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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE
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NOTICE BOARD EDUCATION C E L E B R A T I O N S , E V E N T S
PRERNA DIWAS- AMITY INT’L SCHOOL
Amity International Schools cel-
ebrated “Prerna Diwas”, as part
of the Valedictory Programme of
“Amity Human Values Quarter-
2022”, commemorating the
birthday of Dr. Amita Chauhan,
Chairperson, Amity International
Schools, on virtual platform. Ad-
dressing the students on this oc-
casion she averred, “At Amity, we believe in every child’s poten- CAMPUS DRIVE- CPJ COLLEGE NATIONAL CONFERENCE - ICSI
tial as each & every child is special for us. It is our commitment CPJ College, Narela recently organized “Career Expo-2022: Pool The two-day National Conference of Corporate Company
to provide them with the best education along with high morals Campus Drive” for VI Semester Students of BBA (G)/BBA Secretaries culminated with much fanfare in Kochi re-
& values as “values” & “sanskars” have always been the foun- (CAM)/BCA/B.COM(H) in which 10 companies, with Multiple cently. Sharing his experience of working with Company
dation of Amity.” Advising the students, she further added, Job Profiles, visited the Campus for bulk recruitment. Dr. Ab- Secretaries both as Counsel as well as Judge, Chief Guest
“Hard work, perseverance and dedication are the most important hishek Jain, General Secretary & Yugank Chaturvedi, Director Justice Devan Ramachandran, Judge, High Court of Kerala,
traits required in order to become successful. Challenges are General shared in a joint statement - It was a Mega Placement said, “Company Secretaries are the best Arbitrators. They
a part of life & we must face them with courage and confidence Drive, wherein a total of 289 students of VI Semester from CPJ & are the experts who lead the Board today & govern the
& must never give up. Human values, along with good education, other IPU Colleges of GGSIPU participated. The registered stu- manner in which it functions and formulates policies”.
are highly significant in shaping our personality & students must dents went through a systematic selection process, including Guest of Honour, S. Suhas (IAS) MD, Cochin Int’l Airport
imbibe human values which we, at Amity, firmly believe in. Aptitude Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview. Ltd.,complimented the Company Secretaries for their sig-
nificant service and commitment in ensuring Corporate
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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
RPG attack on Punjab Protesters want Gotabaya
to go, curfew imposed
Rajapaksa ancestral home
set on fire in Hambantota
Mahinda says resigned
to help form unity govt Centre to SC: We will
Police Intelligence HQ
in Mohali, probe begins Lanka PM resigns after violence, relook at sedition,
you defer hearing case
JAGDEEP SINGH DEEP &
NAVJEEVAN GOPAL ruling party MP dies in clashes PM committed to civil liberties: MHA;
E
MOHALI, CHANDIGARH, MAY 9 Acting on PM’s directions, says Rijiju
E X P L A I NE D
A ROCKET-PROPELLED Grenade ALASDAIR PAL
(RPG) was fired at the Punjab & UDITHA JAYASINGHE ANANTHAKRISHNAN G THE EDITORIAL PAGE
Police's Intelligence headquar- COLOMBO, MAY 9
Seeking a NEW DELHI, MAY 9
ters in Mohali on Monday ● way out DON’TSTEPBACK
evening, triggering a blast at the SRI LANKA’S prime minister re- CLAIMING IT is “fully cognizant SC must take review process
site, a senior officer told The signed on Monday to make way MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA’S of the various views” being ex- to its logical conclusion
Indian Express. for a unity government that resignation turns the spot- pressed on sedition law, the PAGE 10
Punjab DGP Viresh Kumar At the blast site. Express wouldtrytofindawayoutof the light on efforts to form an CentreMondaytoldtheSupreme
Bhawra, who reached the spot, country’s worst economic crisis all-party interim govern- Court that it “has decided to re-
told The Indian Express that there in history, but protesters said ment in Sri Lanka amid its examine and re-consider the stitutionallycherishedfreedoms
wasnoreportofanyinjurycaused tancefromthemainentranceby they also wanted his brother to worst economic crisis. Left provisions of Section 124A (that by the people of the country”.
by the attack, which occurred unidentified persons who are stand down as president. A minister’s house was set on fire in Arachchikattuwa. Reuters with just $50 million use- dealwiththeoffence)”andurged The PM, it added, “has repeat-
around7.45pm.Bhawrasaidfur- believedtohave fledina vehicle. Prime Minister Mahinda able foreign reserves, it has it to defer hearing on petitions edly said that one of India’s
ther investigations were on. A car was spotted moving from Rajapaksa’s resignation came approached the IMF for a challenging the Constitutional strengths is the diverse thought
According to the senior offi- the site the moment the RPG hours after clashes broke out in were beaten back by police us- after a standoff with anti-gov- bailout. validity of the law until such ex- streams that beautifully flourish
cer who confirmed the attack, a was fired,” the officer said. Colombo, where supporters of ing tear gas and water cannon. ernment protesters in the town ercise is carried out “before an in our country”.
