Live India | Written on 22 Jun, 2014 at 14:18 in Crime, India
Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, unknown assailants stabbed the Assistant Director of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in the old city area here today .
The victim scientist, identified as Satyapathi was rushed to Hyderabad’s Osmania Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
More details awaited
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RTI – According to DRDO website – Bio-Toilets to Be Installed In 2500 Coaches at Rs. 1 Lakh per Unit
To 11th March 2014
Shri RAKESH KUMAR,
D.D. (PG) & C.P.I.O.,
(Registration & Coordination),
R.No 05, RTI Cell / RB,
Railway Board, New Delhi -110001
Hello,
Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 in respect of Bio-Toilets to Be Installed In 2500 Coaches at Rs. 1 Lakh per Unit. A per DRDO website the Bio-Toilets will be manufactured at the Kapurthala Coach Factory in association with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and will be installed in the coaches.
Information Sought
- Provide the certified copy of MoU for Bio-Toilets technology between DRDO and Ministry of Railways
- The status of Bio-Toilets proposal.
- Total amount if any provided to DRDO in respect of Bio-Toilets technology.
Registration Number MORLY/R/2014/62586
Ex-DRDO technical officer’s son held for murdering scientist’s wife
Bangalore, mar 11, 2014, DHNS : Deccan Herald
Financial gain motive; suspect ‘blackmailed’ victim with her fake suicide note
The son of a retired technical officer of the Defence Research and Development Organisation has been arrested on the charge of murdering the wife of a scientist for financial gain at the DRDO quarters in Baiyappanahalli here on Monday. The suspect had also “blackmailed” the victim with her fake suicide note.
Vijayan R, 33, was arrested from his Horamavu house about six hours after he allegedly slit the throat of Rajani Rajbala, 46, and snatched her gold chains, Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar told reporters here on Tuesday.
Vijayan’s father was a technical officer at the Gas Turbine Research Establishment and the family lived in the DRDO quarters, Phase I, CV Raman Nagar, until his retirement. Since Rajbala and her husband Amrith Pakyadas also lived on the same campus, the suspect befriended the family which hails from Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu.
Huge loans
Vijayan, a school dropout who had been working with a non-profit organisation, was unable to repay the huge loans he had taken.
Even his debit-cum-credit card had been deactivated and he needed Rs 10,000 to reactivate it. An urgent need for money thus drew him to murder Rajbala, G B Manjunath, ACP (Ulsoor subdivision), told Deccan Herald. The suspect thought of “extorting” money from Rajbala.
He met her recently at her D-22 flat and claimed he was planning to make a documentary on the love story of a couple. But the female protagonist commits suicide following differences with her husband, Vijayan reportedly told Rajbala and coaxed her into believing that he needed a suicide letter in Tamil to be used in the documentary.
He then requested her to write the suicide letter as he does not know the language. Rajbala believed him, wrote the letter and gave it to him. Vijayan, however, started blackmailing her with the letter and even threatened to murder her if she did not give him money.
“He entered Rajbala’s house around 11 am. After a brief conversation, he demanded money but she refused. In a fit of rage, he then slit her throat twice with a knife in the bedroom.
Leaving her almost dead, he snatched the two gold chains on her person,” said Baiyyappanahalli Police Inspector K V Srinivas.
A neighbour rang the door bell just when Vijayan was allegedly slitting Rajbala’s throat. The suspect hurriedly pocketed the gold chains, jumped to the second floor from the balcony and fled.
Key, a dead give-away
He suffered a fracture in his leg and also injured his spine. While jumping down, he lost the key of his motorcycle which later gave away his identity. He managed to sneak out of the DRDO campus, hired an autorickshaw and reached his house, the police inspector added.
Wife of DRDO scientist murdered in quarters
Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Mar 11, 2014, 02.00 AM IST
Rajabala was alone at home in heavily-guarded premises
The wife of a scientist with the Defence Research and Organisation Development (DRDO) was found murdered in her residence in the heavily-guarded DRDO quarters in Byappanahalli on Monday. Police say Rajani Rajabala, 49, the wife of A Packia Dhas, scientist ‘D’ with the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of DRDO, was killed between 11 am and 11.30 am on Monday.
The incident came to light when neighbours found the victim lying in a pool of blood. Her throat has been slit and she had also suffered stab injuries to the neck, police said.
Rajabala was staying on the third floor of an apartment in ‘F’ wing in Block No. 22 of the DRDO quarters. She was alone at home. Her husband had gone for work and daughter, a first year engineering student, had left for college. The family is from Kanyakumari, but have been staying in the city for the last six years. Her son studies engineering in Chennai.
