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No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE r RNI No. 38281/83 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in EDIT MARKETS PUT FAITH IN POLICY CONTINUITY WEATHER KILLER 8 INDORIS KILLED IN FOUR ACCIDENTS ROADS ACROSS LATUR, BIKANER & CITY THAT IS BEAUTY OF T20, IT IS NOT FOR BOWLERS: BHUVNESHWAR SPORTS 37.10c. 23.70c Sunrise : 06.11 Sunset : 06.45 ON-SCREEN SUCCESS CINEMA HIT RUN CASE ON AB ROAD Tragedy strikes biz trip, 4 dead CAR HITS 3 BIKES,& 1 DEAD, FATHER-SON DUO INJURED Two garment traders and their employees had gone to show samples to local traders when their car was hit by a truck near Latur OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in Five people, including four from Indore, died in a road accident in Maharashtra on Wednesday They were gar. ment traders and had gone to show garment samples to traders in Maharashtra. Indore Retail Garment Association president Akshay Jain said that Acquire Jeans owner Sanjay Jain (58) and Mahi Shirts Mangled car and below from left Sanjay Jain and Sanjay Jain Mahi owner Sanjay Jain Mahi (50). They had left the city days back in car to showcase samples of their work to Maharashtra traders. Sachin Jain, an employee of Acquire Jeans was at the driving wheel when their car was hit by a truck head on in Latur. The car was completely mangled by the impact. Truck driver too was killed. Sanjay Jain lived and operated business from Peer Gali, while Sanjay Jain Mahi lived in Malharganj. Both hailed from Sagar and has shifted to Indore a few years back. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in A bike-taxi rider was killed and a father-son duo injured after a speeding car hit three two-wheelers one after another within a kilometre on AB Road in Lasudia police station late on Tuesday night. The incident happened around 1 am. The car initially hit a twowheeler injuring a man and his son near Nipania Square. The car then hit another twowheeler a short distance from the last incident. Subsequently, the car then hit a bike-taxi throwing the rider into the air near Mahindra showroom. The injured were taken to hospital, where bike-taxi rider succumbed to severe head injury. The other two are undergoing treatment in hospital. The car driver escaped from the spot. THE DEAD INJURED FATHER & SON According to police, the deceased was identified as Ratan Suryavanshi (46) of North Toda. He worked in a garment shop during the day and worked parttime as bike-taxi rider Ratan Suryavanshi Laluram & his son Mayank at night. His family member Deepak said Suryavan‘BIKE-TAXI RIDER shi was returning after dropTHROWN INTO AIR’ ping a passenger when he met with the accident. He is surOne Ashvin Jain, affiliated with Nagar vived by his mother, wife and Suraksha Samiti, told Free Press that the two children. car was being driven recklessly. “The The injured persons were impact can be gauged from the fact that identified as Laluram and his despite wearing a helmet, the bike-taxi son Karan of Omaxe City-1. rider was thrown high up in the air. While Laluram, a security guard, susfalling down he was hit by a pole on the tained injuries on face and got head. Even helmet could not save him,” he several stitches, while Karan said and added “he sustained internal head had both his hands fractured. injuries and was rushed to hospital but he They were returning from Desuccumbed on the way.” The father-son was Naka after meeting their duo was also critically injured. relatives. MAN KILLED AS SCHOOL BUS HITS TWO-WHEELER A man died after his two-wheeler was hit by a school bus near a bridge in Kshipra police station on Wednesday morning. The man was on way to his job. Doctors at hospital pronounced him brought dead. The police detained the driver and seized the bus. Deceased was identified as Rajendra Mehta(57) of Mangliya. He was a driver at HPCL plant. His son Ravi said that Rajendra had slowed down owing to a speed breaker from when the Orchids International School bus hit him. DELHI CABINET MINISTER RAAJ KUMAR ANAND QUITS AAP, DRI arrests one SAYS PARTY MIRED IN QUICKSAND OF CORRUPTION with 4.94 kg RAJNITI NAHI BADLI, RAJNETA BADAL GAYE NEW DELHI NEWS BRIEF Musk confirms India visit New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed his visit to India, saying that he is looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country. "Looking forward to meeting with Prime Minister @NarendraModi in India," Musk confirmed on Wednesday in a post on X. Court validates AJL property seizure New Delhi: The seizure of the property of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) last year, has been acknowledged as valid by the court (adjudicating authority). In November 2023, the ED seized properties worth Rs 751.9 crore belonging to AJL and Young Indian, entities associated with the Congress, on charges of money laundering. iPhone production doubles in India NEW DELHI: Apple assembled USD 14 