wall of the building bore the There was heavy police de- therulingpartystormedananti- Rulingpartyparliamentarian of Nittambuwa near Colombo, a REPORT, PAGE 15 appropriate forum”. “Thegovernmentof Indiabe-
maximum impact, with shat- ployment at the site after the government protest camp and Amarakeerthi Athukorala died CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Initsaffidavit,theMinistryof ing fully cognisant of various
tered window panes strewn in- blast, with a bomb disposal Home Affairs said that Prime views being expressed on the
side. “The RPG was fired at a dis- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 MinisterNarendraModihas“pe- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
riodically, in various forums, ex-
pressedhisunequivocalviewsin
BUSINESS AS USUAL Day after LG prays at IndiGo: DGCA
to send probe
Among country’s fastest MINORITY STATUS:
NEED TIME, CENTRE
TELLS SC
favour of protection of civil lib-
erties, respect of human rights,
athletes, even dope
and giving meaning to the con- PAGE 13
BY UNNY
protected J&K temple, team to Ranchi
ASI expresses concern and Hyderabad testers can’t reach her Prashant Kishor is guest
PRANAV MUKUL NIHAL KOSHIE
ance also brought her on the
radarof Monaco-basedAthletics
at Express e-Adda today
DIVYA A NEW DELHI, MAY 9 NEW DELHI, MAY 9 Integrity Unit (AIU), an inde-
NEW DELHI, MAY 9 pendent body with an aim to EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
THE DIRECTORATE General of A CAT-AND-MOUSE game is on weed out cheats. NEW DELHI, MAY 9
A DAY after Jammu & Kashmir Civil Aviation (DGCA) will de- betweenoneof thecountry'stop But the AIU testers have not Prashant
Lieutenant-Governor Manoj pute a three-member fact-find- 400mwomanathletesanddope been able to trace the athlete — THE QUINTESSENTIAL outsider Kishor
Sinha participated in prayers at ing team to probe Saturday's in- testers after her sudden im- and she has gone incommuni- in Indian politics at first, he be-
the ruins of the eighth-century cident at the Ranchi airport, provementintimingscaughtthe cado, The Indian Express has came an influential insider who
Martand Sun temple at Mattan where IndiGo staff allegedly de- attention of a global anti-doping learnt. worked with and shaped the
EXPRESS NETWORK in Anantnag, the Archaeological L-G Manoj Sinha at the site nied boarding to a specially watchdog. The athlete was to fly to electoral campaigns of Prime
Survey of India (ASI) on Monday CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 During a recent national ath- AntalyainTurkeymid-Aprilwith Minister Narendra Modi and
“expressedconcerntothedistrict letics meet, the athlete ran sev- other quartermilers and mem- half-a-dozenchief ministersand
NEXT CENSUS WILL
BE E-CENSUS, 100%
administration” over the event, tion of its rules” in its communi- THE EDITORIAL PAGE eral seconds faster than her pre- bers of the 4x100 women's relay regional satraps in the last nine
sources told The Indian Express. cation to the administration but vious best timing, made it to squad but did not report before years. After years of being one of
PERFECT: AMIT SHAH The ASI, which is the custo- has not lodged a formal com- INDIGO BOY, MY CHILD India's all-time best list, and departure. themostsought-afterbackroom
PAGE 8 dianof theprotectedmonument, plaint, the sources said. By SHUBHRA GUPTA P10 qualified for the World Presuming she would be in strategists of this generation, he
“deemed the incident as a viola- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Championship. The perform- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Lanka PM quits indicatedthebestsolutiontothe Police had formed a line invest time in examining the va- Minister, since we are doing it probe,” the official said. be allowed to board.” travelledtoMumbaiandHaryana,
present crisis is the formation of ahead of time on the main road lidity of Section 124A once again (re-examining and re-consider- On Monday, a day after the Gupta said: “The child was where her personal coach hails
after violence an interim all-party govern- leading towards the site but did and be pleased to await the ex- ing sedition law provisions), we incident came to light, Union fed, given medicines and taken from,buthavehadnolucksofarin
ment,” the letter said. little to stop pro-government ercise of reconsideration to be have told the court (Supreme Civil Aviation Minister care of by their parents, and he locating the athlete who is one of
erupts, MP dies “Therefore, I have tendered protesters from advancing, ac- undertaken by the Government Court)throughanaffidavit,court JyotiradtiyaScindiatweetedthat was not showing any 'risky be- the country's fastest runners.
my resignation so the next steps cording to a Reuters witness. of Indiabeforeanappropriatefo- may not get involved," Union he would personally probe the haviour'. However, when board- According to sources, officials
in clashes can be taken in accordance with Pro-government supporters, rumwheresuchreconsideration Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said incident even as the national ing began, he was not allowed to and coaches of the Athletics
police source told Reuters with- the Constitution.” some armed with iron bars, at- is constitutionally permitted”. It Monday. Rijiju added he feels it child rights panel asked board.” (WITHENSIN FederationofIndia(AFI)havetried
out giving details. Nalaka Godahewa, a govern- tacked anti-government did not specify which "forum" is a "bold" step taken by the gov- Jharkhand Police to lodge a case NEWDELHI&RANCHI) to reach the athlete over phone
At least three others were ment spokesman, said all cabi- demonstrators at the “Gota Go this would be or the time frame ernment and was of the view against the airline. buttheyarestillinthedarkabout
woundedandthearearemained net members had also stepped Gama” tent village that sprang for this “re-consideration." that making laws is the respon- Responding to criticism over Prashant Kishor her whereabouts. Her current
tense with dozens of protesters
still at the location, the source
down.
“Now the president will in-
up last month and became the
focal point of nationwide
The government said that
while there is unanimity on the
sibility of the government. the incident, IndiGo CEO
Ronojoy Dutta said the airline is guest at personal coach, who has been
punished for doping in the past,
said. vite other political parties to protests. need for a statutory provision to After LG prays staff made the “best possible de-
Express e-Adda told the AFI that the athlete has
Video footage from local me-
dia showed the ancestral home
form a unity government,” he
told Reuters.
Police used tear gas and wa-
ter cannon to break up the con-
deal with acts against sover-
eignty and integrity, there are at protected J&K cision under difficult circum-
stances”butaddedthatthecom-
today
notbeenintouchsinceearlyApril.
The Indian Express called the
of the Rajapaksa family in the
southern city of Hambantota
“The president will meet
with independent and opposi-
frontation.
At least nine people were
also concerns about its abuse for
purposes not intended. temple, ASI pany has expressed “sincere
regrets” to the child's family and has signalled his readiness to re-
athlete's registered phone num-
bermultipletimesonMondaybut
ablaze,whilemultipleattackson
houses and election offices of
tion political parties and we ex-
pect a new government in the
taken to Colombo's National
Hospital for treatment relating
“...So far as Section 124A is
concerned, there are divergence
expresses offered to purchase an electric
wheelchair for him.
enterthepoliticalringasaplayer.
Prashant Kishor, the election
foundthatitwas“out of network
coveragearea”.SeniorAFIofficials
law makers were also reported.
Reuters could not immediately
next few days.”
On the streets of Colombo,
to injuries or tear gas inhalation,
a hospital official said, declining
of views expressed in public do-
main by various jurists, acade-
concern Tagging a social media post
ontheincident,Scindiatweeted:
strategist who has crafted the
electoral victories of leaders of all
declined to comment.
