FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 169 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2024 | Pages 12 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Sindhu ends title drought P.10 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL UJJAIN PRESS PUNE INDORE NASHIK MONEY Brand Sutra Peak Perfection P.12 SHOCKER | Three separate gang-rape cases reported in state in last 24 hours Minor, 2 women gang-raped FP News Service UJJAIN fp Briefs WASHINGTON Kash Patel FBI director President-elect Donald Trump has picked Indian American Kash Patel to head the FBI, turning to a fierce ally to upend America's premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived "conspirators". It's the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the Washington establishment. CHANDIGARH AAP MLA gets 2-yr jail Punjab’s Malerkotla district court on Saturday sentenced AAP MLA from Delhi’s Mehrauli, Naresh Yadav, to twoyear jail in a 2016 Quran sacrilege case of Malerkotla. Yadav has been sent to Malerkotla jail. A fine of Rs 11,000 was also imposed on Yadav. PTI Tripura's Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury alleged that a bus on the way to Kolkata from Agartala was attacked in Bangladesh.The incident happened on Bishwa Road in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria district, he said. "A Sahyamoli Paribahan bus on the way from Tripura to Kolkata was attacked in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria Bishwa Road. The incident terrified Indian passengers laws had gone to attend a wedding function. The three accused scaled the wall and entered the house and took turns to rape the woman. Meantime the family members returned from the marriage and witnessed the act, following which the accused fled from the spot. The family members approached the police and filed a complaint. The police have arrested all three accused. BHOPAL/MORENA how, the girl went home and informed her family about the incident. 4Continued on | P6 Three friends of a man gangraped his wife in Shivpuri district, said police on Sunday. ASP Gopal Singh Dhakad informed that the incident took place on November 27, in village Nandpura under the Porsa police. At the time of the incident, the woman and her child were in the house as the in- 6 rape 35-yr-old in Morena Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL/MORENA A 35-year old woman was allegedly gang-raped by six people in Morena district, the police said on Sunday. Two men were arrested in connection with the incident. The incident took place under the Mahua police sta- tion. ASP Gopal Singh Dhakad said the incident took place on October 9. The woman and her husband run a grocery shop. Two brothers—Shivam and Karu Katare—offered the woman household work for better income. They took her to Piprai village and left her in a house NTF a group of elitist: IMA head Tarun Tiwari INDORE Indian Medical Association President Dr RV Asokan condemned the National Task Force (NTF), constituted by the Supreme Court to give recommendations on the safety of doctors, and termed it an ‘eye washer’ which fails in addressing the safety and security issues faced by the doctors at grass root level. “NTF is just a group of ‘elitist’ whose recommendations are majorly focused on the security of large hospitals but nothing about the security and went away making some excuse. When the woman entered the house, she found six men sitting there. They all caught hold the woman and raped her. They told the woman that they had paid money to the two brothers for supplying a woman. One of them also recorded a video of the crime. Later, they left the woman to another place and fled. When the woman returned home and narrated the ordeal to her husband, the husband contacted the brothers and raised the complaint. 4Continued on | P6 PTI NAGPUR PTI Expressing concern over declining population growth, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime, should be at least 3, well above the present one of 2.1. Speaking at the 'Kathale Kul (clan) Sammelan' in Nagpur, Bhagwat also highlighted the vital role of families, and warned that according to population science, if a society's total fertility rate dips MUMBAI of doctors in small hospitals located in the towns and villages,” he said. Dr Asokan was talking to Free Press during his visit to city on Sunday. “The only solution to all the security issues is the Central Law for the protection of doctors. It will help in giving an assurance to the doctors at any level and anywhere across the country, a sense of security. The name of Devendra Fadnavis has been finalised as the new chief minister of Maharashtra who will be elected as the legislature party leader in a meeting to be held either on December 2 or 3, a senior BJP leader said on Sunday night. Earlier in the day, outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said he would support the BJP's decision to pick the new chief minister. "The name of Devendra Fadnavis has been finalised as the new chief minister of Maharashtra. