OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,May 26, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 44 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Who’s wearing what? Amitabh Bachchan Gilchrist propels Fashion-watchers gets another lifetime Australia to keep tabs on Cannes achievement award One-day series win Page 12 Page 10 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES BJP supports Established 1838 Senegal envoy’s son kills driver quota for Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. If you want world peace, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Delhi. ‘‘He asked Dilver for the edly asked for the keys after he poor among fight for justice. Diplomat, hence immune? car keys, which the latter refused. found Dilver in an inebriated New Delhi: Mansoor Ali, son of ● Under the 1961 Vienna commercial activity which does An altercation followed and state. Ali told the driver that as — Anonymous Senegal’s ambassador to India, the two came up to the “IN” gate Dilver was not in a upper castes Ahmad Al-Mansoor Diop, alleged- Convention, diplomats and not form part of the diplomat’s their families enjoy complete official duties. of the Taj Palace Hotel. The two state to drive, he would drive TIMES NEWS NETWORK ly killed his driver during a fight were engaged in a scuffle during himself home. immunity for crimes in the host ● If the diplomat’s family at a five-star hotel here late on which Dilver was allegedly Lall said: ‘‘The point came to Jaipur: The Bharatiya Jana- country. member is an adult, he does not Saturday night. killed,’’ he said. light during the investigation. ta Party has supported reser- ● This immunity is based on enjoy immunity. Mansoor is 24. The police said Ali, 24, was Hotel guard Surinder saw the But the alcohol content in the vation for upper caste poor in the principle that the diplomat ● driven to the Taj Palace Hotel by If investigation shows that incident and reported the matter body of the deceased can only be government jobs. should be able to conduct driver Dilver, 32, a resident of he is actually liable, he has to to the security manager, who ascertained after the medical re- The party has decided to his official duties without Pushp Vihar in south Delhi. Ali seek special permission from made a call to the police at 10.44 port.’’ The local police said no- urge the NDA government to hindrance. had gone there to attend the the government of India for pm. The police reached the spot body had heard Ali saying any- set up a commission for the ● Africa Day 2003 celebrations, be- Exceptions include any immunity. and found Dilver lying with in- thing about Dilver being drunk. ecnomically backward class- ing attended by diplomats and juries on the face and head. Secondly, why would anybody be es (EBC) with proper terms embassy staff of over 20 RML Hospital where he was de- immunity. Sources said the MEA ‘‘The driver died of internal in- beaten to death for this?” a police- of reference, so that the ec- African nations. clared “brought dead.’’ The police was on Sunday “informed” about juries as there were little signs of man said. Asked why Ali was nomically weaker sections of DCP (New Delhi) Manoj Lall said a case under Section 304 — or the incident. blood. We are waiting for the au- charged for culpable homicide the society will also be said: ‘‘In a reported scuffle over culpable homicide not amounting Lall said the incident occurred topsy report. Ali sustained a frac- and not murder, Lall said: ‘‘The helped, without diluting the car keys, Ali allegedly hit and to murder — has been registered around 10.30 pm when Ali went to ture in the forearm and was treat- incident does not prove any mo- protection to the socially pushed Dilver, whose head hit against Ali, who has not been ar- his car after the party to go home. ed at AIIMS,’’ the DCP said. tive behind the killing.” backward classes. NEWS DIGEST some hard object. He was taken to rested as he enjoys diplomatic He lives in West End in southwest The police said Ali had report- Dilver wasn’t drunk, says family: P3 BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan said after PM’s Europe tour: Prime Minister TOI the meeting of the national Vajpayee will embark on a three-na- office bearers of the party: tion tour beginning Tuesday. His ‘‘The BJP feels certain sec- significant interaction will be with tions of the society, which Chinese leader Hu Jintao because of Why cops go are not covered under the re- Vajpayee’s impending visit to Beijing served categories of sched- at June end. P11 uled castes, scheduled Arjun vs Digvijay: Refuting senior tribes and other backward party leader Arjun Singh’s remarks over the edge classes, are economically so on infighting within the Congress, poor that they need a special treatment. We can call this as MP chief minister Digvijay Singh By Maneesh Pandey majority of the force lives said he did not agree that there was Economically Weaker Class- TIMES NEWS NETWORK packed into steamy, unhy- no leader to fulfil the dreams of Indi- es. These sections should gienic barracks. “In sum- ra Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. P9 New Delhi: A Delhi police also be brought under some mer,there is shortage of wa- constable survives on a kind of reservation policy.’’ Hurriyat minus Geelani: ter; in winter we do not get monthly salary of Rs 6,000. The resolution was passed Jamiat-e-Islami leader and former hot water, and in the rainy His plight is even worse after the Congress govern- Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah season, the tents leak. Toi- than that of the desperate ment in Rajasthan passed a Geelani has said he left the lets, dirt and bad food are a Hurriyat’s executive council because Mumbai assistant inspector resolution in a Cabinet meet- problem all the year round.” the conglomerate did not act against who shot his wife and son be- ing recently demanding the People’s Conference for fore killing himself on Sun- They have only two extra amendment of the Constitu- defying a boycott on assembly day morning. benefits for working in a cap- ton to enable the upper polls last year. P9 About 40,000 constables ital city: a metro allowance caste poor get reservation of Rs 60 and washing al- UP caste equations: The induc- form the backbone of the benefits. Delhi police, but they are lowance of Rs 30 per month. The Congress government tion of Rajnath Singh and Swami An officer at Police Head- Chinmayanand in the Atal Bihari Vaj- subjected to near inhuman demanded 14 per cent reser- quarters said: ‘‘It is housing payee cabinet seems to have given working conditions. vation for the upper caste the BJP in Uttar Pradesh some A senior police officer which hits them hardest. It poor without diluting the breathing space. P7 said: ‘‘Only 20 per cent of the takes a constable at least 11 to quota enjoyed by the SCs, constables, roughly about 15 years to get a flat allotted.” STs and other backward Capitation fees: Up to 25 per 8,000, have access to official Constables and head con- classes. cent admissions in private medical housing. The rest are forced stables get less than Rs 1,000 Gehlot government’s move and dental colleges across the as house allowance. CISF constable Raj Namdeo, who killed his senior and detained six colleagues during a six-hour hostage dra- to live in slums and resettle- ma at Mumbai airport on Saturday, was remanded to police custody till May 31 on Sunday. Report on page 7 caught the BJP unawares country can be ‘‘on sale’’, while the This amount, say officials, rest would have to be filled by stu- ment colonies, which could and it supported the cause by dents who qualify in the common lead to a nexus with is not sufficient even to rent a going a step ahead and entrance test by states. P10 criminals.’’ jhuggi in a prime area. Yet, asking the BJP-led NDA gov- In contrast, a British con- free housing up to the rank of Another policeman on shooting spree ernment to set up a commis- stable gets between £18,000 inspectors is mandatory, ac- son to determine who all by Laxman YOU SAID IT and £22,000 per year. The cording to the rule book. TIMES NEWS NETWORK depressed as his stomach ailment while her husband died at Rajawa- could be covered under the TOI Archives service conditions include An officer said: ‘‘Coupled had not improved and that he was di hospital in Ghatkopar. new EBCs. subsidised housing, ration, with these are long hours Mumbai: Assistant inspector of fed up with his job. Pragnesh died at 11.15 am. His The Sunday meetng was canteen facilities, travel and and the lack of leave. They police Prashant Sawant, 39, shot Sawant shot his wife Jaishree, parents, who were in the adjacent attended by BJP president other perks. Their children see their children growing dead his wife and son before shoot- 37, and 9-year-old son Pragnesh, room, rushed to their son’s bed- Venkiah Naidu, Deputy get free schooling. only horizontally, seeing ing himself in his flat at Chembur both of whom were sleeping, at room when they heard the shots. Prime Minister L K Advani, But a Delhi police consta- them only while they in Mumbai on Sunday morning. point blank range with his service Police said Sawant had been suf- party’s general secretary ble does not get even his mea- are asleep.” In a suicide note addressed to revolver at around 9 in the morn- fering from ulcer and hyperacidity Pramod Mahajan, Union gre entitlements.