“She was to travel with the
verify the footage. the mood was jubilant but tense to be identified. Local media re- micians, intellectuals and citi- The agency, which functions “There is zero tolerance towards politicalhuesandideologies,isthe team toAntalya, Turkey, onApril
Pro-government supporters as cars -- some flying the na- ported as many as 150 were in- zensingeneral.Whiletheyagree under the Ministry of Culture, such behaviour. No human be- chief guest at Express e-Adda on 14. But she did not show up. We
were attacked in at least four lo- tional flag and others sounding jured throughout the day. abouttheneedforstatutorypro- has conveyed that no prior per- ing should have to go through Tuesday. havenotbeenabletocontacther
cations as they were returning their horns -- drove along a sea- “Strongly condemn the vio- visions to deal with serious of- mission was sought from them this! Investigating the matter by Kishor, the founder of the because her phone number has
from Colombo, media reported. side promenade where clashes lentactstakingplacebythosein- fences of divisive nature affect- to conduct a religious ceremony myself, post which appropriate IndianPoliticalActionCommittee been switched off. We do not
The houses of at least two may- had broken out earlier. citing & participating, irrespec- ing the very sovereignty and at the complex, and asked the action will be taken.” (I-PAC),spentsomeyearsinAfrica knowwhyshehasnotjoinedthe
ors were also set on fire, police Outside the prime minister’s tive of political allegiances,” integrity of the country, acts administration to ensure that Sources told The Indian as a public health professional camp. She should have been in
sources told Reuters. residence, Osha De Silva was President Rajapaksa said in a leading to destabilising the gov- such a violation is not repeated. ExpressthatRajyaSabhaMPand with the United Nations. He en- Turkey with the rest of the ath-
A nationwide curfew has among the hundreds of protest- tweet. “Violence won't solve the ernment established by law by According to a senior ASI of- BJP national spokesperson Anil tered the Indian political scene in letes but she is absconding. The
beenimposed,ontopof thestate ers celebrating his resignation current problems.” means not authorised by law or ficial, who spoke on the condi- Baluni has written a letter to 2011 when he began working for AIU is also looking for her to col-
of emergency that Sri Lankan but said she also wanted the As dusk fell on Colombo, prohibited by law. Requiring a tionof anonymity,prayersareal- Scindia flagging that he was also Modi, then the chief minister of lectsamplesfordopetesting,”an
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa -- president to step down. thousands defied a curfew to penal provision for such pur- lowedatASI-protectedsitesonly involved in a similar incident Gujarat. He was thrust into the AFI source said.
the prime minister's younger “TheRajapaksaregimeiscor- rally at Gota Go Gama. poses is generally accepted by if they were “functioning places with IndiGo. Baluni has sought limelightacoupleofyearslateraf- The woman athlete was part
brother,referredtoasGota--de- rupt,” Silva said, clasping a na- "Gota(baya) go home," the everyone in legitimate state in- of worship” when the agency the Minister's intervention on ter helping Modi shape his 2014 of the national camp four years
clared last weekinthe faceof es- tional flag with both hands. crowd chanted. REUTERS terest. However, concerns are took charge. the issue while urging for an ex- primeministerialcampaign.Since ago after she clocked sub-53 sec-
calating protests. The prime minister’s depar- raised about its application and Anantnag Deputy planation from the airline, the then,hehaspopularisedpolitical ond timings at a university meet.
The island nation of 22 mil- ture came during a day of chaos abuse for the purposes not in- Commissioner Piyush Singla did sources said. spin and image makeovers as le- Butcoacheswerebaffledaftershe
lion people has suffered pro-
longedpowercutsandshortages
andviolence,withpro-andanti-
government protesters clashing
CRICKETERS JOIN tendedbylaw”,saidtheaffidavit.
Referring to the PM’s views,
not respond to calls and text
messages from The Indian
TheNationalCommissionfor
Protection of Child Rights wrote
gitimate campaign tools.
Kishor — known as PK — is
sloweddownconsiderablyatthe
camp.
of essentials, including fuel, for the first time since the un- THE CHORUS it said he “believes that at a time Express seeking comment. a letter to Jharkhand Police, stat- consideredtobethebrainbehind TheAFIiskeenthattheathlete
cooking gas and medicines, and precedented wave of demon- New Delhi: Mahela when our nation is marking This is the second religious ing that it has received a com- campaigns ranging from “Brand joins the national camp for two
thegovernmentisleftwithaslit- strationstookholdinlateMarch. Jayawardena and Kumar ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (75 ceremony to be held at the tem- plaint about the incident, and Modi” and “Beta Kejriwal” to the reasons: her timings make her a
tle as $50 million of useable for- Some protesters hijacked a Sangakkara, former cap- years since independence), we ple, which is a “site of national asked them to lodge an FIR “as Trinamool Congress's “Banglar strongcontenderforthe4x400m
eign reserves. bus used to ferry pro-govern- tains of the Sri Lanka need to as a nation work even importance”, over the past few there was prima facie violation Gorbo Mamata” and “Didi ke women'srelaysquad,andathletes
Sri Lankans have been taking ment supporters, according to a cricket team, joined the harder to shed colonial baggage days. of section 7 of the Rights of Bolo”. He has also designed cam- at national camps are regularly
to the streets in largely peaceful Reuters witness, one of several chorus seeking the that has passed its utility, which The Sunday Express first re- Persons with Disabilities Act, paigns for former Punjab Chief tested for banned performance-
protestsanddemandingthatthe such incidents reported in ouster of the Rajapaksas. includes outdated colonial laws ported that over 100 Hindu pil- which is cognisable in nature”. MinisterAmarinderSingh(Halke enhancing substances. If a relay
Rajapaksas step down. Colombo. In a Twitter post Monday, and practices. In that spirit, the grims had held prayers for a few Ranchi SSP Surendra Jha, to Vich Captain and Coffee with teamfinishesonthepodiumand
In his resignation letter, a Hundreds of ruling party Jayawardena said: “One Government of India has hours on Friday morning in the whom the letter was addressed, Captain), Andhra CM Y S Jagan one of the runners tests positive,
copy of which was seen by supporters had rallied outside down and one to GO!!!”. scrapped over 1500 outdated ruins. And that the pilgrims, told The Indian Express that he Mohan Reddy (Jaganna’s the team loses the medal.
