03022023-JTR-01.qxd 2/3/2023 12:15 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune TRADERS STAGE PROTEST AGAINST GST RAIDS ANUBHAV SINHA’S UPCOMING FILM GETS A RELEASE DATE DEEPIKA AGGARWAL TO MAKE HER PUNJABI FILM DEBUT A group of traders and industrialists held a protest during an ongoing inspection by a GST team. P2 Film Bheed stars Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Kapur, Bhumi Pednekar, Dia Mirza and Ashutosh Rana. P3 Saath Nibhana Saathiya 2 actress Deepika Aggarwal will soon make her Punjabi film debut. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 23°C | MIN 8°C YESTERDAY MAX 21°C | MIN 8°C SUNSET FRIDAY 6.01 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 7:11 AM » FRIDAY | 3 FEBRUARY 2023 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF DRUG PEDDLER IN POLICE NET New Amrit Vihar firing case Woman killed, three injured as speeding truck enters kitchen solved, 4 suspects arrested Our Correspondent Phagwara: The police arrested a drug peddler and recovered 260 intoxicant tablets from his possession on Wednesday night. SHO City Amandeep Nahar said the suspect was identified as Naresh Kumar, a resident of Balmiki Chowk, Phagwara. He was nabbed at a checkpoint near Patel Nagar. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against the suspect. OC THIEVES STRIKE AT BATTERY STORE Phagwara: As many as 59 batteries were stolen from a store room on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur Road, Phagwara, on Wednesday night. Store owner Jarnail Singh, a resident of Friends Colony, told the police that he found the locks broken and the store burgled on Thursday morning. The police have registered a case under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC. They have initiated investigations into the matter. OC BID TO SNATCH MOBILE, BOY HURT Phagwara: A minor boy, identified as Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Bid-Puad village, was attacked by two armed motorcyclist-borne robbers. The suspects were trying to snatch the mobile phone from the boy near Radha Swami Dera here on Thursday. The boy, who suffered serious injuries, was going to take tuition on his Activa scooter. The suspects stopped him and tried to snatch his mobile phone. When he resisted, the suspects attacked him with a sharp weapon. They managed to flee from the spot. The victim was admitted to the Civil Hospital. The police have registered a case. OC TWO KILLED IN MISHAPS Phagwara: An ambulance driver, identified as Purshotam Lal, died in a road mishap near Phillaur on Wednesday night. The accident took place after a speeding vehicle hit the ambulance. The driver of the speeding vehicle managed to flee from the spot. The police have registered a case in this regard. In another incident, an unidentified middle-aged person was run over by a train near the Phagwara railway station on Wednesday night. The incident took place when the person was crossing the railway line. The Government Railway Police (GRP) have registered a case and sent the body to the Civil Hospital for postmortem examination. OC Pistols, cartridges, 2 two-wheelers seized from their possession Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 2 The city police claimed to have solved the firing incident that took place at New Amrit Vihar here yesterday afternoon and arrested four persons in this regard. Two miscreants fired gunshots into the air following a minor altercation over bike collision. The suspects later snatched a bike from two school students at the gunpoint and fled from the spot. The suspects were arrested from near Wariana bridge on the Kapurthala road here today. Those arrested have been identified as Vikas Kumar, alias Billa (24), Jotnath, alias Kaka (28), Ajay Kumar, alias Ajju (26), and Bobby (24). The police have recovered two pistols, four bullets, one revolver, five bullets, a country-made illegal pistol, a cartridge and two motorcycles from their possession. Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Singh Chahal and DCP (Investigation) Jaskiranjit Singh Teja, during a press conference, said Surendra Kumar, a resident of Salempur, was on his way back home when his bike collided with two bike-borne youths. The complainant, Surendra, and the suspects started quarrelling over the Police Commissioner Kuldeep Chahal addresses a press conference after the arrest of four suspects (faces covered) in connection with the firing case, in Jalandhar on Thursday. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH 20 SNATCHING, THEFT CASES CRACKED ❝ With the arrest of these four persons, the city police not only cracked this firing case but also solved about 20 snatching and theft cases reported from different areas of the city in the past two years. Three suspects Vikas, Jotnath and Ajay - are habitual offenders as FIRs under various sections of the IPC, NDPS Act and Arms Act are already registered against them. ❞ Kuldeep Singh Chahal, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE damage caused to their bikes. In the meantime, the latter opened fire in the air before fleeing from the spot. “Some distance away, two school students showed up on a bike. The suspects took away their bike at gunpoint and fled from the spot,” they said. CP Chahal said with the arrest of these four persons, the city police not only cracked Massive preparations afoot for Guru Ravidas Jayanti Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 2 Large-scale celebrations are on to mark the Guru Ravidas Jayanti in Jalandhar on February 5. While Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann flagged off the Beghumpra Express filled with devotees to Benares at the city railway station earlier today, preparations are now afoot for the huge shobha yatra on February 4 and the celebrations which will be held to mark the jayanti. The district administration has ordered the closure of all meat and liquor shops on February 4-5 on the yatra route and near religious places. Traffic is also being diverted to avoid chaos and jams on the day. The decked up Nakodar Chowk and Buta Mandi have been lit up and the area around Sri Guru Ravi- das Dham and Buta Mandi has an atmosphere akin to a fair. Stalls and vends have begun lining up both sides of the road. Notably, while over 10 lakh members of the Ravidassia community stay in the Dalit-rich Doaba region, thousands of devotees are expected to come to Punjab and Benares on the occasion from both India and abroad. Vinod Kaul, secretary, Sri Guru Ravidass Education and Charitable Trust, Buta Mandi, said, “Preparations for the Parkash Purab begin a week ago, celebrations will be held from February 3-6. We are making arrangements for the