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P4 » » » MAX 37°C | MIN 27°C YESTERDAY MAX 36°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET MONDAY 6.51 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 6:07 AM MONDAY | 4 SEPTEMBER 2023 | AMRITSAR Despite four FIRs, police yet to arrest fake travel agent couple PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 3 Despite FIRs registered against alleged fake travel agents after a thorough probe by senior officials of the rank of the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), delayed action by the police station concerned has often helped the suspects flee. The case of retired banker Parminder Singh, who was duped by a travel agent couple, is a perfect example of this. The victim lodged a complaint against a travel agent couple, who also ran an IELTS centre in the posh Ranjit Avenue locality. After a probe by the ADCP , the police registered a first information report (FIR) under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professionals Regulation Act, 2014. However, the police failed to take immediate action and arrest the fraudsters identified as Amoldeep Kaur Gill Parminder Singh, a retired banker, shows the FIR copy in Amritsar. and her husband Haramrit Singh. A few days later, they absconded after shutting down their centre. Parminder had alleged that the suspects had duped him of Rs 22 lakh for sending his son Gurpinder Singh to Canada on a student visa. The complainant said he had lost a major chunk of the amount he got after his retirement. His was not the only case. Three more cases of similar offences were registered against the same couple by the Ranjit Avenue police station. Abhi Verma of the Lahori Gate area was duped of Rs 10.18 lakh on the pretext of sending him to Canada while Sukhjit Singh of Dhariwal in Gurdaspur district and another complainant Hari Singh were defrauded by the couple of Rs 12.75 lakh and Rs 17 lakh, respectively, for sending their wards to Canada. Parminder alleged that the suspects had filed false and fabricated cases against him in the local court through their lawyers to harass him so that he could not pursue the police case filed against them. “I have been making rounds of the economic offences wing which was entrusted with further investigation and action after the registration of the FIR, but nothing has been done so far. Only investigation officers have changed couple of times,” Parminder alleged. He urged the police to arrest the couple and provide justice to victims like him. Vatsala Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said necessary instructions would be passed to officials concerned to speed up the probe and arrest the suspects. Two women members of family killed in Tarn Taran road mishap After farmers protest, MLA skips function Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, September 3 Local AAP MLA Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal had to leave under tight police cover after being confronted by agitating farmers and residents at a function in Gohalwar village on Saturday evening. The MLA left his official vehicle on the spot. The MLA was at the village to preside over a function. Villagers and members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee came on the spot and reminded MLA of assurances given to them for the development of the village during his election campaign. The farmers also raised issues related to the MSP for moong, maize and death of a farmer in Longowal village in a police clash and other issues. The MLA refused to respond to farmers who then gheraoed him. When contacted, the MLA said the people, who demonstrated on the occasion, were SAD and the Congress workers. — OC Tarn Taran, September 3 Two women died on the spot while a male member of an illfated family was injured seriously in a major road accident on the Tarn Taran-Patti road near Shahabpur village in the early hours on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Amanjeet Kaur (35) and her sister-in-law Manpreet Kaur (25), wife of her husband’s younger brother. Paramjit Singh, husband of the deceased Amanjeet Kaur, received serious injuries. The family was on way to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Tahla Sahib, Chabba, in a car. The family had just covered four km distance from their Lauhuka village when the car collided with a truck parked on the road with no warning signs. The car entered deep under the body of the truck. People from the surrounding areas and The mangled remains of the car that collided with a truck parked on the Tarn Taran-Patti road in the early hours on Sunday. passersby immediately launched a rescue operation. Rescuers faced hardships in taking the car out from under the truck’s body. By then, the women had died. An injured Paramjit has been admitted to a local private hospital where his condition is stated to be serious. A police party from Sarhali reached the spot and took the bodies to the mortuary of the local Civil Hospital. The car was badly damaged in the accident. Police officer Iqbal Singh said a case under Sections 304-A, 279 and 427 of the IPC had been registered in this regard. The truck was impounded by the police and an investigation launched against the driver responsible for the accident who fled from the spot, he said. Ward No. 19 roads need immediate recarpeting WARD WATCH WARD NO 19 AMRITSAR Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 