06012023-JTR-01.qxd 1/6/2023 12:04 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune IN PICS: BEARING THE BRUNT OF COLD IN HOLY CITY TOUGHEST ROLE EVER: ABHAY ON HIS ROLE IN TRIAL BY FIRE PRIME VIDEO RELEASES TRAILER FOR SEASON 2 OF HUNTERS With mercury dipping, Tribune lensman captures images of people coping with cold in the city. P2 The Netflix movie is based on the real-life incidents that followed the Uphaar fire tragedy in 1997. P3 Amazon Studios has released official trailer for the 2ndseason of Hunters, premiering on Prime Video on Jan 13.P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 14°C | MIN 5°C YESTERDAY MAX 11°C | MIN 5°C SUNSET FRIDAY 5.39 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 7:27 AM FRIDAY | 6 JANUARY 2023 | JALANDHAR 4 injured in clash between 2 groups in Malsian, 25 booked INBRIEF THIEVES STEAL ORNAMENTS Phagwara: Some unidentified miscreants on Wednesday broke into the Chakreshvari Devi Jain Tirath temple situated on the Malsian road and decamped with silver ornaments and other valuables. Rajiv Jain, the spokesman of the temple, told the media that thieves stole the silver crown, silver chains and silver bangles adorning the idol of Mata Devi and other valuables. A case has been registered in this regard. OC TWO POS FALL IN POLICE NET Phagwara: The Bilga police have arrested a proclaimed offender (PO) — Gurpindar Singh of Ajtanni village — who had been absconding for the past several months. The suspect had been wanted in connection with a case of drug peddling. In another case, the Nakodar Sadar police have arrested PO Sodhi Singh of Luharan village in a case of illegal mining of sand, said IO Sukhdev Singh. TNS THREE HELD FOR SNATCHING Phagwara: The Lohian Khas police claim to have busted a gang of snatchers by arresting two of its members. Investigating officer (IO) Hans Raj said the suspects have been identified as Sagar of Lohian Khas, Sunny of Kutbi Wal village and Krishan Kumar of the Padda colony. The IO said he had received information that the suspects used to rob residents. They were intercepted at a naka. A case has been registered under Sections 379-B, 411 and 482 of the IPC. TNS PETROL BOMB HURLED AT HOUSE Hoshiarpur: A petrol bomb was reportedly hurled at a house in Mohalla Sun City by some unidentified persons in the wee hours on Wednesday. The owner of the house, Amarjit Singh, said he heard an explosion in the night and suspected it to be due to short-ciruit. However, on checking the CCTV footage, he was shocked to see that someone had attacked the house with a petrol bomb. DSP (City) Palwinder Singh and DSP (D) Parminder Singh reached the spot along with the police party. A case has been registered. OC DRUG PEDDLER ARRESTED Phagwara: The police arrested a drug peddler and recovered 14 gram of heroin and 13 intoxicant injections from his possession last night. The peddler was identified as Sandeep Singh, a resident of Khalwara Gate, Phagwara. The accused was nabbed at a check-point near Baba Gadhia locality, the police said. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered. OC ONE HELD UNDER NDPS ACT Phagwara:The Mehatpur police have arrested a drug peddler on the charge of selling intoxicating tablets. Investigating officer Paramjit Singh said 145 intoxicating tablets were seized from the possession of the suspect, who has been identified as Balkar Singh. A case has been registered against the suspect under the NDPS Act. OC Tribune News Service Nawanshahr SSP Bhagirath Meena holds a press conference. Juvenile among 3 held for murder Tribune News Service Nawanshahr, January 5 The Nawanshahr police today claimed to have solved the murder mystery of a man whose body was found yesterday in Kathgarh. The police arrested three accused, including a juvenile, in the case. The victim has been identified as Vijay, a migrant worker from Jharkhand who had come to Nawanshahr two months ago. The police said he used to live with the family of a migrant worker named Charko Barju alias Jaggo. The police said Jaggo found out that Vijay was trying to have physical relation with his wife after which he along with his juvenile son and son-in-law attacked Vijay with sticks leading to his death. The incident took place on January 1. As per the information, the accused was under the influence of alcohol when he attacked Vijay. SSP Bhagirath Meena held a press conference today. He said police teams were formed to investigate the matter. The case under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC has been registered against the accused. Jalandhar, January 5 Four persons were injured after a crossfire broke out between two groups at the Model Town Colony in Shahkot late on Wednesday evening. The Shahkot police have registered an FIR against 25 persons under Sections 307, 336, 148, 149 of the IPC and Sections 24, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the Shahkot police station in this regard. Four of them have been identified as Surjit Singh of Shahkot, Inderjit Singh of Shahkot, Laddu Hundal from Jalandhar and Sukhpreet Singh of Shahkot. The rest still remain unidentified. The injured persons have been identified as Arshdeep Singh, Vinod Kumar, Rajwinder Singh and Harjinder Singh. The clash occurred when a group of men went to meet another group in the area to resolve an old dispute. However, matters