11062024-LT-01.qxd 6/11/2024 1:08 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune MAN NABBED FOR KILLING AUTO-RICKSHAW DRIVER FARM FIRES WENT UNNOTICED AMID LS ELECTION HUBBUB AMITABH APPLAUDS INDIA’S T20 WIN AGAINST PAKISTAN A Dhandhari Kalan man accused of killing an auto driver has been arrested by Sahnewal police. P2 There were 11,900 crop residue burning incidents after wheat harvesting in state between April 20 and May 30. P3 As soon as India won, both celebrities and fans flooded social media with expressions of joy. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 44°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 43°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7.24 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5:21 AM » TUESDAY | 11 JUNE 2024 | LUDHIANA Bodies of two youths recovered from Sutlej, two still missing Day before, six youths went to Sutlej to cool off; two saved by onlookers Kin of one of the victims on the banks of the Sutlej. BE WATCHFUL, SDRF OFFICIAL TELLS PARENTS A SDRF team searches for youths who were drowned in the Sutlej on Sunday. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN Manav Mander Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 10 Inconsolable scenes were witnessed at Kasabad village after the bodies of two youths who reportedly drowned in the Sutlej yesterday were recovered today. Yesterday, six youths, Shammi, Mishabul, Mohd Ehsaan Ansari, Zaheer, Samir and Sehbaaz, went to bathe in the Sutlej to beat the scorching heat. 16-year-old girl goes missing Ludhiana, June 10 A 16-year-old girl is missing from her home at Fauji Mohalla here since June 1. A case has been registered at the Model Town police station. As per a complaint registered by Geeta, her daughter is missing since June 1. She alleged that Vikas Gill of Jain Colony has lured her daughter on the pretext of marrying her. In the past also, the suspect detained the girl. — TNS While Samir and Sehbaaz were saved by onlookers after they raised an alarm, their four companions were missing. The bodies of two youths were recovered today while two persons were still missing till the filing of the report. All youths were in the age group of 18-22 years and none of them knew swimming. Today, after the SDRF team reached the scene, the body of Mishabul and Mohd Ehsaan Ansari were fished out by the team. Divers from Patiala and Phillaur reached the spot in the morning and fished out the bodies. “Since the flow of the river is strong, there is a possibility that the bodies would have gone with the flow of water,” said one of the divers. Deepak Kumar, SI, SDRF , said teams were on job and trying their best to find the remaining persons. “I want to advise everyone, especially parents, to be watchful and Deepak Kumar, SI, SDRF, said teams were on job and trying their best to find the remaining persons. “I want to advise everyone, especially parents, to be watchful and don’t let their children come near the river if they did not know how to swim,” he said. don’t let their children come near the river if they did not know how to swim,” he said. Parents and families of the youths were unable to accept the fact that their children were no more and how a dip in the river could end their lives. A neighbour of Mohd Ehsaan Ansari said the latter did not know how to swim but still went ahead with the swimming plan. “The parents and other family mem- bers of Ehsaan are unable to cope up with the reality and are inconsolable,” he said. With temperature hovering around 40°C in Ludhiana, a lot of people, especially youth, generally head towards canals and rivers to cool off, which leads to drowning incidents. However, youth venturing too far into rivers fall prey to mishaps as they drown due to deep water and swift currents. PROJECT TO DEVELOP BIRTHPLACE OF SHAHEED SUKHDEV THAPAR High Court dismisses plea to stay acquisition of land Rajneesh Lakhanpal Ludhiana, June 10 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the writ petition challenging acquisition of land for setting up a project to develop and beautify the birthplace of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar. The court noted that the project aims to develop and beautify the birthplace of Shaheed-e-Azam Sukhdev Thapar. The Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Punjab, had initially declared the site as a ‘protected monument’ on May 18, 2009, under the Punjab Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964. The court further noted that the acquisition of the petitioner’s property, identified as No. B-VI1837, was crucial for providing proper access to the historical site. It also observed that petitioner’s objections to the SIA report were not adequately substantiated. The petitioner, Prem Chand Bansal, whose property was to be acquired for providing direct access to the historical national heritage site had approached the high court raising sever- Trust gives 15-day ultimatum to authorities for taking over possession of land The ancestral house of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar. TRIBUNE PHOTO al objections. After the dismissal of the petition seeking stay on the acquisition of land, now, the All India Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust has written to Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to instruct the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, for directing the SDM East (Land Acquisition Collector) to issue final award of acquisition for taking over the possession of the petitioner’s property. Ashok Thapar, national president of the trust and kin of the martyr, said MC to float tenders for installation of new tube wells in week Man booked in hit-and-run Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 10 After the model code of conduct (MCC) has been lifted, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has initiated the process to float tenders to install new tube wells in certain areas of the city where residents are facing water supply shortage. With summer season at its peak and a number of tube wells developing snags, especially in the AREAS TO GET NEW TUBE WELLS Areas where new tubewells would be installed include Prem Nagar (Ward 29); Pritam Colony and Dhandari Kalan of Ward 30 and Harkrishan Nagar, Sundar Nagar and Guru Nanak Nagar of Ward 31 among other areas of the city. Ludhiana South constituency, MC Commissioner Sandeep Rishi has directed the officials concerned to ensure water supply through tankers in such areas and tenders to install new tubewells would be floated within a week. The areas where new tubewells would be installed include Prem Nagar (Ward 29); Pritam Colony and Dhandari Kalan of Ward 30 and Harkrishan Nagar, Sundar Nagar and Guru Nanak Nagar of Ward 31 among other areas of the city. The MC Commissioner said a number of tube wells developed a snag due to overheating, etc, in the recent past, but the civic body was not able to float tenders due to imposition of the model code of conduct. Now that the poll code had been lifted, the tenders to install new tube wells would be floated within a week and these would be installed as soon as possible. Civic body officials said power cuts witnessed in the past due to storm, etc, had also disrupted the water supply and the corporation had made certain changes in water supply timings too so that smooth supply of potable water could be ensured. Also, water tankers were being sent to affected areas to ensure water supply to residents. Ludhiana, June 10 The Dehlon police have booked Ranjt Kumar of Guru Arjun Dev Nagar in a hit-and-run case. As per information, Arvinder Singh (18), a resident of Khanpur village, was going on a motorcycle towards the Harnampura side. His father was also following him on another vehicle. “As we reached the Tibba canal, Ranjit was coming at a high speed from the other NOTA outnumbers vote share of 36 candidates from Ludhiana LS seat Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 10 Call it a bad selection of candidates or disenchantment with political parties, the count of NOTA (none of the above) votes outnumbered the vote share of 36 candidates in polling held to the 18th General Election for the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat. 0.48% voters rejected all 43 nominees, maximum count in state With 0.48 per cent of the total votes polled going to the NOTA, as many as 5,078 electors rejected all 43 nominees, which was the maximum number in the state, in the poll fray from this predominantly general parliamentary constituency. Surprisingly, only seven candidates, including six from mainstream political parties and an Independent, surpassed the NOTA votes. Barring three top contenders – the winner Amrinder Singh Raja War- they give a 15-day ultimatum to the authorities for issuing final award of acquisition for taking over the possession of the said building, otherwise they would be forced to sit on a hunger strike in front of the SDM office, here. Initially, a sum of Rs 81 lakh was sanctioned by the Central Government. Thereafter, an amount of Rs 1 crore was announced by the Chief Minister on August 15, 2018, during the Independence celebrations, to be spent for the beautification and development of the site in question. Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station. FILE ring of the Congress, runnerup Ravneet Singh Bittu of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and third finisher Ashok Parashar Pappi of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – all other 40 candidates lost their security deposits after failing to garner even 1,76,613, which was one-sixth of the total polled 10,59,678 votes, including 2,459 postal ballots. According to the final result figures issued by Returning Officer Sakshi Sawhney, a copy of which is with The Tribune, the minimum of 284, which accounted for 0.03 per cent vote share, were polled by an Independent, Rajinder Ghai, followed by 340 (0.03%) by another Independent Kar- nail Singh, 344 (0.03%) by other independents Vishal Kumar Arora and 383 (0.04%) by Kuldeep Kumar Sharma. Among other nominees, who topped from the bottom, Darshan Singh Daba of the Nationalist Justice Party got 390 votes (0.04%), Independent Bhola Singh 411 (0.04%), Harvinder Kaur of the Samajik Sangharsh Party 419 (0.04%), Shivam Yadav of the Gobal Republican Party 415 (0.04%), Independents Jai Parkash Jain (Titu Baniya) 419 (0.04%), Baldev Singh Suman 450 (0.04%), Chandi 456 (0.04%), Rupinder Kumar 467 (0.04%), Gurmeet Singh Kharay 517 (0.05%), Ravinder