18032024-JTR-01.qxd 3/18/2024 12:17 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune POLICE COMMISSIONERATE LAUNCHES PLANTATION DRIVE MAN HACKED TO DEATH, OVER 20 BOOKED VIJAY, FATIMA SANA WIND UP SHOOTING FOR UL JALOOL ISHQ As many as 600 fruit saplings planted in Police Lines and at various police stations and police posts. P2 About 20 armed miscreants stopped two persons and brutally attacked them with sharp weapons. P3 Helmed by Vibhu Puri, the film also stars veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah and Sharib Hashmi in the lead roles. P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 28°C | MIN 12°C YESTERDAY MAX 26.9°C | MIN 9.9°C SUNSET MONDAY 6:32 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 6:28 AM MONDAY | 18 MARCH 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF THIEVES STRIKE AT TWO PLACES Phagwara: Government Primary School, Chachoki, here, was reportedly burgled on Saturday night. School head teacher Paramjit Singh, a resident of Garhshankar, told the police that burglars entered the school after breaking the window of a classroom and took away an LCD and a computer with CPU, CCTV cameras and DVR. The police have registered a case under Sections 380 and 427 of the IPC. In another incident, domestic goods were stolen from a house in Mohalla Kaulsar in Phagwara on Saturday night. House owner Hari Om Sharma said miscreants entered the house after breaking open the locks and stole an LCD, fans and even taps from the house. The police have registered a case. OC YOUTH FOUND MURDERED Phagwara: On a complaint lodged by Avtar Singh, a resident of Bhularai village, the police have registered a murder case against unidentified persons. Avtar told the police that his brother Gurpreet Singh was found murdered. His body was found lying in the house with multiple blunt injuries. The police have registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC. The police handed over the body to the family after an autopsy conducted at the Civil Hospital here. OC SIX BOOKED ON ASSAULT CHARGE Phagwara: The police have registered a case against six persons on the charges of attacking and injuring the complainant and ransacking his house. Three assailants have been identified as as Satnam Singh, Ajwinder Singh, and Kulbir Singh. On a complaint lodged by a Gursharan Singh, a case has been registered under Sections 452, 427, 506 and 34 of the IPC. No arrest has been made so far. OC DC asks political parties to strictly adhere to poll code Panchal gives info about helpline, apps to redress grievances LOK SABHA POLL Our Correspondent Kapurthala, March 17 With the announcement of schedule for the Lok Sabha poll, Deputy Commissionercum-District Election Officer Amit Kumar Panchal today held a meeting with representatives of political parties seeking cooperation to ensure free, fair and smooth conduct of elections across the district. Apprising the representatives of political parties about the Election Commission’s guidelines, the Deputy Commissioner urged them to strictly comply with the model code of conduct as stipulated. He also told them that the District Election Office had already deputed nodal officers and constituted teams of officials to facilitate general public and political parties regarding poll activities. He said a voter’s helpline had also been set up in Room No. 306 at the District Administrative Complex with toll-free number 1950. People could contact the election office on 01822292001 and its emails etkpt@punjab.gov.in and electeh.kapurthala@gmail.com Accompanied by SSP Vatsala Gupta, Panchal said can- Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal holds a meeting on Sunday. didates and parties should not indulge in activities hurting any religion, caste or areas and not use any religious place for political activities. He said as per the guidelines, there should not be any violation of the model code of conduct. They should get all requisite permissions before holding meetings, rallies and gatherings. Giving details about the total count of voters, Panchal said in all four Assembly constituencies in the district, as many as 6,20,819 voters have enrolled so far. Of this, 1,33,787 voters were in Bholath constituency, 1,46,313 in Kapurthala, 1,48,177 in Sultanpur Lodhi and 1,92,542 in Phagwara constituency. The district has 1281 service voters and 19 NRI voters. As many as 10,725 voters were in the age group of 18-19 years while 4,079 PWDs (Persons with Disabilities) and 16,103 voters were above the age of 80 years. He pointed out that at all 791 polling stations, elaborate arrangements would be made to facilitate the voters and polling staff, especially for PWD and senior citizens. Urging the political parties and their representatives to take advantage of apps unveiled by the ECI, the Deputy Commissioner said cVigil app could be utilised for complaints related to violation of code of conduct, which are Visual delight Man arrested for raping minor 2 NABBED WITH 100 GM HEROIN Phagwara: The Shahkot police have arrested two drug peddlers on the charge of selling heroin. SHO Yadwinder Singh said that 100 grams of heroin were recovered from the possession of the accused, identified as