04052024-TTC-01.qxd 5/4/2024 12:41 AM 13 PREZ ON 5–DAY VISIT TO STATE FROM TODAY HP /thetribunechd Page 1 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 144 NO. 123 | 20 PAGES | ~7.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 BENGAL GOVERNOR: EXPECT MORE CHARGES BACK PAGE saturday | 4 may 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com After decades, no Gandhi May consider granting interim bail to to contest Amethi; Rahul Kejriwal on account of poll, says SC to test Raebareli waters Satya Prakash ASKS WHAT TERMS ED MAY LIKE TO IMPOSE New Delhi, May 3 Noting the hearing on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging his arrest in a money laundering case linked to the excise policy scam was likely to take time, the Supreme Court on Friday said it might consider granting him interim bail in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, May 3 After representing UP’s Amethi for three decades since the Lok Sabha constituency was created in 1967, the Gandhis on Friday vacated the seat as Rahul Gandhi, the last of the family’s MPs from here, shifted to neighbouring Raebareli. Rahul’s mother Sonia Gandhi was Raebareli MP in the outgoing 17th Lok Sabha. She was the only Congress winner in UP in the 2019 poll. Rahul had then lost to BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi. Kishori Lal Sharma, a Gandhi loyalist, will contest Amethi, a segment the Congress’ first family and their aides never lost except thrice since 1967. The only time non-Congress candidates won was in 1977 after the Emergency; 1998 when erstwhile royal Sanjay Singh defeated Congress’ Satish Sharma and Stray dogs maul BSF man’s wife to death Congress candidate Rahul Gandhi with his mother Sonia Gandhi after filing nomination papers from the Raebareli constituency on Friday. PTI ‘DARO MAT’: MODI TAKES SWIPE AT CONG LEADER ❝ I had said earlier that the ‘prince’, after polling in Wayanad, will look for another seat… he had to flee Amethi. They go around telling people ‘daro mat’. I too will tell them — ‘daro mat’. Narendra Modi, PM 2019 when Smriti took down Rahul. Before he lost to Smriti and won from Kerala’s Wayanad, Rahul had represented Amethi for 15 years continued on page 6 GURDASPUR: A middle-aged woman, Harjit Kaur, was mauled to death by stray dogs at Kishapur village in Sri-Hargobindpur block here. Her husband, Harjinder Singh, works for the BSF in Chhattisgarh. Deputy Director (Animal Husbandry) Sham Singh said he had directed all panchayats in the district to get stray dogs sterilised. — TNS ■ The Bench asked Additional Solicitor General to suggest the conditions the ED will like to impose on Kejriwal in case he is granted interim bail ■ It also asked the probe agency to spell out if the Delhi CM can be allowed to sign files from jail “It appears we can’t complete it today. We will post it on Tuesday morning itself. FILE Tribune News Service ■ It posted the matter for further hearing on May 7 Mr Raju one more thing… If it’s going to take time, and it does appear it may take time, we may then consider the question of interim bail because of the elections. We may hear on that part because of the elections,” a Bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, who represented the ED. The Bench – which had earlier asked the ED to explain the timing of Kejriwal’s arrest — asked the ASG to be continued on page 6 Canadian police arrest 3 Indians in Nijjar murder case, had arrived on ‘student visa’ Ottawa, May3 The Canadian police on Friday arrested three Indian nationals believed by investigators to be members of an alleged hit squad tasked by the Government of India with the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey last year, according to media reports. The ties between India and c m y b FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE Court documents show that suspects Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karan Brar are each facing one count of first-degree murder and one count of conHARDEEP SINGH NIJJAR spiracy in the case, media reports said Canada came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in Sep- tember last year of the “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Nijjar. continued on page 6 CLAT STUDY CLAT & LAW ENTRANCE ADMISSION OPEN NEW BATCH STARTING FROM th 15 MAY, 2024 GET 2 DAYS FREE DEMO 70871-04174 SCO 112-113, 2nd Floor, Sec 34 A, CHD. IN BRIEF Indian couple, grandkid killed in Canada mishap TORONTO: An Indian couple visit- ing Canada and their threemonth-old grandchild were among four people killed on the spot in a multi-vehicle collision when the Ontario police pursued a liquor store robbery suspect driving the wrong way. BACK PAGE 79L accounts banned by WhatsApp in March NEW DELHI: WhatsApp has said it banned over 79 lakh accounts in India in March in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. It had received 12,782 complaints in March in the country. IANS