Bhopal

Three persons, including MP ex-CM Digvijay Singh and a Cabinet colleague, have been booked by the state Economic Offences Wing for fraud and unduly favouring a private institute here. Singh along with his Technical Education Minister Raja Pateria have been accused of unlawfully reducing the penalty of a college from Rs 24 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh. — PTI

Mumbai

Maha cop discharged of rape

Suspended Maharashtra DIG Sunil Paraskar, accused of molesting and raping a city-based model, was discharged by a sessions court on Friday. In July 2014, an FIR was registered against Paraskar by the suburban Malwani police after a 25-year-old model alleged the officer molested and sexually assaulted her on two occasions in December 2013. PTI

New Delhi

Order in Herald case reserved

Reserving its verdict on the pleas against summoning Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the Delhi HC on Friday said the Congress could have written off the loan of Rs 90.25 crore owed to it by the publishers of National Herald, instead of assigning it to a charitable company in which some of its leaders are directors. Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Gandhis, said the loan was assigned to revive the company so that it could borrow money. — PTI

Virudhunagar (TN)

Three killed in explosion

Three workers were charred to death and another seriously injured in a explosion in a chemical factory near Amattur in this district on Friday, police said. Workers in the factory were making aluminum powder from the aluminium lump by hitting it when it exploded. — PTI