follow us: monday, january 13, 2020 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 22 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY CAA meant to give citizenship, J&K officer may have been not take it away, says PM Modi ferrying Hizb ultras to Delhi Officials suspect they were planning a hit on Republic Day BJP to fight Delhi polls Those opposing amended law fuelling misconception among the youth, he says on national, local issues Peerzada Ashiq with the anti­hijacking wing NEW DELHI Special correspondent Srinagar of the police at the Srinagar In a major shift in its Kolkata None can stop The Jammu & Kashmir police International Airport. Sourc­ campaign strategy for the Prime Minister Narendra on Sunday said they are in­ es said Mr. Singh was the of­ Delhi Assembly elections, the Modi said on Sunday that the rollout of Act: vestigating the role of a gal­ ficer in­charge who provided Bharatiya Janata Party will Citizenship Amendment Act lantry award­winning senior security and received a 15­ rake up issues such as the Amit Shah new citizenship law and NRC (CAA) was aimed at giving ci­ police officer, Davinder member foreign envoys’ de­ and also focus on local issues tizenship and not taking it Singh, who was ferrying two legation on January 9 at the plaguing the city. away. Staff reporter Hizbul Mujahideen militants, airport. Bhopal CITY Ī PAGE 2 Addressing a gathering of including wanted ‘comman­ “Mr. Singh has applied for DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD youth at Belur Math, the Union Home Minister Amit der’ Syed Naveed Mushtaq four days’ leave,” the police AAP’s Bhagwant Mann headquarters of Ramakrish­ Shah on Sunday said no alias Babu, in a civilian car Davinder Singh officer said. Preliminary re­ booked for rioting na Mission, in West Bengal’s matter how much the Con­ on Saturday. ports suggest the officer and CHANDIGARH Howrah district, on the occa­ gress opposed the Citizen­ They are suspected to General of Police, Kashmir, the militants were going to AAP’s Punjab unit president sion of the birth anniversary ship (Amendment) Act, the have been headed to Delhi Vijay Kumar, said. New Delhi, just two weeks Bhagwant Mann and some of Swami Vivekananda, Mr. government would rest on­ and may have been targeting ahead of the Republic Day. party legislators have been Modi accused those oppos­ ly after granting citizenship the Republic Day function in House raided The police officer, who booked on charges of rioting ing the amended law of Sharing views: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with monks of to members of six minority the national capital. Top police sources said worked with the special anti­ during a protest here against “playing political games” the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur Math on Sunday. * PTI religions from three neigh­ “Based on an intelligence the house of the Deputy Su­ militancy Special Operations power tariff hike. and “fuelling misconception bouring countries, and no input provided by the Sho­ perintendent of Police in Sri­ Group in 2002, faced a con­ NORTH Ī PAGE 5 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD among the youth”. some who are victims of mis­ his two­day visit, particular­ one could stop it. pian police, two terrorists nagar’s Indira Nagar was also troversy when Parliament at­ conception, rumours. It is ly by youth and students. “They are sons and and one police officer were raided and “one AK­47 and tack convict Afzal Guru, in a ‘A lot of questions’ our responsibility to make He asked the audience daughters of the country held during a search of a civi­ two pistols were recovered.” letter, named him. Guru “What is there in this Act? them understand,” he said. whether people who faced too. Even they enjoy the lian car on the Srinagar­Jam­ DSP Singh’s house shares claimed Mr. Singh had asked Why was it needed? There Mr. Modi’s remarks on the “religious persecution in same right over the coun­ mu Highway. The police of­ a boundary wall with the Ar­ him to take another Parlia­ are a lot of questions in the day, also observed as Inter­ neighbouring countries try as you and I,” he said at ficer will be treated as a my’s 15 Corps headquarters ment attacker Mohammad minds of the youth which national Youth Day, assumes should be left to die”. a rally to create awareness terrorist. The ongoing opera­ at Badami Bagh. “to Delhi and arrange for have been fuelled by various significance as there were about the law in Jabalpur. tion started on Saturday. Awarded the ‘Police Me­ him a flat for his stay and also people. Lot of youth have widespread protests in Kol­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Multiple