08092024-LT-01.qxd 9/8/2024 12:09 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune STUDENTS PROPOSE CLEAN AIR SOLUTIONS TO MC CHIEF Observing Int’l Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, 20 students presented their NCAP-based proposals. P2 B-TOWN CELEBRITIES WELCOME LORD GANESHA IDOLS IN HOMES Ganesh Chaturthi festivities are in full swing in B-town. Festival has more significance for Maharashtrian communities. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 35°C | MIN 25°C YESTERDAY MAX 33°C | MIN 25°C PATRALEKHA SAYS SHE LETS HER FLAIR FOR ACTING TAKE OVER ON SETS Actress Patralekha claims that experience of enacting an air-hostess in Netflix’s series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack was ‘intense’. P4 SUNSET SUNDAY 6.36 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 6:04 AM » SUNDAY | 8 SEPTEMBER 2024 | LUDHIANA Two SOEs to come up at Kidwai Nagar, Miller Ganj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, September 7 Two new schools of eminence (SOEs) are coming up in Ludhiana. They will be located in Kidwai Nagar and Miller Ganj here. The SOEs will be equipped with smart classrooms, modern infrastructure, labs, CCTV surveillance and playgrounds with facilities for various sports. The SOE in Kidwai Nagar is being built by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) while the second SOE is being constructed by the Public Works Department (PWD). The mission of the School of Eminence programme aims to bring a revolution in the education sector for holistic development and a bright DC Sakshi Sawhney reviews the progress of the two new schools of eminence coming up in Ludhiana on Saturday. ARE BEING BUILT BY LIT, PWD The school of eminence in Kidwai Nagar is being built by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust while the other SOE is being constructed by the PWD. These will be equipped with smart classrooms, modern infrastructure, labs, CCTV surveillance and playgrounds with facilities for various sports. future for students. Reviewing the ongoing work at both sites on Sat- urday, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney directed the officials con- cerned to complete pending works at the earliest to make both modern-day educational facilities operational in the near future. She said the SOE was an ambitious programme initiated by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and urged the officials to make sincere efforts to complete the pending works expeditiously. She said the building works in both schools was almost complete, with only a few pending tasks and instructed the officials from various departments to expedite the completion of the SOEs. She was accompanied by SDM (East) Vikas Hira, DEO Dimple Madaan and officials from the LIT, Municipal Corporation and PWD. Gang-rape victim, supporters burn MLA’s effigy Legislator supporting suspects, two youngsters yet to be arrested, allege kin Tribune News Service Ludhiana, September 7 A 13-year-old gang-rape victim and her mother, along with a number of supporters, burnt an effigy of a citybased MLA, alleging that the legislator has been supporting the rape suspect. They also raised slogans against the MLA and the Police Department. The victim’s mother alleged that a teenaged girl was gang-raped and following the incident, two suspects were arrested by the police. She alleged that the crime Protesters burn an effigy of the MLA in Ludhiana. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN was committed by four youths but the police took action against two of the suspects only. They had been meeting police officials to seek the registration of a case against the remaining two suspects but they were not paying any heed to them. The girl’s’ mother alleged that the duo had also been issuing life threats to her. “A local MLA has been supporting the suspects and due to his intervention, the police are not registering any case against the accused,” she alleged. She said she, along with her daughter, had been holding protest outside the CP’s office for the past three days. On Friday, some persons, allegedly sent by supporters of the rape suspects, had attacked them and pelted stones at them. Though the police rounded up two women assailants, no strict action was taken against them. Man gets life term for killing colleague Legal Correspondent Ludhiana, September 7 The Court of Harpreet Kaur Randhawa, Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, has sentenced Manga Singh, alias Mangal Singh, a resident of Badbar village, Barnala, at present residing in Mandi Mullanpur, Ludhiana, to rigorous life imprisonment on the charges of killing his colleague Parkash. Delivering the verdict, the court held that the prosecution had successfully proved the guilt of the accused. The plea of leniency