Reuters, the prime minister said the prime minister’s official res- He used the hashtags laws since 2014-15. It has also guarded by security personnel wasyettoreceiveacommunica- Navratnalu), and Bihar CM Nitish There have been a number of
he was quitting to help form an idence before marching to an #GoHomeGota #people- ended over 25,000 compliance providedbythedistrictadminis- tion in this regard from the Kumar (Phir Se, Nitishe and Saat casesinthepastofathletesstaying
interim, unity government. anti-government protest site power to join hands with burdens…Various offences tration, sat on a stone platform panel. Nishchay).Healsoworkedonthe awayfromnationalcamps,train-
“Multiple stakeholders have outside the presidential office. anti-government pro- which were causing mindless amid the ruins of the ancient In a separate letter, NCPCR re-brandingof TamilNaduCMM ing with their personal coaches
testers. Sangakkara too hindrances to people have been temple, reciting from Hindu asked the DGCA to initiate a K Stalin. and then failing dope tests.
tweeted: “1 down #peo- decriminalised…These were scriptures and religious texts. probe and suggested that action Thesepersonalitiesaredistinct Prominent among them is
plepower.” ENS laws and compliances which The leader of the contingent, be taken against the airline's and their politics poles apart, but quarter-miler Nirmala Sheoran,
reeked of a colonial mindset and Maharaj Rudranath Anhad manager at the Ranchi airport. allhavetastedsuccesswithKishor the 2017 Asian Athletics
thus have no place in today’s Mahakal, had told this newspa- In both the letters, the panel bytheirside.Hehashadhisshare Championshipgold-medalwin-
EXPRESS EDUCATION
India”. per that he emailed district au- sought an action-taken report of failures too — his campaign ner. A year later, at the Asian
RPG attack on Hearing the petitions, a
three-judge bench, headed by
thorities about his plan to hold
prayers at the temple, but got no
within seven days.
“We are looking into (the in-
strategies for the Congress-
SamajwadiPartyallianceinUttar
Gamesshewasnotfieldedinthe
relaysquad,finishedfourthinthe
Punjab Police Chief Justice of India N V
Ramana,hadaskedtheCentreto
response.
After the prayers on Sunday,
cident) and shall take appropri-
ate action,” DGCA chief Arun
Pradeshin2017didnotclick.And
recently,theTrinamoolCongress's
individual 400 metre race -- and
failed a dope test a couple of
Intelligence HQ apprise the court of its stand vis-
a-vis Section 124A. The bench
L-G Sinha had termed the
“Navgrah Ashtamangalam
Kumar told The Indian Express.
In a statement issued on
big push in Goa with him as the
strategist came a cropper.
months later to receive a four-
year ban.
in Mohali, probe also wondered if it should refer
the matter to a larger five-judge
Pooja” as “truly a divine experi-
ence in a godly ambience”, and
Monday, IndiGo CEO Dutta said:
“Throughout the check-in and
Kishor is now in the news be-
cause of his much-talked-about
Dope testing in Indian athlet-
ics has been in the news after the
begins Constitution bench in view of reiterated his commitment to boarding process our intent of dealings with the Congress — he AIUannouncedlastweekthatdis-
the 1962 decision of a protecting and developing an- course was to carry the family, decided against joining the party custhrowstarKamalpreetKaur,a
squad and forensic teams reach- Constitution bench in the case cient sites of cultural and spiri- however, at the boarding area — and his plans. If he does enter sixth-place finisher at the Tokyo
ing the spot. Kedar Nath Singh vs State of tual significance. the teenager was visibly in politics, it will be his second in- Olympics, had tested positive for
The building houses the of- Bihar, and sought the views of On Monday, senior Congress panic.” nings. In September 2018, after Stanozolol, an anabolic steroid
fices of a number of senior offi- the Centre, the petitioners and leader and Lok Sabha MP Dutta said: “While providing having helped Nitish Kumar re- banned under the World Anti-
cers, including those holding IG Attorney General K K Venugopal ManishTewaritweeted:“Happy courteous and compassionate turn to power as part of the Doping Agency code.
rank. A police officer said the on this. to see members of Kashmiri service to our customers is of Mahagathbandhan,Kishorjoined Kamalpreet was in the na-
senior officers had left the office In the Kedar Nath Singh case, Pandit Community offering paramountimportancetous,the the JD(U). He was appointed the tional camp before the Summer
when the attack took place and the apex court upheld the valid- prayers at Martand Sun Temple airport staff, in line with the party’snationalvice-president,in Games. She is the first Indian
that other staff on night duty ity of the sedition law while at- ruins in Anantnag -Jammu & safety guidelines, were forced to effecttheNo.2,beforetheyparted woman to break the 65-metre
were present. tempting to restrict its scope for Kashmir. Navagraha ashtaman- make a difficult decision as to ways in 2020. barrier and was expected to win
The blast comes close on the misuse. It had held that unless galam pooja sends out a power- whether this commotion would Last week, Kishor announced medals at the Commonwealth
heels of the arrest of a number accompanied by incitement or a fulmessageof Indiansyncretism carry forward aboard the air- in Patna that he would launch a Games, the Asian Games and the
of suspected terror operatives call for violence, criticism of the & Pluralism given their trials & craft. Having reviewed all as- 3,000-km padayatra from the World Championships.
from Punjab and Haryana re- government cannot be con- tribulations circa 1990.” pects of this incident, we as an GandhiAshraminChamparanon Amalejavelinthrower,whois
cently — and the recovery of an strued as a seditious offence. organizationare of the viewthat October 2. He said he intends to anAsianAthleticsChampionship
explosive device near the Burail Attorney General K K IndiGo: DGCA we made the best possible deci- create a platform of like-minded medallist and Tokyo Olympian,
jail in Chandigarh on April 24. Venugopal, said there was no
need for any reference and that to send probe sion under difficult circum-
stances.”
peopletobuildontheideaof “Jan
Suraaj(goodgovernance)”aimed
had also failed a dope test.
