28052022-LT-01.qxd 5/28/2022 12:49 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana TRIBUNE 7 STUCK IN LIFT FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS AT COURTS COMPLEX Seven persons remained trapped in a lift for nearly two hours after it stopped working due to some technical fault. FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY SKY Shopkeeper, snatcher held with 39 cell phones Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 27 The Ludhiana police today nabbed a notorious mobile snatcher within hours of the snatching incident. The quick investigation led to the arrest of a mobile phone showroom owner, who used to buy snatched mobile phones from the accused, with the recovery of 39 cell phones. The accused have been identified as Pardeep Kumar, alias Abhi (32), of Kot Mangal Singh Nagar and Prince Chadha (22), owner of Prince Telecom at Baba Deep Singh Nagar. One of the accomplices of Pardeep, Kalu of Shimlapuri, is yet to be arrested. The police also recovered a motorcycle (bearing registration no. PB07U 2137) of the snatcher, which was being used for committing the crimes. Joint Commissioner of Police (City) Narinder Bhargav, ADCP-3 Pragya Jain, ACP Harish Behal and other officials addressed a press conference in this regard. The JCP (City) said on May 26, Gurpreet Singh of Preet Nagar lodged a complaint that two motorcycle- borne snatchers had snatched his mobile phone from near the Dhuri Railway Lines. The Continued on page 2 PAGE 2 GATEWAY OF INDIA LIT UP FOR LAUNCH OF STRANGER THINGS 4 PAGE 3 In celebration of Stranger Things, rifts will start appearing on some of the most iconic monuments on the globe! MAX 39°C | MIN 26°C | YESTERDAY MAX 38°C | MIN 25°C SUNSET SATURDAY 7:22 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:24 AM Truck was stranded on NH; husband, mother-in-law seriously hurt Our Correspondent The deceased woman, Navpreet Kaur, of Nasrali village and her children Harsimrat Singh and Harseerat Kaur; and (left) the mangled remains of their ill-fated car. TRIBUNE PHOTOS paying obeisance at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib. While coming towards Khanna, a container truck stranded on the highway toppled over the car in which they they were travelling in, near Khanna city. The car and the container were damaged completely. People, including passersby, and police personnel had to deploy a earth mover to lift the container. Though the police were yet to ascertain the exact reason behind the mishap, passers-by said it occurred c m y b PAGE 4 News of his demise was confirmed by his publicist, who revealed that Ray Liotta passed away in his sleep. Woman, two kids killed as container topples over car Khanna, May 27 A woman and her two children were killed when a stationary container truck, on the national highway, near Khanna, toppled over the car in which they were travelling in. As per sources, the mishap occurred near a naka when the driver of a SUV vehicle applied sudden brakes due to which the container mounted on the truck toppled on the victims’ car. The deceased were identified as Navpreet Kaur of Nasrali village and her twin children Harsimrat Singh and Harseerat Kaur. Gurinder Singh and his mother Kamaljit Kaur were injured seriously in the mishap. While the ill-fated car was smashed completely, some more vehicles were also damaged. It was learnt that a family of Nasrali village, including Gurinder Singh, his mother, wife and two children, were returning home after CELEBS MOURN SUDDEN DEMISE OF GOODFELLAS ACTOR LIOTTA due to negligence of the highway authorities. Bodies of the deceased were shifted to the Khanna Civil Hospital for autopsy while Gurinder and Kamaljit Kaur were admitted to a private multispecialty hospital in Ludhiana. SATURDAY | 28 MAY 2022 | LUDHIANA PLA team reaches civic body offices to attach Commissioner’s car, furniture MC fails to construct road of Juhi Enclave as per court orders Ludhiana, May 27 Following the orders issued by a permanent lok adalat (PLA), a team from the court reached the MC’s Zone D office on Friday for attaching movable properties, including the official car of the MC Commissioner and furniture in offices as the civic body failed to follow the court orders for constructing the road of Juhi Enclave on Jassian Road here. The PLA on Thursday issued an order to attach the Toyota Innova vehicle of the MC Commissioner, a table and 10 chairs in the office of the Commissioner at Zone D and a table and 10 chairs in the office of the Superintending Engineer (B&R) at Zone D, Rahul Gagneja, and also, other attachable goods lying in the office of the MC’s Zone D. In December 2020, the Permanent Lok Adalat had ordered the Municipal Corporation through its Commissioner, Senior Town Planner, Assistant Town Planner (Zone D), state, through the Secretary to the government, and the Director of the Department of Local Government to construct the road of Juhi Enclave within six months and also constitute a park committee of three parks of the colony within three months but the civic body has failed to fol- low the order till date. The court on Thursday gave instructions to the Bailiff of the court to attach the moveable property at Zone D. As MC Commissioner Shena Aggarwal is on an official tour of South Africa, her car was not available at the office today. MC Zonal Commissioner Jasdev Sekhon said the team from the court had reached the office but they sought some time. “Our lawyer has filed an application for stay. We have sought some time from residents to carry out development works,” he said. An MC official said no moveable property had been attached today. — TNS SE gets show-cause notice Realtor held in firing case for not submitting report Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 27 Following a complaint regarding alleged irregularities in the usage of Rs 212 crore on road repair works during the period between 2016 and 2020, the Chief Vigilance Officer has issued a show-cause notice to MC Superintending Engineer Rahul Gagneja for not submitting a report/record regarding the complaint. The Superintending Engineer has been asked to submit an explanation within 15 days, otherwise departmental action would be initiated. According to the notice, Continued on page 2 Ludhiana, May 27 The Police Division 7 arrested a property dealer who fired at a man in Sector 32-A, Chandigarh road here. The suspect has been identified as Sunil Kumar. Complainant, Jang Singh, of Bonkar Gujran village said recently, he struck a deal to sell a land to Sunil at Rs 56 lakh. The suspect Continued on page 2