FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 69 | BHOPAL | FRIDAY | AUGUST 23, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in Sports ‘We beat Travis Head’s bat 15 times...’ P.13 fp Briefs LEH Bus falls into gorge, 6 killed Six people were killed and 22 more injured when a bus skidded off the road and fell into a 200-feet-deep gorge in Ladakh's Leh district, officials said. The bus, taking staff members of a school to a wedding function, fell into the gorge in the Durbuk area, Leh Deputy Commissioner Santosh Sukhadeve told PTI. PATNA Ex-Bihar min quits RJD In a setback to the RJD in Bihar, its national general secretary Shyam Rajak resigned on Thursday, claiming that he felt "cheated" in the party he had joined four years ago. Rajak, a former state minister and one of the most prominent Dalit leaders in the RJD, wrote a terse letter to party president Lalu Prasad, declaring that he was giving up the top post as well as the primary membership. P6 JAIPUR MLA duped of ` 90,000 A Bahujan Samaj Party MLA of Rajasthan has registered a case of cyber fraud after he was allegedly duped of Rs 90,000 here, officials said on Thursday. According to Jyoti Nagar Assistant SubInspector Udayveer Singh, Rs 20,000 was deducted from MLA Manoj Kumar's account on August 4. Following this, Rs 70,000 was deducted on August 20. NEW DELHI Honour killing over ‘affair’ In a suspected case of honour killing, two men smothered their sister to death over suspicion that she was having an affair, officials said on Thursday. Police examined footage from CCTV cameras to trace and arrest Abdullah and Arib in connection with the case, DCP said. BANGKOK 9 dead in Thai plane crash A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand crashed Thursday afternoon shortly after taking off from the main airport in the capital, Bangkok, the country's civil aviation authority announced. It appeared that all nine people aboard had been killed. ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE UJJAIN MONEY PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Cinema Unrecognisable Ayesha Takia P.12 DOC’S RAPE-MURDER CASE: CJI asks why crime scene sealed after 12 hrs; Justice Pardiwala asks why death described as unnatural after PM SC tears into Kolkata police for lapses in probe Polygraph test on ex-principal, four others GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR NEW DELHI With CBI and Kolkata Police submitting the status report in Kolkata rape-murder case, the Supreme Court on Thursday took a deep look into the discrepancies and anomalies in securing the crime scene, registration of the FIR and the initial investigation undertaken by the West Bengal police. It also directed the doctors to go back to duty and asserted that no coercive actions should be taken against those who protested. Since the doctors have been on strike for 13 days, the three-judge Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said the doctors need to return to work. Public Health Infrastructure must become functional, he added. “Poor people cannot be left People take part in a protest rally demanding justice for trainee doctor allegedly raped and murdered at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Nadia on Thursday The CBI on Thursday sought a polygraph test on former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and four other doctors, officials said. The CBI took Ghosh and four other junior doctors, who were on duty on the date of the incident on August 9, to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's court at Sealdah in north Kolkata, for permission to conduct the lie detection test on them. IANS Sex workers from the Sonagachi area in Kolkata, the country's biggest red light area, have refused to give soil from their courtyards which is 4Continued on | P6 used for making idols for Bengal's biggest festival Durga Puja. The refusal comes as a protest to the rape and murder of a junior doctor in the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises earlier this month, according to an office bearer of the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, an association of sex workers in the state. As per tradition, for making idols of Goddess Durga, soil ing to execute a series of highprofile terrorist activities aimed at establishing a 'Khilafat' within India. "The module, as per the current state of operations, was being led by one Dr Ishtiyaq of Ranchi (Jharkhand), and it was aspiring to declare 'khilafat' and execute serious terrorist activities within the country," a Delhi Police statement said. The members of the terror module were trained, including in handling weapons, at various locations, cops said. The operation was launched following critical intelligence inputs, which revealed the module's intentions and locations. The collaborative effort between the Delhi Police and state forces proved crucial in uncovering and neutralizing the threat. 