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P4 » » » FORECAST GENERALLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 19°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 16°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.55 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:00 AM SATURDAY | 13 APRIL 2024 | JALANDHAR 32-year-old woman teacher found dead at school for special kids 20 violators challaned for throwing garbage in open School peon, her husband arrested Step taken during cleanliness drive launched by the Phagwara MC Jalandhar, April 12 committed suicide. At least two people were arrested by the police after a woman’s body was found hanging in a room at a school for special children at the Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, on Thursday night. The woman was a teacher at a school for special children being run at the RCF Kapurthala. Her body , was found by a caretaker in a school room last night. The deceased has been identified as Ramndeep Kaur (32), a resident of Nesra village in Dasuya. A case was registered under Sections 306 and 34 of the IPC against the school principal, a woman peon and her husband on the complaint of the father of the deceased. The complainant told the police that her daughter was being harassed by the trio due to which she INBRIEF FIVE HELD WITH DRUGS, LIQUOR Hoshiarpur: The district police have recovered pistols, bullets, liquor and narcotics from various places and arrested five smugglers in this connection. The Mahilpur police arrested a peddler and recovered a pistol, magazine, two cartridges and intoxicating pills from him. The police also seized the bike of the suspect, identified as Sanamdeep, alias Sanam, of Muggowal. In the second case, the Mahilpur police arrested Amandeep of Posi village and recovered drugs from him. In the third incident, the city police recovered three boxes of liquor from a vehicle and arrested two suspects identified as Sucha Singh of Mohalla Ramgarh and Neeraj Kumar of Mohalla Valmiki Ghanta Ghar in this connection. In the fourth incident, the Mehtiana police arrested Kuldeep Singh of Mukhliyana village and recovered a huge quantity of drugs from him. OC THREE BOOKED FOR FRAUD Hoshiarpur: The district police have registered two cases and booked three suspects, including a couple, on charges of fraud worth lakhs. Arun Kumar of Subhash Nagar told the Sadar police that in the name of sale of land, Vijay Kumar of Akash Colony allegedly cheated him of ~23.20 lakh. In the second incident, Rajat Manhas of Pandori Vaghel Singh village of Mukerian tehsil told the Dasuya police that Parvinder Singh, alias Rahul, of Balggan, along with his wife Paramjeet Kaur, allegedly duped him of ~4.50 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. After registering cases, the police have initiated further probes into the matter. OC THREE ASSAULT WOMAN, BOOKED Phagwara: On a complaint lodged by a woman, identified as Samta Rani, of Mirapur village, the police have registered a case against three persons on the charge of attacking and injuring her after bargaining into victim’s house on Thursday night. The suspects were identified as Amandeep, Baldev and Gogi of Mirapur village. No arrest has been made so far. TNS The peon, identified as Babita Rani and her husband Ramesh Kumar, have been arrested while the school principal is still at large. Puran Chand, SHO, Bhulana police station, said, “The woman had been working at the school since 2019. As per her father’s allegations, she was being harassed by the principal and the peon. The duo (peon and her husband) have been arrested today. Search for the school principal is on.” Notably, the teacher’s father is a labourer and her only sibling an elder brother is unemployed. The police said the family was dependent on the woman’s earnings to keep the hearth burning. The body of the deceased was handed over to the family after conducting a post mortem at a hospital today. — TNS Our Correspondent Phagwara, April 12 In an attempt to check sanitation in the area, Anupam Kaler, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Commissioner, Phagwara Municipal Corporation (MC), today inspected the national highway along with officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), and the civic body and contractors. Kaler instructed officials to clean the national highway and its adjoining service lanes and switch on lights along the stretch immediately. She instructed officials to solve every problem of city residents on a priority basis. Kaler said continuous efforts were being made for the improvement of Anupam Kaler, ADC-cum-Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, at a meeting in Phagwara on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO sanitation in Phagwara city. Complying with instructions of the MC Commissioner, the health branch of the civic body issued at least 20 challans to people who threw garbage in the open areas of the city today. Talking to mediapersons, Kaler appealed to residents to separate wet and