billion worth of iPhones in India last financial year, doubling production in the country in what could be seen as a diversification in manufacturing beyond China, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Delhi Social Welfare minister Raaj Kumar Anand resigned from his position and also from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday alleging corruption in the party . Addressing a press conference announcing his resignation, Raaj Kumar Anand said that he does not wish to be 'involved in any corrupt practices' adding that it has become difficult for him to continue in the position. "I am a minister in Delhi government, I have seven departments. Today I am very sad, so I have come to share my sorrow. I came into politics when Arvind Kejriwal had said that 'Rajniti badlegi toh desh badlega'(if politics changes, the ANAND’S ANGUISH n I am stepping down as minister. This government has no morality left to continue in power n I came into politics on Kejriwal’s promise that politics will change and in turn the country will also change. Sadly, the politics didn’t change but the leaders have changed n The AAP took birth from the womb of an anti-corruption movement but today it finds itself in deep-rooted corruption were under the impression Till yesterday, we something the HighatCourtendthat weit are being framed, but after verdict, seems that there is wrong our country will change). 'Rajniti toh nahi badli, lekin rajneta badal gaye' (But sadly today politics has not changed, but politicians have changed," Anand said RAAJ KUMAR ANAND while addressing the press conference on Wednesday . "AAP was born out of a movement against corruption but today this party itself have fallen into a Disillusioned with politics, Bangre wants her job back OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Former deputy collector Nisha Bangre who hogged the limelight in the run-up to the assembly election seems to be disillusioned with politics in six months. Bangre has dashed off a letter to the chief secretary to put her back into employment. She resigned from the post of deputy collector to fight the assembly election. As her resignation was not accepted, she moved the court. The government She resigned from the post of deputy collector to fight the assembly election. The government accepted her resignation after the court's interference, but the Congress did not give her a ticket to contest the election accepted her resignation after the court's interference, but the Congress did not give her a ticket to contest the election. Bangre was not given a ticket for the Lok Sabha election, too. The Congress has recently appointed her as a spokesperson of the party, but now, she wants to leave politics and return to her job. In the letter written to the chief secretary, Bangre said as she was not allowed to take part in a Pooja at her residence, she resigned from her job. Even after her resignation, the government acted with mala fide intention, she wrote. CONTD. ON P6 Tejashwi serves up a fishy scandal DHEERAJ KUMAR / PATNA A video of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav salivating over fried fish has netted him in an unlikely and unsavoury controversy: that he ate it during Navaratra, thereby demeaning Santana dharma. The video shows Tejaswhi Yadav and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief and former minister Mukesh Sahni in a helicopter eating fried fish from a plate that has a couple of green chillies, a piece of onion, some salt, a couple of rotis, and the bones of a fish that he had consumed. Tejashwi dangles an uneaten fish in front of the camera and identifies it as a “chechra” fish, found in Sahni's constituency, and has him saying words to the effect that Biharis are like this only It is obvious . from the video that the two are having fun. “Today, Mukesh Ji has brought fish for lunch. It is very delicious and has a single bone. This is our only 10-15 minute break during the campaign trail." CONTD. ON P6 BJP using ED, CBI to break our ministers and MLAs The AAP claimed the resignation of Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand vindicates its stand that CM Arvind Kejriwal's arrest was aimed at finishing the party. Addressing a press conference, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged that the BJP was using the ED and the CBI to "break our ministers and MLAs". "It is 'agnipariksha' (trial by fire) of AAP ministers and MLAs," he said. swamp of corruption. For me, continuing to serve this government as a minister is putting me in an uncomfortable position.” CONTD. ON P6 Election in Betul in 3rd round on May 7 OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in A day after the death of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Lok Sabha candidate from Betul seat, Ashok Bhalavi, and subsequent adjournment of election, Election Commission of India on Wednesday rescheduled the election of Betul seat. The EC has decided to