THE FREE PRESS JOURNAL Vol. 67 No. 240 | TUESDAY | JULY 9, 2024 | 25 Pages | `5 & for Pune `6 only www.freepressjournal.in FPJ News Service JAMMU The terror activity in Jammu and Kashmir escalated on Monday as an army convoy was attacked in the remote Machedi area of Kathua district. Four Army personnel were killed and six injured in the strike. The area falls under the 9 Corps of the Indian Army. The Army vehicles were on a routine patrol when terrorists fired at them from the top of a hill. They also hurled grenades after the initial firing. The security forces retaliated but the terrorists fled into a nearby forest, officials said. Reinforcements were rushed to the spot and an intermittent gunfight is since on between the terrorists and the security forces. The terrorists are believed to have recently infiltrated from across the border and were moving in the higher reaches. Monday’s attack came 24 hours after six terrorists were killed in two separate encounters in J&K's Kulgam district. The encounters, which began on Saturday, also claimed the lives of two soldiers, including a para-trooper 4Contd on | nation MUMBAI INDORE PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK GAMES NATION India seeks to play a supportive role for stable region, says PM ahead of summit with Putin 5 armymen die in attack on convoy EDITIONS: Reg.No MCS/048/2021-23; RNI No. 1541/1957 M.p.c.s office Mumbai. PIN 400001 KONKAN E-paper Member: Audit Bureau of Circulation (Jan to Dec 2023) Cinema Furore over Big Boss OTT 3 slapgate episode Indian T20 WC players to get Rs 5 crore each out of BCCI prize money of Rs 125 crore Edit Beyond nationalism: Let’s talk about the MIG-47 project DUNKING | Trains, planes & automobiles hit; water everywhere NEW SEASON, SAME STORY Shefali Parab-Pandit MUMBAI In a brand-new monsoon season, the same old story of flooded railway tracks, waterlogged roads and airport runways played out in the city on Monday. After more than 300mm of rain came pelting down in the six hours between 1am and 7am, there was flooding for several hours thereafter, disrupting buses, planes and trains.   Trains were especially affected on Central Railway, which had not cleared garbage and muck from several stretches of tracks. Fast trains between CSMT and Thane and Harbour line services were suspended because of waterlogging, according to the CR’s chief public relations officer, Swapnil Nila.   The BMC too was caught napping since its pre-monsoon preparations were not complete, despite complaints from former corporators, like Ravi Raja. Flood-prone areas such as King’s Circle and other subways were waterlogged, affecting BEST buses. As a precautionary measure, the civic body declared a holiday for all BMC, government and private schools and colleges.  Two teenage girls were rescued by the civic team after a mudslide on the hills at Vikhroli Park, while 39 branches and trees collapsed in 24 hours. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported. 4Contd on | mumbai 300mm BMW ‘killer’ on run as father gets bail Ankit Kumar & Charul Shah Joshi MUMBAI in 6hrs on Mon Yellow alert after 8.30 am City schools and colleges will be SHUT on Tuesday. Sr. citizen dies in short circuit fire A senior citizen identified as Shanta Acharya (72) died after a fire broke out due to short circuit in her room in a chawl at Datta Mandir road in Santacruz on Monday afternoon. The blaze was immediately doused by the fire brigade and the injured woman was sent to V.N. Desai hospital in Vile Parle. However, she succumbed to her injuries. Meanwhile, 11 other incidents of short circuit were reported in the city throughout the day. Also, 40 branches and trees fell, while 10 houses collapse incidents were recorded till 6 pm evening. More than 24 hours after the Worli hit-and-run horror unfolded, the Mumbai police have been unable to trace the accused in the case, Mihir Shah, 24. He is reportedly in hiding, so that no alcohol can be detected in his blood in the event of his surrender or being caught. The chances of alcohol being detected diminish the longer he stays out of the clutches of law.  Sources said the Borivli resident had  consumed four bottles of beer at the Global Tapas Bar on Juhu Tara Road before heading to Marine Drive with the family driver in a BMW. As the duo was returning, the BMW collided with the The bar where the group partied before mishap rear of a scooter at Worli. The woman riding pillion, Kaveri Nakhwa, 45, was flung off by the impact while her saree got caught under the front wheel of the car, and her husband Pradeep, 50, who was driving, found himself on the bonnet of the speeding four-wheeler. For almost two kilometres, Mihir Shah dragged the couple along, before coming to a halt.  4Contd on | mumbai Train runs over woman, she survives but loses her legs  Raina Assainar NAVI MUMBAI A 20-year-old woman from Taloja lost her legs after being run over by a train at the C B D Belapur railway station on Monday morning. Rohini Rajesh Bote, 20, was waiting on Platform No. 3 of the station when she suddenly fell on the tracks just before a Panvel-Thane train reached the spot. The motor- man braked but by then, one of the coaches had already run over her. A viral video of the incident shows the local train slowly reversing, after an alarm was raised by commuters on the platform, to reveal the injured woman lying on the tracks. Further, the woman, with bloodied feet, is seen trying to sit up with great difficulty, as policemen jump on the tracks to help her. According to Inspector Pravin Padvi of the Panvel Government Railway Police, “Two Railway Police Force staff who were on the spot, rushed to her rescue. The motorman reversed the train and the RPF rescued the lady from beneath the train. Unfortunately, both her legs were severed in the accident. She was rushed to MGM Hospital in CBD Bela- pur,”. In her statement to the police, Bote said she suddenly felt dizzy and fell off the platform as the train approached. Bote, who works as a house help, was returning home from work and the incident occurred around 10.03am. “She works as a house help at C B D Belapur. Usually, she goes home by bus but since it was raining heavily on Monday morning, she decided to take a train up to Kharghar and then reach Taloja using a share-anauto service. Just before the train arrived, she fell on the tracks. We have made a diary entry at the GRP station,” Padvi added. However, police were not able to explain why she was standing at Platform No. 3 where a Panvel-Thane train was scheduled to arrive, 4Contd on | nation THE FREE PRESS JOURNAL pune www.freepressjournal.in We are the only English newspaper of Mumbai to have a separate page for news from Pune. 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