Police found no evidence of forced entry and suspect the killer fled by jumping from one of the floors to the ground. Salva Kumari, a resident of the ground floor of the same building, told police that at around the time of the crime, she heard the sound of something falling from a top floor and had rushed out. She found an unidentified man sitting on the ground near the building. The man later got up and walked away.
Along with Karthika Devi, another neighbour, Kumari climbed to the top to find out what had fallen. The door to Rajabala’s apartment was open and they entered to find their neighbour lying in a pool of blood. Byappanahalli police, who are investigating the crime, say the killer may have taken something from the house.
“Dhas and his daughter are still in shock and did not speak to us,” said K V Sharat Chandra, joint commissioner of police (East, law and order). “Once we speak to them and find out what’s missing, we will know if it was murder for gain or for personal rivalry. There is huge security for the quarters, but security staffs don’t do much checking in the morning. It is only after 8 pm when security is tight. There were no CCTV cameras installed.”
Scientist’s wife murdered in DRDO quarters
TNN | Mar 11, 2014, 03.53AM IST
BANGALORE: The wife of a scientist with Aeronautical Development Authority (ADE) was stabbed to death inside her house on Monday morning.
The body of Rajini Rajamala, 42, lying in a pool of blood, was spotted by her neighbour just after 11am at the Defence Research and Development Authority (DRDO) residential quarters in CV Raman Nagar, off Old Madras Road.
A man who had come to house number 22/12, on the third floor of house complex number 4, inside the residential quarters, is suspected to have killed her.
Two stab marks were found on her neck. The neighbour, whose identity was kept a secret by police, is a resident of the second floor of the same building. She told police that on hearing a noise, she peeped out of her balcony to see what was going on. She saw a man landing on the ground, and suspected that he had jumped from the third floor of the building.
Surprised, she went up to the third floor, and found Rajini dead.
By the time she returned, the man had vanished. She immediately cried for help and informed police. The murder is suspected have taken place between 10am and 11am.
Her husband Packya Das, a grade D scientist, left for work around 9.30am. One of the neighbours called Das, who was at work, informing him about the murder a few minutes after 11am, police said. The couple’s children, a son and daughter, were at school at the time.
Kamal Pant, additional commissioner of police, law and order, who visited the spot said no valuables were missing from the house. Also, there were no signs of a forced entry.
Joint commissioner of police, law and order (East), KV Sharat Chandra, who is monitoring four special teams formed to investigate the case, said police have a few clues. “All I can say at this point is that the attacker left something behind,” he said.
DID ASSAILANT JUMP FROM THIRD FLOOR?
That the alleged killed jumped from the third floor has left everyone shocked. Joint commissioner Sharat Chandra said: “We’re as surprised that a man jumped from the third floor and survived. However, in her statement, the neighbour said she only saw him land on the ground and suspected that he had jumped from the third floor.”
Sources said the attacker was injured after jumping from the building and there were some spots of blood where he landed. The investigating teams are looking at CCTV camera footage in and around the complex to look for suspicious persons.
FREE ENTRY
“The quarters have a thoroughfare running through, allowing free entry of private vehicles. So there’s no way to maintain a log of visitors. The public road has a bus stand and BMTC buses ply here. However, we keep a record of private vehicles entering the area at night,” DRDO spokesperson.
Re-examine Puravankara project near DRDO: High Court
February 24, 2014 23:41 IST -THE HINDU
‘Did builder own the land when plan got nod?’
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to re-examine issues related to the construction of a 16-storey apartment complex by Puravankara Projects Ltd. near the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) campus at C.V. Raman Nagar.
The court told the BBMP to look into every complaint by DRDO related to alleged violation of laws in the grant of approval for the building plans in 2007 and 2011 for construction of 660 flats at ‘Purva Seasons’, adjacent to the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR). The BBMP has been specifically directed to re-examine whether Puravankara had the title deed of the land when the plan was sanctioned. The court’s direction to Puravankara not to aerially encroach upon the defence land during construction by using cranes stays.
Setback to DRDO
The court did not entertain the DRDO’s contention that the project would pose a security and safety threat to various defence research wings in the vicinity. However, DRDO can approach the Supreme Court on the issue of keeping the land on which the project is coming up free of construction under Section 3 of the Works of Defence Act, 1903. Pointing out that the DRDO could not produce any material on the safe distance to be maintained from a defence establishment, the court noticed that there are several other high-rise buildings like Bagmane Tech Park and August Park near the DRDO’s research wings.
The court observed that DRDO could not establish how only Puravankara’s project is affecting it.
Sexual harassment case: DRDE scientist Prabhat Garg surrenders -DNA
Tuesday, Dec 3, 2013, 19:34 IST | Place: Gwalior | Agency: PTI
Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE) scientist Prabhat Garg, against whom a research scholar has levelled allegations of sexual harassment, on Tuesday surrendered before police here.
