FP FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 296 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | APRIL 8, 2024 | PAGES 12 `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE WORLD THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS RALLY DEMANDING BIBI RESIGNATION Accuses Cong of being hostile towards Sanatan Dharma at rally in Nawada, Bihar 36.60c. 23.00c Sunrise : 06.12 Sunset : 06.44 ‘MODI EQUATING BJP WITH GOD’ PATNA: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav charged Prime Minister Modi with "equating the BJP with God" by claiming opposition parties were against Sanatan Dharma. He claimed that public dissatisfaction and its possible impact on the Lok Sabha polls have "scared" the Prime Minister, a reason why he was campaigning intensively despite predicting victory. JABALPUR Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday kickstarted the BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign in Madhya Pradesh with a roadshow in Jabalpur. He was accompanied by MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state PWD minister Rakesh Singh and the party's Jabalpur Lok Sabha candidate Ashish Dubey . The roadshow started around 6:30pm from Shaheed Bhagat Singh crossing and culminated at Adi Shankaracharya crossing in Gorakhpur locality here at 7:15pm. PM Modi, who is on his first visit to the state after Lok Sabha polls were announced, Yadav and others held the BJP's poll symbol 'lotus' as their saffron coloured vehicle moved during the well-attended roadshow. Several of them held 'Mera Ghar Modi Ka Ghar' and 'Mera Pariwar Modi WEATHER Modi launches BJP’s MP campaign with mega roadshow in Jabalpur RCB WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER WILL JACKS: MOODY SPORTS A large number of people had lined up on either side of the route and were seen clicking photographs and shooting videos using mobile phones. FOUR INJURED AFTER STAGE COLLAPSES DURING ROADSHOW JABALPUR : Around four people including one police personnel were injured after a stage collapsed during Prime Minister Modi's rally in Jabalpur area of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. The injured were taken to the Victoria Hospital in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi held a roadshow today in Jabalpur. MP minister Rakesh Singh visited the hospital and meet the injured people. "Today's roadshow was over-crowded and there were so many people on the stage that they fell down. PM told me to go immediately and everyone should be taken care of properly. I have met all the injured and their families. Everyone is healthy, some are injured who after proper treatment have been sent to their homes," he said. Ka Pariwar' placards. The BJP had started a campaign to highlight that people of the country comprised Modi's family, the move coming after Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Yadav had said the PM spoke about dynastic politics but had no family of his own. Tribals groups performed several dances enroute, including 'Badhai Nritya', a dance form of the state's Bundelkhand region that is on display to mark marriages, childbirth and other happy occasions. CONTD. ON P7 BENGAL NIA ATTACK CASE r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in FOUNDER OF ABCOFFEE, ABHIJEET ANAND IS FULL OF BEANS BRAND SUTRA Rahul to take part in two public meetings today OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hold two public meeting in two Lok Sabha constituencies Mandla and Shahdol on Monday, said the party sources here on Sunday . On Sunday the Prime Minister hold a road show and a public meeting in Jabalpur and have triggered off the BJP election campaign in the state. The Congress leader to trigger off the party election campaign from Monday. State vice president Rajeev Singh said that Rahul to attend meeting in one of the village of Mandla Lok Sabha constituency . He will reach Jabalpur and after he will reach village Dhanora and will going to hold the meeting in favor of party candidate Omkar Singh Markam. After attending the meeting, he will reach Shahdol and will going to hold the public meeting in support of Congress candidate Pundelal Marco. The state president Jitu Patwari and other leaders will also going to participate in the meeting. Collective fast by AAP leaders at Jantar Mantar AGENCIES New Delhi Top AAP leaders held a daylong fast at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday to protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the ED and asserted that people will give a fitting reply to the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls for sending him to jail. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders also dared the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre to impose president's rule in Delhi, claiming that the saffron party will be erased from the national capital in that case. Scores of volunteers and supporters of the AAP took part in the fast, singing patriotic songs and carrying posters bearing an image of Kejriwal behind bars. Similar protests were held in other states as well as by Indians abroad, including at the Harvard Square in Boston, the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles, outside the Indian embassy in Washington DC, at the Times Square in New York and in Toronto, AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Atishi Singh at Jantar Mantar London and Melbourne, among other places, AAP leaders said. Gopal