Didn’t approve Ajit Pawar clean chit, ACB acted alone, says Fadnavis

MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the clean chit by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in the multicrore Vidarbha irrigation scam was not approved by him.

“It [the affidavit] was not submitted to me or anyone in the government. It has been done at the ACB level. I had resigned a day earlier [November 26]. How can I have anything to do with this,” asked Fadnavis.

NEWDELHI: Within a few minutes on September 21, 2018, CommanderAbhilashTomy’s32-feet long boat Thuriya was knocked downbywavesastallasasix-storeybuilding—flinginghimoutto thewaterbeforeheonlyjustmanaged to hang on to one of the two masts.Inthefollowingmoments, he fell from a height of nine metresandbrokehisspine—the beginning of a three-day nightmare that ended with one of the most anticipated rescues of recent times.

Tomy, speaking on the first day of the 17th Hindustan Times

LeadershipSummit,gavedetails of the harrowing moments that abruptlyendedhisparticipation in a race around the world but thrust him into the spotlight for surviving an ordeal that tested the limits of human endurance.

Tomy said that it was a sheer will to survive that saw him through the 72 hours when he was incapacitated in his boat.

“TheNavyhastaughtmethat it is the will to survive that matters.Theydon’tteachyouhowto have the will to survive but you learn,” he said.