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NO. 1543/57 ExpRESS special ATTACK ON TIGER ShROFF ‘Chehre aa gaye hain, nikal jao’: on the run, shooters got updates via calls, messages inSidE Police suspect handlers were surfing TV channels to alert assailants Mohamed Thaver Mumbai, October 23 in the cat-and-mouse chase between the mumbai Police and the shooters who fled on a motorcycleafteropeningfireat actor tiger shroff’s car in Juhu on october 18, the shooters allegedly had an edge — they werebeingconstantlytoldhow far the police investigation had progressed, based on what televisionchannelswerereporting. accordingtopolicesources, at one point, when their photo- graphs from videos of the shooting were flashed on tV screens, one of the shooters got a message that carried an instruction: “Tumharechehreaa gaye hain, nikal jao waha se” (your faces have come out, get out of there). Joint Commissioner (Crime)anilKumbharedidnot respond to a message seeking comment. shroff escaped unhurt in the attack, but his driver and a vlogger sustained injuries. the three accused — Phool singh, 18, rehan rahisuddin ansari, FinanCial gain, Create terror, establish dominanCe motive to Fire at tiger: PoliCe Some of the accused outside a Mumbai court, Friday. Ganesh shIRsekaR 18,andrithikmahto,22—were arrested in rajasthan the next day and have been sent to policecustodyuntiloctober31.so far, 10 people have been arrested. anil Pandit, who claims to be linked to the lawrence Bishnoi gang, has claimed responsibility for the attack in an unverified social media post. sourcessaidpoliceareyetto establish who was relaying the CONGRESS SEEKS ‘IMMEDIATE ANSWERS’ FROM GOVT 124 ITBP flags Arunachal face-off, Govt says China patrols stray time to time 152 New Delhi, October 23 189 79 JioIPOfires upmarket, subscribed 22timesover Express News Service a month after india and ChinaheldCorpsCommanderlevel talks in arunachal Pradesh amid reports of tension in the taksing area of Upper subansiri district following moves by the Chinese Pla, shatrujeet Kapur, Director General of the indo-tibetan Border Police (itBP), has admitted to a “faceoff” at “several locations in arunachal” which are “still ongoing”. the itBP chief’s remarks, the first by an official on the situation in the frontier state, drew a sharp reaction from the ExplainEd Commanders met a month ago ITBP DG Shatrujeet Kapur during the Himveer Samman Samaroh in Alwar, Thursday. @ItBP_offIcIal/X opposition Congress friday which demanded “immediate answers”fromthegovernment »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 In September, India and China held Corps Commander-level talks at the Wacha-Damai border meeting point on the Indian side. Wacha is India’s easternmost border personnel meeting point, located in the Kibithoo sector of Arunachal Pradesh. Indian troops continue to be deployed in large numbers in the area. Akash Ambani, Managing Director of Jio Platforms. ReuteRs George Mathew Mumbai, October 23 Jio Platforms’ mega initial public offering (iPo), which closedfriday,hasrewrittenthe record books of india’s capital market, drawing bids worth over rs 4.90 lakh crore, the biggest-everinvestorresponsetoa public issue in the country. together with anchor book subscription, the worth of the bids mounted to rs 7.4 lakh crore. thers30,213-croreoffering wassubscribed22.19times,signalling a massive appetite for sharesofthetelecom-to-digital conglomerate. the frenzy was led by institutional investors, with qualified institutional buyers (QiBs) bidding for 70.55 times their allotted quota on the closing day of the iPo, according to stock exchange data. the non-institutional Satheesan at Express Adda Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan in conversation with Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, The Indian Express, and Liz Mathew, Deputy Editor, The Indian Express, at the Express Adda in New Delhi, Friday. Renuka PuRI »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 l RANDALL SEquEIRA GREw uP IN MuMBAI AND IN 2017 DECIDED TO SETTLE IN KALAHANDI Doctor moved to Odisha to treat Adivasis, now behind bars for anti-mining protests Sujit Bisoyi bauxite mining in the region. around 11 pm on october 16, sequeira and another antiafter ComPletinG his mining activist, laxman naik, medical studies, randall se- were picked up by the Kalaqueira chose a path less handi police from the former’s travelled. leaving behind house at Bhawanipatna. ofmumbai,wherehegrewup,se- ficers handed them over to the queira moved to rayagada police, odisha’s Kalahandi and sequeira is now pagE 1 district, where basic injudicialcustodyin healthcare remains the sub-jail there, out of reach for charged with ofmany tribals. fences ranging from attempt to Whileheworkedtoimprove murder and rioting to poshealthcare access for locals, se- session of arms. speaking to queira (39) was, like several The Indian Express, inspector other activists, vocal against »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Page 4 Bhubaneswar, October 23 anchor Randall Sequeira visits patients in Odisha. updates from tV channels to the shooters. But investigators suspect those guiding rehan ansari through a communication app were either anil Pandit, who is believed to be holed up in the Us, or ankit Khatak and sameer Khatri, recently »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 business as Usual By EP UNNY CM orders probe into Jarange clip, Sena says bid to ‘finish’ Shinde Shubhangi Khapre, Zeeshan Shaikh & Vallabh Ozarkar Mumbai, October 23 amiD risinG tensions in maharashtra’s ruling mahayuti alliance over an audio clip releasedbymarathaquotaactivist manojJarange-Patil,maharashtra Chief minister Devendra fadnavis friday ordered a forensic probe, even as a leader of ally shiv sena accused some BJP leaders of conspiring to undermine Deputy Cm eknath shinde and politically “finish him off”. in response, the BJP said it would not tolerate such attacks from an ally. at a press conference on thursday,Jarange-Patilplayed an audio clip of an alleged conversation between BJP functionaries on efforts to counter his influence before the 2024 assembly elections, including referencestors500croreallegedlymeantforhim.shindeand hissonshrikantshinde,anmP, wereinthemiddleofthis,healleged. the shiv sena has denied the accusations, while the BJP has cast doubts about the clip’s authenticity. the activist, meanwhile, has emphasised that he did not accept any Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde; (right) Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange-Patil. fIle inSidE Page 7 From glass oF jUiCe to rs 500Cr row: how jarange’s ties with shinde tUrned soUr money. in nagpur, fadnavis told reports,“ihaveorderedaforensic probe into the audio clip that has come out in public. the matter will be thoroughly investigated to authenticate it. even Jarange-Patil has demanded an investigation. the shiv sena leaders and ministers met me and sought a thorough probe. the question is why such an audio clip has surfaced after two-and-a-half years.Whatwasthemotiveand whom are they targeting?” a day earlier, the Cm had met a delegation of sena leaders who sought a forensic and cyber investigation into the matter. in mumbai friday, sena leader ramdas Kadam addressed a press conference in which he laid the blame at the BJP’s doorstep. “is it that some people in the BJP are trying to cut shinde down as his popularity grows? Who are the ones in the BJP trying to finish off eknath shinde? the BJP will have to answer who within the partyisworkingagainstitsown alliance partner,” he said. Kadam displayed photographsofJarange-PatilandBJP mla Prasad lad sharing meals »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2