15052024-JTR-01.qxd 5/15/2024 1:01 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune GURDASPUR EVES CRUMBLE AT 12 RUNS IN U-19 MEET ACTRESS SHAMITA SHETTY HAS ENDOMETRIOSIS NITANSHI GOEL BECOMES IMDB BREAKOUT STAR In Women’s Under-19 Inter-District Cricket Tournament, Hoshiarpur defeated Gurdaspur team. P2 Shamita was admitted to a hospital after being diagnosed with endometriosis and will be undergoing surgery.P4 Sixteen-year-old actress Nitanshi Goel has received IMDb ‘Breakout Star’ STARmeter Award. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 41°C | MIN 23°C YESTERDAY MAX 38°C | MIN 21°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7:09 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:28 AM » WEDNESDAY | 15 MAY 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF WOMAN DRUG PEDDLER HELD Phagwara: The Mehat Pur police have arrested a woman drug peddler on the charge of selling intoxicant tablets. The suspect had been identified as Ninder, a resident of Mohalla Shahpur, Mehat Pur. Investigating officer (IO) Jaspal Singh said 215 intoxicant tablets and ~6,600 drug money were recovered from her possession. A case under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the suspect. OC MAN NABBED FOR BIKE THEFT Phagwara: The Nakodar City police have arrested a person on the charge of stealing a motorcycle. Investigating officer (IO) Sarabjit Singh said the suspect had been identified as Jasprit Singh, alias Jashan, a resident of Salaim Pur village, Ludhiana. The IO said the police got a tipoff that the suspect, who was a notorious thief, was coming to Nakodar to sell two stolen bikes. Following which, the police nabbed him at a naka and recovered a stolen motorcycle from his possession. A case under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC has been registered. OC TWO HELD FOR SNATCHING Phagwara: The Nakodar Sadar police have arrested two persons for snatching a mobile phone from a migrant worker. Investigating officer (IO) and Shankar police post in charge Harjit Singh said the suspects had been identified as Rahul Kumar and Soni. Harpreet Singh, a resident of Dherain village, told the police that while he was irrigating his field at Shankar village with his worker Sanjit, two motorcycle-borne suspects attacked Sanjit with a sharp weapon and snatched his mobile phone. A case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the suspects. The police also recovered a snatched mobile phone, a sharp weapon and a motorcycle from their possession. OC 5 BOOKED ON ASSAULT CHARGE Phagwara: The Mehat Pur police have booked five persons on the charge of assaulting a villager. Investigating officer (IO) Davinder Singh said the suspects had been identified as Sandip, Aman, Vikram and Gurpreet, all residents of Ludhiana, and an unidentified accomplice. Gurcharan Singh, a resident of Gounsu Wal village, told the police that the suspects attacked him on May 11 and threatened him with dire consequences. He suffered serious injuries in the incident. A case under Sections 323, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered. OC CASH LOOTED FROM PETROL PUMP Phagwara: Two unidentified masked motorcycle-borne miscreants looted ~8,000 from a petrol pump in Bilga near Nurmahal on Monday night. Raj Kumar, owner of JK Service Station, told the police that the suspects snatched the cash from an employee of the petrol pump and managed to flee. The police have registered a case. Two suspects were seen committing the crime in the CCTV footage. Meanwhile, both suspects also made an attempt to loot a medical store in Bilga. OC Congress fires salvo at Chaudhary, Rinku, Tinu CHANNI’S VIRAL VIDEO PLAINT AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLERS Deepkamal Kaur Congress leaders, including Nakodar halqa in-charge Dr Navjot Dahiya, former Mahila Congress chief Jasleen Sethi and Kamal Bhairon, and lawyers lodged a complaint against social media handlers with the Police Commissioner with copies also moved to the Election Commission seeking action. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 14 A day after ex-SGPC chief Jagir Kaur issued a statement in favour of Congress candidate from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat Charanjit S Channi in the alleged inappropriate touch episode, the Congress leadership took to fire salvos back at all those who had shared the video on the social media calling for action against Channi. Congress leaders, including Nakodar halqa in-charge Dr Navjot Dahiya, former Mahila Congress chief Jasleen Sethi and Kamal Bhairon, and lawyers lodged a complaint against social media handlers with the Police Commissioner with copies also moved to the Election Commission seeking action. Dr Dahiya has mentioned the names of suspended Congress MLA from Phillaur Vikramjit S Chaudhary, Jalandhar Aam Aadmi Party candidate Pawan Tinu and BJP candidate Sushil Rinku of trying to indulge in character assassination of Channi by making statements terming his “respectful gesture” towards Jagir Kaur of touching under her chin as “bad touch”. On Friday last, Channi, ahead of filing his nomination papers outside the District Election Office, had exchanged greetings with Jagir Kaur, who had accompanied Akali candidate Mohinder S Kaypee. Channi had bowed before her, held both her hands and put his forehead on her hands. As this had happened, both exchanged a light humour after which Channi touched under her chin and Jagir Kaur too laughed it off. But Channi’s adversaries made every attempt to tarnish his image. Yesterday, chairperson of the Punjab State Women Commissioner Raj Lalli Gill sought