FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 201 | INDORE | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 28, 2024 | Pages 14+8 ` 10 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Kohli jeered at MCG; pitch invader tries to embrace him P.12 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE WORLD UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Edit Steady leadership, lasting legacy P.8 CAUGHT IN AN ATTACK, WHO CHIEF FACES WAR Nation Sonia pens emotional note P.7 ‘Mahakumbh to spread message of Indianness across world’ Nirukt Bhargava UJJAIN Swami Kailashanand Giri extends Mahakumbh invitation to Lord Mahakal. FP Photo Panchayati Niranjani Akhara’s Acharya Mahamandleshwar Swami Kailashanand Giri is touring India and abroad to invite dignitaries and people for the upcoming Mahakumbh at Prayagraj. On Thursday, he was in Madhya Pradesh to invite Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Mahakal. Free Press spoke to him soon after he extended an invitation to Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlingam. EXCERPTS Q: What is the purpose of your visit? A: We invited CM Mohan Yadav to the Prayagraj Kumbh. Invitations were also extended to minister Kailash Vijayvargiya and Maharani Gayatri Raje Puar of Dewas. Then we came to Mahadev to invite Mahakal Bhagwan and prayed to him that the Kumbh should be completed without any obstacles. I have been going around the world for the last four months and inviting people. I toured Sri Lanka, Japan, Canada, Mauritius, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, France, etc, and invited their heads of state, heads of government, kings, rulers, administrators and diplomats. I was on a tour in Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand and MP for the last four days to invite people. which I think will take India towards Vishwa Guru, Ram Rajya and Swarajya. The message of re-establishment of Sanatan Dharma is also going to be expressed. Q: What message is the 45-day Kumbh going to deliver to the world? A: It is a historic, unforgettable and indescribable Kumbh. People of the world are delighted and are eager to come to Kumbh. Therefore, through this Kumbh, the message of Indianness and intimacy of Sanatanis is going to reach the whole world, Q: How much preparation is there at the level of government and people? A: We have been watching the tradition of Kumbh for the last 35 years, but for the first time it is being seen that the UP government and the Government of India are so active. CM Yogi is constantly visiting the Kumbh area. It is a complete Kumbh and will TWO MURDERS IN A DAY | 35-yr-old man brutally stabbed with knife in full puclic view in Pardesipura; masked assailants shoot doctor in Rajendra Nagar come in our life after 144 years. Then we don’t know in which Yoni we will be. Q: Should special authority be formed at Union level for the management of Kumbh? A: The leadership of Kumbh is done by the Akhara Parishad, the management of Kumbh should remain in its hands only. The government itself makes all the arrangements, while the Akhara Parishad manages the Kumbh in collaboration with the administration. 4Continued on | P6 Netas won’t let MS rest in peace Man fatally stabbed 22 times FPJ News Service Our Staff Reporter NEW DELHI INDORE In a chilling incident, a 35year-old man was stabbed to death by a person, who was in an inebriated state, in broad daylight over a petty issue in the Pardesipura area on Friday afternoon. The accused chased the man and stabbed him about 22 times in full public view. He also slit his throat using the knife. The passersby did not even try to save him from the attacker. The police claimed to have arrested the accused within an hour of the incident. DCP (Zone-2) Abhinay Vishwakarma said the incident took place near Damru Ustad Square around 12.30 pm. Vinod Rathore, 35, a resident of Pardesipura, was stabbed by Pramod Yadav, a resident of Bhagirathpura of the city. Pramod informed the police that Vinod was at a paan shop in an inebriated state when Vinod used some abusive words for Maruti 800 architect passes away IANS NEW DELHI Ongoing investigation revealed that Vinod took out a knife and attacked Pramod. After that Pramod snatched the knife and stabbed him four times. Vinod was trying to save himself by fleeing but the accused chased and pushed him. After Vinod fell on the street, Pramod stabbed him 18 more times. The deceased and the accused did not know each other. him, which led to an argument. The situation turned intense and Vinod attacked Pramod, who received injury on his fingers. After that, Pramod snatched the knife from Vinod and attacked him multiple times within a few seconds. The incident was captured in a CCTV camera installed near the spot. In the video, the accused was seen attacking Vinod with a knife multiple 4Continued on | P6 Today’s edition includes 8-pg FP School pull out Our Staff Reporter INDORE times and he later fled the scene. He was arrested later. He was sole breadwinner of family Vinod’s father passed away during his childhood so he was staying with her mother. He was employed as a waiter at a restaurant. He was the sole breadwinner of his family. On Friday, Vinod reached his place in an inebriated condition when his mother told him to go from there. After that he reached the paan shop where he had an argument with the accused. CM to hold Janata Darbar from Jan Nitendra Sharma BHOPAL Osamu Suzuki, who headed Suzuki Motor Corp for more than 40 years and revolutionised India's car market with the introduction of the popular Maruti 800 small car, has died at the age of 94. Suzuki died of lymphoma on December 25, the company said in a statement. A former bank employee, Osamu Suzuki got his break in the automotive business after BHMS doctor shot dead by 3 in clinic Vinod was stabbed 