FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 86 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 | Pages 12 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Nation Massive show of strength by JeI activists in Kulgam Bhopal doc drowns in waterfall in Sehore FP News Service SEHORE In what was a happy occasion turned into tragedy when a Bhopal-based doctor drowned at Digambar Waterfall in Shahganj area of Sehore on Sunday. A search is on for the doctor’s body. He had gone there for a picnic with his four friends, who are safe. Police said the deceased is Dr Ashwin Krishnan Iyer, and his four friends are Dr Ayush, Dr Koshki, Dr Abhishek, and Dr Aakanksha. Official sources said that the security personnel deployed at the waterfall had warned the group not to enter the waters. However, they disregarded the advice and started taking bath and Dr Ashwin drowned when he inadvertently ventured into deep waters. Shahganj police station incharge Pankaj Wadekar confirmed that the police and SDERF teams are searching for Dr Ashwin’s body. The sub- ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE MONEY UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Declining bank credit to hurt exporters Sports Moeen Ali retires from international cricket P.10 JOIN US: Rajnath’s pitch to PoK locals ‘We consider you our own, unlike Pakistan’ In a dramatic turn of events, 21 of the 22 complaints made by Mukesh Prajapati, who made headlines by protesting B’desh plans to extradite Hasina, try her for mass killings PTI DHAKA PTI from politics. “ I became increasingly disillusioned as the state government seemed quite unconcerned about corruption and strong-arm tactics of a section of leaders.” Bangladesh will take necessary steps to extradite deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India to try her on charges of mass killings during the student-led mass movement against her government, the newly-appointed chief prosecutor of the country's International Crimes Tribunal said on Sunday. Following unprecedented anti-government protests that peaked on August 5, Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India. Necessary steps will be taken to bring former prime minister Hasina back under the extradition treaty with India to try her on charges of mass killings during the student-led protests in July and August, International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam was quoted as saying by The Daily Star newspaper. "We will file an application with the International Crimes Tribunal, when it resumes functions, to issue arrest warrants against all the absconding accused including Sheikh Hasina in connection with the cases filed for mass killing and crimes against humanity," he said at a press briefing on the ICT premises in Dhaka. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 JAMMU divisional officer of police (SDOP) of Budhni, Shashank Gurjar said that adequate safety measures were in place at the waterfall and that the group had ignored security instructions by taking an alternative route to reach the falls. Dr Iyer, who drown in Sehore, was pursuing Post Graduate (PG-I) (anesthesia) at Peoples Medical College. The others who accompanied Dr Iyer were also doctors at the same medical college. Sehore Collector Pravin Singh said, “ All the four doctors had come from Bhopal for the picnic. When we came to know about tragedy, we dispatched the team for rescue. Search is still on to fish out the body.” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked the residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to come and join India as "we consider you our own unlike Pakistan which treats you as foreigners". Addressing an election rally in the Ramban assembly constituency in support of BJP candidate Rakesh Singh Thakur, the Union minister asserted there is a sea change in the overall security situation in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. The senior BJP leader came down heavily on the National Conference-Congress alliance over its poll promise of restoring Article 370 and said it is impossible as long as the BJP is there. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh being welcomed on his arrival for a public rally in Ramban on Sunday He said the "sea change" witnessed in the overall security situation in J-K since August 2019 means that youths now carry laptops and computers in their hands instead of pistols and revolvers. Now, nobody dares to fire bullets at people in Srinagar, he said. "Support the BJP to form the next government in J-K so that we can facilitate massive development in the region. 4Continued on | P6 FP News Service NEEMUCH E-paper World Trump’s xenophobia echoed by neo-Nazis P.9 Advice to Pakistan Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India is ready to start dialogue with Pakistan if the neighbouring country stops sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. "If Pakistan do one thing, that is stop giving support to terrorism, who would not like to improve relations with neighbouring countries? Because I know the reality that you can change a friend, but not your neighbour.” Neemuch man’s complaints found false TMC MP wants to quit FP News Service MUMBAI against alleged corruption in Kankaria Talai panchayat by rolling on the road, wearing a garland of 1000 complaint letters, turned out of be false. Prajapati had alleged that he had been complaining for the last seven years, but no one had listened to his complaints. Subsequently, collector Himanshu Chandra had formed a committee to probe the allegations and most were false. Details on district page KOLKATA TMC RS MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stating that he wants to ‘quit’ from his MP post and also wants to retire Manipur CM to Centre: Ensure territorial integrity PTI IMPHAL Amid a fresh bout of violence in Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday appealed to the Centre to take steps to protect territorial integrity of the state. Singh also urged the central government not to give in to the demand for a separate administration raised by Kuki Zo groups. The chief minister made these appeals in a memorandum submitted to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya 4Continued on | P6 Anti-drone systems deployed Security was heightened in Manipur on Sunday following the fresh bout of violence that left several people dead, officials said. The situation was tense but under control.The Assam Rifles has deployed antidrone systems in the fringe areas of the Imphal Valley to repel any "rogue drones", he said. The CRPF handed an anti-drone system to the state police for deployment, he added. The use of drones was new to the ethnic clashes in Manipur that left over 200 people dead since May last year.