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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

VOL 13 ISSUE 8

ree among every ten buildings in the Garden City ignore compulsory rain water harvesting scheme

One year aer rape of a student, surroundings remain unsafe around National Law School of India University

Bangalore’s own Sudarshan B Nagaraj killed in Nairobi Mall Attack :

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‘Is it a sin to go to a mall?’

Sister of Bangalore’s only victim of Nairobi terror attack Sudarshan B Nagaraj says ‘Everything is over. We are going through hell’

Exclusive

e mall sits in the heart of an Indian community in Nairobi.

Sudarshan’s shattered family was

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sent a gruesome photograph of Nagaraj’s blood-soaked corpse in order to identify him. e 49-year-old book publisher had only flown to Nairobi on Friday. He was killed in cold blood by militants in Westgate Mall sometime over the weekend. He had been shot once through the temple.

A Bangalore businessman was ex-

Speaking at the family home in

ecuted in cold blood by terrorists

Hejjala, Bangalore, his sister Naga-

who stormed a shopping mall in

mani Prasad, 59, said: “e Indian

Kenya.

embassy in Nairobi initially identi-

Sudarshan B. Nagaraj is believed to

fied his body by the cards he had on

Victim Sudarshan B. Nagaraj (in black) with sister Nagamani (front right) and his other siblings

be the only Bangalore based victim

him. e embassy mailed his pho-

to Tirupati. e shaved head makes

heard about the attacks at the mall,

e family is expecting the body to

of the attack on Westgate Mall in

tograph to us to confirm his iden-

it look even more awful.”

they wanted to know if he was safe.

arrive by tomorrow evening or the

the country’s capital Nairobi.

tity.”

“ We are not sure if it was a sudden

His sister called him continuously

day aer tomorrow.

Militants stormed the mall on Sat-

“e picture is very awful. Nobody

attack or not. He was shot in the

but there was no answer. “ I must

“My brother had said that he would

urday and began shooting indis-

can sleep at night aer looking at

temple.

He must have gone

have called him a hundred times on

come back home within four days.

criminately. e incident, which is

the picture. Blood is oozing out of

through a lot of agony,” said Naga-

Sunday but I couldn’t get through.

He was supposed to come back to-

still on-going, has so far claimed 69

his body. He had shaved his hair fif-

mani Prasad.

en we lodged a complaint in the

morrow in person, now most prob-

lives, including two other Indians.

teen days back when they had gone

Sudarshan B. Nagaraj had gone to

Indian Embassy at Nairobi on

ably his body will come home,” said

Nairobi on Friday for business pur-

Monday morning,” said Nagamani

Nagamani.

poses and was supposed to come

Prasad.

Sudarshan B. Nagaraj was an indus-

Sudarshan B Nagaraj

back to India on Wednesday. e

Aer the family confirmed his

trialist who had a business in con-

A 49-year-old industrialist who lived in Bidadi with his family. He was the fourth sibling and the youngest in his family. He was handling most of his company’s business in Africa. He was a bachelor who was known for being helpful

family got the confirmation of his

identity, they sent the manager of

crete mixture and book publishing.

death on Monday at 7.30 pm from

the company to get his body back

He mostly looked aer their busi-

the Indian Embassy in Kenya.

to India. ey have to go through

ness in Africa and so oen travelled

On Saturday aernoon at 1.15pm,

three stages including the Kenya

to Ghana.

Nagamani talked to her brother on

government, Kenya police and In-

the phone. at was the last conver-

dian Embassy in Kenya to get Su-

and for his charity.

sation they had. When the family

darshan’s body back.

Continued on Page 4

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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Schoolgirl lost power of speech after watching murder bid Prutha Bhosle

transition in Satya’s behavior. We

A seven-year-old girl turned mute

saw her going from bad to worse

aer witnessing her mother’s

and then recovering from all of it.

throat being slit by her father, says

Despite her mother fighting for life

Ramesh Balasundaram, an ac-

in the I.C.U, Satya chose to attend

tivist for an NGO.

the school which is a great achieve-

“On June 6, 2013, late in the

ment on our part.”

evening, Satya and her six other sib-

Satya’s mother never lodged an

lings were playing inside the house

FIR against her husband; instead

which is located at Nayandahalli.

she chose to stay with him for the

As their mother, Parvathi, 32, was

welfare of their children.

cooking the meal, Satya’s father,

“I want to be a District Collector

Shiv Prasad, entered in drunken

when I grow up. I also want to fight

state with a knife in his pant pockets,” said Ramesh, an active worker for Bal Utsav.