Pardeep Kumar and Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, residents of Dabari Colony, Malsian village. The SHO said that a case under Section 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. Sub-inspector Gurnam Singh is conducting further investigations. OC WOMAN’S EARRINGS SNATCHED, 1 HELD Phagwara: The Mehat Pur police have arrested a person on the charge of snatching a woman’s earrings. Investigating officer (IO) Jaspal Singh said the suspect had been identified as Baljinder Singh, alias Amit, a resident of Mohalla Shah Pur, Mahat Pur. Asha, a resident of Mohalla Dhangara, Mehat Pur, told the police that while she was walking alone on the main road, two motorcycle-borne suspects snatched her earrings. A case under Sections 379-B of the IPC has been registered against Baljinder and his accomplice Ajay, a resident of Mohalla Civil Hospital, Mehat Pur. OC to be resolved within 100 minutes. Similarly, they can take benefit of Suvidha/Samadhan/Sugam apps of the ECIs for different purposes. SSP Vatsala Gupta also interacted with political representatives and assured that law and order situation would be maintained at all costs, besides ensuring foolproof security arrangements. Representatives of different political parties such as Lalit Saklani of Aam Aadmi Party, Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal and Parminder Singh from the Congress, Hardeep Singh Walia and Harjit Singh Walia from the Shiromani Akali Dal, Sarbjit Singh Deol from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Harinder Sheetal and Tarsem Singh Thaper from the Bahujan Samaj Party and KL Kaushal from the CPI were present in the meeting. Panchal assured them that the district administration was committed to conducting seamless polls in all four constituencies. Prominent amongst those present in the meeting included Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Shikha Bhagat, SP (Headquarters) Gurpreet Singh and Election Tehsildar Manjit Kaur. People admire flowers during an annual flower show at the Company Bagh park in Jalandhar Cantonment on Sunday. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH Phagwara, March 17 The Nakodar Sadar police have arrested a person on the charge of raping a minor girl. Investigating Officer (IO) Harjit Singh said the suspect had been identified as Dharminder Singh, alias Balu Rajput, a resident of Pati Jai Chand, Sahrinh village. A case has been registered. In another case, the Bilga police have booked a person on the charge of outraging a woman’s modesty. Investigating officer (IO) Amandeep Kaur said the suspect had been identified as Paramjit, a resident of Mowai village. Raids are being conducted to nab the absconding person. — OC Cops crack down on hookah bars Club owners among six in police net; hookahs seized Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 17 Following the implementation of the model code of conduct yesterday, the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate carried out raids at 15 key locations of the city late last night. The police registered four FIRs and arrested six persons, including bar and club owners and its managers. They also seized over 10 hookahs, hookah pipes and flavours. ADCP-2 Aditya said police teams conducted raids on 15 locations at the same time. The teams were divided into two zones. He said in zone-1, owners and staff members of Lazy Monkey Club at Chunmun Mall and Yaran Nal Baharan at PPR Mall were booked under Sections 4 and 21 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 Cops raid a hookah bar in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO and Sections 18, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. He said a total of three persons, including owners of both clubs, have been arrested. In zone-2, the police conducted raids at M2 Club near DAV College and Haughty Leaders Club. The police registered case against five persons. They arrested owners of both clubs and a staff member. “We received information about hookah bars being operated illegally in the city, following which raids were conducted at various locations. Liquor was also being served illegally at these establishments,” said ADCP2 Aditya, adding that such raids would continue in future to maintain law and order situation in the city. The properties were sealed in Sudama Vihar extension, Dashmesh Avenue, Cantt Road and Bhai Banno Ji Nagar. TRIBUNE PHOTO 5 commercial properties sealed Tehbazari teams remove 1,000 illegal hoardings in city Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 17 A team of the Municipal Corporation sealed five commercial properties in various parts of the city today. The properties were sealed in Sudama Vihar extension, Dashmesh Avenue, Cantt Road and Bhai Banno Ji Nagar. Inspector Varinder Kaur, Raju Majhi and Narinder Midde took action against the illegal structures. The team members said those constructing illegal properties would not be spared. As Model Code of Conduct was implemented yesterday, the tehbazari team claimed to have removed 1,000 party hoardings from the city in 24 hours. “Five teams have been constituted to remove illegal hoardings,” said Mandeep Singh, Superintendent of the Tehbazari