gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (06/03/91)
===================================================================== Sorry, the former union law minister Mr.Dinesh Goswami was killed, not assassinated. It was error on my part. ====================================================================== The body of the former union law minister and the sitting memeber of Rajya Sabha Mr.Dinesh Goswami, who was killed in a road accident about 50kms from Gawhati in Assam this morning, was kept at his residence in Gawhati for public homage. Large number of people have been paying their last respects to the departed leader despite torrential rains. The state governor Mr.Loknath Mishra laid a wreath on the body of Mr.Goswami on behalf of President and the PM. The funeral will take place on Monday. Meanwhile the state govt has declared a three day state mourning and a holiday on Monday. Several political parties have suspended their poll campaign today as mark of respect to Mr.Goswami. The upper house of parliament begins its two day special session on Monday ( regarding the prospects of President rule in Haryana). AIR correspondent reports that it is for the first time that the UH is meeting in the midst of elections. The election commission has asked state governments to make contigency plans to relocate polling stations in the event of rain during polling. The state governor of Haryana Mr.Dhanik Lal Mandal yesterday met the PM and the President Mr.Venkatarman and apprised them of the peaceful conduct of elections in the state. In Pakistan, the death toll in Friday's explosion has gone upto 32. Meanwhile the PAK PM Mr.Nawaz Sherif has launched another investigation in to the death of the former president Gen Zia-Ul-Huq. Ordering the new investigation Mr.Sherif said, he was fed up with the sluggishness of the ongoing probe in to the plance crash (Aug 1988) in which Gen Zia was killed along with the US ambassador and several Pakistani generals. In the continuing security combing operatins in J&K, security personnel arrested several pak trained militants in Ananthanag and Baramula dist. In Punjab, six hard core terrorists were arrested near a village in Amritsar. Large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered. Upon interrogation, the militants revealed that they used a truck several times to crossover the borders. All India Radio made no mention about the arrest of the National Front chairman Mr.NTR, who reported to have been arrested in Hyderabad. Narotham Reddy