Satya with her friends at school aer the successful counseling sessions conducted by ‘Bal Utsav’ ever since.

children. Satya is one of our bright

Rajeshwari said, “When I first met

He added, “Shiv Prasad shooed

Parvathi was taken to the nearby

students there. Her sudden change

the child, she showed mood swings

his children outside the house and

hospital by their neighbor, Vaneeta,

in behavior started worrying the

in her behavior. Eventually she

started confronting Parvathi if she

as Shiv Prasad fled. Meanwhile,

teachers. As soon as I was informed

started opening up about the inci-

had an extra-marital affair with any

Satya continued to attend her

about this, I called a child psy-

dent. When she narrated the crime,

other man. As Parvathi refused to

classes conducted in a school at

chologist to talk to Satya the next

I informed Ramesh about it but

answer, he immediately pulled out

Cubbon Park.

day.”

none of us could interfere in their

the knife and slit her throat.”

Ramesh said, “At Bal Utsav, we

For three months, Satya was

Satya peeped through the door

make sure all our students are in a

counseled by a child psychologist,

when this heinous crime occurred

balanced state of mind. Our NGO

Rajeshwari. Around 8-10 counsel-

and watched her mother lay in pool

runs schools inside six museums of

ing sessions were conducted to help

of blood. She never uttered a word

Bangalore for under-privileged

her get out of the trauma.

violence against women,” says the seven-year-old, Satya.

personal matter. However, we tried to help Satya recover as we thought she is our responsibility.”

Binu Prasad Verma, an activist for Bal Utsav said, “We have seen a

Ramesh, activist at ‘Bal Utsav’

ree in ten builders ignoring rainwater harvest scheme Suchitra Sharma

warnings to the building owners

Despite several warnings from the

who have not yet installed it.” She

water supply board, almost 30 per

goes on to say that since it cannot

cent of builders have evaded

be imposed, they are trying to make

adoption of the rainwater harvest-

the builders or owners sign an affi-

ing system.

davit stating that the installment

e Bangalore Water Supply and

will be done.

Sewage Board (BWSSB), in 2011,

“e BWSSB had identified

had made it mandatory for building

68,000 buildings for installment of

owners who have occupied an area

the system out of which only 48,300

of 2,400 square feet or more and for

have so far installed.” said the PRO.

those who propose to construct a

“If they fail to install it despite our

building of an area not less than

warnings, we will cut water supplies

1200 square feet, to install rainwa-

to those buildings.” she said.

ter harvesting systems for storage or ground-water recharge.

Only 71 per cent of those required to instal rainwater harvesting

Two years on, many buildings still

schemes have installed them so far

lack rainwater harvesting systems.

ere are some who have installed

T.C. Saralakumari, Public Relations

the system way before the BWSSB

Officers, of BWSSB said: “It is on

made it mandatory.

Saralakumari, Public Relations Officer of BWSSB, claims warnings are given to building owners 10,000 then. I made a pit in my gar-

department of Navami Builders

On being asked about the pres-

den and diverted the water there.”

said: We have not installed rainwa-

sure from BWSSB she said: “Yes

humanitarian grounds that such a

A resident of Basaveshwara Nagar,

project has been started so we can-

B.Rajamni said: “I have installed

A few famous builders, despite

ter harvesting in our projects except

warnings have been given but we

not force people to adopt the sys-

rainwater harvesting in my garden

knowing about the Act have not

for the recent one that is Navami

have not yet installed. It will at the

tem. However we have been giving

three years back. It cost me Rs.

implemented it. Vimla, marketing

Varsha.”

least take two years or more.”

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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Safe campus, unsafe surroundings Sneha Bengani Almost a year aer the gang rape of a student, the area around a major law school remains unsafe for its students. e undergraduate student of National Law School of India University was raped on Bangalore University's Jnanabharathi campus on October 13 last year.

