01062022-CT-01.qxd 6/1/2022 12:46 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY | 1 JUNE 2022 | CHANDIGARH ASI DENIED ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN P’KULA EXTORTION CASE PAGE 2 Assistant Commissioner of Police Vijay Kumar Nehra joins duty as senior officers reject his resignation. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY TRICITY COVID REPORT CHD P’KULA MOHALI POSITIVE 92,439 44,344 96,033 RECOVERED 91,158 43,913 94,843 NEW CASES 23 2 2 ACTIVE 116 17 41 CHANGE 10 1 8 DEATHS 1,165 414 1,149 NEW 0 0 0 AIR QUALITY INDEX PAGE 2 UT TO START DOOR-TO-DOOR VACCINATION DRIVE TODAY Christened Hawk, the e-drive auto has been fabricated by members of the auto-electrician course. MAX 42°C | MIN 28°C | YESTERDAY MAX 41.8°C | MIN 28°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7:19 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:22 AM Despite HC orders, vendors sit pretty at Rock Garden, Sukhna THE TRIBUNE SPECIAL 153 PANCHKULA 144 MOHALI 205 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF YOUTH NABBED WITH HEROIN Chandigarh: A Dadu Majra resident has been arrested by the district crime cell of the UT police with 27 gm of heroin. The suspect, identified as Dheeraj Sharma (28), was nabbed from Sector 40. The police have registered a case at the Sector 39 police station. TNS THEFT AT HOUSE IN SECTOR 30 Chandigarh: A theft has been reported from a house in Sector 30. Complainant Gurmukh Singh alleged that the thief broke the lock of house number 347 and committed the theft. The house owner is out of station. The police have registered a case at the Industrial Area police station. TNS A large number of vendors outside Rock Garden, which has been declared a no-vending zone. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MANOJ MAHAJAN SEC 1-6 WERE DECLARED NO-VENDING ZONES IN 2019 ■ NOVEMBER 2019: Taking note of illegal vendors, the Punjab and Haryana High Court declared Sector 1 to 6 and 17 no-vending zones ■ DECEMBER 2019: All vendors removed from no-vending zones High Court had directed the authorities to remove all street vendors from novending zones by December 5. After this, vendors were shifted to alternative sites. However, most of them did not take possession of the new sites. ■ Vendors asked to shift Sector 7; they fail to do so ■ PRESENT STATUS: The vendors keep operating from Rock Garden, Sukhna Lake and Bird Park in the absence of enforcement checks Most of the registered vendors sitting here were allotted spaces on the rear side of the Sector 7 inner market. However, not even a single vendor sits there, citing poor business. “Where do we go? We have been sitting outside Rock Garden Zirakpur, May 31 A jilted lover allegedly murdered a girl and then hanged himself to death at a flat in Rishi Apartments on the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway this evening. Deceased Aditya (28), a resident of Shamli, UP, was reportedly in a relationship with Chandigarh girl Monika Rathi (27) for the past sometime and was insisting her to marry him. However, the girl’s family was against the marriage after which the girl, an IT professional in Chennai, refused to marry him. Her parents had fixed her marriage for June 13. Around 4 pm today, Aditya reportedly called up the girl to meet her at the society flat before her marriage. The duo had an argument over the matter following which Aditya tried to shoot her with a country-made .32 bore pistol, but it malfunctioned. In a fit of rage, the 28-year-old hit her with the butt of the pistol on the head repeatedly to death. Aditya, later, hanged himself to death from the ceiling fan of the room. The incident came to light when Aditya’s friend Shant, GIRL’S FAMILY WAS AGAINST MARRIAGE Deceased Aditya (28), a resident of Shamli, UP, was reportedly in a relationship with Chandigarh girl Monika Rathi (27) for the past sometime and was insisting her to marry him. However, the girl’s family was against the marriage after which the girl, an IT professional in Chennai, refused to marry him. Her parents had fixed her marriage for June 13. A view of Rishi Apartments in Zirakpur, where the incdent took place on Tuesday evening. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR HIT HER WITH BUTT OF PISTOL Around 4 pm on Tuesday, Aditya reportedly called up the girl to meet her at a flat in Zirakpur before her marriage. The duo had an argument over the matter following which Aditya tried to shoot her with a countrymade .32 bore pistol, but it malfunctioned. In a fit of rage, the 28-yearold hit her with the butt of the pistol on the head repeatedly to death. Aditya, later, hanged himself to death from the ceiling fan of the room. who had rented the flat, came back around 8 pm and found both of them dead and reported the matter to the police. Neighbours said Shant had taken the accommodation on rent and Aditya had moved in recently. The police have taken the bodies into custody and have kept them in the mortuary of the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi. The