17092023-ATR-01.qxd 9/17/2023 12:27 AM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST GENERALLY CLOUDY FIRST PARKASH PURB OF GURU GRANTH SAHIB CELEBARATED HUGH JACKMAN, DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS ANNOUNCE SEPARATION ISHA SHARMA ELATED TO ESSAY THE ROLE OF PASHMINNA The first Parkash Purb of Guru Granth Sahib was celebrated with devotion and religious fervour in Tarn Taran. P2 Actor Hugh Jackman has announced separation from his wife, fellow actress Deborra-Lee Furness. P3 A first-of-its-kind show, Sony SAB’s Pashminna - Dhaage Mohobbat Ke presents a mesmerising love story. 4 » » » MAX 33°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET SUNDAY 6.34 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 6:15 AM SUNDAY | 17 SEPTEMBER 2023 | AMRITSAR Greater Visakhapatnam councillors visit MC office Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 16 The Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, four House floor leaders and 84 councillors of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (MC) visited the head office of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation at Ranjit Avenue here today. They were received and welcomed by officials of the MC. A discussion was held on the functioning of the Greater Visakhapatnam and Amritsar MCs, funds and grants received from the Centre and state governments for development works on the occasion. Apart from this, discussion was held on revenue resources and income of different departments. Greater Municipal corporation staff honours the Mayor and councillors of Greater Visakhapatnam in Amritsar. Visakhapatnam MC Mayor Hari Venkata Kumari and Deputy Mayor Sridhar said that the area under their corporation’s jurisdiction was large as compared to Amritsar. As Visakhapat- nam was a most populous city of Andhra Pradesh, development projects were undertaken with grants from the Centre and state governments, she said. The income of Greater Visakha- patnam MC was also used for development, she said. She said that Punjab was known for hospitality. Greater Visakhapatnam MC councillors also appreciated city food. Tarn Taran:Satnam Singh of Nagoke village lost ~5 lakh in an online fraud on May 29. The swindler was identified as Samit Ranjan Paramanik of West Bengal, who fraudulently withdrew ~5 lakh from Satnam’s bank account. The DSP, PBI, Economic Offences Cyber Crime, traced the suspect to West Bengal. The Verowal police registered a case against the suspect. OC established. Hence, the police registered a case against unknown persons. Kuldeep Singh stated to the police that on September 5, he got Baldev Singh of Kaler village and Virsa Singh of Kotla Doom village admitted to the Lopoke Civil Hospital. Kuldeep said he was going to Kaler village for taking beddings of Kisan Sangarsh Committee when an I-20 car started following his vehicle. The victim said he saw Gurlal Singh of Kotla Doom village and some unknown persons in the car. The victim said he saw another car stationed near Sohal Workshop. The car occupants, including Malkeet Singh of Kalianwala, were carrying weapons and they signalled him to stop his SUV. Sensing danger, he sped from the spot and turned towards Kohali village after which car occupants started firing at his vehicle. The victim said when he entered Kohali village to save himself the suspects fled from the spot. The police said call details and locations of the suspects were not found at the spot after which a case under Sections 307 and 34 of the IPC and Section 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered against unidentified persons. — TNS Tarn Taran, September 16 The Tarn Taran CIA staff led by sub-inspector Balwinder Singh busted a seven-member gang having relations with across border smugglers. SSP Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said that five smugglers were arrested and two were absconding. The SSP said Rs 65.80 lakh drug money, a machine meant for counting currency notes and a motorcycle were seized from smugglers. The arrested smugglers were identified as Surjit Singh Ganda, Gurlal Singh, Hardeep Singh Mintu, Karamjit Singh and Viney, the SSP said. Navin Bhatia and Sumit Sharma were absconding, he said.The gang was booked under relevant sections of the IPC by the Sarhali police. — OC WomanallegescorruptionatSDMoffice,createsflutters Kumar in writing to lodge a criminal case against the said woman. Mother of the woman was seen accompanying her daughter in the video. The SDM confessed that he must have called litigants for the next date of hearing in their cases on holiday as alleged by the woman. The SDM said that Rupinder Kaur, a resident of Beharipur village, was booked in a criminal case on the complaint of the office staff regarding stealing record last year. The woman in a live video levelled serious allegation of corruption and harassment of litigants visiting the SDM’s office for their revenue cases. The woman alleged that the SDM’s court was calling litigants on government holidays. Heated exchange ensued between the SDM and the woman. Other court-relat- ed issues and public grievances could not be addressed for more than an hour. The woman has appealed to the state government to take strict action against the SDM for the alleged mental harassment of the people. Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kumar said the woman’s utterances were against the law. He said further action would be taken after seeking legal opinion. Drone recovered in search operation tional Sessions Judge Randhir Verma on September 6 had rejected Gautam’s bail while pointing out that there were serious allegations against him and his custodial investigations were necessary for a complete and effective probe. He had been evading arrest since the registration of FIR by the VB over two months ago. The complainant, Jatinder Singh, a resident of Partap Avenue, had alleged that Gautam took bribe for releasing compensation to him as directed by the court. He owned land in the New Amritsar area which was acquired by the AIT. The court had directed the Trust Tarn Taran, September 16 A made in China quadcopter DJI drone was by the BSF and the Punjab Police in a joint search operation in fields of farmer Gurmukh Singh, a resident of Rajoke village, falling under the Khalra police station on