devotees who are expected to attend. While 10-12 lakh Ravidasia community members from the region alone are expected to be present, we are expecting lakhs more to travel from all over. The CM also said today that he might be present in Jalandhar on February 4.” On February 4, the shobha yatra from various villages as well as Dera Sachkhand Ballan — a seat of Ravidasias in Doaba — will come in a large procession from the rural areas and congregate at Guru Ravidas Dham at Buta Mandi in the morning, from where they will head to Dr BR Ambedkar Chowk (also called Nakodar Chowk) by afternoon. The processsion will then head from Ambedkar Chowk to Nehru Garden, Luv Kush Chowk, Bhagat Singh Chowk, Mai Heeran Chowk, Patel Chowk, then back to Ambedkar Chowk from where the procession will head back to Sri Guru Ravidas Dham. The processions will then return to their respective villages. SEE PAGE 2 Salempur man held with 15-gm heroin Jalandhar, February 2 The city police arrested a person and recovered 15 grams of heroin and a motorcycle from his possession. The suspect has been identified as Ravinder Singh, alias Raju (32), a resident of Salempur village here. SI Arun Kumar of the Rama Mandi police station said they were on a routine checking near New Dashmesh Nagar. They saw Ravinder coming towards Rama Mandi from the Nangal Shama chowk side on The suspect in custody of the CIA staff in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO his bike bearing registration number PB07BF3188. On seeing the police, he got scared and turned the bike in the opposite direction, following which police officials got suspected and nabbed him immediately. “During checking, the police recovered 15 grams of heroin from his possession,” he said. A case under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the suspect at the Rama Mandi police station. — TNS c m y b this firing case but also solved about 20 snatching and theft cases reported from different areas of the city in the past two years. He said three suspects Vikas, Jotnath and Ajay - were habitual offenders as FIRs under various sections of the IPC, NDPS Act and Arms Act were already registered against them. He said a case under Sections 379-B, 279, 336, 427 and 506 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act had been registered against them. Further investigations had been initiated into the matter. Talwara (Hoshiarpur), Feb 2 A truck overloaded with stone crusher material entered the kitchen of a house after ramming into its wall at Khunda village on the Hajipur to Mansar road yesterday. A woman died in the mishap, while three other family members suffered injuries. Vijay Kumar, son of Prakash Chand, a resident of Khunda village, told the police that his house was situated on the roadside at the Khunda canal road. His mother Swaran Kaur (70+), brother Varinder Kumar (42), Raj Kumari (32), wife of Varinder, and sister Paramjit Kaur, wife of Rajeev Kumar, a resident of Rakdi village, falling under the Talwara police station, were having food in the kitchen around 8 pm on February 1. A speeding truck entered the kitchen of their house after ramming into the wall. All four family members suffered serious injuries in the mishap. They were taken to a hospital in Hajipur where doctors declared Swaran dead on arrival. After administering first aid, the injured persons The ill-fated truck that entered the kitchen of a house in Khunda village near Talwara. TRUCK DRIVER HELD Truck driver Gulzar Ahmed Kausi, a resident of Thiun village, falling under the Kangan police station, Gandharbal district, Jammu and Kashmir, has been arrested. A case under Sections 279, 304-A, 337, 338 and 427 of the IPC has been registered against him. were referred to the Civil Hospital, Mukerian. Truck driver Gulzar Ahmed Kausi, a resident of Thiun village, falling under the Kangan police station, Gandhar- bal district, Jammu and Kashmir, has been arrested. A case under Sections 279, 304-A, 337, 338 and 427 of the IPC has been registered against him. Shaking a leg Woman among 7 smugglers held; drugs, money seized Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, February 2 The district police have arrested seven smugglers, including a woman, and recovered drugs and drug money worth ~20,000 from their possession in separate cases. According to information, the Mahilpur police nabbed a smuggler at a naka in the area. They recovered 20 grams of heroin and drug money worth ~20,000 from him. The suspect has been identified as Harjit Singh, a resident of Murara, Kapurthala district. The Chabbewal police arrested Santokh, alias Karan, a resident of Bham, and Paramjit Kaur, a resident of Sarhala Kalan, and recovered 22 grams of intoxicant powder from their possession. The Garhshankar police stopped two-motorcycle borne persons at a naka laid in the area. During the checking, they recovered a large number of sedative pills from them. The police arrested the suspects, identified as Rishu, a resident of Chak Gujran, and Balkar Singh. The police seized 45 grams of intoxicant powder from Amandeep Singh, alias Aman, a resident of Sikri, and Tajinderpal Singh, alias Billa, a resident of Goraya. Pollywood stars Satinder Sartaj and Neeru Bajwa dance on Punjabi songs on the LPU campus in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO 36 illegal shops face action in Attari market Three booked on fraud charge Our Correspondent Phagwara, February 2 On a complaint by Surinder Kumar, a resident of Urban Estate, Phagwara, the police have registered a case under Sections 406, 420 and 120B of the IPC against three persons. The complainant alleged that the suspects duped him of ~16.30 lakh after purchasing three tractors from him. The suspects have been identified as Lal Chand Sharma, a resident of Urban Estate; Kamaljit, No arrest made so far in the case MC officials demolish an illegal shop at Attari market in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 2 The Jalandhar Municipal Corporation initiated action against 36 illegal shops in the Attari market here today. Despite several notices, the shops were being con- structed illegally. Since no machine could enter the narrow corners of the market, the demolition process was carried out manually. In 2019, the Vidhan Sabha committee had visited the area and stopped the construction of shops. a resident of Chachoki village; and Pharwinder Singh, a resident of Hazara village. The complainant told the police that the suspects purchased three tractors from him, but did not pay the remaining amount of ~16.30 lakh to him. He alleged that even after repeated requests, the suspects refused to pay the balance amount. No arrest has been made so far.