi alone doesn't solve the issue. He has tashed away a huge amount of money from the Indian
13:05banks as well as Indian people, Indian investors. So, getting him back along with money is what is
13:12required today. I hope the government of India is capable of doing it. Our diplomatic power is much
13:20better compared to before. So, I hope that he will be brought back. That's what my point is.
13:25You know, also talk to us. Money comes back, Adam, you think it's very important.
13:28Yes. You know, also talk to us as far as, you know, your whistleblowing this entire matter is
13:33concerned. Talk to us like Swapnil Kothari was also opining that this is going to, at the end of
13:38the day, open a can of worms on what happened then. How was the scam at the end of the day carried out?
13:44Hari Prasad, what is your investigation? What have you found so far as far as the PNB scam is concerned,
13:51the possible involvement of the who's who in the government at that point in time?
13:57See, I can only talk about myself. I can't talk about who was involved in government during those
14:03times. Since I had a business dealing with Mehul Choksi, I understood that he is running a Ponji
14:11scheme within one and a half year of my association with him. Then I wanted to exit the business. He
14:17refused to pay back the money. So I studied all his balance sheets and his dealings with the various
14:23banks. I understood there is a big scam is going on. I reported this scam to all agencies like ED,
14:29CBI, SEBI and CFO, Minister of Finance and all those people. But somehow he could manage to get away
14:38from all of them. I don't know how he could get it. But when the PNB scam came out, then it was ultimate
14:46that he will run away from the country. But I have alerted all the agencies that he is going to run
14:51away from the country at least one and a half year before he actually ran away. But no action was taken.
14:57So reasons I don't know. Okay. You obviously would believe that there would be the involvement of many
15:05other people in this given that you yourself say that one, one and a half years before he actually
15:10left the country. You had flagged this off to all the agencies. Yes. Which year was this?
15:152016 and 17. Okay. Did you expect him to leave the country in this fashion?
15:27100% I knew that he is going to leave. Right. You know, you also spoke about your dealings with him
15:34and about a year and a half or so you worked with him. What was this work really about? What did you
15:39get to know during your course of, you know, during the course of the time when you were dealing with
15:43him? No, no. I was a franchisee with his diamond jewelry business. I had a diamond jewelry
15:49room in Bangalore on behalf of Gitanjali Gems, Gitanjali Jewelers. So that is how I got associated
15:57with him. Right. But within a year, I come to know this is a ponzi scheme. That's how I decided to
16:04wind it up and fight for my money. Right. You know, Hari Prasad, just to be with us, I'm just going to
16:11bring in Swapnil Kothari here once again. Swapnil Kothari, the very fact that the whistleblower in this
16:16case says that I had flagged off the agencies before he could flee the, you know, flee the country,
16:22before he fled India. This was a year and a half before I had flagged off. What do you make of this?
16:29You know, the very fact that this man had enough time to figure his life out, figure his plans out
16:33before he could leave the country. Well, yeah, unfortunately, in this country, we,
16:38you know, latched the stable after the horses have bolted. So that is unfortunate in this country.
16:45And that's happened even in the United States when the September 11 attacks happened. A lot of
16:49memos were flashing around that some big attack was in the offing, etc. So in this country,
16:54for one, one and a half years, if agencies were informed and if they did not take any
16:59appropriate sips, that's exactly what I was trying to point out, that there could be people who were
17:03in the norm, who were complicit in this, who let him flee, and who obviously had, you know,
17:10quid pro quo. So this is an eye-opener for us. Three, four people have escaped the jaws of this country.
17:17For seven, eight years, we've had to really, really work hard to try to get them. We haven't been able
17:21to manage to get one. Also, as far as, I'm talking of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, Lalit Modi and Vijay Malaya.
17:27So, hopefully, with Tawur Rana's expedition, I think if we were to get Mehul Choksi, if you are
17:33able to get him arrested, then I think that is a very, very significant step in the direction.
