31082024-LT-01.qxd 31-08-2024 00:16 Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune MORCHA MEMBERS SEEK FIR AGAINST PPCB OFFICIALS KANGANA: I’M DETERMINED TO GO TO COURT TO PROTECT MY FILM WILL SMITH STARTS FOLLOWING DILJIT ON INSTAGRAM Kale Pani Da Morcha members met the Commissioner of Police seeking action against corrupt officials. P2 Actress Kangana Ranaut says censor board has not given certificate to her for upcoming movie Emergency. P4 Fans of singer Diljit Dosanjh are going crazy as he is being followed by Hollywood star Will Smith on Instagram.P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 24°C YESTERDAY MAX 33°C | MIN 24°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.47 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:59 AM SATURDAY | 31 AUGUST 2024 | LUDHIANA Abduction bid of 9-yr-old girl failed, 2 held Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 30 The kidnapping bid of a nineyear-old student failed when she showed alertness and raised the alarm and went towards a shopkeeper and pleaded for safety. The incident occurred around 1.30 pm on the Jodhewal road. With the help of the shopkeeper and people, the suspects were cornered and handed over to the police. The girl’s father, Manoj Kumar, said he used to work as an e-rickshaw driver. His daughter Arpita studies in Class I. His daughter was standing outside her school during the departure when two miscreants tried to kidnap her. She got scared and ran to a shopkeeper in front of the school. The shop owner overpowered both suspects with the help of the people. After receiving information, Inspector Avtar Singh from the Daresi police station reached the spot, along with a police team, and took the duo in police custody. He said a case was being registered against the suspects as per law. Jilted lover kills NRI woman’s father No extortion call received for rejecting his marriage proposal ever, says victim’s family Confessed to having committed crime to her over phone; nephew nabbed SINDHI BAKERS FIRING CASE Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 30 After an NRI woman, staying in Australia, rejected the marriage proposal of a man, the latter killed her father and threw the body in the bushes in the Dakha area. He also called the woman, who is married, and confessed to having killed her father. The Dakha police yesterday registered a case against the key suspect, identified as Ranjeet Singh Kahlon, a resident of Bath Kalan, Nakodar, and his nephew Gulli, a resident of Dakha. Later, Gulli was arrested by the police. The suspect also expressed apology for committing the murder to the woman, who is married, when he called her later. He even shared the location where he had dumped the body of the deceased. He had reportedly strangled the old man with a rope and also caused other injuries to him. SHARED LOCATION OF BODY The key suspect Ranjeet Singh Kahlon, also expressed apology for committing the murder to the NRI woman, who is married, when he called her later. He even shared the location where he had dumped the body of the deceased. Vikram, son of the deceased, said on August 26, his sister Kirandeep called from Australia and told him that their father’s number was not reachable and asked to enquire about it. He went to his father’s house but he was not found there. Even his car was also not there. As he started searching for him, he found his father’s car near a petrol station in Dugri. On August 27, he lodged a missing complaint at the Dugri police station. On the night of August 28, he came to know that the body of some elderly man was lying on the GT Road at Pandori village near Mullanpur Dakha. The next morning, he went to Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, with his friend Vinod Kumar and identified his father’s body. Afterwards, he informed his sister about the incident, he said. Kirandeep Kaur told her brother that she met Ranjeet Singh Kohli, alias Ranjeet Bath, on Tik-Tok, a mobile application. He wanted to marry her but she told him that she wanted to know him before marriage. In March 2024, Ranjeet went to Australia to meet her. Kirandeep said they used to meet each other often. Ranjeet used to drink a lot, due to which he used to come outside her house and abuse her. “Ranjeet was pressuring his sister Kirandeep to divorce her husband and marry him. He had also threatened her that if she Tough times did not divorce her husband, he would kill her or her family members. After the threat, she called the police and also filed a case against him in Australia. Acting on the complaint of my sister, the Australian Government sent him to India in June this year. The suspect went to Australia again in 2024 but was arrested by the police from the airport and sent back to India,” the deceased’s son said. Meanwhile, Kirandeep also told her brother