FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. XLI No. 89 | INDORE | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in Sports No Messi or Ronaldo in Ballon d'Or nominations after two decades... RGPV’s absconding registrar surrenders Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE MONEY 4Continued on | P6 fp Briefs SITAPUR Kidnappers kill 12-year-old boy A 12-year-old boy here was allegedly kidnapped and killed by four people, including a juvenile, all of whom were nabbed police said on Thursday. The boy's body was thrown into Sharda Canal of neighbouring Lakhimpur district, police said. The search for the body is underway, according to a senior officer. The boy, Shivansh, had gone missing on Tuesday from the Sirkida village in Sakran area, the officer said. HYDERABAD 6 Naxals killed, 2 cops hurt Six cadres of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) including two women were killed after an exchange of fire between the ultras and police in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana on Thursday, police said. Two commandos of the Greyhounds, the elite anti-naxal force of Telangana Police, were also injured in the exchange of fire and were shifted to a hospital and their condition is out of danger, they said. KORBA Man killed in elephant attack A 60-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday night at Thadpakhan village under Pali forest subrange when Mewa Ram Dhanuhar was at his house, said Kumar Nishant, DFO Katghora forest division. PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Renewable energy sector to provide momentum to Indian economy Keep Hasina quiet: Yunus NEW DELHI A student shouts slogans during Martyr March in Bangladesh. –AFP country will turn into Afghanistan without Sheikh Hasina." "No one is comfortable with her stance there in India be- cause we want her back to try her. She is there in India and at times she is talking, which is problematic. Had she been Cops tried to bribe us to hush case: Victim’s parents PTI Candle light protest at RG Kar on Wednesday the body was handed over to us, a senior police official offered us money, which we immediately declined," the father of the deceased doctor said. The parents of the postgraduate trainee said that they joined the protest on Wednesday night to support the junior doctors fighting for justice for their daughter. 4Continued on | P6 Racket: College girls sent obscene videos in Jabalpur, asked to pay Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL A case of cyber fraud and sextortion has come to light in Jabalpur where around 50 girl students of a government college received messages demanding money from them, said police on Thursday. Girls of a college received messages on their cell phones containing the obscene videos and photographs. Later, messages came on their phones in which a person posing as a police personnel orders that they (girls) are watching such material and it shall be told to their parents. The racketeer demanded the money ranging from Rs quiet, we would have forgotten it; people would have also forgotten it as she would have been in her own world. But sitting in India, she is speaking and giving instructions. No one likes it," he said. Yunus was referring to Hasina's statement on August 13 in which she demanded "justice", saying those involved in recent "terror acts", killings and vandalism must be investigated, identified and punished. It was posted on her US-based son Sajeeb Wazed Joy's X handle. Asked whether Bangladesh has communicated its stance to India, Yunus said it has been conveyed verbally and quite firmly that she should keep quiet. 4Continued on | P6 NCPCR seeks action against madrasas in MP IANS Trust deficit: Cong digs up more fodder Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI In yet another salvo fired at SEBI chairperson Madhavi Puri Buch, the Congress, which has been targeting her for her links with a major Indian industrial house, has demanded that she step down in order to restore market trust. The party, citing a news item, also claimed that she was during her tenure with ICICI bank “employed” with a firm where National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s son, Shaurya Doval, was in the leadership team. In a statement, Congress spokesperson Praveen Chakravarty said after Hindenburg Research had on August 10 made serious charges against Buch alleging that “SEBI’s unwillingness to take meaningful action against suspect shareholders in the Adani Group stemmed from Buch’s complicity in using the exact same funds used by Vinod Adani, brother of Gautam Adani”, the party had demanded that she step down. 4Continued on | P6 Why the SEBI chairperson should resign By invitation Paranjoy Guha Thakurta N ever in the history of the regulator of India’s financial markets – the Securities and Exchange Board of India -- has its chairperson’s credibility been questioned in such a dramatic manner. Although Madhabi Puri Buch – the first woman, the first person who was not a civil servant and the first person from the private sector to head SEBI – had promptly responded to the allegations contained in the second report of the US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research released on August 10, her subsequent silence has been deafening. Even as hundreds of employees of SEBI have protested 2,000 to 20,000 from the girls. The puzzled girls shared their problem to