07082024-CT-01.qxd 8/6/2024 11:32 PM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune WILL ENSURE MINIMAL PLAINT PENDENCY: MOHALI SSP HAPHAZARD PARKING AT MANDIS IRKS RESIDENTS CHEF SANJYOT KEER — TURBANED TRAILBLAZER New Mohali SSP stresses role of active engagement of community in effective policing. P2 Haphazard parking on main roads leads to snarl-ups during weekly mandis in Panchkula. P2 Keer became the first turbaned chef to walk on the prestigious Cannes Red Carpet. P4 » » WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH Apni Mandi: Sectors 15, 40, 46 and 52 MOHALI Apni Mandi: Phase 11 PANCHKULA Apni Mandi: Sector 25 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com INBRIEF THREE BOOKED FOR ASSAULT Chandigarh: The police have booked three persons for attacking a resident of Kishangarh village. Sandeep reported that Karan, Suraj and Kaku attacked him with sticks at his house. The police have registered a case at the IT Park police station and started an investigation. TNS 10 years on, missing 18-year-old boy reunited with family Tribune News Service Panchkula, August 6 A boy, who had gone missing in Maharashtra 10 years ago, has been reunited with his family. Officials of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, Haryana State Crime Branch, said their team reunited the 18year-old boy, identified as Jitendra Chandell, with his family after 10 years. He had gone missing from Gondia district of Maharashtra in 2014 at the age of 8. Police officials said ASI Rajesh Kumar of the AntiHuman Trafficking Unit had contacted the Bilaspur Child Home in Chhattisgarh while searching for missing children from Haryana. A worker at the home informed him about an 18-year-old boy named Jitendra Chandell, who had been residing there for about eight years. During counselling, Jitendra disclosed the details about his family members. He recalled leaving his village of Mali with his mother, who was mentally unwell . The team found that Jitendra’s original village was Madanpur in Balaghat district of MP His father had . passed away. On Tuesday, Jitendra’s uncle and family arrived in Panchkula and were happy to see Jitendra. MP Manish Tewari had raised the issue in the Lok Sabha Dushyant Singh Pundir MINISTER CITES 1952 ACT Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 6 In yet another jolt to residents of the city, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has ruled out any move to regularise illegal constructions outside “lal dora” in 22 villages. Earlier, the MHA had turned down the proposal of the UT Administration to convert leasehold industrial and commercial plots to freehold and to regularise need-based changes carried out in houses of the Chandigarh Housing Board on the Delhi pattern. During the ongoing session of Parliament, local MP Manish Tewari raised the issue in the Lok Sabha whether the government planned to regularise constructions outside lal dora in Chandigarh, what steps were being implemented to accelerate this process and whether there was a timeline to update the Master Plan of Chandigarh to accommodate the current and future needs of residents living outside the red line in 22 urban villages of the city. In a reply to these questions, Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home, stated the development of Chandigarh was governed strictly as per the notified Master Plan Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home, said, “As per The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952, no person is allowed to erect or re-erect any building in area outside the lal dora without prior permission of the Deputy Commissioner.” The lal dora is a line, which separates the village habitation from agricultural land. Illegal structures outside the lal dora at Khuda Jassu village. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI of Chandigarh and the same was applicable till 2031. Tewari further asked the extent to which the revenue concept of lal dora is still relevant for the development of 22 villages in Chandigarh that were included in the Municipal Corporation (MC) between 2015 and 18. Whether the Union Government is aware that the Chandigarh Adminis- Ambala, August 6 A woman has been arrested for killing her two minor daughters, who were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house on July 31. The accused, Jyoti was produced before a court today which sent her to two-day police remand. The deceased were identified as Yogita (11) and Amayra (7), residents of Valmiki Colony in the Nahan house area of Ambala City. Their father, Sonu, works in a factory and mother, Jyoti, is a under Chandigarh Master Plan, 2031, which had been notified in exercise of powers under The Capital of Punjab (Development & Regulation) Act, 1952 and The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952’. “As