NEWS IN BRIEF: Maya sacks Modi fan from her party
Zero tolerance: BSP chief Mayawati sacked Vijay Bahadur Singh for his pro-Modi comments
BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday sacked her party's Hamirpur MP Vijay Bahadur Singh for repeatedly praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Singh on Tuesday had welcomed the BJP's decision to charge Rs 5 per person for attending Modi's rally in Hyderabad.
The praise came despite a warning to the leader from Mayawati last Sunday.
"It was a very good decision because Modi wants to use this money for Uttarakhand flood victims," Singh said.
Earlier, he had supported Modi's "puppy" remark and said the BJP leader was a nationalist.
"Modi is a nationalist and those who don't support him are anti-nationals," he had said.
UP BJP spokesperson Vijay Pathak said: "Maya is an opportunist. Today she has sacked her MP for praising Modi, but in 2002 she had campaigned for the BJP in Gujarat."
Magistrate's wife murdered in Gurgaon
By Ajay Kumar in Gurgaon
The wife of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) of Gurgaon civil court was shot dead under mysterious circumstances in the highly sensitive police line of Gurgaon on Wednesday evening.
The victim has been identified as Geetanjalee Garg (30), wife of Ravneet Garg. She received two gunshot wounds, one on her chest and the other on her neck. But surprisingly, no one heard the shots being fired.
The police said Geetanjalee's body was found behind the bushes of the Parade Ground Park, lying in a pool of blood. The weapon used for the murder and two cartridges were also recovered from the spot.
"Prima facie it looks like a murder. The pistol used for the crime belonged to the victim's husband," said Alok Mittal, CP of Gurgaon.
As the shots were fired from the CJM's pistol. He and his aides, including his security personnel, are under investigation.