got escalated as fresh violence broke out between both the Model Town Colony residents in a state of panic; and (right) an injured person being taken to a hospital. groups in which four men were injured. While three of the injured persons are from one group, Harjinder is from the other group. All the injured men are currently undergoing treatment. The FIR was registered on the statement of Arshdeep Singh, who lives in Jalandhar. In his statement, Arshdeep told the police that Vinod Kumar and Rajwinder Singh, Harry and Gurvinder Singh went to the Nagar Kirtan. Arshdeep said they then arranged a meeting with some people near Gurvinder’s home to resolve the latter’s dispute with Raja. Members of the other side arrived on the scene shortly after that. Arshdeep alleged that the other side’s Surjit Singh pushed him, which led to a fight. He claimed that Surjit opened fire at him, leaving him injured. Then Inderjit Singh of Dhandowal and Laddoo Hubdal and Sukhpreet Grewal all fired at them. Arshdeep’s friend Vinod was shot in his belly and Rajwinder Singh was shot in his right thigh. Arshdeep alleged that members of the other party fired more shots, before fleeing the spot. The injured were rushed to the hospital. After first-aid, the doctor referred them to the Jalandhar Civil Hospital. The trio — Arshdeep, Vinod and Rajwinder — was later admitted to a private hospital. Harjinder of the other side who also sustained a gunshot wound, is undergoing treatment at the Jalandhar Civil Hospital. 3 bike-borne robbers nabbed Our Correspondent Phagwara, January 5 Three unidentified armed motorcycle-borne robbers snatched cash worth 5,000, gold ear rings, ATM card and a costly Samsung Galaxy folding mobile phone from a young woman near the Income Tax office in Phagwara late on Tuesday night. The victim Neetu Bansal, a resident of Kamal Park in Jalandhar was going on her Activa to meet her friend Saloni Jain, residing in Jalotian Mohalla, Phagwara, when the robbers struck and snatched her valuables by pointing a sharp-edged weapon at him. She recalled the number plate of their Splendor motorcycle bearing the registration number PB-37J2314 which was confirmed by the police after scanning CCTV cameras. Later, the police succeeded in nabbing the accused who were identified as Chander Sheikher, Amit Kumar and Vishal, all residents of Goraya. The police have registered a case under Section 379 and 34 of IPC against the accused. 1st phase of laying of sewer line in Duped 2 months ago, retd Army officer awaits FIR Nakodar yet to meet its deadline Cops yet to find any clues on identity of perpetrators in ~16L fake call scam Ashok Kaura Phagwara, January 5 The Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB) failed to complete the first phase of laying sewer lines in Nakodar town by December 31, 2019, as was submitted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court by the state government. The PWSSB engineer-inchief appearing before the HC bench comprising Chief Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Arun Cash snatched from youth Our Correspondent Phagwara, January 5 Two unidentified motorcyclist-borne masked miscreants snatched cash worth Rs 39,800 from a youth near Baba Gadhia locality here last night. The victim Sunny Gaba was going to Khalsa Enclave to meet his relatives when the robbers stopped his Activa, snatched cash and managed to flee. The police have registered a case in this connection. Palli stated that the detailed project report (DPR) of the first phase was approved and vetted by the Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC) on May 6, 2016. He said that work is in progress and is likely to be completed by December 31, 2019. Nakodar sub-divisional officer of PWSSB Deepak Kumar was not available for comments despite repeated attempts. But Jalandhar executive engineer Jatin said 95 per cent of the work has been completed till date. The High Court while disposing of a civil writ petition filed by Aditya Bhatara on January 16, 2019, ordered that to monitor further progress, the status report be filed after six months. Bhatara in a representation to the Punjab Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary, Local Government, said the state has filed no status report in the High Court as he has not received a copy of it being a petitioner. Jalandhar, January 5 Even after two months, the cyber cell is still groping in the dark about the identity of the fraudsters who committed Rs 16.2 lakh fraud with a retired army officer. It was on November 9 last year, the victim registered a complaint with division number 7 of the city police regarding an ‘international call scam’ that happened with him. But as the case was related to cyber fraud, the city police then transferred it to the district cyber cell for investigation. “However, even after nearly two months from the date of registration of the complaint, no FIR has been lodged in the case, and the cyber cell had no vital clues about the identity of the perpetrators involved in the scam,” said the victim. “It is astonishing that the Residents up in arms against power plant ASH PROBLEM Nawanshahr, January 5 Unrest among residents over ash emanating from a power plant on the premises of a sugar mill here is set to intensify. Though the power plant officials today appeared before the SDM, Major