their teachers of the college. The SP Aditya Singh said that two of the girls had paid the amount to the accused of the case. Based on the girls complaint the FIR had been registered against the accused of the case. The SP also added that it is not a case of sextortion, it is a case of cyber fraud. The technical team had started their investigations and shortly the accused will be arrested. He also added that the girls should not fear about any happening, they can share their problems to their parents and also to the police. Kolkata: In a new twist of an event, a day after the RG Kar victim’s parents and relatives taking part in candle light protest in RG Kar hospital on Wednesday late evening raised finger at police and said that the police had offered them money, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and minister Shashi Panja on Thursday slammed the opposition for such purported videos. “Several fake videos are appearing one after the other. On Wednesday a video appeared where the victim’s parents alleged police offering him money. Today again another video surfaced where it was seen that the parents themselves calling it a fake video. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) claimed to have come across a "gross violation" of government's rules pertaining to the operation of a madrasas in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar. The NCPCR alleged that one particular madrasa is being operated on a licence obtained for running a private school, adding this came to the fore during an inspection carried out by its team on August 9. The inspection was carried out with prior permission from the Madhya Pradesh government. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav-led BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has initiated an inspection drive of madrasas operating across the state. ‘India, China, Brazil can mediate in war’ ON EVE OF TEACHERS’ DAY : Drunk Adani hypes his group’s teacher chops girl's braid in Ratlam ANI ‘Do whatever you can, teacher tells bystander MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that I n d i a , China and Brazil could mediate in potential peace talks o v e r Ukraine, Reuters reported. Putin said a preliminary agreement reached between negotiators of Russia, Ukraine during the talks held in Istanbul, which was never implemented, could serve as the basis for talks. The two nations held talks in Istanbul during the first few weeks of war in 2022. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 FP News Service RATLAM On the eve of Teacher’s Day, a shocking incident unfolded at Semalkhedi-2 Primary School in Ratlam, where a fifthgrade girl’s braid was brutally chopped-off by her inebriated teacher, Veer Singh Maida, sparking outrage in the community. The girl, terrified and sobbing, stood helplessly while her braid lay on the floor, igniting anger among those present. The incident, occurred on Wednesday, but gained widespread attention when a MP’s Judoka Kapil Parmar first Indian to win medal Paris Paralympic Games, 2024 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Madhya Pradesh’s Judoka Kapil Parmar made history by becoming the first Indian to win a medal in para-judo at the Paris Paralympic Games 2024 on Thursday. Competing in the men’s 60kg J1 category, Parmar secured a bronze medal after defeating Brazil’s Elielton de Oliveira with a commanding 10-0 victory. Parmar achieved the win with an impressive Ippon, finishing the match in just 33 seconds. Additionally, The victim, still traumatised, displayed her cut braid to officials as part of the investigation video surfaced online on Thursday. The footage, taken by a nearby resident, shows the teacher holding scissors in hand, with the young girl visibly crying. In a blatant show of defiance, the teacher arrogantly responded to the person filming the incident, saying, "Do whatever you want." TEACHER SUSPENDED The tribal welfare department, responsible for the school, launched an investigation after the incident came he also becomes the first ever Indian to clinch a medal at either the Paralympics or Olympics. The 24-year-old Parmar hails from Sehore and has ear- to light. Following the inquiry, the teacher has been suspended. Local resident Gautam, who witnessed the horrific event, stated, "I heard the children screaming and saw the teacher cutting the girl’s hair. When I questioned him, he arrogantly said, 'They don’t study.' When I started recording, he taunted me, saying no one could take action." With around 50 students enrolled, the Semalkhedi-2 Primary School now stands under scrutiny as authorities probe deeper into the incident. Parents and locals demand stricter measures to prevent such incidents in the future. In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court held that poker and rummy are games of skill, not gambling. The judgement was passed by a division bench comprising Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Manjeev Shukla on Wednesday, on a petition filed by DM Gaming Private Limited, which challenged an earlier order from the Agra City Commissionerate denying the company permission to operate poker and rummy as a gaming unit. DM Gaming Private Limited had filed a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenging the order issued by the Deputy The petitioner argued that the denial of permission was based solely on the presumption that these games might