FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 313 | INDORE | MONDAY | APRIL 21, 2025 | Pages 12 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: Sports IMC LoP, two others held for attacking BJP leader Case registered against Kapil Pathak, mother, father on statement of Chouksey’s wife Our Staff Reporter INDORE fp Briefs MOSCOW 3 astronauts return from ISS A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, ending their sevenmonth research. According Roscosmos, the capsule carrying cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner and astronaut Don Pettit of NASA landed on the Kazakh steppe near Zhezkazgan. BENGALURU Ex-K’taka DGP found dead Former DGP of Karnataka, Om Prakash, was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru on Sunday under mysterious circumstances, police said. The 68-yearold's body was found with injuries and was discovered in his house, raising suspicions of foul play. Prakash's spouse, Pallavi, informed police about the incident. ISLAMABAD Pak Hindu min attacked A Pakistani Hindu minister of state was attacked in Sindh by protestors opposing the federal government's canal projects on the pretext that it would reduce the downward flow of rivers that are key for irrigation. Kheal Das Kohistani, state minister for religious affairs in Shehbaz Sharif-led government, was driving through Thatta district on Saturday when his motorcade was pelted with tomatoes and potatoes. PRESS PUNE Trump admin urges top court to allow expulsion IN SOUP | Argument over petty issue leads to incident Indore Municipal Corporation’s leader of opposition Chintu Chouksey, and his two supporters were arrested for allegedly attacking a BJP leader’s house and injuring him and his family members critically in the Hira Nagar area late on Saturday. In this attack, Chouksey’s nephew also received an injury. Chouksey and his supporters were sent to jail. Hira Nagar police station in charge PL Sharma informed Free Press that a case was registered against Chouksey, his son Ishan Chouksey, nephew Rohan, Radheshyam Chouksey, Gourav Chowdhary, Sumit Thakur, Subhash Yadav, Ravi Prajapat and others under sections 109, 296, 35 (2), 115 (2), 333, 324, (4), 191 (2), 191 (3), 190 of the BNS. UJJAIN WORLD Kohli masterminds revenge P.10 INDORE BJP leader Kapil Pathak’s father informed the police that the altercation took place over the issue of their tractor parked in the street in which they live in the Sukhliya area.  Chouksey’s son asked Kapil to park the tractor somewhere else.  The complainant assured that his driver would park the tractor at another place, yet Chouksey’s son allegedly used abusive words and misbehaved with Kapil, he added. After that, Chintu and other 70-YEAR-OLD MAN DRAGGED IN HOSP IN CHHATARPUR Doctor, Red Cross worker fired; civil surgeon suspended Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Deputy chief minister Rajendra Shukla sacked a doctor and a Red Cross society employee after the video of an elderly man being dragged by two men in a government hospital in Chhatarpur district recently went viral, said officials here on Sunday. The civil surgeon had been suspended, they said. The incident took place on April 17 when Uddhav Singh Joshi (70), a resident of Naugaon town, went to the district hospital in Chhatarpur for his wife’s medical check-up. It is alleged that the man was in the queue for a long time after getting the time slot slip. When his turn came, Dr Rajesh Mishra allegedly objected and then slapped and kicked him. In the viral video, two men can be seen holding the hands of Joshi and dragging him. The health department issued a notice to Dr Mishra and an FIR was registered against him at Naugaon police station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 115(2), 296, 3(5) and 351(3), the officials said. Deputy chief minister Rajendra Shukla terminated the services of Dr Rajesh Mishra and the Red Cross employee Raghvendra Khare with immediate effect. He also suspended the civil Surgeon Dr GL Ahirvar. A three-member committee investigated the incident, in which it was proved that contractual postgraduate medical officer Dr Rajesh Kumar Mishra dragged the elderly man on the hospital premises and misbehaved with him. 4Continued on | P8 accused laced with sticks, sword and an iron rod allegedly entered Pathak’s house and attacked Kapil injuring him critically. When his father Ramesh intervened, the accused also thrashed him and Kapil’s wife Vinita. They also damaged Pathak’s car parked outside their house and fled after threatening them with dire consequences. Kapil sustained a critical injury in his head and is undergoing treatment in a city hospital.  