30112022-JTR-01.qxd 11/30/2022 12:06 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE RESIDENTS, SEECHEWAL MEET DC OVER GARBAGE DUMP ISSUE PAGE 2 Accompanied by MP Balbir Singh Seechewal, Model Town residents met the DC over the dump in the locality. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF DECLARED PO, PEDDLER HELD JAI BHIM SEQUELS IN PIPELINE, SAYS DIRECTOR TJ GNANAVEL PAGE 3 ACTOR RAKHI SAWANT ENTERS BIGG BOSS MARATHI HOUSE Jai Bhim is not just a word, it is an emotion, this is what the director has to say about the superhit Tamil movie. MAX 25°C | MIN 9°C | YESTERDAY MAX 25°C | MIN 7°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 5:22 PM In the promo videos, Rakhi and Vishal Nigam, winner of Bigg Boss Marathi 3, are seen entering the house together. SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:01 AM WEDNESDAY | 30 NOVEMBER 2022 | JALANDHAR 4 nabbed with drugs, stolen President of drivers’ union opens fire on brother at Satnampura I Bullet hits victim motorcycle Tribune News Service Gangster Bishnoi’s aide shot as 2 cousins fight Tribune News Service PROBE UNDERWAY Phagwara: The Nakodar city police have arrested a proclaimed offender (PO) who had been absconding for quite some time. Investigating officer (IO) Rannjit Singh said the accused had been identified as Sunil Kumar, alias Sunny, a resident of Nawan Pind Shonkiyan village. The accused is wanted in a case of drug peddling registered in 2019 and was declared PO on November 23. OC MANY BOOKED FOR BREWING LIQUOR Phagwara: The Bilga police have booked unidentified persons on the charge of brewing illicit country-made liquor. IO Harjindar Singh said the accused were brewing illicit liquor in the Mand area along the Sutlej near Sangowal village. Police raided the spot and recovered 600 litre of Lahan (raw liquor) and utensils for brewing and storing lahan were recovered from the spot. A case under the Excise Act has been registered against the unidentified accused. OC Jalandhar, November 29 A man was killed and a woman injured in a firing incident at Satnampura in Rama Mandi here late Monday night. The deceased has been identified as Ravinder Singh, alias Sonu, of Rurka Kalan village and the injured woman as Kuljeet Kaur of Satnampura. Sonu, who is said to be a close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, had come to meet Kuljeet Kaur’s son Baljinder Singh Aulakh at the latter’s residence for some work. Baljinder owned a bouncer-providing firm and Sonu used to work for him. The firing was allegedly opened by Gurmeet Singh Aulakh, a cousin of Baljinder and president of the Punjab United Drivers’ Union. ❝We have found pictures of deceased A CCTV footage grab of the firing incident that took place at Satnampura in Rama Mandi of Jalandhar on Monday night. Baljinder, along with his mother and Sonu, was standing at the gate of his house when the accused arrived there and his bike hit a car parked there. An argument ensued and Gurmeet allegedly opened fire with his Phagwara: The Bilga police have arrested a villager on the charge of outraging a woman's modesty. IO Baljit Kaur said that the accused had been identified as Rannjit Singh, a resident of Mehsam Pur village. The victim had complained to the police the accused assaulted her husband and dragged her by pulling and slapping her. IO said that a case under Sections 354, 323 and 427 of the IPC was registered against the accused. OC licenced revolver. The accused fired three or four bullets, of which one hit Sonu in the chest and another hit Kuljeet Kaur in the leg as Baljinder managed to save himself. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital where A file photo of deceased Sonu (L) with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. doctors declared Sonu dead while Kuljeet Kaur is still undergoing treatment there. A scuffle ensued between Baljinder and Gurmeet after the firing as the former tried to snatch the revolver and both received minor injuries Sonu with Lawrence Bishnoi on his social media account. It is yet to be ascertained if he was involved in any criminal activities or was part of the Bishnoi gang. Further investigation in the case is underway. ❞ Nirmal Singh, ACP (CENTRAL) on their heads. ACP (Central) Nirmal Singh said Gurmeet and Baljinder lived in adjacent houses at Satnampura. He said the locals in the area informed that the two had rivalry over some matter and would often fight. He said Gurmeet was arrested from a private hospital where he had gone for treatment of his head injury. A case under Sections 302 and 307 of the IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act has been registered against him at Rama Mandi police station. About deceased