per The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952, no person is allowed to erect or re-erect any continued on page 2 FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE INAUGURATION OF 24X7 WATER SUPPLY PROJECT Plaque with Mayor’s name changed at last moment Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 6 The plaque for inauguration of the 24X7 water supply project at Shivalik Park in Mani Majra had the name of Mayor Kuldeep Kumar but was replaced with a new one at the last moment after the authorities came to know that the Mayor would boycott the event in protest. The new plaque has the name of Home Minister Amit Shah as the one who inaugurated the event and Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria for his presence on the occasion. The names of Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and UT Adviser Rajeev Verma, who were present at that time, have also been mentioned. The inaugural stone was placed near the dais that day as the building of the project is situated far from the venue. It was later put up on a wall at the building. “After we realised he may give it a miss, we got one more plaque made as we had no other option. The names of only those present at such big events are mentioned on the plaque,” said an official concerned, adding that MP Manish Tewari’s name was not there in the previous The inauguration plaque at the building of the 24X7 water supply project in Mani Majra. TRIBUNE PHOTO: NITIN MITTAL plaque because he had confirmed his prior engagement to the authorities well in advance. Sources said as the Mayor didn’t turn up at the venue, officials had to change not only the plaque but also seating plan on the dais at the eleventh hour. His name was not on the invite as it was entirely a Smart City project funded under the mission. Tewari and the Mayor had skipped the launch of 24x7 water supply pilot project by Home Minister Amit Shah. Though there was no comment by Tewari on his absence from the programme, the Mayor had said he boycotted the event since the BJP had hindered the proposal to provide free 20,000 litres of water to the residents of Chandigarh. He had also said that not mentioning the names of the MP and the Mayor on the invitation is an insult to all residents. Meanwhile, the Mayor told Chandigarh Tribune that he was not concerned about his name not having been mentioned on the plaque but he only wanted free water should be provided to the residents. HC tells victim’s uncle to appear at police station Tribune News Service Chandigarh, August 6 Just about three days after Harpreet K Singh, an Indian Civil Accounts Services officer, was shot dead allegedly by ex-cop Malvinder Singh Sidhu in the UT district courts complex, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the victim’s uncle to appear before the police station concerned on Wednesday. His uncle was already before the court seeking bail in a case registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. “If the petitioner fails to appear before the police station concerned tomorrow by 8 am, this bail shall stand cancelled,” Justice Anoop Chitkara asserted. The order is unique as the bail in the corruption matter is now subject to his appearance before the police station in the other case. “It is clarified that this order is passed MURDER IN DIST COURTS only to ensure the security of people and does not restrict the investigator from proceeding to investigate the FIR under Section 103(2) of the BNS, 2023, at Police Station, Sector 36, Chandigarh,” Justice Chitkara added. Taking up the matter, Justice Chitkara observed the mother of the IAS officer allegedly shot by Sidhu in the district courts complex during mediation proceedings on August 3 was before the court. Her contention was that petitioner Kuldeep Singh – the victim’s real uncle – was hand in glove with Sidhu and was also present in the court concerned in the complex. There was serious apprehension of threat to her and family’s life and liberty at the hands of the petitioner. The petitioner’s counsel, on the other hand, submitted that the allegations were false Mother held for murder of two minor girls in Ambala Tribune News Service tration has decided to disconnect water connections outside the dora in 22 villages and if so, what measures are being taken to meet the basic needs of affected residents, given that the concept was outdated for urban village development, he asked. The minister answered that the development outside the red line area was regulated MAX 32°C | MIN 27°C YESTERDAY MAX 34.9°C | MIN 28.4°C SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:46 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD Ministry rules out lal dora extension in 22 UT villages PARTLY CLOUDY SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7.11 