11072024-LT-01.qxd 7/10/2024 11:31 PM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune WITH ~5 PER STUDENT, SEASONAL FRUITS REMAIN BEYOND REACH Students are being served bananas in mid-day meal as it remains affordable and easy to transport. P2 » SHOOT FOR SPY UNIVERSE FILM ALPHA BEGINS ACTRESS POOJA HEGDE COMPLETES DEVA SHOOT Alia Bhatt commences shooting for Alpha, after undergoing a rigorous four-month training regimen. P4 Also starring Shahid Kapoor, this action thriller is scheduled to be released in theatres on October 11. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 37°C | MIN 29°C YESTERDAY MAX 36°C | MIN 30°C SUNSET THURSDAY 7.27 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:30 AM THURSDAY | 11 JULY 2024 | LUDHIANA Youth hacked to death by two thieves fleeing on stolen bike 10 social media accounts of gangsters, mostly of Newton, sent for immediate closure: CP Tribune News Service Nikhil Bhardwaj Ludhiana, July 10 In a tragic incident, a youth was hacked to death by two thieves at Sidhwan Bet here on Tuesday. The thieves were escaping after stealing a Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle and the victim, with the help of his brother, was chasing the suspects on a motorcycle. When the duo reached near the miscreants in a deserted area on the Hambran road, the latter attacked the victim on his head with sharp weapons. The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Sukhwinder Singh. The Sidhwan Bet police here have registered an FIR against the CCTVS BEING CHECKED, SAYS COP Inspector Jasveer Singh, SHO, Sidhwan Bet police station, said a murder case was registered against unidentified suspects. The police have been checking footage of CCTV cameras in the area to identify the suspects. They will be nabbed soon. unidentified suspects and started a probe in the matter. According to the statement of Angrezpal Singh, two miscreants entered their house by climbing the wall around 3:45 am. One of their neighbours, who lives abroad, had kept his Bullet bike at his house. The thieves after entering the house premises, opened the lock of the motorcycle fled the scene. “Hearing the noise, his father woke up and informed us about the incident. Afterwards, he, along with his brother Sukhwinder Singh, started chasing them. They fled towards Sidhwan Bet,” he said. The complainant revealed that the thieves were armed with sharp weapons. He said when they reached near the miscreants, they tried to attack them with sharp weapons. His brother Sukhwinder suffered serious injuries on his head and died on the spot. Following which, Hit-and-run claims man’s life Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 10 A man was killed in a hit-andrun accident on the Tajpur flyover late on Tuesday night. The victim was crushed by the unknown vehicle. On Tuesday night, the man was returning home when he met with the mishap. The deceased was identified as Ishwar Singh (32), a resident of the Tibba road area. The police said after get- ting information, ASI Malkit Singh had reached the scene on Tuesday night. The body was badly mutilated due to which it could not be identified. On Wednesday morning, on the basis of the Aadhaar card recovered from the pocket of the deceased, he was identified and his family was informed. On the complaint of the deceased’s family, a case of negligent driving was registered against the unidentified driver and CCTV cameras installed on the highway were being checked to get any clue about the vehicle. The family of the deaceased demanded that the errant driver of the unknown vehicle should be arrested. With her favourite co-pilot the attackers managed to escape form the scene, taking advantage of darkness. The complainant said he had also informed the Sidhwan Bet police and lodged a complaint in this regard. Inspector Jasveer Singh, SHO, Sidhwan Bet police station, said a murder case was registered against the unidentified suspects. The police were checking footage of CCTV cameras in the area to identify the suspects. They would be nabbed soon. Woman dies by suicide Ludhiana, July 10 A woman, Jasbir Kaur Ritu (36), died by suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her house in Bulara village today. She had refused the proposal of friendship of a village youth following which the latter started harassing her. Fed up with the same, the woman took the exteme step. She was taken to a hospital, where she died. Her kin gathered outside the police station, seeking action against him. The police assured them of action. She was the mother of two children. Her husband had gone to Dubai three years ago. — TNS Suspect flaunts lifestyle, glorifies gun culture on social networking