that on the night of August 25, Ranjeet and his nephew Gulli went to meet her father, who was residing alone in a house in Dugri, here. They killed him and then dumped the body in the bushes on GT Road at Pandori village. The suspect also informed the woman that after killing her father, his body was dumped on the GT Road. The key suspect is yet to be arrested in the case. Cops will bring suspect nabbed by Moga police on production warrant Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 30 As the mystery about the reason of murderous attack on Sindhi Bakers owner Naveen Gangwani is yet to be ascertained, the victim, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital after suffering a bullet injury in his neck, too expressed ignorance about the reason of targeting him. He even told police officials that he had never recieved any threatening or extortion calls from any gangster or anti-social elements in the past and the murderous attack on him has frightened him and his family. One of the family members of the victim said on Friday that the assailants who came to their bakery on Wednesday were never seen by Naveen. Even when they entered the bakery, they did not hold any argument with the victim, they just fired shots at him and fled. They even did not ask for money or commit any loot. Cops conduct a probe at Sindhi Bakers in Ludhiana. FILE Had Naveen or any of their family member received extortion calls, the assailants would have talked about the same, quipped the victim’s family member. Notably, the Moga police had arrested the duo after exchange of fire late on Wednesday night, who opened firing at the bakery owner. Jagmit Singh, alias Meeta, and Vikas Kumar, alias Kasa, both residents of Moga, were arrested. ADCP (Crime) Amandeep Singh Brar, when asked if the suspects had made extortion calls to the bakery owner and demanded any money from him, he said he talked to the victim and his family members in detail after the incident and they had confirmed that they never got extortion call from any gangster. Even mobile phone of the victim had no record of any such call. “We will bring the suspects on production warrant once the Moga police completes their investigation. Then the interrogation of the suspects may reveal any information about the murderous attack on the bakery owner,” he said. Man gets life term in murder case Court found him guilty of firing a shot that struck victim in chest, resulting in his death Legal Correspondent Commuters navigate through a flooded road after rain at Durga Puri in Haibowal Kalan on Friday. ASHWANI DHIMAN GLADA razes four illegal colonies Ludhiana, August 30 GLADA Chief Administrator Sandeep Rishi in a statement issued stated that a special drive was launched against unauthorised and illegal colonies on Friday to take punitive action against those who were fleecing innocent residents under the garb of offering cheaper plots in such colonies, which lacked statutory sanction and compliance with the government norms. In compliance with demolition orders issued by Additional Chief Administrator, GLADA-cum-Competent Authority Ojasvi, against unauthorised colonies, the Duty Magistrate, police force and enforcement team of GLADA comprising District Town Planner (Regulatory), Assistant Town Planner (Regulatory), Sub- Divisional Engineers, GLADA, and Junior Engineers (Regulatory) demolished four unauthorised colonies today at Alamgir village in Ludhiana by dismantling their roads, boundary walls, passages, sewer manholes and underconstruction illegal structures on these sites. When developers did not Ludhiana, August 30 The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Shiv Mohan Garg has sentenced Raj Kumar (46), a resident of Dashmesh Nagar, Ahmedgarh, Sangrur district, to rigorous life imprisonment for the murder of Dharam Pal Bansal. The court found Raj Kumar guilty of firing a shot that struck the victim in the chest, resulting in his death. In addition to the life sentence, the court imposed a fine of Rs 1,55,000 on him, with instructions that the amount be paid to the victim’s family after recovery. The case was registered MC demolishes illegal colony in Sherpur Ludhiana, August 30 Taking action against illegal constructions, the Municipal Corporation (MC) demolished an illegal colony in the Sherpur area and removed four permanent encroachments on the road portion in Ghora Colony on Friday. Four encroachments removed in Ghora Colony An illegal colony being demolished by GLADA in Ludhiana on Friday. stop illegal construction works despite serving them with notices, a team carried out the demolition drive, which went unopposed. In a move to check mushrooming of illegal colonies at the initial stage, GLADA is planning more such drives in upcoming weeks, said Sandeep Rishi. The Chief Administrator, GLADA, appealed to the public