PM » WEDNESDAY | 7 AUGUST 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST Had some dispute with her husband, confesses to crime domestic help. Ambala ASP Srishti Gupta said, “Two minor girls were found dead in their house on July 31. During the investigation, the role of their mother came to light and she was arrested. The matter is still under investigation and during the two-day remand of Jyoti, we will get further information about the motive behind both murders.” and baseless. The petitioner was not present in the court complex throughout the day and was being falsely named to settle scores. After hearing counsel Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala for the applicant-mother and senior advocate RS Bains with advocate Mohan Singh Chauhan for the petitioner, Justice Chitkara directed the petitioner to remain present in the Sector 36 police station on Wednesday at 8 am. “If the investigator intends to arrest the petitioner in the FIR registered under Section 103(2) of the BNS, this order shall not come in their way,” the Bench clarified The allegations against the petitioner, a driver in Food and Supply Department, in the corruption case was that he, along with co-accused Balbir Singh and AIG Malvinder Singh, in connivance with each other cheated various persons and extorted money from them. FILE Bailable warrant issued against Ex-AIG files plea to preserve Gippy Grewal CCTV footage of court Accused Malvinder Singh Sidhu Chandigarh, August 6 A local court today sent retired Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Punjab Police Malvinder Singh Sidhu to judicial custody. Sidhu was arrested on the charge of killing his son-in-law Harpreet Singh, an Indian Civil Accounts Services officer, on the court premises on Saturday. He was produced before the court after his two-day police remand ended today. Ravinder Singh Bassi, counsel for Sidhu, has also filed an application before the court praying to issue directions to the police to preserve the CCTV footage of the District Courts, residence of the accused and an institute situated in Sector 24, Chandigarh. Bassi said the CCTV footage of the area was crucial in the case. The CCTV Seeks CBI inquiry in all cases filed against him by Vigilance Bureau footage of the Sector 24 institute is demanded because the son of the accused was taking coaching from there. While coming out of the court, Sidhu demanded a CBI inquiry in all cases registered against him by the Vigilance Bureau. Sidhu allegedly shot dead his son in law when they were at the mediation centre in connection with a divorce case. There was a matrimonial dispute between the two families, and both sides appeared before the Chandigarh Family Court for mediation. Three rounds of mediation had taken place. — TNS Patriotic fervour Ambala SP Surinder Singh Bhoria said, “The woman has some dispute with her husband and due to the ongoing family issues, she killed her daughters. She has confessed to her crime. The crime scene will be reconstructed and the scarf used by the accused to kill the girls will be recovered during her remand.” The family had raised suspicion on a person with whom Sonu has a monetary dispute. However, the police were suspecting the role of family members in both murders. Vendors sell Tricolours on the Sector 69-78 road in Mohali on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: VICKY c m y b Mohali, August 6 A Mohali court has issued bailable warrant against Rupinder Singh, aka Gippy Grewal, in the Dilpreet Singh Baba extortion case. Grewal, a complainant in the case, has been served notice to be physically present to record his statement in the case with bailable warrant and a security of Rs 5,000. Grewal has been missing from the court proceedings in the past three hearings. The court noted that non-bailable warrants would be issued against him if is not present in the court on the next hearing on August 20. The warrant was issued on July 4 to be present in the court on July 10 but Grewal did not appear on Tuesday as well. Grewal is in Canada for the past many months. — TNS Motorcyclist dies in accident Chandigarh, August 6 A 35-year-old motorcyclist died in an accident in Sector 10. The victim has been identified as Raju Pandey, a resident of Nayagaon. The incident occurred when an occupant of an SUV (Jeep), which was parked in front of Hotel Mountview, negligently opened its rear door. Pandey, who was riding a motorcycle, rammed into the door, fell down and was run over by another SUV driven by 51year-old Jagdeep Singh, a resident of Mohali. Pandey was rushed to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH) in Sector 16, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. The police have booked Jagdeep Singh and the Jeep driver Arnav Bahri (19), a resident of Sector 15, under Sec-