01032023-JTR-01.qxd 2/28/2023 11:35 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune SULTANPUR LODHI TO BE MADE RELIGIOUS TOURISM HUB: DC JORDAN GETS HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STAR Actor Michael B Jordan will be felicitated with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star on March 1. P3 SCATTERED SHOWERS MAX 26°C | MIN 14°C YESTERDAY MAX 27°C | MIN 15°C GAUAHAR KHAN WILL NOT BE FASTING THIS RAMZAN DC Vishesh Sarangal said Sultanpur Lodhi will be developed as a major religious tourism centre. P2 FORECAST Gauahar has disclosed her Ramzan plans. She is pregnant with her first child with husband Zaid Darbar. P4 » SUNSET WEDNESDAY 6.21 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 6:48 AM » » WEDNESDAY | 1 MARCH 2023 | JALANDHAR Only park in Maqsudan turns dumpyard! No space left in police station, seized vehicles pile up in green belt IResidents inconvenienced Avneet Kaur BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES Tribune News Service Jalandhar, February 28 With no space left within the police station premises to keep seized and unclaimed vehicles, the Maqsudan police have encroached on a nearby park. The only greenbelt in the area has turned into a scrap yard now and is causing inconvenience to the locals living nearby. The situation at other police chowkis or police stations in the district is no different as scrapped vehicles, covered in dust and ruins, are simply jostling for space and giving hard time to those visiting police stations. Police officials say in several cases owners of these vehicles never turn up, therefore, they have no option but to keep the vehicles in the custody as long as the trial goes on or until the court grants permission to release them. Moreover, as they do not have a separate yard or parking lot for these vehicles, they have been compelled to keep it either on the road or park or whatever empty space they have near the police stations. Rajinder Sharma, a resident of Maqsudan, says the cops have occupied crucial public space such as roads, INBRIEF DRIVER BOOKED FOR MURDER BID Hoshiarpur: The Hariana police have booked an accused on the charge of hitting a man with the car with the intention of murder. According to information, Sukhwinder Singh, a resident of Tajpurkalan, told the police that when he was near Nikkiwal village, he stopped on the road side to give way to a tempo. During this, a car driver passing by allegedly tried to run over him with the intention of killing him. He was injured and taken to a hospital in Bhunga from where he was referred to Hoshiarpur. The Police have registered a case against the accused car driver, Bhulla Singh, a resident of Nikkiwal. OC BURGLARS STRIKE AT GOVT SCHOOL Phagwara: The Nakodar Sadar police have booked some unidentified persons on the charge of stealing electronic gadgets from a government school. Sukhwindar Lal, the headmaster of Government Primary School, Hussainabad village, complained to the police that some thieves had barged into the office of the school on February 26 and stolen a 32-inch LED (smart), DVR hard disk of CCTV cameras and power supply instruments. nvestigating officer Sukhwindar Pal Singh said a case has been registered under Sections 457 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code in this regard. TNS 2 DRUG PEDDLERS HELD IN PHILLAUR Phagwara: The Phillaur police arrested two drug smugglers and recovered 40 grams of heroin from their possession last night. The arrested accused were identified as Harinder Singh, a resident of village Naggar and Narinder Kumar, a resident of village Thara. The two accused were nabbed at a check-point, police said. OC ❝The police have occupied crucial public spaces outside the police station to keep these rusted vehicles. The encroached spaces have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes and insects. Rajinder Sharma, MAQSUDAN RESIDENT LOOKING FOR SPACIOUS SITE department is ❝Thefor a big dumping looking site, where the scrapped vehicles from all police stations could be kept. We have written to higher-ups. Soon, we will come out with a solution as these vehicles give an ugly look to the police stations. Seized vehicles stashed in a park gather dust near the Maqsudan police station in Jalandhar. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH parks, footpaths, etc., outside the police station in the city to keep these rusted vehicles. “Such spaces where these seized vehicles have been dumped have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes and insects,” he adds. Kamaljeet Kaur, another resident of Urban Estate Phase I, pointing out at the condition of the Police Divi- sion Number 7, says with the parking lot of the police station full to its capacity with seized vehicles, visitors are parking their vehicles on the road. Due to this, residents are facing a lot of problems. She says with no mechanism in place to dispose of these vehicles, the number of vehicles is increasing by the day, obstructing the move- Kuldeep Singh Chahal, POLICE COMMISSIONER ment of pedestrians and bike-borne commuters. SSP (Rural) Swarandeep Singh says the process to dispose of these vehicles is under way and would be done soon. Vehicles on fire outside a police station in Kapurthala on Tuesday. 35 bikes, 12 cars burnt outside police station Tribune News Service Kapurthala, February 28 As many as 25 motorcycles and 12 cars parked outside the Subhanpur police station as court case properties accidentally caught fire and got completely charred on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 3:30 pm and there are reports that some short circuit in electricity wires and a transformer nearby led to sparks which caused fire. Several blasts were heard from the spot which led to panic in the area. Three fire brigade vehicles were immediately pressed into action from Kapurthala and Kartarpur and the teams had to work hard to douse the flames. SP (Detective) Harvinder Singh said the police teams had acted swiftly and had immediately got removed some vehicles to a safe distance as soon as the fire had started. Soldier thrown off Month after NRI complained of assault, cops lodge FIR train, seriously hurt Action after victim’s Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, February 28 A soldier was found lying seriously injured near the Darapur railway crossing in Tanda. He was reportedly thrown out of the moving train after he protested against the three accused who were allegedly tampering with the luggage of passengers on the train. The Armyman was admitted to the Government Hospital in Tanda in a critical condition. He was referred to the Hoshiarpur Civil Hospital in view of his serious condition. Seriously injured Sachin Sharma, a resident of Sirmour (Himachal Pradesh) said he was going from Ambala to Jammu. When he woke up at around 3 am, he Had objected to opening of luggage by 3 accused saw three persons rummaging in the luggage of passengers. The accused also tried to pick up his bag. When he objected to this, all three of them attacked him. They thrashed him and pushed him off the moving train. When the people who went for the morning walk saw him lying in an injured condition, they admitted him to the Civil Hospital, Tanda. Later, in view of his critical condition, he was referred to the Hoshiarpur Civil Hospital. The Government Railway Police was probing the matter. Jalandhar, February 28 A US-based NRI, who was in Jalandhar to spend time with his family, faced an assault and it took the police full one month to lodge a case. The matter was brought before the media by former BJP minister Manoranjan Kalia. On January 27, assailants chopped off 36-yearold NRI Amit’s two fingers from the left hand with a sword. He underwent surgeries but his fingers remain stiff. His elder brother Puneet, who resides in Rama Mandi, too was attacked with the sword on his back, but he escaped without any major injury. Father of Amit and Puneet, Gurbax Puri, who, too, is a US citizen, alleged: “We had been visiting the police staff for getting a case lodged for the past one month. Every time we DON’T FEEL LIKE COMING BACK AGAIN we went to the ❝Every timewe were asked police station, BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia along with an NRI family, which was assaulted in a road rage case a month ago in Jalandhar. SARABJIT SINGH went to the police station, we were asked to reach a compromise or get ready to face a counter FIR. We kept showing them the CCTV as an evidence to make our point that we are not to be blamed, but no one listened to us.” He said when he contacted Kalia, he called them to his place. “I understood the entire matter and called up ADGP NRI Affairs Parveen Sinha. He intervened in the matter to reach a compromise or get ready to face a counter FIR…no one listened to us. We have faced such a shoddy treatment that we do not feel like coming back to India again. ❞ Gurbax Puri, VICTIM’S FATHER and finally an FIR was lodged today,” Kalia told the mediapersons. Gurbax Puri said, “We have faced such a shoddy treatment at the hands of the police that we do not feel like coming back to India again.” Hoshiarpur’s bizman gets Global Sikh Authors and Business Award Day after, FIR filed in firing incident Nawanshahr, February 28 A day after three car-borne miscreants opened fire at two men on the Garhshankar road in Nawanshahr, an FIR was registered under Sections 307, 506 and 34 of the IPC. The police have failed to nab the