The Lockdown to Contain the Coronavirus Outbreak Has Disrupted Supply Chains
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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM WORLD 3MORE COPS SUSPENDED; CM PROMISES EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT As markets surge, Underfire,UPGovtsuspendsSP,orders govt flags concern: narcotestofaccused,victimfamilies dodgy transactions TRUMP,MELANIA may be slipping past TEST POSITIVE Narco, polygraph STRs fewand of poor quality,FIU tells FOR COVID-19 teststobedone over 20 brokerages; callsatleast four MACRONTOLAUNCH on policemen CRACKDOWN ON bigfirmsfor another meeting ‘ISLAMIST involved too SEPARATISM’ PAGE 13 SANDEEPSINGH AMILBHATNAGAR NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 &ASADREHMAN HATHRAS,LUCKNOW, AMID Asurge in investor inflows In NCB shadow, OCTOBER2 that have pushedstock market in- Keytofight dices to newhighs over the past Karan Johar says UNDER FIRE forits handling of six months, the Finance Ministry laundering the murder and cremation of a has flaggedspecificconcerns over inspired by PM 19-year-old Dalit teenager in “lowfiling”and “poor quality” of THE FIU is an arm of the Hathras, the Uttar Pradesh gov- SuspiciousTransactionReports Finance Ministry's for I-Dayproject ernment Fridaysuspendedthree (STRs) by brokers. Department of Revenue; police officers, including Hathras The FinancialIntelligence the Indian counterpartof SuperintendentofPolice Vikrant Unit-India (FIU-IND), the agency the Financial Crime EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Vir. Agovernment spokesperson under the Department of Enforcement Networkof MUMBAI,OCTOBER2 said polygraph and narco tests Revenue that analyses informa- the US Department of would be conductedonthe ac- tion on suspect financial trans- the Treasury, whichleads DAYS AFTER he deniedlinks to cused, the victim’s relativesand actions, metwithmorethan20 the global battle against twopersons questionedbythe even police officers involved in leading stockbroking firms over moneylaundering. Narcotics Control Bureauinits on- the probe. video link in August. Reporting of suspicious going probeofBollywood stars — This came aday afterthe The FIUislearnttohavecom- transactions by financial one of the twowas laterarrested Allahabad High Court took suo municated that principal officers institutions to the FIU —filmmakerKaran Johar an- motu cognizance of the case and of at leastfour brokerages — leads agencies to investi- nouncedinatweet addressedto directed senior officials of the Zerodha Broking, Motilal Oswal gate and identify poten- Prime MinisterNarendra Modi stategovernment and policeto Police personneldeployedoutside the victim’s village in Hathras on Friday. Amit Bhatnagar MOREREPORTS,PAGE7 Financial Services, Reliance tial taxevasion and Fridaythatthe “filmfraternity” be presentatahearing on Securities, and RKSV Securities money laundering. willcometogetherto portray the October 12 and explain the se- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “valour,values and the cultureof quence of eventsthat ledtothe India” forthe 75thIndependence cremationand the family's com- Suspicious action anniversarycelebrations. plaintsregarding the manner in 300 police personnel lock down Johar whichitwas done. of police dented 1lakh Coviddeaths in calledit"a It alsocame amidstachorus freshbegin- of outrageagainstthe Yogi grieving family, entire village your image, ningofthe Adityanath government forcor- India,Maharashtra grand eraof doning offthe teenager's village, Uma tells Yogi storytelling to turning away,amongothers, SOMYALAKHANI, cherish the Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi JIGNASASINHA has nearly 40 per cent soulofthe idea and Priyanka Gandhi Vadraon &AMILBHATNAGAR HARIKISHANSHARMA Karan Johar called‘India’”. Thursday, andTrinamool MP HATHRAS,OCTOBER2 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 In astatement Derek O'Brien on Friday. AMITABHSINHA STATUSREPORT postedon The government said the SP MORE THAN 300Uttar Pradesh SENIORBJP leader UmaBharti on PUNE,OCTOBER2 Twitter,Johar said:“Drawing in- wasbeing suspendedfor "negli- Police personnel, 17 police vehi- Fridayquestionedthe“suspicious” State Deaths CFR spiration from our Honorable gence and lax supervisionofthe cles, and five barricades. The vil- actionof policeinHathras,andsaid INDIA'S CORONAVIRUS- (in%) Prime Ministerfromwhomwe case". The other police officers lageofthe 19-year-old Dalit theincidenthad RELATED deaths crossedthe Maharashtra37,917 2.67 also seek sustainedguidance, we suspended, following areport