DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2022, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES HAMZA KHAN JAIPUR, MAY 20 LINKING“THEdiversityofourculturesandlanguageswithnational pride,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that prioritising local languages under the new NationalEducationPolicy“shows our commitment to every regionallanguage”becausethe“BJP considersIndianlanguagesasthe soul of Bharatiyata (Indianness) and the link to a better future for the nation.” In a virtual address to BJP national officer-bearers meeting in Jaipur, Modi said he wanted “to especially mention it today because for the past some time, therehasbeenanattempttocreate new controversies on thebasis of language. We have to con- SC panel says book 10 cops for killing 4 accused in Hyderabad rape & murder SREENIVAS JANYALA & ANANTHAKRISHNAN G HYDERABAD, NEW DELHI, MAY 20 Narendra Modi addresses the BJP meeting. Rohit Jain Paras tinuously warn the nation and society against this. BJP sees the reflection of Indian culture in every Indian language and considers each language sacred.” Targeting rival political parties who “for selfish reasons... search for chhote mote tanaav (tension) within society, add CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE JUSTICE V S Sirpurkar Commission, set up by the Supreme Court to probe the killinginanallegedencounterof fouraccusedinthegangrapeand murder of a veterinarian on the outskirts of Hyderabad in 2019, has submitted a report stating that it believes the police deliberately fired on the accused “with an intent to cause their death” — and recommended action against ten police officers and personnel under various charges, including murder. OnFriday,theSupremeCourt Probe: RTI used as weapon to fudge answer sheets in Bengal SSC scam E ● Message is clear KOLKATA, MAY 20 Partha Chatterjee and Paresh Adhikary are under the CBI scanner (WBSSC), according to a probe committeeheadedbyJustice(retired)RanjitBagCommitteethat submitted its report to the Calcutta High Court on May 12. A Division Bench of Justices HarishTandonandRabindranath TheCalcuttaHCdismissed AnkitaAdhikary,daughter of WestBengalMinisterof StateforEducationParesh Adhikary,fromherjobasa teacheratagovernmentaidedschool. PAGE7 Samanta set up the Committee onFebruary22tolookintotheallegedirregularitiesintherecruitmentprocess.Basedonitsreport, a Division Bench of Justices Subrata Talukdar and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Outside the Gyanvapi mosque on Friday. Anand Singh MUSLIM PANEL FLAGS WORRY SREENIVAS JANYALA THE SUPREME Court panel's report on the Hyderabad encounter sends a clear message to law enforcement agencies across the country: due process of law has to be followed even in the gravest of offences. HYDERABAD, MAY 20 ordered that the report submitted in a sealed cover be shared, andtransferredthemattertothe TelanganaHighCourtforfurther CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NETWORK FORONEside,it'sclosureof sorts. For the other, the wounds from three years ago have reopened. With a Supreme Court panel finding that the accused in the gangrape and murder of a 26year-oldveterinarianin2019were allegedly killed by the police in Hyderabad on the pretext of an encounter, the refrain from their families was this: “The truth is out...thegovernmentshouldnow support us with compensation.” Police at the site of the encounter on Dec 6, 2019. PTI But for the family of the veterinarian,thereporthascomeas a bitter leftover. “We are not yet CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DU prof held for social media post on ‘Shivling’ EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE HC SACKS MINISTER’S TEACHER-DAUGHTER ATRI MITRA, RAVIK BHATTACHARYA & SWEETY KUMARI A SUPERVISORY committee without basis in law, the use of theRighttoInformationAct(RTI) asa“weapon”toprocureanswer sheets and then increase the marks of candidates to manipulate ranks, issuing fake recommendationandappointmentletters carrying forged signatures, andphysicaldestructionof OMR (answer) sheets. These reportedlyliebehindanallegedrecruitment scam in the West Bengal School Service Commission ‘Truth is out’ for family of accused, victim’s kin say they back police Commission says police deliberately fired at accused with intent to kill E X P L A I NE D Our languages soul of Bharatiyata... some are trying to poison: PM `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ROAD RAGE CASE: SIDHU SURRENDERS AT PATIALA COURT P6 INDRANI WALKS OUT OF JAIL 6 YEARS AFTER ARREST P8 SP LEADER AZAM KHAN RELEASED FROM PRISON P6 DAYS AFTER an FIR was filed against him, a 50-year-old associate professor from Delhi University’s Hindu College has been arrested in connection with an allegedly objectionable social media post referring to claims of a Shivling being found at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi. Accordingtopolice,Professor Ratan Lal, who teaches history, had allegedly posted a photo of the structure and made objectionable comments on Tuesday. 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