wing. Notably, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Vishesh Sarangal had yesterday asked Jalandhar MC Commissioner Gautam Jain, who has been appointed as the nodal officer for implementation of the model code of conduct, to ensure the removal of political advertisements, hoardings, unipoles and banners besides unauthorised defacement in 24 hours. All wall writings, posters, papers or defacement in any other form, including cutouts/hoardings, banners and flags on government property, should be removed within 24 hours from the announcement of elections by the Election Commission, the DEO said. Water-guzzling spring maize Over 15.90 lakh voters to exercise their worries agriculture experts franchise in Hoshiarpur constituency Area under crop increases in Jalandhar in past few yrs 1,963 polling stations to be set up; DC meets representatives of political parties Aakanksha N Bhardwaj said the government wanted While earlier talking to Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 17 There is a huge rise in the area under the water-guzzling spring maize and it has become a cause of worry for agriculture experts. In Jalandhar district, 9,000 hectares were under the crop in 2020-21, which increased to around 25,000 hectares last year. This year, the crop has been sown on 17,000 hectares so far. Agriculture Department officials are expecting that the area under the crop would exceed last year’s number. The situation is similar in Kapurthala too. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who inaugurated a building of the PAU Agriculture College, people to adopt other crops and come out of the paddy crop as it was depleting underground water. Reason: Better yield per acre and good price. As per information, per acres gives about 40 quintals of the produce. Because of high water consumption, the Agriculture Department and the Punjab Agricultural University do not recommend sowing of this crop. Several farmers, who were earlier growing muskmelon in the Shahkot area of Jalandhar and the Dona area of Kapurthala, have now switched over to growing spring maize in their fields and have reduced the area under muskmelon. The Tribune, Amar Singh, a farmer from Shahkot, said he had reduced the area under muskmelon to less than 10 acres from 50 acres because of a dip in the profit in the past several years. Dr Surinder Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), said even this year the situation was same. “The practice of sowing maize after wheat is devastating because every third day, farmers are watering their fields. This will create havoc just like paddy. Strangely, farmers from the districts that come under the dark zone are also following the same practice,” she had earlier said. c m y b Our Correspondent TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY, DISABLED Hoshiarpur, March 17 With the announcement of the dates for the Lok Sabha elections, the model code of conduct in the district has come into effect with immediate effect. This information was given by District Election Officercum-Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal during a press conference today. The District Election Officer said the work of removing hoardings and posters of political parties from government and public properties had been started. She said no electionrelated advertisement or hoarding could be put up even on any private proper- District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal said people above 85 years of age and voters with more than 40 per cent disability would be able to vote from their homes. Special arrangements have been made for them. Transport facilities would also be provided to elderly and disabled voters. ty without permission. She said the teams would work with full diligence to implement the model code of conduct and its violation would not be tolerated at any cost. Instructions had been issued to the officials to work with full dedication to implement the code of conduct and ensure action against the violators. The District Election Officer said there were a total of nine Assembly constituencies in the Hoshiarpur parlia- mentary constituency. There are a total of 15,90,285 voters, including 8,25,454 male, 7,64,786 female and 45 transgender, in the constituency. Apart from this, there were a total of 79 NRIs and 16,778 service voters. There were 1,963 polling stations in the parliamentary constituency. Any citizen could lodge a complaint about the poll code violation through C-vigil mobile app. These complaints would be processed within 100 minutes. She said people above 85 years of age and voters with more than 40 per cent disability would be able to vote from their homes. Special arrangements have been made for them. Transport facilities would also be provided to elderly and disabled voters. Komal Mittal held a meeting with representatives of political parties. She also took stock of the media monitoring cell. The district-level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee constituted as per the instructions of the Election Commission would continuously monitor advertisements and paid news during the election code of conduct.
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