Rai, the convenor of the party's Delhi unit, asserted that Kejriwal will come out of jail and join the country's fight against the BJP's "dictatorship". The stage in which the AAP leaders were seated during the six-hour fast had an image of Kejriwal behind bars in the backdrop. Portraits of B R Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh flanking Mahatma Gandhi's photo were kept in front of the stage. CONTD. ON P7 Master of horror genre, Molestation charge against NIA sleuths Gangu Ramsay, dies at 83 AGENCIES Kolkata NEWS BRIEF Injured Maoist surrenders KANNUR: A Maoist, who was under treatment after allegedly getting injured in a suspected wild elephant attack while he and others were passing through a forest region of this north Kerala District, said on Sunday that he has surrendered to the police. Suresh, who hails from Karnataka, and was in the custody of Kerala police, met the media today and said he has wanted to surrender for a long time. Stolen SUV of Nadda's wife found VARANASI: A Fortuner belonging to BJP national president J. P Nadda's . wife, Mallika Nadda, which was reportedly stolen from a service centre in Delhi's Govindpuri area, has been recovered from Varanasi. The police have arrested two people in connection with the case. The Fortuner SUV was allegedly stolen on March 19 when it was taken to the service centre. Youth stabbed to death over matchbox NEW DELHI: A youth was stabbed to death by two juveniles over refusal to give a matchbox in north Delhi's Timarpur area, police said. The juveniles have been apprehended in this connection, the police said. Sharing the details, police said that on Saturday, information was received regarding a stabbing incident following which a police team rushed to the spot. The police team found that there was a pool of blood inside of an autorickshaw and its surroundings. "It came into notice that the injured was shifted to Hindu Rao Hospital. After the attack on the NIA sleuths at Bhupatinagar in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, a counter FIR has been filed by the family of one of the two arrested men, alleging molestation by officials, said police on Sunday . The two are local Trinamool Congress leaders who were arrested in connection with a blast that took place on December 22 last year in which three persons were killed. When contacted by IANS, the SubDivisional Police Officer of Contai, Dibakar Das, under whose jurisdiction Bhupatinagar TMC wants to protect corrupt leaders JALPAIGURI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged on Sunday that the TMC desires a free license for corruption and violence in West Bengal, which is why central agencies investigating such cases face attacks in the state. While addressing a mega rally in Jalpaiguri, Modi also claimed that "TMC's syndicate Raj" prevails in West Bengal, and the party is only interested in protecting its corrupt leaders NEW DELHI: The country's top anti-terror agency NIA has strongly refuted allegations of assaulting residents in West Bengal's Bhupatinagar, where its team had gone as part of its searches into a blast case that killed three people in December 2022. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a statement said its team came under "violent attack by an unruly mob" when they had gone to conduct searches in Naruabila village. comes, confirmed the development. He said that on Saturday night a counter FIR was registered by the family members of one of the two arrested Trinamool Congress leaders at the local police station against the NIA sleuths accusing the latter of molestation of women. It’s Mehbooba vs Azad in J&K SRINAGAR Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the AnantnagRajouri seat against DPAP president Ghulam Nabi Azad, making the newly carved out constituency the most high-profile contest in Jammu and Kashmir in these elections. The National Conference has fielded influential Gujjar leader Mian Altaf Ahmad from the seat and the Apni Party has named Zaf- ‘Completely unprovoked’ far Iqbal Manhas. The BJP has not announced its candidate so far. PDP Parliamentary Board Chief Sartaj Madni on Sunday announced the party candidates for the three seats of Kashmir. The party's youth wing president Waheed Parra will contest the polls from Srinagar and former Rajya Sabha member Mir Fayaz from Baramulla. The candidates were announced by the party at a press conference addressed by Mufti and Madni. CONTD. ON P7 Influencer Ravindra Balu Bharti asked to pay Rs 12 crore NEW DELHI: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked a financial influencer (finfluencer) to return unlawfully obtained gains amounting to over ? 12 crore. This comes as a significant move to safeguard investor interests and uphold market integrity amidst growing concerns about fraudulent practices in the securities market. The finfluencer in question, identified as Ravindra Balu Bharti, has been instructed by SEBI to deposit the ? 