hold election in Betul con- Nomination process rescheduled only for BSP candidate stituency in third phase of Lok Sabha election. The polling in Betul will be held on May 7, along with the Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Bhopal, Rajgarh, and Vidisha constituencies. Votes will be counted on June 4. A gazette notification to this effect will be issued on April 12. The last date for filing nomination by BSP candidate is April 19. The scrutiny of nomination will take place on April 20. foreign origin gold at Indore airport INDORE: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Indore Zonal Unit has arrested one person with 4.94 kg foreign origin gold at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport here, according to an official release. The action was taken based on input that a person flying to Indore from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) would be carrying huge quantities of foreign-origin gold and would attempt to smuggle that into India, the release said Acting on the information, a team of the officers from DRI Indore Zonal Unit swiftly moved to the Airport. The DRI team intercepted the person in the exit lobby of the airport late at night on April 6. Upon preliminary questioning, the person admitted that he had carried a huge amount of gold in paste form. Based on that, officers of DRI recovered the gold secreted in the aircraft. CONTD. ON P6 Pilgrimage to Jaisalmer cut short, 2 dead Two Indore denizens were killed and three injured after their XUV rammed a trailer at Norangdesar on the Bharatmala Expressway in Bikaner district on Wednesday. They were on way to Ramdevra temple in Jaisalmer. According to information, speeding XUV rammed trailer from behind. While two persons died on the spot, three others are undergoing treatment. The deceased were identified as Rajesh Joshi of Chitawad Road and Rakesh Yadav of Chhoti Gwaltoli. The front of XUV was completely damaged due to impact. Family members of the deceased have been informed about the incident. CM’s remark on Rahul eating Mahua kicks up political row AN INSULT to tribal people, says Cong OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's statement in Ujjain, that Rahul Gandhi's eating Mahua indicates what he is fond of, has kicked up a political row in the state. Rahul is a politician by default and not suitable for politics, he said. The Congress has called this statement as an insult to the tribal people. Former chief minister and Congress candidate from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat Digvijaya Singh said such statement should be condemned in the strongest of words. MPCC president Jitu Patwari and Leader of the Opposition Umang Singhar also called the statement as an insult to the tribal people. The tribal people collect Mahua which is their livelihood, Singhar said, adding that pickle is also made of Mahua, so it is a highly sensitive issue, and the CM should tender an apology to the tribal people for his comments. When Rahul was going from Shahdol to Umaria, he met the tribal people, and Rahul gathered some Mahuas and ate them. WHAT CM SAID Commenting on Rahul Gandhi testing Mahua during his election campaign, CM Mohan Yadav said sarcastically, "He is a forced leader. His mindset is not suitable for rural politics. If he wants to eat Mahua and experience it he is welcome." During his visit from Shahdol to Umaria, Rahul Gandhi had stopped his convoy upon seeing tribal women and tasted Mahua with them. Ridiculing his act, the Chief Minister said, "Rahul Gandhi has revealed his mindset by eating Mahua." Commenting on Rahul Gandhi tasting Mahua, also said, "He is a forced leader, his mindset is not suitable for rural politics. If he wants to eat Mahua and experience it without spitting it out, he is welcome Farmers jittery as unseasonal rain may damage wheat at centres OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Unseasonal rain has given jitters to farmers waiting for their turn to sell wheat crop at purchasing centres in different parts of the state. Sundry places in state have been receiving rain for the last two to three days posing a threat to sacks full of wheat lying in open. In absence of any cover, these sacks are bound to get soaked in rainwater thus causing a huge financial loss to farmers. This year, state has reported a bumper production of wheat. Farmers are heading to purchasing centres in large numbers with wheat-laden tractor trolley . Many of them have queued up outside these centres ea- gerly waiting for their turn to sell produce. Pranth Pramukh of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Rahul Dhoot told Free Press that daily purchasing quota fixed by state government has let farmers in a bind. A purchasing centre has a slot limit of 1,000 quintal, he said and added that if 4,000 quintal wheat arrives at a centre, then the remaining 3,000 quintal would have to wait for following days to sell their produce. CONTD. ON P6