Kochi: The High Court has dismissed the petitions seeking a vigilance investigation against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter Veena Vijayan in the CMRL-Exalogic deal. The petitions were filed by Mathew Kuzhalnadan and Girish Babu. The Income Tax Settlement Board had found that CMRL had paid compensation to Veena’s company Exalogic for services not provided in the deal.

The allegations are that she misused her position as the Chief Minister’s daughter to receive a monthly salary. The demand was for an investigation based on that.

The petitions sought to quash the Vigilance Court order that rejected the demand for an investigation and direct the court to take a fresh decision.

Kottayam: The investigation team has submitted a chargesheet in the Gandhi Nagar Govt. Nursing College Ragging case. The chargesheet was submitted in the Ettumanoor First Class Judicial Magistrate Court. The investigation team has submitted the chargesheet on the 45th day after the incident. 32 documents have been submitted in the case with 40 witnesses. The chargesheet states that what happened in the nursing college was a brutal act.

The accused, who were addicted to drugs, found pleasure in harassing the junior students. They took pleasure in recording the scenes when the ragging victims writhed in pain. The chargesheet also states that the accused threatened them not to reveal the incident. The chargesheet also states that the college authorities and the hostel warden were not aware of the incident.

The accused in the case are Samuel, a native of Munilavu, Kottayam, Jeeva, a native of Nadavayal, Wayanad, Rijil Jith, a native of Manjeri, Malappuram, Rahul Raj, a native of Vandoor, Malappuram, and Vivek, a native of Koruthodu, Kottayam. The video footage recorded by the accused themselves is the crucial evidence in the case. The accused arrested in the case are currently in jail.

Mumbai: Comedian Kunal Kamra has been granted interim bail in the case of making controversial remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The bail was granted by the Madras High Court. The bail is till April 7 in the case registered in Mumbai.

Kamra was talking about the political situation in Maharashtra and the elections. While talking about the split between Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party, he said that the one who started all this was a traitor.

What he did to the Maharashtra elections was that first Shiv Sena broke away from BJP, then Shiv Sena broke away from Shiv Sena itself, and NCP broke away from NCP. Thus, 9 buttons appeared in front of the voters… Everyone was confused, he said.

After the remark, Shiv Sena workers vandalized Kamra’s studio and threatened him. The threat was that they would not allow you to walk anywhere in India. The Shiv Sena worker called Kamra’s phone and threatened that wherever he was seen, he would destroy him like he destroyed the studio.

However, Kamra’s response was that he was currently in Tamil Nadu and that if he had the courage, he would come to Tamil Nadu.