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GUJARAT 5NOVEMBER11, 2012EXPRESS

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICEAHMEDABAD I NOVEMBER 10

GUJARAT University (GU)Vice-C hancel lor Adesh Palhas filed a defamation caseagainst former deputy chiefminister and Congressleader Narhari Amin for al-legedly making derogatoryr em ar ks a ga in st h im

through media.The court has ordered a

police inquiry and askedPal to record his statementon December 1.

Accordi ng to Pals com-plaint lodged before a met-

ropolitan court on Friday,Amin , who is also a m em-ber of the GUs executivecouncil, accused him ofpocketing Rs 15 lakh whenhe had conducted interna-tional workshops as a fac-ulty at North Gujarat Uni-versity.

Amin h ad also criticis edPals appointment as Vice-

Cha ncellor a bout twomonths ago as saying hehad eloped with his stu-dent.

In his complaint, Palsaid these were personal al-legations without basis.

About corrup tioncharges, the university con-cerned had conducted anindependent inquiry andthe audit report also gaveme clean chit. But Aminlevelled charges to damagemy personal and profes-sional life and to gain polit-icalmileage,Palsaid inhiscomplaint.

In October, Pal had fileda similar court complaintagainst Modhwadia forcalling him characterless,corrupt and drunkard.The proceedings in the caseare going on.

Firecrackersmarket gutted

in VadodaraNo casualties; two injured, 150 vehicles damaged

Morethan50 firecrackershopsweredestroyedon theExhibitionGroundin VadodaraonSaturday. PTI

EXPRESSNEWS SERVICEVADODARA I NOVEMBER 10

A FIRECRACKER market onExhibitionGroundof thecitywas gutted as a major firebroke out injuring two per-sons and burning more than150 vehicles parked in theareaon Saturday.

The fire broke out at themarket near Kirti Stumbh at3.30 pm and engulfed thewhole com plex of 50 shopswithin minutes as stall-own-ersandcustomersran outfortheir lives. A fire-tenderparked on the ground re-sponded immediately andalso alerted fire and emer-gency response services ofVadodara Municipal Corpo-ration (VMC).

However,firespreadto all

the 50 shops despite threewater-bowsers from nearbyDandia Bazaar fire stationreaching the spot within afew minutes.

We do not know the ex-act cause of the fire but peo-

ple have said it started aftersomebody from stall no-6

went to stall no-7 and lit it.Since we were on standby,we responded immediately.However,trafficwas jammedand this made it difficult foremergency vehicles to reachthe spot instantly, HiteshTaparia, Chief Fire Officer ofthecity, said.

Jigar Jani, owner of stallno-8, said, I heard noise ofburstinga crackerin stall no-7. However, within a wink,thestallwas on fire.

Three persons were re-portedly trapped in the fireand received minor burn in-juriesbeforeemergencyserv-ices personnel could rescuethem.They sustainedminorinjuries and were asphyxi-ated. Theyhavebeen rushed

to SSG Hospital, Vadodaradistrict collector Vinod Raosaid.

As the fire started from acornerof thecomplex, majorblasts were heard leavingtrails of fire in the sky, eye

witnesses and people livingaround the ground said.

Thoughstall-ownersand vis-itors managed to escape,morethan 150vehicle, mostof themtwo-wheelers, a fewcars and auto-rickshawsparked on the ground weredamaged,police said.

Thefactthat nocasualtyhas been reported meanssafety measures were full-proof. Two persons have re-ceived minor injuries andmorethan150 vehicleshavebeendamaged.Weare intheprocess of registering a caseofaccident,city policecom-missioner Satish Sharmasaid.

The commissioner andchieffire officer saidthe stall-ownershad requisite permis-sions to set up stalls and sell

firecrackers.Fire and emergency serv-ice department of VMCpressed 27 fire tenders andaround 150 firemen into theservice and controlled thefirewithin half-an-hour.

GUV-C suesex-deputy CMfor defamation

EXPRESS NEWSSERVICEAHMEDABAD I NOVEMBER 10

FORMER minister of state(home) AmitShah on Satur-day tasted his first electoralvictor y since his recent re-turn tothestate aftera longexile when he and his panelswept the election to Cen-tra l Boa rd of Cricket,

Ahmedabad (CBCA ), an af-filiateof GujaratCricketAs-sociation (GCA).