Sonu’s links with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, the ACP said they had found pictures of Sonu with Bishnoi on his social media account, though it was yet to be ascertained if he was involved in any criminal activities or was part of the Bishnoi gang. He said further investigation in the case is underway, and they are waiting for Gurmeet to be discharged from the hospital, so that he could be produced in a local court and they could seek his remand for further interrogation in the case. Jalandhar, November 29 The police party of Division Number 8 have arrested four persons in separate incidents and recovered 75-gm heroin, 100-gm opium and a stolen bike from their possession. The accused have been identified as Ajay Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Anmol and Saurav Sharma. The police said while Ajay and Manpreet were arrested near Transport Nagar and 75-gm heroin was recovered from their possession, the accused Anmol and Saurav were arrested from Sabzi Mandi focal point and Pathankot chowk, respectively. A stolen bike bearing number PB07-X5311 was recovered from Anmol, and 100-gm opium was recovered from Saurav’s possession. Man gets 10-yr jail Cops crack down on hooligans, traffic violators for raping daughter of live-in partner Avneet Kaur Tribune News Service Our Correspondent WOMEN ASSAULTED IN BILGA, 1 HELD PAGE 4 Hoshiarpur November 29 A court in Hoshiarpur has convicted the accused of raping the minor daughter of his live-in partner and sentenced him to 10 years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 11,000 on him. The failure to pay the fine will result in additional imprisonment of 6 months. According to the information received, Kamlesh Rani, alias Anita, a resident of Ema Mangat village of Mukerian, had complained to the police in this regard in July 2020. The complainant is the sister of the accused. The complainant told the police that a woman, who was living in a live-in with her elder brother Rajesh Kumar for three years, told her that her 15-year-old daughter was CONVICT’S SISTER HAD LODGED COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM allegedly raped by Rajesh. After receiving the information, the police took quick action and took the victim to the hospital for medical treatment, arrested the accused and produced him in the court. While hearing the case, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Anjana convicted the accused and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment. Jalandhar, November 29 In order to control the hooliganism in Model Town area especially at PPR market, the city police have resorted to aggressive issuance of challans, FIRs against food joints for serving liquor illegally to customers on their premises or in their vehicles, and have even launched a special campaign against youths flaunting fancy number plates, VVIP stickers or logo, etc. As per information, in the last eight days i.e. from November 20 to 28, the police have issued as many as 84 challans in the Model town area, of which 50 were only issued at PPR market. Besides, three FIRs have been registered against restaurants based at PPR under relevant Sections of the IPC and Excise Act for violating government norms and serving liquor to customers on their premises or in their vehicles. The police have also impounded a number of luxury vehicles, including a Range Rover for traffic violations. Besides, those youngsters riding bullet with modified silencers, which produce cracker-like sound, were also challaned and the 84 CHALLANS ISSUED IN 8 DAYS IN MODEL TOWN I 3 FIRs REGISTERED SECURITY BEEFED UP AT PPR MARKET ❝ Policemen check a vehicle during a special drive in Jalandhar on Tuesday; and (R) a cop removes stickers from a car. TRIBUNE PHOTOS police have issued a strict warning to them. ACP Model Town, Randhir Kumar said, “Initially, we started this campaign against violators by offering them roses. We thought this ‘kind’ way instead of challans might change the violator’s heart and they may learn a lesson but it didn’t work as we expected. Thus, we resorted To keep tabs on youngsters indulging in hooliganism, security has been enhanced in the entire Model Town area, especially at PPR market. Regular checking of vehicles, restaurants, etc., is also being conducted. ❞ Aditya, ADCP 2 to aggressive challaning, impounding of vehicles and registration of FIRs.” He said recently a Volkswagen Vento car was impounded under Section 207 of the Motor Vehicle Act for unauthorised use of red and blue light. “The person whose vehicle was impounded was Ashu, a resident of Urban Estate Phase -II. When he saw the police, he fled the spot but the gunman chased his car and got hold