18 times after he fell Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is going to start Janata Darbar where he will interact with the people and solve their problems. Janata Darbar may begin from the next month. The officials at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat are preparing a blueprint for it. In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holds Janata Darbar where he hears the people’s problems and solves them on the spot. Officers are also present at Janata Darbar. To meet the Chief Minister at Janata Darbar in UP, one has to get one’s name registered through website or App. Afterwards, one gets an op- JANDARSHAN WAS HELD IN UMA’S REGIME A BHMS doctor was allegedly shot dead by three bikers at his clinic in the Rajendra Nagar area on Friday night. Additional DCP Aalok Kumar Sharma said doctor Sunil Sahu was at his clinic in Kundan Nagar when the killers reached there around 9.30 pm on the pretext of checkup of cold and cough. After giving a consultation fee of Rs 450, the accused left the clinic. They returned after 10 minutes wearing masks and one of them opened fire at Sahu, who received a bullet on his chest due to which he fell unconscious. His attender informed Sahu's wife Sonali, who was waiting for him for dinner. Mumbai terror attack plotter Makki dies Dharmesh Thakkar MUMBAI portunity to meet Yogi. When Yadav hears problems at Janata Darbar, officials will be present on the spot, so that problems may be immediately solved. When present union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the CM, he started public hearing. Mumbai terror attack plotter and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) designated global terrorist Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) deputy chief Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki died on Friday after suspected heart attack in Lahore hospital. He was the head of LeT’s political affairs department and raised funds for terror activities, including $248,000 for LeT training camps and $165,000 for LeT affiliated madrasas through a LeT front organisation charity organisation Al Anfal. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Jandarshan was launched during the tenure of Uma Bharti as chief minister. She directly interacted with people. The programme was stopped because of heavy crowd. offgrid Countdown begins for disposal of 337 MT Union Carbide waste Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Countdown has begun for clean-up of 337 MT chemical waste lying for the last 40 years at the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) plant in Bhopal. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had ordered the state government for the cleanup within four weeks on the 40th anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy on December 23 this year. The order came on a writ petition of Zehreeli Gas Kand Sangharsh Morcha (“Zehreeli”)’s Alok Pratap Singh Vs Union of India in MP High Court, principal bench—WP2802/2004. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation De- partment (BGTRRD) will start transporting the chemical waste any time to Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL),  Pithampur, according to the officials. However, the gas victims said the waste will be transported on Saturday. Bhopal Information and Action’s Rachna Dhingra, working for gas victims, said, “The gas relief department will start transporting the UCC waste on Saturday. The department has made all preparations for it.” Commissioner gas relief Swantra Kumar Singh said, “We will start transporting UCC chemical waste any time before the end of this year. Everything has been done as per the High Court order. Entire waste will be transported at one go in the midnight through “Corridor” just like green corridor. There will be 12 containers of REEL with 150 handlers for this job. Two companies of security forces will be deployed and drone monitoring will be done. Just to avoid traffic hassle, it will be transported at night.” Later, Sahu was taken to a nearby hospital but he could be saved. Additional DCP Sharma, ACP (Gandhi Nagar) Rubina Mejwani and other officials reached the hospital and gathered information from the family members and the relatives. 4Continued on | P6 In the hours leading up to the cremation of Dr. Manmohan Singh, before his mortal remains are consigned to flames, an unsavory controversy has reared its head. The Congress, in a sharp accusation, claimed that the Union government had deliberately insulted the "first Sikh Prime Minister of India" by not providing an appropriate location for his cremation, raising uncomfortable yet logical questions about how we honor those who have shaped India’s trajectory. According to a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singh’s final rites were to be held at New Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat, at 11:45 AM on Saturday, with full state honours. The Congress took this as a sign of disrespect, accusing the government of not finding a site for a memorial for the former prime minister—a man who not only served the country but also held an unparalleled record in global diplomacy and economic reform. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh voiced the party's outrage, tweeting that the people of India were left unable to fathom why the government could not allocate a location "befitting of his global stature." He described this lack of a memorial as “nothing but a deliberate insult.” In his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge echoed Ramesh’s sentiments, calling for a space to be designated for a memorial. For the Congress, the call was not just about memorializing an individual but about honoring his legacy in a manner fitting the magnitude of his service to the nation. 4Continued on | P6