01022023-JTR-01.qxd 2/1/2023 12:37 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune IPS, IAS OFFICERS AT ODDS OVER STADIUM LAND ISSUE DIRECTOR TARSEM SINGH SHOOTS FIRST FILM IN INDIA NETFLIX TO CELEBRATE YASH CHOPRA'S LEGACY OF 50-YR Waqf officials on Tuesday constructed a wall at TT stadium that was demolished by MC officials in no time. P2 Hollywood director Tarsem Singh recently shot his first feature film in India titled Dear Jassi. P3 Netflix is set to celebrate filmmaker Yash Chopra’s cultural legacy in series titled The Romantics. P4 » » FORECAST CLEAR SKY MAX 22°C | MIN 7°C YESTERDAY MAX 18°C | MIN 9°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 5.59 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 7:13 AM » WEDNESDAY | 1 FEBRUARY 2023 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF BURGLARS FLEE WITH ~12K, PHONE Another FIR against Latifpura bigwig Financially well-off family of demolition-hit area had blue ration card Tribune News Service Phagwara: The house of a trader, Swaran Singh, was reportedly burgled in Mohalla Satnampura here last night. The burglars entered the house from the rooftop after breaking the locks and decamped with a mobile phone, ~12,000 in cash and copper utensils. The family members were away to attend a wedding ceremony. The police have registered a case. OC BIKE STOLEN FROM HOUSE Phagwara: The Nurmahal police have booked an unidentified person on the charge of stealing a motorcycle. Gurmail Singh, a resident of Mohalla Ravidass Pura here, complained to the police that he had parked his motorcycle bearing the registration number PB-08-CS-5532 outside his house on January 14 from where it was stolen. The investigating officer Amrik Singh said a case under Section 379 of IPC has been registered against the unidentified accused. OC GOODS STOLEN FROM HOUSE Phagwara: Valuable goods, including an LCD and water taps, were found stolen from a house in New Model Town here last night. Owner of the house Munish Chadha said thieves entered after breaking open the locks and ransacked the place. The police have registered a case. OC MAN BOOKED FOR BREWING LIQUOR Phagwara: The Lohian Khas police have booked a villager on the charge of brewing illicit country-made liquor. The investigating officer Mohan Singh said the accused has been identified as Gurmukh Singh, a resident of Ismail Pur. 300 litres of lahan (raw liquor), 10 bottles of hooch and utensils for storing and brewing were recovered from his possession. A case under the Excise Act has been registered against the accused who managed to flee from the spot. OC RICKSHAW-PULLER FOUND DEAD Phagwara: An unidentified rickshaw-puller was found dead in mysterious circumstances here. He was found dead in his rickshaw under the local sugar mill bridge this morning. The police have registered a case and sent the body to the local Civil Hospital for post-mortem examination. OC K’THALA VILLAGER HELD FOR CHEATING Phagwara: The Lohian Khas police have arrested a Kaputhala villager on the charge of breach of trust and cheating. Investigating Officer (IO) Govindar Singh said Mukhtar Singh, a resident of Nasire Wal village, had complained that the accused, Mittar Singh of Ucha Boharr Wala village in Kapurthala, and his brother had signed an agreement with him to sell their 15 marla plot in Lohian Khas and received ~15 lakh from him as advance money but did not register a sale deed and cheated him. OC Jalandhar, January 31 The Jalandhar Police Commissionerate on Tuesday lodged an FIR against a Latifpura resident for illegally obtaining a ration card (blue card) to get free-of-cost food grains by concealing their financial status, which caused a huge loss to the public exchequer. Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Chahal said the accused had been identified as Manjit Kaur Bajwa, a resident of Latifpura Model Town. He further mentioned that as per the complaint received from Food Supplies Officer Munish Kumar, the accused had got issued a blue card (ration card) in her name in 2021 by giving false information about her financial status. As many as four members Oustess of Latifpura burn an effigy of the state government near the demolition site. MALKIAT SINGH were enrolled for the benefit of subsidised foodgrain, who subsequently received the benefit on several occasions by putting their biometric attendance on the machine, he said. The Police Commissioner said the subsidised foodgrains were meant for the poor and underprivileged beneficiaries whereas the accused family already owned a Scorpio car bearing number PB-08-EZ-0063, which had been purchased in the name of Parminder Singh, the son of accused Manjit Kaur, in October last for Rs 20 lakh. Furthermore, her son is an income tax payer while as per norms of this foodgrain scheme, the beneficiary’s family income should be below 60,000 per annum. Therefore, the accused family doesn’t fulfil the requisite norms laid down under the policy, said the Police Commissioner adding that an FIR has been registered against the accused under Sections 420, 177, 181, and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. This is the second FIR lodged against a biggie in Latifpura. Earlier, Dinesh Dhir, who owned seven rice mills in Sultanpur Lodhi, and three others had been booked for possessing fake registries without khasra numbers of the land in Latifpura. Both Dhir and Bajwas are on a run to evade arrest. 