the Punjab DGP’s reply on the matter while MLA Chaudhary made a complaint against Channi with the National Commission for Women, Election Commission of India and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Since things were going too far, Jagir Kaur, who had been maintaining silence on the issue, chose to issue a statement saying there was nothing disrespectful with the way Channi greeted him. This brought the much-needed relief for Channi and his supporters after which Dr Dahiya sought action against all social media handlers who tried to spread the video around. “The video was clipped and projected in a wrong way so as to project Channi in bad light. It was all part of the conspiracy hatched against Channi to build sentiments against him,” Dr Dahiya wrote while sharing links of social media pages in his complaint. These links included videos of speeches of AAP and BJP candidates. Expenditure observer inspects poll activities Tribune News Service Kapurthala, May 14 Anurag Tripathi, expenditure observer of the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency and IRS officer, today visited here to inspect poll-related expenses activities and monitoring measures. The expenditure observer met Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal and other officers to get info about the expenditure being incurred by candidates in the Kapurthala and Sultanpur Lodhi Assembly segments. Panchal apprised the observer that flying squads and static surveillance teams were working round the clock to keep a close tab on different activities. He said district police and paramilitary forces jointly laid nakas to check the movement of liquor, cash and suspicious activities so as to ensure free and fair elections. As per the instructions of the Election Commission, monitoring units were fully functional to check any ille- Assistant Returning Officer-cum-SDM Balbir Raj Singh receives nomination papers of Shiromani Akali Dal (A) candidate Sarbjit Singh in Jalandhar on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH Singh, Satish Nahar, Ramesh Lal, Amrish Kumar, Tara Chand and Inderjit Singh. District Electoral Officer-cumDeputy Commissioner Dr Himanshu Aggarwal said scrutiny of papers would be done on Wednesday. The last day for withdrawal of papers will be till 3 pm on May 17. The same day, the office will issue symbols to all LS candidates remaining in fray. — TNS Hoshiarpur: On the last day of filing nominations for the Lok Sabha elections, 10 candidates filed papers from the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday. Sharing this information, Komal Mittal, Returning Officercum-Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur, said a total of 27 nomination papers were filed from May 7 to 14 for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency. She said nomination papers would be scrutinised on May 15 and candidates could withdraw their papers till May 17. — OC Shops of seed dealers checked Several trains to remain cancelled 11 file nominations from Jalandhar on last day Jalandhar: A total of 27 nomination papers have been filed from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat for the Lok Sabha elections. As Tuesday was the last Asked to sell varieties certified by PAU at fixed prices Our Correspondent Tribune News Service Kapurthala, May 14 Following directives from the Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, Amit Kumar Panchal, officials of the Agriculture Department on Tuesday conducted a checking at the shops of seed dealers in the district, besides directing them to provide PAU recommended or certified seeds to farmers at prescribed price. The officials also instructed the dealers not to sale any unauthorised and uncertified seeds. Chief Agriculture Officer Balbir Chand said that dealers should provide varieties to farmers as recommended and certified by the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. He said a meeting with dealers and department officials was also held in which it was stated that the sale of illegal seeds will not be allowed, and if any such case comes to notice, action will be Officials of the Agriculture Department check the shop of a seed dealer in Kapurthala on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO taken under the Seeds Act. He said that dealers were also asked to maintain proper record of stocks as the checking would continue in time to come. Dr Balbir Chand maintained that if there was any case of charging overprice, necessary action would be initiated. Farmers were also told that in case of any malpractice, they should immediately report to their nearest agriculture office so that action could be initiated accordingly, he added. The Chief Agriculture Officer also informed the farmers that the PUSA-44 variety of paddy was banned and not certified by the university, so this could not be sown. In view of depleting water table, the farmers should only proceed with the PAU recommended and certified varieties of paddy, he said. c m y b Jalandhar, May 14 Adhering to the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India within Jalandhar city in view of the LS elections, the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate seized an amount of ~6,87,500 from a car driver. The Jalandhar Traffic Police intercepted a car bearing registration number PB-06-N-5656 at a barricade set up near Maqsudan Mandi close to DAV College. During checking, the police recovered the unaccounted cash from the car driver. Since the driver could not give any satisfactory reply regarding the cash being carried during the election time, the recovered