22062022-LT-01.qxd 6/22/2022 12:36 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana TRIBUNE MOONGBEING PROCURED BELOW MSP IN MANDIS, ALLEGE FARMERS PAGE 2 Members of the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta), Dakaunda, raise problems with Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik. FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY INBRIEF 10-YR-OLD GIRL ENDS HER LIFE Ludhiana: A 10-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in Bhagwant Vihar. The deceased has been identified as Pappi, a native of Uttar Pradesh. Pappi’s brother Om Parkash said her sister was working in some factory. She was not going there for the past three months and staying at home only. All family members had gone for work on Monday. When they returned home in the evening, they found her hanging from the ceiling fan. ASI Meharban police station Varinder Singh said after the postmortem examination, the body was handed over to the family members. Further proceedings have been initiated into the matter. TNS POWER SHUTDOWN LUDHIANA 10 am to 5 pm: Sanyas Nagar, Bajrang Vihar, Vivek Dham, Noorwala Road, Dashmeshpuri, Basant Vihar and adjoining areas AISHWARYA KHARE DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM ALIA BHATT PAGE 3 Aishwarya Khare wants to look as fit and glamorous as possible and showcase her best version on screen. MAX 35°C | MIN 22°C | YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 21°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7:33 PM Complainant alleges threat to life from suspects Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 21 A resident of Kuba village, Samrala, who got a triple talaq case registered against his son-in-law and others last month, alleged threat to his life. In a complaint submitted to the SSP Khanna, , the man alleged that the suspects, who were yet to be arrested, had been issuing life threat to him. On May 25 this year, complainant Yusuf, who is the woman’s father, got a case registered under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, and Section 498-A (Dowry) of the IPC against his son-in-law Gulzar, his parents Gulam Nabi and Sakina, who are residents of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, and a middleman, Noor Mohammad of Chownkiman, Jagraon. Gulzar, in connivance with others, had sent ‘triple talaq’ in writing to his wife living at Kuba village after his demand for a car and ~2 lakh was turned down by his in-laws. A few days after the registration of the case, the suspects started threatening him and were pressuring him to take back police case, Yusuf alleged. “I submitted a complaint to the SSP Khanna, and , sought immediate arrest of the suspects. The SSP had asked the Samrala DSP for necessary action, but the suspects are yet to be nabbed,” alleged Yusuf. Samrala SHO SI Bhinder Singh said the middleman had already got the interim bail from the court and he had already joined the investigation, while other suspects belonged to Himachal Pradesh. Their arrest warrant was being sought and raid would be conducted soon to nab them. About the threat complaint by Yusuf, the SHO said the complainant had not met him so far. He would still ensure justice for the complainant. PAGE 3 The first film is a thriller titled Aisa Q and the second one is a Gujarati romantic drama called Listen 2 Dil. SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:24 AM For a healthy tomorrow WEDNESDAY | 22 JUNE 2022 | LUDHIANA TRIBUNE PHOTOS: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN Elderly man booked on rape charge Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 21 The Police Division 4 registered a rape case against a 61year-old man here yesterday. The suspect attempted sexual assault on a 19-year-old girl at the former’s residence in Chawni Mohalla here. After committing the crime, the suspect, along with his family members, went to the victim’s house where Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik and Commissioner of Police Dr Kaustubh Sharma perform yoga; and (right) residents perform asanas on the International Day of Yoga in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Contractual staff protest, shut bus stand for 2 hours Rue delay in releasing salaries, fulfilling demands; passengers suffer TRIPLE TALAQ CASE RAVIRAA MAKING HEADLINES WITH TWO BACK-TO-BACK RELEASES Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 21 Passengers faced inconvenience as the members of the Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS and PRTC Contract Workers’ Union, Punjab, closed the bus stand for two hours to mark their protest against the Transport Department and the Punjab Government for not releasing their salaries and delay in fulfilling their pending demands. As the bus stand was closed, buses halted on the main road, leading to traffic jams. A large number of passengers were seen waiting for the resumption of the bus service at the bus stand. Shamsher Singh, State General Secretary of the union, said the bus stands across the state were closed to mark the protest by the contractual employees. The protesting members said the contractual workers were still struggling for their rights even during the regime of the AAP government in the state. Now, they were being forced to protest even to get their salaries released. The protesters said bus drivers and conductors were working under mental stress and their families faced financial problems. They raised the demand before the higher authorities and the Transport Contractual bus employees hold a protest; and (below) passengers face inconvenience in Ludhiana on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTOS: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN THREATEN TO STOP PLYING OF BUSES Shamsher Singh, State General Secretary of the Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS and PRTC Contract Workers’ Union, Punjab, said if their salaries were still not released, the contractual employees would stop plying of buses in the state from 12 pm onwards on June 23. The employees would park buses on the road to block the traffic movement across the state. Minister, but their salaries had not been released so far. Shamsher Singh said if their salaries were still not released, the contractual employees would stop plying of buses in the state from 12 pm onwards on June 23. The employees would park buses on the road to block the traf- fic movement across the state. They would gherao the residences of ministers till