17:39He could plead that he's an Antigua national and he needs to be deported to Antigua where we do not
17:43have an expedition treaty. But that is just like a stopover that we have when we go from, say,
17:48India to United Kingdom via Dubai, if we take an Emirates flight. So, ultimately, Mehul Choksi will have
17:56to come back to our destination, to this destination, even if it's via Antigua. Because
18:00I think India is in a much, much stronger diplomatic prowess. And I think a lot of these countries
18:04want to do business with India and they don't want to harbour criminals within themselves.
18:09United Kingdom, as far as Malaya is concerned, will be a tad difficult because from what I've
18:14heard is that he pays a trunk, boatload of taxes to the UK government. So, I believe the UK
18:21government tends to go soft on people who tend to pay that kind of taxes and try to delay the
18:26procedure as much as possible. But if Mehul Choksi were to come back, Nirav Modi will
18:30follow. And then, I think Malaya will not be too far. But yes, we are looking at a time
18:34from 3 to 4 years, you know, before all of these or any of these gentlemen step in on
18:40this soil. But Mehul Choksi seems to be a little bit more easy now with an easier grasp. And
18:45as you pointed out, why did the agencies sleep over it? Your guess is as good as mine.
18:51You know, be with us, Swapnil Kothari, why were the agencies sleeping on it is a question
18:58that has to be answered. But politically, it's been raised repeatedly by the opposition
19:03and that's how it's been playing out. You know, Hari Prasad, the optimism, of course,
19:07is that Nirav Modi also in London at this point in time would be perhaps the next person to
19:16be, you know, brought back to the country. Vijay Malaya also says, Swapnil Kothari, perhaps
19:20because things are moving swiftly and there is a sense of optimism. What do you have to
19:25say about the manner in which Mehul Choksi and his wife, of course, now diagnosed with
19:29blood cancer, has been moving from one area to the other from, you know, first he was in
19:35Antigua, then Barbadu before moving to Belgium. So, how do you look at the developments of the
19:41past few years? And do you think that eventually Nirav Modi would also follow if at all Mehul
19:46Choksi were to be brought back?
19:49I don't know the deportation or extradition rules between UK and Belgium depends. I think
20:01it is very difficult for people to get back from UK. I hope in Belgium it is easier. If Mehul
20:10Choksi comes back, possibly the other people may also be brought back.
20:15I just want to understand from you because you said you somebody you've been closely had been
20:21associated with Mehul Choksi. Talk to us about how the money was swindled. What really happened? What
20:26did you initially, you know, find when there was a bit of a suspicion that there is something which
20:33is going on that this man is not right? Talk to us about your initial findings of the PNB scam as well.
20:42Well, when I got cheated by him and I had filed cases on him in Bangalore police and arrests were
20:49issued. During that time, I tried to see how what kind of defaults he has been committing. It's very
20:59evident. If you just see any common man seeing his balance sheet, it is very evident that he has taken
21:05huge loans. I think that time there were loans about 10,000 crores and he was not paying the taxes
21:11for the past three years. Who will keep quiet if you don't pay the taxes for three years? Why? Why
21:17other agencies were keeping quiet? So I enlightened all this information to them and also understood that
21:26the big money is moving through his various shell companies. So I had doubt and I expressed my
21:35doubts to agencies and told them to do forensic audit for his company, but nothing has been done. So
21:42they always, you know, people wake up late when the horses have already ran away.
21:48You know, I also want to ask you, as far as his own legal battle is concerned, he's managed to,
21:54you know, stay out of the countries so far. A strong legal team, something that you have also spoken
21:59about. Hari Prasad. Yes, yes, yes. So I, I doubt that he will be brought back so easily. He's not
22:08going to give up. He's a smart guy. Okay. He will not give up. He's a smart guy,
22:13is what Swapnil Kotari, is what Hari Prasad in fact is saying is the whistleblower in this case.