raised by him was also declined. He was also fined Rs 20,000. According to the prosecution, the case unfolded on May 23, 2020, when SI Jarnail Singh, along with his police team, was on a regular patrolling duty at the main chowk in Mandi Mullanpur. At that time, Harinder Singh, a resident of Mullanpur Dakha village, lodged a complaint with the police and recorded his statement. Then a case against the accused was registered at the Dakha police station on the same day. The complainant had stated to the police that Parkash, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, and Manga were employed continued on page 2 Facing harassment after selling land, NRI writes to CM, DGP Seeks action against stepsister for ‘troubling’ buyer too Ludhiana, September 7 Facing harassment after selling his ancestral land at Khanpur village in Ludhiana district, a non-resident Indian (NRI) staying in Canada, Sharandeep Singh, shot off a letter to the Chief Minister and the DGP Punjab. He , sought action against his stepsister for allegedly harassing the buyer also, to whom he sold the land. The complainant, Sharandeep Singh, a citizen of Canada, in a video uploaded on social media from Canada said after the death of his mother, his stepsister had taken possession of all ancestral property. After he fought a court case, he managed to get back 39 kanal of land of his share and got registered the same in his name. In May, he sold the land Sharandeep to Jasvir Singh Singh, NRI and the land registration was also done in the name of latter by the Revenue Department and its possession was given to the buyer as well. “Now, whenever Jasvir, to whom I sold the land goes to plough the land, his stepsister creates a scene and would not let him do the work. Recently, a video showing the woman stopping the tractor of Jasvir from entering the land also went viral,” he said. Cop delaying FIR despite court orders: Doc Ludhiana, September 7 A city-based doctor, Sumeet Sofat, alleged that despite the Judicial Magistrate First Class directed the Station House Officer (SHO), Police Division 5, to register a case on the charges of criminal conspiracy, fraud and forgery against a woman, the police official is least bothered. “The court has issued FRAUD CASE orders in this regard on August 17 and now, several days have been passed. But the SHO is adopting a dillydallying attitude by not registering a case. I have been visiting the police station frequently to enquire about the status of my case but police officials are only mak- 12-yr-old abducted, impregnated; dies days after delivery Tribune News Service Ludhiana, September 7 A 12-year-old teenaged girl abducted by a youth in September last year died a few days after delivering a child. The Sadar police yesterday registered a case on the charges of kidnapping, rape and culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the suspect, identified as Vikram, a resident of Bihar. The complainant, the girl’s father, said on September 13, 2023, Vikram, who is the brother of his son-in-law, took his daughter along with him to Bihar on the pretext of marrying her. Later, the victim was also impregnated by the suspect. On August 30, when Vikram and his daughter were returning to Ludhiana in a train, the girl faced labor pain. Both of them got off the train at Sonipat and rushed to the Civil Hospital where she delivered a baby boy. On September 1, his daughter, along with Vikram, came to the house of Vikram’s sister in Ludhiana. On September 4, the victim’s health deteriorated and she died, he said. The complainant said the suspect had kidnapped, sexually assaulted and impregnated his daughter. After the delivery of the child, she faced serious health issues due to her young age, which caused her death. The suspect is yet to be arrested by the police. 6th Sep - 15th Sep, 2024 c m y b Meanwhile, the NRI said he sent a complaint to the Chief Minister and the DGP to seek immediate action against his stepsister. He requested that the government should check the revenue records of his land sold to Jasvir, which would prove his ownership. He also urged the Ludhiana police to take action on the complaint of Jasvir which he lodged with the police. “If being an NRI I will continue to face harassment for selling my own land, I would prefer to sell my entire property in Punjab and would never return to the state again in the future. I hope the Chief Minister and the DGP would provide justice to me,” Sharandeep added. — TNS ing hollow promises. I have also sent a complaint to the DGP Punjab, and the Com, missioner of Police, Ludhiana, yet nobody is bothered to register a case. I suspect some politicians are also exerting pressure on the police in my case,” Dr Sofat alleged. He said the suspect had tried to usurp his plot, the value of continued on page 2