follow us: saturday, february 25, 2017 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 24 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 . Allahabad . Malappuram . Mumbai NEARBY Indian shot dead in U.S. hate crime Kanpur train accident cross-border plot: PM Gunman, a 51-year-old Navy veteran, shouted ‘get out of my country’ before opening ire in a bar Modi says perpetrators were in Nepal Varghese K. George Washington A brilliant career felled Press Trust of India An apparent act of racial Gonda hatred left an Indian engin- The Kanpur train accident eer dead and another in- by bullets, says relative in which 150 people were jured in Olathe city in Kansas killed was a “conspiracy” Shivratri brings Muslims, in midwestern U.S. on Wed- R.Avadhani talk to the parents daily. His and the perpetrators carried Pandits together nesday night. Ravi Reddy lively nature is what every it out “sitting across the bor- SRINAGAR Srinivas Kuchibhotla (32) Sangareddy/Hyderabad one loved,” Mr. Sharma said. der” in Nepal, Prime Minis- Muslims have cleaned up and had gone to a bar with his A pall of gloom descended At one stage, relatives of ter Narendra Modi said on organised a puja at a temple friend Alok Madasani after on the Praneet Nature Srinivas had to step in to Friday. and a 1,000 specially- the day’s work. He was shot Bounty gated community, keep away television journ- Addressing an election designed ‘Herath’ greeting allegedly by a 51-year-old under the Mallampet gram alists from family members. meeting in Gonda district of Prime Minister Narendra cards have been produced: Navy veteran who shouted, panchayat of Medchal dis- “Thank God, my son sur- Uttar Pradesh, which is Modi at a rally in Gonda this shivratri, Kashmiri “get out of my country,” be- trict, on Friday as news vived the firing. But I feel close to the India-Nepal bor- district on Friday. PTI Pandits and Muslims are fore the act. Kuchibhotla The parents of Srinivas Kuchibhotla (inset) mourn in broke of the tragic killing of sorry for Srinivas Kuchib- der, he touched upon the bonding strongly, and social died later, while Mr. Ma- Hyderabad on Friday. PTI Srinivas. hotla, who was close to my derailment of 14 coaches of want to carry out their media is providing the dasani, who was also hit, has Relatives and locals hur- son,” Jaganmohan Reddy, the Indore-Patna Express, work, is it not necessary platform to relive the past memories. recovered and has been dis- Adam Purinton on murder mans.” He is out of danger. ried to the two-storied father of Alok Madasani and near Pukhraya in Kanpur that more vigil is maintained NORTH Ī PAGE 3 charged from hospital. charges, and the case is be- The shooter told a bar- house of Kuchibhotla Chief Engineer in the Rural Dehat district on November in Gonda?” he asked the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Ian Grillot, a 24-year-old ing investigated as a possible tender, 80 miles away from Madhusudhana Rao, father Water Supply department of 20, and said the probe find- people, urging them to vote white man who took a bullet hate crime. Olathe, that he had shot two of Srinivas. the Government of Telan- ings showed it was a “con- for the BJP. BSF kills ‘female on his chest trying to stop “Middle Easterners.” He “A brilliant career has gana, told The Hindu on spiracy.” “The Kanpur rail “Gonda needs to elect intruder’ in Jammu the shooter, has emerged the Out of danger wanted a place to hide, but been felled by bullets. Such Friday. accident, in which hundreds only those who are full of SRINAGAR hero in the tragic episode “I was just doing what any- the bartender reported him tragedy should not strike “After the shooting, I of people were killed was a patriotism. Only then can The Border Security Force that snuffed out the dreams one should have done,” Mr. to the police. any parents,” said Krish- wonder if we really need to conspiracy and the conspir- we do anything good for (BSF) on Friday said it killed a of the Hyderabad-born Grillot told Kansas City Star namohan Sharma, a close go and work in the U.S.,” ators carried it out sitting Gonda,” he said. female intruder and arrested Kuchibhotla, whose wife is from his hospital bed. “It’s CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 relative. asked Mr. Reddy. across the border... Gonda is a man on the International five months pregnant. The not about where he’s from, THE HERO WHO TRIED TO STOP The parents were incon- adjoining Nepal,” he said. ‘COMMITTED TO FIGHTING Border (IB) at two separate police arrested attacker or ethnicity. We’re all hu- THE SHOOTER Ī PAGE 8 solable. “Srinivas used to CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 “If the cross-border foes