22:18Swapnil Kotari, the whistleblower, of course, not too optimistic, but talk to us about what could
22:24possibly go wrong as far as his extradition is concerned, given the kind of treaty that India
22:28and Belgium also have to extradite all kinds of criminals. You know, this one involved in a financial
22:35fraud, but the treaty stands strong. And like you said, India seems to be making all the right
22:41noises. Well, I think it's only a matter of time. It's a ticking time bomb for me. If not today,
22:49day after tomorrow, maybe week, month, two months. So you can only avoid and you can only procrastinate
22:57and arrest or rather an extradition. You will not be able to junk it. So I think with enough on the
23:03table as far as meeting all the requirements of the treaty is concerned, the legal requirements,
23:07that is dual criminality, extraditable offense. We have a strong human rights record, ability to
23:14give him a fair trial. These three, four requirements, we can easily satisfy. Tremendous
23:20diplomatic prowess at the, say, external affairs ministry level or whatever the level that,
23:26you know, even at the prime minister level. If we talk that, I think that should be easy. And
23:31one more important thing, Sneha, is that if you've noticed since the past couple of years,
23:35RBI has done a wonderful job. It's been sniffing around like a bloodhound,
23:39trying to ensure that there is not a single scam of this proportion that has taken place.
23:44Right to the issuance of the credit cards that RBI has insured, I don't want to leave the foreign
23:48bank, but, you know, they've, or a couple of banks who've not been allowed to issue cards unless
23:52they've satisfied the requirement. Or, you know, they've completed their, you know,
23:57check and balance procedure. So I think the RBI is making it sure that something of this
24:02proportion does not take place. Vixit Bharat 2047, third largest economy, fifth largest at the moment,
24:08third largest economy is not going to be easily achievable or should not be, or will not be
24:14achieved if we allow scams of this nature. So the RBI is very much aware. And I think with
24:19SEBI also ensuring with its SFIO, that is the CS4 investigation office, ensuring that scams of this
24:26nature are under the radar and do not pass the hook. I think everywhere, comprehensively,
24:32the agencies have risen to the occasion and they've realized that people are a little step
24:36ahead of them, as Mr. Hari Prasad is mentioning that people are smart, have power. But I think at the
24:41end of the day, when you face the law, I think the wheels of justice turn in this country slowly,
24:47but when they turn, they turn very surely.
24:49It's very important, you know, and right now in all the noise of Choksi perhaps being extradited
24:56successfully to India, Hari Prasad, we seem to forget that there were people who were directly
25:01affected by this as so many people were scammed in this fashion. Poor people who were affected
25:07because of the fraudulent practices, not just of the man Choksi himself, but also of PNB officials,
25:13who with whom Choksi had connived with at this point in time. Hari Prasad.
25:19Yes, it is true. Ultimately, the small fish gets caught and big fish will escape. This is what is
25:26actually happening. I hope, I only hope, for my concern is that, well, the system will work,
25:35we are much stronger position today than before, in terms of our diplomatic power, our reach and our
25:43strength in the world community. I hope he will come back. But how easy it is to get back the money
25:52he stashed away from India. To the best of my knowledge, during those years only, it was about
25:5815,000 to 20,000 crores. 10,000 crores of bank loans and LOU money would be much higher than that.
26:09The actual figures are still not known to us, frankly speaking. The people who lost money would be
26:14not so much, maybe around 200 crores. About 100 people must have lost about 200 crores in totality.
26:22But the big money is lost through the banks.
26:24All right. You know, a quick word from Swapnil Kothari before we wrap this discussion. Yes, Swapnil Kothari.
26:32Sneha, you can have the best of lawyers, the strongest minds, the best legal minds,
26:37the most ingenious legal minds. But all you require is one honest judge. That's it.
26:43All right. Well said. I'm going to thank you for joining in Swapnil Kothari with your perspective on
26:47that story. Also, the whistleblower in this case, I'm going to thank you, Mr. Hari Prasad, with us,
26:53telling us about Choksi, how he suspected that this man was no good and that he was up to no good.
27:01Rather, what really ended up was blowing the lid of the PNB scam. And you heard there from the
27:07whistleblower as well. We have, in fact, more news coming in. Let's take a look.
27:11News coming in at this point in time again has got to do with Choksi. Let's take a look at these
27:25developments. Center hails the arrest of fugitive Mehul Choksi. After his arrest in Belgium,
27:33Prime Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary says the Prime Minister had already said that the
27:37ones who have looted the money of the poor will have to return it. Action is being taken against
27:43a lot of people in the country. Choksi has been arrested. It's a very big achievement,
27:48says the central government.
