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Three years in, why Dr. Kafeel Khan is still in jail?

New Delhi, 28 July 2020 [Fik/News Sources]:  On Monday (July 27), the Allahabad High Court will hear a fresh bail petition of Dr. Kafeel Khan, who is currently booked under the National Security Act (NSA) by the Uttar Pradesh Government. Khan was initially framed for an inflammatory speech given at the Aligarh Muslim University as a part of anti-CAA protests. Hailed a hero, framed for murder On the night of August 10, a tragedy hit Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College when the oxygen supply ran out claiming lives of as many as 63 children. Dr. Kafeel Khan, the head of the encephalitis ward, managed to save a handful of lives by buying oxygen cylinders from his pocket and supplementing with Ambu bags. He was hailed a hero. However, the UP government accused him of medical negligence, attempt to murder,

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44 Indian Banks Reported to Watchdog for Large Suspicious Transactions

New Delhi, 27 Sep 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: At least 44 Indian banks have been identified in connection with transactions by Indian entities and individuals in a set of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by US banks with the watchdog, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an investigation by The Indian Express has found. According to a set of records of parties with Indian addresses, the banks figure in SARs linked to over 2,000 transactions valued at over $1 billion between 2011 and 2017. Significantly, there are thousands of transactions linked to Indian entities and businessmen where the Indian senders or beneficiaries have addresses in foreign jurisdictions. Records investigated show that the banks mentioned in the SARs include: state-owned Punjab National Bank (290 transactions); State Bank of India (102);

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Eight Bihar Ministers Have Pending Criminal Cases: ADR

New Delhi, 19 Nov 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Eight of the newly sworn-in Ministers in Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves in their poll affidavits, said Bihar Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Of the 14 Ministers whose affidavits were analysed, six (43 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, including two of BJP, two of JD-U and one each of HAM and VIP, they said. These elections watchdogs said the finding was based on an analysis of the self-sworn affidavits of 14 Ministers, submitted before the October-November Assembly elections. Interestingly, these 14 Ministers belong to all four National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners — Janata Dal-United (JD-U), BJP, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Bollywood set

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