sites Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 10 Though gangster Sagar Newton, wanted in over 12 cases of murder, attempt to murder, arms smuggling, etc, is playing hide and seek with the police, he strongly shows his presence on social media. Newton has several accounts on Instagram where he frequently upload videos and photographs. He posts his crime videos on social media and takes responsibility for crimes committed. With this practice, he spreads his message among the masses. His accounts are also being followed by youngsters in a large number, which in one way or other may attract them to the world of crime. Recently, when Newton and his aides had barged into the house of Navi at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and attacked his family, the gangster had also uploaded a post on his Instagram account where he challenged the Ludhiana police. Since the grandmother of Navi had died a few weeks after the attack due to her alleged injuries, Newton’s wife Vanshika was arrested by the police on the charges of criminal conspiracy and giving shelter to her husband. However, the gangster had condemned the action of the police. He had offered that if the police would leave his wife, he would surrender, else, he would show his might as a gangster. Recently, Newton sent his aides who opened Pics uploaded on a social media account in gangster Newton’s name. fire at the house of Navi at Karnail Singh Nagar and after the incident, the gangster had again shared a message on social media in which he claimed the responsibility for the attack. He admitted that he had sent his men to open fire at the house of Navi. Newton had several accounts on Instagram and Facebook where he has posted several of his videos glorifying gangster culture and challenging his rivals. He even posted videos showing numbers of weapons. In some videos, he even shows his firing skills. In most of the videos, he used a song as the background music, which glorified gangs, weapons and drugs. The gangster has several videos on his social media accounts which were shot inside jails. Even his video of being produced in a court was also made allegedly by his aides and the same was later updated on his Instagram account. Police sources said usually police don’t deactivate accounts of gangsters as it sometimes help the police in tracing their locations. Most of their accounts were usually not being operated by them rather by their close aides only. The police shut those accounts only which were being run by fans of gangsters and not linked directly to them. Commissioner of Police (CP) Kuldeep Singh Chahal today told The Tribune that the police had already alerted the cyber cell to take action against social media accounts of gangster Newton and other notorious criminals. “We have sent 10 social media accounts of gangsters, mostly of Newton, to the authorities concerned such as Instagram and Facebook through our cyber cell for blocking, and if they would not close the same, the police can obtain orders from court for necessary action. We will not let gangsters to glorify crime at any cost,” the CP said. Punjab Police blocked 6K social media accounts Last year, the Punjab Police had cracked down on social media accounts of gangsters and blocked 6,000 accounts – on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other platforms. Accounts of gangsters such as Arshdeep Dalla and Lawrence Bishnoi were got blocked by the police on the suspicion that they are recruiting youngsters through such platforms. Anganwari workers take out massive protest rally From school to streets, this dynamic duo is unstoppable after the girl takes charge of driving the e-rickshaw, helping her father in his day’s work. ASHWANI DHIMAN Ludhiana, July 10 On the call given by the national unit of the Federation of Anganwari Workers and Helpers, the Anganwari Mulazim Union here held a massive rally at the Mini-Secretariat here under the leadership of its president Subhash Rani. Subhash Rani said the rally was held to press upon the Union Government and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to allocate more funds in the budget to anganwaris in the country Anganwari workers protest outside the DC's office in Ludhiana on Wednesday. ASHWANI DHIMAN as in the meagre allocation, it was not possible to pro- vide nutritious diet to poor and needy children. The workers said they should be provided their con- Man killed by three friends Over 52K vehicles registered in 6 months, highest since 2018 Ludhiana, July 10 A 30-year-old man was killed by his friends on the Deepak Cinema road on Tuesday night. He has been identified as Abhishek of Naali Mohalla. The victim, along with his friendKaluandtwootherfriends, were