28:04All right, I'm going to go straight across to Chetan Bhutani for more details on that story. The
28:09government essentially lauding this development. It's a big development at the end of the day after
28:14eight years or so. Finally, Choksi has been arrested. Chetan.
28:19Well, yeah, absolutely. The government will rightly claim this victory because
28:24after constant follow-ups with agencies, with the ports, and of course,
28:29such a good attaching of the properties of Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi, and trying to give justice to
28:33the banks, trying to recover the money through the banks, the government has now completely lauded its
28:40action. And rightfully so, the MOS Finance giving out a big statement in Nagpur that,
28:46as per the direction of Prime Minister Modi, we have worked constantly on providing a lot of
28:51troubles to the fugitives who have been looting India's money. And subsequently, his arrest will
28:56definitely mean that he'll come back to India. But of course, that's what we'll have to wait and
29:00watch for the timeline, Sneha, because these extradition processes, even though how much time
29:05or how much good we have an extradition treaty with any country, it still takes two to three years
29:10minimum. So, yes, the government taking full credit for the victory. But yes, this process is still
29:18longer than we think it is. And we'll have to wait and watch because Choksi rightfully will also have
29:23its lawyers contesting the claim as well. You know, be with us, Chetan. I'll just come back to you in a
29:28moment from now. Listen in from the Minister of State for Finance and what he said essentially about the
29:33arrest of Mehul Choksi today.
29:44All right, we'll just in fact play that sound bite in a moment from now. But the government
29:48hailing this development from today where Mehul Choksi, the man behind the PNB scam defrauding
29:54the government and the people of the country of 30,500 crore who had run away from India and had
30:00been moving countries, has finally been arrested. The government has lauded this move, talking about
30:06the fact that he has been arrested. It's a big achievement. The prime minister of the country
30:11had said that the ones who have looted the money of the poor will have to return it. Chetan continues to
30:18be with us. Chetan, you know, the very fact is that extradition-wise, it looks like it isn't going to be
30:25so difficult. India and Belgium do have an extradition treaty. But talk to us about the
30:30magnitude A of this stamp. The government has promised that, you know, the people who've been
30:35defrauded will be getting justice. The prime minister said the poor will get their money back. But
30:41how was it even possible? Talk to us about what the government now intends to do from here on.
30:47Well, you know, Sneha, the process is a bit complex because now what happens is that
30:52Mehol Chokshi will have to reach out to the lower courts first. And depending on what lower courts say,
30:58they'll have to move to the higher courts. The process remains the same for Mehol Chokshi as well.
31:02And once the process is completed, then the extradition treaty and its clauses come into effect. But
31:07for the benefit of our viewers, I'd like to point out the modus of grinding that happened between 2011
31:12and 2017. Well, Mehol Chokshi, the diamond trader and the owner of Gitanjali Gems and his nephew,
31:18Ketirav Modi, in fact, collated together and obtained fraudulent letters of undertakings
31:23and foreign letters of credit from P&B's Braddy House branch in Mumbai. These financial
31:27instruments were issued without proper collateral documentation, bypassing the banking protocol.
31:33Well, these LOUs, the letter of understanding, were used to secure short-term credit from
31:39overseas bank, which was then funneled to their sell companies in Hong Kong, Dubai and N-12.
31:44But the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate estimate Chokshi's firm's deprauded Pajab National
31:49Bank of worth about 6,800-odd crore rupees, while Nirav Modi's firms accounted for close to
31:55about 6,400-odd crore rupees, making this scam close to about 14,000-odd crore rupees.
32:00Well, how was this detected for the benefit of the public and its memory? In January 2018,
32:05P&B flagged suspicious transactions when Chokshi and Modi's firms sought new LOUs without settling
32:12prior dues. And this was the time when Pajab National Bank, being a listed entity,
32:17had to inform the stock exchanges of a possible missing transaction and possible missing money
32:22from the bank account. So that's when CBI was handed over the complaint and that was unearthed.