According to V.S. Elizabeth, Professor of History, Gender and Law in NLSIU, “e police do not give much importance to such incidents. Students have started dealing with their problems by themselves. ey do not report the everyday incidents anymore.

We only get to know if something serious has happened.”

Shrishti Singh, a fourth-year student of NLSIU said, “e only in-campus problem that we have is poor mobile network connectivity. We cannot even make a distress call at the time of emergency.

Most of us use Vodafone as was suggested by our seniors. But its

network works only at certain points in the campus and is not there in the hostel at all.” e students have asked Vodafone to solve the problem, called their customer care repeatedly but it has not done anything so far.

According to the students, despite some improvements, the area around the college is not safe.

Girls get teased and groped by the people outside the college and avoid going out. “e auto drivers charge exorbitant amounts of money for short distances forcing us to walk which is never a good experience. We avoid going out of college as much as we can,” Shrishti added. “ere is an eatery just a stone’s throw away from the campus. e people who come there pester girls from our college. at has happened in front of me, to girls who have accompanied me. One of our students got stabbed near that place,” said Sukhmani Singh, a third-year student of the law

“One of our boys got killed a few years ago. He was out for some work and his car broke down. Some men come and stabbed him to death. ere were others in the car who they locked.

One of them tried to help and was injured. e first question that the police asked next day was why our students were outside. Now you cannot go out to attend even a medical emergency!”

school. “e boys accompanying girls

every woman who is on her own in the public space is a public

property. So, anybody can do anything they want,” said Professor V. S. Elizabeth.

Rajat Gangwar, a fih year student and the President of NLSIU, said, “I was coming back from a restaurant close to college with three of my friends in an auto one night. Two drunk men stopped the auto to light their cigarettes.

When they saw a girl with us, they started passing snide com-

ments which resulted in a row.

We had to rush the driver to take us away in order to avoid any serious consequences.”

According to Sukhmani Singh, “e police stationed outside the gate that connects BU with our college have been seen sleeping on duty. Anybody can go in and come out. ere have been times when they were not there even between 9 pm to 12 am.”

But Rajat Gangwar differs. “You cannot enter that gate aer 9:30 pm if you are not a student. e officers are vigilant. Recently CCTV cameras have been installed near the gate.”

“Every time we have an issue, the police accuse us of giving too much freedom to our students. ey want us to never let any student step out of the college. ere need to be some amount of restrictions obviously, but one must not forget that we are dealing with adults,” said Professor Elizabeth.

“A fellow sang an obscene song to a student on M.G. Road. She took the matter to the police.

When confronted, the guy turned out to be an IT chap, 30 years old, married. en his wife comes and

falls at the student’s feet and pleads her not to file a complaint.”

- V. S. Elizabeth, Professor of History, Gender and Law at NLSIU

NLSIU campus at Nagarbhavi, Bangalore are hesitant to say anything to these people because there is always a possibility that they might take offence,” he added.

“It is not always some uneducated, unmarried fellow who worries us. Every time we have had an incident relating to my students, it is usually a married IT engineer in his late twenties or early thirties. e problem is that men think

Children serve booze in wine shop on Mysore Road Rahul Sadhu ree underage children are

Manjesh Kumar, 24, owner of

is an offence. It does come under

Karnataka with over 50,000 chil-

Mandharti Pan Stall opposite the

the child labour act of 1986".

dren working. e Joint Labor

working at a liquor store at An-

liquor store said, “Yes the kids work

BOSCO, another NGO said that

Commissioner of Karnataka, J.T.

chepalya, on Mysore road.

at the wine shop. ey come to my

they have rescued 346 children in

Jinkalappa refused to comment.