No onehad filed nomina-tion from the rival camp ofCongresss Narhari Amin till

November 5, the last day offilingpapers.

Shahis alsothe vice-presi-dentofGCA.

Besides the 18-memberbody, Amit Shahs panel alsobagged all the three individ-ual member seats, whichwere won by Vikas Shah,Hiren Hathi and VatsalParikh, according to Bharat

Dudhia,an officialof theGCAtowhichCBCAis affiliated.

Dudhia said Aminsgroup had approached theHigh Court on Friday for astay on the election in view

of legality of the electionagenda meeting. He saidAminspanel did not want tocontest this election at alland therefore, they did not

turn up with their nomina-tionson November5.

Hitesh Patel of Aminsgroup, meanwhile, gave amemorandum to the CBCAoffice on Saturday challeng-ing the poll while terming itunconstitutional becausethere wasno minimumgap of15 days between the agendameetingand election.

Around 40 people hadaccompanied Patel whenthey went to CBCA office atSardar Patel Stadium inNavrangpura.

Patel also questioned the

CBCA sitting on audit andelections for three years andhurrying for the same on re-turnofAmit Shah.

Amin, himself a formerGCA president, said Shahspanel might claim victory inthe poll but the election issubject to final outcome ofthe court case against theholdingof election.

The court has notgranted a stay order on theelectionbut thecase isstill go-ingon. Therefore,the electionresult will be subject to finalcourtorder,Amin said.

Shah panel sweeps cricket body polls

Amit Shah outsidetheSports Clubof Gujarat onSaturday. JAVEDRAJA

GANDHINAGAR:The Gu-jarat National Law Univer-sityis goingto conducta spe-cial course for the armedforces personnel on laws of

the sea in March next year.Theshort-termcoursewill befunded bythe Indian Navy.

The announcement wasmade by the GNLU directorBimal Patel during the re-lease ofa bookon Saturday.

The15-seat maritimelawcourse for armed forceswould include officers fromthe Navy, Army and AirForce, Patelsaid. ENS

Lovelorn cousinscommit suicide

AHMEDABAD: Twolovelorncousins allegedlycommittedsui-cideby jumpingfrom GandhiBridge inthe cityon Saturday.21-year-oldGumansinh Vagh-

ela,resident ofSidhuprin Patandistrict,and hiscousinAnita hadrunaway fromhomethreedaysagoafter theirfamiliesdisappro-vedtheirlove,policesaid. ENS

GNLU plansspecial courseonsea laws forarmed forces

EXPRESSNEWS SERVICEAHMEDABADI NOVEMBER10

THEConsumer DisputesRe-

dressal Forum, Ahmedabad(Additional), has directedthe state-run OrientalInsur-ance Company to pay ahealth insurance policy-holder Rs 1.17 lakh for ex-penses incurred by him onhis medicaltreatment.

The amount includescompensation of Rs 10,000for his mental agony and Rs2,000 towards the litigationcost, saidthe ConsumerEd-ucation & Research Society(CERS), a co-litigant, in astatement.

Sanghavi, a Crohns dis-ease patient, in 2005 wastreated at a local hospital,but did not make any claimas the company was not li-ableto payany costfortreat-

ment taken during the firstsix months. He had pur-chased the policy just amonthbefore histreatment.

In August the following

year, Sanghavi renewed thepolicy and in September, heunderwent treatment again.Upon being discharged, he

claimed reimbursement ofRs1,50,299.The insurancecom-pany settled only part of theclaim, i.e. Rs 44,826, sayingthetreatmentdidnot requirehospitalisationand so theen-tire cost wasnotpayable.

When Sanghavi, aided byCERS, approached the fo-rum, the insurer apparentlycitedthe opinionof a doctorfrom a third party agency(TPA) that since no side ef-fects hadbeen noticed whenSanghavi had been treatedforthe first time, hospitalisa-tionwas notrequired duringthesecondtime.

The forum observed thatthe opinion of a doctor treat-ing the patient was more im-portantand orderedtheinsur-

ance company to pay Rs 1.5lakh, Rs 10,000 for mentalagony and Rs 2,000 each tohimand CERStowardsthe lit-igation cost,CERSsaid.

Insurance firm toldto footmedical billofoverRs1lakh