After this incident, Chintu, his supporters Subhash and Ravi were arrested and were produced before the court from where they were sent to jail. Meanwhile, on the statement given by Choksey’s wife Madhavi, a case has been registered against Kapil Pathak, his mother and father under relevant sections of the BNS. (See page 3) HC: Liking a post not a crime under IT Act Biswajeet Banerjee PRAYAGRAJ In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court has said that liking a "provocative" post on social media does not amount to a criminal offence as the act doesn't qualify as publication or transmission of content to attract penal provisions under Section 67 of the Information Technology (IT) Act. Sharing or forwarding such content qualifies as publication under the IT Act, it said. Justice Saurabh Srivastava made the observation while quashing criminal proceedings against an Agra resident, Imran Khan. 4Continued on | P8 A content is ‘published’ when it is posted and ‘transmitted’ when it is shared. Liking does not amount to either Allahabad High Court BHOPAL NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Edit Ponmudy’s exit critical for DMK P.6 Brand Sutra Brands, Meet Bharat P.12 Trade pact top agenda as Vance begins India visit today Cloudbursts wreak havoc in J&K’s Ramban IANS NEW DELHI US Vice-President J.D. Vance begins his four-day India visit on Monday with focus on a trade agreement, bilateral relations and the implementation of the outcomes of the India-US joint statement issued in February. Accompanied by his Indian-origin wife Usha Chilukuri and their three children, Vance's visit marks the first by a sitting US Vice- President to India in over a decade, with the last being former US President Joe Biden's visit in 2013. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to host Vance for talks and dinner at his official residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, on Monday evening. The meeting is expected to cover the long-discussed India-US bilateral trade agreement and explore ways to deepen strategic and economic ties between the two democracies. Damaged vehicles lie buried under debris after heavy landslides in Ramban PTI RAMBAN/JAMMU Heavy rainfall due to cloudbursts triggered flash floods and landslides in several areas of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district early Sunday, leaving three people dead and damaging scores of houses and roads, while more than 100 people were rescued. Traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was suspended as the road was blocked at nearly a dozen places between Nashri and Banihal due to landslides and mudslides, officials said. Hundreds of commuters were left stranded on the 250kilometre highway, the only allweather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country. A cloudburst struck the Seri Bagna village, resulting in the deaths of three persons, including brothers Aqib Ahmad and Mohd Saqib. The rescue operation in the village was continu- ing when the last reports were received, officials said. With the latest fatalities, five people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in the Jammu region in two days. Two people, including a woman, were killed and another woman was injured when they were struck by lightning in the Arnas area of Reasi district late on Saturday. 4Continued on | P8 See Nation CM releases 2 Kuno cheetahs into Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary Four cheetahs will be brought in from Botswana Pro-Khalistan vandals deface Canada gurdwara PTI OTTAWA Our Staff Reporter the translocation of cheetahs. A gurudwara in Canada's Vancouver has been vandalised with pro-Khalistan graffiti, with its leaders blaming a small group of Sikh separatists for the act, according to a media report. The local police said it was investigating graffiti sprayed on Saturday at the Ross Street Gurdwara, Vancouver Sun reported. Vancouver Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addison said Saturday that police are looking into the graffiti at the gurdwara, the newspaper said. He said the police do not have a suspect. The Khalsa Diwan Society, which runs the Ross Street Gurdwara, blamed the vandalism on a small group of Sikh separatists advocating Khalistan. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 BHOPAL In the first translocation of cheetahs within the state, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav released Prabhash and Pavak, brought in from the Kuno National Park, into the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary of Mandsaur on Sunday evening. Once out of the wooden boxes, the big cats sprinted into the grassland.  After releasing the cheetahs, the CM said that four more cheetahs will be brought in from Botswana in May and released into the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, bringing the total number of cheetahs there to six.  