disturb public peace and harmony or be considered gambling Commissioner of Police, City Commissionerate of Agra, on January 24, 2024, which denied the company permission to operate poker and rummy as a gaming unit. Citing precedents set by the Supreme Court and other High Court rulings, it was contended that poker and rummy are games of skill, not gambling. The petitioner further argued that the refusal to grant permission was based on the lier clinched a gold medal in the men’s J1-60kg category at the IBSA Judo Grand Prix Antalya 2024 in Turkey and a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games. ‘resilience’ FP News Service MUMBAI assumptions that such games could disturb peace and harmony or they may be considered gambling. Citing the decision of the Supreme Court and other orders of the High Court, the Allahabad High Court said that poker and rummy are games of skill and not gambling. Industrialist Gautam Adani has touted the group's performance in the aftermath of USbased short-seller Hindenburg Research's revelations as a sign of the business house's 'resilience'. Speaking at the city's Jai Hind College on Thursday, the tycoon said that the conglomerate was able to raise 'several thousand of crores' from various sources even as it decided to return the proceeds of Adani Enterprises' Rs 20,000 crore follow-on public offer (FPO), after Hindenburg, in January, published a report questioning Adani's business practices. The remarks come in the wake of a fresh report by the short seller claiming that SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch had a conflict of interest in probing complaints against the Adani group. While Adani didn't address these new allegations in his speech, he called the Hindenburg attack a 'calculated move'. "It was a shortselling attack initiated from abroad. This was not a typical financial strike. It was a dual assault targeting our financial stability and pulling us into a political storm. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Poker, rummy games of skill, not gambling: All’bad HC ANI 4Continued on | P6 BHOPAL offgrid PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR PRADESH) against Puri Buch for allegedly encouraging a “toxic work culture” in the organisation, the head of the Zee media group Subhash Chandra has publicly accused her of bribery and corruption – yet again, something like this has never happened before. If indeed these allegations are unfounded, and Chandra has provided scant evidence to substantiate his claims, Puri Buch would be well within her rights to sue him for defamation and worse. However, this is yet to take place. The credibility of the quasijudicial authority that is responsible for regulating India’s capital markets has never been as badly undermined as is happening at present. SEBI was constituted as a non-statutory body in April 1988 through a resolution of the government of India.It became a statutory body in January 1992 after Parliament passed an Act. TMC refutes KOLKATA, Family members of a doctor, who was raped and murdered here last month, joined the protesting medics at RG Kar hospital and accused the Kolkata Police of attempting to suppress the case by hurriedly cremating the body of the doctor. Participating in the protests at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the body of their daughter was recovered on August 9, the parents also accused a senior police officer of trying to bribe them after the incident came to light. "The police, from the very beginning, tried to hush up the case. We were not allowed to see the body and had to wait at the police station while the body was taken for post-mortem examination. Later, when E-paper Cinema Taxes Ka naya King P.14 FRANK TALK | India must shun ‘BNP is Islamist’ narrative; says there are demands for a relook at certain treaties such as transit and Adani power deal; attacks on Hindus exaggerated Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina making political remarks in India is an "unfriendly gesture", asserting that she must remain silent to prevent the discomfort to both countries until Dhaka requests her extradition. "If India wants to keep her until the time Bangladesh (government) wants her back, the condition would be that she has to keep quiet," he said. In an interview with PTI at his official residence in Dhaka, Yunus, stressed New Delhi must move "beyond the narrative that portrays every other political party, except Awami League, as Islamist and that the MUMBAI Edit Spare none who built the statue P.8 PTI Former registrar of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Rakesh Kumar Rajput, who was absconding for six months in the FD scam case, surrendered in the court of special judge on Thursday. Special public prosecutor PN Singh said they had objected to Rajput’s surrendering before the court. Later, special judge Ram Prasad Mishra sent the accused former registrar to police custody till September 10. Special public prosecutor PN Singh informed Free Press, “ RGPV’s ex- registrar Rakesh Kumar Rajput surrendered in court. We took objection to the surrender, so court has sent him in police custody till September 10. He had approached Supreme Court which had given him ad-interim bail without hearing view of State government but when we replied and clarified our stand, his ad-interim bail was rejected just 14 days ago so he had to surrender in Bhopal court.” UJJAIN