DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 SENT TO POLICE CUSTODY FOR FIVE DAYS Bangladesh national held for attack on Saif: Mumbai Police Accused didn’t know it was actor’s house, motive was robbery: Police Among reasons police cited for custody: ‘Need to probe if others involved’ MOHAMED THAVER & VIJAY KUMAR YADAV SAGAR RAJPUT MUMBAI, JANUARY 19 TRUCE IN GAZA, 3 HOSTAGES FREED Hamas militants hand over three women hostages, who were among those kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, to the International Committee of the Red Cross as a ceasefire with Israel took effect in Gaza, Sunday. Israel was set to release 90 Palestinian prisoners in return; (right) Palestinians celebrate the truce in Khan Younis. Reuters THE WORLD, PAGE 14 ‘NIGHTMARE OF DEATH IS OVER’ SOME KEY ISSUES REMAIN UNRESOLVED TRUMP 2.0 INAUGURAL TODAY 20/01/2025 92 120 148 70 BUSINESS AS USUAL PM HAILS EC ROLE IN CONDUCTING IMPARTIAL POLLS P 7 Migration to trade: 5 areas to watch for Trump’s first moves C RAJA MOHAN NEW DELHI, JANUARY 19 VIJAY KUMAR YADAV, SAGAR RAJPUT & MOHAMED THAVER MUMBAI, JANUARY 19 WHAT A difference eight years make. As he takes charge of the White House for a second time Monday, Donald Trump has a more sweeping electoral mandate,greaterpoliticallegitimacy, and more ambitious plans to governAmerica—andrearrange the world than in 2017 when he was sworn in for the first time. Delhi, like the rest of the world, must be prepared to discard many of its assumptions, old and new, about the nature of America and deal with the consequences of the deep changes in the internal and external orientation of the United States. When he spoke at his inaugural in 2017, Trump painted the A UPI transaction made through Google Pay (G Pay) for paratha and a bottle of water at a stall near Century Mill in Worli was the crucial lead that led Mumbai Police to Mohammad Shariful US President-elect Donald Trump with Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani in Washington DC. PTI E United States in dark colours and brooded aboutthe“Americancar● nage”; this time he is utterly confident about what he wants to do at home and abroad: restore American primacy. With greater experi- ence and fewer constraints than the first time, Trump is convinced he can make big moves CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 TRUMP NOT TO LET TIKTOK STAY DARK P14 After Centre’s invite, 121 farmers end fast, sit-in plan deferred RAAKHI JAGGA LUDHIANA, JANUARY 19 HAPPILY EVER AFTER In a surprise announcement, Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra posted photographs of his wedding on social media on Sunday. The javelin superstar got married to Himani Mor, a national-level tennis player from Sonipat who is currently a coach at a US university, on January 16. X/@Neeraj_chopra1 P15 ADAYafterfastingfarmerleader Jagjit Singh Dallewal agreed to take medical aid after a delegation from the Centre invited protesting farmers for talks next month, a group of 121 farmers who began an indefinite fast at KhanaurisinceJanuary15insolidarityendedtheirhungerstrike on Sunday. In another relief for the Centre, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which was at the forefront of the farmers’ agitation in 2020, deferred its plan to hold protests outside the offices and residences of BJP MPs and Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal accepted medical aid on Saturday night. PTI senior leaders on January 20. Also, Dallewal’s SKM (NonPolitical) and the Kisan Mazdoor CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Sadhvis, tourists, professionals: Women who seek and find themselves in Kumbh PAGE 1 ANCHOR “Everywhere else, even at shrines, there are separate gender queues. We are wired to be alert in public spaces and buses. But among crores of people madly jostling for space in the waters here, stripped down to their bare minimum, no woman feels watched or judged by the male gaze. As strangers hold hands to help each other out of the water, there’s such a mutuality of acceptance that you feel RINKU GHOSH PRAYAGRAJ, JANUARY 19 TAKING OFF her polo neck tee and balling her fists to brave the cold waters, Kavita Thakur, 49, dove right in. As she emerged fromthewaters,whatstruckher was the extreme lack of body consciousness among the teeming multitudes who took a dip in the Sangam at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. Police take Mohammad Shariful Islam alias Vijay Das for a medical examination in Mumbai. Ganesh Shirsekar; (left) The accused was arrested from Thane. ANI Zone 9, Dixit Gedam said. “We have applied sections of the Passports Act against him as he could not produce any proof to showhewasIndianandwefound some proof to show he is Bangladeshi,” he said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Carnage to Good Morning: How to Crucial lead that led to arrest: UPI get ready for Trump’s shock & awe payment for paratha, water bottle EXPLAINED BY UNNY THE MUMBAI Police on Sunday said a Bangladeshi national, identified as Mohammad Shariful Islam alias Vijay Das (30),hasbeenarrestedfortheattack on actor Saif Ali Khan, who wasstabbedmultipletimesinan allegedfailedrobberyattemptat his residence in Bandra on Thursday morning. “We arrested the accused fromThanelastnight.Hehasbeen identified as Mohammad Islam and is of Bangladeshi origin,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, MUMBAI, JANUARY 19 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 A group of women from erstwhile royal families said it was the first time they travelled ‘without our families’. Renuka Puri 40 HUTS, 6 TENTS GUTTED IN FIRE PAGE 6 Islam (30) late Saturday night, nearly70hoursafterheallegedly attackedactorSaif AliKhaninhis Mumbai home, sources associated with the investigation told The Indian Express. The phone payment led police to the accused's mobile number that was then traced to Thane where more clues led to a dense mangrove cluster near a labour camp, the sources said. Soon, about 100 police personnel launched a search at the site. “After searching there, the police team had almost left the spotwhentheydecidedtocheck oncemore.Astheylookedagain, the light from one of the torches CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 RELATED REPORTS PAGE 3 WAS THE attack on Saif Ali Khan inside his Mumbai home a oneman operation or were others involved; did anyone instigate the accused to target the actor; how did the accused get hold of Khan'saddress—andwhydidhe choose the alias “Vijay Das”? The Indian Express has learnt that these are some of the key reasons for further investigation listed by Mumbai Police in their remand application to obtain custody of the arrested accused in the case, Mohammad Shariful Islam (30), who, they say, is a Bangladeshi national who had entered India illegally. The remand application, seeking the accused's custody for 14 days, was filed in a Bandra court. Granting custody for five days, Magistrate K K Patil said, “I find that there are serious allegations against the accused for non-bailable offences. And at this stage, it can be said that the angle of international conspiracy is not impossible, hence custodial interrogation is needed.” The remand application lists 15questionsandpointsthat,police say, need to be investigated CONTINUED ON PAGE 2