At ‘Wine Castle’, a liquor store in

shop oen. ey are very young

September, 2013. From January till

Ranganatha Complex, three under-

and are not eligible to work. When

date the figure goes above 3000.

aged children were found working

the police come to know about this

However, H. H. Ramu, 55, assis-

on a daily basis. On questioning

the owners will land up in trouble.”

tant sub-inspector of police at Ra-

one of the children he replied, “My

He also added that the boys work-

jarajeshwari Nagar says that they

name is Pushpa. I come from the

ing in the store do not belong to the

village of Mandya. I came here a

city but the owner is from the city.

few months back and have been

Employment of such underage

working ever since”. He also added that his brother works with him in the same shop.

have not received any cases of child

Child who worke in a wine shop on Mysore Road.

labour in the past one year.

children is prohibited by the Child

tion which works for child protec-

Report (2011-12) reveals that this

Labor (Prohibition and Regulation)

tion and rights said: "Yes selling of

is quite prevalent not only in Ban-

Act, 1986. Child Line, an organiza-

alcohol at liquor shops by children

galore but throughout the state of

e tentative Child Labor Survey

e wine shop which engages child laborers on Mysore Road

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‘Terrorism smashes everythin on television and read it in newspa-

Nairobi Attack - Special Report

pers how terrorism was happening and how people lost their lives because of it. But now it has happened to us.”

Ramprasad Nagaraj elder brother of Sudarshan said: "It is extremely sad how terrorism had taken away Sudarshan's life for no fault of his. What did he do to get this."

Al-Shabaab, a Somali Islamist militant group associated with Al-Qaida, captured the Westgate Mall.

On 21 September, men brandishing

Reporting team: Sneha Mejari, Shweta Nair, Tanisha Das

AK-47s and wearing vests with hand grenades, took over the upscale shop-

Nagamani, sitting in the living

“Is it a sin to go to a mall? What was

ping market asking Muslims to leave

room of the family home in Hejjala,

his fault? Is he responsible for

and shooting those they believed

added: “We are going through a lot of

this.is is what terrorism is doing;

were non- Muslims.

tension and agony. We always alerted

breaking families is what they do.We

him about the terror in these coun-

are going through hell.”

Heavily loaded with ammunition, 10-15 militants arrived in several cars

tries, but he always insisted that

Bidadi Police constable Palanetre

around midday, Nairobi time. ey

Ghana was one of the safest places to

said officers had been alerted to the

ordered Muslims to get out of the

live in.”

death by watching television news.

mall by proving their religion, recit-

A very close knit family, the four

He declined to comment further.

ing a short prayer and began shoot-

siblings lived together in the same

“We cannot do anything about it

ing those who failed to recite it.

house, which was also named Sudar-

from here,” he added.

ey randomly shot at civilians and

shan. “Our parents died when I was

A spokesman for the External Af-

dropped grenades. e gunmen then

in my early twenties. We grew up to-

fairs Ministry declined to comment.

proceeded from one store to the

gether, brought everything together

e state’s Home Ministry was not

other shooting shoppers and gradu-

in good condition. I raised him and

available for comment.

ally started collecting hostages.

he was like a son to me. He used to

Announcing Sudarshan’s death on

Armed police reached the scene

like when I mixed his rice and Samb-

Twitter,

Akbaruddin,

about half an hour later and a

har. I did it for him the last time

spokesman for the Ministry of Exter-

shootout began between them and

when he was home. We have lost a

nal Affairs, said: “Death toll of In-

the terrorists. Dozens of injured

On Monday, intermittent gun fire

pillar in our family. His African busi-

dian citizens killed in Westgate attack

civilians were escorted out by

could be heard from inside the mall

ness took him away from us. We are

rises. Sudarshan B. Nagaraj sadly

security guards in shopping trolleys

followed by heavy rifle fire. Kenyan

e crisis lasted for four days fol-

completely shattered. Everything is

identified as among those killed.”

while scores of other shoppers fled

troops were outside the building

lowing which Kenyan officials de-

the scene.

while a Kenyan Red Cross official

clared that all hostages had been

over,” said his sister.

Syed

Nagamani said, “We used to see it

Nagamani, Sudarshan’s sister, was the last person to talk to him, on Saturday

Westgate mall in Nairobi, was attacked by Al- Shabaab, a Somali- Islamic milita

Kenyan armed forces ready for battle with militants outside Westgate Mall

confirmed that clashes ensued inside the building too.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

5

ng, we are going through hell’ ing his citizens that the Kenyan forces

the scene of the terror attack spoke of

can conquer the siege successfully he

how Indians living in the area rallied

vowed to be firm in the “war on ter-

round to help the victims and supply

ror” in Somalia.

food and water.

