13082024-LT-01.qxd 8/13/2024 12:00 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune JASRAJ, GURSIMRAT EMERGE U-19 BADMINTON CHAMPIONS SHATRUGHAN SAYS DAUGHTER’S MARRIAGE NOT ‘ILLEGAL’ ACTOR MILIND COMES UP WITH HIS SECOND BOOK District badminton championship has concluded at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium. P2 Speaking about his actress-daughter Sonakshi’s wedding with Zaheer, Shatrughan said it is not “illegal”. P4 Adding yet another feather to his cap, actor Milind has now come up with his second book, Keep Moving. P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 33°C | MIN 24°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7.05 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5:49 AM TUESDAY | 13 AUGUST 2024 | LUDHIANA Three of vehicle thieves’ gang held, 12 bikes seized Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 12 The police yesterday busted a gang of vehicle thieves and arrested three of its members. They also recovered 12 stolen motorcycles from their possession. The suspects have been identified as Jagdeep Singh, alias Sonu (38), of the Tajpur road area, Amit Kumar (35) of Tibba and Sumit Kumar Moria, alias Prince (23), a resident of New Subash Nagar. Ludhiana Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Singh Chahal in a statement issued stated that a tip-off was received that the three suspects had formed a gang of vehicle thieves and they had stolen many vehicles from the city in the recent past. After zeroing down the location of the suspects, a police team conducted a raid and nabbed the trio. Two motorcycles were recovered from the spot. Later during their questioning, they disclosed about 10 motorcycles which they had stolen from various areas of the city. Following which, the police seized the vehicles. Chahal said now, real owners of the vehicles would be identified and the same would be handed over to them by following the due procedure. Man held with 153 gm heroin Ludhiana, August 12 The Ludhiana police arrested a person and seized 153 gm of heroin from his possession. The suspect has been identified as Sunny, alias Rambo (31), of Himmat Singh Nagar. ADCP (Crime) Amandeep Singh Brar in a statement issued stated that acting on a tip-off, the Crime Branch 1 conducted a raid at the the suspect’s place on August 10 and arrested him with 153 gm of heroin. A case under the NDPS Act was registered. Brar said now, his police remand would be taken from court so that in further questioning, entire drug supply chain could be busted and big smugglers be nabbed. “We will also identify properties and vehicles purchased by the suspect with the drug money and the same will be freezed after procuring orders from the competent authority,” he said. Sources said after the arrest of Sunny, the police got some leads about big smugglers and probe was already launched to nab them. — TNS Murder of Chandigarh-based taxi driver cracked in 32 hrs Nabbed suspect acquaintance of victim, personal grudge led to crime Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 12 The Khanna police today claimed to have cracked the sensational murder of a Chandigarh-based taxi driver, Ravi Kumar, who was found dead on a highway in Samrala early on Saturday morning. The nabbed suspect was identified as Satpal (50), a resident of Ram Darbar, Chandigarh, while the deceased was also a resident of the area. Satpal was known to the family of the victim. Personal grudge of Satpal with the victim became the reason behind the murder. The police also seized a .32 bore pistol with six cartridges and the Maruti Alto car of Ravi from the possession of the suspect. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Khanna, Ashwini Gotyal, while addressing a press conference said after the Khanna police came to know about the murder on the highway, six teams were formed, which conducted raids at various suspected whereabouts of the suspect. “Since it was a blind murder case, our teams had identified the suspect within 24 hours and within 32 hours, he was arrested from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, where he was taking shelter. After the arrest of the man, the Maruti Alto car of the Police officials address mediapersons in Khanna on Monday. SUSPECT CAME OUT ON BAIL MONTHS AGO AFTER 12 YRS SSP Ashwini Gotyal said Satpal had committed another murder in Muzaffarnagar and he spent 12 years in jail in the case. In February this year, he came out on bail. Besides, the suspect was also facing a theft case registered in Meerut and an assault case in Chandigarh. deceased, which was taken by the former, was seized from Dera Bassi,” he said. The SSP said the suspect had a personal grudge with Ravi due to some woman known to both of them but nothing could be divulged further as it might hamper further probe. Satpal wanted to hold a discussion with the victim on the matter. He had himself booked the cab of Ravi and the former also took his nephew and niece along to Ludhiana. When they were returning home after spending some time in Ludhiana and having tea near the bus stand, they had Schoolchildren take part in a rehearsal for the Independence Day celebrations at the Punjab Agricultural University ground in Ludhiana on Monday. PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN Ludhiana, August 12 Flaunting weapons on social media and resorting to celebratory firing is against law. The Ludhiana police had already issued a strict warning stating besides registration of a case, arms licence of violators would also be cancelled in such cases. In the past, arms licences were also cancelled by the police for violating the norms in a few cases. Sources have revealed that the man firing in the air reportedly owns a licensed weapon while he was also said to be a close associate of a senior politician and MLA. On Monday, a video from Ludhiana has gone viral on social media in which some youths were celebrating a birthday party and later, one of them fired three shots from a revolver. A person attending the party had made a video of the act on his mobile. Sources said the party was held at a banquet hall on Pakhowal Road two days ago and its video was posted by somebody on WhatsApp which later went viral. A probe has also been started by the police to identify the person who fired the celebratory shots. Now, it has to be seen if the police take immediate action in the case or not as the offender was allegedly close to a senior politician. After the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in the state, they started filing FIRs against those promoting gun culture. FIRs were filed and action was also taken against many singers and people who uploaded photos with weapons on social media. Lately, police action against the offenders have slowed down. Residents say move will lead to further damage to environment Manav Mander Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 12 The Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, has proposed to convert five