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Sambhal mosque: ASI files response on the bus. The bus was maintaining its lane when a truck intentionally hit it. At this point, an autorickshaw came in front of the bus, and the bus and the auto-rickshaw collided," Chowdhury said in a post on Facebook on Saturday, sharing photos of the bus. "Following this incident, locals started threatening Indian passengers on the bus. They also raised antiIndia slogans and hurled expletives at the Indian passengers, giving them life threats. HYDERABAD Seven Maoists, including a key leader of the outlawed group with a Rs 20 lakh bounty on his head, were killed in an exchange of fire with the police in Mulugu district of Telangana on Sunday morning, police said. Among those killed was Kursam Mangu alias Bhadru, a Telangana state committee member and the YellanduNarsampet area committee secretary of the banned CPI (Maoist), along with a woman cadre, they said, adding that six of the seven slain Maoists were natives of Chhattisgarh. The exchange of fire took place during a combing operation in the Chalpaka forest area of Eturnagaram mandal, involving Greyhounds, an elite anti-Naxal force of Telangana Police, and the Maoists. The operation was ongoing at the time. "Seven Maoists, including a key leader, were killed in the exchange of fire," Mulugu District Superintendent of Police Shabarish P told PTI, adding that two AK-47 rifles were below 2.1, it could face extinction. "A declining population is a serious concern. Demographic studies suggest that when a society's total fertility rate falls below 2.1, it risks facing extinction. This decline does not necessarily require external threats; a society can gradually fade away on its own," Bhagwat said. "Many languages and cultures have already disappeared due to this issue. Thus, it is essential to maintain a fertility rate above 2.1," Bhagwat said, and emphasized that "kutumb" (family) is an inte- gral part of society and every family serves as a vital building bloc. "Our country's population policy, formulated either in 1998 or 2002, clearly says that the total fertility rate should not be below 2.1. Now when we say 2.1, it is not feasible to have children in fraction. So Madhav Nat’l Park becomes tiger reserve The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has submitted its response in a court -- which had allowed a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid here -seeking control and management of the Mughal-era mosque as it is a protected heritage structure. Representing the ASI, lawyer Vishnu Sharma said the agency submitted its counterargument in the court on Friday, stating that it faced resistance from the mosque's management committee and locals in conducting surveys of the site. tion in-charge Taresh Kumar Soni caught three men in an SUV on the Bypass Road following a tip-off. 4Continued on | P6 A young woman married two men through court marriage within a span of two months in Balaghat district. The case came to light when her first husband Rohit Upvanshi, a resident of Ladsara, filed a missing person report for his wife at the Khairlanji police station. During investigation, the police discovered that the woman had married another man, Rahul Burde from Waraseoni, just four days ago. The situation became grim when both the husbands reached the police station, claiming the right to take the woman home. After much deliberation, the woman decided to stay with her second husband and promised to divorce the first husband soon. Rohit revealed that he had been in a relationship with the woman, a resident of Pindkepar village, for eight years. On October 25, the A among the weapons seized from the scene. The armed CPI(Maoist) cadres began firing indiscriminately at the police personnel despite being asked to surrender. The police also returned fire in self-defence, he said. 4Continued on | P6 when we say 2.1, this means it should be more, at least three. The (population) science says so," Bhagwat said. India's TFR has declined from 2.2 to 2 while the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate has increased from 54 per cent to 67 per cent, according to the National Family Health Survey data released in 2021. A total fertility rate of 2.1 is considered as the replacement rate, which is a crucial factor in population growth. It ensures the replacement of a woman and her partner upon death with no overall increase or decrease in numbers. Jay Shah takes over as ICC chairman PTI DUBAI The technical committee of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) approved the proposal to notify Madhav National Park as a Tiger Reserve on Sunday. It will be the eighth tiger reserve of the state. Along with this, NTCA gave its nod to release one tiger and a tigress into Madhav National Park. Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Wildlife, L Krishnamurthy told Free Press that NTCA has given in principle approval to provide tiger reserve status to Madhav National Park. The meeting of NTCA’s technical committee took place almost Indian cricket administrator Jay Shah on Sunday took charge as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with an immediate goal of ending the impasse surrounding the Champions Trophy and a broader vision of making cricket a commercially viable Olympic sport. The 36-year-old Shah, who headlined the BCCI as its secretary for the last five years, is the fifth Indian and the youngest ever to head the global cricket body. He was the unanimous choice of the ICC's Board of Directors and replaced New Zealand attorney Greg Barclay, who didn't wish to continue for a third consecutive term. Before Shah, businessman late Jagmohan Dalmiya, politician Sharad