Although there is no dope
Centre to SC: Kedar Nath Singh is good law.
team to Ranchi Dutta said the company of- at transformingBihar.Thestrate- taint yet about the woman ath-
We will relook The Centre too, in written
submissions in reply to the lim-
and Hyderabad
fered “sincere regrets” to the af-
fected family for their experi-
gist said he was in touch with
about17,000-18,000peoplewho
lete'srecentblisteringrun,intelli-
gence-based out-of-competition
at sedition, ited question of whether to refer
or not, said the decision was abledchild,aseniorofficialof the
ence,and“asasmalltokenof our
appreciation of their lifelong
share his vision for Bihar.
At the e-Adda, Kishor will be
testing is a strategy used to keep
the sport clean.
you defer “long standing, settled”, had
stood the test of time and
aviationsafetyregulator toldThe
Indian Express.
dedication would like to offer to
purchase an electric wheelchair
in conversation with Anant
Goenka, Executive Director, The
Since 2017, the AIU has taken
overWorldAthletics'anti-doping
hearing case needed no reference to a larger
bench.Itsaidthatinstancesof its
The official said the team
"will visit Ranchi and
for their son”.
Speaking to The Indian
Indian Express Group, and
VanditaMishra,NationalOpinion
programme,includingtestingand
intelligence-gathering.
subject of sedition and also hav- abuse can’t be a justification for Hyderabad", where the child's Express on Sunday, Gupta, who Editor, The Indian Express. Corruption,betting,andmanipu-
ing considered the concerns of its reconsideration and that the parents are based, to collect ev- hadpostedabouttheincidenton lation of age and results also fall
civil liberties and human rights, “remedy” for any such abuse, idence as part of the probe. “We Facebook, said: “The child had a Among under the AIU's purview.
while committed to maintain
and protect the sovereignty and
“would lie in preventing such
abuse on a case-to-case basis”.
have received a report from the
concerned airline. However, in
breakdown. It seemed that he
hadgoneonaspiralof stressand country’s fastest Top athletes across sport are
named in a registered testing
integrity of this great nation, has
decided to re-examine and re-
The note had said that the
1962 judgement had achieved a
view of the facts and circum-
stances described therein, we
the mother had slapped him
once. There was a bit of crying athletes, even pool and must be available at a
self-declared location during a
consider the provisions of
Section 124A of the Indian Penal
“delicate balance” between the
imperatives of “proportionality,
have decided to conduct a fact-
finding enquiry, which shall be
and the sound echoed. In the
meantime,themothersaidsorry
dope testers specified one-hour window
every day during which testers
Codewhichcanonlybedonebe-
fore the competent forum”, the
fundamental freedom of speech
andexpressionandthecounter-
done by a three-member team
from DGCA," the official said.
to her child and started hugging
him to calm him down. She also
can’t reach her could land up to collect samples.
Others whose performances
affidavit said. vailing interest of the State to "The team will collect appro- cried.Atthispoint,apersonfrom Turkey, dope control officers au- improve out of the blue, like the
Contact for Advt. Booking: M/s Friends Publicity Service In view of this, the govern- regulate.” priateevidencewithinoneweek IndigoCustomerServicecameto thorised by the AIU travelled to woman athlete, are on the radar
(M): 9212665841, 9212008155 ment “respectfully submitted PTI adds: "Since directions from today. Further action will them and said if the child con- Antalya to collect her samples. of agencies which fight doping
that this Hon’ble court may not have come from the Prime be based on the outcome of the tinues in this manner, he won't Keentotrackherdown,theythen in sport.
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Lady Hardinge gets infra boost with two new blocks
Stephen’s told ANONNADUTT
over20operationtheatres,giving patients in the OPD clinics daily. academicinfrastructurewiththe
to ‘abide’ by
amajorboosttothehospital’sin- After a wait of more than 11 number of MBBS seats going up.
NEW DELHI, MAY 9 frastructure. The CT scan facility years,theprojecthasalsoallowed At Lady Hardinge, the exist-
inthenewOPDblockwasstarted the hospital to modernise itself, ingbuildingswillbedemolished
FROMA100-year-olddilapidated last month, with the rest of the withautomatictokendispensing and other centres will be set up
building with narrow and services to be moved soon. machinesandLCDdisplaystocall in its place. Work is in progress
DU’s decision
crowdedcorridors,allclinicsand Thenewbuildingshavewide onpatientswhosemedicinesare forphasetwoof redevelopment,
in-patient services at Lady corridors, large waiting areas at beinggiven.“Wehavecreatedpa- which will focus on a 1,000-bed
Hardinge Medical College will the entrance and in front of all tient-friendlyinfrastructurenow; specialitycentreforchildrenand
soon move to the two seven- clinics to ensure patients do not we will treat all our patients as neonates.The redevelopment
storey buildings that were inau- have to keep standing in queues. VIPs.Everythingwillbeavailable planforthehospital—whichwas
guratedbyUnionHealthMinister Thewaitingareasatpresenthave under one roof. There will be established as an 80-bed centre
to be conducted by St Stephen’s MansukhMandaviyaonMonday. temporary shades and ceiling The new buildings have wide corridors, large waiting areas SundayOPDfacilityavailabletoo. in 1916 and grew to become the
ARANYA SHANKAR College,” Gupta wrote. WiththenewOPDandIPDblocks, fans,makingitveryhot.Thenew Thereisaneedtocreatemoreand current877-bedSuchetaKriplani
NEW DELHI, MAY 9 “There must be a single allpatientservices—consultation, buildings, on the other hand, are moreinfrastructure,”saidDrRam hospital and 377-bed Kalawati
meritlist for admission of candi- diagnostics,andpharmacy—will centrally air conditioned. “Of Monday to get his daughter with the medical college — Smt Chander, medical director, Lady Saran Children’s hospital —was
MAINTAINING ITS stand on the dates belonging to Christian be available in the same space. course, it will be great if we can treated for an ear infection. Sucheta Kriplani and Kalawati Hardinge Medical College. He approved by the government 13
matter, Delhi University (DU) communityregardlessof anyde- The new IPD block will have waitinanACroom;wejuststand The two hospitals associated Saran — see around 3,000-4,000 said there was a need to increase years ago.