On Tuesday, Kenyan Government declared the siege to be finally over.

Gayatri Hari, who has lived with her husband Hari Murthy in Nairobi

e only child victim to be identi-

for the past two years, said Indians in

fied so far is Paramshu Jain,8, son of

the community had also lined up to

an Indian bank manager. Sridhar

donate blood and organised a collec-

Natarajan,

tion to buy essentials.

40,

pharmaceutical

worker is another Indian national who died. Famous Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor died aer being injured in the attack. Other foreign nationals who died in the violent assault included British, Canadian, American, Chinese, French, Ghanaian, Indian, Dutch, Peruvian, South African and South Korean victims. e Al-Shabaab claimed on Twitter that the attack had been launched avenging Kenya's role in an African Union military effort against their organization.

Samantha Lewthwaite, also known as the White Widow, wife of London bomber Germaine Lindsay, is suspected of being an attacker in the bloodbath that took place in Westgate. is is the deadliest terror activity Kenya has witnessed following AlQaeda’s blowing up the U.S. Embassy

ant group on September 21. Sudarshan B. Nagarajan,49, was shot dead by the militants for being non-muslim freed. e death toll is likely to in-

Kenya’s

foreign

minister

in 1998 which killed 213 people.

Gayatri Hari, wholives in Nairobi

“I dare not think what would have happened had we gone to the mall that day”

has

tackers were killed on Monday night

e consequence of this violent as-

crease with 69 people being reported

claimed that “two or three” Ameri-

while three others died since mid-

sault includes adjournment of a trial

dead including three soldiers and 175

cans and a British woman were

night.

at the International Criminal Court

She said: “e Westgate Mall is a

people injured. 51 people remain un-

among the attackers. According to

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta

against Kenya’s deputy president,

place which is visited by many for-

accounted for.

official sources, out of six, three at-

lost his nephew in the attack. Assur-

William Ruto, who flew home from

eigners, especially Asians and expa-

e Hague.

triates. My husband and I go to this

On the day of the terrorist attack in

Armed forces help civilians escape out of the mall, unharmed, after the terror attack at Westgate, Nairobi

mall every Saturday evening.

Westgate Mall, a lot of Indians were

On 21 September, we were to go for

present at the scene supporting the

lunch at the mall but my husband got

police and the security personnel.

delayed at work and so the plan got

e media and press releases men-

cancelled. I dare not think of what

tioned only about the Kenyans and

would have happened if we had gone

there wasn’t a mention of Indians

to the mall that day. It gives me chills

who helped in serving food, water

to even think about it. By God’s grace

and even donating blood and money.

we are safe and sound in our home.”

All foreign high commissions have

She added: “ I am not against

addressed the issue but the Indian

Kenya but looking at their actions, I

Embassy spoke nothing about the In-

feel they are still unable to handle the

dians in the attack.

crisis because of the lack of crisis

An Indian professor who lives near

management skills.

e Weekly Observer

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Citizens versus BBMP: Fight for land Land Ownership

owners; complaints were filed but

help the members of SNNA. I have

to build houses on our own land. I

were not resolved.

sent a letter to the BBMP and am

live in a rented house while having

waiting for their response.”

to fight for my land. My husband

e current MLA, Munirathna

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was a member of SNNA and aer his death I joined this movement.”

Sushmita Sen

She added, “Around 400-500 peo-

e land owners of Rajarajesh-

ple are suffering from a similar

wari layout claim licensing of

issue and the government is not

lands has not been issued due to

taking any action against it.”

political interference.

“In Bangalore, land property is

Bangalore International Arts Festival 2013

Owners of the site have started a

like gold and if found empty land

Samanvay presents Dance drama while

movement called ‘Sachidananda

mafias jump on it to buy,” said Van-

e Dhananjayans and their senior dis-

Nagara

Andolana

dana, another member of SNNA.

ciples showcase Bharatnatyam.

(SNNA)’. Shankara Prasad the

e lands are given to the land

Where: Chowdaiah Memorial Hall,

founder of SNNA, said: “We are

mafias by the BBMP supported by

Malleshwaram, Bangalore

fighting for justice without paying

fake documents.

