RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 ()*"( &+,- #,'$* $7 9-:9 $ #" 7 2 :$:$ "!# "99 :! 7 # 7:7 9 " 2 9 " ! " #:" ! 2 " ":6#+":99 ;$ ! 2 A9! !"9;2 ? " : ?" 7 @ - ? !' 5"6, ((7 33< = '9( ') %%'(, . / %0 ++.1+23 +4 !"#$ %" && ' he shifting of Pawan Kumar TGupta — one of the convicts in the December 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case in a moving bus in Delhi — from R Mandoli Jail in North east Delhi to Tihar jail has fueled specu- lation that the four convicts will be hanged on December 16, the seventh anniversity of the ghast- ly incident. Sources said preparations day before the Rajya Sabha are going on to hang the con- Ais scheduled to take up the victs once President Ram Nath contentious Citizenship Kovind turns down the mercy Amendment Bill (CAB), the plea. Earlier Union Home pulled out the organs of the accused were found guilty of Shiv Sena and the Janata Minister Amit Shah, who is hapless girl, was found dead in rape and murder and three Dal(U) appeared to be caught also the Minister for his cell. days later, sentenced to death in a dilemma over supporting Department of Justice, is “Nirbhaya”, meaning fear- by hanging. On March 13, the Bill in the Upper House. reported to have rejected the less, is the changed name of the 2014, the Delhi High Court ! ! " # "$ While Maharashtra Chief mercy petition of one of the 23-year-old physiotherapy upheld the guilty verdict and !& '(' ) *) Minister Uddhav Thackeray accused Vinay Sharma. intern, who was raped and the death sentences. said the Shiv Sena won’t back the basis of religion. It’s incon- However, officials were brutalised in a moving bus in Guwahati against the proposed the universities to shelve and the CAB in the Rajya Sabha till gruous with the party’s consti- tight lipped whether the con- south Delhi by six persons, legislation. reschedule examinations. The there is clarity on the party’s tution that carries the word sec- victs would be hanged on the including the bus driver, con- day after the passage of the Agitators engaged in scuf- strike, however, had little queries posed in the Lok Sabha, ular thrice on the very first page death anniversary of Nirbhaya ductors and helpers, on R ACitizenship Amendment fle with security forces near the impact in Bengali-dominated JD(U) leaders Prashant Kishor and the leadership that is sup- to send a strong message. December 16, 2012. Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha, Secretariat and Assembly Barak Valley. and Pawan Varma have asked posedly guided by Gandhian Gupta, who was lodged in After receiving treatment the North-East on Tuesday buildings in Assam when they In Tripura, agitators par- Nitish to rethink the party’s ideals”, said JD(U) vice presi- the Mandoli Jail, was shifted to in New Delhi for a few days, erupted over the proposed law. were prevented from moving ticipating in a bandh called by support to the Bill in the Rajya dent Prashant Kishor. Tihar recently, Director she was transferred to the Police and protesters clashed at forward, according to the the NESO, set a market, most- Sabha, which has set aside 6 Another senior JDU leader General (Prison) Sandeep Goel Mount Elizabeth Hospital in several places and the police. ly owned by non-tribals, on fire hours for a debate on it. and former diplomat Pavan said. Gupta is lodged in Jail No. Singapore, where she suc- Government enforced a 48- In Dibrugarh district, in Dhalai district, according to “Disappointed to see JD(U) Varma echoed similar views 2 of Tihar, where two other cumbed to her injuries on hour Internet ban in Tripura. bandh supporters clashed with the police. supporting CAB that discrim- saying. convicts in the case — Mukesh December 29, 2012. A day before the Bill is CISF personnel and three pro- However, no one sustained inates right of citizenship on Continued on Page 4 Singh and Akshay — are also All the accused in the case, tabled in the Rajya Sabha, nor- testers sustained injuries as injuries in the incident and the lodged, while Vinay Sharma is including a juvenile, were Delhi court on Tuesday mal life was paralysed in they tried to prevent workers of blaze at Manughat market was according to police officials. ing to reports. in Jail No. 4 of Tihar, another arrested and charged with sex- Areserved verdict for next Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley Oil India Ltd (OIL) from enter- doused. The bandh threw normal Train services in the entire jail official said. Vinay Sharma, ual assault and murder. One of week in the case of alleged during the shutdown, led by the ing their offices in Duliajan. While security forces have life out of gear in Dhalai, West State of Tripura came to a a former assistant at Sirifort them, Singh, died in police cus- kidnapping and rape of a All Assam Students’ Union The