19082024-LT-01.qxd 8/18/2024 11:52 PM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune MALLAH GSSS GIRLS LIFT BASEBALL TROPHY CHAMKILA, 12TH FAIL, LAAPATAA LADIES AMONG IIFM AWARDEES HERE’S WHAT CELEBS ARE DOING THIS RAKSHA BANDHAN The final match of meet was keenly contested with Mallah girls narrowly defeating GGSSSS, Gill, 8-7. P2 Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila starring Diljit & Parineeti tagged as Breakout Film of the Year.P4 “Will miss my sister as she lives in Germany. Rakhi will be celebrated virtually. Raksha Bandhanisspecial,”saysPrince.P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 27°C YESTERDAY MAX 34°C | MIN 27°C SUNSET MONDAY 6.59 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 5:53 AM MONDAY | 19 AUGUST 2024 | LUDHIANA Rain brings relief, trouble for commuters Manav Mander Tribune News Service The hosiery factory at Saidan Wala Gate in Ludhiana on Sunday. PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN Major fire breaks out in hosiery unit; machinery, stock gutted Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 18 A major fire broke out in a hosiery situated in Saidan Wala Gate here this afternoon where goods and machinery worth lakhs of rupees gutted. The owner of Sea King Knitwears, Munish Kumar, said due to Sunday, the factory was closed today but he was present in his office. In the afternoon when the rain started, he locked the unit and left for his residence. When he reached near his house, he got a call from someone who informed him that smoke was billowing out from the second floor of the factory. When he reached the place, the entire ground floor and the two floors of the building were already engulfed by the blaze. He managed to take some office documents but could not save machinery and stock. Fire tenders had also reached the factory for dousing the flames. The owner said a spark was noticed in the power transformer by his neighbour, following which a short-circuit seemed to have occurred in his factory which took the shape of a major fire. When asked about the losses, the factory owner said now, they could not ascertain the exact losses, it could be in lakhs of rupees. Threads of love PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN Ludhiana, August 18 The Jodhewal police yesterday arrested a man who attempted to rape a six-year-old girl child at Inder Vihar colony. The suspect was arrested by the police. He was identified as Ramesh Lal, alias Guddu, a native of Jammu and resident of Inder Vihar colony. The complainant, the mother of the victim, told the police that on August 16, her daughter was playing outside the house with children. After sometime, the girl went missing. She, along with her sister-in-law, started searching for her but in vain. “Later I saw my daughter was coming out from the house of our neighbour Guddu. When I asked her why she went there, she said he took her to his house on the pretext of giving her a packet of chips. The suspect also touched private body parts of the victim but she escaped from the place,” she said. Inspector Sunita Kaur said yesterday a case was registered and the man was held. — TNS MONSOON WOES Waterlogging occurred in many areas of the city such as Haibowal, BRS Nagar, Chandigarh Road, Kitchlu Nagar, Hambran Road, KVM Road and Civil Lines. Vehicles were seen splashing water on roads, causing inconvenience to pedestrians. Motorists negotiate a waterlogged Kitchlu Nagar road after rainfall lashed the city on Sunday. PHOTOS: ASHWANI DHIMAN A family commutes on a bike amid rain; and (right) water accumulates on a road near Haibowal Chowk in Ludhiana. civic body. Ludhiana needs proper drainage system but nothing seems to be done in this regard,” said Pushpinder Kaur, a city-based teacher. Ludhiana, August 18 A Darjeeling-based man, Shyam Raj, died in a road accident on Saturday night after a speeding motorcycle rammed into him near the Jodhewal chowk. He was staying alone in a rented house in the city for the past several years and working at a factory. Last night, he was crossing the road on foot near Dada Motors in Jodhewal Basti when he met with the mishap. The youth riding the Enfield Bullet motorcycle also suffered minor injuries in the accident. A passer-by, Rahul, took Shyam to the Civil Hospital in an e-rick- shaw but he was declared brought dead. He said the man was crossing the road on foot. The deceased saw the truck but unfortunately he failed to notice the speeding bullet motorcycle coming behind the truck which rammed into him. The victim fell on the road and suffered serious injuries. He was taken to the Civil Hospital but doctors declared him dead on arrival. Shyam’s friend Govind said the victim works with him in a factory. His entire family lives in Darjeeling. He was survived by his parents, wife and a five-year-old son. — TNS City petrol stations remain shut in protest, motorists face inconvenience Ludhiana, August 18 Petrol pumps in Ludhiana remained shut today as fuel dealers had recently announced to close these on Sundays from August 18 in protest. They had been demanding increase in their commission. They rued that the commission had not been increased by the Central Government and oil companies for the past eight years. As the Petrol Pump Dealers’ Association here had decided to shut fuel stations every Sunday, starting from August 18, the majority of the pumps were closed today. Consumers who were unaware of the decision of the dealers had to return empty handed from such stations. They were seen searching for any pump operating on Sunday and a few of them found some stations open despite the strike call given Another city resident, Ashok Kumar, from Haibowal said it was the same story every monsoon. “Ludhiana may be a smart city but whenever it rains, it exposes its drainage system. Initiating new projects does not make the city smart and progressive but sustainability does,” he said. A group of children were seen playing in the rain and splashing