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Tirupati . lucknow NEARBY Sirisena, Ranil Centre studying plea to ban PFI 11,500 crore agree to rejig Kerala had raised issue at annual meet of DGPs, attended by Modi and Rajnath scam rocks Cabinet Vijaita Singh Meera Srinivasan New Delhi ED to probe COLOMBO Kerala has asked for a ban on money trail Sri Lankan President Maith­ the Popular Front of India PNB, stocks hit ripala Sirisena and Prime (PFI), a Muslim organisation Minister Ranil Wickremes­ We don’t communalise special correspondent troops: Army that is mainly operating out NEW DELHI inghe have agreed to reshuf­ SRINAGAR of the State, Minister of State CBI and ED register separate cases e the Cabinet, ending days The Enforcement Warning against for Home Aairs Kiren Rijiju of uncertainty over their Directorate plans to launch communalising the ranks of has said. coalition government’s fu­ Indian Army, Lt. General The issue was discussed at money­laundering ture after a recent local poll Devraj Anbu, GOC­in­C, the annual DGP meet held in investigations against debacle. Northern Command, on Madhya Pradesh’s Tekanpur activists of the Popular The two leaders met late Wednesday said: “Indian in January, where Kerala pol­ Under watch: A le photo of a convention organised by the Front of India who face on Wednesday night. The serious criminal charges, Army is a ‘sarv dharam sthal ice chief Lokanath Behera Popular Front of India in Kozhikode. * K. RAGESH discussions were “positive”, [An abode for all religions]’ gave a detailed presentation including cases under the said a top source present at and do not communalise on the PFI’s growth and ac­ es where members of the PFI particular organisation were Unlawful Activities the meeting. The source re­ troops.” tivities in the State. were involved in criminal ac­ discussed threadbare at a Prevention Act (UAPA). fused to share further de­ NEWS Ī PAGE 10 tivities, said a senior Home DGP meet. The PFI is under The Prevention of Money tails. Neither of the leaders DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DGP cites four cases Ministry ocial. The Centre the scanner, but is not yet Laundering Act’s schedule has made known his posi­ The session was attended by will collect more facts and banned. On earlier occa­ lists various UAPA tion after the meeting. Prime Minister Narendra Mo­ evidence about the activities sions, organisations like SIMI provisions as predicate di, Home Minister Rajnath of the outt before declaring (Students’ Islamic Movement oences, empowering the Last­minute bid Singh and other senior o­ it an “unlawful association”, of India) and Indian Mujahi­ agency to probe the money Party sources said they cials in the security establish­ the ocial added. deen were discussed at DGP trail. The move, a senior were not aware of the spec­ ment. “Kerala has pressed Attempts to reach Mr. Beh­ meets, but only after they ocial said, is on the lines ics of the said Cabinet resh­ for a ban on the PFI and we era for his comments were were banned,” said the of the recent measures ue, but saw the late­night against terror funding in are examining the case,” said not successful. ocial. Devesh Pandey second largest lender said it talks as an attempt to save Mr. Rijiju. “It has never happened in Jammu and Kashmir. Manojit Saha had detected some unauth­ the unity government that, CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Mumbai/New Delhi DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES Mr. Behera listed four cas­ the past that activities of a Ī CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 orised transactions in one of earlier in the evening, In what could be one of the its branches for the benet of seemed to be on the verge biggest frauds in the Indian a few select account holders of a split. banking system, state­run with their apparent ‘conni­ The development came Indian Mujahideen’s bomb­maker arrested in Nepal lender Punjab National Bank vance.’ “The quantum of on a day of hectic backroom (PNB) reported unauthorised such transactions is $1771.69 negotiations among legisla­ transactions worth 11,500 million. The matter is already tors, with members of the Ariz Khan masterminded serial blasts killing over 165 people a decade ago crore in one of its branches referred to law enforcement Sri Lanka Freedom Party Staff reporter conspirator of serial bomb Ariz Khan alias Junaid would in south Mumbai. agencies to examine and (SLFP) and the United Na­ NEW DELHI blasts carried out by the IM be coming to UP from Banba­ The Enforcement Directo­ book the culprits as per law tional Party (UNP) staking rate has registered a money of the land,” the communica­ separate claims to a possible The Delhi police’s special in 2007 and 2008. He was re­ #4 6 2 1 9s 5 a on the Indo­Nepal border cell has arrested the master­ cruiting cadre for the outt,” to meet an associate. Acting laundering case in the mat­ tion said. parliamentary majority. mind of serial bomb blasts said P.S. Kushwaha, DCP on the information, a trap ter, which involves Mumbai­ Earlier in the evening, se­ across the country in which (Special Cell). was laid and he was appre­ based billionaire diamond 3,900 crore lost nior leaders in President Sir­ about 165 persons were Mr. Kushwaha said inputs hended on Tuesday evening merchant Nirav Modi. The bank’s stock plunged al­ isena’s SLFP wrote to him killed and over 535 injured, had been received that ab­ from a location in Banbasa, A case has been registered most 10% through the day expressing their desire to the police said on sconding terrorists of the IM Nepal Road,” added Mr. by the Central Bureau of In­ and its market capitalisation form the government. If Wednesday. and the Students Islamic Kushwaha. vestigation against him and eroded by nearly 3,900 either party succeeds in its Ariz Khan, the 32­year­old Movement of India had set He had done engineering his business associates as crore by the end of trading attempt, it will bring down bomb­maker of terror group Indian Mujahideen suspect Ariz Khan in police net. up base in Nepal and were in IT trade from a college in well as a serving PNB ocial on the Bombay Stock the rst national unity go­ Indian Mujahideen (IM) that * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA visiting India to indoctrinate Muzaarnagar, U.P. and a retired deputy manag­ Exchange. vernment the two tradition­ carried out serial bombings unemployed youth and ll His family stays in Azam­ er of the bank. (With TCA Sharad Ragha- al rivals formed in 2015, in Delhi, Jaipur, Uttar Pra­ pal on Tuesday. the Azamgarh, Uttar Pra­ the gaps left by arrests of top garh district of U.P. In a communication to the van and Gautam Mengle) ousting former President desh and Ahmedabad a de­ “He is an expert bomb­ desh, module of the IM. He leaders. stock exchanges on Wednes­ CONTINUED ONĪ PAGE 10 Mahinda Rajapaksa. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 cade ago, was arrested in Ne­ maker and a core member of was the executor and key “We got information that CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 day morning, the country’s PNB WARNS PEERS Ī PAGE 13 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Lathis in the time of love Free travel for senior citizens in DTC buses? Staff reporter new delhi The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has an­ nounced free travel for se­ nior citizens aboard all State­run buses in the Capital. Transport Minister Kai­ lash Gahlot said “orders have been issued” and the scheme would be imple­ mented soon. Later in the day, Mr. Gahlot said the DTC was “examining” the modali­ ties related to the imple­ mentation of the scheme. At present, the DTC is­ sues passes to senior citi­ zens on concession for both air­conditioned and A policeman steps on a rose that was oered by students of the Government Law College, Ernakulam, after they restrained non­AC low­oor buses. them from taking out a Valentine’s Day rally to the nearby St. Teresa’s College for Women on Wednesday. * THULASI KAKKAT DETAILS ON Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A viral wink, a new heart-throb, and a controversy Millions loved the ‘Manikya Malaraya Poovi’ song featuring Priya Varrier, but some have protested G. Krishnakumar complaint led in objected to the lyrics, and the lingering wink KOCHI Hyderabad on the grounds alleging that it talked about turned her into a social In a twist betting a campus that it hurt the religious Prophet Mohammed and his media sensation overnight. love story, it appears that sentiments of a community. wife Hazrath Khadeeja in a In just two days, the the wink that launched a Mr. Lulu told a TV news manner that would hurt the young actor’s Instagram thousand memes and channel on Wednesday that sentiments of Muslims. “The account added over two turned 18­year­old Priya he would not like to hurt complainants raised million followers. Her Prakash Varrier into a anyone’s sentiments. “We objection both to the lyrics Facebook page, where she national heart­throb may never intended to hurt of the song and the visuals. started posting on February end up breaking a million anyone through its lyrics, We have registered a case,” 10, has already added over hearts.