12 crore into an interest-bearing Escrow Account held in a nationalised bank. CONTD. ON P7 "The FIR was registered by the family members of Monobrata Jana, one of the two arrested by NIA on Saturday The FIR was reg. istered under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code," Das confirmed. Section 354 (punishment for outrage of modesty of women) of the IPC is a non-bailable offence. Now the cops of Bhupatinagar police station have started two parallel investigations -- the first being based on the complaint filed by NIA on the event of the attack on their sleuths and the second is against the central agency sleuths based on the complaint of alleged molestation. CONTD. ON P7 MUMBAI: Gangu Ramsay, the veteran cinematographer, filmmaker, and producer of the Ramsay Brothers, passed away on Sunday at the age of 83. While, he has been a part of many iconic films like 'Veerana', 'Purana Mandir', 'Bandh Darwaza', 'Tahkhana', and 'Purani Haveli', his banner of the Ramsay Brothers shaped the contours of the horror genre in India. The Ramsay Brothers banner was started by Fatehchand U. Ramsay, whose second-eldest son was Gangu Ramsay. The family landed in Mumbai after the partition of India. F.U. Ramsay came to India with his extended family, including his wife, seven sons, and two daughters. He, along with his elder sons, set up a tiny electronics shop on Lamington Road, an area famous for computer accessories and electronics. 7 foreign students asked to vacate hostel after namaz row AHMEDABAD Six students from Afghanistan and one from East Africa have been asked to vacate the Gujarat University's hostel rooms for overstaying, an official said on Sunday, in a move coming weeks after some foreign students were attacked for offering namaz on the premises. Talking to PTI, the university's vice-chancellor Neerja Gupta said, "Six students from Afghanistan and one from East Africa were asked to vacate their hostel rooms after they were found overstaying." These persons had com- An Afghan and a Gambian delegation had visited the university days after March 16 attack and held a meeting with vice-chancellor over safety measures pleted their studies and were staying in the hostel as ex-students due to some pending administrative work, she said. The university has ensured that they are no longer required to stay in the hostel and arranged for them to return to their respective countries, Gupta said. "We have completed the required paperwork and they can now safely return to their native countries. We don't want to keep any former students in our hostel. CONTD. ON P7 500-grave Kutch necropolis leads to 5,700-year-old Harappan settlement ONLINE REPORT Ahmedabad A necropolis with over 500 graves in Gujarat's Kutch, first unearthed in 2018, has led a team of archaeologists to a fascinating discovery - a Harappan-era settlement going back more than 5,000 years ago. Dr Subhash Bhandari, head of archaeology department at Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University, said that the 2018 excavation of the necropolis near Juna Khatiya village had thrown up some key questions. "It was necessary to find out where these people stayed. This was a major question and we were looking for the answer," he said. This search took the team of archaeologists to Padta Bet - about 1.5 km from the burial site. "We have found a settlement on The institutions involved in the project include several universities from the country and institutes in Spain and the US a hillock about 200 m x 200 m in size. A river flowed behind the hillock once. During our excavation at the site, we found round as well as rectangular structures where people stayed. We have also found pots, big and small, and dishes," he said. Dr Bhandari said the team also found semi-precious stones such as carnelian and agate, shell fragments and hammer stones at the site. "We can say that this settlement site is around 5,700 years old," he said, adding that the settlement appears to have been populated from the early Harappan to the late Harappan era. The team, he said, has also found remains of cows and goats. "We can say that the settlers here were involved in animal husbandry," he said, adding that they have also found remains of a human skeleton. CONTD. ON P7 Though the shop did reasonably well, the family was large, and generating money to take care of everyone in the family seemed difficult. That's when F.U. Ramsay decided to enter showbiz. He joined a group of other Sindhi refugee businessmen to produce the film 'Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh', the film didn't perform well at the box office. He later produced films like 'Rustam Sohrab', but it was 'Ek Nanhi Munni Ladki Thi', starring Prithviraj Kapoor, that changed the tides for the family, and also established a new genre of horror in India. CONTD. ON P7 Car crashes into running train, driver killed OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in A car driver was killed and another occupant severely injured when the vehicle rammed into a running train after breaking the barrier of a closed railway crossing in Anuppur district, police said on Sunday . The accident took place around Saturday midnight in Jaithari area, they said. The car hit Hirakud Express, Bilaspur-based South East Central Railways public relations officer Ambikesh Sahu said. The car driver Narendra Verma died on the spot and another vehicle occupant received injuries, Jaithari police station inspector PC Kol said. Police removed the damaged car from the tracks No one on board the train was injured, Sahu said. Hirakud Express resumed its onward journey from Anuppur station after replacement of its three coaches affected in the incident, the official said. The injured car occupant, Parmeshwar Sahu, a resident of Chhindwara district, was rushed to a local hospital from where he was shifted to Bilaspur in neighbouring Chhattisgarh for advance health care following doctor's advice, Kol said.