4Continued on | P6 ‘NC-Cong pact final for J&K polls’ PTI SRINAGAR , An alliance with the Congress is final on all 90 assembly seats in J&K, National Conference president Farooq Adbullah said on Thursday. The announcement came after Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called on the National Conference leadership at Abdullah's residence. 4Continued on | P6 from a brothel is mixed with clay. The soil from the brothels is considered sacred as it is believed that a person sheds all his good qualities when he enters the sex workers' houses. 4Continued on | P6 Bomb hoax on AI flight from Mumbai PTI Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visits a local restaurant, in Srinagar on Wednesday A bomb threat message in the washroom of an AI flight from Mumbai that resulted in a full emergency being declared at the Thiruvananthapuram airport here on Thursday turned out to be a hoax, according to the police. A senior officer of the Thiruvananthapuram city police said the threat was a hoax. The police also said that no explosive was found on the aircraft after an intensive search carried out by security agencies. The emergency declared at the airport in the morning was withdrawn around 12.10 pm, airport sources said, adding that all the 135 passengers who travelled on the flight were permitted to leave at 12.45 pm. Police have launched an investigation into the incident. Earlier in the morning, the pilot of the aircraft informed the ATC about the threat after a 'Bomb in flight' message, written on a tissue paper was found in the washroom of the plane, the sources said. 4Continued on | P6 offgrid Ranji player, 49 others scammed of lakhs Probe on in foreign trading scam Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Almost 50 people based in Bhopal have fallen prey to a new modus operandi adapted by the cyber crooks; investing money in foreign shares, the cyber cell officials said on Thursday. A total of 50 complaints have been lodged at the city cyber MODUS OPERANDI ACP Tiwari said that the vicious process begins with a phone call made to the target person, who offers him/her to invest money into foreign shares. The caller makes the target person download an applicell in the past seven months of this year, the officials added. The court had taken suo motu cognisance of the incident 4Continued on | P6 general order that there will be no victimisation. They cation on his/her phone, or adds them to a WhatsApp group. On the group, scores of people upload messages about earning handsome profits after investing into foreign shares. Once the target person begins investing their money through the link provided by the caller, their withdrawal is frozen. The caller then demands more money to unlock the withdrawal channel and claim the earned amount, which never happens, following which, the balance on the application is displayed zero, and the caller breaks all contacts with the victim. Assistant Commissioner of police (Cyber) Sujeet Tiwari told Free Press that among the ones duped is also a renowned cricketer, who ended up losing as much as Rs 72 lakh to the scam. ACP Tiwari said that the cricketer, who did not wish to be named, had heard about investment in foreign shares on social media, where the people who had invested their money had claimed to have gained handsome profits, after which he too, invested Rs 72 lakh into it, but ended up losing them. 4Continued on | P6 CM sends money to Tendu leaf collectors’ a/cs The Bombay High Court on Thursday called the sexual assault on two minor girls at their school in Badlapur "absolutely shocking" and said that there cannot be any compromise on the safety and security of girls. A division bench of Justices in the lurch and doctors must resume work. We will pass a THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Delhi Police on Thursday found and dismantled a terror module that was allegedly inspired by al Qaeda. The operation, which involved joint efforts from police forces across Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, led to the arrest of 14 individuals allegedly linked to the group. The group was reportedly prepar- PTI MUMBAI must first come back to duty. Resident doctors are young doctors, they should understand and return to work,” the CJI said, adding that the court would “pass some general order” and once the doctors would return to work, it would “prevail upon the authorities not to take any adverse action.” Members were trained in handling weapons at many places Agencies ‘No compromise on safety, security of girls’ The protests by resident doctors at government hospitals in several states across the country ended on Thursday as major doctors' bodies called off their 11-day strike over the rape-murder of a trainee medic in Kolkata after the Supreme Court made an appeal to them to resume work.However, in West