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Geetika suicide: Kanda charged with rape, unnatural sex
May 10, 2013, 3:48 pm | CNN-IBN POLITICS
New Delhi: A chargesheet has been filed against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chadha in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. The court says prima facie charges of rape, unnatural sex, abetment of suicide, conspiracy, forgery under the IPC and IT act have been made out against Kanda. Kanda and Chadha have been chargesheeted under section 306 (abetment to suicide), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 506 (criminal intimidation), 201 (destruction of evidence), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery with intention to cheat), 469 (forgery with intention to harm reputation) and 471 (using forged documents as genuine) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). They have also been booked under section 66-A of the Information and Technology Act
INDIA
Geetika suicide: Kanda charged with rape, unnatural sex
May 10, 2013, 3:48 pm | CNN-IBN INDIA
New Delhi: A chargesheet has been filed against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chadha in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. The court says prima facie charges of rape, unnatural sex, abetment of suicide, conspiracy, forgery under the IPC and IT act have been made out against Kanda. Kanda and Chadha have been chargesheeted under section 306 (abetment to suicide), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 506 (criminal intimidation), 201 (destruction of evidence), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery with intention to cheat), 469 (forgery with intention to harm reputation) and 471 (using forged documents as genuine) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). They have also been booked under section 66-A of the Information and Technology Act
INDIA
Geetika Sharma suicide: Court to frame charges
May 10, 2013, 7:46 am | CNN-IBN INDIA
New Delhi: A trial court is expected to frame charges against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chadha on Friday in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Kanda and his employee were named by 23-year-old airhostess Geetika in her suicide letter in 2012. In judicial custody since August 2012, both Kanda and Chadha have been charge sheeted under section 306 (abetment of suicide), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 506 (criminal intimidation), 201 (destruction of evidence), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery with intention to cheat), 469 (forgery with intention to harm reputation) and 471 (using forged documents as genuine) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). They have also been booked under section 66-A of the Information and Technology
INDIA
Suicide notes strong evidence against Kanda: police to court
March 30, 2013, 5:37 pm | Press Trust of India INDIA
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday told a court here that the suicide notes of former air hostess Geetika Sharma and her mother should be considered as concrete evidence against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chaddha accused of abetting her suicide. In its arguments on framing of charges before District Judge S K Sarvaria, the prosecution said suicide notes written by Geetika are the strongest piece of evidence against the accused. Additional Public Prosecutor Rajiv Mohan also said that the suicide notes written by Geetika's mother, who committed suicide on February 15, also point towards culpability of Kanda and Chaddha. The submissions were opposed by Kanda's counsel. The court has fixed April 2 for
INDIA
Kingfisher employees demand Mallya's prosecution; to disrupt IPL
March 21, 2013, 1:46 am | Press Trust of India INDIA
New Delhi: Frustrated over not getting salary for last 10 months, Kingfisher Airlines employees on Wednesday asked the government to prosecute promoter Vijay Mallya and threatened to disrupt IPL matches. "If Gopal Kanda, promoter of MDLR airlines, can be prosecuted for suicide of an employee why can't the government prosecute Vijay Mallya for suicide of the family member of his employees," said Santosh Gautam, president of Kingfisher Airlines Maintenance Association. They also threatened to disrupt IPL matches of the Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB), the team owned by Mallya. Kingfisher Airlines owes a loan of over Rs 7,000 crore to the consortium of 17 banks, led by the SBI.
BUSINESS
Kingfisher employees demand Mallya's prosecution; to disrupt IPL
March 21, 2013, 1:46 am | Press Trust of India BUSINESS
New Delhi: Frustrated over not getting salary for last 10 months, Kingfisher Airlines employees on Wednesday asked the government to prosecute promoter Vijay Mallya and threatened to disrupt IPL matches. "If Gopal Kanda, promoter of MDLR airlines, can be prosecuted for suicide of an employee why can't the government prosecute Vijay Mallya for suicide of the family member of his employees," said Santosh Gautam, president of Kingfisher Airlines Maintenance Association. They also threatened to disrupt IPL matches of the Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB), the team owned by Mallya. Kingfisher Airlines owes a loan of over Rs 7,000 crore to the consortium of 17 banks, led by the SBI.