Registrar Vikas Gupta Monday nominations/sub-sects/sub-cat- over 800 beds, which will be in queues from morning,” said
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022 LAST 24 HOURS CASES HOSPITAL BEDS 9,590 9,404 May8 May 9
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PATIENTSINHOSPITAL: 182
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May 8
May 9
1,422
799
1,438
1,366
0
3
26,647
16,187
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DEMOLITION DRIVE UNSUCCESSFUL
Jahangirpuri SHO
Residents vs bulldozer in Shaheen Bagh removed, weeks
Petition challenging after violence to have been simply brushed
drive invites SC ire EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, MAY 9
aside” by senior officers. The po-
licepersonnel“accompaniedthe
illegal procession” and their
THE STATION House Officer of complicity, “if any”, needs to be
no aggrieved person had ap- Jahangirpuri Police Station has investigated, the court said.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE proachedthecourt.“Youarebet- been removed and a new in- Communalclashesbrokeout
NEW DELHI, MAY 9 ter advised to go to the High spector appointed in his place in the area on April 16.
Court...Notatthebehestof polit- weeks after communal clashes “The liability on the part of
THESUPREMECourtMondayre- icalparties,pleasedon’tturnthis were witnessed in the area. the officials concerned needs to
fused to entertain a petition filed into a platform. If there is some- DCP (headquarters) Mahesh be fixed so that in future no such
by CPI(M) challenging the anti- body aggrieved, they should Batra, in an order issued on May incidenttakesplaceandpoliceis
encroachment drive in Shaheen come,” said Justice Rao. 6, said, “Inspector Arun Kumar not complacent in preventing
Bagh and asked those aggrieved Thecounselthensaidthereis is hereby transferred from the illegal activities,” Additional
by action of the municipal au- apleabyahawker’sunionrepre- Rashtrapati Bhavan and posted SessionsJudgeGagandeepSingh
thorities to approach the High senting those affected, and that as SHO (Jahangirpuri) in north- had said in the order.
Court. “What is this CPI(M) party they had moved the court be- west district with immediate ef- The court further said the
filing this case? We can under- cause structures were being de- fect. He should be relieved at contents of the FIR itself show
stand somebody who is affected molished. But the bench said: “If once with the direction to join that the local staff of the police
comingbeforeus...Whatisthevi- hawkers are encroaching the his new assignment and report station in Jahangirpuri, led by
olation of fundamental right (of pavement... they might be re- compliancetothisheadquarters. InspectorRajivRanjan,aswellas
theparty)?UnderArticle32,who moved following the law. Go to After relieving him, ACPs must otherofficialswere“accompany-
can come?” said a bench of the High Court. Why are you be recorded/reviewed on the ingthesaidillegalprocession”on
JusticesLNageswaraRaoandBR coming here?” same next day. DCP concerned its route instead of stopping it.
Gavai, dismissing the plea as The court pointed out that it should ensure compliance.” “It appears that local police,
withdrawn. had intervened in the case of A Rohini court, in an order on instead of performing their duty
The day’s events played out in front of a row of shops, including branded retail stores, that were closed. Abhinav Saha Making clear the displeasure Jahangirpuri only because of May 7, had noted that there was instoppingthesaidillegalproces-
overthecourtbeingfloodedwith demolition of structures. “When “utter failure” on the part of sion in the beginning itself and
demolition matters from across we were informed there were Delhi Police in stopping a dispersing the crowd, was ac-
us and damaged the scaffolding. them time. If they don’t remove thecountry,JusticeRaosaid:“We some structures being demol- Hanuman Jayanti procession companying them to the entire
ABHINAYA HARIGOVIND We said we can remove it on our it, a fresh drive will be held.” He are not seized of all encroach- ished... we gave an order. If we held without permission at routewhichlateronledtounfor-
& MALHAR MISHRA own. We suffered damage of Rs said a drive is planned in New mentsinthiscountry.Andonthat startinterferinginthesematters, Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi tunate riots between the two
NEW DELHI, MAY 9 10,000-Rs 20,000. The structure Friends Colony on Tuesday: “We day itself (when a petition was we will be doing only that,” said last month and the issue “seems communities,” said ASJ Singh.
was only made to erect a board do not anticipate trouble there. filed raising the issue of demoli- Justice Rao.
NO DEMOLITIONS were carried for an advertisement.” We are doing simple anti-en- tion drives in other states), we Theseniorcounselsaidmany
out at Shaheen Bagh Monday, “Wewon’t let theBJP destroy croachment drives. The Delhi made it clear to Mr Kapil Sibal residentsarealsoaffected.Tothis,
with residents and representa- our shops. I have been selling government says it will widen when he was mentioning about the court said, “Let those people
tives of the Congress and AAP motor parts here for 10 years. I roads, but there is encroach- theotherpartsofthecountry.We come. We do not know what is
gathering in front of the have all the maps signed by ment everywhere, how will said we are not expressing any being demolished.”
bulldozer that had arrived in MCD. In the evening, there are they do it?” view... We have to balance inter- Turning to Solicitor General
the morning. vendors who come but they An ACP-level officer at the ests...Wewilldefinitelyinterfere, TusharMehta,whoappearedfor
Over 150 police personnel leave with their carts. Nobody is spotsaid,“We were toldto reach butnotencroachmentsbeingre- South MCD, Justice Rao re-
from South and Southeast dis- scared...,”saidMdArmaan(41),a around 11 am. Half an hour later, moved in accordance with law.” marked,“MrSolicitor,thoughwe
tricts and CRPF were deployed Amanatullah Khan at resident of Jamia Nagar, who people raised slogans and The bench added: “We have are not interfering, but as and
for the demolition drive, sup- Shaheen Bagh. He was later runs a shop in Shaheen Bagh. blocked the road... We tried to never given any licence to every- when you take up this activity,
posed to be carried out by the booked. Abhinav Saha Abdul Wajid Khan, AAP pacify them but locals gathered body to come here and then say why don’t you do this in accor-
South Delhi Municipal councillor representing Abul in huge numbers. Seeing the sit- my house is being demolished dance with law. Give them a no-
Corporation(SDMC),afterpolice Fazal Enclave,saidthere wereno uation, MCD officials left. Local evenifitisunauthorised.Andthe tice.”
