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Port Blair, Mar 14: TheIndian armed forces ofAndaman and Nicobar JointCommand (ANC)aretirelessly searching for themissing Malaysian Jet inIndian Ocean coordinatingwith navies and Air Force ofdozens of other nations.

This the second dayof the massive searchoperation for the missing JetMH370, which has beencode named as Operation“Search Light” by Indianforces. “Two Naval shipshave been searching for theJet in designated areas Eastof Great Nicobar Island. TwoDornier aircraft undertakingsearch North to South ofAndaman and NicobarIslands, over land and

Operation ‘Search Light’ continuesin Indian Ocean for missing Malaysian Jet

No trace of Missing Jet MH370 yet in Andaman

adjoining coast ,” Col.Harmeet Singh the PublicRelat ions Officer ofAndaman NicobarCommand told ‘AndamanSheekha ‘ today.

According to ColSingh two Coast Guardships on routinesurveillance diverted tosearch along East coast ofAndaman and NicobarIslands. “Navy Dornieraircraft undertook searchfrom 1600hr to 2000hr on 13March covering area 110 by70nm approx and 180nmSouth East of Car NicobarIslands with nothing toreport,” the PRO added.

Meanwhile, Mi-8helicopter of Indian AirForce from Car Nicobar

Island searched seas aroundNancowry Group of Islandswith nothing to report.Search areas are to bedesignated to Andaman andNicobar Command for searchby P-8I and C-130 aircraft,which are presently parkedat Port Blair’s Naval AirbaseINS Utkrosh.

According toconfirmed reports, till lateevening the Andaman andNicobar Command could nottrace out any evidence of themissing Jet in Indian Ocean.“Two Naval ships deployedeast of Great Nicobar Islandtowards Straits of Malacca nilreturned. Ship and air searchcontinue. Permissionawaited to launch aircraftsunder ANC in Bay of Bengal.

Earthquake of magnitude5.5 hits Nicobar Islands

Car Nicobar, Mar 14: Anearthquake measuring 5.5 onthe Richter scale jolted NicobarIslands on Friday, the USGeological Survey said. 

The epicenter, with adepth of 41.70 km, was initiallydetermined to be at 8.6396degrees north latitude and93.7918 degrees eastlongitude. However, there wasno immediate report of any

casualty or damage toproperty. 

The 5.5 magnitudeearthquake occurred at 7.08pm, an Indian MetDepartment (IMD) reportsaid. 

The quake, at adepth of 10km from sealevel, took place in theNicobar Island region, itsaid. 

Likelihood of air effort exMainland to be deployed in

Bay of Bengal,” Col Singhadded.

Representatives of National Pol.Parties participate in mock poll

Port Blair, Mar 14: As per theinstruction of the ElectionCommission of India (ECI),mock poll was carried outtoday at DBRAIT hallPahargaon in the presence of

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SC agrees to hear PIL onINS Sindhuratna tragedy

NEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt on Friday agreed tohear a PIL seeking a court-monitored probe into the firetragedy in submarine INSSindhuratna and a compen-sation of Rs 1 crore each forrelatives of the two Navyofficers who died.

A bench headed byChief Justice P Sathasivam,before whom the matter wasmentioned for an urgent hear-ing, posted the case to March28.

The petition claimedthe officers died allegedlydue to technical and mainte-nance failure of batteries in

the submarine. It sought acourt-monitored probe to as-certain whether there was atimely provision of batteriesand other safety equipment.

The PIL, filed by ad-vocates Subrata Das and NRajaraman, also sought a di-rection for producing the com-munication between the de-fence ministry and the Navycommand relating to the main-tenance of submarines, par-ticularly Sindhuratna.

Seven sailors werealso injured when fire eruptedon board Sindhuratna around40 nautical miles off Mumbaion February 26.

Navy chief AdmiralDK Joshi resigned followingthe incident, taking moral re-sponsibility.

The Navy had saidthat human miscalculation ledto the fire that broke out oncables on Sindhuratna. Theprobe had mentioned a devia-tion from standard operatingprocedure.

The PIL soughtcourt's direction to the de-fence ministry to submit thestatus report on the actiontaken by it on the requisitionsconcerning repairs and re-placement of safety equip-ment of the armed forces.