dry household waste and cooperate with the administration so that sanitation could improve in the city. Joint Commissioner Kulpreet Singh, chief sanitary inspector Ajay Kumar, and sanitary inspectors Hitesh Kumar and Namdev were present during the drive. Meanwhile, a special meeting was held today during which over 23 owners of hotels, restaurants and resorts, which were bulk waste generators in the city, were present. During the meeting, Kaler told owners that as per the instructions of National Green Tribunal (NGT), they were bound to manage their wet and dry waste. She said, “It is important to prepare fertiliser from waste generated by the eateries and maintain its log book. In case of non-compliance of the NGT instructions, the MC will be forced to issue challans to violators.” 70 fire incidents on average during crop harvesting every year Tribune News Service Jalandhar, April 12 Almost every year, the Fire Department has to tackle up to 70 fire incidents during 10 days of the wheat harvesting season. Notably, several cases are reported when crop harvesting starts. Sometimes it becomes difficult to control the fire that goes out of control. The crop harvesting first starts in the Mehatpur and Nakodar areas of Jalandhar district. “Sometimes, fire spreads up to 4 km from one field to other,” said an official. Rajinder Singh Sahota, an official from the Fire Department, said they always ask A fire tender douses flames in a wheat field at a village in Jalandhar district. FILE PHOTO farmers to keep a strict vigil on their fields during the harvesting season. He said, “Farmers must ensure that no beedi, cigarette or any oth- er inflammable item comes near fields.” He said, “Even if a small amount of wheat stubble or anything is burnt, it can create havoc in fields.” “The ongoing wheat harvesting season is a challenge as several incidents of fire occur in fields. We have to call people from other blocks for help in case there is a huge fire as it becomes difficult to control the blaze,” a senior official said. “Now, that the harvesting season has begun, officials are on their toes to tackle any untoward situation,” he said. “Last year too, we had to keep 20 to 25 fire tenders ready so that every fire incident could be tackled and brought under control on time,” he said. Recently, a truck carrying LPG gas cylinders overturned near Cholang, he said, while adding that officials had to call fire tenders from Hoshiarpur to avoid any mishap. Woman among four drug peddlers arrested Our Correspondent Phagwara, April 12 The district police have arrested four drug peddlers, including a woman, and recovered 120 intoxicant tablets, 2 grams of heroin, 85 intoxicant injections and a stolen motorcycle from their possession in three separate cases in the city on Thursday night. While confirming the arrests, SSP Vatsala Gupta said today that in the first case, the police headed by SP Rupinder Kaur Bhatti arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 70 intoxicant tablets, 2 grams of heroin and a stolen bike from their possession on Thursday night. The suspects, identified as Vikramjit and Rohit, residents of Khurala Kingra village, were nabbed at a check-point near Miherru village near Phagwara. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the two suspects. Giving information about the second incident, Jaspreet Singh, DSP Phagwara, said , the police arrested a woman drug peddler and recovered five intoxicant injections from her possession last night. The suspect, identified as Rekha, a resident of Chhaj Colony, was arrested at a naka near the industrial area on Thursday night. The police registered a case under the NDPS Act against the woman. Divulging details about the third incident, SP Bhatti said the police arrested a drug peddler and recovered 50 intoxicant tablets and 80 intoxicant injections at a check-point near Sahni village (Phagwara) last night. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the suspect, identified as Dinesh Kumar, a resident of Panchhat village in Phagwara. SpeculationsrifeamidstAAP’sscheduled 165 absconding accused declaration of candidate on April 16 arrested by Kapurthala cops in pre-election drive Singh has ❝Balkartrue to the remained Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, April 12 With just four days to go for the AAP’s scheduled declaration of candidate for the Jalandhar seat, there is still lack of clear consensus on the party aspirant to be fielded for the Lok Sabha elections. As stated already by CM Bhagwant Mann, the AAP aimed at winning the Jalandhar seat at all costs. Cabinet Minister Balkar Singh’s name is doing the rounds as the AAP’s pick for the seat. However, speculations are abound regarding the possibility of the AAP fielding Phillaur MLA and Congress leader Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary from the seat. Till today, rumours regarding AAP keen on fielding Pawan Tinu from the seat were also doing rounds, but he repeatedly denied this and said that he had no plans on leaving SAD. electorate and