FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. XLI No. 128 | INDORE | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 15, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: Sports SMITH BACK AT NO 4 P.12 Bishnoi now on Canada’s radar Online Report WASHINGTON Canadian officials have accused India of orchestrating a campaign of violence against Sikh dissidents in Canada, citing intercepted communications and other evidence. The allegations, detailed in a Washington Post report, center around the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and other acts of violence. According to Canadian officials, a senior Indian government official and an operative in the country's intelligence agency are implicated in the campaign. The officials claim that the violence has escalated in recent months, with threats against several individuals of Indian descent. The Canadian government has uncovered evidence suggesting Indian involvement in home invasions, drive-by shootings, arson, and at least one additional killing. One such incident involved the death of Sukhdool Singh, who was shot in Winnipeg shortly after being listed as a wanted individual by India's National Investigation Agency. 4Continued on | P6 fp Briefs BENGALURU Award for ISRO chairman ISRO said on Monday its chairman S Somanath has received the International Astronautical Federation's (IAF) prestigious World Space Award for Chandrayaan-3's remarkable achievement. Govt teacher hangs self in another govt school FP News Service SENDHWA A 36-year-old government teacher allegedly committed suicide, as his body was found hanging in Balwadi Higher Secondary School under Varla tehsil of Sendhwa block. The grim discovery was made at 9:30 am on Monday, prompting immediate action from local authorities. Upon receiving the information, the Varla police swiftly arrived at the scene, where they removed the body from the noose and transported it to the Varla community health centre for a post-mortem. The deceased, identified as Praveen, was employed at the Primary School in Chikhli. His body was found hanging from a window in one of the rooms of Balwadi Higher Secondary School, causing significant distress among students and faculty. Varla station in-charge Madhav Singh Thakur said that no suicide note was recovered from Praveen, leaving the reasons for this tragic act unclear. Police have registered a case and commenced an investigation, focusing on statements from family members and other witnesses to uncover the circumstances surrounding this unfortunate incident. INDORE UJJAIN MONEY PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Export to be major job creator as India transitions to $5 trillion economy Cinema Kriti Sanon turns producer P.14 BUZZ OFF! Canada accuses Indian diplomats of “violent criminal activity’’ on its soil V Sudarshan In a tit-for-tat move, India on Monday expelled six Canadian diplomats, including its acting High Commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler, after Canada declared the Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and five other diplomats persona non grata for connections to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June this year. The Canadian diplomats have been given time till 11.59 pm, October 19, to leave the country. The Globe and Mail reported on Monday that Canada had expelled the Indian High Commissioner and five other diplomats over connection to “violent criminal activity in Canada” and that the national police force was set to reveal new details about the Indian government’s alleged involvement. The paper said that the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police has evidence that the six diplomats were involved in the plot and that the Canadian government had presented the evidence to India last week. This evidence was to be made public later in the day. India has maintained that no evidence had been provided by Canada to back its claim and has stoutly denied the charges. Earlier on Monday New Delhi claimed that the diplomats were being “withdrawn” after the Canadian Charge d'Affaires in New Delhi was summoned by the Secretary (East) and told as much following a communication from Canada that Verma and other diplomats have been declared to be “persons of interest.” The term applies to someone who is wanted in a criminal investigation but who has not been formally arrested or questioned. 