Narendra Modi soft on NaveenPatnaik, attacks Salman Khurshidfor questioning role of EC and SC

SAMBALPUR (Odisha):Narendra Modi on Fridaysoftened his attack on BJDleader Naveen Patnaikeven as he tore into Con-gress over SalmanKhurshid's remarks accus-ing it of "destruction" of in-stitutions and said its lead-ers have already startedsearching for excuses for a"certain" defeat.

In his second rallyin Odisha, Modi did not goafter the state chief minis-ter, who has since distancedhis party from the ThirdFront, with the same vigouras he had done in his firstrally in Bhubaneswar buttargeted the Congress.

He condemned ex-ternal affairs ministerSalman Khurshid remarksin London in which he hadcriticised Election Commis-sion and Supreme Courtand said he used a foreignland to target the country'stwo respected institutions.

"I wonder whichcountry does he represent.He has gone to London toabuse the EC. He has de-stroyed its reputation. They(Congress) are looking forexcuses for their certaindefeat. He has attacked theSupreme Court also. PrimeMinister, it is your respon-sibility to look into it," hesaid.

The name of IndianNational Congress shouldbe changed to InstitutionNeglecting Congress, hesaid, adding that it had be-

come the ruling party's habitto attack and abuse institu-tions.

His rivals, he said,have no agenda but to chant"stop Modi, stop Modi. Iam working 24 hours a dayto find solution to India'sproblems. They are work-ing to find a solution toModi."

The BJP's primeministerial candidate said hewanted to pursue politics ofdevelopment, jobs andprosperity and wipe offtears of the poor.

"You give yourblessings to me. The worldwill otherwise gallop past usand we will remain laggards.The more you tolerate them(Congress), the more painthey will inflict on you," hesaid.

"The electoral fightin 2014 is all about goodgovernance and you shouldjoin it with lotus (BJP sym-bol) and Modi," he said.

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Port Blair, Mar 14: The Di-saster Warning Sirens hasbeen installed in the premisesof Secretariat, DBRAIT, DSSMarine, Chatham Saw Mill(Forest Dept), Police StationAberdeen, Police StationPahargaon, Police StationChatham, JNRM College,Port Blair, Fish Landing Cen-tre, Junglighat, IOC, ForestGuest House Carbyns Cove,Police Station Bambooflat,Police Station Ograbraj, Po-lice Station Chouldari, PoliceStation Humfrigunj, O.PWimberlygunj, O.PFerrargunj, Police Booth Hatitaapu, OP Tirur, Tirur JarawaProtection Post, OPRadhanagar, Rajiv Gandhi

Disaster Warning Sirens InstalledAquaculture, Kodiyghat, Po-lice Station Neil, Police Sta-tion Havelock, Nimbutala,Rangat, OP 19 Km R.K Pur,L/Andaman, Fire Station, HutBay (L/Andaman), EOC CarNicobar, Teressa - A.E OfficeAPWD, Chowra - JE Office,APWD, Katchal - A.E OfficeAPWD, EOC Kamorta andEOC Campbell Bay. The si-rens have been installed toalert the general public dur-ing any Disaster which isblown at high pitch/volume.

The siren will betested on 3rd and 18th of ev-ery month at 1000 Hrs. dur-ing the test, the siren will beblown for two successiveblast for 30 seconds. Siren of

Electronic Display Board in-stalled at Police ControlRoom, State Control Room,Junglighat (Fisheries Dept.),Met Office, MRCC, JOC,INS Jarawa at Port Blair,Fisheries Dept. at Rangat,EOC at Mayabunder, MRCCat Diglipur, Fisheries Dept. atHut Bay, EOC at Kamorta,EOC at Car Nicobar, andMRCC & EOC at CampbellBay will also be blown in asimilar manner at 1000 Hrs.

Therefore, the gen-eral public is hereby informednot to panic during the test ofsiren and requested to remaincalm during test blast of sirenon the date and time specifiedabove.