CORRUPTION’ Ī PAGE 8 places in the Jammu region. The woman was identifed as Rashida Begum, a Pakistani CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC national. The body of the woman, was Last post Plan to allow larger irms lying near the fence, the spokesman said. She was aged around 50. NEWS Ī PAGE 8 to shut shop sans govt. nod DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Swine lu alert in Jaipur Labour Ministry to discuss revised guidelines at GoM after doctor’s death JAIPUR SOMESH JHA at the next meeting of the Industrial Disputes Act, After the death of a retired NEW DELHI Group of Ministers (GoM), 1947. government doctor due to The Labour Ministry has scheduled for March 8, a “There has been demand swine lu here, the Rajasthan proposed that factories with senior Ministry official said. from the industry to in- government's Medical and up to 500 workers be al- The GoM is headed by crease the threshold limit Health Department has lowed to lay off workers or Union Finance Minister for factories to seek permis- geared up to check the shut shop without seeking Arun Jaitley. sion for retrenchment from spread of the disease and government permission, in a At present, factories with 100 workers to 500 workers. issued alert in the State capital. All government bid to give firms flexibility in up to 100 workers are al- We need to discuss the pro- dispensaries, satellite hiring and firing employees. lowed to go in for retrench- posal with the GoM before hospitals and other The Ministry is set to dis- ment, lay-off or closure taking a final call,” the offi- government health centres cuss the proposed Labour without seeking government cial said. were asked to pay special Code on Industrial Relations permission, according to the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 attention to patients with swine lu-like symptoms. NORTH Ī PAGE 3 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Soldiers wait at a camp in Panjpora, near Srinagar, on Friday to receive the body of their colleague Ghulam Mohi-ud Din Rather, DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES who was killed in Shopian on Thursday. Three soldiers and a woman were killed in an ambush by militants. (See also page 3) AP IAS oicer held for paper leak Delhi allows Dhaka Bihar Police claim his nephew admitted their involvement use of border roads Special Correspondent Mr Ram had allegedly staged a violent protest out- Patna Move will aid construction of outposts named several ministers, side the gate of the BSSC and Senior IAS officer and the MLAs and bureaucrats of the even had thrashed its secret- Vijaita Singh The Border Security Force, chairman of the Bihar Staff state. The SIT led by Patna ary, Mr Ram. New Delhi deployed along the Selection Commission Senior Superintendent of Later, Chief Minister Nit- In a rare gesture, India has Bangladesh border, will (BSSC), Sudhir Kumar, was Police Manu Maharaj has so ish Kumar ordered the can- decided to throw open its monitor the construction arrested on Friday by the far arrested over two dozen cellation of the examination border roads to help activities. Special Investigating Team persons. “Many more arrests and a thorough investigation Bangladesh construct bor- India has on multiple oc- of the police in the question can be made as the investig- into the question paper leak. der outposts in Chittagong casions handed over details paper leak scam. ation is still going on,” Mr An SIT of the Patna police hill tracts, known for its in- of insurgent camps operat- Mr Kumar, 1987 batch IAS Maharaj said. was formed to probe it. hospitable terrain. ing from the Bangladesh officer, was arrested along Mr Kumar, known as an Some areas in Chit- soil, particularly in the with four of his family mem- Viral on social media upright and honest officer, tagong, bordering Tripura dense Chittagong Hill Tract bers from Hazaribagh in The question paper for the had earlier told journalists and Mizoram, have no mo- area. neighbouring Jharkhand. examination to appoint gov- that “favouritism and recom- torable roads and India has Following the leads, the Earlier, BSSC secretary ernment clerks and assist- mendations” have been decided to allow the Border neighbouring country has Parmeshwar Ram was arres- ants on January 29 and Feb- norm in the BSSC and that Guard Bangladesh to con- acted against these camps ted and sent to jail in the ruary 5 were leaked and had he used to get recommenda- struct 13 border outposts us- and demolished them. same case. gone viral on social media. tions and request phone ing the road connectivity During his interrogation, The next day examinees calls from politicians. available in the two States.