the salaries of employees were not released. Improvement Trust officials swing into action Issue notices to allottees of booths in Kitchlu Nagar market for violations Kuldip Bhatia Ludhiana, June 21 Officials of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) have swung into action against allottees of booth numbers 6 and 7 and 18 and 19 in the G-block of the Kitchlu Nagar market (near BVM School) here. After the allottees encroached upon the front corridor by illegally extending area of their booths, clubbed two booths together and partly demolished the structure for the construction of stairs to the upper floor, the LIT issued them notices to immediately stop illegal construction and/or extension being carried out in these booths, which was in clear violation of the terms and A construction in violation of the standard design outside a booth in the Kitchlu Nagar market, Ludhiana. TRIBUNE PHOTO conditions of the allotment. In a notice issued to Parus Sharma, allottee of booth numbers 6 & 7, the LIT Executive Officer has stated that the construction was being carried out on roof of the booth whereas the right of the ownership of the roof did not vest with the allottee. “You were directed earlier by the engineering branch to stop construction and illegal extension forthwith, but you have failed to do so,” reads the notice. c m y b The allottee has further been directed to explain his position about whatever extension or encroachment had been committed at the booth within seven days, failing which action as per the rules, terms and conditions of the allotment would be taken. The LIT authorities have also written to the Senior Town Planner and MC Commissioner to remove illegal extension in the corridor and the roof along with any other encroachment done by the allottee of booth numbers 6 and 7. Intervention of the MC authorities has been sought by the LIT in this case because the scheme (Kitchlu Nagar), though developed by the Trust, stood transferred to the MC for maintenance along with building control. Machhiwara resident consumes poison, dies Ludhiana, June 21 A man committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at Behlolpur village in Khanna district. He also recorded a video before taking the extreme step in which he held his in-laws responsible for his death. The deceased has been identified as Gurdeep Singh of Rosra village, Machhiwara. The police registered a case of abetment to suicide against Gurdeep’s father-in-law Sohan Singh, mother-in-law Rajwinder Kaur, brother-inlaw Honey and Harsh. The complainant, Jaswant Singh, father of Gurdeep, said his son got married to Ranjit Kaur in 2018. A marital dispute arose between the couple around a year ago. Later, both started living separately. Since his wife went abroad, their son Gurfateh was living with his maternal grandparents at Behlolpur village. Gurdeep’s in-laws were not allowing him to meet Gurfateh, due to which he took the extreme step. The complainant said his son left home in his car yesterday. Later, he sent a video mes- Holds in-laws responsible for his death in a video THE VIDEO MESSAGE The complainant said his son left home in his car on Monday. Later, he sent a video message to his younger GurdeepSingh brother stating that he was committing suicide as his in-laws were not allowing him to meet his son. Even his inlaws intentionally created a rift between him and his wife due to which she left him. He held his inlaws responsible for his death. sage to his younger brother stating that he was committing suicide as his in-laws were not allowing him to meet his son. Even, his in-laws intentionally created a rift between him and his wife due to which she left him. He held his inlaws responsible for his death. The police said raids were being conducted to nab the suspects. — TNS Suspect, along with his kin, also thrashes victim they thrashed the girl. The suspect has been identified as Satish Sarpal (61), while his family members have been identified as his daughter Poonam, son Gaurav Sarpal and Gaurav’s wife Ritu. The rape case was registered against Satish, while his family members were booked under other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The victim’s mother told the police that Satish, who is their neighbour, called her daughter to rectify some problem in Wi-Fi on June 18. When she reached there, Satish sought sexual favours from her. When she refused, the suspect forcibly attempted to rape her. “My daughter managed to escape from there and reached the house. In no time, Satish, along with his family members, barged into our house and attacked my daughter. When we raised the alarm, they fled from the spot,” the complainant alleged. Investigating officer ASI Sita Ram said raids were being conducted to nab the suspects. 25 more contract infection in dist Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 21 As many as 25 persons tested positive for Covid19, while no loss of life was reported due to the virus in the district today. The number of active cases in the district rose to 134. As many as 129 patients are in home isolation, while five are admitted to hospitals. A total of 1,10,170 persons have contracted the infection since the outbreak of Covid in Ludhiana. As many as 2,285 patients lost their life to the virus since March 30, when first death was A health worker collects a sample from a woman for the Covid test in Ludhiana on Tuesday. PHOTO: INDERJEET VERMA COVID-19 FIGURES SAMPLES POSITIVE ACTIVE 36,60,579 1,10,170 134 8 DEATHS 2,285 For any information related to Covid Contact: 0161-2444193 & 4622276 reported from the district. A total of 36,60,579 samples have been collected so far. Of this, 35,35,619 samples were found negative. Samples of 4,258 suspected patients were sent for testing today, the results of which are expected shortly. MLA Gogi visits automated driving test centre Ludhiana, June 21 Gurpreet Gogi, MLA from Ludhiana (West), visited the automated driving test centre at Civil Lines here today after reports of applicants returning due to non-operational CCTV cameras there. The MLA heard the problems being faced by applicants at the centre. Gogi asked the secretary, Regional Transport Authority, to get the cameras repaired and make operation normal at the centre. According to an official, two non-functional cameras for two-wheeler driving test were required to be replaced. The MLA asked the authorities concerned to ensure redressal of issues and keep a check on the working of the centre. — TNS