29012023-JTR-01.qxd 1/29/2023 12:19 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune TWO-DAY NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION HELD SHAH RUKH KHAN CALLS SALMAN KHAN ‘GOAT’ MOUNI ROY RECALLS ‘SEVEN PLEDGES’ ON WEDDING ANNIV As many as 32 teams from 12 states participated in a national moot court competition. P2 Shah Rukh Khan, who is basking in the success of his film Pathaan, has called Salman Khan “GOAT”. P3 Actress Mouni Roy and Suraj Nambiar have completed one year together as a married couple. P4 » » FORECAST CLEAR SKY MAX 18°C | MIN 6°C YESTERDAY MAX 18°C | MIN 4°C SUNSET SUNDAY 5.57 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 07:14 AM » SUNDAY | 29 JANUARY 2023 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF THREE KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS Hoshiarpur: Three persons were killed and another was injured in road accidents in Hoshiarpur. Pradeep Kumar was hit by a car near Phagwara bypass; he died on the spot. Paramjit Singh, a resident of Shergarh, was killed after his erickshaw was hit by a car. In another case, Kishan Kumar was returning home on a scooter after closing his shop. When he reached near his village, a truck hit him. He was taken to a hospital, where he succumbed to injuries. OC TEACHER ARRESTED FOR MOLESTATION Hoshiarpu: The Bullowal Police have registered a case against a government school teacher and arrested him for allegedly molesting schoolgirls. As per the police, a resident of Shamchurasi complained that Satnam Singh, a resident of Chakk Raju Singh village and teacher posted in the Government Middle School, allegedly molested her daughter and two other students studying in the school. Sub-Inspector Kamaljit Singh, who is investigating the case, said after registering a case on the said complaint, the accused has been arrested and sent to jail after medical examination. OC Councillor dies by suicide, leaves note blaming ex-CPS Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January28 Congress councillor Sushil Vicky Kalia died after he consumed a poisonous substance in his factory near Amritsar bypass this afternoon. A resident of Shiv Nagar and councillor from Ward No.64, he was rushed to Sacred Heart Hospital where he passed away during treatment. Kalia, had an FIR lodged against him at the Police Station Division No. 8 for allegedly misusing government grants sanctioned to welfare societies under the Punjab Nirman scheme. Former Jalandhar North BJP legislator KD Bhandari and others WAS FACING CASE OF MISUSE OF GOVT FUNDS HAD NO CONTACT WITH HIM FOR PAST 6 YRS had no contact ❝I(Kalia) ever sincewith left him he the BJP and moved to the Congress for the past six years. We never came across each other or even conversed with one another telephonically. Councillor Sushil Vicky Kalia had lodged a complaint against him that he had siphoned off lakhs of rupees in the name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Welfare Housing ❞ KD Bhandari, EX-BJP MLA Society and Bhai Lalo Welfare Society for setting up community halls and other projects, which never came up. Vicky Kalia’s son Anshuman too had got embroiled in the case and the family could not secure bail for him even in the Supreme Court. The deceased was a close aide of sitting Congress MLA Bawa Henry. He left behind a suicide note in which he had named ex-CPS Bhandari of mentally harassing him. He has also named Raj Kumar Sharma, his wife and their son for extorting money from him for allegedly providing relief to him against the corruption charges that he was facing. In his suicide note, he has even referred to a phone call with Sharma father-son on August 18 last. He has mentioned that he was being coerced to pay Continued Page 2 One held with stolen revolver Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 28 The Division Number 4 police today arrested a person and recovered a stolen revolver from his possession. The accused has been identified as Ajay Kumar, a resident of Basti Danishmanda here. Police officials claimed they had received a complaint yesterday from Jarnail Singh, a resident of Safdarpur village in Hoshiarpur that his licensed revolver was stolen from his car’s dashboard. In his complaint, he told the police that on the night of January 26, he came to the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, and parked his car outside the child care ward. He said when he came back, he saw the dashboard was lying open, and his revolver was missing. Continued Page 2 Man opens fire on police at naka, arrested Jalandhar, January 28 A man was arrested with two pistols and live ammunition when he tried to fire at police officials at a naka here on Wednesday. SSP Swarandeep Singh said at a special naka on January 26, a police party spot- ted a man walking from Fatehpur Bhangwa village towards the bundh. The man on approaching near the patrol party was indicated to stop, on which, he took out a pistol from his right pocket and fired in the air towards the police party. The police 2 PISTOLS, LIVE AMMO SEIZED FROM HIM party defended itself and the man fired another shot at them. An SHO and his driver (police officer) sustained minor injuries as they tried c m y b to run cover. The man tried to flee the spot and the SHO Lohian fired on the man’s feet which hit his leg, leaving the man wounded. The police party then apprehended the man and recovered a pistol .32 bore along with 17 live rounds and a .315 bore pistol with three live rounds from the accused. The man who fired at the police was identified as Lovepreet Singh Labbha of Imailpur village in Lohian Khas. Continued Page 2 The accused, Gurdeep Singh, in the Vigilance Bureau’s custody. VB nabs accused in JIT fraud case Jalandhar, January28 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Saturday arrested an accused, Gurdeep Singh, who had been absconding for about three years and five months in an embezzlement case pertaining to the land of Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT). In this case, a total of 12 accused have been arrested so far and the search for the rest is going on. A spokesperson for the VB said that 94.97 acres was acquired by the JIT in Surya Enclave extension, but at the time of paying the compensation, many accused had embezzled the compensation amount to the tune of Rs 5,49,18,523 in the names of fake persons and by preparing forged documents of the Improvement Trust in connivance with the JIT officials. In this regard an FIR No. LAND ACQUISITION RELIEF EMBEZZLED A spokesperson of the VB said 94.97 acres was acquired by the JIT in Surya Enclave extension, but at the time of paying the compensation, many accused had embezzled the compensation amount to the tune of ~5,49,18,523 in connivance with officials. A total of 12 accused have been arrested so far and the search for the rest is going on. 244 was lodged on October 29, 2013, under Sections 409, 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 201, 120B of the IPC and Sections 7, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at the New Baradari police station, which was later transferred to the VB for further investigation. The spokesperson further said in this case the accused, Continued Page 2