FREE PRESS - VOL. XXXIX NO. 49 | INDORE | WEDNESDAY | JULY 27, 2022 | PAGES 16 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN RNI No. 38281/83 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE FOR 24X7 UPDATES EDIT ENFORCE PROHIBITION OR GIVE PEOPLE CHOICE OVERCOMING LANGUAGE BARRIERS Pg-16 `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 26.30c. 22.10c Sunrise : 05.56 Sunset : 07.11 Revenue officials sell 54 acre govt land to pvt co, earn crores THE LAND WAS allocated for tribals in Satna under a government scheme Q EOW BOOKS three tehsildars, four patwaris and private company official OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Economic Offence Wing (EOW) has registered a case against three tehsildars, four patwaris, a private company official for transferring 54 acres of government land to the latter in Satna district, . said officials on Tuesday The land was meant for tribals. The EOW director general Ajay Sharma told Free Press that a complaint was received by agency in which it was alleged that revenue officials misused powers, violated government procedure and sold 54 acres of government land to a private company official. The land is spread across two villages - Karondi-Kuthia Mahgaon and Gadoha - in Satna district. Though the 54-acre allocated was land government to tribals under a government scheme, it was sold to a private company director Ramesh Singh at a nominal 19 SUSPENDED IN RAJYA SABHA News Brief BTech student's death: Govt orders SIT probe BHOPAL: The death of a 20-year-old engineering student on a railway track in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district has left the police baffled due to a Whatsapp message talking about the "beheading punishment for disrespecting Nabi" (prophet Mohammad) sent from his mobile phone shortly before his death. Two days after the death of Nishank Rathore, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday directed the Raisen police to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident, including the message that was sent from the mobile phone of the deceased to his father, Umashankar Rathore. Sonia grilled for 6 hours The 75-year old Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Tuesday grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for six hours in the second round of questioning in connection with alleged money laundering in the National Herald case and summoned again on Wednesday for further questioning. B’day-suit shoot nets actor FIR A day after two applications seeking legal action against actor Ranveer Singh were received, the Chembur police on Tuesday registered a first information report (FIR) against the actor, over his recent nude photoshoot for a magazine. Singh has been booked for the alleged sale of obscene material and insulting a woman's modesty under the relevant Indian Penal Code sections, for the publication of sexually explicit material under the Information Technology Act. Singh has been the talk of the town ever since he posed nude for a recent photoshoot and the pictures went viral online. OUR BUREAU / New Delhi Nineteen Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha were on Tuesday suspended for creating pandemonium in the House, a day after four Congress MPs were suspended in the Lok Sabha for the rest of the monsoon session till August 12. The opposition MPs, who have been stalling the proceedings since the start of the session on July 18 to press for immediate discussion on price rise and the levy of the GST on daily essentials, were suspended as they did not heed deputy chairman Harvansh's repeated pleas to leave the well of the House and go back to their seats. This has deepened the standoff between the Opposition and the government, which is maintaining that it is ready to hold the discussion once finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman re- covers from Covid-19. Among the suspended MPs, there were seven members of the Trinamool Congress; the rest were from the DMK, the CPM, the CPI and the TRS. spokesperson Congress Jairam Rajesh reacted with a tweet: "With the suspension of Opposition MPs from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, it is abundantly clear that Modi Sarkar is no mood to allow the Opposition to raise real, urgent issues being faced by the people of our country in Parliament." TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’ Brien said that more than the suspension Rs 3,419 CRORE POWER BILL SHOCKS CONSUMER AMOUNT REDUCED TO Rs 1,300 after correction RUK JANA NAHI SCHEME 41% students clear exam for class 12 and 23% for class 10 OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in GWALIOR Priyanka Gupta, a resident of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, was in for a rude shock when she received a power bill of a whopping Rs 3,419 crore due to which her father-in-law fell ill. The Madhya Pradesh government-run power company blamed "human error" and issued a corrected bill of Rs 1,300, much to the relief of the worried Gupta family, who are residents of Shiv Vihar of MPs, it is democracy that has been suspended. “It is the Parliament that has been suspended. On , Monday MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha. This suspension of our Parliament has been done at the behest of two people, who are used to running the Gujarat Gymkhana in Ahmedabad. They want to apply the same rules of the Gymkhana to the Parliament of India,” said Derek. There were four adjournments with the penalised MPs refusing to leave the House; finally the House , was adjourned for the day without transacting much business. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan had moved a motion seeking to suspend 10 MPs from the Upper House for showing "utter disregard to the House and authority of the chair". CONTD. ON P6 . Colony in the city Gupta's husband Sanjeev Kankane said his father fell ill after seeing the huge figure on the electricity bill for the domestic consump. tion for July The bill, released on July cross-verified was 20, through the portal of the Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company (MPMKVVC) but was found to be correct, he claimed. CONTD. ON P6 Police detain Congress MP Rahul Gandhi during a protest march to Rashtrapati Bhawan against ED's interrogation of party's interim President Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald case, in New Delhi, on Tuesday PTI Slightly above 41% students cleared MP State Open School Education Board examinations for class 12 and 23.17% for class 10, held under the state government’s Ruk Jana Nahi scheme, as per official information from the board. As per the board, as many as 56894 students were enrolled for class 12 under the scheme out of whom 23350 students were declared pass. Thus, 41.04% students cleared the examination. Of the successful students, 3499 students passed the examination in first division,18145 in second division and 1706 students cleared the examination in third division. , Similarly 77449 students were enrolled for class 10 examination under the scheme out of whom 17948 students were declared successful. As many as 1009 of the students got first division marks followed by 15042 in second and 1897 in third division. The examinations were held in June this year. However, there would be another examination in December this year for those students who couldn’t clear the examinations held in June. Shivpuri lake finds place among 5 new Ramsar sites SECOND SUCH site now in Madhya Pradesh OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal Shivpuri's lake has found place among five sites selected from across the country as new Ramsar sites taking the number of such sites in the country to 54, as per official information from union environ. mental ministry The lake in Shivpuri is known as Sakhya Sagar Lake situated in Madhav National Park. It has an abundant population of marsh crocodiles. The lake happens to be now the second such site from Madhya Pradesh included in the list of Ramsar sites 20 years after Bhopal upper lake was included in the list as the first such site from Madhya Pradesh. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan extended warm greetings to the people of the state on the status of Ramsar site accord- ed to Sakhya Sagar Lake. Chouhan said, "This status to Sakhya Sagar Lake is a reward for the efforts to protect biodiversity and environment under the guidance of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi." The four other new Indian sites include three from Tamil Nadu and one from Mizoram which have been recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The aim of the Ramsar list is "to develop and maintain an international network of wetlands, which are important for the conservation of global biological diversity and for suslife, human taining through the maintenance of their ecosystem components, processes and benefits". CONTD. ON P6 PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION cost in 2008. The complaint was investigated by sub inspector Farzana Prveen who pointed out that a scam had taken place. During investigation, it was found the government land was sold to Singh. The then tehsildar SK Garg, RP Agarwal and RB Dwivedi did not verify documents and transferred the land to Ramesh Singh without taking permission from district collector. SC: Freebies to influence voters serious issue AGENCIES / New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday flagged the issue of political parties promising freebies to influence voters as serious, and asked the Central government to examine the matter so as to control promises of freebies to induce the electorate. . A bench, headed by Chief Justice N.V Ramana asked the Centre, to find out from the Finance Commission, if there is a possibility of curbing state governments and political parties from promising and distributing irrational freebies to induce voters. Initially, the bench queried Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj to find out Centre's stand on the issue. "You take a stand whether freebies should continue or not," the bench, also comprising Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, told Nataraj, representing the Central government. On the other hand, counsel representing the Election Commission submitted that it was held in previous judgments that a manifesto was part of the promises of a political . party At this, the bench replied: "We are on freebies to bribe the electorate. Now if you say it's hands off for you, then what is the purpose of the Election Commission of India?" CONTD. ON P6 People hold liquor, meat party at cow shelter in Tikamgarh PROBE ORDERED TIKAMGARH Some unidentified persons were allegedly found consuming alcohol and cooking meat at a gaushala (cow Madhya in shelter) Pradesh's Tikamgarh district, prompting the authorities to initiate an inquiry, an official said on Tuesday . A video of the incident, which took place on Monday, has surfaced on social media. At least 15 people were allegedly partying with alcohol and cooking meat on the premises of Ram Harshan Gaushala of Chandrapura village on Monday evening, said Prabhash Ghanghoria, chief executive officer, Baldevgarh Janpad Panchayat. A person belonging to the Ahirwar community was ostracised by his people recently after he was arrested in a murder case. CONTD. ON P6 The patwaris Nathulal Rawat and Santosh Dubey (junior), Santosh Dubey (Senior)and Sukhdev Singh changed land records. The investigation agency suspects that the revenue department personnel earned corers of rupees from the deal. The police have registered the case under Sections 420,467,468,471 of IPC and under Section 7 (C) of Corruption Prevention Act. No arrest has been made into the case. ONE COVID DEATH IN CITY AFTER 15 DAYS, 104 NEW CASES FOUND OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore Amid the fluctuating Covid cases, a death of a 27-year-old woman due to the pandemic disease has also been reported on . Tuesday The death of any patient due to Covid is reported after 15 days as the last death due to Covid was reported on July 10. With this, the total number of deaths in the city reached 1465. "A 27-year-old woman died due to Covid, two days ago but was reported on Tuesday. She was severe pneumonia and kidney disease. She was admitted to MY Hospital on July 21 and was shifted to MRTB Hospital after found Covid positive," HoD of Respiratory Medicine in MGM Medical College Dr Salil Bhargava told media. Meanwhile, 104 more patients were tested positive on Tuesday with the rate of positivity at 13.83 percent. The total number of positive patients reached 210768, so far. On July 27, the total number of active . cases was only 786 in the city