Pawar, lawyer Shashank Manohar and industrialist N Srinivasan have all headed the world cricket body. Shah, the son of India's Home Minister Amit Shah, will have his task cut out as the ICC looks to find an acceptable solution to implement the 'Hybrid Model' for the Champions Trophy originally scheduled in Pakistan. As of now, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to accept the 'Hybrid Model' under which India play their matches in Dubai. fifteen days back to mull over the proposal and it was on Sunday that it issued order to notify Madhav National Park as a tiger reserve. Now, the state government will issue its own notification in this regard in the following days. 4Continued on | P6 Woman marries 2 men within 2 months FP News Service 25-year-old man was killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on suspicion of being a police informer, an official said on Sunday. The body of Kummesh Kunjam, a resident of Daler village, was found this morning on ChihkaTindodi road under Bhairamgarh police station limits, he said. "As per preliminary information, Naxalites strangled Kunjam. Pamphlets left at the spot by the Bhairamgarh area committee of the outlawed Maoists accused Kunjam of being a police informer. Our Staff Reporter offgrid BALAGHAT Naxalites kill ‘police informer’ PTI SAMBHAL INDORE with a case where he met Lawrence. Subsequently, he started extorting money from people in Bishnoi's name.  DCP Vishwakarma said a team led by Lasudia police sta- PTI Four of a family were killed and five others injured after an ambulance turned turtle in Seoni, the police said on Sunday. The accident took place near Dharpatha village on Jabalpur Road at around 9 am. Lakhnadon police station incharge KP Dhurve said the ambulance was going from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh when the driver lost control of the vehicle near Dharpatha village of Dhuma. The ambulance first hit a pedestrian then became unbalanced and collided with a pole. After this, it went off the road. “There were eight people inside the ambulance. Of them, Pratima Devi, Mukesh and Prince died on the spot. Sunil Shah died during treatment. The injured were referred to Jabalpur after primary treatment,” he said. The police said the deceased include Pratima Devi husband Lal Shah, 35, resident of Bihar, Prince Kumar, 4, Mukesh Shah, 36, and Sunil, 40. Lalu Shah, 37, Anish Kumar, 18, Sheikh Babu, 45, of Andhra Pradesh and Ranglal Kulaste, 45, resident of Seoni, were injured. BHOPAL Our Staff Reporter Three men including a member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang were arrested with three pistols and live cartridges by the police in Lasudia area on Sunday. Bishnoi’s henchman was carrying a bounty of Rs 50,000 in a case registered in Bihar a few months ago. DCP (zone-2) Abhinay Vishwakarma told media persons that Bishnoi’s henchman, Bhupendra Singh Rawat of Beawar (Rajasthan), was in Faridkot jail in Punjab in 2017 in connection BHOPAL 7 Maoists killed in gunfight with police in Telangana Have at least three kids, says RSS chief Fadnavis' name approved as CM: BJP leader Lawrence Bishnoi gang member, 2 others held Indian bus attacked in B’desh: Tripura min AGARTALA Woman gang-raped by husband’s friends Our Staff Reporter evening, the accused headed towards Agar Road. They stopped the car near RD Gardi Medical College and made her get down. Some- 4 killed as ambulance turns turtle Our Staff Reporter Woman decides to stay with second husband, promises to divorce first husband soon Representative pic A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in a car here recently. Two of the three accused have been arrested. According to the Chimanganj Mandi police, a youth named Sahil befriended her and he told about the girl to his associates—Shahid who lives in Ahmed Nagar, and Sameer, who lives in Maksi. Sahil made a plan and called Sameer and Shahid, who had a car. As per the plan, Sahil met the girl on November 28. He told her that they were going to Dewas for sightseeing. Around 11 am, all four of them got into the car and left for Dewas. “They kept roaming in the car throughout the night and the trio raped her in turns in the car,” the girl told the police. According to the minor, they came to Ujjain from Dewas on the morning of November 29 and kept roaming here and there. They kept driving the car in turns and raped her. Around 7 in the E-paper Edit Economic slowdown calls for a reality check P.8 Ending Bajaj Fin credit card tie-up a nonevent: RBL Bk Two held for raping girl MUMBAI two went for court marriage and lived together for two months. However, a week ago, she left for her parental home, citing her mother’s illness, only to disappear shortly afterwards. Concerned, Rohit and the woman’s family filed a missing person report with the police. Both parties were summoned to the police station, leading to a confrontation as Rohit and Rahul argued over their claims to the woman. The police demanded proof of the court marriages and ultimately asked the woman to choose. The woman said that she wanted to stay with Rahul and would soon divorce Rohit. Despite Rohit’s objections, citing the illegality of marrying another man without a divorce, the woman refused to return to him. The police also allowed the woman to live with her second husband, Rahul, while Rohit expressed his discontent over her decision.