Expressing happiness over the relocation of the two cheetahs, the CM said that efforts will be made to ensure that the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary has Journey to Mandsaur After tranquilising Prabhash and Pavak, the Kuno National Park officials left for the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary at 8 am. A three-hour journey brought the cheetahs to Mandsaur. Around 5 pm, the CM released both the cheetahs in the presence of forest officials. Kuno National ParkField Director Uttam Kumar Sharma said that both the cheetahs were healthy. The cheetahs were released one after the other. Later, they got together to explore their surroundings. air connectivity. Talking about the Cheetah project, he said many countries have failed in EASTER TRUCE IN TATTERS Anti-Trump ire on Revolutionary War anniv Ukraine alleges drone and artillery strikes as Russia also accuses it of ceasefire breaches Thousands took to the streets across the US to protest over recent actions by President Donald Trump. The disparate events on Saturday ranged from a march through midtown Manhattan and a rally in front of the White House to a demonstration at a Massachusetts commemoration of "the Agencies KYIV The 30-hour cessation of hostilities could have been the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the war, but both Kyiv and Moscow on Sunday accused each other of violating an “Easter truce” announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine said was being violated from the moment it started. Russian troops fired their artillery almost 1,300 times between 6 pm Saturday (local Organisers said they oppose what they call Donald Trump's civil rights violations and constitutional violations, including efforts to deport scores of immigrants and to scale back the federal government by firing thousands of government workers and effectively shuttering entire agencies. Agencies WASHINGTON time) and 4 pm Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said in social media posts. He said the Russians had launched 65 infantry assaults and used drones almost 700 times. Zelenskyy also said Russian soldiers ambushed Ukrainian troops near the eastern city of Toretsk, adding “there are dead.” Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had observed the truce, while accusing Ukraine of violating it with drones and nighttime attacks in the Donetsk region. The ministry provided its own numbers: Ukraine had fired 444 times from guns and mortars and carried out 900 drone strikes. 4Continued on | P8 shot heard 'round the world" on April 19, 1775, marking the Woman, daughter murdered Narmadapuram: In a shocking incident near Malvi Hospital, resident Pooja Maurya and her daughter Pallavi Maurya were found murdered with sharp weapons on Sunday evening. One body was found in courtyard and the other was lying about 50 feet away. Police officials including SP Gurkaran Singh, reached the scene with a forensic team and collected evidence. Initial investigation suggests a family dispute, with both parties having criminal background. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem. offgrid Why ‘thanks’, ‘please’ cost AI millions of dollars Agencies MUMBAI Politeness can come at a price. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stated that people using words like "please" or "thank you" are costing their AI models "tens of millions of dollars." When one poster on X (formerly Twitter) wondered "how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying 'please' and 'thank you' to their models," Altman responded with "tens of millions of dollars well spent." "You never know," he added. The computational effort required for these polite exchanges is significant, leading to increased energy consumption in the data centres that power the AI. Altman has acknowledged these costs, viewing them as part of OpenAI's mission to make AI interactions feel more natural and intuitive. While it may seem pointless to treat an AI chatbot with respect, some AI architects say it's an important move. Microsoft's design manager Kurtis Beavers, for example, says proper etiquette "helps generate respectful, collaborative outputs." According to a Microsoft WorkLab memo, using a polite tone with AI goes a long way. The memo says it’s not that an AI chatbot feels "appreciative" when one says "please" and "thank you," but using basic etiquette when interacting with AI helps generate "collaborative" outputs. 4Continued on | P8 start of the Revolutionary War 250 years ago. 4Continued on | P8 Bank manager, cashier among six arrested in ‘digital arrest’ case FP News Service GWALIOR In a significant breakthrough, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested six individuals, including a  bank manager  and a  female cashier, involved in a digital fraud case in Gwalior. According to reports, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram secretary Swami Supradiptananda was duped of Rs 2.52 crore over 26 days. As per the police, the fraudsters, posing as Nashik police officers, initiated contact with Swami on March 17. Claiming that he was an accused in the Naresh Goyal money-laundering case, they FOLLOW UP executed his ‘digital arrest’. Then, they coerced him into transferring money to various bank accounts, managing to siphon off Rs 2.52 crore over 26 days. Swami filed a complaint with the Gwalior police. During the investigations, police received tip-offs and arrests were made in Ujjain. The investigation revealed that a significant portion of the money was funneled through a bank account, where Rs 10 lakh  was withdrawn shortly after transfer. 4Continued on | P8