frequented the area. So, workers think he will be the best pick of the party. But the central leadership may choose a more popular face or a dynast who holds more traction politically among voters. Either way, volunteers will work for Balkar. A Kartarpur volunteer ❞ The Congress, whose front runner candidate for the seat is former CM Charanjit Singh Channi, is also keen to prevent Chaudhary’s walkout from the party. Jalandhar gave the AAP the only MP in the state after its leader Sushil Kumar Rinku won the 2023 Jalandhar bypoll with a fat margin of 58,000 votes. AAP was left in lurch when Rinku left the party and joined the BJP earlier this year. Outsiders have left AAP volunteers dejected. Rinku’s election campaign last year saw hectic work by the party, along with a slew of roadshows by Mann and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal across Jalandhar district. Volunteers, however, recently received a morale boost after Mann met them which was followed by a meeting with local leaders during which the Punjab CM stressed on AAP’s resolve to win the seat at all costs. In the wake of Rinku’s leaving the AAP and bringing volunteers hard work to a nought, chorus of party workers about not fielding an outsider from the seat has grown louder. During a conversation, AAP volunteers said Balkar Singh must be fielded from Jalandhar, given his ground presence in villages. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, April 12 As many as 165 proclaimed offenders/absconders were arrested by the district police during the run-up to Lok Sabha elections in a campaign to control fugitives. On the directions of Kapurthala SSP Vatsala Gupta, a special campaign was launched against anti-social elements to prevent crime in the district, during which, under SP (D) Sarabjit Rai and DSP (D) Gurmeet Singh, the district police nabbed 165 runaway fugitives since January 1 this year. Speaking about the special campaign, SSP Vatsala Gupta said foolproof arrangements had been made by the district police for conducting the Lok Sabha polls in a peaceful manner. She said apart from this, two persons, who were serving sentence in jail and went on parole, but did not return, had been arrested. Out of 165 accused arrested so far, eight were booked for serious crimes. She said 13 nabbed absconders were facing charges under the NDPS Act. Similarly, 17 accused wanted in cases registered under the Excise Act and 127 fugitives booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code were arrested during the drive, the SSP said. She said, “After coordination with the Revenue Department their property details is also being perused so that these could be attached. If an accused goes missing after coming out on bail, then his/ her bail is cancelled. Similarly, properties of accused in NDPS cases are being attached.” Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal at the Bhogpur grain market in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Wheatprocurementstarts at Bhogpur grain market Jalandhar, April 12 Wheat procurement started in Jalandhar on Friday. Deputy Commissioner Dr Himanshu Aggarwal initiated the procurement at the Bhogpur grain market where Santosh Singh and Parmjit Singh from Talwandi Bhelan village became the first farmers in the district who sold out their produce. The DC said the district administration had made adequate arrangements for smooth procurement of of the crop. He said to achieve the target to procure 5.18-lakh MT wheat, the administration had set up 106 purchase centres which include 80 permanent and 26 temporary mandis to facilitate farmers. The DC talked to farmers, arhtias and labourers to get a feedback about issues faced by them. He said the administration had already made arrangements for hassle free procurement of wheat. — TNS Aggarwal visits Niku Park, orders civic body to conduct safety audit of joyrides Tribune News Service Jalandhar, April 12 Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr Himanshu Aggarwal on Friday visited Niku Park and ordered a safety audit of joyrides/swings installed there. Presiding over a meeting of the Model Town Children Park Committee here, Aggarwal said the district administration was committed for the safety of children. He said there was a need to check the safety standards of joyrides/swings installed at the park. Aggarwal ordered the Jalandhar Municipal CCorporation to ensure roundthe-clock cleanliness drive Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal presides over a meeting in Jalandhar on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO c m y b in the park and scientific disposal of leaves fallen from trees. The DC also directed officials of the civic body to ensure immediate repair of dysfunctional joyrides/swings installed in the park. He said the park was a valuable asset for the city and its people. He said it was a favourite place for children because a variety of swings and slides, besided other things. He also instructed officials to ensure arrangements of drinking water in the park.