
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday let off Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, an accused in Geetika Sharma's suicide, and his brother in a 1998 cheque-bounce case. Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid acquitted Gopal Goyal Kanda and his brother Govind Kanda after they settled the dispute with the complainant. Two cheques issued by the former minister's company, Kanda Polymers, to Delhi-based complainant company Indo Polycoats Pvt Ltd were dishonoured...

08:14 PM, Aug 27, 2012

New Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, key accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, was on Saturday further remanded to 3-day police custody by a Delhi court after investigators alleged "non-cooperation" and sought to quiz him to recover mobile phones and a missing hard disc. Delhi Police, which sought seven days custody of Kanda for recovering three mobile phones of MDLR employees that he was using, was allowed...

06:51 PM, Aug 25, 2012

New Delhi: The plea of Delhi Police seeking custody of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda's aide Aruna Chadha was on Monday rejected by the court. The court asked the Delhi Police to file another application on Tuesday while continuing to keep Chadha in judicial custody. The police had demanded three-day custody of Kanda's aide saying they wanted to confront her with the former minister as there were contradictions in their...

05:27 PM, Aug 20, 2012

New Delhi: In the latest development in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, the police have told the court that three hard disks are missing from the MDLR office. The police suspect that the hard disks have been removed abruptly. Also, the police have demanded three-day custody of accused Aruna Chaddha, saying they want to confront her with former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda as there are contradictions between their statements. The...

04:35 PM, Aug 20, 2012

New Delhi: Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of Geetika Sharma, was proving to be a hard nut to crack as investigators zeroed in on "seven questions" to prove his guilt, police said on Sunday. "Kanda is still misleading the interrogators as we are in need of some crucial evidence to prove him guilty of abetting Geetika's suicide. We are working on more than seven...

07:51 PM, Aug 19, 2012

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda's anticipatory bail plea. Kanda, who is the chief of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines, has been charged with abetting the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma. During the hearing, police told the court Kanda's custody is vital for the investigation. According to the police's lawyer Kanda's custody was needed to find the source...

05:20 PM, Aug 14, 2012

New Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of his ex-employee, Geetika Sharma, is likely to seek anticipatory bail from Delhi High Court on Monday. He is absconding after his earlier plea was rejected. Kanda remained elusive for the fourth day on Sunday despite several raids by police even as one of his relatives was questioned to help track him down. Raids were conducted in several...

11:31 PM, Aug 12, 2012

New Delhi: Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of his ex-employee, Geetika Sharma, remained elusive for the fourth day today despite several raids by police even as one of his relatives was questioned to help track him down. Raids were conducted in several parts of Delhi, Haryana and Siliguri to trace Kanda but the efforts proved futile, a senior police official said. Geetika Sharma, 23, a...

09:42 PM, Aug 11, 2012

Geetika's brother Ankit Sharma said if Gopal Kanda had been arrested four days ago, the bail plea wouldn't have come up. ...

04:24 PM, Aug 09, 2012

Lawyer BS Rana said Gopal Kanda is entitled for bail as there is no evidence for instigation to suicide against him. ...

04:20 PM, Aug 09, 2012

Haryana's Minister of State for Home reportedly flew into a rage on seeing that the market was observing a strike. ...

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