Bengal, the epicentre of the protests, healthcare services remained affected at state-run hospitals as junior doctors continued their ceasework for the 14th consecutive day. Agitating doctors said they will review the apex court's directions on Friday and then take a decision accordingly. Most docs’ bodies call off strike Qaeda-inspired terror cell busted, wanted to create ‘Khilafat’ in India NEW DELHI BADLAPUR CASE Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan said that action ought to be taken against the school authorities for not reporting the incident despite being aware of it. It also blasted the police over the delay in registering the FIR. Two four-year-old girls were sexually assaulted inside the school's washroom at Badlapur in Thane district by a male attendant on August 12 and 13. Sex workers refuse to give soil for Durga idol KOLKATA E-paper Edit Quota issue, a Pandora’s box P.8 India to achieve 6.5-7% GDP growth in FY25: FinMin Asks protesting doctors to resume work MUMBAI Chief Minister Mohan Yadav gives away cheques in a function at Vijaypur on Thursday Visits by-poll bound Vijaypur for second time in a row OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visited Vijaypur for the second time in 15 days on Thursday and transferred money to the accounts of Tendu leaf collectors. The Sheopur-Vijaypur-Karahal area is blessed with exceptional natural beauty, but in terms of development, it is behind other places, he said. Now, the state government will develop the place, Yadav said. Yadav made the statement at Sheopur district on Thursday when he distributed bonus among the Tendu leaf collectors. He said that the state government had distributed bonus worth Rs 115 crore among the Tendu leaf collectors in 2023. The Chief Minister also laid the foundation of development work worth Rs 37.67 crore. 4Continued on | P6 Man pays for pelting stones at cops; palatial house bulldozed Over 30 arrested Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL/CHHATARPUR The man who hurled stones at the police in Chhatarpur on Wednesday paid a heavy price as his palatial house spread over 20,000 square feet was bulldozed on Thursday. The demolition action was taken up jointly by district administration and police. According to officials, a group from a community visited Kotwali police station on Wednesday to submit a memorandum against Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj against his controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammed. During the visit, some miscreants among them began pelting stones at the police station, injuring the station incharge and two constables. 4Continued on | P6 Top: Palatial house of man accused of pelting stones on police in Chhatarpur on Wednesday and above the house after demolition on Thursday 4 athletes from MP to represent India in Paralympic Games SHAMBHU BORDER SC wants govts to talk to farmers Our Sports Reporter Rajesh Moudgil BHOPAL CHANDIGARH Four athletes from Madhya Pradesh will represent India at the Paralympic Games in Paris, scheduled from August 28 to September 8. Among them are parakayaking and canoeing players Prachi Yadav and Pooja Ojha from the Chambal region. They will be joined by Kapil Parmar from Sehore, who will compete in blind judo, and Rubina Francis, who will represent the state in shooting. These athletes are part of a contingent of 84 players chosen from across India. Pooja Ojha, 38, has claimed two gold medals at the Asian Para Canoe Championship in Uzbekistan and another at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Kapil Parmar, competing in the men’s J1–60kg category in blind judo, secured a gold medal at the IBSA Judo Grand Prix Antalya 2024 in Turkey and a silver medal at the 2022 The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the governments of Punjab and Haryana to hold further meetings with protesting farmers for the removal of their tractors and trolleys from the Shambhu border on the Delhi-Amritsar national highway (also called GT road) for the passage of ambulances, senior citizens, essential services women, students and commuters. It may be recalled that a large number of farmers have been camping at the said site on the national highway since February 13 this year – when their ``Delhi chalo’’ tractor march was stopped by the Haryana police and central forces at the said Punjab-Haryana border - to press for their various demands including the minimum support price (MSP) for their crops. Pooja Ojha Kapil Parmar Rubina Francis Prachi Yadav Asian Para Games. Shooter Rubina Francis, 25, won a silver medal at the 2023 World Shooting Para World Cup and holds a world record from the World Shooting Championship in Peru. Similarly, Prachi Yadav, 29, won a bronze medal at the 2022 Paralympic World Cup. She recently secured a gold medal at the ACC Paracanoe Asian Championships in Japan. 4Continued on | P6