incident created panic in the housing society. Zirakpur SHO Deepinder Singh Brar said, “Aditya and Monika were in a relationship. continued on page 3 IIT-Ropar grad shines with AIR 9 Chandigarh: The police have booked two persons, Vipan Kumar (44) and Manoj Kumar (42), for allegedly assaulting their neighbour. Complainant Harminder Pal Singh, a resident of house number 1362/2, Sector 30, reported that his neighbours, residents of house number 1363/2, trespassed into his house and assaulted him with a bottle. A case has been registered at the Industrial Area police station. TNS Chandigarh, May 31 Two persons have been arrested by the district crime cell of the UT police for allegedly running a betting racket during the Indian Premier League (IPL). A total of ~17.45 lakh has been recovered from them. The suspects have been identified Hitesh Hans (34) and Raju Thapa (30), both residents of Sector 63. The police claimed that they had received information that a few persons were gambling at a ground in Sector 38 and they were possessing huge cash. The police stated that the suspects had collected the money after making people bet in IPL matches. The police conducted a raid and nabbed both suspects. They recovered ~11.67 lakh from their possession. While checking Hitesh’s car, the police recovered ~5.80 lakh. During interrogation, Hitesh disclosed that he worked for Sanjay Khurana, a resident of Sector 45, and the money kept in the car was supposed to be delivered to Sanjay. A case under Sections 13/3/67 of the Gambling Act and Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. The suspects are on two-day police remand. — TNS FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE UPSC CIVIL SERVICES RESULTS TWO ASSAULT NEIGHBOUR, BOOKED 2 held for running IPL betting racket for a long time. However, in Sector 7, there is no sale due to rear-side location. The MC failed to offer some other feasible site. We should be given at least a few sites at Rock Garden and Sukhna,” said one of the registered vendors. TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD Jilted lover kills girl, hangs self to death Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 31 Even as the Punjab and Haryana High Court has declared Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake (Sector 1 to 6) as no-vending zones, street vendors are still operating outside these tourist places. During a check by a team of Chandigarh Tribune, about 40 street vendors were sitting near Rock Garden. It gave a semblance of a rehri market. The vendors were seen selling street food and domestic usable items. Vendors were seen selling ice-cream and street food at the Sukhna Lake parking lot too. It has also come to light that vendors also sit near Bird Park. The vendors reportedly keep playing hide and seek with the enforcement wing of the MC. “We have regularly been carrying out anti-enforcement drives there. However, whenever our staff goes there, they disappear. After sometime, they return. We will get it checked,” said Rupesh Kumar, MC Additional Commissioner, who heads the enforcement wing. In November 2019, the PAGE 3 The UT Health Department will launch "Har Ghar Dastak 2.0" Covid vaccination campaign at five places. Sandeep Rana CHANDIGARH 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 TRAINEES OF THE ITBP DEVELOP E-VEHICLE OUT OF SCRAP WARM WELCOME: PM Narendra Modi being received by Punjab Governor & UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit as Manohar Lal Khattar, CM, Haryana, Bhagwant Mann, CM, Punjab, and MP Kirron Kher look on at the Chandigarh airport on Tuesday. The PMwas on way to Shimla. TRIBUNE PHOTO Efforts on to make UT most liveable, healthy city: Purohit Felicitates beneficiaries of Central social welfare schemes Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 31 Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit today felicitated beneficiaries of social welfare schemes during a state-level event organised at Tagore Theatre in which the beneficiaries and others witnessed the interaction programme of the Prime Minister through the virtual mode. Purohit was the chief guest on the occasion, while Meenakshi Lekhi, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, was the guest of honour. MP Kirron Kher was also present. The beneficiaries from Chandigarh were felicitated under various flagship schemes of the government such as the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Poshan Abhiyaan, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Ropar, May 31 IIT-Ropar Electrical Engineering graduate Pritam Jakhar has secured AIR 9 in the Civil Services exam, 2021. This was his third attempt. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had announced the results of the examination yesterday. A resident of Sikar district in Rajasthan, he completed his degree in Electrical Engineering in 2018 from the IIT, Ropar, and also served as the sports secretary of the institute. His father Subhash Chand, a former Army man, had lost his left leg during the Kargil War. Chand’s spirit of service for his country influenced his son greatly. The younger brother of two sisters, Pritam’s mother Sumitra is a housewife. A promising student during his graduation, Pritam’s study mantra during his long exam preparations was consistency. “One needs to remind oneself about what inspired him or her to take up this path in the first place. If one remains consistent throughout the preparations, he or she is already ahead of 90 per cent of the competition,” he says. Anand Malhotra bags 67th rank WHAT HE SAYS ❝ Be it the JEE or the UPSC, entrance exams need a sustainable preparation strategy and at least seven to eight hours of study before the Prelims and 12 to 14 hours before the Mains. Pritam Jakhar ❞ Zirakpur’s Jain ranked 130th Anand Malhotra bagged the 67th rank in the Civil Services examinations. An alumnus of PEC, he did his MBA from the IIM, Indore, and worked in multinational firms for six years. This was his second attempt. “I failed to clear the Prelims in 2015. I finally took the call of quitting my job in October 2020 and was able to clear the exam in this attempt with AIR 67,” said Malhotra, who hails from Panchkula. Antriksh Jain from Zirakpur secured the 130th rank in his first attempt. He possesses a degree in BTech (Mechanical). “I did my preparations for the UPSC examination mostly through online platforms. After completing my degree, I got a job in Hyderabad. However, after completing one year in the job, I realised my potential and starting preparing for the UPSC,” said Jain. Inspector’s son Gaurav does him proud Gaurav Dogra, son of Inspector Sudesh, who is in-charge of the Burail police station, left his job in 2019 to pursue his dream of clearing this examination. He scored the 597th rank. Dogra, who studied from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh, and completed his BE in Metallurgy and Material Science from PEC, had been eyeing to clear the exams for three years. Pritam says his goal is to promote women empowerment in the region. He says, He says one needs to invest more on the Mains exam as it is all about testing one’s analytical capability and factbased knowledge. IIT-Ropar Director Rajeev Ahuja congratulated Pritam and gave his best wishes for his bright future to serve society. — TNS May saw 52% deficient rainfall Suicide bid by boy in Jandpur Tribune News Service Beneficiaries from the city at Tagore Theatre during a virtual interaction with PM Narendra Modi, who was in Shimla on Tuesday. PRADEEP TEWARI Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana and the PM Svanidhi Yojana. These schemes are providing a dignified life to the poor. Lekhi highlighted the achievements of the Union Government since 2014 and how various flagship schemes of the Government of India had been benefiting citizens since the past few years. Purohit appreciated the work done by a team of administrative officers, led by UT Adviser Dharam Pal. “I will ensure that every eligible beneficiary gets all benefits under the Central schemes run in our city,” said the Administrator. Stressing on transparent governance, the Administrator lauded the efforts of the Administration in digitising all citizen-centric services. Admiring the beauty of Chandigarh, he said all residents must work continued on page 3 c m y b Chandigarh, May 31 This May saw 52 per cent deficient rainfall. During the month, 26.3 mm precipitation was recorded in Chandigarh, while the normal rainfall for this month is 54.8 mm. It is also the lowest rainfall in the past three years. In May 2020, 54.5 mm of rainfall was recorded, while last year in May, 60.8 mm of rainfall was witnessed. May saw the highest average maximum temperature in the past three years. The Tribune News Service WAS THE HOTTEST IN THE PAST 3 YEARS average maximum temperature this month was 37.3°C, while in May last year, it was 36°C. In 2020, it was 36.6°C. Meanwhile, hot weather conditions increased in the city today. The maximum temperature today was 41.8°C, 2.3 degrees above normal. The maximum temperature is gradually expected to increase to 44°C by June 5. The minimum temperature was 28°C, 2.9 degrees above normal. Mohali, May 31 A 17-year-old boy of Jandpur village made a suicide bid after getting depressed over the death of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, alias Sidhu Moosewala, on Tuesday afternoon. The victim was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Phase 6, Mohali, where he is under treatment. Doctors said the boy had taken poison, reportedly phenyl, and was being treated. Today, he had gone to WAS DEPRESSED OVER MOOSEWALA’S DEATH The victim’s parents, who are daily wagers, said their son was depressed for the past two days after hearing the news of the singer’s murder. He was not even taking food since then, they said. the nearby fields in the morning. When he reached home, he fell after getting unconscious. The Sadar Kharar police said the statement of the boy had been recorded and he was stated to be out of danger now.