FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 291 | BHOPAL | 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 EDIT OPTIONS LIMITED FOR AAP SAYS PM MODI in Uttarakhand, countering Rahul Gandhi's country on fire remarks 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 during a public meeting in support of BJP candidate from Jaipur Rural, Rao Rajendra Singh, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, at Kotputali in Jaipur T hey ruled the country for 60 years, but after just 10 years out of power, they are talking 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 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 ‘INDI alliance members either in jail or on bail’ OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in 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. 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, 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. CONTD. ON P8 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 BJP national president JP Nadda at a public rally at Shahdol on Tuesday. CM Mohan Yadav, Minister Prahalad Patel, BJP state president VD Sharma and others were also present. 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. 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 w Kota police had announced reward of Rs 20,000 for their arrest OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in Dhakad, a resident of Shivpuri and her friend 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. CONTD. ON P8 FREEPRESS 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 FOLLOW UP 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. r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; 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 WEATHER FP 37.40c. 22.80c Sunrise : 06.41 Sunset : 06.20 QUALITY AT VALUE r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in AN INCREDIBLE STORY CINEMA BJP tried to poach, Bharadwaj, me, 2 other AAP leaders: Atishi EAM: India will get PROVIDE PROOF or face legal action, says Delhi BJP chief AGENCIES SANJAY SINGH GETS BAIL AFTER 6 MONTHS permanent UNSC New Delhi seat, but will have Four senior AAP leaders, including herself, would be to work harder arrested soon, Delhi minisNEW 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 ter Atishi said on Tuesday, claiming the BJP approached her through a "very close" person to join it or be prepared to be nabbed by the ED within a month. At a press conference here, Atishi claimed that she, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, MLA Durgesh Pathak and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha would be arrested. However, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva claimed that Atishi was "lying". The entire Aam Aadmi Party was involved in the "liquor scam" and its leaders were fighting among themselves over the apprehension about who would be the next "sacrificial lamb", he said. Atishi further claimed that she had been told that the Enforcement Directorate would conduct raids at her residence and that of her kin in the coming days. After that, summons would be sent and arrests would be made, she claimed. CONTD. ON P8 The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.A three-judge bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta and P.B. Varale presided over the case.After hearing the matter at length, the apex court said: “Leave granted. Sanjay Singh is released on bail during pendency of proceedings.” SLEEPLESS NIGHT Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar Jail no-2, spent his first night restless in the cell, sources said on Tuesday. Sources said that Kejriwal spent some time resting on a cement platform and was observed walking in his cell late at night. MLAS MEET SUNITA, WANT AK TO CONTINUE AS CM A day after Arvind Kejriwal was sent to judicial custody in the excise policy case, AAP MLAs and councillors on Tuesday met his wife Sunita Kejriwal and asserted that the Delhi chief minister should run his government from jail and not resign. 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- Australian man dies in Indore hotel following suspected heart attack INDORE: An Australian citizen on a business visit to Madhya Pradesh was found dead in his hotel room in Indore on Tuesday morning, police officials said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abhinay Vishwakarma said the body of Bailey Gavin Andrew was found in his room in the hotel located in the Lasudia police station area. According to the DCP, prima facie it appears the 53-year-old Australian died of a heart attack, although the actual cause will be known only after the postmortem examination report comes. He said the hotel staff contacted the police when Andrew did not open the door of his room in the morning. "A forensic team inspected Andrew's room. No signs of struggle were found in the room. Also, no external injury was found on the body of the Australian citizen. The body has been sent for postmortem," Vishwakarma said. The police officer said documents found in Andrew's room showed he had got an ECG test done a week ago and a doctor had prescribed him some medicines. CONTD. ON P8 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 TIHAR AREA AS CM OFFICE The AAP wants a small area in Tihar Central Jail to be segregated for Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s use as an office, and the party intends to approach court for seeking this facility for its leader. The AAP wants the Delhi CM to have access to essential office facilities, including video conferencing in the area. 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 3 days 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. 29 DEAD IN ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB FIRE A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being treated at a hospital, the Istanbul governor's office said in a statement. The Masquerade nightclub, which was closed for renovations, was on the ground and basement floors of a 16-story residential building in the Besiktas district on the European side of the city bisected by the Bosphorus. The fire was extinguished.