to not to purchase property/plots/buildings in unauthorised colonies as GLADA would not provide any facility such as water supply, sewerage and electricity connections. The list of approved and regularised colonies, along with their sanctioned maps, is available on the official website of GLADA, which might be checked by prospective buyers before buying any property. He said besides undertaking a demolition campaign, GLADA had also recommended to the tehsildars concerned for not registering plots in such unauthorised colonies. PSPCL was also told to not to issue electricity connections to them. FIRs had been filed against the developers of unauthorised colonies in Ludhiana district. — TNS c m y b Building branch officials said they had received a complaint against the construction of the illegal colony, following which a demolition drive was carried out on the directions of MC Commissioner Sandeep Rishi. Assistant Town Planner (ATP), Zone B, Davinder Singh, said there were around eight permanent encroachments in Ghora Colony but the drive was put to halt in between after rainfall hit the city. Four of the encroachments had been removed on Friday while the remaining will be removed in coming days. based on a statement given by Sharda Bansal, the wife of the deceased. She alleged that her husband had purchased 30 bighas of land in Pohir village, Ludhiana, in the name of their son Pankaj Bansal, who resides in the USA. According to the complaint, Raj Kumar and his family members, including Ram Kumar, Anita, Darshna Devi, Abhishek, Usha Rani and Shubham, all residents of Dashmesh Nagar, Mandi Ahmedgarh, were allegedly attempting to illegally dispossess them of the land. The complainant stated that when they returned from abroad on July 21, 2016, they found the path leading to their house dug up. Dharam Pal Bansal reported the matter to the police via an SMS. The situation escalated the next morning when Raj Kumar, accompanied by his family members and others, allegedly trespassed onto the land with an intent to forcibly take possession of the same. When Sharda Bansal, her husband Dharam Pal and their neighbour Shakti Sharma arrived at the scene, Raj Kumar fired a shot from his pistol, hitting the victim in the chest. Despite efforts by Sharda Bansal and a servant, Sanjay, to intervene in Sanitation staff share grievances with national panel chief the matter, other members of the Raj Kumar’s group allegedly assaulted them. Following the incident, Dharam Pal was rushed to the Civil Hospital in Dehlon, where he was declared dead. Later, his body was shifted to the Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, for post-mortem examination. However, the court acquitted co-accused Anita (wife of the convict), Darshna Devi, Usha Rani and Shubham, all residents of Dashmesh Nagar, Mandi Ahmedgarh. The proceedings against the convict’s son were relegated to the juvenile board, as he was of a tender age. 55-yr-old man arrested for molestation bid Tribune News Service Chairman of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis M Venkatesan with MC employees in Ludhiana. Ludhiana, August 30 Chairman of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, M Venkatesan (rank and status of Union Minister of State) conducted a meeting with Safai Karamcharis and members of different MC employees’ unions at the Circuit House here on Friday. The aim of the meeting was to listen to grievances and problems being faced by safai karamcharis and make recommendations to improve their condition at the ground level. MC Commissioner Sandeep Rishi, Additional Commissioner Paramdeep Singh and Superintending Engineer Ravinder Garg were among other officials present. Leaders and members of MC employees unions participated in the meeting and raised concern over issues being faced by the safai karamcharis. Venkatesan said after hearing the issues of the employee unions, a number of recommendations were made to officials on the spot. He said in some matters, decisions have to be taken by the state government and he would make recommendations to it. — TNS Ludhiana, August 30 A 55-year-old man was arrested by the Machhiwara police for making an attempt to molest a six-year-old girl from his neighbourhood. According to the girl’s mother, the incident occurred when her daughter visited a relative’s house located nearby. She alleged that the suspect, who was alone at home, called the girl to his house and attempted to molest her on his bed. The girl managed to escape and went to her mother, tearfully recounting the traumatic experience. The mother filed a police complaint, leading to the suspect’s arrest. Investigations suggest that the man was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident. The police have registered a case based on her mother’s statement and are investigating the matter.