FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. XXXX NO. 297 | INDORE | WEDNESDAY | APRIL 3, 2024 | PAGES 16 `3 - EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE Chun Chun Ke Saaf Kar Do... ROHIT WOULDN’T HAVE LOST MI CAPTAINCY SPORTS r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDIT OPTIONS LIMITED FOR AAP WEATHER FP 37.40c. 22.80c RUDRAPUR Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the ‘prince’ of the Opposition party's ‘royal family’ has declared that the country will be on fire if the BJP returns to power. "They ruled the country for 60 years, but after just 10 years out of power, they are talking about setting the country on fire," the Prime Minister said in a BJP rally at Uttarakhand's Rudrapur. Questioning if this is a "language of democracy", he asked the people if they would "punish such people". "Chun chun ke saaf kar do, is bar inko maidan mein mat rehne do (pick them one by one and remove them from the arena)," he said. He said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in conversation with Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Mahendra Bhatt during a public meeting, in Rudrapur on Tuesday. hey ruled the years, but T10 years out ofcountry for 60are talking after just power, they about setting the country on fire Congress, with its ‘Emergency mindset’, no longer believes in democracy. “That's why they are busy instigating people against the mandate,” the Prime Minister said. He was responding to Gandhi's remarks at the joint Opposition rally in Girl, who cooked self-abduction story, friend caught in Indore w When Kota police reached city, they went to Amritsar and returned to city two days ago NEWS BRIEF ECI transfers 8 DMs, 12 SPs in five states NEW DELHI: The ECI on Tuesday issued transfer orders for District Magistrates (DM), Superintendents of Police (SP), and DIG/IG rank officers in five states. According to poll panel, the transferred officershave been told to hand over charge to their immediate junior officers. The transfers have been ordered in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Rupee falls 3 paise against US $ MUMBAI: The rupee on Tuesday consolidated in a narrow range and settled 3 paise lower at 83.42 against the US dollar, weighed down by a strong dollar and elevated crude oil prices. Forex traders said a weak trend in domestic equities and unabated foreign capital outflows also dented investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange, the local unit opened at 83.37, then touched an intraday high of 83.34 and a low of 83.44 against the greenback. The rupee finally settled at 83.42, a fall of 3 paise over its previous close. Biden to host Muslim leaders WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is hosting a small group of Muslim American community leaders at the White House for a meeting on Tuesday followed by a scaled-down Iftar dinner, as he seeks to relieve tensions over his administration's staunch support for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday . Addressing the rally, attended by top leaders of the INDIA bloc, the Congress leader had accused the BJP and the Prime Minister of ‘fixing’ the upcoming Lok Sabha election. "Without EVMs, match-fixing, social media, and pressuring the press, they cannot win more than 180 seats," he had said. "If the BJP wins these fixed election and then changes the Constitution, the whole country will be on fire. Mark my words, this country won't survive," he said. Addressing the Rudrapur rally, the Prime Minister said there are two camps facing off in the upcoming polls. "On one side, we are bringing honesty and transparency to the people. CONTD. ON P8 w Kota police had announced reward of Rs 20,000 for their arrest OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in The girl who had cooked up a self-abduction story and had demanded a ransom of Rs 30 lakh from her father was finally found from a house in the Khudel area on Tuesday evening. The girl wanted to study abroad and thought up this plan to extort money from her father. Giving details, additional DCP (crime) Rajesh Dandotiya said that Kavya Dhakad, a resident of Shivpuri and her friend CASH-FOR-QUERY CASE After CBI, now ED files FIR against Mahua, Hiranandani NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and businessman Darshan Hiranandani in the cash-for-query case. According to sources, the financial probe agency took cognisance of the CBI FIR already registered in the matter under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act. Earlier, the ED had filed a case under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) against Moitra. On March 27, the ED issued the third summons to the Trinamool leader for questioning in connection with a FEMA violation case, which she skipped. CONTD. ON P8 FREEPRESS FOLLOW UP Harshit were recovered from a house in Shivdham Colony under Khudel police station jurisdiction. Dandotiya said that Kavya's photo with her hands tied behind her back had gone viral in the social media and she had send her father the photograph saying that her kidnappers were demanding ransom of Rs 30 lakh. As Kavya had gone from Shivpuri to Kota for studies, the Kota police became active. Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia too got involved and asked the Rajasthan police to recover the girl. Investigations by the Kota police showed that she had not been kidnapped and was not in Kota. They came to know that she was in Indore and contacted the Indore police on March 20, who started searching for her in the Bhanwarkuan area. But when the police reached the place where she was staying, she had skipped town along with a friend. However, Indore police retrieved a CCTV footage showing Kavya with one male friend. CONTD. ON P8 ‘INDI alliance members either in jail or on bail’ OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in BJP national president JP Nadda made a blistering attack on opposition by saying that INDI alliance is the gang of corrupts. Modi regime is taking action against the corrupt and members of the Indi Alliance are either in jail or on bail. He was addressing a public meeting in Shahdol on Tuesday He added that PM says . that no corrupt will be left and they will be sent to jail. The Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is entangled in liquor policy scam and is in jail. Other leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, P Chidambaram, Lalu Yadav, BJP national president JP Nadda at a public rally at Shahdol on Tuesday Tejasvi Yadav, DMK leader A Raja are on bail. Jharkhand ex CM Hemant Soren is in jail and so is Satendra Jain, Azam Khan, Priya Malik. He added that Opposition leaders including Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav, Lalu Yadav are running family political parties. CONTD. ON P8 MEETING WITH INTELLECTUALS To drum up support of intellectuals for BJP, JP Nadda addressed the Prabudhjan Sammelan in Jabalpur. He said there has been a change in political culture after Modi took over. During the Congress rule, people believed that nothing could be changed, but after Modi's 10-year rule people believe that their lives would change for the better. 80-yr-old groom marries 34-yr-old after social media romance FP NEWS SERVICE Agar Malwa In a heart-warming story of contemporary love that appears to transcend age barriers, Baluram Bagri, an 80-year-old man from Magaria village near Susner tehsil of Agar district and Shiela Ingle, a 34-yearold woman from Amravati, Maharashtra, have changed vows in a unique AGE NO BAR union that has captivated the community . The couple's decision to marry was met with surprise and joy by their friends and family In a . beautiful ceremony at the Susner Court, surrounded by loved ones, Baluram and Shiela exchanged galands and vows, solidifying their commitment to each other. The couple later exchanged garlands at the Hanuman temple, creating a memory that will surely be cherished for years to come. Sharing their journey from strangers to friends to a couple, Baluram and Shiela explained that their story began on social media, where they struck up a friendship that blossomed into deep affection. CONTD. ON P8 EAM: India will get permanent UNSC seat, but will have to work harder NEW DELHI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said India will definitely get permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council as there is a feeling in the world that it should get the position, but the country will have to work harder this time for it. He was speaking during an interaction with intellectuals in Gujarat’s Rajkot city and was asked by the audience on India’s chances of becoming the permanent member of the world body . The United Nations was formed around 80 years ago, five nations — China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States — decided among themselves to become permanent members of its security council, Jaishankar said. At that time, there were a total of around 50 independent countries in the world, which has over time increased to around 193, he said. CONTD. ON P8 AN INCREDIBLE STORY CINEMA SC ORDERS release of AAP MP Sanjay Singh as there is no trace of bribe money and nothing has been recovered GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR NEW DELHI Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday became the first Aam Aadmi Party leader to be granted bail in the Delhi liquor policy case. Singh was granted bail by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court after the Enforcement Directorate said it had no objection to it. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his former deputy CM Manish Sisodia are also lodged in Tihar jail in connection with this case. During the course of the hearing the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Dipankar Datta, and Justice Prasanna B. Varale asked why Singh, who was arrested by the ED in October 2023, was in jail for over six months without a trial or recovery of alleged bribe money. The bench also observed during the hearing that nothing has been recovered, there is no trace . It also asked Additional Solicitor General S.V Raju . who was appearing for ED to obtain instructions on HE IS the first AAP leader to get bail in the liquor case COURT SAYS he can participate in political activities but the release won’t be a precedent whether further custody of Singh was required in the case and directed that if there was no such need then the ASG may argue on merits. The ASG subsequently submitted before the court that without going into merits, I will make a concession in the bail matter . Thereafter the Bench granted Singh release on bail. However, it clarified that it has not expressed anything on merits and that the order would not be treated as a precedent. It also ordered that Singh will not make any public statement regarding the case. The court also noted that while the terms and conditions of the release will be fixed by the trial court, Singh would be able to participate in political activities. Singh was arrested by the ED on October 4, 2023 following searches at his residence. The investigating agency had charged that on two occasions an employee of businessman Dinesh Arora delivered Rs. 2 crores at Singh s residence and that it had digital evidence to prove its claims. Arora later turned