Pal Singh Baba Ji Bargar Wale 548 (0.05%), Kamal Pawar 592 (0.06%), Santosh Kumar 510 (0.06%), Kirpal Singh Kapuri 621 (0.06%), Dr Devinder Singh Gill of the Aam Lok Party United 695 (0.07%), Independents Gurdeep Singh Kahlon 738 (0.07%), Kaniya Lal (Dr Kishan Kumar) 820 (0.08%), Devinder Bhagria of the Hindustan Shakti Sena 860 (0.08%), independents Simrandeep Singh 912 (0.09%), Balvinder Singh Bitta 918 (0.09%), Patamjit Singh 927 (0.09%), Amandeep Singh of the Sehajdhari Sikh Party 987 (0.09%), Independents Vipan Kumar Batra 1,041 (0.1%), Baljit Singh 1,138 (0.11%), Bhupinder Singh of the Bharatheeya Jawan Kisan Party 1,287 (0.12%), Rajiv Kumar Mehra of the Jan Sewa Driver Party 1,518 (0.14%), Independents Sanjeev Kumar Sanju 1,567 (0.15%), Dr Palwinder Kaur 1,768 (0.17%), Pritpal Singh of the Bahujan Dravida Party 1,824 (0.17%), Independent Baldev Raj Katna 2,086 (0.2%), Rakesh Kumar Ricky of the Sunahara Bharat Party 2,091 (0.2%) and Independent Naresh Dhingaan polled c m y b 2,530 votes, which constituted 0.24 per cent vote share. While Davinder Singh Ramgarhia of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) got 10,394 votes, which accounted for 0.98 per cent vote share, Amritpal Singh Chhandran of the SAD (Amritsar) got 18,241 votes (1.72 per cent vote share). An Independent, Kamaljit Singh Brar, managed 42,500 votes, accounting for 4.01 per cent vote share, while Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) nominee Ranjit Singh Dhillon garnered 90,220 votes, constituting 8.52 per cent vote share. Pertinently, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, who was dubbed as an “outsider”, had pipped his friend-turned-foe turncoat three-time sitting MP Ravneet Singh Bittu of the BJP, whom he called as “traitor” to wrest the Ludhiana LS seat. Three-time sitting MLA from Gidderbaha, Warring polled 3,22,224 votes, which were 20,497 more than 3,01,282 votes polled by his arch rival Bittu, to win Ludhiana for the record fourth time in a row. No other party had represented this predominantly urban general seat four times consecutively since 1952. The ruling AAP’s sitting MLA Parashar finished third with 2,37,077 votes while the SAD’s former MLA Ranjit Singh Dhillon stood poor fourth with 90,220 votes, also losing his security deposit. Interestingly, Warring led from only four of the total nine Assembly segments in this parliamentary seat while Bittu secured maximum votes from five Vidhan Sabha seats. However, AAP trailed in all nine segments, eight of which it had won in the 2022 Assembly poll. Its candidate Parashar even lost from his Ludhiana Central seat, from where he was elected two years ago. While Gill, Dakha and Jagraon (all rural pockets) and urban Atam Nagar Assembly segment added to the victory of Warring, the urban seats of Ludhiana East, South, Central, West and North gave lead to the BJP . From the very first round, Warring secured the lead over his nearest rival Bittu and the margin kept swinging from as low as 2,000 votes to as high as 27,000 votes. Of his total 3,22,224 polled votes, including 800 postal ballots, Warring got maximum 54,981 votes from Gill, followed by 41,296 from Ludhiana East, 40,276 from Dakha, 34,734 from Jagraon, 32,982 from Ludhiana South, 31,415 from Ludhiana North, 30,889 from Ludhiana West, 30,696 from Atam Nagar, and lowest 24,155 from Ludhiana Central Assembly segment. Bittu’s 3,01,282 votes came from highest 53,725 in Ludhiana North, followed by 50,833 from Ludhiana East, 45,424 from Ludhiana West, 41,450 in Ludhiana Central, 37,278 in Ludhiana South, 30,154 in Gill, 22,753 in Atam Nagar, 12,138 in Jagraon and the lowest of 7,072 votes in Dakha, besides getting 355 postal ballots. For AAP’s Parashar, the total of 2,37,077 polled votes comprised maximum 41,520 from Gill, followed by 28,743 in Dakha, 28,096 in Ludhiana East, 25,745 in Jagraon, 25,600 in Atam Nagar, 25,127 in Ludhiana North, 22,461 in Ludhiana West, second lowest continued on page 2 side on his tipper. The tipper collided headon with my son’s motorcycle and he received serious head injuries,” stated Shinderpal Singh, father of Arvinder, in a complaint submitted to the police. He said he took him to the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) where the victim was declared brought dead. No arrest had been made by the police so far in the case. — TNS Couple nabbed for theft at jewellery shop Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 10 A theft was reported at a jewellery showroom at Kwality Chowk here. It was committed by a couple and the woman was caught stealing anklet in a CCTV footage. The CCTV footage was seen by the owner’s son, Amit, while siting at home. He saw the woman stealing an anklet and keeping it in her dupatta. Afterwards, the couple left the shop. After seeing the footage, Amit went to the market to see if the suspect was there. He saw the woman siting in another nearby jewellery showroom and was asking a salesman to show her anklets. Amardeep Singh, the owner of the second jewellery showroom, said he was informed by Amit about the matter. The police also reached the scene and caught the duo with the stolen anklet. The couple came to the area from Dhuri to commit the crime.
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