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While the state government had issued notices to the owners of the bungalows in 2015, no action was taken against the structures as the owners moved the district magistrate’s court, which stayed demolition.

In the case of Nirav Modi’s bungalow, the demolition had not been stayed. “Two of the illegal bungalows belong to Nirav Modi and Mehul Chokshi. The bungalow belonging to Nirav Modi has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate. We have informed ED, and have asked the Raigad collector to immediately demolish the bungalows,” Kadam said. Apart from Nirav Modi’s bungalow, Kadam said at least four more will be immediately demolished.

For now, Choksi’s bungalow is safe from demolition as action against it had been stayed by the local court.

According to Kadam, the district court had stayed action against demolition under the Maharashtra Regional Town planning (MRTP) Act, 1966. The case against these structures has now been registered under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), which is the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) jurisdiction. “The stay granted under MRTP Act will not stand valid, said Kadam.

Raigad district collector Vijay Suryavanshi said the state has now moved the NGT about demolishing the remaining structures. “The demolition action was stayed by a district court in 2015. We have now moved the NGT by lodging FIRS agaisnt these structures under the EPA. The charge sheets in more than 50% of the cases have been filed, and the director general of police has brought this to the notice of the honourable court. As the cases are now pending with the NGT, the vacation of the stay by local court is just a formality. We have moved the district magistrate court to vacate its stay, and expect it within a month. We will begin demolition immediately after that,” Suryavanshi said.

He added that his office has sought a legal opinion about whether the state requires the ED’S permission to demolish bungalows it has attached.

Some bungalows, which were constructed well before the CRZ norms came into effect in 1991, have been exempted from action. that it was too soon to conclusively say the weapon was common to all the crimes.

Andure, 26, is in CBI custody for interrogation till August 26.

The CBI now wants to question Amol Kale, who was arrested in May by the Karnataka police in connection with the murder of Lankesh, who was killed in September 2017.

Investigators believe Kale may also be involved in the conspiracy to kill Dabholkar. A resident of Pimpri-chinchwad near Pune, he was first arrested by Bengaluru police on May 21 after which a search and seizure operation was conducted at his residence on May 23.

According to CBI officials in Pune, the searches at Kale’s premises uncovered a diary that listed six names.

One of those was that of CBI official Nandkumar Nair, who arrested Tawde. All of the people named in the diary – the names of others have not been disclosed – have now been provided security, the official added. medal today is because of the efforts he’s taken to train me,” he said.

Jaspal Rana, India’s four-time Asian Games gold-medallist who is now the junior national coach, hailed Chaudhary’s performance: “Excellent. One of the best performances I have seen,” he said.

Asked whether it reminded him of his Hiroshima glory, Rana said: “That was 24 years back. Now shooting is a different ball game. But Saurabh thoroughly deserved the medal. It was unexpected with so many top names competing, but something like this has to be unexpected. Such performances don’t happen every day.

“Saurabh is quite a balanced boy. He is not the gadget guy who will be engrossed in video games, etc. He has a phone but rarely uses it. There were ups and downs last year when he was neither in the junior or senior team, but he made it with his hard work.” questioned what he called the “double standards” of his critics, noting that BJP stalwarts like former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have made efforts for peace in the past by travelling across the border.

Meanwhile, top Pakistani sportsmen have called upon Khan to pursue “sports diplomacy” with India and Afghanistan in an effort to reset fractured ties. They have also offered to play a role in this regard, if asked by the Khan government.

Former international cricketers Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan and squash legend Jahangir Khan, along with popular Pashto pop singer Rahim Shah, said in a recent group radio interview. “This is the age of sports, not of war and conflict.”

Afridi, who has captained the Pakistani team, said: “Sidhu has said what we have been saying since long — that cricket has the potential to bring Pakistan and India closer.”