INDIA
Geetika Sharma's mother alleged harassment by Kanda in suicide note
February 16, 2013, 7:31 am | CNN-IBN INDIA
New Delhi: Six months after the suicide of MDLR employee Geetika Sharma, there is a fresh twist in the case. Geetika's mother Anuradha committed suicide on Friday. In a two-page suicide note, Anuradha has blamed former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and MDLR manager Aruna Chadha - the duo are already in custody over Geetika's suicide. DCP North-West Dr Karunakaran said, "We are registering a case on the basis of her suicide note. She mentioned her daughter's death and named Kanda and Aruna." Sources said that Kanda and Chadha have both been booked for abetment to suicide. Police said Anuradha committed suicide soon after she returned from work in the Ministry of Finance. It is not the
INDIA
Geetika suicide: Haryana ministers defend Kanda
December 31, 2012, 5:40 pm | CNN-IBN INDIA
Sirsa: As former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda continued to remain in jail for his alleged involvement in the suicide case of former air hostess Geetika Sharma, two of Haryana ministers have come out in public in defence of their former colleague. The ministers were speaking at an event organised in Sirsa to celebrate Kanda's 47th birthday. Praising his former colleague, Haryana Minister for Labour and Employment Shiv Charan Sharma said: "It's not a big case against Gopal Kanda. He just got himself a servant by mistake." Chief Parliamentary Secretary and Fatehabad MLA Prahalad Singh, who was also present at the event, said that he is sure that the rumours against Kanda would soon die down. "It's just
POLITICS
Geetika suicide: Haryana ministers defend Kanda
December 31, 2012, 5:40 pm | CNN-IBN POLITICS
Sirsa: As former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda continued to remain in jail for his alleged involvement in the suicide case of former air hostess Geetika Sharma, two of Haryana ministers have come out in public in defence of their former colleague. The ministers were speaking at an event organised in Sirsa to celebrate Kanda's 47th birthday. Praising his former colleague, Haryana Minister for Labour and Employment Shiv Charan Sharma said: "It's not a big case against Gopal Kanda. He just got himself a servant by mistake." Chief Parliamentary Secretary and Fatehabad MLA Prahalad Singh, who was also present at the event, said that he is sure that the rumours against Kanda would soon die down. "It's just
INDIA
Geetika suicide case: HC rejects Aruna's bail
December 3, 2012, 4:32 pm | IANS INDIA
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail plea of Aruna Chaddha, an accused in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma's suicide, adding that it will pass a detailed order later. Chaddha worked in the now defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika, 23, too was an employee. Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, owner of the airlines, is the prime accused in the case. Both Chaddha and Kanda have denied any involvement in the suicide. Chaddha was arrested on August 8 and the trial court rejected her bail plea Oct 15. Geetika accused Kanda and Chaddha in a note of harassing her and forcing her to commit suicide. She died on the intervening night of Aug 4-5
INDIA
Geetika Sharma death: HC rejects Kanda's bail plea
November 19, 2012, 3:34 pm | CNN-IBN INDIA
New Delhi: In a setback to ex-Haryana Home minister Gopal Kanda, the Delhi High Court on Monday rejected his bail plea in connection with the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Kanda is the main accused in the case. Geetika Sharma worked as an air-hostess in the Kanda-owned and now-defunct MDLR Airlines. Later on, she was made a director at a subsidiary company of MDLR, a job which she quit within months. In her suicide note, Geetika blamed Kanda and another of her senior managers, Aruna Chadha of harassing her for quitting her job at the company. Kanda was arrested in mid-August and has been in jail since.
INDIA
Kanda moves HC for bail in Geetika Sharma suicide case
November 1, 2012, 6:40 pm | Press Trust of India INDIA
New Delhi: Nearly a month after the city police filed chargesheet against him in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case, former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda on Thursday moved Delhi High Court against the trial court's order dismissing his bail plea. The plea is likely to be listed for hearing on Friday before the court of Justice PK Bhasin. On September 20, the trial court had denied bail to Kanda, who has been in jail since August 18, saying further probe was needed in view of a police report that the victim was pregnant in March this year. "In the police file, there is report of a private gynaecologist which shows applicant/accused and victim had visited the clinic on
INDIA
Geetika Sharma case: Gopal Kanda's custody ends
October 17, 2012, 10:37 am | CNN-IBN INDIA
New Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda's judicial custody ends on Wednesday. Kanda was arrested on August 18 for allegedly abetting the suicide of his former MDLR Airlines employee Geetika Sharma. Geetika had committed suicide on August 5. The sitting Haryana MLA was arrested on August 18 after he had surrendered before the police, 13 days after Geetika was found dead in her Ashok Vihar house in North West Delhi. In her August 4 suicide note, 23-year-old Geetika said she was ending her life due to "harassment" by Kanda and MDLR executive Aruna Chaddha. Both Kanda and Chaddha have been accused of abetting Geetika's suicide. However, Kanda has been reiterating before the court that no case of abetting suicide
INDIA
Kanda issued forged certificate to Geetika: Police
October 7, 2012, 12:49 am | IANS INDIA
New Delhi: Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda gave a forged experience certificate to former flight attendant Geetika Sharma to create hurdles in her career moves, a chargesheet filed in a court in New Delhi on Saturday. Kanda did not want to lose Geetika as an employee and forged the certificate in a bid to try and retain her in his company, police said. The certificate was issued after Kanda came to know that she had got a job in the Emirates Airlines as a stewardess, the formal set of charges said. The former minister and Aruna Chaddha, ex-official of Kanda's now-defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika had worked, decided to created hurdles in Geetika's career so that
INDIA
Kanda, Aruna Chadha charged in Geetika suicide case
October 6, 2012, 3:11 pm | CNN-IBN INDIA
New Delhi: Prime accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, ex-Haryana Home minister Gopal Kanda and his close aide Aruna Chadha were on Saturday charged with abetment to suicide, criminal intimidation and destruction of evidence. A court took cognizance of the chargesheet and a case was filed under Sections 306, 506, 201, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and 34/66 of the IT Act. The chargesheet said that the immediate provocation for Geetika to take the extreme step was a phone call from Kanda during which they had a fight. Geetika Sharma, a former airhostess of MDLR Airlines, a now-defunct company owned by Kanda, committed suicide on August 5. A suicide note recovered from her room
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