When: Oct. 9

Nyayapara

any price. e system is so opaque

Shankara Prasad said that the

and stubborn. Despite of Supreme Court’s order, BBMP does not exe-

“BBMP has two to three days to re-

cute the order because some politi-

has assured the member of SNNA

e current MLA is like a ray of

spond to the letter. If they don’t

cian comes in between and tells the

that he will speak to the BBMP and

hope for the SNNA members and

reply soon we will sit for dharna

government not to do so.”

has also sent a letter to them asking

they are relying on his word of as-

(picket) .We are not fighting against

e group claims interference

them to demolish the illegal com-

surance. Harini Mahesh, a site

BBMP, we are fighting against cor-

from local politicians resulted in a

plexes built on the land of the own-

owner in Rajarajeshwari layout

ruption.” he added.

number of problems for the land

ers. He said, “I will try my best to

said, “We are not getting the license

Drug taking ‘rampant’ in sports: Chief Medical Officer Saikat Ghosh

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movement has caused no progress.

Land mafia grabbing plots has forced a community to take action

Best of Laxman

there is a lack of knowledge about

lines and make sure these things

be completely unaware of the use of

Legendary cartoonist R.K.Laxman’s fa-

e Sports Authority of India’s

which drugs are banned and

don’t happen again and hence we

these drugs. “May be, they don’t

mous political cartoons, pocket catoons

chief medical officer said the use

shouldn’t be used. For example,

will have clean sports.”

know, but they are definitely aware

and other caricatures are being exhib-

of drugs and nutritional supple-

medicines like D Cold and Parac-

Dr. Chetan Parasher, a Sports

of the fact that by taking these med-

ited by the Indian Institute Of Cartoon-

ment to improve physical per-

etamol can also land you in trouble

Medicine Expert, based in J.P.

icines they will benefit,” he said to

ists.

formance is rampant in sports.

in sports like shooting.”

Nagar, does not agree that they may

e Weekly Observer.

Where: Indian Institute Of Cartoonists,

Dr. S.R. Sarala, who is chief of the

Dr Sarala explained how the sys-

medical facility at the Sports Au-

tem works in the aermath saying:

thority of India (SAI) in Bangalore,

“eir urine samples are taken, if

explained the reasons for it. She

they test positive, then the samples

said athletes who are young have

are sent to their respective federa-

sometimes consumed medicines

tion through National Anti Doping

which come under the banned list.

Agency (NADA) and stern action is

“People have doped unknowingly,

taken as per the World Anti Doping

we try to educate them,” she said.

Agency (WADA) rules.”

In order to achieve excellence,

caught. ”We take urine samples

being aware of adverse effects on

regularly. ere are people who

their body which causes loss of fer-

check the rooms of athletes.” She

tility and long term diseases such as

also spoke in favor of educating the

cancer, she said.

athletes and mentioned the num-

Udaya Laxmi Shot put

Was dropped from the national team aer she was tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, on July 2nd, 2013.

Neha Singh

Shot put

Was tested positive on 2nd July, 2013 for Methylhexaneamine on the eve of Asian championship in Pune .

Track and Field

July 2011, prior to Asian championship she was accused of consuming performance “enhancing” drugs. She was recently handed a two year ban.

Ashwini Akkunji

this menace.” We follow World Anti

pionship,

Doping Agency (WADA) guide-

M.G.Road, Bangalore When: Oct. 5 ,10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M

THEATRE

Veteran actor Paresh Rawal is back with his team with another entertaining comic play having elements

Navjeet Kaur Shot put Dhillon

Was one among the trio, who were caught prior to Asian championship in Pune on 2ndJuly,2013.

of mystery and a message for the

Mandeep Kaur

Was handed over a two year ban aer she lost in court .Tested positive for a banned substance.

managla, Bangalore

ber of steps SAI is taking to curb

India at the World Shooting Chamsaid: “In many cases

Category of Punishment handed sport

She also said how cheats are

some of the drugs are used without

Rakesh Manpat, who represented

Athlete

Track and Field

audience as well.

Where: Jyothi Nivas College, KoraWhen: Oct. 5 Timings: 3:00 P.M.- 6:30 P.M

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