09042024-CT-01.qxd 09-04-2024 00:14 Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune 750 COPS, 13 CHECKPOINTS FOR NAVRATRI AT MANSA DEVI 866 GRADUATES AWARDED DEGREES AT ISB CONVOCATION ELDERLY WOMAN DUPED OF ~5.99L BY ONLINE FRAUDSTER Panchkula Administration has made elaborate security arrangements in view of the Navratri fair. P2 ISB celebrates graduation of 866 students of the Postgraduate Programme in Management. P2 78-year-old Rupinder Kaur, a resident of Sector 12-A, Panchkula, falls prey to online fraud. P2 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 82 PANCHKULA 46 MOHALI 94 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF MAN ARRESTED WITH OPIUM Chandigarh: The police have arrested a man with 248 gram opium. The suspect, Raju (30) of Maloya, has been booked in a case under the NDPS Act at the Sector 11 police station. TNS MOTORCYCLE SET ON FIRE Chandigarh: A motorcycle has been set on fire at New Indira Colony, Mani Majra. Ram Parsad, a resident of the colony, reported that his neighbour, Amit, set his motorcycle on fire. A case has been registered. TNS WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 29, 56 and Dhanas Mohali: Sector 71 Panchkula: Sector 15 Drums explode as blaze continues for five hours, no casualties Tribune News Service Mohali, April 8 A major fire broke out at a chemical factory on the Gulabgarh-Behera road in Dera Bassi this evening. The raging fire, which had continued for more than five hours, gutted the building completely. No loss of life or injuries to workers has been reported in the incident when the reports last come in. Teams of the Health Department, police, administration reached the spot around 3 pm to oversee the rescue work and had remained there till 8 pm. More than 20 fire engines and 100 firemen from the Ammunition Depot, Dera Bassi, Zirakpur, Rajpura, Patiala, Ambala and Chandigarh were pressed into action. Panic spread in the area as loud explosions followed by clouds of black smoke occurred at Maggo Chemical and Pharmaceuticals around 3 pm. Putrid smell of the burning chemical made the rescue work difficult. Strong winds fanned the fire causing a scare in the adjoining units. Fire Officer Jaswant Singh continued on page 2 Firefighters try to douse the flames at the chemical factory at Behra village in Dera Bassi on Monday. TRIBUNE PHOTOS: RAVI KUMAR c m y b LAST YEAR INCIDENTS September 27: Five workers were injured and one woman worker died in a fire at a Shemrock Organics Private Limited in Focal Point, Chanalon, Kurali. Police later booked the factory owner, Gurinder Chawla. “On paper, that firm was closed. All sorts of violations were found in it. Owner Gurinder Chawla is absconding in the case,” said ADC Viraj S Tidke. November 17: A chemical storehouse was gutted at Jandpur village in Kharar. More than 20 drums containing chemical exploded one after the other with flames rising above the roof of the building for around four hours. MAX 35°C | MIN 18°C YESTERDAY MAX 34.9°C | MIN 17°C SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 6.01 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD Chemical factory gutted in massive fire at Dera Bassi MAINLY CLOUDY SUNSET TUESDAY 6.46 PM » TUESDAY | 9 APRIL 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Top two officers relieved of Excise & Taxation charge Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 8 Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, two senior officers of the Excise Department have been relieved of their charge. According to the order issued by UT Adviser Rajeev Verma, Dr Vijay Namdeorao Zade, Secretary, Finance, has been relieved of the charge of Secretary, Excise and Taxation. The same has been assigned to Ajay Chagti, Secretary, Personnel and Establish- AGGARWAL GIVEN KEY POST Charge of Commissioner, Excise and Taxation, has now been given to Rupesh Kumar Aggarwal, who is the Secretary, Estate Office, in addition to his duties. In August last year, Rupesh was assigned the charge of Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner-cum-Collector (Excise), but was relieved of the charge on January 24. ment, in addition to his duties. Also, Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh has been relieved of the post of Commissioner of Excise and Taxation, and the charge has been given to Rupesh Kumar Aggarwal, who is the Secretary, Estate Office, in addition to his duties. In August last year, Rupesh Aggarwal, a 2019 batch AGMUT cadre officer, was assigned the charge of Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner-cumCollector (Excise), but was continued on page 2 University student arrested for fraudulently selling rental cars Tribune News Service Mohali, April 8 Police have arrested a student of Chandigarh University, Tanish Sharma (24), for allegedly forging the documents of vehicles of car rental firms in Kharar and Chandigarh, and selling these off in the past two months. The police have recovered five luxury vehicles of two car rental firms from him. On a complaint filed by Akshay and Akash Kadian, Chandigarh University student in custody of the police. owners of a Kharar-based car rental firm, the police booked Tanish under Sections 406, 419, 420, 465, 467 and 471 of the IPC at the City Kharar police station on April 6. Kharar DSP Karan Singh Sandhu said, “The suspect is a student of B Pharmacy (last semester). He used to rent cars, forge their papers and sell these off to people claiming that these are mortgaged continued on page 2
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