TUESDAY 04 Uttar Pradesh APRIL 13, 2021

Ajit Singh murder case: HC rejects Dhananjay’s { YOGESH PRAVEEN } 28 OCT 1938-12 APR 2021 petition, orders him to surrender within 2 weeks LUCKNOW : The Lucknow bench after apply for bail. A bench of uary 6 last shootout at Kathauta the Lucknow police announced a Yogesh Praveen reinforced the of the Allahabad high court on Justice AR Masoodi rejected crossing under Vibhuti Khand reward of Rs 25,000 on his arrest Monday rejected former MP Dhananjay Singh’s petition. police station, Gomti Nagar, in on March 3 in connection with Dhananjay Singh’s petition seek- Cops have announced a which he has been made a con- the Vibhuti Khand case. Singh, ing to quash the FIR lodged reward of Rs 25,000 on Dhanan- spirator. however, procured bail on enigma called Lucknow! against him in the former gram jay Singh who is absconding in Ajit Singh, an alleged hench- March 25 from the MP/MLA pardhan Ajit Singh’s murder the case. The former MP is likely man of Mafioso-turned-politi- court in the old case and came Lucknow hai to mahez gumbad-o-minar HE TAUGHT AT VIDYANT case and ordered him to surren- to be declared an absconder. The cian Mukhtar Ansari, was killed out of the Fatehpur central jail a nahi, der within two weeks and there- former MP is wanted in the Jan- in the shootout when three few hours before the Lucknow Sirf ek shaher nahi kucha-o-bazaar nahi, HINDU DEGREE COLLEGE motorcycle-borne assailants police team reached there to iske aanchal mein mohabbat ke phool FOR A LARGER PART OF opened indiscriminate fire on a serve the warrant in connection khilte hain, HIS LIFE TILL HE sports utility vehicle (SUV). with his alleged involvement in iski galiyon mein farishton ke pate milte On March 5 last, the former the Vibhuti Khand case. hain. SUPERANNUATED MP surrendered before the MP/ The former MP is made the ucknow lovers the world over are ALMOST TWO DECADES MLA court of Prayagraj in a sep- key accused in the alleged con- deeply saddened to hear about the AGO. HE RECEIVED arate case registered against him spiracy of the Vibhuti Khand Ldeath of Dr Yogesh Praveen, one of NATIONAL AWARD in Jaunpur’s Khuthan police sta- shootout and a non-bailable Lucknow’s most worthy sons. He tion in 2017 after cancelling his warrant (NBW) was issued had truly fallen in love with the city’s his- bail bond in the matter. against him by a Lucknow court tory, culture, literature and heritage. Little He received the national award for his He surrendered two days after on February 20. HTC wonder, he remained a bachelor all his book ‘Lucknow Nama’. He had received life. He was surely one of the foremost pro- several other honours, including the Yash ponents of Lucknow’s much acclaimed Dr Yogesh Praveen FILE PHOTO Bharti Award, Prasar Bharti Hindi Urdu Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb. Adab Award and the UP Sangeet Natak They say Lucknow brings passion into Gulistan e Awadh, Aapka Lucknow, Peele Academy Award; Padma Shri being the the hearts of people, for the city has a class Gulaab, Laxmanpur ki Aatmkatha, last one conferred upon him in 2020. of its own, far beyond the obvious. Indradhanush Shabnam and Monuments While I have liked reading many of his I think Yogeshji’s contribution in creat- of Lucknow. Other than Lucknow book- books which he had so graciously gifted ing and even reinforcing the magical stores, he even ensured their availability me over the years, the song written by enigma called Lucknow was second to on portals such as Amazon. Many referred Yogesh ji in the period film Junoon ‘Sawan none. to him as the walking encyclopaedia of ki aayii bahaar re’ sung by the mother- Perhaps undeservedly, I received enor- Lucknow. daughter duo Asha & Versha Bhonsle mous affection from Yogesh ji and was No wonder, he was also consulted for (music by ) remains my all- always taken aback by his humility despite the classic films on Lucknow like Satyajit time-favourite. May Yogesh Praveen con- his creative achievements. He was unstop- Ray’s ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’, Muzaffar Ali’s tinue to shine like the star over Lucknow’s pable while narrating humorous fables ‘Umrao Jaan’ and ’s sky forever! from Lucknow’s history. ‘Junoon’. JAYANT KRISHNA His sense of humour was truly infec- He taught at the Vidyant Hindu Degree tious. Some of the key books he wrote College for a larger part of his life till he (The writer is Group CEO, UKIBC & State included Dastan e Awadh, Bahar e Awadh, superannuated almost two decades ago. Convener, INTACH) Al Four people externed from Lucknow LUCKNOW: Four people booked for various cases, including under the UP Goonda Act, were externed from Lucknow for six months on Monday, police officials said. They were identified as Sonu Sharma (21), Jackie Singh (25) of Banthara, Sadiq (21) and Anuj (28) of Wazirganj area. “The accused were externed from district to ensure law and order during coming months,” Police said. Sheroes Café in Agra shut for 10 days AGRA : Sheroes Hangout Café downed the shutters on Monday in the Taj city as fallout of Covid pandemic. The café was running with hardly any revenue generation for the past year and was also leaving the acid attack survivors vulnerable to infection, stated Ashish Shukla, co- founder of Sheroes Hangout Café. “After ten days we would review the situation and will make the decision accordingly,” he said. NCLT functioning suspended till Apr 23 PRAYAGRAJ : The court functioning of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Allahabad Bench, has been suspended from April 12 to April 23, 2021 due to increasing number of Covid positive cases in Prayagraj district. Earlier, HOD of NCLT, Allahabad Bench, was telephonically contacted by the President of NCLT Bar Association, Allahabad Bench, Uday Chandani, requesting that the functioning of the court be deferred from April 12 to April 23. A notification was issued on Monday and request of the Bar Association of NCLT was accepted. 4 injured in CNG cylinder blast LUCKNOW: Four people, including two firemen were injured after a CNG cylinder in an ambulance exploded in Aminabad area of Lucknow on Monday, police officials said. The incident occurred when a mechanic was repairing the CNG tank. According to police the mechanic and a bystander were injured in the blast. The blast led to fire and a team of fire brigade was rushed to the spot. Two firemen were also injured. All the four injured were admitted to the hospital and were out of danger. HTC