DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA 15/08/2024 69 97 Captain killed, INDIAN ENVOY MEETS FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR civilian injured in Doda forest gunbattle 118 Captain Deepak Singh 64 ARUN SHARMA Women at the ‘Reclaim the Night’ protest in Kolkata on Wednesday. Partha Paul BY UNNY Wife of accused filed complaints of assault twice, no action taken RAVIK BHATTACHARYA & ATRI MITRA KOLKATA, AUGUST 14 IT WAS on May 13, 2023 that a complaint was lodged at Kalighat police station against Sanjay Roy, the man accused of raping and killing a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College. It was from his wife, whowasthreemonthspregnant HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY THE EDITORIAL PAGE GUILTY INBENGAL HC transferring case to CBI indicts police — and points to larger guilt in TMC-ruled state PAGE 10 at the time, and had alleged that Roy had assaulted her. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Opp trying to make another Bangladesh here: Mamata ATRI MITRA KOLKATA, AUGUST 14 UNDER ATTACK from Opposition parties, West Bengal Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee on Wednesday alleged a “coordinated” effort by the BJP and CPI(M) to politicise the rapemurder of the junior doctor. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 No medal for Vinesh as CAS dismisses plea; IOA looking at ‘further options’ EXPRESSAT OLYMPICS MIHIR VASAVDA PARIS, AUGUST 14 IN ONE sentence, Vinesh Phogat’s fate was sealed. In its single-lineorderonWednesday, Wrestler Vinesh Phogat at the Paris Olympics. PTI the ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ended the wrestler's hopes of getting an Olympic silver medal, dismissing her appeal against the United World Wrestling (UWW) and International Olympic Committee (IOC). “The application filed by Vinesh Phogat on 7 August 2024 is dismissed,” said the order signed by sole arbitrator CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The pursuit of innovation is in all of us We are developing and manufacturing a diverse range of products in India that propel the aerospace industry forward and bring the country closer to becoming Aatmanirbhar in aerospace and defence. Learn more at boeing.co.in `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 DOCTOR’S RAPE-MURDER: HANG CULPRITS BY SUNDAY, SAYS CM BUSINESS AS USUAL REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 26 PAGES The Indian Express Wishes Its Readers Happy Independence Day ● JAMMU, AUGUST 14 ANARMYCaptainwaskilledand a civilian injured Wednesday in afiercegunbattlebetweensecurity forces and terrorists in Doda district’s Akar forests near the Patnitop hill station in Jammu and Kashmir. The Nagrota-based White Knight Corps identified the officer who succumbed to injuries as Captain Deepak Singh. In a post on X, it also said, “One terrorist has been neutralised in the ongoing operation” and “intermittent exchangeof firing”wascontinuing. An AK-47, an M4 rifle and “war likestores”havebeenrecovered. The incident is the latest in a series of firefights and terror strikes in J&K, especially in the areas south of Pir Panjal, ahead of the Assembly polls expected next month in the Union Territory. The Chief Election CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Terror surge before polls THERE HAS been a spike in terror attacks in J&K given that preparations are underway to hold Assembly polls next month. The surge is more in the Jammu division areas. Security agencies are moving to strengthen the counterterror grid in these areas. Dhaka to Delhi: Want to work closely, Hasina’s statements don’t help Second liberation, Touhid Hossain tells Indian envoy, Dhaka committed to ‘free, fair and participatory elections’ EXPRESS INDHAKA SHUBHAJIT ROY DHAKA, AUGUST 14 THE INTERIM government of Bangladesh wants to work closely with India to promotebilateral relations, Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain said Wednesday, but added that deposed premier Sheikh Hasina's publicstatementsfromIndiaare “not conducive” towards that. Hossain’sstatementcameafter his meetingwith IndianHigh Commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma. This was the first time since the regime change in Bangladesh — after Sheikh Hasina fled to India on August 5 — that the Indian envoy met with the interim government. Underlining more “peoplecentric engagement,” after what hecalledthe“secondliberation,” Hossain flagged Sheikh Hasina’s statement issued Tuesday and said“suchstatementsemanating fromIndia(are) notconduciveto CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NCP (SP) rejects Ajit’s ‘regret’ over LS contest EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, AUGUST 14 AFTER NATIONALIST Congress Party (NCP) president and deputyChief MinisterAjitPawar expressed regret in a media interview over making his wife Sunetra Pawar contest against cousin Supriya Sule in LokSabha election,aseniorleaderfromthe NCP(SP)questionedwhetherhe has extended the apology to his sister and uncle Sharad Pawar personally, instead of speaking out in media. “What’s the use of expressing regret in the media? He contested against Supriya Sule and Sharad Pawar. Shouldn’t he have made a personal apology if he was serious? As far as I know, no contact has been made to either of them,” a senior leader from CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Some return PM house loot: Jewellery, cat, classified papers SHUBHAJIT ROY DHAKA, AUGUST 14 LAST WEEK, after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh Prime Minister and fled to India, photosandvideoswerecirculatedof people looting varied items — laptops,furniture,designerbags, saris, even a duck and fish — from her official residence. Protesters, mainly students, who had demanded her ouster have now started a campaign to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Strengthen affirmative action as instrument of inclusion: Prez DIVYA A NEW DELHI, AUGUST 14 QUOTING DR B R Ambedkar to underline that “political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy,” President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday called for CONTINUED ON PAGE 2