SAMBALPUR  TUESDAY  JUNE 10, 2025  `9.00  PAGES 12  CITY EDITION PROTESTS INTENSIFY IN LA AS TRUMP DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD Tensions escalated as thousands of protesters took to streets in response to US President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard ARRIVAL OF TROOPS SPURS ANGER AND FEAR SERIOUS BREACH OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY: GUV Sunday’s protests in Los Angeles were centred in several blocks of downtown. It was the third and most intense day of demonstrations against Trump’s immigration crackdown in the region, as the arrival of around 300 Guard troops spurred anger and fear. The Guard was deployed to protect federal buildings, including downtown detention centre ■ ■ Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom requested Trump remove the guard members in a letter, calling their deployment a ‘serious breach of state sovereignty’. He says he will sue Trump | P9 Several dozen people were arrested throughout the weekend of protest. One was detained for throwing a Molotov cocktail at police. 2,000 NUMBER OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS DEPLOYED BY TRUMP CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI CRUSH HOUR MISSING WIFE EMERGES, HELD IN HUSBAND 4 killed after falling off moving train Travelling on footboard in accident prone section leads to tragedy MURDER CASE EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Guwahati / Lucknow/ Bhopal Sonam Raghuvanshi, Raj Kushwaha, Anand Kurmi FLASHBACK May 20: Raja and Sonam arrive in Assam May 22: Leave for Shillong, check into a hotel. Check out later, leave for Sohra (Cherrapunjee) on a rented scooter May 23: Reported missing. Scooter was recovered May 24: Search operation begins June 2: Police drone spots Raja’s decomposed body in a deep gorge. SIT formed June 3: A machete allegedly used in murder recovered June 8-9: Four accused arrested. Sonam surrenders in Gazipur I P8 S U D H I R S U R YA W A N S H I @ Mumbai IT is turning out to be a murder mystery straight out of a movie. After days of search and investigation, the missing jigsaws seem to be slowly falling into place. In a dramatic turn of events, Meghalaya police on Monday arrested Sonam Raghuvanshi in Ghazipur of Uttar Pradesh as the prime accused for the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi. Sonam and her Indore-based husband were on their honeymoon in Meghalaya from where they disappeared on May 23 with no trace till June 2, when Raja’s body was discovered in a gorge beneath the Weisawdong Falls in East Khasi Hills. Meghalaya Police said four accused – Raj Singh Kushwaha (21), Akash Rajput (19), Vishal Singh Chauhan (22), and Anand Kurmi (23) – were arrested with help from police of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Some media reports suggested Sonam and Kushwaha were in a relationship. Addressing a press conference in Shillong, East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said, “When we connected the dots, it was actually Raj Kushwaha with Sonam. At this moment, we can’t say what exactly the murder motive was.” “If Sonam didn’t want to live with my son, she could have left him, but why did this happen to my son Raja? She should get capital punishment,” Raja’s mother said. Interestingly it was within an hour from , Raj Singh Kushwaha’s arrest in Indore that Sonam emerged (after mysteriously missing for a fortnight) a thousand kilometres away at a roadside eatery in UP’s Ghazipur at 1.30 am. A dhaba employee said Sonam asked for a phone to call her parents in Indore after which MP police were informed. Later, UP police were contacted and Sonam was arrested. All accused are off to Meghalaya. FOUR passengers died while nine suffered injuries after falling off two overcrowded local trains near Diwa in Maharashtra’s Thane district during the morning rush hour on Monday, officials said. The incident occurred near Mumbra 2 nd train railway station when towards CSMT the trains were passing each other on a steep turn.The de1st train ceased were identitowards Kasara fied as Ketan Saroj (23), Rahul Gupta (28), Mayur Shah and Thane Government Railway Police constable Vicky Mukhyad (34). Chief Public Relations Officer of Central Railway Swapnil Nila, , said the victims were travelling on footboard of the two trains, one travelling towards Kasara and another travelling towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai. The commuters were hanging from the doors of the crowded trains and their backpacks brushed against each other as the trains passed in opposite directions, police said. The guard of a train going to- Des ai K had i MUMBRA RAILWAY STATION 9:10 AM Central Railway should increase local trains on important suburban routes —Sharad Pawar, NCP ILL-TREATMENT INDIAN STUDENT PINNED TO FLOOR The video from June 7 shows the student handcuffed and pinned at New Jersey airport, prompting swift response from India AHEAD of the first anniversary of BJP government in the state on June 12, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has despatched his cabinet colleagues to the districts to undertake a comprehensive stock-taking