Free Heart Camp atRangat and Diglipur

Kuldeep Mourns Death

Port Blair, Mar 14: The StatePresident of Bharatiya JanataParty, A&N Island Mr. VishalJolly & Party workers deeplymourn the sad demise of LateM. Sunderarajan, aged about

Death Mourned82 Years R/o Chennaibreathed his last on13.03.2014 at Chennai. Hewas father – in – law of Mr.L. Moorthy, State Secretary,BJP, A&N Islands.

Lost passport bearing no.J3972669 along with purseand almirah keys betweenBirdline and Aberdeen Ba-zaar. Finder may pleasecontact 9531906479.

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Port Blair, Mar 14: TheAndaman “SAI SEVASAMITI” is organizing aawareness campaign on heartdisease and free heart checkup camp on 20th March 2014,Zilla Parishad Auditorium,Rangat and at Subhash GramPanchayat Hall, Diglipur, on21st March 2014, from 10 AMto 04 PM by Prof.Dr. G.Elongovan, MD, DM (Cardi-ology) AVMC Medical Col-lege, Pondicherry with vastexperience of during morethan 9000 Angiography,Angioplasty, Child heart treat-ment like ASD, VSD, PDAclosre, Valvular heart disease

etc. and Dr.SudipChakraborty, MBBS,MD(Medicine), Medical specialist,Trained in Therapeutic Endo-scopy, Colonoscopy, TMT,2D- Echo & Pace maker willalso be available for this heartcheck up camp.

The patient sufferingfrom high blood pressure,chest pain and heart relatedproblems may register theirnames to the following persons.RANGAT: Mr. Sanjay Singh-9434273954 and Mr.SenthilKumar – 9434267737.DIGLIPUR: Smti. MeenaSiddappa- 9474235295 and Mr.S.K. Biswas- 9474280080.

Port Blair, Mar 14: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma and all leaders havedeeply mourned the death ofMr. Shiv Narayan Wadhwa,

45 years, S/o Mr. RameshChander, R/o AberdeenBazar who lost his valuablelife in an accident on 13thMarch and also the death of

Mr. Joseph Ekka, 82 years,Retd Head Constable of ANPolice, r/o Police Line wholeft for heavenly abode to-day.

WWW.ANDAMANSHEEKHA.COMVarun Gandhi not to campaignagainst cousin Rahul Gandhi

LUCKNOW: BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi hasruled out campaigning againsthis estranged cousin and Con-gress vice-president RahulGandhi in Uttar Pradesh'sAmethi constituency.

The 34-year-oldleader, likely to contest on aBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)ticket from Sultanpur, toldmedia late Thursday that hebelieved in political decorumand never harboured any illwill against his opponents.

"I have a positivemindset towards politics andhave always believed in cer-tain lines of decency that Iwould never cross," he said,adding he will not campaignagainst Rahul Gandhi in theneighbouring Amethi constitu-ency, where the latter wasseeking a re-election.

Varun Gandhi, a sit-ting MP from Pilibhit, hasshifted base to Sultanpur.

Varun Gandhi'smother Maneka Gandhi, cur-rently a BJP parliamentarianfrom Aonla in Uttar Pradesh,is likely to contest fromPilibhit in the Lok Sabha 2014election, a seat she has heldin the past.

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Kejriwal'saudacious 'hit and run'

statements against mediaNew Delhi: As someone said 'one contro-versy a day keeps the AAP alive'. The AamAadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwaland his party leaders are good at makingmost audacious statements against thepeople whom they think are against theirideology and their party. They launch ti-rade against their targets. After targetingpoliticians, corporate leaders and the ac-tivists, Kejriwal is now attacking the me-dia owners and journalists. It seems hishoneymoon with the media is over. Earlierthe media was accused of giving AAPblanket coverage disproportionate to itsreal strength and reach.Now the same me-dia is at the receiving end of the AAP.Mostbelieve that the AAP and Kejriwal are thecreation of the media and without them hewould not have existed today. But,Kejriwal denies it. In an interview he said,"we are here today, not because of the me-dia. We are here today despite the media."

