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P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 35°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 34°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET FRIDAY 6.35 PM » SUNRISE SATURDAY 6:11 AM FRIDAY | 13 SEPTEMBER 2024 | JALANDHAR Improvement Trust ex-EO, clerks booked for filing wrong registries Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service Jalandhar, September 12 On a complaint lodged by the Chairman of the Jalandhar Improvement Trust (JIT), Jagtar Sanghera, the Jalandhar City police have booked its former executive officer (EO), certain officials and clerks in two cases related to wrong registries done by the office about seven-eight years back. While one of the properties in question is plot number 460 in Guru Amardass Nagar, the other one is house number 462 in the posh New Jawahar Nagar. In the matter related to the first property, Rajesh Chaudhary, who has been EO of JIT and is now posted in the Improvement Trust in Patiala, some officials of the JIT and a person named Amandeep S Matharoo had been booked recently in the case under Sections 406, 408, 420, 465, 466, 468, 441 and 120-B of the IPC. Sanghera has alleged that the plot had been alloted to Jaspal Singh in 1986, but since he could not deposit the instalments, the trust had The building of the Jalandhar Improvement Trust. TRIBUNE PHOTO cancelled the allotment via a resolution passed in 2003 and recovered its possession. He said the matter came to his knowledge after he came across summons regarding it in an ongoing litigation in the court of Civil Judge, Junior Division, in Jalandhar. He said he checked the records and found that the property had been allotted to Matharoo in 2018 by Chaudhary, who was the then EO of the JIT. He said no other documents related to this registry were attached in the file. Police bust racket using dronestosmuggledrugs Tribune News Service Jalandhar, September 12 The Jalandhar Police Commissionerate has busted an international drug smuggling racket that used drones to transport heroin from Pakistan. The operation, led by Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma, led to the arrest of one individual and the recovery of 1 kilogram of heroin and Rs 4 lakh in drug money. Acting on a tip-off, a police team set up a trap near Green Park Colony, close to the bus stand here. Officials noticed a man approaching from Cool Road, carrying a bag. When he saw the police, he attempted to flee, creating suspicion. The police quickly detained the man, identified as Shinda Singh alias Kala, a resident of Chak Bhangewala village in Ferozepur district. During a search, police discovered 1 kilogram of heroin and Rs 4 lakh in cash from his possession. An FIR was registered under Section 21-C, 61 and 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against him at Division Number 6 police station. Police Commissioner Swapan Sharma stated that investigation is going on to identify Shinda Singh’s accomplices and the individuals to whom the heroin was being supplied. He said they were also probing how the accused used drones to smuggle heroin across the border from Pakistan. Shinda Singh is already facing charges in a separate case under the NDPS Act in Ferozepur district. “This arrest marks a critical victory for police in curbing the growing menace of cross-border drug smuggling in the region,” the CP added. He alleged that the JIT had faced a huge monetary loss because of this allotment as it was a trust property. The second FIR that the JIT has got lodged pertains to the palatial house in New Jawahar Nagar in which Rajwant Kaur has been made accused along with two clerks Mukhtiar Singh and Pawan Kumar. Sanghera has alleged that the property belonged to three brothers Gurmeet Singh, Amrik Singh and Jagmohan Singh (now deceased) since 1982. The JIT Chair- man has said the matter pertaining to the fraud in this case also came to his knowledge when he received summons from the court. On perusal of the records, he found that former JIT Chairman Baljit S Neelamahal (now deceased) and clerk Mukhtiar Singh had got the property registered in the name of Jagmohan’s wife Rajwant Kaur in May 2011, even as they were reportedly owner of just onethird of the property and had no legal right to claim the entire property. He said this file too was found incomplete as several documents in it were found missing. Sanghera further said clerk Mukhtiar Singh had retired since then and now clerk Pawan Kumar was handling the case, but he too could not give any convincing reply on the incomplete file, missing documents and its alleged tampering. He said after doing an internal inquiry, he had got the FIR lodged against those involved in both cases. The Navi Baradari police teams have lodged the case and started inquiry into the alleged fraud cases. Hoshiarpur, September 12 Four MBBS seats in various medical colleges, from the Central pool during the academic session 2024-25, have been reserved by the Ministry of Home Affairs, for candidates from the category of those affected by terrorism from all states. Komal Mittal, DC, said the medical colleges in which these seats had been reserved include one in AN Magadh Medical College, Gaya (Bihar), one in Grant Medical College, Mumbai (Maharashtra) and two in JNM Medical College, Raipur (Chhattisgarh). The DC said eligible candidates can send their application forms to Rajeev Kumar, Under Secretary (CT-2), Room No. 81, CTCR Division, North Block, New Delhi before September 17. — OC Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service CPI (M) general gecretary late Sitaram Yechuri during an election rally at Jandiala in Jalandhar in May. FILE PHOTO heed Udham Singh, and how both had raised their voices against the cruelty and motivated others to fight for their rights. But today drugs were affecting Punjab’s youth, which should not happen. Dur- Tribune News Service Jalandhar, September 12 OPD services remained suspended for the entire day at all public health centres in the district, including the Civil Hospital, Community Health Centres and sub-divisional hospitals as the strike continued on the fourth day on the call of the PCMS Association. Patients faced inconvenience as health services remained paralysed at all government medical facilities in response to the call. Patients visiting the Civil Hospital here were greeted by boards at the pharmacy and OPD bearing words “Doctors are on strike” and PCMSA posters “Doctor Unity Zindabad”. Various patients approaching the Civil Hospital had to return disappointed amid the dharna even as the usually busy hospital wore a deserted look. Doctors’ key demands include security, restoring promotions of doctors, addressing the staff shortage among others. Doctors of the PCMS Association said they were in continued talks with 4 seats in med Two minor brothers colleges for kin reunited with family of terrorism to the nearby police The siblings had themat the bus stand. The post victims: DC police acted promptly, boarded the wrong bus from Ludhiana Tribune News Service Jalandhar, September 12 The city police successfully located and reunited two minor brothers with their family after they mistakenly travelled to Jalandhar from Ludhiana. The children, aged 10 and 4, from Preet Nagar, Ludhiana, had inadvertently boarded the wrong bus at the Ludhiana bus stand on September 10. Unaware of their mistake, they ended up at the Jalandhar bus stand, far away from home. A local resident, realising that the boys were lost, quickly escorted When Yechury mentioned about ‘Do Bharat’, took on drug menace Jalandhar, September 12 ‘Do Bharat ka nirmaan ho raha hai. Ek chamakta hua Bharat ameer ke liye aur tarasta hua Bharat gareeb ke liye.’ CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury had stated this when he was here at Jandiala Manjki village before the Lok Sabha elections this year. He had then urged people to be alert and vote smartly. Yechury breathed his last today. He had held a rally in Jalandhar on May 30 to appeal to voters to vote for Purshottam Lal Bilga, CPI (M) candidate from Jalandhar. During his speech he had also raised the issue of drug menace in the state. He cited examples of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Sha- OPD remains suspended as doctors’ strike enters Day 4 ing his speech, the general secretary had also raised the issue of rising unemployment in the country. “42 per cent youngsters who have BA degree are jobless,” he had said then. He had then attacked the saffron party by saying that ‘bulldozer rajneeti’ had started in UP as homes of Muslims were being razed. “Ye na socho ki sirf Muslim pe hamla hoga, koi nahee bachega,” the Left leader had said while addressing the gathering. He had also pointed out to the statement made by PM Modi about Mahatma Gandhi in which the former mentioned that nobody knew about Gandhi until a movie was made about him. “The BJP’s end is nearing and the PM very well knows this, which is why he is making bizarre statements like this,” Yechury had said, adding that, “He should know that even before he was born, Mahatma Gandhi had been nominated for the Nobel Prize five times.” c m y b taking the children into custody and starting a search to locate their parents. A wireless alert was immediately issued to all nearby police stations to locate the children’s family. Back in Ludhiana, their mother, Jyoti, upon learning that the children had been found in Jalandhar, rushed to the police post. The next day, after completing the necessary formalities and verification, the police safely handed over the children to their mother Jyoti. The Commissioner of Police, Swapan Sharma, praised the swift action of the officers at the bus stand police post, recognising their professionalism and commitment to child safety. Tributes paid to Yechury Jalandhar, September 12 Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) has expressed deep sorrow on the sad, untimely demise of Comrade Sitaram Yechuri, general secretary CPI(M). Office-bearers of the RMPI through a joint press statement issued from here today paid homage to the leader of the Communist movement in India. All leaders sent their condolences to the central committee of the CPI(M) and the family of the departed stalwart. Hoshiarpur: Savera Social Welfare Society has condoled the demise of Leftist ideologue and national general secretary Sitaram Yechury. Ajay Bagga, convener of the NGO, said Yechury was an intellectual and his departure was a major setback to the Left movement.— TNS PCMS doctors sit on dharna outside the MS office at the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO:MALKIAT SINGH the government on the issue, however, the lack of government response had forced them to continue the dharna. Doctors of the PCMS Association sat outside the office of the Medical Superintendent at the hospital. A doctor said, “The dharna is progressing in a phased manner. For the previous three days, we were holding half-day dharnas. Now it’s a full-day dharna in which the OPD, medical and other non essential services have remained suspended. Emergency services are not affect- ed. For the next three days, this will be the routine. After that, a meeting will be held after which the future strategy will be devised.” Doctors added, “We are also in talks with the authorities, including the Director, Health Secretary, Health Minister and Finance Minister with whom meetings were also held, but no concrete solution could be worked out. We would have called off the strike if our demand were met. No notification addressing our demands has been issued as yet.” 200 pre-challans for no waste segregation Jalandhar, September 12 The MC here has issued 200 pre-challans this week against those who did not segregate dry and wet waste. These challans are being issued as a warning to the residents and the MC officials have said after Sodal Mela, a penalty will also be imposed on the residents who will not abide by the rules. As per the drive, the MC officials visited areas like Rama Mandi, Bastis, Abadpura, etc. in the past one week to check whether house owners were segregating waste. On Wednesday, the officials visited Gautam Nagar area. The drive will continue for few more days and then the MC will start imposing actual challans on the residents. “Those who are not segregating wet and dry waste now have been issued pre-challans,” an official said. The MC Commissioner Gautam Jain has also released orders to the hotels, restaurants and other bulk waste generators to ensure that they check waste segregation and management according to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rules. —TNS 2-day drive to check traffic violations Jalandhar, September 12 The Commissionerate Police here launched an intensified two-day operation against traffic violations across key areas in the city on Wednesday. The special drives, led by Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma, targeted multiple locations in an effort to enhance road safety and enforce traffic regulations. The first operation, super- vised by ACP Headquarters, , Manmohan Singh and ACP , Model Town, Harjinder Singh was launched between 6pm and 10pm. Officers set up nakas and conducted vehicle checks at Model Town Market and PPR Mall. These operations involved police teams from division numbers 6 and 7, focusing on maintaining smooth traffic flow and ensuring safety of all residents. During the drive, 55 vehicles were checked and four were challaned for illegal black films on their window panes. Another drive was conducted earlier in the day between 12 noon and 4pm at the city bus stand. Assisted by the bus stand chowki incharge, the police inspected 100 vehicles, ensuring that all vehicles had legal registration numbers. Applications are invited for Direct Counselling against the vacant Seats