2 nabbed with heroin, tablets Rashly driven car kills Jalandhar, January 31 The Jalandhar rural police on Tuesday arrested two persons in two separate incidents and recovered 4 gm of heroin and 170 intoxicating tablets from their possession. The accused have been identified as Ranjit Singh, a resident of Sangowal village, and Kamaljit Kaur, a resident of Khokhewal village. Police offficials said a team led by ASI Anwar Masih of Bilga was patrolling near Sangowal village when they stopped Ranjit Singh on suspicion. They said when he was frisked, 120 intoxicating tablets were recovered from his pocket. “During interrogation, he revealed his wife was involved in the smuggling of intoxicating tablets,” police officials said, adding that a case under Sections 22,61 and 85 of the NDPS Act had been registered, and further investigation was underway. man in Nawanshahr Tribune News Service WANT JUSTICE Two accused, including a woman, in Jalandhar police custody. They further informed that both Ranjit and his wife Sarabjit Kaur were habitual offenders as five cases under NDPS Act had already been found registered against them at different police stations. In another incident, a police team led by ASI Satpal was present for checking purposes near Khokhewal village when they saw Kamaljit on the roadside. They said see- ing the police, she got nervous and tried to escape but police officials with the help of a woman constable caught her. “During checking 4-gm heroin and 50 intoxicating tablets were recovered from her possession. A case under Sections 21, 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against her, and further investigation is underway. — TNS Nawanshahr, January 31 Cases related to accidents and deaths due to rash driving are being reported from Nawanshahr district more frequently. A case has been registered against unidentified person in the Behram police station for causing a death due to rash driving. One Mangat Rai in his complaint to the police informed that he along with his paternal uncle went to the market for some work. “While we were about to cross the road at 7.30 in the evening, a car coming at a high speed slammed into my uncle after which he fell down and the driver ran away from the spot. He (driver) was driving negligently and at a very high speed. I couldn’t notice the car number. With the ❝ At 7.30 pm, a car coming at a high speed slammed into my uncle after which he fell down. I got my uncle admitted to the hospital where he died. I want justice. Mangar Rai, VICTIM’S NEPHEW ❞ help of the passerbys I got my uncle admitted to the hospital where he died. I want justice and the accused should be nabbed as soon as possible,” the complainant recorded his statement. A case under Section 279 (rash driving), and 304-a (causing death by negligence) of the IPC. The police are yet to nab the driver and the search is on. Canada-returned youth dies of asphyxiation in Dalhousie Jalandhar, January31 A 25-year-old youth, who returned from Canada recently, allegedly died of asphyxiation in a hotel in Dalhousie on Tuesday, while one of his friends is said to be critical. The deceased, Harminder Pal Singh, son of Kulwinder Singh, who owns a furniture showroom here near Nakodar Chowk. As per information available, Harminder along with his three or four friends had gone to Dalhousie on a vacation. He had returned SLEPT WITH BURNING ‘ANGITHI’ IN HOTEL ROOM from Canada around 10 days back for the first time in the last four years. He had recently got Permanent Residence status there. Sources close to the deceased family said, he was absolutely fine on Monday night. He along with his friend went to sleep with a burning ‘angithi’ inside the room to beat the cold. “It seems he inhaled the smoke, and died of asphyxiation. His friend is critical and undergoing treatment,” they added. The information about his death reached his house on Tuesday. His family members had reached Dalhousie to bring the body back.