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INBRIEF WOMAN KILLED BY HUSBAND Phagwara: A 26-year-old woman was brutally murdered by her husband in Sanghe Khalsa village near Phagwara Wednesday night. The deceased Sandeep Kaur was the mother of two. Her husband Inderjit Singh had allegedly developed an illicit relations with his sister-in-law, which frequently led to quarrels between the couple. Police sources said the incident occurred when Singh allegedly attacked his wife with sharpedged weapons, killing her on the spot. Her family and relatives rushed to the scene upon receiving the news. The police have registered a case against Inderjit and handed over the body of Sandeep Kaur to her parents after postmortem examination. OC TWO ARRESTED WITH HEROIN Phagwara: The police have arrested two men in separate incidents and recovered 12 gm of heroin from them. In the first case, a police team intercepted a suspect Inderjit Singh alias Babu near Parm Chowk. On noticing the police, the man allegedly took out a transparent plastic packet from his trouser pocket and threw it into the roadside grass before attempting to flee. He was apprehended. A search led to the recovery of 7 gram of heroin. In another operation, a police team was patrolling near a railway crossing when a youth, walking towards them, allegedly removed a black plastic packet from his pocket and dropped it on the roadside. He was caught. The police recovered 5 gram of heroin from him. OC PILLS SEIZED FROM JAIL Phagwara: A major security breach was foiled at the Kapurthala Central Jail after the authorities recovered a large quantity of illicit pills from an inmate and his visitor during a scheduled meeting. Inmate Karamveer Singh of Pakhopur, Tarn Taran, was searched during a routine security check inside the jail. Officers recovered 70 unmarked white pills concealed in his trouser pocket. Simultaneously, jail staff searched Rajwant Kaur, who had come to meet him. The search yielded 56 unmarked white pills from her. A case has been registered under the Prison Act and relevant sections of law. OC 250 KG LIQUOR MASH SEIZED Phagwara: The police in Talwandi Chaudharian seized 250 kg of illicit liquor mash during a raid at Khijarpur village and arrested one person. The operation was launched after a tip-off that Manpreet Singh was engaged in preparing and selling illicit liquor from his house. During the raid, Singh was caught while working with a drum containing mash. The police recovered around 250 kg of mash from the spot. oc Rain leaves city roads in tatters AAP in-charge meets Mayor, Commissioner | Issues to be addressed soon: MC Tribune News Service Jalandhar, September 11 The condition of several roads in the city was already in a bad state owing to delay in repair and digging done for laying pipelines for the surface water project scheme. But the monsoon has left these in tatters. The condition of the roads in almost all areas, including Model Town, Urban Estate, Guru Nanakpura, Ali Mohalla, Basti Adda, Central Town, Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, Mithu Basti, Mota Singh Nagar, New Jawahar Nagar, Model House and Adarsh Nagar, has gone from bad to worse. Even the main roads, including Kapurthala Road, Nakodar Road, bus stand road and 120feet road, have huge potholes, making the ride of the commuters risky. The roads circumventing prominent roundabouts, including Football Chowk, Dr BR Ambedkar Chowk, Jyoti Chowk and Guru Ravidas Chowk, too need to be repaired at the earliest for the safety of the residents. Sahil Sharma, a shopkeeper on Nakodar road, said, “In the past few days, I have noticed at least three bikers having a fall as their vehicles bumped into the deep craters. We have NGOs hold protest march, block road Our Correspondent The dilapidated condition of a road in Jalandhar. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH appealed to the councillor of our area to take up the matter and get the road repaired at the earliest”. Looking at the situation, MC officials have been holding daily meetings with the staff. The officials have got patchwork of roads already started. The officials are conducting assessment and planning to float the tenders of the roads soon so that about 50 main, connecting roads could be laid out afresh. Jalandhar Central Aam Aadmi Party halqa in-charge Nitin Kohli held a meeting with Mayor Vaneet Dhir and MC Commissioner Sandeep Rishi and apprised them of an action plan that he had Fix accountability for rain losses in city: BJP councillors to Mayor Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, September 11 BJP councillors of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation today raised serious concerns over the lack of accountability within the civic body following the recent floods that crippled the city. Ward No. 50 councillor Manjit Singh Titu, along with other BJP members, criticised the AAP-led Municipal Corporation and its Mayor for the breakdown of essential civic services during the heavy rains. The councillors alleged that several infrastructure projects, despite costing crores of rupees, failed disastrously, leaving residents to suffer in unsanitary and hazardous conditions. They demanded that