Slain city advocate's house raidedMUMBAI: Police today conducted a search at the Borivli residence of lawyer Liyakat Ali Shaikh, who was shot dead by unidentified assailants here recently. Shaikh had allegedly acted as a conduit between suspended Judge J W Singh and Karachi-based underworld don Chhota Shakeel. The police were searching for some vital evidence and clues about Singh's involvement with Chhota Shakeel. However, they found nothing significant in the raid. DCP (Zone IV) R G Kadam confirming the raid on Liyakat's residence, denied that another raid had been conducted at Singh's house also. Some police officials had earlier claimed that ``a diary, a mobile phone which was used to contact Chhota Shakeel and objectionable documents'' were found during a raid on Singh's Sion residence.Akademi awardsNEW DELHI: Twenty one authors were selected by the Sahitya Akademi for awards for their contribution in the field of literature . Among others, late A K Ramanujan has got theaward for his The Collection of Poems, in English and Ranganath Pathare for his novel Tamrapat in Marathi.