agreed to provide security on around the bulldozer. encroachments in the area staff stayed for some time as Supreme Court would be doing Mehta insisted the process is Communal clashes broke out in the area on April 16. Archive
Monday morning. The bulldozer then moved where the crowd and the bull- other security personnel were only that... This is too much. followedandaddedthatthepeti-
The day’s events played out towards a two-storey building dozer had assembled. dispersed.” Merely because we are showing tionerismisrepresentingfactsto
infrontof arowof shops,includ- which had shuttered shops on Local resident Samir Khan MCD officials earlier met po- indulgence,don’ttakeshelterun- createpoliticalhype.“Petitioners
ing branded retail stores, that
were closed.A large crowd gath-
ered around the bulldozer that
the ground floor. While it
attempted to take the scaffold-
ing down, residents dismantled
added: “The people here stand
with the MCD and the adminis-
tration in removing anything il-
lice officers at Shaheen Bagh po-
lice station to take stock of secu-
rity arrangements. “We were
der the court’s orders.”
Justice Rao added: “We are
makingitveryclear.Ifthereisany
are misrepresenting that houses
are being demolished. There is a
letter and officers are present to
MCD: Demolition was
stood near shops on the service
road alongside GD Birla Marg.
it themselves. The bulldozer
backed off and left soon after,
legal, but we are not with them
in the way they are going about
told that a few shops near the 40
feet road (where anti-CAA/NRC
violationoflaw,definitelywewill
stepin,butnotanticipationatthe
tell Your Lordships that this is a
routine drive going on since long routine, being given
communal colour
Shaheen Bagh was at the and security forces dispersed. it right now. This is done to de- protestswereheldin2019)were behestofpoliticalpartieslikethis.” andthosewhohaveoccupiedthe
centre of protests against the The drive, which started fame Shaheen Bagh. We see illegal and encroaching on the AppearingfortheCPI(M),sen- pavementandpublicroadarebe-
Citizenship Amendment Bill in around11.30am,stoppedat1.30 bulldozers being used freely by streets. However, before anyone ior advocate P V Surendranath ing removed... See what kind of
2019-2020, as residents gath- pm. Mohammad Saleem, vice- this government, in Uttar couldreachthe spot,localsgath- said the plea was in public inter- misrepresentations are going on
ered on the streets for months. president of the Shaheen Bagh Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and in eredinfrontof thebulldozerand est,butthebenchwonderedwhy tocreateapoliticalhype,”hesaid. or community was targeted”
On Monday, as the bulldozer RWA, who helpeddismantle the Delhi. Is this country run by the protested,” said another officer EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE and said that “when a road or
inched forward, it was initially scaffolding, said it had been put Constitution, or by bulldozers?” posted in the Southeast district. NEW DELHI, MAY 9 footpath is cleared, the process
blocked by representatives of up temporarily for the building Blaming AAP and Congress The protests led to traffic goes on from one end to another
the Congress. Protesters, includ- to be whitewashed. “Locals dis- leaders, SDMC Mayor Mukkesh snarls at Shaheen Bagh, Kalindi STATING THAT its anti-en- withoutanydistinctionof there-
ing Okhla Block Congress mantled it themselves... There is Suryaan said, “The main reason Kunj, Sarita Vihar and Mathura croachment drive in Delhi’s ligion or owner occupier who
Committee president Parvez no issue of encroachments any- for stopping the drive was that Road. “We had to deploy extra Jahangirpuri was carried out in has unauthorisedly occupied
Alam, sat in front of the bull- where here. If they haven’t AAP and Congress leaders staff to ensure commuters don’t compliance with directions of footpath or public land”.
dozer in an effort to prevent the cleared anything, and nothing wanted rioting... We did not suffer. We diverted a few vehi- the Delhi High Court, the North The petitioners had con-
drive.Alamwasputintoabusby was demolished, then what en- want that... We only wanted to cles from Shaheen Bagh to GD Delhi Municipal Corporation tended that the drive was con-
police and driven away. People croachment was here to begin complete our job.” Birla Marg and other places such (NDMC) has accused the Jamiat ducted to target Muslims in the
alsomarchedalongsidethebull- with?” he said. He said the drive was only as Crowne Plaza. We kept one of Ulama-i-Hind and others, who wakeof riotousincidentsfollow-
dozer as it moved forward, slo- A shop owner in the building against encroachment on roads the carriageways in Shaheen approached the Supreme Court ing a Hanuman Jayanti shobha
ganeeringagainstDelhiBJPpres- where the scaffolding was re- like extended temporary struc- Baghopenforcommuters.Buses against this, of “giving it an un- yatra on April 16.
ident Adesh Gupta. AAP MLA moved, said, “Does anyone care tures: “People in the area have and trucks were asked to use warranted communal colour”. The affidavit rejected the
Amanatullah Khan who repre- about us? It feels like a circus asked for 3-4 days to remove all Mathura road and avoid the Residents dismantled a scaffolding themselves. Abhinav Saha In an affidavit filed before charge and this was being done
sents Okhla, joined the crowd here. The MCD was here to scare encroachments. We have given area,” said an officer. the top court, the NDMC also to stall the lawful exercise of
said that after the status quo or- powers by the NDMC “by delib-
der by the court, “in most of the erately tendering misleading
FIR against Amanatullah Khan UGC raps private university over places the position before the
exercise has re-occurred” and
“those who were removed from
submissions and by giving it a
political colour”. It pointed out
thatsimilardriveshadbeencon-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, MAY 9
against public servant).”
TheLicensingInspectorfrom
the SDMC’s Central Zone filed
from AAP and Congress who
“disrupted” the demolition
drive. Delhi BJP president Adesh
question in political science paper the public road have come back
and have occupied footpath
public road again”.
ducted in the same and neigh-
bouring areas even before.