3 The Ward No. 19, which comprises several localities of the Mustafabad area on Batala Road, is largely underdeveloped. A ganda nullah, which links with the Tung Dhab drain, crosses through the ward. This nullah has raised several issues. A large number of streets in the area are yet to be recarpeted. Most localities in the Mustafabad area are densely populated and deprived of basic amenities. However, area councillor A broken road in a street of Ward No. 19 in Amritsar. VISHAL KUMAR Gurjeet Kaur claimed that she had addressed several major issues of the localities in the area. “The residents of Sundar Nagar locality were complaining about the contaminated water supply for the last 20 years. The old pipes have been replaced and a new tubewell installed in the area. Now, clean water is being supplied through overground supply lines. Every locality in the ward has water supply and sewer line. Five tubewells have been installed in the ward to meet the potable water requirement,” said Gurjit Kaur. The Ward No. 19 comprises Sunder Nagar, Kotla Basti, Indra Colony, Subash Colony, Green Land Colony and several other localities of Mustafabad. The streets in several localities are in pathetic condition. The Green Land area streets were constructed by a private coloniser around 20 years ago. Now all these streets needed recarpeting. “No doubt, the sewer and water supply lines have been installed in the past years. But streets in the ward need recarpeting. The commuters have to bear a bumpy ride due to potholes on streets. The main approach road of Green Land Colony has not been recarpeted for a long time,” said Harbans Singh, a resident. “The proposal of draining waste water from ganda nullah into sewer line is yet to be implemented. The nullah, which is a natural floodwater drain, has got contaminated due to dumping of sewage and industrial waste. This issue should be addressed on priority,” said Balwainder Singh, another resident. c m y b Potholed road flooded by sewer water near Old Sabzi Mandi irks commuters Policeman dies in accidental fire from revolver Manmeet Singh Gill Amritsar, September 3 Mystery shrouds the death of a senior constable Raminderpal Singh (33), who died of gunshot injury, at his house located in the Chheharta area here last night. The police claimed that as per his family members it was an accidental fire from his service revolver that led to his instant death. Nishan Singh, SHO, Chheharta police station, said inquest proceedings were initiated following the statement of deceased’s wife KaranRaminderpal Singh bir Kaur. He is survived by his wife and two children Aviraj Kaur (10) and Shivdular (4). Raminderpal was posted with the arms licence branch. Karanbir told the police that yesterday, she was sleeping with her children in a separate room when she heard the gunshot around 12 am. She rushed to her husband’s room and found him lying on the ground in a pool of blood. The police took the body into custody and sent it for autopsy. Raminderpal was a volleyball player and joined the Punjab Police in 2011-12. Yesterday, he went to Haveli with a friend and returned late in the evening. The SHO said no suicide note was found from the deceased. — TNS Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 3 The slip road connecting the GT road with Hall Bazaar near Old Sabzi Mandi has become a nightmare for the commuters due to its deadly potholes filled with sewer water for the past nearly two months thanks to the apathy of the municipal corporation (MC). Though shopkeepers have placed large stones and fixed sticks tied with clothes to warn commuters about potholes, vehicles, especially three-wheelers often get stuck on the slip road. The helpless commuters unaware of deep potholes themselves find new passages. Some try to bypass the stretch by driving over garbage heaps in the Old Sabzi Mandi to reach their destinations. Others prefer footpath to cross over the inundated stretch. Mostly inconvenience is faced by those commuters An auto-rickshaw stranded on an inundated slip road in Amritsar. who do not visit the area frequently or are unaware about the condition of the road. “It is a deadly stretch for those people who are not from the city and travel on the road for the first time as they are unaware of its condition,” said Rajesh, a nearby fruit seller. He said that vehicles often got stuck in deep potholes on the road and had to be towed. While the local municipal corporation is indifferent towards the condition of the road, the residents say officials can at least fix a few warning signs for the information of the commuters. “The MC can at least put up warning boards for commuters if it’s difficult to find sewer manhole that is flooding the road,” said Joginder Singh, a resident. “Two-wheeler riders often meet with serious accidents on the inundated road as they are not able to gauge deep potholes,” he said. Workers to protest outside DC office Amritsar, September 3 The Rozgar Prapti Mazdoor Union has announced a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Monday regarding their demands related with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA). Union leader Balkar Singh Dudala said, “The union demands that the minimum guarantee of 100-day work per year should be enhanced to 200 days.” He said that workers were also demanding an increase in wages under the scheme. The workers would protest outside the DC office from 12 pm to 2 pm, he added. — TNS