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SUNRISE MONDAY 5:24 AM SUNDAY | 29 MAY 2022 | JALANDHAR Home Guards commanders booked for graft Dengue cases rise to 6 in dist in less than a fortnight Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 28 The Vigilance Bureau, Punjab, on Saturday booked District Commander Nirmala and Platoon Commander Anmol Moti, respectively, of the Punjab Home Guards, for allegedly receiving a bribe of ~2.4 lakh from Home Guards volunteer Sewa Ram to extend his retirement age. A District Commander and a Platoon Commander were booked for allegedly receiving a bribe of ~2.4 lakh from Home Guards volunteer Sewa Ram to extend his retirement age continuously been rid of accumulated water ❝Tyres havealso being sprayed repeatedly to free the placeand larvicides are from Aparna Banerji Jalandhar, May 28 In less than a fortnight, the number of dengue cases has climbed to six in the district. Though humidity levels are yet to touch the 75 mark (believed to be conducive for dengue larvae breeding), a steady rise in the number of cases is being witnessed. Two cases of dengue were reported in the middle of May when humidity levels fluctuated between 23 and 32 per cent. Until Saturday, six cases of dengue have been reported in the district. While five cases Dengue larave. However, many shopkeepers, vendors, etc, put them back. Also in case of rains, water accumulates in tarpaulins and shop sheds. The Health Department is constantly asking shops to dry these out. Our drives are on. Similarly, larvicide exercise is also being run in areas from where positive cases have been reported. At least once a week, these areas are freed from dengue larvae. Along with this, the dry day drives are also on. Dr Aditya Paul, EPIDEMIOLOGIST ❞ FILE were reported earlier, one new case was reported on Saturday. Of the total six cases in the district, two are children, one adolescent, a middle-aged person and two elderly persons. The new case reported today is from Chhoti Baradari Phase I. A seven-year-old child was found positive for dengue. Before this, a five-year-old child from Jalandhar Cantt contracted the disease. A 19year-old from Basti Peerdad is the only adolescent testing positive for the disease. Barring these, a 29-year-old from Buta Mandi, a 50-yearold from Leather Complex and a 64-year-old from Mehtapur have also tested positive for dengue in the district. Today, the Health Department took 12 samples of dengue suspects for testing, out of which one came out positive. Another person from Hoshiarpur also tested positive in a district hospital (but is not counted as a Jalandhar case as the patient is from another district). Meanwhile, the Health Continued on page 2 Gangster Pancham Noor arrested Tribune News Service The SSP Jalandhar, Vigi, lance Bureau, said the volunteer, Sewa Ram, had lodged a complaint in this regard on anti-corruption helpline number (9501200200), which was investigated by the VB, Jalandhar Range. The complainant stated that at the time of recruitment on May 17, 1988, he had written his age as 25 years in the recruitment form and did not mention any specific date of birth. The SSP further added that the complainant had submitted his plaint that platoon commander Anmol Moti had called him to his office on May 1, 2021, and introduced him to the then District Home Guards Commander, Nirmala, where he informed about his retirement in May 2021. However, he informed the officials that his date of birth was August 25, 1970, and was due to retire around Continued on page 2 Said 3 bikers asked him to hand over bag containing ~70K Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 28 Clearing the mist over the alleged robbery, the Police Commissionerate have nabbed Partap Kumar for weaving a fake story regarding the loot of ~70,000 from him. Divulging the details, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Toor said a robbery incident was reported on Thursday wherein the complainant, Partap Kumar, stated that three bike-borne youths chased and asked him to hand over the bag containing the money, which he had collected from the shopkeepers as a salesman of Airtel Company. He said swinging into action, police teams started probing the matter and checked the footage of CCTVs at several locations in which no such bike-borne robbers were traced. After that the police interrogated Partap Kumar who then revealed Jalandhar, May 28 In a major breakthrough, the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate have arrested dreaded gangster Pancham Noor Singh, alias Pancham, with a .32 bore pistol and four live rounds. Divulging the details, Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar, Gurpreet Singh Toor said Pancham had more than 10 cases registered against him and was a notorious gangster of the Doaba belt. He said Pancham was wanted by the police in the Gopal Nagar firing incident that took place on April 14. Toor said Pancham had been booked in the case on April 15. The Commissioner of Police said as part of a gang war the Pancham gang had opened fire on a youth at Gopal Nagar, however the gunshot missed its target and hit another youth who Man held for weaving fake loot story The accused in the police custody on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO that he had concocted a plot to waive his entire debt. The CP said as per the statement of the accused, he was working for another firm Pankaj Enterprise to which he owed ~98,000. The accused further revealed that he had collected ~70,000 from shopkeepers as an Airtel salesman, which he handed over to Pankaj Enterprise as repayment of his debt instead of depositing this money with Airtel Company. He also mentioned that to escape any action from Airtel Company, Partap Kumar hatched a fake robbery incident and claimed that the entire amount which he had collected for Airtel Company was robbed by bike-borne robbers, who also looted his two mobile phones. The police have also recovered ~69,000 and two mobiles which the accused had claimed to have been robbed. JDA demolishes illegal colony at Dhadda village Tribune News Service JDA demolished the illegal colony at Dhadda village in Jalandhar. A notice was also issued to the coloniser. TRIBUNE PHOTO Jalandhar, May 28 On the directions of Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chief Administrator Ghanshyam Thori, the Jalandhar Development Authority (JDA) has demolished an unauthorised colony at Dhadda village here on Saturday. The DC said a drive against illegal colonies had been launched in the district wherein stringent action was being taken against such offenders. Notice had also been served on the coloniser seeking explanation for this illegal act, following which appropriate action would be initiated by the authorities. He said the JDA had also informed the Sub Registrar about the action against the colony at Dhadda village so that property registration pertaining to this illegal colony could be stopped with immediate effect. He said the Revenue Department had taken a serious note of c m y b mushrooming of llegal colonies, directing the Sub Registrar to not execute sale deeds until the no-objection certificate (NOC) was issued by the authorities. The DC said illegal/unauthorised colonies were not only causing a huge revenue loss to the state exchequer, but also a fraud being inflicted on people as residents of these colonies suffer problems due to the lack of basic infrastructure like electricity, Continued on page 2 GOPAL NAGAR FIRING CASE THREE OTHER ACCUSED IN CASE STILL ABSCONDING The complainant, Himanshu, said though the four of the accused, including gangster Pancham Noor, had been arrested, the main accused on whose directions Pancham and its gang opened fire on him is still absconding. He said Puneet Soni, alias Pimpu, is the main accused in the case. He said the accused, Puneet, along with Pancham gang members opened fire on him to take revenge against him for a college fight that happened wayback in 2012. “I appeal to Jalandhar Police to arrest Puneet Soni and two of his close aides — Aman Sethi and Mirza — at the earliest as they are the main accused in the case,” he said. was going along with his family. He said the police arrested the accomplices of Pancham, but he managed to flee the spot. Toor said the police tightened the noose around Pancham and conducted raids in several states, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi, to nab him. He said following a tip-off, the police on Friday nabbed him on the outskirts of the city with a .32 bore pistol and live cartridges. The police are conducting further investigation into the matter. Toor said officials of the Police Commissionerate, including DCP Jaskaran Singh Teja, ADC Gurbaz Singh, ACP Nirmal Singh Continued on page 2