The civic body also said that
thecomplaint.Khancouldnotbe Gupta wrote to the commis- connection with the question shouldnothavebeenasked,”the The NDMC said the petition- in PILs before it, the HC had is-
POLICE HAVE registered an FIR reached for a comment. sioner afterthe drive washalted. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE that recently appeared in the UGC secretary wrote. ers had misrepresented that the sued various directions for re-
against AAP MLA Amanatullah Earlier in the day, Khan had BJP leader Kapil Mishra said NEW DELHI, MAY 9 first-yearBAPoliticalSciencepa- Asthequestionsparkedarow, properties were demolished movalof encroachmentfromthe
Khan for allegedly stopping the said, “There are no encroach- thatinplaceslikeShaheenBagh, per of the institution. theUniversityhadissuedastate- without giving notice and that roads and footpaths etc since
SDMC-led demolition drive at ments in the area. These are all the rule of law is not being en- AN EXAM question asking stu- On Monday, in a letter to the mentlastFridaysayingthatithas this was done selectively target- they curtail the right to freedom
Shaheen Bagh and using “force” legal shops. Whatever small forced.“AreaslikeShaheenBagh, dents to share their observations varsity’s Vice-Chancellor, UGC constituted a three-member ing a particular religion “with a of movement of citizens.
againstofficials.Policesaiditwas structures or kiosks were there Jahangirpuri and Seemapuri, on parallels between “Fascism/ secretary Rajnish Jain sought an committee to look into the “pos- view to create a prejudice and to About the April 20 drive, it
lodged based on the complaint in the market have already been where there is no entry for the Nazism and Hindutva” was action taken report detailing the sibility of bias in the questions”. achieve some other object”. said heaps/sacks of garbage,
from the civic body. removed.TheMCDisonlytrying Constitution,police,law,munic- againstthe“spiritandethosofour steps being taken to ensure It also suspended the faculty The civic body said the peti- unauthorisedprojectiononpub-
DCP(Southeast)EshaPandey toshowtheirstrengthwiththis.” ipal corporation — what should countrywhichisknownforitsin- “non-recurrence of such inci- concernedandexpressedregret. tioners “have unfortunately at- licland,unauthorisedtemporary
said, “We lodged the FIR against Senior police officers said 7 wesayabouttheseplaces?These clusivity and homogeneity”, the dents in the future”. The statement added that the tempted to sensationalise a rou- structures well beyond the
Khan and his supporters under protesters were detained for ob- placeshavebecomethehubof il- University Grants Commission “... asking students such University is “totally averse to tine administrative exercise by boundary of houses and shops
IPC sections 186 (obstructing struction and later released. legalweapons,illegalbusinesses (UGC)hastoldShardaUniversity. questionsisagainstthespiritand any line of thought which dis- giving it an unwarranted com- were removed for which no no-
public servant in discharge of Earlier in the day, the BJP andillegalimmigrants.Theseare TheGreaterNoida-basedpri- ethos of our country which is torts the great national identity munal colour”. It termed as “un- ticeisnecessaryundertheprovi-
public functions) and 353 (as- asked the SDMC Commissioner likeminiPakistansbeingcreated vate university last week sus- known for its inclusivity and ho- and the inclusive culture inher- foundedandmotivated”the“as- sions of the Delhi municipal
saulting or using criminal force to take action against leaders in Delhi and across the country.” pended a faculty member in mogeneity and such questions ent in our national ethos”. sertion that a particular religion Corporation Act, 1957.
BRIEFLY
Womanseton AFTER GUJARAT FACILITY DECLINES TO ACCEPT ANIMAL
fireinGurgaon
Gurgaon: A 24-year-old
womansuffered40%burn
Moti the elephant will continue staying in Yamuna Nagar: HC
injuries after a man al- thepetitionercomeswithsome- four elephants — Gangaram, ing made thebestarrangements that the well-being of the ele-
legedly poured petrol on EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE thingbetterin(its)interestwhich Dhonmati, Matti and Chandani. for its transportation. The ele- phant is important. Khan agreed
her and set her on fire NEW DELHI, MAY 9 would be considered by the However,thegovernmenton phant was to travel only during to keep the elephant at the
Monday.Policeregistered court,” said Justice Najmi Waziri October 26, 2021, in a decision, thenightandhaltateightplaces. Yamuna Nagar facility after sub-
anFIRagainsttheaccused. WITHGUJARAT’SRadhaKrishan in an order, after it was told that hadsaidtheelephanthasbecome While two wildlife guards and a missions from Wildlife SOS
Temple Elephant Welfare Trust the Jamnagar facility has de- itspropertyandthepetitionerbe- veterinary doctor were to ac- which manages the same.
Cashcollection decliningtoacceptMoti,afemale
elephantwhowastakenawayby
clined to accept the animal pos-
sibly on account of its medical
forethecourthasnolocus-standi
for filing the petition. After the
company the elephant, a total of
23 persons and entities, whose
SeniorAdvocateRebeccaJohn,
representingWildlifeSOS,toldthe
agent robbed authorities from a private indi-
vidual in 2017 in Delhi on ac-
condition not being suitable for
transportation to Gujarat.
court questioned its stand, the
government in February agreed
assistance was required along
the route, had been intimated.
court that the Yamuna Nagar fa-
cility has rehabilitated various
Noida: A cash collection countof unsuitablestandardsfor In the case before the court, to the translocation and decided Justice Waziri observed, kinds of animals and is spread
agent was robbed of itscareandupkeep,the58-year- FarukhKhan, theson of the orig- to comply with the September “Everything was done in this! I across 400acres with water bod-
nearly Rs 7 lakh by old animal will continue to re- inal owner of the elephant, had 2021 order directing it to trans- don’t think your forest depart- ies.“Solongasnoarrangementis
unidentified assailants mainatarehabilitationcentrein submitted that he wishes to port the animal to Jamnagar. ment has worked this hard on made,wearehappytotakecare,”
Monday. Police said it ap- Haryana’s Yamuna Nagar, the transport Moti from Yamuna However, the court was told anymatterintherecentpast,not submitted John, adding there are
pears the men were fol- Delhi High Court said Monday. Nagar to another place with bet- bythegovernmentMondaythat in living memory”. five elephants there including
lowing the agent. ENS “Let Moti spend the remain- ter amenities and to reunite it Was taken away from a private individual in 2017 the Gujarat facility has declined AdvocateWajeehShafiq,rep- Laxmi (now named Jasmine),
der of herlife at Ban Santour, lest with its erstwhile family of totaketheelephantdespitehav- resenting Khan, told the court Moti’s age-old companion.
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