4Continued on | P6 Canada’s Acting High Commissioner to India Stewart Wheeler leaving the Ministry of External Affairs office. Ex-CM Chouhan’s son Kartikey figures in Budhni by-poll panel Ramniwas Rawat’s name proposed from Vijaipur FP News Service Our Staff Reporter The Bharatiya Janata Party held a meeting with the party’s state election committee over by-polls for two assembly seats, on Monday. The discussion was centred round the probable candidates for Budhni and Vijaipur assembly seats. A panel of names, made after the meeting over both seats, will be sent to the party’s central leadership. The name of Kartikey Singh Chouhan, son of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was also put in the Vegetable prices drive inflation to 9 mnth high MUMBAI BHOPAL Meeting of BJP State election committee in progress panel. Other than Kartikey’s, the panel consists of the names of former MP Ramakant Bhargava, Guru Prasad Sharma, Rajendra Singh Rajput, and Asharam Yadav. There was not much discussion over Vijaipur constituency from where Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat is set to get a ticket. The BJP’s central leadership will announce the candidates for Budhi and Vijaipur JAL JEEVAN MISSION ED raids IAS officer, min’s aides in J’khand assembly seats. After the meeting, the BJP’s state unit president VD Sharma said discussions were held over Budhni and Vijaipur seats. The members of the election committee also gave suggestions for these two seats, he said, adding that a panel of names prepared at the meeting would be sent to the central leadership. 4Continued on | P6 Elderly couple’s bodies found in Indira Sagar backwaters PTI FP News Service RANCHI KHANDWA The Enforcement Directorate Monday conducted searches against a senior IAS officer, persons linked to a cabinet minister and some others as part of a multi-crore money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the water and sanitation department of poll-bound Jharkhand, official sources said. The sources had earlier said that the raids were linked to the Jal Jeevan Mission, a scheme of the central government. They said alleged illegal commission payments at the rate of 10 per cent was prevalent in the works awarded by the water and sanitation department and these kickbacks were shared among politicians in power, bureaucrats and department officials. In a shocking incident at Hanumantiya Island, the bodies of an elderly couple from Indore were discovered floating in the backwaters of the Indira Sagar Dam on Monday. Deceased were identified as Bhagwan Singh Dhakad, 66, and his wife Sunita. They had been staying at a resort on the island for the past two days, and were found after resort employees noticed shoes and a body floating near the water. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 CRPF on guard E-paper Edit A decade in jail; a death foretold P.8 TIT FOR TAT | Diplomats are expelled on both sides as relations touch a new frosty low in the backdrop of Hardeep Nijjar killing MUMBAI MUMBAI In September, India saw its retail inflation rise to 5.49%, up from 3.65% in August. This is the highest level in nine months, according to data released by the government. The increase is mainly due to the high prices of vegetables, which have become more expensive because of poor weather conditions. Retail inflation is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This index tracks the average change in prices that consumers pay for a basket of goods and services, like food and housing. The rise in September is significant, as the previous peak was 5.69% in December 2023. The cost of food, in particular, has increased sharply. The inflation rate for food items reached 9.24% in September, much higher than Augusts’ 5.66%. Vegetables saw the biggest jump, with prices increasing by around 36%. Other essentials like pulses (legumes) also became pricier, with a nearly 10% rise. In a first, Indore gets four flyovers in a day CM dedicates bridges to ease traffic woes Our Staff Reporter INDORE CM Mohan Yadav dedicated four flyovers to public signalling an end of traffic woes on Monday. It is for the first time in MP and perhaps the country had four flyovers were inaugurated at a time. While Bhawarkuan and Phooti Kothi flyovers are fully operational, only one arm of Khajrana and Luvkush flyovers was opened for public. Delay in removing religious places has delayed completion of these two flyovers. “Some bridges are incomplete but I inaugurated them to reduce people’s problems,” the CM said. The dedication of four flyovers would ease movement of more than seven lakh commuters. No longer will they be caught in traffic jams and signals. All the bridges have been constructed by Indore Development Authority. NEW DELHI Several opposition MPs on Monday boycotted a meeting of the parliamentary committee examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, alleging that the panel is not functioning in accordance with rules and regulations. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to three US economists for providing new insights into why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations, trying to help solve the puzzle why some countries are rich and others poor. Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and James A. Robinson from the University of Chicago in the US were awarded the coveted honour for studies on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity. Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity. "Societies with a poor rule of law and institutions that exploit the population do not The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson generate growth or change for the better. The laureates’ research helps us understand why," said the Academy. "Reducing the vast differences in income between PHOOTIKOTHI Commuters would use flyover to reach AB road. Vehicles coming from Mhow Naka can go straight to- The BJP organisation on Monday called the three legislators who opened a front against the state administration. Out of the three legislators, Brajbihari Pateriya and Pradeep Lariya reached the BJP office, but Pradeep Patel did not go there. The issue of opening front against the state administration was discussed in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, party’s state unit president VD Sharma and other leaders of the organisation. The legislators were advised not to cross the party line. Legislator from Naryawali Pradeep Lariya began to Opposition MPs, such as Gaurav Gogoi and Imran Masood of the Congress, A Raja of the DMK, Arvind Sawant of the Shiv Sena (UBT), AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, Samjwadi Party's Mohibbullah and Sanjay Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party, 4Continued on | P6 countries is one of our time’s greatest challenges. The laureates have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for achieving this," said Jakob Svensson, Chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences. When Europeans colonised large parts of the globe, the institutions in those societies changed -- but not in the same way everywhere. 4Continued on | P6 wards Phooti Kothi and adjacent colonies through road below the flyover. KHAJRANA Commuters would use flyover to go directly towards Bengali Square through Ring Road. LUVKUSH Flyover will benefit people going from MR10 towards Super Corridor. Those heading to Ujjain Road & Bangang would take road below B-gang did it to fill up vacuum as Naya Don S Balakrishnan MUMBAI cry before the party’s top leadership for behavior of the police station in-charge. Lariya said that the police station in-charge did not listen to him and that he had requested CM, party’s state unit president, and organisational general secretary and other leaders to remove him. Lariya further said that the police station in-charge had worked for the Congress candidate during election, but he was not removed. He said that he had raised his voice against the illegal trade of drugs in the area. It is by now confirmed that Baba Siddique was a victim of ‘supari’ killing by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Sources told the FPJ on Monday that the contract killing of a highprofile person like Baba with deep roots in politics and Bollywood would have cost the hirer a pretty penny because of the high risks involved and the serious repercussions.  The question, to which the crime branch is seeking answers, is: Who was the giver of the ‘supari’ to kill Baba? The needle of suspicion is increasingly veering towards two high-net worth businessmen, who were close to the slain leader. Apparently, Baba had major differences with them over a huge financial matter. In the past, the two businessmen had approached Dawood Ibrahim, but the latter was not able to deliver because of Baba’s connections. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Nobel for explaining why nations are poor IANS Flyover would ease traffic movement from Khatiwala tank to Khandwa Road at Tantya Bhil Square (Bhanwarkuan Square). Vehicles moving from Bholaram Ustad junction towards Holkar College and vice-versa would take the flyover. Pateriya tenders apology, while Patel stays away offgrid STOCKHOLM BHANWARKUAN MLA cries before CM over failure to get cop shifted Oppn MPs boycott Waqf panel meeting PTI WHEN IN INDORE DO AS INDOREANS DO: CM Mohan Yadav along with ministers Kailash Vijayvargiya, Tulsi Silawat and mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav stop midway to satiate pangs of hunger with a quick bite at a restaurant in Vijaynagar on Monday Pateriya Patel 3 int’l flights from Mumbai diverted over bomb threat PTI MUMBAI Security agencies went into a tizzy after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday with one of them, a New York-bound Air India aircraft, getting diverted to New Delhi as travel plans of some 500 passengers went for a toss. However, nothing suspicious was found on any of the planes after a thorough check by security agencies, police officials said. Apart from the Air India flight, two IndiGo aircraft -one bound to Muscat (Oman) and another to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) -- also received bomb threats, as per officials. The IndiGo flights received the threats before they took off and the planes were moved to isolation bays for security checks on Monday morning, the airline said without elaborating. The Air India aircraft had 239 passengers and 19 crew members on board, while the two IndiGo flights had around 260 passengers, according to sources. While the IndiGo's Muscat flight departed for its destination after a delay of nearly 7 hours at around 9.15 am after receiving security clearance, the Jeddah-bound aircraft took off at 13.14 pm, 11 hours behind its scheduled departure time of 2.05 am, as per the live flight tracking website Flightradar.com. However, the Air India flight has been rescheduled and will now depart for New York from Delhi on Tuesday morning, as per the airline. 4Continued on | P6