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First published on: Feb 6, 2025 at 07:11 AM IST
The espionage case has taken a dramatic turn with the expulsion of a Soviet national attached to the USSR embassy. This coincided with the expulsion of an official from the German Democratic Republic and another from the Polish embassy. Coomar Narain, the suspected kingpin, has reportedly named a Polish embassy attache, Jan Haberka, to whom he passed secret documents. It could not, however, be confirmed whether Haberka or some other member of the embassy was deported.
Police firing
Five persons were killed and seven injured when the police filed on a 14,000-strong mob, part of which turned violent, at Bhayander, about 55 km from Bombay. Trouble started when the Sangharsh Seva Samiti of Bhayander launched a rail roko in support of their demands. In several cases the police fired from close range and a majority of those receiving bullet injuries were hit in the head.
MLAs dropped
The names of the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh figure in the lists of candidates which were cleared by the Congress Parliamentary Board for the coming Assembly elections. While retaining the chief ministers, the CPB-I has dropped scores of sitting MLAs in these four states including a large number of ministers and some dissidents.
Tripura attack
Armed Tribal National Volunteers extremists launched a fresh offensive in two villages in Tripura’s West District, shooting down two CPI(M) supporters and injuring one, besides kidnapping three persons, including two student leaders, according to the police. The targets of the extremists, led by “Captain” Kami Debbarma, were the legislator Rucchiram Debbarma, and Tribal Autonomous District Council member Budhari Debbarma. This was the second extremist attack on an MLA in Mandai, scene of the June 1980 disturbances.
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on February 06, 1985. 
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