exercise on implementation of programmes and delivery of services to the people. Each of the 15 ministers, including two deputy chief ministers, have been assigned two districts besides their own. They have been asked to visit some of the key projects under implementation, review the progress and remove bottlenecks if any in consultation with MLAs, MPs and the district administration. While Majhi during his visit to Kendrapara district on Monday held a performance review of the district admin- istration in presence of all MLAs, deputy chief minister KV Singh Deo has already completed the same in Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts. “The objective of conducting the review is to get first-hand information on the status and progress of projects sanctioned for that particular district, and set targets for the second year. Apart from developmental works, departmentwise review is also being conducted on implementation of planned programmes and welfare schemes of state and central governments,” Singh Deo said. These review meetings provide an opportunity to interact with district officials and elected representatives who bring public issues to the table, he said and added, instructions were is- sued to departments concerned to take immediate action to resolve them. The deputy CM also said all ministers have been assigned the job of holding press-conferences at districtlevel to highlight the achievements of the state government in one year and 11 years of Narendra Modi government at the Centre. School and Mass Education minister Nityananda Gond said another objective of district visits by ministers is to establish connect with the public and display the pro-people face of the government. The ministers will also inform the people about the promises made by the BJP before coming to power and how many of them have been fulfilled in just one year, he said. Smoke billows from Singaporeflagged container ship after explosion off Beypore coast | PTI Container vessel on fire off Kerala coast AROCKIARAJ J AND MANOJ V I S WA N AT H A N @ Kochi/ Kozhikode A Singapore-flagged container vessel, MV Wan Hai 503, caught fire following an explosion about 88 nautical miles off the Beypore coast in Kozhikode on Monday. Four of the 22 crew members are missing. The 270-metre vessel, operated by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), was on its way from Colombo to Mumbai carrying over 600 containers, including 150 with hazardous materials such as gunpowder, trinitrotoluene (TNT), lithium batteries, acids, and turpentine. Several containers fell into the sea, raising concerns of toxic spillage. The ship reported the blast to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai, around 9.30am. Five Indian Coast Guard ships and the Navy’s INS Surat, diverted from its route to Kochi, were deployed for rescue and firefighting operations. Eighteen crew, including the captain, were rescued and taken to Mangaluru; five members were injured. Search and rescue continue with aerial support and emergency protocols are active across coastal districts. ‘CAUSE OF ACCIDENT BEING PROBED’ Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the railway administration was probing the cause of the accident. Deputy CM Eknath Shinde said steps were being taken to help the victims and their families AUTOMATIC DOORS FOR LOCAL TRAINS Mumbai: Following the tragedy, the Railway Ministry said it will get automatic door closing facilities in coaches of all existing and new local trains for Mumbai wards Kasara alerted the railway authorities about the incident. Those who fell off the trains were rushed to nearby hospitals, where four were declared dead on arrival, police said. Witnesses described the spot as accident-prone due to the curve As BJP govt gets set for 1st anniv, CM deploys ministers for district reviews E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ Bhubaneswar Relatives of the deceased passengers at a hospital in Thane | PTI Coast Guard warnings The vessel continues to emit smoke, posing a risk of more explosions. Nearby ships have been warned to keep a safe distance. and overcrowding. “This is an accident-prone spot where commuters falling incidents take place f r e q u e n t l y, ” s a i d a l o c a l passenger. Around 75 lakh commuters travel daily by suburban trains in Mumbai, the official said. Centre approves two SEZ proposals in Gujarat, K’taka E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ New Delhi THE Centre has approved Special Economic Zone (SEZ) proposals from Micron Semiconductor in Gujarat and Aequs Group in Karnataka to boost India’s semiconductor and electronics industries. Micron will invest `13,000 crore in its 37.64-hectare facility while Aequs will invest `100 crore in an 11.55-hec, tare facility Amendments to SEZ rules have lowered the . minimum land requirement from 50 hectares to 10 hectares, eased Net Foreign Exchange (NFE) calculations, and allowed SEZ units to sell in domestic markets after paying duties, as per amendments notified on June 3, 2025. “These reforms will boost investment, jobs, and make India a global manufacturing hub,” the Commerce Ministry said.