of him. On questioning, he confessed he was controlling those lights with a remote, and it was fixed for the sole purpose of showing off,” he added. ADCP 2, Aditya, said, “To maintain the law and order, and to keep a close tab on youngsters creating ruckus and indulging in hooliganism, the security has been enhanced in the entire Model Town jurisdiction especially at PPR market”. He said keeping in mind the past incidents that took place at PPR, the police had launched special campaigns and regular checking of vehicles, restaurants, etc., was being conducted. He added that the drive would continue the same way for the next few days, and the restaurant owners had been warned of strict action if they were found violating the law. Besides, no youngsters would be allowed to create nuisance at public places, and anyone violating the law would face strict action. Paid ‘poorly’ Hoshiarpur Passport offices to , rural health staff protest remain open on Sat Protesting farmers inside the District Administrative Complex in Jalandhar on Tuesday. MALKIAT SINGH Protesting farmers burn effigies Hoshiarpur, November 29 The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti, Punjab, under the leadership of its district president Paramjit Singh Bhulla and district general secretary Kuldeep Singh Begowal, staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office for the fourth day. During this, effigies of the state government and central government were also burnt. Farmer leaders demanded that justice be given to the farmers who died in Lakhimpur Kheri and that Union Min- Farmers burn an effigy outside the DC office at Hoshiarpur. ister Ajay Mishra should be dismissed from the Cabinet and a case should be regis- tered against him and he be arrested. They also demanded that all loans of farmers and labourers should be waived, crop guarantee law should be made and the price of crops should be increased in accordance with the Swaminathan Commission report. They sought that the false charges registered against the farmers and labourers of Punjab during the farmer struggle should be dropped. They warned that if the demands were not met then the struggle will be intensified. — TNS Hoshiarpur, November 29 Under the leadership of Rural Health Pharmacy Officers’ Association district president Deepak Kumar Sharma, Class-4 employees working in the rural health dispensaries held a protest in front of Zilla Parishad office, Hoshiarpur today. All employees observed a daylong mass leave and submitted their leave applicationto the Deputy Chief Executive Officer as a mark of protest. On the occasion, Deepak said they had been providing continuous services in rural dispensaries for the past 16 years at a very low salary, but their services had not been regularised yet. He said it had become very difficult for the employees to c m y b Health staff hand over a memorandum to ADC Daljit Kaur. support their family on a modest salary. He said before coming to power, the AAP had promised to regularise the services of contractual workers, but now it was delaying the decision. On October 11, a meeting of the state organisation was held with Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and officials concerned, in which he had assured that their salary would be increased and services be regularised. He said if the demands were not met, on December 3, all employees would protest in front of the minister’s residence. A demand letter was also sent to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann through Additional Deputy Commissioner Daljit Kaur. — OC Jalandhar, November 29 The Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, has decided to open Passport Sewa Kendras/Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras on December 3 (Saturday) to facilitate passport applicants. Regional Passport Officer Yash Pal said passport applicants could book/reschedule their appointment to apply for passport by visiting the official website of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, at www.passportindia.gov.in. “The appointmernt availability for December 3 can be checked from the above official website. However, we will allow only one preponement or one rescheduling. Applicants are advised to carefully decide to prepone and they will have no opportunity to reschedule or choose another date if they fail to appear after the single opportunity to change,” said the officer. In this regard, he also informed that no institution or middleman has been authorised by the Ministry of External Affairs, so the general public is advised to apply for their passport directly from the official portal of the MEA and do not come in contact with any agent or middleman. — TNS