FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 61 | INDORE | THURSDAY | AUGUST 8, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.com Sports Tough challenge awaits Neeraj in his bid for another great show P.12 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE UJJAIN MONEY PRESS PUNE Opposition champions the conspiracy theory Members of Parliament from the INDIA bloc staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after Minister of Sports Mansukh Mandaviya issued a statement on the disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat from the Paris Olympics. The Opposition members alleged that there was a “conspiracy” against Phogat, who was among the wrestlers who had protested against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh in 2023 accusing him of sexual harassment.   Opposition MPs protested against Phogat’s disqualification during the Zero Hour and sought a statement from the government. Some MPs even entered the Well of the House and raised slogans seeking an answer from the sports minister. Subsequently, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Nation Declare Wayanad calamity national disaster Haridev Pushparaj It is part of the game," a brave Vinesh Phogat told Indian coaches who met her after her shock ouster Vinesh appeals MUMBAI Vinesh Phogat has decided to file an appeal in Court of Arbitration for Sport against the decision to disqualify her. She has asked for the Olympic silver to be given to her. With every ounce and an extra 100gms of their being, most Indians have awarded Vinesh Phogat the gold, though the medal betrayed its yellow heart, being so tantalisingly within reach and yet, so far. On a Wednesday of heartbreaking developments in Paris, Vinesh’s dream run into the Olympic final and her quest for gold was cruelly cut short after she was disqualified for exceeding the weight requirement for the women’s freestyle 50kg event. She was 100 grams in excess of the 50kg Olympic stipulation, resulting in an automatic disqualification on perhaps the biggest day of her sporting career. She had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the finals on Tuesday night and the silver medal was practically in the bag and she was scheduled to face American Sarah Ann Hildebrandt in the summit bout on Wednesday evening. Vinesh’s natural body weight is about 56-57kg and it is a massive effort for her to get down to 50kg. While in invitational tournaments, United World Wrestling (UWW) allows for a grace of up to 2kg, no such relaxation exists for showpieces like Olympics, She was put through a regime of no food, followed by excessive sweating Ram Meghwal promised that the minister would make one. In his statement, Mandaviya said, “Vinesh’s weight was recorded at 50.1 kg, making her ineligible for the competition.” The minister said following her disqualification, PM Modi directed Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president P.T. Usha to take necessary action regarding her ouster and to appeal against it. 4Continued on | P6 fp A bill seeking to amend the law governing Waqf boards has proposed far-reaching changes in the present legislation, including ensuring the representation of Muslim women and non-Muslims in such bodies. Briefs NEW DELHI Vigyan Ratna award Celebrated biochemist Govindarajan Padmanabhan has been selected for first Vigyan Ratna Puraskar, the top most science award instituted by the government this year. The government on Wednesday announced 33 Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskars, which include 18 Vigyan Yuva Puraskars for young scientists and 13 Vigyan Shri Puraskars and a Vigyan Team award that went to Team Chandrayaan-3. The Bill is likely to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and its copies were circulated among Lok Sabha members on Tuesday night ahead of its introduction. The overall objective of the legislation is to better manage Waqf properties, which are set aside, under Islamic law, for re- A four-year-old girl walking with her mother died after a dog fell on her from the fifth floor of a building in Maharashtra's Thane, police said on Wednesday. The freak incident occurred around 4.30 pm on a narrow, busy lane in the Mumbra area, an official said. The child suffered grievous injuries after the canine fell on her. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead, he said. The Central Waqf Council will now consist of a Union Minister, three MPs, three representatives of Muslim organisations, and three Muslim law experts. It will also include two ex-judges, either from the Supreme Court or a High Court, 4Continued on | P6 CM reaches Bengaluru, inspects Tejas aircraft Our Staff Reporter NEW DELHI PTI One-to-one To have a interactive session with industrialists regarding investment on Thursday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav reached Bengaluru (Karnataka) on Wednesday. After reaching Bengaluru, he visited Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) and inspected light combat aircraft “Tejas” by sitting inside it on Wednesday. During his visit to HAL, CM said that HAL has units in CM Mohan Yadav will hold a one-to-one meeting with industrialists. There will be a round table meeting with industrialists from IT, ITES textile, and some other sectors. many places of the country. He wished that HAL shall establish development wing of either aerospace or defence in Madhya Pradesh. Through the medium of single window, state government will provide all facilities including land and basic facilities. Elections to 12 vacant Rajya Sabha seats in nine states will be held on September 3, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. Ten Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant as the sitting members, including Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Sarbananda Sonowal and Jyotiraditya Scindia, were elected to the Lok Sabha. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 T 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 B-pharma student hangs self after rape complaint Complainant was his English teacher OUR STAFF REPORTER INDORE A 19-year-old B-pharma student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his place after a w o m a n teacher lodged rape complaint under Banganga police station limit on Tuesday night. He took the drastic step hours after the police recorded his statement in connection with a complaint of rape lodged by his woman English teacher. However, the family members claimed that the student was in a relationship with his private English coaching class teacher, who had been blackmailing him The police launched a probe into the case and are reviewing the details of the chat between Gaurav and the teacher. for 11 months. When he blocked her, she filed a complaint at the women's police station. Kin staged protest in front of women’s police station carrying his body where they accused two lady police officials of taking Rs 45k from them for diluting the rape case. According to the police, the deceased was identified as Gaurav Hada, a resident of Bhagirathpura. The deceased’s father Raju said that Gaurav was in a relationship with his teacher, who pressured him to cut off communication with others, even demanding that he quit his studies to be with her. Gaurav blocked the teacher, who then lodged a complaint at the Punjab HC judge's remarks against SC expunged PTI NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Wednesday expunged some "scandalous" and "unwarranted" observations made against the apex court by a single judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a contempt case, saying it was "pained" by these remarks. Observing that no court including the high courts and the Supreme Court is "supreme", the bench, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy, said such observations were wholly unnecessary for the conduct of the proceedings before the high court and Suo motu note moreover, the Constitution is "supreme". It, however, did not issue a notice and initiate proceed- A five-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud took suo motu note of the remarks and said these observations of Justice Rajbir Sehrawat of the high court were a "matter of grave concern". I on their usual regime, which is of course limiting the intake of water, and no food. This is usually followed by excessive sweating by working out in intense heat and by sitting in the sauna to shed sweat faster. But, unfortunately, ‘‘we didn’t have too much time,’’ says the CMO. ‘‘We had just 12 hours. So the whole night, the entire team, went ahead with this process of trying to reduce her weight, putting her in a steam and sauna, making her exercise and whatever was medically possible. 4Continued on | P6 he Chief Medical Officer of the Indian contingent Dinshaw Pardiwala revealed that Vinesh had worked tirelessly to shed weight, which included time at the sauna in the heat of Paris. When everything failed, the coaches tried to cut her hair and shorten her vest to bring her weight down to the eligibility criteria. A part of the problem was that there just wasn’t enough time for them to shed the extra weight. “Her post-participation weight at the end of the semi-finals was found to be 2.7 kg more than the permissible weight. The team and the coach started 100 gm! You got to be kidding ndian boxing stalwart Vijender Singh has alleged that wrestler Vinesh Phogat's disqualification might be a case of sabotage as elite athletes like her are well-versed with the techniques of cutting weight before major competitions. Vijender, who is India's first and only male boxer to have won an Olympic medal, knows a thing or two about maintaining weight before major bouts and said it was shocking that Vinesh had tipped the scales by 100gm in the weigh-in before an Olympic final. "I think it might be sabotage. 100gm! You have got to be kidding. We athletes can shed 5 to 6kg overnight. It is difficult no doubt but we know how to control our hunger, thirst, and exert to the extreme," the middle-weight (75kg) boxer told PTI. "And when I say sabotage I mean people who are not happy to see India rise as a sporting nation. This girl has been through so much, your heart breaks for her. What more could she have done?" he wondered. offgrid THANE Freak accident kills 4-year-old ligious or charitable purposes. Among the proposed changes is scrapping of Section 40 from the existing legislation, which allows the Board to classify properties; this meant it could declare any of its properties as Waqf. Instead, the District Collector, a Civil Service official, will now make that decision. Elections to 12 RS seats on Sept 3: EC BHOPAL the world championships and the Asian Championships. The following is the sequence of events that unfolded since Tuesday night, mindboggling, to say the least. Giant-killer Vinesh had slayed the reigning Olympic champion Yui Susaki in an epic first-round bout; she weighed 52.7kg after her semi-final victory, following which she didn’t drink a drop of water or touch a morsel of food. She was up all of Tuesday night, with her team having her take a sauna and this brought her weight down to 50.1kg. The real challenge was posed by the niggling extra 100 grams, as the time for weigh-in approached. Though the Indian contingent tried their best to plead her case, it was of no avail. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief, P T Usha, said she had met Vinesh at the Olympic Village and assured her all medical and emotional support. We even cut her hair, says team doctor Opposition wants it to go to Standing Committee FPJ News Service E-paper Edit Bangladesh minorities need urgent protection P.8 Waqf board Bill to be tabled today NEW DELHI MUMBAI FIRST PERSON Gold dreams turn to dust Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NASHIK ‘Handlooms have sustainable practices’ It takes just 100 grams to tip the scales and crush a million dreams NEW DELHI BHOPAL ings against the high court judge for his "scandalous" observations at this stage. "We, accordingly, expunge the observations which have been made by Justice Sehrawat in the order dated July 17, 2024 and expect a greater caution should be exercised in future while dealing with orders of the Supreme Court and for that matter, the women's police station on Monday. Gaurav provided chat logs, recordings and photos as evidence, but all this was ignored by TI Kaushlya Chauhan and lady officer Gauri Tiwari, who extorted Rs 45,000 rupees for a settlement. Despite the agreement, the teacher and her mother continued to threaten Gaurav, leading to his suicide. He added that after a settlement they returned to their house but the woman and her mother came at their place at night and talked to Gaurav and threatened him. Later he went upstairs and hanged himself. They came to know about the incident when Gaurav’s sister went to his room to take a pen and found him hanging. The police launched a probe into the case and are reviewing the details of the chat between Gaurav and the teacher. The documents from the ‘settlement’ at the women's police station have also been requested for investigation. Also see pg3 JNU students boycott classes New Delhi orders passed by a division bench of the high court," the bench said. The top court noted it has been apprised that a division bench presided over by the high court's Chief Justice has taken suo motu notice of his observations and stayed his order. Several students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Wednesday boycotted classes following a call for a university strike to protest against various unmet demands. Rasing slogans the protesting students carried out a rally on the campus and visited classes that were being held to call for support. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6