responsibility be fixed on officials and leaders of the MC, emphasizing that the public’s health was at risk due to the prevailing neglect. Addressing the media at the Punjab Press Club in Jalandhar, Titu said, “So far, no one has been held accountable for the losses of crores of rupees sustained by citizens in the wake of the recent rain. Crores were spent on the Pholariwal STP project, which completely failed. The plant motor got burnt and due to no backup or generator, it stopped function- 5-year-old boy was sodomised before murder Mayor says all works being done in time-bound manner ing. This directly impacted the city where dirty waters entered many areas days ago. Traders sustained losses worth crores of rupees due to water entering basements of homes and shops in Model Town. The plant was later made operational but damage had already been done. Even during the historic Sodal Mela, broken roads and paths ridden with potholes exposed the MC’s working.” Titu also added, “The accumulation of sewage waters in the city and the rampant accumulation of garbage at various points could give rise to a health crisis at any time. Across streets and mohallas, stagnant water still prevails. Despite the issues being taken up by BJP councillors and repeated complaints given to various officials, the matter is not being addressed on a priority basis. My own street hasn’t been built so far. The Mayor and government must address these issues.” The BJP councillors also protested the new norm of adding the names of councilors – who had lost the polls – to boards and plaques. While AAP has 45 councillors in the House in Jalandhar, the BJP has 17. During the conference, apart from ward number 50 councillor Manjit Singh Titu, councillors Charanjit Kaur Sandha, Gurdeep Singh Fauji, and others also spoke. Councilors Rimpi Prabhakar, Ravi Kumar, Shivam Sharma, Manjit Kaur, Meenu Dhand, Rajiv Dhingra, Tarvinder Soi, Ajay Kumar Babbal, Rani Bhagat Jyoti, Shobha Meeniya, among others were present. Speaking to The Tribune, Jalandhar, Mayor, Vaneet Dhir said, “The BJP councilors are just indulging in politics. Even last night too, super suction machines have been pressed into services at their wards. We are getting their works done on a priority basis. As far as the Pholariwal plant is concerned, it was not the MC’s fault. A hotline from the power department failed due to the incessant rain. Me, the DC and the Commissioner stayed up till late to fix it, after which it was resumed.” The Mayor added, “The problems caused in Jalandhar were due to the unprecedented rain this year. However, we are working to get storm water sewerage system installed wherever necessary.” devised to resolve the issues in 23 wards of his Assembly segment. The MC officials said the public concerns of his constituency would be addressed on a priority basis. Other than road relaying work, he also sought that sanitation, sewerage and drainage problems need to be redressed at the earliest. Senior Deputy Mayor Balbir Singh Bittu and AAP councillors and leaders Vijay Vasan, Ganga Devi, Tarlok Sara, Ashok Sabharwal, Amardeep Kinnu, Deepak, Rajesh Babbar, Manmohan Raju, Rajiv Gill, Jaswinder Singh, Happy, Jatin Gulati and Gurpreet Kaur also met the MC officials for road works in their wards. Hoshiarpur, September 11 The 5-year-old child, who was kidnapped and murdered, was sodomised and murdered by smothering. This incident took place on the night of September 9. The child’s postmortem was conducted at the Civil Hospital, Hoshiarpur, on Thursday. According to sources, the facts have been confirmed in the post-mortem report, although Civil Surgeon Dr Seema Garg said according to the primary post-mortem report, there were many wounds on the body of the child and he was killed by strangulation. When asked about the sodomy, she said only this much information can be given at the moment. DSP City, Devdutt , Sharma confirmed this late in the evening and said the FIR registered also included the section related to sodomy. After the post-mortem, the body of the deceased was handed over to his family. The family took the body to their native village near Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 11 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that an order declaring an accused a proclaimed offender cannot sustain if the trial court fails to record reasons for its satisfaction or belief that the person has absconded or is concealing himself. Justice Sukhvinder Kaur made it clear it was incumbent upon the trial court to record reasons of its satisfaction/belief that accused had absconded or were concealing themselves, while issuing proclamation. The court was hearing a petition seeking quashing of a proclamation order dated February 24, 2022, passed by a Jalandhar Judicial Magistrate, First Class, in an FIR registered on June 16, 2020, for cheating and other offences under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC at Basti Bawa Khel police station in Jalandhar. The counsel for the petitioners contended that the proclamation order was passed without following the due process under Section 82 of the CrPC. He argued that the conditions mentioned in the section were overlooked, reasons for satisfaction