08052022-LT-01.qxd 5/8/2022 12:28 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana TRIBUNE DISTRICT TOPPED STATE WITH MAXIMUM DEATHS IN 2020 The district recorded 29,527 deaths out of the total 2,29,846 in Punjab, the official figures confirm. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF 2 SMUGGLERS ARRESTED WITH OPIUM Ludhiana: The Samrala police nabbed two drug smugglers and recovered 50 gram of opium from their possession. Apart from opium, the police also recovered a .32-bore pistol along with six cartridges. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the smugglers, identified as Randhir Singh of Amar Nagar, Malout, and Damanjit Singh of Sector 8, Chandigarh. The SSP, Khanna, Ravi Kumar, said secret information was received that the two drug smugglers used to bring opium from big smugglers living in other states and sell it to their clients in Ludhiana. Accordingly a naka was laid near Samrala, where the Swift car in which the smugglers were travelling was stopped for checking. During the frisking of the car’s occupants, the opium was recovered. TNS TWO HELD WITH 2.6-KG OPIUM, 10-KG POPPY HUSK Ludhiana: The Khanna police on Saturday arrested two smugglers and recovered 2.6 kg of opium and 10 kg of poppy husk from them. The arrested smugglers have been identified as Inderjit Singh and Gurpreet Singh of Harion Kalan, Khanna. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against them at the Khanna police station. The SSP, Khanna, Ravi Kumar, in a statement said during a routine checking, a truck (PB10HB1784) was stopped for checking. During the checking of the truck, the narcotics were recovered. The SSP said the smugglers were on the way to deliver consignment of drugs to their clients. TNS PAGE 2 PAGE 3 MIKA SINGH ON THE SETS OF STAR PLUS’ SHOW ANUPAMAA Mika will make a special appearance as groom’s friend in Anupamaa, promoting his dating reality show. MAX 40°C | MIN 22°C | YESTERDAY MAX 39°C | MIN 21°C SUNSET SUNDAY 7:10 PM Ludhiana, May 7 In another boost to industrial development, a textile park has been approved over 1,000 acres of land at Koom Kalan in Ludhiana, the government has confirmed. The park, which will be set up under the PM Mitra Scheme, will boost all kinds of textile activities through various industrial units in the industrial capital of the state, the officials have said. PAGE 4 This Mother’s Day, celebrities pick their favourite maa, who have immortalised the character in films. SUNRISE MONDAY 5:35 AM SUNDAY | 8 MAY 2022 | LUDHIANA Customer kills barber over 20-yr-old BTech student ends life in PAU hostel minor arguments, arrested Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 7 The CIA wing cracked the murder case of a barber at Puneet Nagar, Tibba Road, within a few hours of its occurrence. The barber was killed by slitting his throat with a sharp razor on Friday night. The DCP Crime, Varinder , Singh Brar, ACP Investiga, tion, Harvinder Singh and CIA chief Inspector Beant Juneja addressed a press conference regarding the matter. The accused was identified as Satyam Kumar Lambu (23) of Vijay Nagar, Tibba Road. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Inam (33) of Satguru Nagar. Brar said the accused The murder accused in police net in Ludhiana on Saturday. was a regular customer of the barber. On Friday night he went to the shop of the deceased, Pappu Hairdresser, for a haircut. Satyam was reportedly drunk when he entered the shop. The shop owner was talking over phone and asked Satyam to wait for a few minutes as he was on an important phone call. Satyam started asking the barber to cut the phone call and trim his hair. Both started arguing and Satyam took a razor lying on the table and attacked the shop owner. After the barber suffered serious wounds on his throat, he fell on the ground. Satyam considering him dead, closed the shop’s shutter and fled, Inspector Juneja said. “Today when we started a probe and questioned some persons, the name of the suspect cropped up. When Satyam was rounded up, he confessed to having committed the murder. Satyam admitted that after arguments they both scuffled during which he took a razor and slit the throat of the barber,” added Inspector Juneja. Ludhiana, May 7 A 20-year-old engineering student of Punjab Agricultural University, Renu Bala, today committed suicide at the Hostel No. 11 of the university. Her body was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the hostel room on Saturday evening. Belonged to Nangal Bhor village, Pathankot, the girl was studying in BTech (Food and Technology) second year in the university. The deceased has left behind a suicide note in which she mentioned that she is ending her life as she don’t want her parents to spend any more money on her. “You have spent a lot money on me, now I want you to invest money DIRECT WAY TO MARTYR SUKHDEV THAPAR’S BIRTHPLACE Draft notification sent to Local Govt Dept for acquiring land Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 7 