consuming liquor on the Deepak Cinema road when they had arguments over some issue. In no time, the arguments took a ghastlyturnandthetrio,attacked Abhishek with a knife. He suffered serious injuries. ADCP -1 Jagbinder Singh said after injuring the victim, the suspects took him to his house and lied to the victim’s family that someone attacked him. Later, when his kin were taking him to a hospital, he died on the way. When the police checked CCTV cameras, no other suspects were seen. Hence, role of the suspects was established behind the killing. Raids were being held to nab them. A case has been registered. —TNS Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 10 Over 52,000 new vehicles were registered during the first six months of this year in Ludhiana. The figures were revealed by the Transport Department. It marks the highest registration rate since 2018 in the state’s biggest and largest district headquarters in terms of the area and population. While 79,084 new vehicles were registered here in 2023, the count was 70,390 in 2022, 47,930 in 2021, 47,901 in 2020, 76,721 in 2019 and 73,093 in 2018. However, the registration of vehicles before 2018 remained higher as 1,32,546 vehicles were registered in 2017, 1,22,559 in 2016, 1,30,370 in 2015, 1,23,512 in 2014, 1,15,038 in 2013, and 1,31,816 in 2012. The count of 85,936 vehicle registrations in 2011 was also more than that of TELLING NUMBERS ANNUAL 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 A huge rush of vehicles at Mata Rani Chowk in Ludhiana on Wednesday. PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN this year. Taking into account this year’s figures, 291 new vehicles were daily hitting roads in Ludhiana and over 8,715 vehicles were registered here every month in 2024 on an average. The official figures compiled by the Regional Transport Office here revealed that 52,291 vehicles were newly registered in 2024 while over 33,880 vehicles were regis- c m y b tered during the corresponding period in 2023, thus marking a 54.34 per cent increase in the registration. Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Randeep Singh said 31,785 motorcycles/ scooters FIGURES 52,291 79,084 70,390 47,930 47,901 76,721 73,093 1,32,546 1,22,559 1,30,370 1,23,512 1,15,038 1,31,816 85,936 (SOURCE: TRANSPORT DEPT, FIGURES OF 2024 FROM JAN 1 TO JUNE 30, REST YEARS FROM JAN 1 TO DEC 31) were registered between January 1 and June 30 this year, followed by 11,734 cars. Besides, other types of vehicles registered here during the first half of this year include 3,648 e-rickshaws for passen- gers, 1,910 goods carriers, 931 e-rickshaws with goods carts, 872 agricultural tractors, 656 three-wheelers for passengers, 261 three-wheelers for goods, 125 buses, 100 construction equipment vehicles, 71 harvesters, 61 motorcycles/ scooters with sidecars, 56 earthmoving equipment, 33 cranemounted vehicles, 25 motor cabs, 16 ambulances, three dumpers, two mopeds, and one road roller and mobile workshop each. The cumulative figure of the new vehicle registrations in Ludhiana since 2011 has touched the 12,89,187 mark, which accounts for 7,958 new vehicles hitting the roads here every month and a daily registration of over 275 new vehicles in the past thirteenand-a-half years. “The past six months of 2024 have recorded the maximum number of registrations of new vehicles during the past three years,” the RTO said. stitutional rights and their wages should be increased. Pre-primary classes should be handed over to the anganwaris again. They said they were serving for the past several decades and now pre-primary classes were given to schools, which was injustice against anganwari workers and under the garb of digitalisation, they must not be exploited. Hundreds of workers attended the rally that was addressed by their leaders today. — TNS DC reviews Buddha Nullah projects Ludhiana, July 10 Deputy Commissioner-cumMunicipal Corporation Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney reviewed the ongoing projects to clean the Buddha Nullah here. During the meeting, the DC also directed the authorities concerned to intensify the plantation drive alongside the water body. MC Additional Commissioner Paramdeep Singh, Assistant Commissioner Kritika Goyal, DRO Gurjinder Singh and officials of the PPCB and Drainage Department were among those present. Representatives of RS MP Balbir Singh Seechewal, who have been planting trees along the nullah under the guidance of the MP also attended the meeting. , Sawhney directed the officials concerned to expedite the projects. She also urged residents to assist the authorities in spreading greenery across the city. — TNS
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