approver in both the ED and Central Bureau of Investigation cases. CONTD. ON P8 SANJAY SINGH GETS BAIL AFTER 6 MONTHS 10 Naxals killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh, arms seized RAIPUR: In a major antiinsurgency operation, 10 Naxalites, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Tuesday, police said. Bijapur district comes under the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in the first phase of the general elections on April 19. The gunfight occurred around 6 am in a forest between Lendra and Korcholi villages under the Gangaloor police station area, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal oper- Chinese ships snooping in Bay of Bengal? DHARMESH THAKKAR Mumbai As many as four Chinese research and survey vessels have been detected in the Indian Ocean Region by Indian Navy s P-8I longrange maritime patrol aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. The presence of Chinese ships in the Indian Ocean region when India has issued a cautionary notification for air traffic, for April 3 and 4, declaring the Bay of Bengal as no fly zone, has raised concerns of covert snooping on the indigenous missile programme. The four Chinese “dualuse” vessels in the Indian Ocean Region close to the no-fly zone encompassing areas of the Bay of Bengal were identified as Xiang Yang Hong 01 Oceanographic Survey & Research Ship, Xiang Yang Hong 03 Oceanographic Survey & Research Ship, Da Yang Hao Marine Resource Survey Ship and Yuan Wang 03 Satellite & Missile Tracking Ship. CONTD. ON P8 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in WHERE IS THE MONEY, HONEY? Sunrise : 06.41 Sunset : 06.20 SAYS PM MODI in Uttarakhand, countering Rahul Gandhi's country on fire remarks r RNI No. 38281/83 ation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI. Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its elite unit Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) were involved in the operation, he said. "After the exchange of fire stopped, bodies of four Naxalites were recovered from the spot, and subsequently, six more bodies were found at the encounter site during the search," the IG said. CONTD. ON P8 2 LWEs with Rs 43L bounty killed in MP RaGa to file nomination from Wayanad today THIRUVANANTHAPURAM OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal/Balaghat Two hardcore left-wing extremists carrying cash rewards of Rs 43 lakh have been killed in an encounter with police in Balaghat district, a police official said on Tuesday The gunfight started . between 9 pm and 10 pm on Monday in the Kerajhari forest area, under Lanji police station area, the official said. CONTD. ON P8 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination in Wayanad on Wednesday from where he is seeking re-election. Before filing the papers, he will take part in a roadshow in the constituency. And after the process is complete, he will return to Delhi on the same day . Kerala goes to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections to elect all its 20 MPs. In response to the proposal, the saints have expressed their reservations, questioning the prudence of such a decision. They argue that there is no precedence of keeping the temple continuously open in any worship tradition. "Never ever any temple remained opened for 24 hours that too for three days. This is against Hindu tradition. Bhagwan also needs rest," remarked senior Priest Satendra Das. Meanwhile, the Trust maintains that it is consulting the saints on the matter to gather their opinions regarding the extended opening hours during Ram Navami. The Ram Navami fair, set to commence on April 9, anticipates a staggering attendance of over 50 lakh devotees in Ayodhya from all across the country . CONTD. ON P8 Row over proposal to keep Ramlalla awake for 24 hrs BISWAJEET BANERJEE Lucknow Controversy has stirred over the proposal put forth by the district administration of Ayodhya to keep Ram Lalla awake for 24 hours over three days during the Ram Navami festivities, drawing objections from saints and the members of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. The district administration has suggested opening the temple round-theclock, doing away with the traditional 'shayan' (sleeping) timing, in order to accommodate the expected influx of devotees. Jain group objects to auction of ancient idols DHAIRYA GAJARA / MUMBAI A Jain organisation has filed a cyber complaint in Delhi against a Mumbaibased auctioneer, for putting up ancient Jain idols for auction in Mumbai. The Vishwa Jain Sangathan has also written to Mumbai Police to book the auctioneer and requested Central agencies to investigate the international syndicate involved in the trading of stolen religious idols. The Jain community has expressed resentment over an auction of ancient idols depicting Jain tirthankaras and yakshinis, worth Rs. 94.50 lakh, scheduled to be held on April 16 in Mumbai. The Vishwa Jain Sangathan, a religious and social service society of Delhi has filed a cyber crime complaint with the cyber cell of Delhi Police, against Farokh Todywalla of the Todywalla Auctions for auctioning and selling antiquities online. DGCA PULLS UP VISTARA MUMBAI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has come down heavily on the Tata-Singapore International Airlines (SIA) joint venture-run Vistara Airlines, for flight cancellation and major delays for the third day in a row, demanding the submission of daily reports. Vistara, which operates over 300 flights daily, cancelled 15 flights at Mumbai airport, 12 at Delhi and 11 in Bengaluru, with passengers complaining about long waits and no communication from the airline.