21062022-JTR-01.qxd 6/20/2022 11:41 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE DESPITE SHOWERS, CIVIC BODY YET TO START FOGGING IN CITY Councillors said fogging must start early so that the residents are saved from mosquito bites resulting in diseases. FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY SKY INBRIEF FRAUD: 3 TRAVEL AGENTS BOOKED Nurmahal: The Nurmahal police have booked a Ludhiana-based travel agent for allegedly duping a Nurmahal resident of ~9 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. Investigating officer (IO) Kulwindar Singh said the suspect has been identified as Chandani Bharti. The IO said Harwindar Singh, a resident of Mohalla Kohlian, Nurmahal, complained to the police that he paid ~9 lakh to Bharti for facilitating his migration to Canada but he was not sent abroad nor returned the money. The IO said a case under Sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating) of the IPC has been registered against Bharti. In another case, the Shahkot police have booked two travel agents, Kala Singh of Sighpura village and Pardeep Kumar of Ludhiana for duping a Shahkot resident Ramesh of ~8 lakh on pretext of sending him abroad. OC CHEATING: NRI WOMAN BOOKED Hoshiarpur: Chabbewal police have registered a case against an NRI woman for allegedly duping a person of ~22 lakh on pretext of taking him to Canada after marriage. Parminder Singh, a resident of Saidpur village, had lodged a complaint with the police that he was married to Mandeep Kaur, a native of Khanoor village, on the condition that she would take him to Canada on spouse visa after marriage. He said his family allegedly spent ~22 lakh to send Mandeep to Canada. But after this his wife did not apply to bring him to Canada as promised and now does not even talk to him over phone. After the investigation, Chabbewal police have registered a case of cheating against Mandeep. OC PAGE 2 YUVRAJ, HAZEL NAME THEIR BABY BOY ORION KEECH SINGH PAGE 3 On the occasion of Father’s Day, Hazel Keech shared photos with Yuvraj Singh and their baby boy. MAX 28°C | MIN 22°C | YESTERDAY MAX 32°C | MIN 23°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7:35 PM Lohian: The Lohian Khas police have arrested two drug peddlers on the charge of selling poppy husk tablets on Sunday night. Investigating Officer Jaspal Singh said 20 kg poppy husk was seized from the possession of the accused identified as Jatindar Singh, alias Dimple, a resident of Gill Pati village, under Jamsher Sadar police station in Jalandhar and Sharanjit Singh, alias Sonu a resident of Benchan village, under Tanda police station in Hoshiarpur. The IO said the contraband was kept in a truck (PB-08-CH-9514) which has been impounded. The IO said a case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered. OC GANG OF THIEVES BUSTED, 3 HELD Nakodar: The Nakodar sadar police have busted a gang of thieves with the arrest of its three members on Monday. Investigating Officer Jorawar Singh said the accused have been identified as Gurdeep Singh, alias Gopi, a resident of Mudh village, Ram Pal, alias Pala, a resident of Kang Sahibu village and Som Nath, alias Kamal, a resident of Mudh village colony. Abdul Hamid, a resident of Mudh village, complained to the police that the accused stole an engine, a pump, and pipes from his motor in the fields. The IO said a case under Section 379 (theft) of the IPC has been registered against the accused. OC PAGE 4 Television’s heartthrob Shehnaaz Gill marked her ramp debut at a fashion show in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, recently. SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5:24 AM TUESDAY | 21 JUNE 2022 | JALANDHAR LED scam? General House meet postponed to June 24 | Smart City official releases ward-wise list of installed lights | Councillors question official claim, start survey on their own Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 20 The much-awaited meeting on LED lights was postponed here on Monday. It is believed that the meeting, whenever happens, will expose a big scam. Now, the meeting has been postponed to June 24. Recently, a detailed list on the number of LED lights installed in each ward was released by an official looking after the Smart City project and it was claimed that more than 72,000 lights had already been installed in 80 wards. The ward-wise details were also mentioned. But the moment the list was released, councillors believed something fishy in it. They claimed that the total number of LED lights, alleged to be installed in every ward, far exceeded the actual number. Not trusting the ward-wise list released by the