Cases wanting govt permission cleared

Though Police Commissioner J Mahapatra refused to say anything on the subject on the grounds that he had been away in Gandhinagar all day, reliable sources said the government had decided to expedite the sanction in the case following a report in The Indian Express on Wednesday. A letter seeking government sanction for the serving of chargesheets on seven Bajrang Dal-Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists and a representative of Alpha Missionary Movement 8212; the two parties had been named in cross-FIRs 8212; had been sent to the Legal Cell of the Home Department in February 1999. However, no sanction has been granted, despite reminders.