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Min-ister Omar Abdullah tweeted on the ongo-ing controversy. In his tweet he said, "Ireally don't get AAP & Arvind Kejriwal's

criticism of the media. But for the blanketcoverage he has received AAP wouldn'texist today."Some top media personalitiesare also demanding that Kejriwal must namethe media organizations and journalistswhom he considers 'paid', instead of mak-ing statements against all media personali-ties without proof or substance.His com-ments on the media and threat to send somejournalists to jail when in power have ledto widespread condemnation. Here is a listof some of his 'Hit and Run' statements inthe recent past.March 9, 2014: 'Modisnatched land from farmers and gave toAdani, the media never told you. ThatKejriwal has taken a house with three roomsthey will run the entire day'March 2, 2014:'Modi wave is a creation of the media; it's awave on television''Paid opinion polls areprojecting a win for Narendra Modi'Jan 25,2014: 'I don't know why media houses wantpeople to speak against me. They are asso-ciated either with one party or another"Nov24, 2013: 'I am told Rs 1400 crore has beendistributed to a few media houses. Whoare these media houses?'

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Facial Hair Transplants New Option for Beard EnvyA facial hair transplant pro-cedure is a new option forenvious men who are unableto grow a complete beard.The surgery for a beardtransplant takes a full day tocomplete and can cost up toseveral thousand dollars.This medical procedure isconsis tently growing inpopula r ity, because ofbeards and facial hair be-coming a popular trend inAmerican culture.

The surgery for afacial hair transplant is a“relatively safe” procedurethat is quite expensive. Menare spending about “as muchas $7,000 to pump theirbeards” for this modernmedical method. Differentoptions for these transplantsare available for patients withdifferent amounts of facialhair. They can be as simpleas a procedure of “filling ina few gaps,” or they can beas major as a “ completebeard construction.” Manyprior patients tended to havesome facial hair, but theychoose to receive the proce-dure that provided them witha complete beard.

This new option ofoffering facial hair trans-plants to beard-envious menis not simple process, how-ever, and one doctor referred

to the procedure as being“very meticulous.” Completehair strands from a patient’s“bottom of the back of thehead” are removed, as theyare then used as the new fa-cial hairs. Tiny holes arethen made into a patient’sface with the use of a 0.8-mm blade, and the hairs arethen precisely placed into thesmall incisions.

The angle at whichthe hairs are placed into theholes causes the mosttrouble for doctors, becausethey str ive to provide a“natural” look to match thecontours of a patient’s face.Once complete, some pa-tients have commonly expe-rienced “some temporaryredness and itching to thearea.” The new facial hairsthat were transplanted willact like naturally growingfacial hairs that will need tobe trimmed like a normalbeard.Facial hair has be-come a major trend in recenttimes in American culture.Beards have been sported by“A-list” celebrities such asBrad Pitt, Christian Bale, BenAffleck, and GeorgeClooney. Also, beards havebecome a major part ofhipster culture for Americanmales. News of facial hairtransplants has even recently

been featured on HowardStern’s radio program, inwhich a prominent hair lossdoctor discussed the in-creasingly popular proce-dure.

The primary demo-graphic of men who receivethe facial hair transplants arein their 20's and 30's, whoare “bohemian, artists, mu-sicians.” But men “of allwalks of life” have had thesurgery to give themselvesthat “scruffy” look. Somemen are choosing to havethis procedure done becausethey want to have the“popular” look, and somehave the surgery becausethey always wanted a fullbeard.

With this new optionnow available for men whoare envious of the ability tofully grow a beard, facialhair transplants are quicklybecoming a popular medicalenhancement. Currently,only a limited number ofmedical offices offer thisprocedure for men, but thegrowing demand may sproutsome more up soon. Menwho have been faced withdisappointment, becausetheir facial hair was too bareto their liking, now have achoice of altering their natu-ral looks to their preference.

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SC notice to Centre, EC on PIL againstcandidates contesting two seats

NEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt on Friday sought re-sponse from Centre andElection Commission on aPIL seeking to declare as"null and void" the nomina-tion papers of any candidatecontesting election frommore than one constituency.

A bench headed byChief Justice P Sathasivamand Justice N V Ramana is-sued notices to Centre andEC on the petition which alsosought direction to candi-dates not to file nominationpapers and contest electionfrom more than one constitu-ency for the same legislativebody.

"Issue a directionthat Section 70 of the Rep-resentation of Peoples Act isultra vires to the Constitutionof India.

