DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2024, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ONE WEEK OF HISTORY ‘Students brought her down because they felt stifled... but when Mujib’s statues were destroyed, we cried’ On the streets of Dhaka as regime changes: Protesters manage traffic, anti-Hasina writing on the wall EXPRESS INDHAKA SHUBHAJIT ROY AUGUST 11 UNTIL EXACTLY a week ago, Obhik, 19, was among the stu- dents who hit the streets in protest against the then Sheikh Hasina government. Today, he is back on the road — this time as a student volunteer, supervising the traffic in the busy Shahbag area, next to the Dhaka University campus. If aweekisalongtimeinpolitics,thelastsevendaysinDhaka mark a veritable change of era. Stunning speed has marked the regime change: from Sheikh Hasina leaving the country to an interim government being put in place under Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus — to a new Chief Justice being sworn in Sunday. “We got rid of the government, now we will have to take up the responsibilities. My feet hurtbutitisourresponsibilityto serve the people,” says the sec- Student volunteers manage the traffic at the Shahbag junction in Dhaka on Sunday. Shubhajit Roy MOREREPORTS,P12 NEW HINDENBURG REPORT Sebi backs chief Buch: Disclosed, recused on conflict of interest HITESH VYAS & GEORGE MATHEW MUMBAI, AUGUST 11 Shooter Manu Bhaker and hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh ahead of the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris on Sunday. PTI MOREREPORTS,P 17,18 ADAYAFTERtheUS-basedshortseller Hindenburg Research made a series of allegations against Securities and Exchange BoardofIndia(SEBI)Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, Sebi came outinBuch’sdefenceandsaidthe regulator has adequate internal mechanismstoaddressissuesrelatedtoconflictofinterest,which include disclosure framework and provision for recusal. Relevantdisclosuresrequired in termsof holdingsof securities and their transfers have been made by the Chairperson from time to time, SEBI said on Sunday. “Chairperson has also recused herself in matters in- Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch. File volving potential conflicts of interest,” the regulator said, backing its Chairperson and advising investorstoremaincalmandexercise due diligence. The SEBI press statement CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 As Buch digs heels in, key query: Did she disclose fund linked to Adani? SANDEEP SINGH, RITU SARIN & P VAIDYANATHAN IYER MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, AUG 11 E CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY Day after J&K gunfight: Injured civilian dies, forces widen search ops BASHAARAT MASOOD SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11 ONE OF the two civilians wounded in an encounter between security forces and militants in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, police said. Two soldiers, identified as Havildar Deepak Kumar Yadav and Lance Naik Praveen Sharma, werekilledonSaturdayintheen- ‘Congress is the only party that can carry everyone along. It’s improving’ EXPRESSAT OLYMPICS MIHIR VASAVDA PARIS, AUGUST 11 HIROAKIOTA,aJapanesepsychiatrist, calledit“ParisSyndrome”. Thestateof being wheretourists come to Paris with lofty hopes, expecting it to be a picture of perfection, but leave underwhelmed. Three weeks ago, India’s ath- letes didn’t land on these shores as tourists. But they will still return with a lingering sense of disappointment. The country’sParis Olympics campaign ended with six medals — one silver and five bronze. There could be another, with an asterisk, as the Court of ArbitrationforSportisyettopronounce its verdict in Vinesh Phogat’s plea for a silver. But there were also six agonising fourth-place finishes, more than ever, to mark the bitter-sweet campaign that ebbed as the Games progressed. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 VIKAS PATHAK & ARUN JANARDHANAN NEW DELHI, CHENNAI, AUG 11 THE ALLEGATIONS levelled by US-based Hindenburg Research against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch triggered a political firestorm Sunday. While Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge; BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit president K Annamalai Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the CPM called for Buch's resignation, and the BHUPINDER SINGH HOODA FORMER HARYANA CM AJOY SINHA KARPURAM & MANISH SAHU NEW DELHI, GONDA, AUGUST 11 DABBU HAD SPOTTED the mango, Rudra said it was his. On a hot April day back in 1984, two friends fought over the fallen mango near a field in Lorhiya Ghata village in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district. The fruit would go on to extract a steep price, re- RudraPratapSingh standsnearthemangotreewherethe fightbrokeoutin1984;(right)Brijesh SinghaliasDabbuathishomeinLorhiyaGhatavillageinUP’sGonda. Vishal Srivastav PAGES 8, 9 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 AS SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch digs her heels in with ● solid backing by themarketregulator, former chairpersons and board members of SEBI The Indian Express spoke with said twospecificaspectsmeritattention in this case: i) did she make 24th August, 2024 9 AM Onwards CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 NCUI Auditorium, Hauz Khas, New Delhi JOIN THE CONVERSATION KEYNOTE Congress and the TMC demanded a JPC probe into the allegations, the BJP dismissed the charges and accused the Opposition of using its “connections abroad” to create “economic chaos”. At the same time, BJP's Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai took a more nuanced line, calling for a thorough probe and promising action if any wrongdoing was found but asserting that Hindenburg had made NUTRITION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Dr Shweta Khandelwal Senior Advisor, Nutrition, JHPIEGO NUTRITION FOR OBESITY Anita Jatana Consultant Dietetics, Apollo Hospital, Delhi SPORTS NUTRITION Namratha Pramod Certified Sports Nutritionist, SAI CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 NUTRITION IN THE DIGITAL AGE Dabbu, Rudra & a mango: How a children’s scuffle turned into murder case that dragged on for 40 yrs PAGE 1 ANCHOR RELATED REPORTS THOUSANDS FORCED TO LEAVE SOUTH GAZA AS ISRAEL ISSUES ORDER bid to create economic chaos: BJP Allegationsvery serious,SEBI integrity compromised:Rahul CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 THE WORLD Paris leaves India RELATED REPORTS with a few smiles — and many red flags Opp wants Buch to quit, JPC probe; PAGE 15 counterthatbrokeoutafterajoint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army launched a searchoperationinthemountainous forests of the Ahlan Gadole areaofKokernaginAnantnag.The civilian who died Sunday was identified as Abdul Rashid Dar. Thesecurityforces’operation against the militants continued EXPLAINED Investment made in 2015... we were private citizens: Madhabi, husband ond-yearstudentof architecture, who suffered a fracture in his right arm facing lathicharge and teargas when he was on the other side of the picket lines. It is the first day of the working week and roads are busy. Obhik says he's been on traffic duty since 11 am, and was at his posttilleveningdespiteadrizzle. Facingthewrathofthepeople for siding with the government andshootingatprotesters,thepolice are not turning up for work. Last Sunday, more than 100 sulting in a murder case that would drag on for 40 years and traverse the length of the Indian judiciary, from the lowest court all the way up to the Supreme Court. 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