Amid the protests by members of the All India Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust against the government for allegedly ignoring the martyr’s birthplace, the Land Acquisition Collector-cum-SDM, Ludhiana East, has sent a draft notification to the Department of Local Government to get required approval for acquiring a piece of land for making direct way to the birthplace of Shaheed Sukhdev Tha- par at Mohalla Naughara from Chaura Bazar here. The Trust members have been demanding from the government to make a direct way to the martyr’s birthplace. A 44.5 sq yard property is to be acquired for making a direct way from Chaura Bazar to the martyr’s birthplace. The members of the All India Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust on Saturday continued their chain hunger strike outside the ancestral home of the martyr at Mohalla Naughara, near Chaura Bazar, in Ludhiana. Members of the All India Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust protest at Mohalla Naughara in Ludhiana. INDERJEET VERMA Delegation visits proposed textile park site at Koom Kalan Tribune News Service B-TOWN CELEBS PICK THEIR FAVOURITE ON-SCREEN MAA A high-level delegation, led by Union Textile Additional Secretary Vijoy Kumar Singh and comprising Deputy Secretary Manoj Sinha and Punjab Industries Director Sibin C, visited the proposed site to assess the ground-level requirements for the industrial park here on Friday evening. The delegation also visited Youngman Woolen Mills Pvt Ltd at Seera village on Rahon Road here, which has been selected under the Centre’s Union Textile Additional Secretary VK Singh and Punjab Industries Director Sibin C interact with industrialists in Ludhiana. prestigious PLI scheme. In an interaction with the representatives of textile industry, Union Textile Additional Secretary Vijoy Kumar Singh gave a brief of the PM Mitra Scheme, under which a plug and play model would be created over 500 acres of the total 1,000-acre textile park site. He said the plug and play area will be reserved for manufacturing activity, while the rest of the 500 acres will be used for common utilities like roads, CETPs, STPs, boilers, special activities for research and development, testing laboratories, training, exhibition c m y b and convention centres. “Discussions were held at length by the team to understand the grassroots-level problems of the textile industry and the necessary infrastructure required to be developed at the proposed park like testing labs, workers’ hostels and textile machinery manufacturing industry,” the Industries Director said, while adding that the industrialists raised various issues and gave suggestions for better future of the textile industry. The Trust members said t Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar’s birth anniversary will be marked on May 15 at his birthplace. Trust chief Ashok Thapar said they continued the chain hunger strike for the fourth day in protest against the delay in the work of beautification of the area outside the martyr’s ancestral home (birthplace). Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner, MC, Aaditya Dachalwal has given instructions to officials and the contractor to get the beautification project completed at the earliest. Renu Bala on my brother Sourav. You all please take care of yourselves. Papa also stop consuming alcohol,” the girl addressed her parents in the suicide note. As per the police, the incident came to light at around 6 pm on Saturday. Her roommates had gone somewhere in the afternoon and she was alone in the room. When they returned, they repeatedly knocked at the hostel room but she didn’t respond. Suspecting some foul play, the girls called the hostel warden who broke open the door and found the body of Renu Bala hanging from the ceiling fan in the room. Meanwhile, the PAU police were informed and they shifted the body to the Civil Hospital for postmortem examination. The family of the deceased was informed. Classmates of the deceased said Renu Bala was good in studies and she was a lively girl. No new case in district Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 7 No fresh Covid case and no death due to the disease was reported in the district today. A total of 1,09,881 persons have tested positive for the virus since March 2020, while 2,280 persons from the district have succumbed to the virus till now. The recovery rate of Covid19 patients was 97.91 per cent today. There were 20 active cases in the district and 19 patients were asked to isolate themselves at their homes by the Health Department. At present one Covid COVID-19 FIGURES SAMPLES POSITIVE ACTIVE DEATHS 35,23,596 1,09,881 20 5 2,280 For info Contact: 0161-2444193 & 4622276 patient is admitted to hospital in Ludhiana. Till date, a total of 35,23,596 samples for Covid test have been taken, of which 33,98,955 were found negative. Samples of 3,487 suspected patients were sent for testing today, the results of which are expected shortly.