Police said Garg turned himself in to University Police Station, reportedly after pressure built up on him by police and also his family members.
In her complaint, the research scholar had accused Garg of sexually harassing her during 2010-11 when she was pursuing her work under him at the city-based institution.
Police said the woman discontinued her research due to “uncomfortable situation” she was experiencing under her guide, that is Garg, and also for her marriage.
The woman suffered sexual harassment quietly till her marriage and also because of her career but when Garg allegedly did not spare her even after her marriage, she disclosed the matter to her husband.
The couple then reached Gwalior and lodged a complaint with police who in turn registered an FIR against Garg under sections sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506-B (punishment for criminal intimidation) of IPC.
Garg was produced before a local court which remanded him two-day police custody.
Scientist held for raping wife in Raipur – Parda Phash
Published by: Urvashi Singhal
Published on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 at 04:59 IST
Raipur: It seems that the court’s decision on granting death penalty to the Delhi Gang rape accused is very less, as the male section is not realizing as to what they are turning our society into, by not stopping but continuously committing the most heinous crime that is ‘Rape’. As per reports, a Defence Research and Development Organization scientist Majumdar has been accused of raping his 30-year-old wife in Raipur, today, September 23.
The news was confirmed by Raipur’s Superintendent of Police O P Pal, he said, “A case has been lodged case against Tapas Kumar Majumdar, who is working with food research laboratory wing of DRDO, on the complaint lodged by his 30-year-old wife this evening.”
The complainant who works as a school teacher was married to the scientist in 2011 and she had no information regarding the status of his first marriage. The only thing she knew was that her husband had divorced his first wife, but later on she came to know that he had not divorced his first wife.
The accused has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 419 (cheating by personation), 496 (marrying fraudulently) and 498 (A) (subjecting wife to cruelty).
The police are still investigating into the matter.
ANTONY RECOMMENDS CBI PROBE INTO DRDO RECRUITMENT SCAM
the pioneer
Monday, 18 November 2013 | PNS | New Delhi
Defence Minister AK Antony has recommended a CBI probe into an alleged recruitment scam in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) where some senior officers — including two of its former chiefs — violated rules while giving jobs to their kin in violation of rules. The CBI probe was recommended after the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) favoured action against officials.
The Defence Minister recommended the CBI probe into the recruitment scam after the vigilance wing of the Ministry carried out a probe for more than a year after the allegations surfaced, officials said here on Sunday. The DRDO officials under the scanner included two former chiefs and a former Chief Controller of the organisation.
Recently, a Director-rank officer of the DRDO was probed for his alleged role in an appointment made against the laid down procedures and was suspended hours before his retirement from service in May. The official, a senior scientist, was suspended by the department as an inquiry was pending against him in a recruitment-related case where he allegedly recruited his own daughter in the organisation.
The matter had come to light after the CVC recommended action against two DRDO officials for their alleged role in the case. The suspended official was allegedly involved in promotion and selection of scientists in the organisation.
DRDO official under lens in passport documents case
50 verification certificates were issued by the official in the past six months, raising fears that documents were forged
The Regional Passport Office here has ordered a probe into the issuance of 50 verification certificates in the past six months by an official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). These certificates had been issued for obtaining passports under the Tatkal scheme.
Regional Passport Officer K. Srikar Reddy told reporters on Thursday that a complaint would be lodged with the police to find out how so many certificates were issued by a single officer, apart from verifying the authenticity of the documents. Details were also sought from the DRDO in this regard, he said.
Last year, the RPO had detected 50 forged verification documents issued in the name of IAS and IPS officers. Begumpet police have already registered a case in the matter.
Recently, an applicant had submitted a forged document, which was attested from a local court.
“After receiving the document, we enquired with the court, which denied any such attestation,” he said.
“We are dealing with these cases very seriously and necessary action would be taken against those involved in it after investigation,” Mr. Reddy said.
The passport office has also set up a centralised control room at the Secunderabad office to oversee the functioning of Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in the State with the help of surveillance cameras.
“We can monitor live the flow of applicants and submission process and if needed depute additional staff. We can also directly speak to the applicants’ online and collect feedback from them,” he explained. Using CCTVs, a police constable was caught red-handed for accepting a bribe at the Secunderabad RPO recently. He was later suspended.
Online payment of processing fee at will be facilitated from PSKs at Begumpet, Ameerpet, Tolichowki, Nizamabad, Vijayawada and Tirupati from Friday.
The processing fee can be paid while booking an appointment on the website www.passportindia.gov.in either by debit/credit card or via SBI internet banking. Those intending to pay the amount through challan, can check the details on the passport website.