accused. Nawanshahr SHO Satish Kumar said search was on to nab the accused. “We are acting according to victim’s statement. The accused are at large,” he added. The incident was reported in the evening on Monday. The victims have been identified as Gurvinder Singh of Mubarakpur village and Mandeep Singh of Amargarh village. According to Gurvinder, a man stopped his car in front of their bike and blocked their way and opened fire. “I know the person who attacked us,” he said. The victims had reportedly told the police that there was a personal enmity with the suspects. The miscreants abandoned the car after committing the crime. — TNS family meets Kalia World Bank president nominee Ajay Banga sends wishes to awardee Our Correspondent 9 smugglers arrested with intoxicants, liquor Hoshiarpur, February 28 The district police have arrested nine persons after recovering intoxicants from them from different places. Officials of the City police station recovered 80 gram of intoxicating powder after arresting Gagandeep and Rohit Sharma, residents of Bahadurpur. In another case, the police arrested Kurban Mattu, alias Telu, a resident of Bahadurpur, and recovered 10 gram of heroin and 18 sedative injections from his possession. In yet another incident, the city police arrested Arun Kumar and Yashpal, both residents of Bahadurpur, and recovered 50 bottles of liquor from them. During a naka in the area, Garhshankar police arrested Amit Kumar, a resident of Pansariyan mohalla in Garhshankar, and recovered 105 gram of intoxicating powder from him. Tanda police arrested Salim, alias Gera, a resident of Salempur, and recovered 15,000 ml of liquor from him. Mukerian police stopped a car during a naka and recovered 3.60 lakh ml of liquor from the vehicle. An alleged smuggler, Salim Kumar, a resident of Ghasitpur, was also nabbed by the police. — OC c m y b Hoshiarpur, February 28 Hoshiarpur’s famous social worker Agya Pal Singh Sahni has been honoured with the Global Sikh Authors and Business Award 2023 for humanitarian services. The award was handed over to him at a grand ceremony organised by the World Sikh Chamber of Commerce, in Delhi. Businessmen from all over the world were present in this programme. Global award president Paramjit Singh Chadha said he was happy and proud to announce the name of Sahni for the award. “Sahni has today written the name of Hoshiarpur in golden letters on the global map,” he stressed. Sahni and his family members said they were pleasant- Businessman Agya Pal Singh Sahni receives the award in Delhi. ly surprised and experienced a surreal feeling when his name was announced for the award. Sahni said he would keep doing the work with good intentions. Sahni is the head of the Hoshiarpur unit of the Sarbat Da Bhala Trust. He is also associated with Bharat Vikas Parishad and Lions Club. On his achievement, Ajay Banga, former CEO of Mastercard, who is going to become the new chief of World Bank, has sent his best wishes to him and his family members, expressing happiness. Apart from others, Manjit Singh GK, MP Singh Chaddha, and author Arun Shori were also present on the occasion. Narrating the January 27 incident, Puneet said, “I and Amit were going home on our Activa scooter. Just then, some car-borne people, including two men and a woman, passed abusive remarks. We asked them the reason. Instead of replying, they began attacking us with a sword. They caused me injuries on my back. My brother Amit faced more grievous injuries. We had to rush him to hospital. Since he was working as a driver in the US, we doubt if he will be able to go into the same occupation again. We still have no clue as to who those people were and why they attacked us so badly. Rama Mandi SHO Navdeep Singh said, “It was actually a case of road rage. Now, the other side has also got an MLR done. We need to look into that as well.” — TNS Vicky Kalia’s son surrenders in court Jalandhar, February 28 On the run for the past several months, Anshuman Kalia, son of former Congress councillor Sushil Vicky Kalia, who had committed suicide a month back, surrendered in the district courts here on Monday. Anshuman is facing a case of misuse of government grants. His father, who was a close aide of Jalandhar North MLA Bawa Henry, too had been facing the same case. While Vicky Kalia had got the bail, his son could not secure it for himself. As Anshuman appeared in the court on Monday, the Division No. 8 police sought his five-day remand but the court granted only a day’s remand. He was again made to appear today and the police sought extension of his remand. But the court sent Anshuman to judicial custody. His bail application is learnt to be pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court tomorrow. — TNS