residential roads into commercial ones. These include Barewal Road, Main Tibba Road, Chandigarh Road to Bhamian Road, Magnet Resort road and Barewal Canal to culvert of Sua Road of Barewal Awana village. The MC has sought objections for the same and responding to it, the Council of Engineers said the surrounding areas had been developed as unplanned areas with less parks and green belts, already resulting into major damage to the environment. Hence, the conversion of the residential roads into commercial ones would lead to further damage to the environment. “With the conversion of the residential roads to commercial, multi-storey buildings will come up in the area, resulting in major increase in load on infrastructure and the environment. The MC is going to increase burden on basic infrastructure that will lead to further degradation of the environment,” said Kapil Arora from the council. Instead of increasing the green cover of Ludhiana, the civic body is keen to damage the environment by increasing the load on existing infrastructure by allowing illegal activities under its nose. It is pertinent to mention here that minimum 8 per cent of the area of a residential society is required to be left under parks and around 32 per cent for roads and other infrastructure but such green areas and other infrastructure in the locality are negligible, said another city resident. Arora said the corporation had approved commercial maps of some buildings on Barewal Road (Zone-D), including one hospital and small boutiques too, which is a matter of investigation as when the road was not commercial, how such maps of buildings have been approved by the officials concerned? Shikha Gupta, a resident of Aggar Nagar, said Barewal Road was already congested and several commercial activities are taking place there. “I wonder that the MC is planning to convert it to commercial now. The road is already congested and witnesses traffic snarls and things will only worsen after the road being declared commercial,” she said. At Barewal Canal to culvert of Sua Road of Barewal Awana (Zone D) village, the corporation has approved commercial map of one building on the road (junction of Sidhwan Canal-Sua Road) which has encroached upon the land of the Irrigation Department. It is also a matter of investigation as when the Road was not commercial, how such maps of commercial buildings had been approved by the officials concerned, said another member of the Council of Engineers. Commercial activities are already taking place on congested Barewal Road. ASHWANI DHIMAN Couple climbs water tank, alleges police inaction against travel agent Gearing up for I-Day Celebratory firing video goes viral, offender MLA’s aide Tribune News Service arguments over the issue. When they reached near Samrala, the suspect and the victim got off the car while the former’s nephew and niece kept sitting in the bus. “Both of them indulged in a scuffle on the highway. Following which, Satpal pointed a weapon at Ravi and fired a shot which hit the victim and he fell on the road. Considering him dead, the suspect along with his companions fled the scene in the deceased’s car. His nephew and niece witnessed the crime,” Gotyal said. He said it was not a planned murder as Satpal wanted to injure the victim. He fired a bullet on the arm of Ravi but unfortunately the bullet hit his other body part and the victim succumbed to his injury. Meanwhile, the SSP thanked the Ludhiana Commissioner of Police, the SSP , Chandigarh, and the Muzaffarnagar police for helping the Khanna police in various ways. Gotyal also congratulated the Khanna police team for spending sleepless nights to nab the killer. SSP Ashwini Gotyal said Satpal had committed another murder in Muzaffarnagar and he spent 12 years in jail in the case. In February this year, he came out on bail. Besides, the suspect was also facing a theft case registered in Meerut and an assault case in Chandigarh. MC proposes to convert five residential roads to commercial Ludhiana, August 12 A couple alleging police inaction in a travel fraud case, climbed a water tank in a park near Ishmeet Chowk on Monday. Amandeep Kaur with her husband Hardeep Singh, a resident of Dhuri, had climbed the water tank around 12.15 pm. After noticing the couple, the people raised the alarm and informed the police. Police officials spoke to the couple over phone and assured them that action would be taken against the suspect. Following this, the duo came down after four hours. Later, police The couple with cops in Ludhiana on Monday. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN officials reached the spot. The couple alleged that the travel agent had taken Rs 10 lakh from them to send them to England but even after over six months, he had failed to arrange the visa. Now, they had been demanding to return their money but the agent had been making hollow promises. Police complaints were also filed against the suspect but no action was being taken. The couple said upset over the loss of money, they had decided to die by suicide by jumping off the water tank. Gurmel, father of Hardeep, said he took a loan of Rs 10 lakh from bank and gave it to the agent for sending his son and daughter-in-law to England. After taking the money, the agent started misleading them. ACP Jatin Bansal assured the duo that action would be taken against the agent. — TNS MC razes two illegal shops Jhanj Ghar wall collapses after heavy rain Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 12 After the heavy rain, the wall of the deserted Sardar Singh Jhanj Ghar at Chowni Mohalla collapsed yesterday night. Bricks fell down on the car that was parked besides the wall. The roof of the car was smashed badly, causing huge damages. Harjinder Singh, area resident, said they heard a loud voice at night and when he came out, he saw that the wall had fallen down. “The place is lying deserted for the past 10-15 years, the walls of the structure are weak and suffered huge damages yesterday night. Thank God, the incident occurred at night and there was nobody nearby, otherwise it could have Ludhiana, August 12 Taking action against illegal constructions, the Municipal Corporation (MC) demolished two shops being constructed by encroaching upon road portion near Mata Rani Chowk here on Monday. Further, the civic body team also razed an illegal portion of a residential building in Samrat Colony, Giaspura. Civic body officials said they came to know about the illegal activities during routine inspections and working on the directions of MC Commissioner Sandeep Rishi, the illegal buildings had been demolished. c m y b The damaged wall of Jhanj Ghar at Chowni Mohalla in Ludhiana. INDERJEET VERMA proved fatal,” he said. Dr Sanjay Sharma, whose car has been damaged in the incident, said he would have to bear a huge financial loss as his car had been damaged badly. The worst part was that he could not blame anyone as the place was deserted and would have to suffer the losses all by himself. — TNS