27052023-ATR-01.qxd 5/27/2023 12:21 AM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST MAINLY CLOUDY MAX 33°C | MIN 21°C YESTERDAY MAX 32°C | MIN 21°C UNDER-CONSTRUCTION ILLEGAL HOTEL DEMOLISHED IIFA: VICKY TRIES TO TALK TO SALMAN, GETS PUSHED ASIDE ACTRESS MONIKA SINGH’S TAKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA The MTP wing on Friday took action against an illegal under-construction hotel building in Town Hall. P2 Actor Vicky Kaushal pushed aside by Salman Khan’s security entourage during an event in Abu Dhabi. P3 Actress Monika Singh believes that the pressure to stay on top of your social media game is exhausting. P4 » » SUNSET SATURDAY 7.24 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:25 AM » SATURDAY | 27 MAY 2023 | AMRITSAR INBRIEF INMATE ASSAULTS JAIL STAFF, BOOKED Amritsar: An alleged gangster lodged in the Amritsar Central Jail was booked by the police for assaulting an employee of the jail. He was identified as Ramandeep Singh, alias Romi, gangster of the Sultanwind road. The police have registered a case under Sections 353 and 186 of the IPC and Section 42 of the Prison Act against Romi. TNS MAN BOOKED FOR CREATING RUCKUS Amritsar: The Kotwali police have booked Tejbir Singh of Pandori Waraich village who along with some youth in Nihang attire created a ruckus outside the famous Kesar De Dhaba on Thursday. SubInspector Hans Raj said he got information that around six unknown persons in Nihang attire were harassing people and threatening a kiosk owner. They also slapped his customers. As police teams reached the spot, the accused fled away. A case has been registered. TNS 5 make it to merit list in Tarn Taran Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, May 26 Students of district schools have again performed well in the Class X exams, results of which were declared by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) on Friday. District Education Officer (Secondary) Satnam Singh Bath said five students, including two of government schools, found their names in the state merit list. The DEO said that a total of 13,391 students had appeared in the exam, of which 13,156 students cleared the exam in the district with a pass percentage of 97.25 per cent. The district secured the sixth place in the state. The DEO said that Jatanpreet Singh of Government Secondary Smart School (GSSS), Dubli, got the first position in the district by scoring 97.85% marks (636/650) and Navjot Kaur of Government Girls SSS, Shahbazpur, scored 97.32% marks (632/650) and PSEB Class X result: Naman tops district with 98.77% 27,042 out of 27,324 students passed in the exams Neha Saini Tribune News Service JATANPREET SINGH NAVJOT KAUR 97.85% 97.32% PASS PERCENTAGE STANDS AT 97.25% IN DIST District Education Officer (Secondary) Satnam Singh Bath said five students, including two of government schools, found their names in the state merit list. He said that a total of 13,391 students had appeared in the exam, of which 13,156 students cleared the exam in the district with a pass percentage of 97.25 per cent. stood second in the government schools. The three students of private schools — Harmanpreet Singh of Baba Gurmukh Singh Baba Uttam Singh Sen Sec School, Khadoor Sahib, scored 640 marks and topped the district. Palakpreet Kaur of Satluj Public Senior Secondary School, Thakarpura (Patti), scored 634 marks and Riya Arora of Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Senior Secondary School, Kang, scored 632 marks. District Education Officer Satnam Singh congratulated the merit holder students. Amritsar, May 26 The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) on Friday declared Class X exam results. Amritsar secured the third place in the state with an overall result of 98.97%. A total of 27,324 students appeared in the exams, out of which 27, 042 passed. Naman Yashpal, a student of Atam Public School, Islamabad, bagged the top position in the district by scoring 642/650 marks with 98.77%. Nitika Kumari from New flower Senior Secondary School came second who scored 641/650 marks with 98.62%. The third position went to Pari, a student of Government Senior Secondary School, Kot Baba Deep Singh, who scored 639/650 marks with 98.31%. NAMAN YASHPAL NITIKA KUMARI PARI 98.77% 98.62% 98.31% Described as an all-rounder by his school principal Prateek Sehdev, Naman wants to pursue automobile engineering. “But my longterm goal is to become an IAS. I have always been inspired by a teacher and mentor, who is not among us. He wanted each child from the school to become an IAS or make us proud. I want to make his dream come true,” shares Naman. He is now more focused on studies. He doesn’t harbour a foreign dream unlike many youngsters today. “I feel that if we are capable, we must work to develop and con- tribute towards our own country rather than any other,” he says. His father Yashpal, who is into the DJ business, and mother Neeru, who is a homemaker, shared that they were happy and felt blessed that their son had not just made their family proud, continued on page 2 Bad weather: Four City man duped of ~12 lakh; Maharashtra woman Delhi-bound flights police book fake travel agent robbed of jewellery diverted to city airport Tribune News Service PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service The Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar. Amritsar, May 26 Owing to unfavourable weather conditions, four Delhi-bound flights were diverted to Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport at Amritsar on Thursday night. According to information, a total of 11 flights, which were supposed to land at Delhi airport, were diverted to various airports in the country. Due to western disturbance, the national capital witnessed high-velocity winds late at night, which could affect the landing of the planes. Airport officials stated that air traffic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was affected due to strong winds and rain on Thursday night. As a result, nine domestic and two international flights had to be diverted. Of them, four flights were diverted to Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport. Three of the flights were domestic and one was international. The IndiGo flight from Bhubaneswar to Delhi, Vistara flight from Mumbai to Delhi, Air India flight from Saudi Arabia to Delhi and Vistara flight from Bengaluru to Delhi landed at