32:27All right. Chetan, I'm going to thank you for getting in those details. My colleague there
32:32from Business Today, putting that story into perspective for us.
32:43More news coming in. Actor Salman Khan receives threat once again. Threat innocent
32:48the WhatsApp number of transport department in Wurli in Mumbai. Threat to blow up actor Salman Khan's
32:54car with a bomb. Case now has been registered at the Wurli police station against unknown persons who sent
33:00in that message. Once again, there is a threat to actor Salman Khan will blow up the car,
33:07your car with bombs. Salman Khan gets another threat with the Mumbai police now filing a case.
33:14Dipesh is in fact getting in more details on that story. Once again, a threat. This time on WhatsApp
33:20of the official number of the Wurli traffic department. What more can you tell us?
33:27Yesterday, once again, Salman Khan received a threat and that too. We have saw last time that
33:34several threats were received by the Mumbai traffic police on the name of Salman Khan. And this time
33:40as well, they have received a threat. And this threat that anonymous person has mentioned that
33:47he will blow up the Salman Khan's car. He'll enter into the Salman Khan's house and he'll kill him.
33:53Now the Wurli police station has lodged an FIRN. They are tracking down the number. They are trying
33:57to search for the person who has who had sent this message right now. And they have formed the several
34:03teams to track or to investigate this case. Neha.
34:06Thanking you, Dipesh, the party for the moment, getting in those details as far as another threat
34:12to actors. Salman Khan is concerned. Details of the same essentially on the WhatsApp to transport
34:18department, the Wurli transport department. The threat is that the car of the actor is going to be
34:25blown out after the message was received. The Wurli police registered an FIR against the unknown
34:30sender. Efforts are now being made to trace the source of the message here.
34:34More news coming in. Tahavud Rana is being questioned for the fourth day at the NIA headquarters in the
34:412611 Mumbai terror attack probe matter. Intense questioning continues at the National Investigative
34:48Agency headquarters. As officials drill Rana over his role in the 2611 attack, investigators are probing
34:56his connection with Pakistan's ISI to the group Lashkar A. Toiba. Possible links to a handler based in Dubai
35:04under the scanner. Rana's voice samples could be collected to verify his conversations with David
35:11Coleman Headley is what we know.
35:13Two dozen questions already is something that Rana has had to answer. At least he's been posed with.
35:27His voice samples could be collected to verify conversations with David Coleman Headley.
35:31In fact, investigators also probing his connections with Pakistan's ISI and terror group Lashkar A. Toiba.
35:39Possible links to a handler based in Dubai also under the scanner.
35:44Shivani is with us for the very latest on that story. Talk to our Shivani about what you're picking
35:50from the agencies by way of how Tahavud Rana is cooperating in the investigations. I also understand
35:57that he was to be confronted with a witness. What more can you tell us?
36:02Seha, this is day four of the investigation where the NIA officials are now questioning Tahavud
36:07Rana at the NIA headquarters in relation to his role in the 2611 Mumbai attacks. And what we are
36:15given to understand to our sources is that the questions which are being put forth for Rana are in
36:22connection with a link in Dubai which helped Rana and Headley in this conspiracy of 2611 attacks.
36:30And we are being told that the regular medicals have been directed by the court and every 48 hours
36:37these medical tests are also happening. Remember on Thursday evening Rana had reached Delhi and thereafter
36:45early morning Friday he was at the NIA headquarters and since then the questioning is going on.
36:51This is day four and a set of three dozen questions have been prepared for the investigation which is
36:58still going on.
37:00All right. Shivani, I'm going to thank you for the moment. Getting in those details is Shivani. As far as the
37:05questioning of Tahavud Rana, the main accused in the Mumbai terror attacks concern, the possible links to
37:10a handler based in Dubai, also under the scanner is what Shivani is telling us. It's the day four of
37:17questioning today ever since he's been extradited to the country. The NIA continues to grill him. He is
37:24in their custody for 18 days.
37:34More news coming in. Bengal police finds a PFI link to the riots.