cash was promptly handed over to the Co-Operative Inspector for further proceedings as per the ECI directions. — TNS Restaurant manager attacked Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 14 Unidentified persons brutally attacked a restaurant manager with sharp weapons in Model Town here last night. The incident took place when the 35-year-old victim, Amit, was returning to his home on his scooter. Bikeborne miscreants waylaid him and chopped off his three fingers. As per informa- Miscreants chop off his three fingers tion, the miscreants also took away his mobile phone. The victim was admitted to a hospital, where his condition is stated to be out of danger. “The suspects did not come with an intention to rob him. They seem to have some old enmity with the victim,” the police said. The suspects are still at large. Further investigations are on into the matter. “We are scrutinising the CCTV footage to get clue about the suspects and they will be arrested soon,” the police said. The police said they would record the victim’s statement. “We have recorded the statements of the victim’s father,” the police said. 800 first-time voters taken on heritage walk in Phillaur Urged to exercise franchise, administered oath for ethical voting 10 file papers in Hoshiarpur day to file papers, 11 candidates put up their claims to contest elections from this reserved seat. Since all main candidates had already filed their papers till Monday, mostly Independents or candidates from small parties filed their papers on Tuesday. Among those who submitted their papers on Tuesday were Rajwant Kaur from the Apna Samaj Party, Bal Mukand from the Republican Party, Sarabjit Singh from the SAD (A), Amarjit from the Bhartiya Jan Jagriti Party and Independents Gurdeep Singh, Iqbal gal activities, he said. Kapurthala SSP Vatsala Gupta said teams of the district police and paramilitary forces wre fully prepared to maintain law and order during the elections. The teams are fully vigilance to timely check the movement of liquor and cash, if any. ~6.87L unaccounted cash seized from car Phagwara, May 14 The Railways have cancelled several trains plying between Amritsar-Ambala or JammuAmbala rail section till May 16 due to the farmers’ “Rail Roko” agitation. Phagwara Station Superintendent Davinder Singh said as per the instructions, Jalandhar-Delhi Express, Amritsar-Hisar Express, Amritsar-New Delhi Express, New DelhiPathankot, AmritsarHaridwar Janshatabadi Express, Amritsar-Chandigarh Intercity Express, Amritsar-Nangal Dam, Kalka-Katra train, Jalandhar-Ambala, Amritsar-New Delhi Shane-Punjab Express, Amritsar-New Delhi Superfast Express, Jammu-Delhi Jammu Mail, Ludhiana-Amritsar Passenger train, will remain cancelled till May 16. Girls perform giddha based on elections during an event in Phillaur on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Our Correspondent Phillaur, May 14 Continuing its initiative to ensure active participation of the youth in the Lok Sabha elections, the district administration today organised a ‘heritage walk’ at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Fort, Phillaur, and Nurmahal Serai for over 800 first-time voters so that along with the heritage, they can also learn about the importance of voting. Amanpal Singh, Assistant Returning Officer-cum-SDM, Phillaur, led the young voters at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Fort, Phillaur, while Gursimran Singh, Assistant Returning Officer-cum-SDM, Nakodar, guided the first-time voters at Nurmahal Serai. Heritage promoter Harpreet Singh Sandhu was also present on the occasion. The young voters were invited to take part actively in the Lok Sabha elections while being informed about history during a tour of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Fort and Nurmahal Serai. ARO Amanpal Singh informed the youth about the importance of voting and encouraged them to exercise their right to franchise on June 1 without any fear or greed. Later, a programme showing the importance of voting in democracy was also presented at the auditorium, in which the special message recorded by District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Com- missioner Dr Himanshu Aggarwal was relayed for the voters of Jalandhar. The youth were also urged to vote through ‘giddha’ and ‘jago’ performances based on the elections. During the tour of Nurmahal Serai, the young voters were also given a message to participate in this festival of democracy. Assistant Returning Officer Gursimran Singh Dhillon emphasised the need for participation of all eligible voters in the elections to uphold the democratic values and urged the youth to exercise their right to franchise. During the heritage walk, young voters were also administered an oath for ethical voting. Woman travel agent held for fraud Our Correspondent Phagwara, May 14 The Shahkot police have arrested a woman travel agent for duping a Shahkot resident of ~13.75 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Amandeep Singh and investigating officer (IO) in the case said the suspect had been identified as Rajnish Kaur, alias Rajni Bala, a resident of Baba Bahadar Nagar, Ludhiana. Sahbi a resident of Mohalla Gobind Nagar, Shahkot, told the police that he had paid ~13.75 lakh to the suspect to facilitate his migration to Canada. However, the sus- pect neither sent him abroad, nor returned the money. The IO said a case under Sections 406 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 13 of the Punjab Travel Professional Regulation Act was registered against the suspect.
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