"Issue a direction tothe Election Commission to

ask candidateto file affida-vit to the ef-fect that theyare not con-testing fromany other con-stituency fail-ing which theirnomina t ionmay be re-jected," the petition, filed byadvocate H K Naik, said.According to Section 70 ofthe Representation ofPeoples Act, "if a person iselected to more than one seatin either House of Parliamentor in the House or eitherHouse of the legislature of astate, then, unless within theprescribed time he resigns allbut one of the seats (by writ-ing under his hand addressedto the speaker or chairman,as the case may be, or tosuch other authority or of-

ficer as may be prescribed),all the seats shall becomevacant". The petition alsosaid that the nomination ofthe candidate be declared nulland void if he files papersfrom more than one constitu-ency simultaneously.

"Law speaks aboutthe qualification of the can-didate to contest but neverspeaks about whether aqualified candidate may filenomination for more than oneconstituency simultaneously,"it said.

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Will you cover sun and cut trees,Jayalalithaa asks Election Commission

CHENNAI: Will the ElectionCommission cover the 'risingsun,' which is the party sym-bol of the DMK, or cut treeshaving green leaves merelybecause 'two leaves' isAIADMK symbol or ban useof cycle and lanterns, whichalso are recognized symbolsof various political parties?

Framing answerlessquestions is chief ministerJayalalithaa's forte, and theElection Commission of Indiafound itself on the receivingend on Friday.

Miffed at thecommission's decision tocover the green leaves paint-ing on small buses, she movedthe Madras high court asking:"Would the Election Commis-sion say the rising sun shouldbe covered, trees havinggreen leaves should be cut,cycles should not be used andall hands too should be cov-ered, because it would amountto advertisement for the re-spective political parties, as isdone in the case of theAIADMK?"The petitionchallenged the March 10 de-cision of the Election Com-mission to cover green leavespainted on small buses, appar-ently because they resembledAIADMK's party symbol andwould become 'mobile adver-tisement' for the party duringthe coming general elections.

Last week, DMKtreasurer and former deputychief minister M K Stalin fileda petition in the high court toremove paintings and photo-graphs of chief ministerJayalalithaa or her party'ssymbol from governmentcompanies, schemes and wel-fare initiatives such as smallbuses. On March 10, the Elec-tion Commission's senior

counsel told the court thatwhile the generic name of'Amma' could be retained,steps would be taken to blockleaves painted on smallbuses.

Assailing the deci-sion, Jayalalithaa filed thepresent petition on Friday andsought urgent hearing. Thematter was first mentionedbefore Justice B Rajendranand later before Acting ChiefJustice Satish K Agnihotri,who has agreed to hear thematter on Monday.

In her petition,Jayalalithaa said Stalin hadfiled the petition 'out of sheerjealousy and political reasons'as he could not stomach thetremendous response thenewly launched small busscheme was evoking amongthe public. The Election Com-mission, on its part, erred inhaving decided to block thepainting without even issuingnotice or affording the gov-ernment a chance to explainthe matter, she said.

Referring to advo-cate-general A L Somayaji'searlier clarification made to

the high court, which in No-vember last year did not deemit fit to grant any interim or-der on covering the painting,Jayalalithaa said the commis-sion was proceeding on thebasis of assumptions and pre-sumptions. She said there wasno similarity whatsoever be-tween the two sets of twoleaves painted on the smallbuses and the AIADMK'stwo leaves symbol.

Slamming the com-mission for its misconceptionof the issue, Jayalalithaa listedthe factual differences be-tween the two objects, andsaid the Election Commissionhad acted beyond its jurisdic-tion too.She cited the ElectionCommission's refusal to coverthe two leaves statue at MGRmemorial on the Marina -- onthe ground that it was erectedmuch before the polls —andsaid that extending the samelogic the commission ought tohave realized that small busscheme too had come intooperation before the poll pro-cess began and the paintinghad been done before the pollwas notified.