37:38Kops say link of the Bangladesh radicals here has been established. PFI front, SDPI spreading lies
37:46over Wahf Bill. PFI is a political armed radicalized locals. Brazen Wahf fear mongering has been found is
37:53what the cops say. Sent it to snatch the land of Muslims is what the locals were told. Rumor mongering,
38:00misleading information that the land would be taken away and that's what the rioting,
38:05that's what really led to the rioting and the tense situation in Bengal's Murshidabad is what the
38:10cops have said. The role of radicalized kids and teens also found in the rioting that has taken place
38:18in Bengal's Murshidabad which has claimed the lives of three people already.
38:22The popular front of India is a political armed that radicalized the locals there spreading
38:31misinformation. Anupam has more fear mongering misinformation Anupam that led the locals there
38:38to believe that the central government would somehow snatch their land is what you're picking up.
38:43Yes Neha, there is a big revelation coming up from the investigation of police and local sources
38:52that SDPI, the Socialist Democratic Party of India, which has a very good presence in Murshidabad,
38:59was doing a campaign on bus and was doing the SDPI going home to home and were trying to mobilize
39:10young people and the young persons from the age of 10 to 20. They have targeted people from 10 to 20
39:18and they have mobilized the whole thing and they have told them that we'll have to come on the road,
39:23we'll have to do ambulance if you want to save our properties and this is what they were telling
39:30the youth before the youth has got mobilized. So it is a clear indication of how youth of Muslims
39:39have been radicalized by SDPI in Murshidabad area. According to police, once Murshidabad area was
39:47a very strong presence of SIMI was there but when SIMI was banned, PFI was born and PFI was also
39:57holding very good presence in Murshidabad and now LPPI has also very good presence in Murshidabad. So
40:03according to information, LPPI people have mobilized this crowd and it was almost a planned thing which
40:12police information is coming up that they have stopped police at SUTI because if you remember
40:20the incident happened in SUTI was initial incident on Friday and when police came from Gangipur,
40:28they had stopped in SUTI and they were engaged in clash with protesters in SUTI and meanwhile the
40:36protesters started vandalizing properties and started violence in Shamsherganj where police
40:43prisons were little and police was engaged in SUTI and they didn't go to their Shamsherganj. So
40:51according to police the whole thing was pre-planned and right now almost 150 people already been
40:59arrested by Bengal police in this connection, this violence and they are trying to unearth more details
41:04on these things because it seems that it was planned and SUTI was behind all these things.
41:15All right. Anupam Mishra, I'm going to thank you for the moment. Getting in those details is my
41:19colleague Anupam tracking that big developing story from Murshidabad.
41:23And amid unrest in West Bengal's Murshidabad, approximately 500 residents have fled
41:34and Murshidabad and Malda due to the violence there. In shocking claims survivors say that Hindu homes
41:41were specifically targeted and burned down by Muslim rioters. Local authorities and BSF are attempting to
41:47restore calm but the situation remains tense. Refugees are currently sheltering in a high school in Malda
41:55with uncertain futures and concerns about looted homes. BJP will protest against Mamata's government in
42:01Bengal also demanding AFSPA, Armed Forces Special Powers Act. In four Bengal districts they claim this is
42:07TMC's pattern of attacking Hindus. On the 16th of April, BJP will honor the two deceased Hindu victims as Hindu,
42:16Shaheed Devas. TMC has called for peace and is blaming BJP for bringing the law that caused the riots.
42:24They claim that BJP is inciting rioters over religion.
42:29There was a larger conspiracy behind those incidents. Some section of central agency,
42:38a section of BSF and a section of two or three political parties.
42:47They were involved in this conspiracy and with the help of a part of BSF, there was a gap in border.
43:00Some miscreants entered, they made cows and they were given safe passage to return.
43:11So, if you want to go to the police, you can go to the police, you can go to the police, you can go to the police.