agencies are ques­ dal for Gallantry’ in August purchase a car for him”. EDUCATIONPLUS Ī PAGES 16 & 17 awareness. Yet, there are kata against the CAA during MORE REPORTS ON Ī PAGES 12 & 13 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 tioning them,” Inspector 2018, he is at present posted CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 JNU attack state­sponsored: Congress panel Tripura HC says social media ‘Vice­Chancellor was the mastermind; he should be sacked immediately and put under probe’ posting a fundamental right Special Correspondent also under suspicion. “The campus. While the FIR regis­ NEW DELHI remarks by the Home Minis­ tered by the police says stu­ Police told to refrain from prosecuting Youth Cong. activist The January 5 attack against ter on the CAA­NRC agita­ dents disconnected the ser­ students and faculty mem­ tions and punishing of tukde vers on January 3 and 4, the Staff Reporter online campaign in support now erased Sections 120(B) Agartala bers of Jawaharlal Nehru Un­ tukde gang also emboldened Vice­Chancellor’s press of the Citizenship Amend­ and 153(A) of the Indian Penal iversity ( JNU) was “state­ the perpetrators of violence statement said the servers In a landmark order, the Trip­ ment Act (CAA) and warned Code from the First Informa­ sponsored”, a Congress fact­ on the JNU campus,” the re­ were functioning on January ura High Court has ordered people to not dial a given tion Report. finding committee said on port said. 4 and many students regis­ the police to refrain from pro­ phone number even by Subal Bhowmik, senior Sunday. tered themselves for the win­ secuting a man who was ear­ mistake. Congress leader, who had un­ The four­member com­ ‘Roll back fee hike’ ter semester that day. The lier arrested over a social me­ “If you call 8866288662, successfully contested the mittee accused Vice­Chan­ The committee called for an failure of the servers on Ja­ dia post. Chief Justice Akil all your data would go to 2019 Lok Sabha election from cellor M. Jagadesh Kumar of Congress chief Sushmita the role of the police during independent judicial inquiry nuary 5 raised questions Kureshi also barred the police hackers,” he had commented the West Tripura constituen­ being the “mastermind” of Dev, a member of the com­ the attack and the aftermath, and an immediate roll­back about deliberate prevention from making any further ar­ in his post, inviting the ire of cy, hailed the order. Mr. the attack, and demanded mittee, said during the re­ including the failure to file of the hostel fee increase, of CCTV coverage to shield rests in connection with the the BJP’s IT Cell, which res­ Bhowmik had organised prot­ his immediate dismissal and lease of the report. She said attempt­to­murder charges the issue that had led to prot­ the attackers, it said. case. ponded with a police ests outside the West Agartala a criminal investigation there was sufficient evidence against the perpetrators, ests by students. “If you can reinstate the The Chief Justice passed complaint. police station after Mr. Bhat­ against him, faculty mem­ to prove that the perpetra­ despite the head injuries to The Vice­Chancellor’s role Internet connection and the the order on Friday after la­ tacharjee was detained. bers who conspired with the tors were from right­wing victims. “points to connivance and CIS system on the 4th morn­ wyers moved the court Govt. staff included “The order has been in attackers and the company factions. Noting that there was complicity with the attack­ ing, why did not you rein­ against the arrest and harass­ The Chief Justice in his order line with the very essence of charged with security on the “I have no doubt that “overwhelming prima facie ers,” said the panel, noting state that connection on 5th ment of Youth Congress acti­ remarked that posting on so­ the Constitution. We hope campus. “This attack was what happened on January 5 evidence that [police offic­ that Dr. Kumar did not allow morning? Did you know vist Arindam Bhattacharjee cial media was tantamount to police officers will henceforth state­sponsored. There is ab­ is pre­planned, pre­mediat­ ers] facilitated the criminal the police to enter the cam­ there was going to be a vio­ over his post on a social me­ a “fundamental right” applic­ adhere to the rule book and solutely no doubt about it... ed and a criminal conspira­ elements on the campus,” pus until 7.45 p.m. despite lent attack because of which dia platform. able to all citizens, including not try to act as henchmen of The question is what did the cy,” Ms. Dev said. the report said their negli­ calls for help from students. you wanted to ensure no Mr.