by woman, who diedonSeptember “dented”the 1lakh markonFriday, threedays TamilNadu 9,653 1.58 the members of the film frater- the Special InvestigationTeam 29 aftershe wasbrutallyas- imageofChief afterthe global toll touched1 Karnataka 9,138 1.47 nity areprivileged to announce probing the case, include Circle saulted and allegedly gangraped, MinisterYogi million. This means India now our plantocelebratethe 75th Officer (CO) RamShabd, SHOof has been turned by the stategov- Adityanath,the accountsfor nearly 10 percent Andhra 5,900 0.83 year of Independence.” the police stationconcerned ernment into avirtual fortress, UP govern- of the world's Covid-19deaths. Pradesh The tweetcomes aweek af- Dinesh Kumar Verma, Senior to ensurenoone gets in. TMC MP DerekO’Brienfell when he waspushedbyofficials ment, and the Onlythe United States and UttarPradesh 5,917 1.45 terJohar,responding to the on- Sub-Inspector Jagveer Singh and In the village, thefamilyofthe BJP. Brazil have had more deaths. As on October 2 going NCBprobe,said he had Head Constable Mahesh Pal. The 19-year-old told The Indian UmaBharti Bharti told Morethan 2.12 lakh people have DeathCountReachedOn neverconsumednarcotic drugs SIT had been setupafter Prime Express theyhad been shut inside THE EDITORIAL PAGE Adityanath she diedinthe US, and about 1.45 norpromotedthem,and that he MinisterNarendraModicalled theirhomefortwo days,andthat wasnot aware lakh in Brazil. 1,000April28 did notknoweither of the two up Adityanath, following reports the authorities might bemonitor- of anyrule under whichthe Dalit India has of latebeen con- 10,000June16 OUTLAW THEGANGRAPE 25,000 July16 persons. He had also threatened on the cremation. ing their phones. “DM-ji aaye aur BARRICADINGVILLAGESHOWS BY MENAKA GURUSWAMY familycould be prevented from tributing between 15 per cent and legalaction against"slanderous The CM tweetedFriday kaha ki jab media yahan nahin to meeting anyone, and asked him 25 per cent of global deathsdaily. 50,000 August16 HOWINSECUREU.P.GOVTIS PAGE 8 and malicious" statementsand CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Between 4,000and6,000people 75,000 Sept9 news that had "unnecessarily have been dying everyday;and 100,000 Oct2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 EXPLAINED 10 yrs on, CWG mess: BUSINESSASUSUAL Killings on both sides: 12 since June in TMC 50 payment cases, BY UNNY vs BJP faceoff as Bengal poll seasonnears Rs 40-cr aerostatidle RAVIKBHATTACHARYA &JOYPRAKASHDAS SIMPLY PUT HOOGHLY,SOUTH CHINA’SCLIMATE MIHIRVASAVDA YOUR RIGHT 24-PARGANAS,PASCHIM COMMITMENT NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 TO KNOW MEDINIPUR,OCTOBER2 PAGE 12 FIFTYPENDINGcasesof payment AN EXPRESS RTI ABOUT EIGHT months from disputes related to contracts. Assemblyelections, thereisan Nearly Rs 7crore paid by thegov- APPLICATION eruption of grassroots political vi- ernment to arbitrators. And a olence in West Bengal. Since the RUSSIA showpiece Rs 40-croreaerostat Responding to an RTIrequest beginning of the phased‘Unlock’ lying unusedinNew Delhi, de- from TheIndian Express seeking on June 1, at least12political ARED initiativeappears spitearequest from Sri Lanka. details of payment disputes re- DECISION 2020 workers —six from the BJP,five The families of Paban Jana,son of aBJP worker in Paschim Medinipur who waskilled in June in today’s edition of On October 3, 2010,the 19th lated to the Games, the Ministry from Trinamool, and one from (left), and TMC worker Israel Khan who waskilled in HooghlyinAugust. Partha Paul The Indian Express.This Commonwealth Gamesgot offto of Youth Affairs and Sports said the Socialist UnityCentreofIndia page is an initiative of the acolourfulstart at theJawaharlal thereare 50 cases pending be- OPPN CHALKS OUT (SUCI) —havebeen killed, and an marketing solutions team Nehru Stadium in the National fore various courts and in arbi- ROUGH SEATSHARE MLAand three workers of the BJP diedinhospitalafterbeinghacked South 24-Parganas SUCI leader, ■ July16: BJPworkerBapi of The Indian Express Capital. But exactly10years later, tration as on July27, 2020. IN BIHAR: RJD 138, have been found hanging. in aclashthe previous day. wasmurdered andhis home set Ghoshwas beaten to death in Group and contains the legal mess leftbehind by the In itsresponse dated CONG68, LEFT 29 ■ June 10:TMC worker ■ July3:TMC worker on fire,allegedly by TMC workers. Nadia. content paid forby scandal-ridden sporting event September 9, the Ministrydid Gautam Das wasbeaten to death Ashwini Manna wasbeaten to ■ July5:KrishnaDebnath ■ August6:TMC worker advertisers. The page