Saturday. Preetinder Singh, DSP , Bhikhiwind, said drone activity was noticed by the BSF personnel of Patti Palo post. A joint search operation was launched by the BSF and the Punjab Police to recover the drone. A case under Sections 10, 11 and 12 of the Aircraft Act, 1934, was registered by the Khalra police in this connection. — OC Our Correspondent Tribune News Service Two fire tenders have been deployed at Focal Point on Mehta Road in Amritsar. TRIBUNE PHOTO MC to set up fire station at Focal Point Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 16 On the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, a fire station would be set up by the Amritsar Municipal Corporation (MC) for the safety of the industrial area at the old Focal Point on Mehta Road. In a recent meeting with local industrialists, officebearers of industrialist associations demanded from the CM that a fire sta- tion should be set up at Focal Point for the safety of factories, mills and workers. The CM instructed officials of the MC to address the issue. MC Commissioner Rahul said two fire tenders had been permanently stationed at Focal Point on Mehta Road. Various Focal Point trader associations had been demanding fire station in their area for a long time. Rahul said an estimate of Rs 2.50 crore was prepared for constructing fire station building and the tendering process had started. The project would be implemented soon, he said. Kamal Dalmia, chairman, Focal Point Industries Association, and Sanjeev Khosla, an industrialist, thanked the government for fulfilling their demand for fire station. Apart from others, fire brigade officer Dilbagh Singh was also present at the meeting. Stray dog menace irks Ward No. 59 residents WARD WATCH WARD NO. 59 AMRITSAR Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 16 Ward No. 59 comprises several localities and streets between Beri Gate and Lohgarh Gate. The walled city area is facing several development-related issues. Water accumulated in open drains in streets has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Choked sewer in some streets has added to residents woes. Sanitation workers make regular efforts to drain sewer water. Sometimes, residents complain of potable water shortage and contaminated supply during summers. The stray dog menace is Amritsar, September 16 The Lopoke police have booked unknown persons for allegedly opening fire at Kisan Naujwan Sangharsh Committee’s district secretary Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Chawinda Khurd village. He had a narrow escape in the incident which occurred 10 days ago. A case was registered in this connection yesterday after a probe. The victim had named several persons in his complaint who had allegedly fired at his vehicle. However, following investigation, the police claimed that the location of the suspects could not be Smugglers’ gang busted, five held HCgrantsinterimbailtoex-AITlawofficer TWO HELD WITH 155-GM HEROIN MAN LOSES ~5L IN ONLINE FRAUD FIR registered against unknown persons after probe Tarn Taran, September 16 A woman’s video on social media led to a high drama at the office of the Khadoor Sahib SDM yesterday. The woman in the video levelled serious allegations of corruption in the SDM’s office. SDM Deepak Bhatia said that he had brought the matter into the notice of Deputy Commissioner Sandeep INBRIEF Tarn Taran: The Sarai Amanat Khan and the Harike police arrested two suspects and recovered 155 gm of heroin from them on Thursday. SP (Investigation) Vishaljit Singh said the Sarai Amanat Khan police arrested Mangal Singh Manga of Dauke village with 100 gm of heroin. The Harike police led by SHO SubInspector Kewal Singh arrested Gurvel Singh Golu with 55 gm of heroin. The suspects were booked by respective police stations. OC Narrow escape for Kisan Sangharsh Committee leader in firing incident Stray dogs at Gali Tiwarian, Ward No. 59, Amritsar. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR no proper arrangements to maintain ❝There arethe area. People dump construction sanitation in debris on the roadside. The municipal corporation must ensure regular lifting of garbage in the area. ❞ Rakesh Dhawan, LOHGARH GATE RESIDENT one of the major issue in the area. Residents claim that the number of stray dogs has multiplied to hundreds during past few years. Groups of 10 to 20 stray dogs can be seen roaming in streets. Children and elderly avoid going out of homes due to fear of stray dogs, say residents. “Residents are unable to sleep properly as stray dogs bark continuously in the night. Dog bite cases are on the rise. The municipal corporation has failed to check the stray dog menace. Some residents feed dogs. This has aggravated the problem,” said a resident of Gali Tiwarian Wali. Residents claimed that door-to-door collection of garbage was irregular in their area. “The garbage collection service is irregular in the area. Residents throw waste on street corners, which keeps lying there for three to four days. There are no proper arrangements to maintain sanitation in the area. People dump construction debris on the roadside. The MC must ensure regular lifting of garbage in the area,” said Rakesh Dhawan, a resident of Lohgarh Gate. c m y b Amritsar, September 16 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted an interim bail to Gautam Majithia, former law officer of the Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT), who was booked by the Vigilance Bureau (VB) under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act on July 4. The High Court directed Majithia to join investigations and furnish details of his moveable and immovable properties before the VB. The court also asked VB officials to appear before it on September 22. Earlier, the court of Addi- to release 20 per cent more compensation to him. He had approached then law officer Gautam, who had allegedly demanded Rs 20 lakh from him, for releasing the compensation amount. Jatinder told the VB that Gautam allegedly took Rs 7 lakh from him for releasing the compensation. Jatinder said that he had 6.6 acres (20 bigha), which was acquired by the AIT on March 25, 2022. He said following a petition, the court directed to release 20 per cent more compensation to him. The case was registered after a video of Gautam allegedly taking bribe went viral on social media.