official, the councillors have started counting the lights installed in their wards on their own. They have taken the responsibility on their shoulders. “We don’t trust anyone. We have been getting queries from people. A person checks LED street light at Hardip Nagar in Ward No.6. the contract of LED ❝aHPL company was givensupposed to be held lights for year. The meeting was on Tuesday, but some councillors said they have sought every information from the company in writing so that they could come prepared for the meeting. If the company does not provide detailed information, action will be sought against them. Jagdish Raja, MAYOR But, neither any Smart City project official nor any private company official is going to help us, so, now we will expose them,” the councillors said. Nirmal Singh Nimma, councillor from Ward No.6, said he ❞ visited Lamma Pind, Hardayal Nagar and Hardeep Nagar areas in his ward and found anomalies. “The list says that there are around 1,300 lights installed in my ward, but I think these are less than 900 lights. We will get it cleared in a day or two. I am visiting every area,” he said. Nimma added that this would probably be the first scam where no political party is involved, but officials are involved. Jagdish Samrai, councillor from Ward No.78, stated that the ‘survey’ to count the number of lights was allegedly not done with honesty. Rather it was just an eyewash. “I am also visiting every mohalla, and checking every detail. According to the list, in my ward, 574 lights were installed, but when I toured every part of my area in the last three days, and I found only 400 lights. The difference in the number exposes the gravity of the problem. We are preparing everything before the meeting,” he said. Councillor Balraj Thakur said there were more than 200 points where stickers were pasted during the survey and the lights were supposed to be installed on these points. “But a visit to the area surprised me as I found not even a single light installed there. I am also going to start visiting every nook and corner of the ward for a reality check,” he added. Five of a family, including 2 infants, die in accident Crackdown on hookah bars, four arrested Tribune News Service 20-KG POPPY HUSK SEIZED, 2 ARRESTED SHEHNAAZ GILL DEBUTS ON RAMP AS THE SHOWSTOPPER Jalandhar, June 20 The city police on Monday conducted raids at various hotels and malls in the city and registered FIR against two restaurants where hookah bars were being operated. Four persons, including a manager of the restaurant, have been arrested. Besides, eight hookahs, hookah pipes and flavours were seized. As per the police, the owner and staff members of George The Irish Pub located at Chunmun Mall and Firangi restaurant near Urban Estate have been booked under Sections 4 and 21 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003. The police said that they received information about hookah bars being operated illegally in the city, following which they conducted raids at various locations. continued on page 2 Jalandhar, June 20 Five persons of a family were killed in a gruesome road accident that took place near Hamira here on Monday. In the accident, two babies along with their mothers and grandmother lost their lives. The victims belong to a family in Ludhiana. Seven members of the family were returning to Ludhiana after paying obeisance at Darbar Sahib in Amritsar when the accident happened. Around 6.30 this morning, the City Honda car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck on the highway near Hamira village, killing four persons on the spot. The fifth one, an infant, was referred to the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, where he succumbed to his injuries shortly The mangled remains of the car lie on the Amritsar-Jalandhar highway near Subhanpur in Kapurthala on Monday. TRIBUNE PHOTO after being hospitalised. The deceased have been identified as Sarabjit Kaur (56), her daughter Manpreet Kaur (34), her daughter-in-law Amandeep Kaur (25), Amandeep’s six-month-old son Gurfateh and Manpreet’s eightmonth-old son Parmeet Singh. The car was being driven by deceased Sarabjit Kaur’s son and Amandeep’s husband Tejinder Singh, who was seriously injured in the accident. The seventh person in the car, Manpreet’s son Manveer Singh (7) escaped unhurt. Tejinder Singh, who was initially admitted to the Civil continued on page 2 Tribune News Service Rapid Action Force personnel deployed at the Jalandhar city railway station amid reports of Bharat bandh call on Monday; and (below) Police Commissioner GS Sandhu at the Jalandhar Cantt station. Agnipath: Bharat bandh fails