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No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026; `4 r RNI No. 38281/83 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in - NOT SOMETHING THAT I’M KEEN ON AT THIS STAGE OF MY LIFE: HUSSEY SPORTS READER'S CORNER LET’S TALK MENTAL HEALTH AND BREAK THE STIGMA WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE 43.30c. 30.30c Sunrise : 05.43 Sunset : 07.05 27 killed in Rajkot game zone fire OWNER DETAINED, SIT PROBE ORDERED RAJKOT NEWS BRIEF 59.06% polling in 6th phase NEW DELHI: An approximate voter turnout of 59.06 per cent was recorded in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday in 58 constituencies across six states and two Union territories with the polling percentage in the Jangal Mahal region of West Bengal touching 78.19. 33 Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh BIJAPUR: As many as 33 Naxalites, three of them carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 5 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, police said. PoK is ours and will take it: Shah SHIMLA: PoK is a part of India and "we will take it", Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Saturday as he castigated the Congress for trying to "frighten" the BJP by saying neighbouring country possessed atom bombs. At least 27 persons, including four children under the age of 12, were killed in a massive fire that swept through a game zone teeming with people enjoying a summer vacation outing in Gujarat's Rajkot city on Saturday evening, officials said. The death toll is likely to go up, they said. Police have detained the owner of the TRP Game Zone and the manager while the state government assigned the probe to a Special Investigation Team. Relief and Rescue operations have been underway NURSING COLLEGE SCAM Guilty officers to be terminated BHOPAL: Taking a serious note of the nursing college scam, the state government has decided to terminate the services of officers found guilty in the scam. Besides, a regulatory body will be formed for nursing colleges and exams will be held for nursing courses on the lines of engineering and medical colleges. Moreover, the officers who helped the unfit colleges in getting recognition will be identified and action will be initiated against them. CONTD. ON P7 at the affected game zone for more than six hours after the blaze erupted at a structure built using metal and fibre sheets for gaming activities at around 4:30 pm, officials said, adding that the structure collapsed due to the huge fire. "So far we have confirmed the death of 27 persons in the fire incident. The bodies are charred beyond recognition and hence their identification is difficult," said Assistant Commissioner of Police Radhika Bharai. ACP Vinayak Patel said the deceased included at least four children under the age of 12. The death toll is likely to increase as relief operations is going on, district officials said. According to eyewitnesses, several people, including children were playing games at the game zone, located on NanaMava Road, when the tragedy struck. Police said that the owner and manager of the game zone were detained and taken to the police station for questioning. The government has handed over the investigation of the incident to a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Additional Director General of Police Subhash Trivedi. CONTD. ON P7 CM orders SIT probe into Sidhi rape case OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal/Sidhi Taking cognisance of the incident in which the accused allegedly raped seven college students, including four minor girls and three women, in Sidhi after using a voice modulation app to pose as female college employee and called them to discuss scholarships, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has ordered a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Rewa range IG Mahendra Sikarwar on Saturday announced the arrests of all the three accused and added that a nine-member SIT has been constituted. CONTD. ON P7 Key accused burnt hands in mishap The IG said that during interrogation Brijesh Prajapati told the cops that three years back he worked in a steel factory in Jabalpur. Prajapati suffered serious burns in his hands and legs in an explosion in the factory. Later, he went to Gujarat and upon return, he planned the crime, Sikarwar added. Furthermore, Prajapati used a voice modulation app to imitate the voice of a woman college employee and called the target woman to a deserted area to commit the despicable act. Used to snatch survivors’ mobiles SIT team members said Prajapati used to commit the crime during the dark hours to avoid police action. He used to pick up the victim on bike wearing helmet and gloves to conceal identity. He also used to snatch away mobile phones of the victim after raping them to evade police action, the police said. Later, he used to sell mobile phones with the help of both of his accomplices Rahul and Sandeep. The police said that 16 mobile phones were seized from the the accused. CHEERS TO ANOTHER YEAR CINEMA Rampal baba, follower booked for hurting religious sentiments OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in Rampal Baba of Hisar in Haryana and his local follower were booked by Juni Indore police for hurting religious sentiments. They were booked under sections 295A (whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 153, and 34 of the IPC. According to police, Dharmendra Chauhan of Rajabagh Colony lodged a complaint with Juni Indore police stating that Makhan Singh of Luniyapura who is a follower of Rampal Baba was selling a book for Rs 20 under Juni Indore Bridge. Anasuya creates history at Cannes FP NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI Anasuya Sengupta created history by becoming the first Indian artiste to win the Best Actress award in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Shameless.The Hindi-language film, directed and written by Bulgarian filmmaker Konstantin Bojanov, revolves around Renuka, played by Anasuya, who escapes from a Delhi brothel after killing a police officer. CONTD. ON P7 50.72 cr people voted in first five phases: EC FPJ NEWS SERVICE / NEW DELHI As many as 50.72 crore people of the 76.41 crore eligible voters have cast their vote in the first five phases of the Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Saturday even as it came out with the constituency-wise data on the number of votes cast in these phases of the polls. The data showed that 11 crore voters out of 16.64 crore total electors cast their vote in the first phase held on April 19 for 102 seats, the polling percentage being 66.14. In the second phase held on April 26 for 88 seats, the polling percentage was 66.71 with 10.58 crore people out of the total 15.86 crore eligible voters casting their vote. The third phase of the polls on May 7 for 94 seats saw as many as 11.32 crore of the 17.24 crore eligible voters exercising their franchise, a polling percentage of 65.68, while in the fourth phase of the polls on May 13 for 96 seats, as many as 12.25 crore crore voters out of the The poll panel came out with the absolute number of voters on its own a day after the SC refused to issue directions to it on an NGO’s plea for uploading the polling booth-wise voter turnout data on its website. total of 17.71 crore electors cast their votes, with the polling percentage being 66.71. The fifth phase of the polls on May 20 for 49 seats, the polling percentage was 62.20 as 5.57 crore of the 8.96 crore eligible voters exercised their franchise. The poll panel also said there is a pattern in creating false narratives and mischievous designs to vitiate the electoral process, and asserted that any alteration in the number of the votes polled is not possible.C ONTD. ON P7