Sivraj Singh Bal, and claimed to have got the problem of ash solved by completing necessary repair work at the plant within the stipulated period in compliance of the notice issued under Section 133, the residents, however, Members of the Lok Sangharsh Manch during a meeting. expressed disagreement to the officials claim. The Lok Sangharsh Manch that was constituted a few days ago to deal with this problem has now decided to start a protest from January 9. Divulging details, Jasbir Deep, convenor, Lok Sangharsh Manch, said a meeting of the manch was held today and it was decided that all the business establishments of the town would be kept shut up to 11 am and a massive protest march would start from local Dana Mandi, which would culminate at the DC office. “A delegation of the manch would apprise the DC of the hollow claims of the power plant officials and urge him to do the needful or else the stir would be intensified,” he added. Gurcharan Arora, leader, Beopar Mandal, said the pollution had been playing havoc with the health of residents. — TNS state which has the best of resources and technology, has failed to crack a simple cyber case,” he added. The victim said, along with filing a complaint with city police, he had also sent emails to CMs of Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as the accounts in which he transferred the amount belong to these states. He said he had also received replies from the cyber cell of these states, and even the bank account of one of the fraudsters in Karnataka had been freezed. “It will be only after the cyber cell rec- ommends an FIR to be registered in the case, the fraudsters will be traced,” he added. Meanwhile, police officials at cyber cell, said, “We had sent a mail to the respective bank branches in Bihar, Tamil Nadu and other states in which transactions were done. We were waiting for their replies. It was only two days back that we received their replies. We have now with us the bank details of the suspects, and accordingly further proceedings have been initiated. By next week an FIR in the case will also be registered.” — TNS 16,26,377 voters in district Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 5 As many as 27,152 new voters have been added to electoral roll in the district with a total of 16,26,377 voters as on January 1. The local administration on Thursday released the final publication of photo electoral roll after special summary revision. While giving away the copies of lists to representatives, Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) Major Amit Mahajan stated, “Of the total 16,26,377 voters in the district, including 8,47,367 men and 7,78,026 women besides 44 third gender voters. The new list contains 1,861 service voters, 73 NRI voters, 10,793 physically handicapped. 6,18,207 voters in K’thala Kapurthala: District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said as per the instructions of the ECI, the final publication of voter lists has been prepared after a special cursory revision of the voter lists on the basis of eligibility on January 1, 2023, according to which, there are total 6,18,207 voters in the district. K’thala MC sets up Wall of Kindness Street vendors protest anti-encroachment drive Kapurthala, January 5 As the mercury continues to plummet, Kapurthala Municipal Corporation has set up a ‘ Wall of Kindness’ for the residents to drop extra winter-wear from where the poor can pick clothes they need. The wall has been set up close to the night shelter behind the Shalimar Bagh. Municipal Commissioner Anupam Kler said NGOs have been roped in for the project and urged the residents to donate woollen clothes and toys for the children and others in need. “I A ‘Wall of Kindness’ set up by the MC near Shalamar Bagh. also appeal to the residents to contribute woollens so that the shelterless and destitute, who have no means to protect themselves from the harsh weather, get some relief,” she said, adding that the stuff could also be handed over to the caretaker at the night shelter. — T NS c m y b Phagwara, January 5 Hundreds of vendors led by labour leader Jarnail Nangal yesterday demonstrated and registered their protest against the pick-and-choose policy of the officials of Municipal Corporation who removed dozens of rehris loaded with vegetables or fruits under the cover of campaign against illegal encroachments. The protesters went to the MC office and raised slogans but could not contact any MC official. The protesters then went to the SP office and Protesters during a dharna in Phagwara. raised slogans against the government and the civic body administration. Addressing the demonstrators, Jarnail Nangal accused the Municipal Corporation of harassing the poor in the name of illegal occupation, even as several multistoreyed complexes had come up in the city. It was the poor migrant labourers who were hit the hardest, he said. He claimed that the government’s yellow paw has always been on the poor, an example of which was the action in Jalandhar’s Latifpura. Watching the anger of the protestors, SP Phag, wara, Mukhtiar Rai met the protesters and pacified them by assuring that no such action will be taken in future. Nangal warned the Phagwara MC administration that if the harassent of the poor did not stop, then the poor hawkers will intensify their struggle. — OC