— TNS Jalandhar Tribune talks to residents and ask them about their expectations from the Union Budget Budget EXPECTATIONS GIVE SOME RELIEF TO SALARIED CLASS The Service class is suffering a lot and it has become almost impossible for them to even buy a car. Interest rates have gone up and thinking of taking a home loan also seems a distant dream. It's very important that the government reduces the tax and think about salaried class. Whenever the government presents the Budget, we get really hopeful. But every time our hopes get dashed. — RAVNEET KAUR, BANKER REVIVE GRANTS FOR EDUCATION SECTOR Earlier the University Grants Commission was a great help for higher education in terms of providing infrastructure, equipment and research. But, during the previous Budgets, the government didn’t include this in their agendas. In order to provide better higher education, it's important to take UGC into the picture, again and grants should be revived. — JASPAL SINGH RANDHAWA, EDUCATIONIST NEED R&D CENTRE FOR SPOTS INDUSTRY For the sports industry, we have been raising a demand for a provision of the R&D centre in the state. We have also been demanding to decrease the import duty on raw material that we use for manufacturing of goods. Also, there used to be a state trading corporation which used to provide raw material here, but for the past 10-15 years, the centre is lying in deplorable condition. The government must do something to revive the centre so that the industry could survive. — RAVINDER DHIR, INDUSTRIALIST EXPAND KHELO INDIA PROGRAMME I really want the government to expand Khelo India programme to the grassroot level. There is also a huge dearth of coaches and infrastructure in villages and rural areas, so that the player can get proper training the way players preparing for international level tournaments get. The inclusion of sports and physical education as a compulsory subject in schools should also be considered for wholesome development of the country. — GURINDER SINGH SANGHA, SPORTS LECTURER City girl bags gold in skating Disability no hurdle for Randeep Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 31 City girl Khushveen Kaur, a Class IV student of Apeejay School, has brought laurels to Jalandhar district by winning three medals at the recently concluded statelevel roller skating tournament organised in Patiala. She participated in the under-11 category and bagged gold, silver and bronze medals in 1,500metre road race, lap track race, and 1,000-metre race, respectively. Budding skaters from nearly 10 districts of Punjab, who qualified in the inter-district skating competition, participated in the state-level tournament. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Khushveen said she started learning skating at Khushveen Kaur an early age of 5. Khushveen said she developed interest in skating when she saw some children of her age group trying to learn the sport in her neighbourhood. “I then requested my mother to enrol me for skating classes. I did find it difficult initially, but then after regular prac- tice and dedication, I aced it”, she added. Khushveen said she used to practice skating on a daily basis for two hours. “Whenever there is a skating competition or tournament, then I specially go to Ludhiana everyday with my mother to practice on rink. “My parents had always encouraged me to follow my passion”, the 10-year-old said, adding that she wants to represent country in an international skating championship. Khushveen, daughter of city-based neurosurgeon Jasmeet Singh, said, “Various state and national level skating championships are scheduled to be held after March. “I am practicing very hard for the same and looking forward to win more medals,” she said. c m y b Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 31 Randeep Kaur, a speciallyabled girl from Jalandhar has proved that disabilities don’t limit a person’s potential to rise and shine. Despite 80 percent disability, she is following her passion sincerely. She has passed her B.Com with distinction and is currently pursuing M.Com from Lyallpur Khalsa College. She said she wanted to become a civil servant and wouldn’t let anything come in between her dreams not even her disability. On Tuesday, she met Deputy Commissioner Jaspreet Singh, who handed over an appreciation letter to her for her accomplishments in education. Her father Hardeep Singh apprised the DC that she had Randeep Kaur gets a letter of appreciation for academic excellence from DC Jaspreet Singh in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO been a topper in her senior secondary examination result. Her mother Harpeet Kaur informed the DC that besides education, her daugther had also won accolades in extracurricular activities by becoming a winner in the district-level slogan-writing competition, following which she was selected for the state-level slogan writing championship. The Deputy Commissioner had an interaction with Ran- deep Kaur and got to know about her dream of becoming a civil servant in her life. The DC then gave her some tips to prepare for the UPSC examination while assuring support and help in her coaching from the administration. He also lauded her for this rare feat. He said the appreciation letter was recognition to the hard work and dedication of Randeep Kaur, who has burned midnight oil to excel in the field of academics. Singh further mentioned that she is a role model for other girls, especially for differently-abled students who sometimes feel discouraged due to disability. Complimenting the girl and her parents for dreaming big, Jaspreet Singh said any such bright student could approach the administration for any sort of help.