22052022-ATR-01.qxd 5/22/2022 12:58 AM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar TRIBUNE DLSA FLAGS OFF VAN TO RAISE AWARENESS AGAINST DRUGS The van will cover 116 villages across the district till June 3 to spread awareness against drugs. FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY SKY INBRIEF THREE HELD WITH 3.5-KG HEROIN Amritsar: The Special Task Force (STF) arrested a fruit trader and his son along with a medical representative of ayurvedic medicines for heroin trafficking here on Saturday. The police also confiscated 3.50-kg heroin worth over ~17 crore from their possession. Those arrested have been identified as Amrik Singh, who runs a fruit shop near the Hall Gate area, his son Prabhdeep Singh and Sarabjit Singh who was allegedly involved in hawala racket for transferring illegal money. Rashpal Singh, Assistant Inspector General, STF, in a press conference here stated that the police got a tip-off that Amrik Singh was involved in drug trafficking following which an SUV was intercepted near Taran Wala Pul on late Friday evening. During the search, the police recovered 3.5 kg of heroin from their possession. He said a case under the NDPS Act was registered with the STF police station in Mohali and further investigations were underway. TNS PAGE 2 NOBODY IS AN ITEM, FEELS BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS HELEN PAGE 3 TV ACTRESS SHRADDHA ARYA TURNS INTERIOR DESIGNER During the DID L'il Masters Season 5 show, veteran Bollywood actor Helen expressed her views on item numbers. MAX 39°C | MIN 25°C | YESTERDAY MAX 39°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET SUNDAY 7:24 PM The actress is busy remodeling her dream apartment by referring to architectural magazines. SUNRISE MONDAY 5:29 AM SUNDAY | 22 MAY 2022 | AMRITSAR Rural areas relying on city fire stations Firefighters have to visit remote Khemkaran & Sri Hargobindpur areas to tackle fire cases FIREFIGHTING PREPARATIONS-2 HELPING HANDS ■ Though the government has been lacking in infrastructure in peripheral and rural areas, there are some religious, social and government bodies which always support the Fire Department. ■ The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sewa Society Beri Gate, Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Khanna Paper Mill, Air Force station, and airport authorities send their fire tenders to help the Fire Department. In case of fire, the areas around Beas take help from the Radha Soami sect. Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 21 The divisional headquarter of the Fire Department in the city attends around 700 fire calls in a year. With the four functional fire stations in the city, the firefighters have to attend fire calls from as far as 70 km from the city. There is no firefighting facility in the border area towns of Tarn Taran and Amritsar. The teams from Amritsar visit Khemkaran (65 km) and Sri Hargobindpur (70 km) to tackle fire incidents. There are 10 peripheral towns — Beas, Rayya, Baba Bakala, Jandiala, Kathunangal, Majitha, Rajasansi, Lopoke Chugawan, Ajnala and Attari — around Amritsar. There is no firefighting facility in these towns except in Jandiala and Majitha. Earlier, these FIREFIGHTING JUGAADS The rural panchayat and gurdwara committees have made firefighting “jugaads” to control the fire. They fit an engine with a water tanker, which throws water with pressure. However, fire officials claimed that these ‘jugaads’ cannot be an alternative to fire tenders, but are good for first aid. But firefighters should be trained to avoid getting injuries while fighting a fire. and wheat harvesting ❝During paddymaximum fire calls from seasons, we get rural areas. As fire spreads rapidly in fields, it takes time to douse such fires in Lovepreet Singh, ADFO rural areas ❞ A fire tender is stationed at the Fire Brigade station in Amritsar on Saturday. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR two towns were lacking it, but the newly formed government provided two fire tenders for each on April 29. Apart from Amritsar district, the staff at Amritsar also attend fire calls from Taran Tarn, Khadoor Sahib, Khemkaran, Jhabbal and Mehta. According to department officials, the number of fire calls from the peripheral towns and rural areas have increased. Lovepreet Singh, ADFO, PAGE 4 said, “During the paddy and wheat harvesting seasons, we get maximum fire calls from rural areas. The fire spreads rapidly in mature crops so firefighters have to make hard efforts to douse such fires in rural areas. There should be fire tenders in each town to control the fire with less damage. When our fire tenders and vehicles go out from the city we face inconvenience