were not recorded, and there was proper publication of procla- c m y b Phagwara for cremation. Meanwhile, the police produced the accused in the court, which sent him to the two-day police remand. There is an atmosphere of anger in the city over this heinous crime. The victim’s family and various organisations took out a protest march in Hoshiarpur. The protesters blocked the road at Prabhat Chowk and staged a sit-in, affecting traffic in the entire area. Protesters demanded that the accused should be given the harshest punishment. SP Mukesh Kumar, DSP Devdutt Sharma and SHO Gursahib Singh of Model Town police station met and assured them that the police will make every possible effort to get the harshest punishment to the accused. Mayor Surinder Kumar also reached the spot and met the protesters. 30 year-old man murdered brutally Phagwara, September 11 A 30-year-old man was found murdered near Aujla village in Kapurthala district, leading the police to register a case of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code against several persons. Victim Maam Hussain, a resident of Chitti village near gas agency in Jalandhar, had left his home around 8 pm on September 9 and never returned. His elder brother Saif Ali lodged a complaint, stating that Hussain had left his mobile phone at home, and when he failed to come back, the family searched extensively through relatives and contacts but received no information. On September 10, the family learned that his body had been recovered outside Aujla village. He was found lying in a pool of blood with severe injuries, suggesting he had been assaulted with extreme brutality. In his statement, Saif alleged that the family of Bacchu, a close friend of Hussain who had died in a train accident in Himachal Pradesh about a year ago, had been holding a grudge against his brother. According to him, Bacchu’s relatives had threatened and attacked Hussain multiple times in the past, and finally carried out his murder. The family of Pargat Singh and Charanjit Singh, who lost their homes, looks after their belongings at Baupur village in Sultanpur Lodhi. TRIBUNE PHOTO:MALKIAT SINGH House reduced to rubble, gurdwara his new address Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Sultanpur Lodhi, September 11 For daily wager Pargat Singh, the dream of owning a home became reality just two months ago, after years of relentless hard work. But that dream was short-lived. His newly built house was reduced to rubble by the recent devastating floods that swept through Baupur Jadid village. Today, a visibly distraught Pargat Singh, accompanied by his brother Major Singh and relative Charanjit Singh, was seen seeking solace at village gurdwara. “We’ve lost everything. I had two acres of land and the entire crop is gone. It’s heartbreaking,” Pargat said, his voice heavy with emotion. His brother Major Singh also saw his home collapsed under the fury of floodwaters. With no shelter of their own, the family is now staying at the residence of farmer leader Paramjit Singh. “Paramjit has been a great Courts must justify declaring accused as PO, rules HC Saurabh Malik Protesters demand that accused be given harshest punishment mation as mandated by law was not done. It has also not been proven on record that the petitioners were ever served with summons, bailable warrants, non-bailable warrants or proclamation. The counsel added the petitioners were ready to appear before the trial court on each hearing. Appearing on advance notice, the state counsel – on the other hand – argued that the petitioners had deliberately avoided appearance and were rightly declared proclaimed offenders. Noticing that the parties had since entered into a compromise and settled their disputes, the Bench added: “In view of the facts and circumstances, it is held that the impugned order, vide which the petitioners were declared proclaimed offenders, suffers from material illegalities and is set aside and petitioners are directed to appear before the trial court within a period of two weeks from today. On doing so, they shall be admitted to bail on furnishing bail bonds and surety bonds to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court.” Before parting, Justice Sukhvinder Kaur cautioned: “If the petitioners fail to appear before the learned trial court, the interim protection granted by this court shall be deemed to be vacated.” support. Right now, we are living with him and have sent our children to stay with relatives,” said Charanjit Singh, trying to maintain a sense of optimism amid the tragedy. “We are hopeful that things will turn around. We’ve left everything to God.” His family is among other flood-hit victims in Sultanpur Lodhi region, where homes have been destroyed, and crops flattened, leaving families with no source of income and a long road to recovery. Gangster held in Kapurthala Phagwara, September 11 The Kapurthala police have arrested gangster Kamalpreet Singh of Dashmesh Avenue, Kapurthala. Kamalpreet is allegedly accused of running a gang that has been involved in criminal activities in the city. Several cases are registered against him and he was reportedly in possession of illegal firearms at the time of his arrest. — OC