43:18foreign
43:48foreign
44:02foreign
44:16it is going to be a no-nonsense battle against the bundles and criminals nobody i repeat nobody
44:36will be allowed to take law in their hands in this fight against violence and injustice the courts the
44:43government all well-meaning members of society are strongly united to put an end to these criminals
44:52with an iron hand sangar insa hobay na hobay na chalbay na chalbay na
45:00jaha 26 hajar se jada sikko ko ki nokri se nikale gai obi satirur party ke bhratachar ki chalte
45:09sare sare jab sare bengal ke loog khapa hua hai akrosh mein hai toh unko nigao ka bhatkane ke liye
45:17yek thampradek dhanga ki ilaba aur koon sa achcha moka mil sakti hai
45:32more news coming in bengal's riot monger teens on camera children teens play rioters in bengal
45:38arson pelting attacks by young rioters it's a worrying trend in bengal riots in mushitabad
45:45particularly where we've seen cops have said sdpi is inciting young children that's what they're
45:51doing is what has been found pictures on your screen are from the 11th of april the attentions
45:58in fact in this area and teenagers and children taking part in arts and as you can see on your
46:04screens at this point in time extremely worrying with the police making these revelations and
46:10rajit kundu was there getting asked those details in rajit these are children written literally here
46:16teenagers are petting stones and the cops have said that the sdpi has managed to brainwash these
46:22children as well well that's right what we are hearing from west bengal police forces
46:27is that the uh sdpi which is the stupid wing of the band uh popular front of india cfi uh you know
46:36that has been active in this mushitabad belt and apparently their hand uh has been revealed uh by
46:43sources in the police in the west bengal police we are told and uh that uh very young uh you know members
46:51of fdpi are provoked by fd the youngsters of 15-15-17-18 teenagers they have been involved in
46:59school-tenting incidents and in riots that took place in mushitabad in fact when we were seeking
47:04to victims uh i have met several families myself who uh corroborated this uh then uh we also laid our
47:13hands on cctv shortages from some of these houses that were ransacked and attacked which clearly showed
47:20that gunsters were behind this attack uh the police of course is trying to uh have gathered these
47:25people because they are trying to identify these people uh whether they are localized or they have
47:31come from some uh from an aggressive area is what the police is trying to prove that but uh sources
47:37in the world we clearly forget that the police between sdpi has clearly emerged in fact one of the
47:44persons who died uh in in firing uh during the education uh his family members have categorically
47:53gone on record to say that um uh sdpi members have been uh you know forcing them to join the protest
48:02so now the police is coming with entire angle in richard kundu i'm going to thank you for the moment
48:07getting us those details pictures are of children they're involved in the rioting and the arson
48:12that you see on your screens which is off from the 11th of april in morshidabad in bengal
48:21as morshidabad reels some days of relentless violence a humanitarian crisis is unfolding at
48:26the heart of bengal over 500 residents mostly hindus have fled their homes
48:31amid deadly clashes over the waf act india today brings you this exclusive ground report
48:42exodus to save life from bengal riot zone
48:54in bengal
49:01cinched by deaths violence and writing over vakf law
49:04at least 500 hindus mostly women and children fled morshidabad
49:14after attacks arson rape threats entire families fled morshidabad by boat
49:27some carrying infants others with nothing but trauma
49:41survivors narrate mayhem unleashed by muslim mobs who selectively targeted hindu homes
49:47even kids were not spared
50:01Women say writers set their homes on fire and issued death threats.
50:31Women say writers set their homes on fire and their homes on fire.
51:01India today meanwhile visited the Das household in Mursheedabad.
51:14Young Chandan Das and his elderly father were dragged out of their homes and hacked to death,
51:21allegedly by a Muslim mob protesting Waqf law.
51:31The other man came here from the village.
51:38They were all hit by the fire.
51:40They were all hit by the door.
51:46They were all hit by the door.
51:47They were all hit by the door and they were all hit by the door.
51:51The Dhuliaan, Shamsherganj area in the past 48 hours.
52:06You can see at the house right now, even though the BASF Jawans are manning it,
52:11this is the kind of carnage that was witnessed by the family,
52:15which has not just resulted in the destruction of property,
52:20but also the death of two members of this very family.
52:25Is Bengal government helpless in face of rampant rioting and rising hate attacks?
52:32With Anupam Mishra in Malda and Indrajit Kundu in Mursheedabad,
52:37Bureau Report, India Today.