while attending fire calls in the city areas”. There are some spots, where the fire department sends fire tenders daily such as the Bhagtanwala dump site. As a fire breaks out at the Bhagtanwala dumping ground daily, a fire tender remains busy there. Spying: Police remand of two extended Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 21 A local court on Saturday extended the police remand of two persons, who were arrested by the state special operation cell (SSOC) on the charge of espionage, by three days. The accused, identified as Zaffar Riaz, a resident of Kolkata, and his associate Mohammad Shamshad, a native of Bihar, were arrested by the SSOC on Wednesday. A case under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 9 of the Official Secrets Act and 120-B of the IPC had been registered against them. Zaffar had married Rabia, a resident of Lahore, in 2005. The police claimed that Zaffar had clicked photographs and made videos of the Army buildings and shared it with his handlers through encrypted apps. Shamshad, who lived at Meerakot Chowk, had been running a lemonade cart for the past 20 years. Ahead of paddy season, thieves target transformers in rural areas Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 21 With electricity transformer thieves becoming active ahead of the paddy season, farmers and Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL) officials in the rural belt are a worried lot. In one of the first electricity transformer thefts of the season, a 7.5-kVA transformer set up at a tubewell in Cheema Khurd village of Sarai Amanat Khan subdivision of PSPCL in Tarn Taran district was stolen on Friday night. Farmers have to face inconvenience as they cannot run their tubewells for days until the stolen transformer is replaced with a new one by PSPCL. Besides, the government has to suffer huge losses every year. Nearly 80 transformers were stolen from Sarai Amanat subdivision of PSPCL during the paddy season last year. The thefts had put a burden of nearly ~35 lakh on PSPCL. Farmers in the border belt suspect a big nexus as not even a single thief was arrested last year. “Transformers are primarily stolen for oil and metal wires. If the police raid the shops selling transformer oil and metal wires, they can easily identify thieves,” said Kuljeet Singh, a farmer. Parshotam Singh, a farmer of Cheema Khurd, said thieves stole the transformer from his tubewell on Friday night. “Last year, a transformer was stolen from my second tubewell. This year it is the first theft incident and if PSPCL and police officials take it seriously and arrest thieves, future instances can be stopped,” he said. Hardeep Singh, a farmer leader from the area, said, “Last year, the transformer installed at my tubewell was stolen twice. It is frustrating, but the authorities seemingly are not bothered.” He hoped with the change of guard in the state, the new dispensation would take such thefts seriously. Snatched car seized CENTER OF EXCELLENCE near Subhanpur CARDIAC SCIENCE after chase by police 5000+ 5 Tribune News Service THE CASE Amritsar, May 21 The police recovered the car which was snatched from outside Trillium Shopping Mall here five days ago. Two unidentified persons had snatched the car from the driver, identified as Balbir Singh, of a garment trader after spraying something into his eyes. Raman Kumar, a resident of DR Enclave, said he had a cloth factory and he along with his driver Balbir had come to meet his friend near Trillium Shopping Mall. He said he alighted from his car and went to meet his friend while the driver was inside the car. He said two persons with faces covered came to Balbir and enquired about some place. He said as Balbir came out, the accused took out a bottle and sprayed something into his eyes leaving him blind for some time. Taking advantage of this, one of them sat Mayor Raman Kumar, a resident of DR Enclave, said he along with his driver Balbir had come to meet his friend near Trillium Shopping Mall. When Balbir alighted from car and went to meet his friend, two persons with faces covered came to Balbir and enquired about some place. As Balbir came out, the accused took out a bottle and sprayed something into his eyes and drove away his car. in the car and fled the spot. The police have registered a case and started a probe. ACP Palwinder Singh said following technical inputs, police teams kept chasing the car and the accused. He said the teams reached near the car, but the accused left it and fled away to save themselves from being arrested. He said it happened near Ramidi village falling under the Subhanpur police station in Kapurthala. 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