water on each other. Hit by speeding bike, Youth arrested for raping Darjeeling man dies 13-year-old neighbour Girls buy rakhis on the eve of Raksha Bandhan at a market in Ludhiana on Sunday. Man nabbed for rape bid on minor Ludhiana, August 18 The city today received 11.8 mm of rainfall, giving much relief to the residents from the scorching heat. At the same time, it also spelled trouble for commuters as many roads were waterlogged after rain. The maximum temperature recorded today was 34°C while minimum was 26.4°C. According to the Department of Climate Change and Agricultural Meteorology, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), the weather is expected to remain cloudy with the possibility of moderate rainfall over Ludhiana and its adjoining areas during the next 24 hours. Waterlogging occurred in many areas of the city such as Haibowal, BRS Nagar, Chandigarh Road, Kitchlu Nagar, Hambran Road, KVM Road and Civil Lines. Vehicles were seen splashing water on roads, causing inconvenience to pedestrians. Since it was Sunday, there were fewer vehicles on roads during the daytime. The road near Mahavir Hospital, which is already broken, was damaged further and water could be seen gushing out from the road. “Roads turn into pools after a brief spell of rain. It rained only for half-an-hour but it exposed the tall claims of the Consumers stand in queues at a fuel pump near Fountain Chowk that was opened on Sunday. INDERJEET VERMA by the association. At present, the commission for the dealers was fixed at 2 per cent per litre while they were demanding at least 5 per cent commission. Punjab Petrol Pump Dealers’ Association chairman Ashok Sachdeva said fuel prices have increased manifold over the years but their commission remains the same. A petrol pump dealer from the Ferozepur Road area said for the past several months, the association had been pleading to oil companies to increase the commission but nothing had been done and they were left with no other option but to adopt the path of protest. c m y b Sukhdev Singh said he was not aware of the strike and when he reached a fuel station, he found it closed and had to cancel his plan of going out of station. Dhinkar Kumar, an auto-rickshaw driver, said his whole day would be wasted as he could not work without fuel. Meanwhile, long queues were seen at petrol stations that remained open despite the strike call. People were seen making a beeline to such pumps to get tanks of their vehicles full. “My friend told me that the petrol station near Fountain Chowk was opened, hence, I went there to get my vehicle tank full as I had to go somewhere in an emergency. Had the pump not being opened, I would have been left with no other option but to go by public transport,” said Ashish, a resident of Upkar Nagar. — TNS He took victim to washroom in migrants’ vehra to commit crime Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 18 A 13-year-old girl was raped by a youth after she was forcibly taken to a washroom by him in a migrants’ vehra in Kasabad. He was arrested by the police. The suspect was identified as Mohd Aslam, alias Danish, a resident of the migrants’ vehra in Kasabad. A case was registered against him. The complainant, the victim’s mother, told the Body found in Buddha Nullah Ludhiana, August 18 A body of a man was found floating in the Buddha Nullah on the Tajpur road on Sunday morning. The condition of the body was so bad that even the face of the deceased could not be recognised. It seemed that the victim had been lying dead in the drain for the past several days. After seeing the body, passers-by raised the alarm and informed the police. After getting information, the police reached the spot and took out the body from the drain with the help of divers. The police said it seems that the man had died around five days ago. Tajpur police post in-charge SI Janak Raj said the body of the man, which had been kept at the Civil Hospital mortuary, could not be identified. A probe was launched to identify the cause of his death. Local residents would also be questioned and CCTV cameras of the area would also be checked to get any clue. — TNS police that on August 4, she, along with her daughter, was sleeping in the room. When she woke up in the midnight, the girl was not there. Afterwards, she and her husband started searching for her. “When we checked the washroom, we were shocked to see that the suspect was violating our daughter. Following which, he fled the scene. Recently, we lodged a police complaint against him,” she said. “The police registered a case against the youngster and he was arrested on Saturday,” she said. Investigating officer in the case sub-inspector Kashmir Singh said the suspect was arrested on Saturday and further investigation was launched in the case. GRP team on way to nab drug case suspect attacked Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 18 A team of the Government Railway Police (GRP), Ludhiana, was attacked when it went to arrest a man wanted in a drug smuggling case. SHO, GRP Ludhiana, Inspec, tor Jatinder Singh, was leading the team. The complainant, inspector Jatinder Singh, in a statement to the Police Division 3 stated that on August 15, in connection with a drug smuggling case registered in July this year, he, along with the police team, had gone to arrest Rajinder Kumar, alias Neeta. As it reached the suspect’s house in Narinder Nagar near Samrala Chowk, the suspect along with over 12 persons misbehaved with the GRP officials and attacked them. Since several suspects had cornered the GRP personnel, Rajinder managed to flee the house. However, the police managed to chase him. Investigating officer ASI Gurmel Singh said Rajinder was arrested by the GRP After registering a . case under various sections of the Bhaartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against Rajinder, Bittu Bhatia, Heera Bhatia, Bawa Bhatia and 15 unidentified persons, further investigation was launched in the matter.