Amritsar airport. — TNS Amritsar, May 26 Two days after the police booked a Delhi-based man for duping two families on the pretext of sending their wards to the US who later landed in Indonesian jail, another incident has been reported in which a fake travel agent defrauded a man of Rs 12 lakh for sending his son to Portugal. The victim, Gurcharan Singh (35), was stranded at Serbia for 15 days as the accused’s accomplices (donkers) took his passport, cash and tickets. He somehow landed in Portugal, but his family members are fearing for his life and well-being. The accused was identified as Pavitar Singh, alias Pavitarjit Singh, of Daburji area falling under the Mehta police station here. He was booked under Sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) of IPC and Section 13 of the Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act 2012 though he was yet to be arrested. The case was registered after over two-month-long investi- VICTIM WAS STRANDED AT SERBIA FOR 15 DAYS The victim, Gurcharan Singh (35), was stranded at Serbia for 15 days as the accused’s accomplices (donkers) took his passport, cash and tickets. He somehow landed in Portugal, but his family members are fearing for his life and well-being. gations conducted by a DSPrank official. The complaint was lodged on February 28. Sampooran Singh, complainant and father of the victim, alleged that the accused took Rs 12 lakh for sending his son abroad. He said they met Pavitar Singh through an acquaintance. He said a deal was struck to send Gurcharan to the US, but later he expressed inability and asked to send him Canada. However, after a few days he again said Gurcharn could not go to Canada and proposed to send him to Portugal. He said his son agreed and asked him to make arrangements for the same. He said when one month elapsed and Pavitar did not respond in a positive manner, they demanded their money back. He said in September, he took his son to Delhi where he stayed for nearly a month. From there, he was Dhaliwal meets Foreign Secretary over release of two Ajnala youths Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 26 Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal has approached Foreign Secretary Dr Ausaf Sayeed in connection with two Ajnala youths who are facing death penalty in Indonesia after being defrauded by a travel agent. Dhaliwal said the victims — Gurmej Singh and Ajaypal Singh — were victims of cheating in human trafficking scams. In Indonesia, they were held hostage by an alleged Indian-origin agent who attempted to extort ransom. During a fight, both escaped the place and an agent died. The boys were caught at the airport and now the local court sentenced them to death. He requested the Foreign Secre- Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal meets Foreign Secretary Dr Ausaf Sayeed regarding the matter in Delhi. tary to personally raise this issue with the Government of Indonesia through the Government of India so that boys could be saved. Dhaliwal said Dr Ausaf had assured that the government would do something to bring the youths back to their homeland. c m y b sent to Serbia where he left stranded as Pavitar’s accomplices took his passport, cash, tickets and mobiles. He said Gurcharan borrowed money from his relatives during his 15-day stay there. He borrowed money for paying to donkers for arranging his onward journey. He said he was again left in Austria by the donkers. From Austria, he somehow landed at Portugal in January this year and called his family and narrated his tale of woes. “I borrowed money for sending my son to realize his foreign dreams little knowing that he would be caught in such lifethreatening circumstances,” said Sampooran Singh. He said following this, they lodged a complaint with the police and now a case had been registered. He urged the police authorities to nab Pavitar Singh. Amritsar, May 26 A woman tourist from Maharashtra was among two persons robbed by unidentified miscreants in separate instances here on Thursday. Atul Jaiswal, a resident of Nagpur in Maharashtra, told the police that he along with his wife had come to Amritsar for paying obeisance at the Golden Temple. He said yesterday they were passing near Hotel 51 in the walled city when two unidentified persons came on a scooter and snatched the gold mangalsutra and fled away. The police have registered a case under Section 379-B of the IPC against unidentified snatchers. Similarly, several persons looted Rohit Sisodia, an Army man, when he was going to his unit after hiring an e-rickshaw. He said after having tea at the Amritsar railway station around 10.45pm, he hired an e-rickshaw for his unit. He said besides the driver there was another youth in LOSES MANGALSUTRA TO MISCREANTS Atul Jaiswal, a resident of Nagpur in Maharashtra, told the police that he along with his wife had come to Amritsar for paying obeisance at the Golden Temple. He said yesterday they were passing near Hotel 51 in the walled city when two unidentified persons came on a scooter and snatched the gold mangalsutra and fled away. The police have registered a case under Section 379-B of the IPC against unidentified snatchers. the rickshaw. He said after some disance, he picked up two more persons. He said on reaching Rigo Bridge, he stopped at a secluded place and demanded his phone. He said as he refused, all the accused caught hold of him and hit him with a rod. They snatched his two mobiles and some cash and fled away on their e-rickshaw. The Gate Hakima police have registered a case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code against the unidentified persons. Balwinder Singh. ASI dies of cardiac attack in Tarn Taran Tarn Taran, May 26 Balwinder Singh (52), an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Punjab Police, residing in Muradpur locality of Tarn Taran, died of cardiac attack on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Kanwaljit Kaur, wife of the deceased, in her statement to the police (city), said her husband had come home after performing his duties in Amritsar. He went to bed after taking dinner. He felt pain in the chest at midnight and was being rushed to a private hospital but he died on the way. He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. The police registered a report under Section 174, CrPC. After the postmortem at the Civil Hospital, the body was handed over to the family. — OC