CPM, CPI to contest nine seats each in Tamil NaduCHENNAI: CPI and CPMon Friday announced theywould contest nine seatseach in the April 24 LokSabha elections in TamilNadu and decided againstsupporting AIADMK, BJP,DMK and Congress in theremaining 22 seats. CPMwould contest fromCoimbatore, Madurai,Kanyakumari, ChennaiNorth, Dindugal, Trichy,Virudhunagar, Villupuramand Thanjavur constituen-cies, CPI state Secretary DPandian and CPM StateSecretary G Ramakrishnantold the press here after boththe parties identified the

seats. CPI would contestfrom Tenkasi,Nagapattinam, Puducherry,Tiruppur, Sivaganga,Dharmapuri, Cuddalore,Tiruvallur and Tuticorin con-stituencies, they said. Thepresence of Left parties ineighteen constituencies, in-cluding the lone seat inPuducherry, is likely to haveimpact on the poll prospectsof other outfits as it wouldthrow up a multi-corner con-test. Replying to a query,Pandian and Ramakrishnansaid the left parties wouldconsider supporting otherparties, including AAP, who-ever approached

them.While CPM would re-lease its candidates' list onMarch 16, CPI would re-lease its list the followingday, they said. Both the par-ties would be expanding theirpresence in this election con-testing together eighteenseats as against three eachin 2009. CPI and CPM,which had fought the lastelection in alliance withAIADMK, won one seateach. However, the alliancebroke due to differencesover seat-shar ing in thebackdrop of major partnerAIADMK refusing to allotthree seats each to the Leftparties.

Tension grips Muzaffarnagarvillage after sodomy victim dies

M U Z A F FA R N A G A R :Tension gripped Kakroli vil-lage in the district after analleged sodomy victim suc-cumbed to his injuries.

A 28-year -oldlabourer was sodomized bytwo youths on March 6when he went to a farm.He was also beaten upwhen he opposed them, po-lice said.

The victim wasrushed to hospital in a seri-

1[FORM 1(See rule 3)

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that:—

(1) an election is to be held of a member to the House ofthe People in the Andaman and Nicobar Parliamentaryconstituency;(2) nomination papers may be delivered by a candidate orby any of his proposers to the Returning Officer (DeputyCommissioner, South Andaman) or the Assistant Return-ing Officer (ADM) at the Room No. 2 (Chamber ofDeputy Commissioner, South Andaman) of Office of theReturning Officer, A & N Islands Parliamentary Con-stituency (District Office, South Andaman) between11.00 A.M. and 03.00 P.M. on any day (other than publicholiday) not later than the 22nd March 2014 (Saturday).(3) forms of nomination paper may be obtained at theplace and time aforesaid;(4) the nomination papers will be taken up for scrutiny atthe Office of the Returning Officer, A & N IslandsParliamentary Constituency on 24th March 2014 (Mon-day) at 1100 Hrs.(5) notice of withdrawal of candidature may be deliveredeither by a candidate or by any of his proposers or by hiselection agent who has been authorized in writing by thecandidate to deliver it to either of the officers specified inparagraph (2) above at his office before 3 P.M. on the26th March 2014 (Wednesday).(6) in the event of the election being contested, the pollwill be taken on 10th April 2014 (Thursday) between thehours of 07.00 AM and 06.00 P.M.Place: Port BlairDate:15th March 2014

(P.Jawahar)Returning Officer

[A & N Islands Parliamentary Constituency]

representatives of recognizedNational Political Parties.The representatives ofrecognized National PoliticalParties present on theoccasion randomly took theEVMs themselves andparticipated in the mock pollmuch to their satisfaction. Themock poll was carried in atransparent manner to checkthe physical and technicalcorrectness of the EVMsunder the supervision of theEngineers of the ElectronicCorporation of India (ECIL)under strict security

measures. Meanwhile, theprocess for first level checking(FLC) of Electronic VotingMachines (EVMs) whichstarted on March 11 atDBRAIT hall Pahargaoncompleted today. The FLC forthe additional 250 EVMsbrought from Dehradun wascarried by the Engineers of theElectronic Corporation ofIndia (ECIL) under thesupervision of the observerFLC, Shri SP Singh, the NodalOfficer FLC, Shri Arun Guptaand Consultant Shri SamarLall.

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ous condition and he died onFriday, they said. Follow-ing his death, irate villagerson Thursday laid the bodyof the victim on JansathRoad and protested, de-manding s tr ict actionagainst the accused.

A case had beenregistered against the twoaccused. One of them hasbeen identified as Zahid.

Both the accusedare absconding.