to evoke any response All shops, banks, coaching centres stay open Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 20 The Bharat bandh call given by some organisations against the Centre Government’s Agnipath scheme failed to evoke any response in the city on Monday. All business establishments, markets, shops, banks and private coaching centres were operating normally throughout the day. The police had made elaborate security arrangements in view of the bandh call. Additional police forces, including Rapid Task Force, were deployed outside the railway station to prevent any breach of peace. Besides, Commissioner of Police Gursharan Singh Sandhu along with other senior police officials visited the Jalandhar Cantt Railway station and other places in the morning to ensure law and order situation is not disturbed in the city and commuters are not harassed in any way. VEHICULAR MOVEMENT NORMAL IN CITY DELHI-BOUND TRAINS WERE CANCELLED Vehicular movement was normal in the city. Public and private transport vehicles were seen plying on the roads like any other normal day. The eople were busy in their routine affairs as majority of them were even unaware of the bandh call. Almost all shops of the town were open and there was a lot of rush and traffic on roads with visitors thronging the markets. Though the rail services were not affected in the city, some of the passengers travelling to Delhi, Haryana, Bihar and other states had to go through a tough time as majority of the Delhi-bound trains were cancelled. Many passengers returned to their homes while others preferred taking buses to travel to their respective destinations. Speaking to Jalandhar Tribune, a shopkeeper from Model Town said: “We were unaware about the Bharat bandh call today and neither did the district administration released any orders about the same. Moreover, these strikes against government schemes or anything else do not serve any purpose except disrupting normal life. It’s only the common public who suffers and face losses owing to closure of shops. So the political parties must avoid giving support to such calls,” he added. Another readymade garments shop owner Mukesh, said: “We have already suffered huge losses in the past owing to pandemic-induced lockdowns. We are now in no position to close our shops anymore in support of such calls,” he said. Vivan, a Class XII student, said: “I have sympathy for all those protesting against the continued on page 2 Long wait: Books on Guru Nanak get a reprint after 51 years Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 20 It was in 1971 when books like Guru Nanak Varta and Miti Dhundh Jagg Chanan Hoya were last printed. Now, these books for children have been reprinted after a long gap of 51 years. Guru Nanak Varta is printed in Hindi and Punjabi, while its English version is named as Story of Guru Nanak. The District Language Department has also received hundreds of copies of these books. According to a language department official, these books are for children where they get to learn and know about the Guru. As per the information, book named Punjab by Mahinder Singh Randhawa, which was last got printed 10 years ago in 2012, was also reprinted. It is not for the first time that books have been reprinted after a long wait. Earlier in 2017 too, Mahan Kosh, an encyclopaedia of Punjabi, was printed after years and it had brought cheer to the literature lovers. The encyclopaedia was written by Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha. The book has around 1,250 Books that have been reprinted after 51 years by the District Language Department. TRIBUNE PHOTO c m y b pages and is considered the best guide to the Punjabi language as it has old maps of India and pictures related to history that is otherwise hard to find. According to writers and officials of the department, one can find every possible Punjabi word and its meaning in this book. Now, the department is also organising several programmes every month which was not happening earlier. Recently a Ru-Ba-Ru programme was held where an interactive session was organised with writer Sarita Sharma and then a kahani darbar was also organised where storytellers were invited. Now in upcoming events, the language department is planning to hold a special programme on Warish Shah and then Sawan Kavi Darbar (during monsoon). Navneet Rai, Research Officer in the department, said the decision to reprint the books was great. “Such books prove to be a great experience in one’s life,” said Rai. Since many years, the department is without any District Language Officer and the Research Officer joined last year.