protesters also blocked been deployed in the market, Tripura and Khowai districts complete halt and vehicular gymnasium is in Jail No. 4 of tody. The rest went on trial in woman by expelled BJP MLA and the North East Students’ railway tracks leading train the incident has triggered fear with residents remaining movement was also hit. Tihar, a jail official said. a fast-track court. The juvenile Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Organisation (NESO). services across Assam getting among the non-tribals who indoors while attendance in Continued on Page 4 A minor who was said to was convicted of rape and Unnao in 2017. The strike by AASU and affected. The bandh also forced owned most of the shops, offices remained thin, accord- Related reports on P6 have tortured Nirbahya the murder and given the maxi- During in-camera pro- NESO coincided with the most was however, let off after mum sentence of three years’ ceedings, District Judge bandh called by Leftist outfits, he served his sentence in a imprisonment in a reform facil- Dharmesh Sharma reserved including the SFI, DYFI, juvenile remand home. ity. the judgment for December AIDWA, AISF and AISA. P Ram Singh the leader of On September 10, 2013, 16 after hearing final argu- Protesters took out huge the gang, who had raped and the four remaining adult ments by the CBI and the processions in different areas of accused in the case. The judge R heard the case on a day-to-day basis from August 5 after it was transferred to Delhi from cise the prerogative through a court in Lucknow on various policies. Supreme Court’s directions. he US Government panel He said the statement on The woman was alleged- LM Ton religious freedom has the Bill is “neither accurate nor ly kidnapped and raped by !"#$ slammed the Citizenship warranted,” adding the Bill Sengar in 2017 when she was %&'('))'(& Amendment Bill (CAB), invit- provides expedited considera- a minor. The court has also ' '(*% ing strong protest from India. tion for Indian citizenship to framed charges against co- '%+,-& The US Commission on persecuted religious minorities accused Shashi Singh in the ))'('' &' International Religious already in India from certain case. Sengar was expelled ('(' )) '('' Freedom (USCIRF) said the contiguous countries. 7 7 8 " from the BJP in August 2019. ( *%'()( CAB is a dangerous turn in the He said the proposed leg- The court had on August ' . wrong direction and asked the islation seeks to address their onakhan, the birth place of 9 framed charges against the US administration to consider current difficulties and meet SShahid Veer Narayan Singh, MLA and Singh under imposing sanctions against their basic human rights and the martyr of country’s first Sections 120 b (criminal con- Home Minister Amit Shah and USCIRF statement, India on back, the USCIRF had also that such an initiative should freedom movement in 1857, spiracy), 363 (kidnapping), " )' ' other principal Indian leader- Tuesday said it was ‘regrettable” favoured denying of tourist not be criticised by those who will now be developed as a 366 (kidnapping or inducing ', % ship if the Bill with the “reli- that the entity, which has no visa to Narendra Modi, the are genuinely committed to tourist spot. a woman to compel for mar- %*% * gious criterion” is enacted into locus standi on the issue, has then Chief Minister of Gujarat. religious freedom. Chief Minister Bhupesh riage), 376 (rape) and other %)' )**,) a law. chosen to be guided by its In its statement, the “The CAB does not affect Baghel made an announce- a true son of the soil, Baghel sections of the Protection of %&%'(' The USCIRF is an inde- “prejudices and biases” on the USCIRF said, “CAB is a dan- the existing avenues available to ment in this regard while said his sacrifice would be Children from Sexual . pendent, bipartisan federal matter. gerous turn in the wrong direc- all communities interested in addressing a public meeting at remembered for ages to come. Offences (POCSO) Act. Government entity established Rejecting comments by the tion; it runs counter to India’s seeking citizenship from doing the memorial of the martyr on Before he laid down his life for On July 28 this year, the O P by the US Congress to analyse USCIRF, Ministry spokesper- rich history of secular plural- so. The recent record of grant- the occasion of his martyrdom motherland the martyr’s con- car in which the victim was % % and report on threats to reli- son Raveesh Kumar said here ism and the Indian ing such citizenship would day on Tuesday. Baghel also tribution in combating the travelling was hit by a truck %&'& ''L' gious freedom abroad. The the position articulated by the Constitution, which guarantees bear out the Government of declared on this occasion to famine of 1856 was also com- and she was severely injured.