TUESDAY PROTESTS INTENSIFY IN LA AS TRUMP DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD 10 JUNE, 2025 epaper.morningstandard.in facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard A C T I V I S T S D E TA I N E D ISRAELI FORCES SEIZE AID BOAT Israeli forces seized a Gazabound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early on Monday. PAGE 9 ARRIVAL OF TROOPS SPURS ANGER AND FEAR A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS  NEW DELHI  J8.00  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 | P9 PAGES 12 CRUSH HOUR MISSING WIFE EMERGES, HELD IN HUSBAND’S 6 killed after falling off moving trains MURDER CASE Footboard travel in accident-prone section near Mumbai leads to tragedy 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 THIS 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. SIX 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 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 Sisodia skips ACB summons in classroom contruction case E X P R E SS N E WS S E R V I C E @ New Delhi SENIOR AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia did not appear for questioning before the city government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the construction of classrooms in government schools, officials said. The ACB had summoned both Sisodia and former PWD minister Satyendar Jain for questioning. While Jain complied with the summons and appeared before the agency on Friday where he , was questioned for more than five hours, Sisodia was expected to do so on Monday . An ACB official said, “His lawyer informed us that Sisodia would not be able to join. He will be asked to appear again.” AAP sources said that Sisodia had a prior commitment, which prevented him from attending. His lawyer has formally informed ACB of this in writing, the sources said. In April, the ACB registered a case against AAP leaders, alleging corruption in the construction of classrooms at inflated costs. The agency claimed that a scam worth `2,000 crore had been uncovered in the construction of 12,748 classrooms during the AAP tenure. The tender cost for building a classroom was around `24.86 lakh, while such a room could have been constructed for `5 lakh, ACB said. 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 and overcrowding. “This is an accident-prone spot where commuters falling incidents take place frequently,” said a local 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-hectare 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. HANDCUFFED Heatwave hits city as temp touches 45oC, INDIAN STUDENT PINNED TO FLOOR The video from June 7 shows the student handcuffed and pinned at Newark airport, prompting swift response from India | P9 Container vessel on fire off Kerala coast 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 ‘CAUSE OF ACCIDENT BEING PROBED’ wards Kasara alerted the railway authorities about the incident. Those who fell off the trains were rushed to nearby hospitals, where six were declared dead on arrival, police said. Witnesses described the spot as accident-prone due to the curve Smoke billows from Singaporeflagged container ship after explosion off Beypore coast | PTI AROCKIARAJ J AND MANOJ V I S WA N AT H A N @ Kochi/ Kozhikode Relatives of the deceased passengers at a hospital in Thane | PTI 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. EXPRESS READ AXIOM-4 launch postponed to June 11 Due to weather conditions, the launch of Axiom-4 mission carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others to the International Space Station has been postponed to June 11, Indian Space Reserch Organisation Chairman V Narayanan said on Monday evening. Fire at e-rickshaw charging stn, 2 dead Two people died after a fire broke out at an e-rickshaw charging station at a house in northeast Delhi’s Dilshad Garden, an official said on Monday. Police said the fire occurred on the ground floor of the house, and the blaze is suspected to have been triggered by a short circuit. P4 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. condition to intensify over next two days P R A B H AT S H U K L A @ New Delhi DELHI continued to reel under a searing heatwave on Monday, with maximum temperatures hovering between 43 and 45o Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The scorching spell, described as “appreciably above normal,” is likely to intensify over the next two days before any relief. Ayanagar recorded the highest maximum temperature in the region at 45.3oC, followed closely by Ridge and Palam at 44.9oC and 44.3oC, respectively. The Safdarjung observatory Delhi’s base station, logged , 43.4oC, 3.4oC above the seasonal average. Meanwhile, the minimum temperatures also stayed elevated, ranging between 26 degrees and 31.5oC across parts of Delhi-NCR. No rainfall was recorded in the past 24 hours. Winds remained active, with gusts up to 33 kmph reported at Palam, contributing to dusty conditions. The IMD has forecast the continuation of heatwave conditions at isolated places till June 11. From June 12 onwards, the city may witness a change in weather, with the possibility of very light to light rain or thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds reaching up to 60 kmph in the evening or night. Temperatures are expected to gradually fall to 37–39oC by June 15, bringing some respite. Clear skies and dusty winds will prevail until midweek, after which partial cloud cover and scattered showers may provide some relief. Pollution levels also deteriorated significantly on Monday with the 24-hour average Air Quality Index , (AQI) recorded at 235 in the ‘Poor’ category P3 . The usually busy and bustling streets of Chandni Chowk lie empty amid sweltering temperatures on Monday afternoon | SHIBA PRASAD SAHU Warm nights as temp high even after sunset Delhi is also experiencing warm nights with the temperature remaining high even after sunset. This can make it harder for people to cool down besides increasing the risk of heat-related illness, especially for the elderly, children, and those with health issues. There may be some relief starting June 12 with the IMD forecasting light rainfall and thunderstorms in parts of Delhi, along with gusty winds between 30 and 40 kmph. B’luru stampede: Siddu, DKS called to Delhi to meet Cong high command E X P R ESS N E WS S E RV I C E @ Bengaluru WITH the Kar nataka High Court taking up on Tuesday the suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on the death of 11 people in a stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium during the RCB victory celebration last week, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar will be in New Delhi briefing the Congress high command about the incident and later developments that have put the government in the dock. Sources said that the CM and DyCM have been called to Delhi to brief Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and LoP Rahul Gandhi. At the meeting at 11 am, the CM and DyCM will explain the sequence of events on June 4 and measures taken by the government after the stampede. They will try to justify that it was not the government’s fault, but a failure on the part of the police and event organisers, sources said. They will explain that the state government suspended five senior officers, including Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda. The CM also removed his political secretary and cases have been registered against representatives of RCB, DNA and KSCA. The government has formed a one-man commission of retired HC judge Justice Michael D’Cunha to probe the incident. The CM has blamed police for not keeping the government informed about the preparedness. Siddaramaiah has rubbished BJP and JDS demand for the resignation of the CM, DyCM and the home minister. Sources said the high command is concerned about the developments impacting the image of the party and government as a series of polls are likely over the next few months. Priest killed in tiger attack near Ranthambore Fort R A J E S H A S N A N I @ Jaipur A 60-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack near Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Fort on Monday morning. The victim, identified as Radheshyam Saini of Sherpur, was a priest at a Jain temple inside the fort. According to police, he was attacked when he stepped out of home early in the morning to relieve himself. It marks the third such case in the area in less than two months. A forest ranger, Devendra Chaudhary was killed in a , tiger attack on May 11, while a seven-year-old boy was mauled to death near Trinetra Ganesh temple on April 16. Locals held a protest against the forest department for its failure to curb big cat attacks.