05102024-JTR-01.qxd 10/4/2024 11:26 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune TAX COMMISSIONER CONDUCTS SURPRISE INSPECTION AMID POLL DIN, MALERKOTLA ADMN FOCUSES ON FARM FIRES 'YOU DON'T TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH, YOU MAKE IT' Directs shop owners to issue bills to customers on all purchases or face strict consequences. P2 Despite hectic schedule, staff continued to sensitise all stakeholders on the consequences of stubble burning. P3 Diwan Manna's latest collection captures many moods of people from Chandigarh, cities of Europe. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR MAX 34°C | MIN 23°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 23°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.07 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:24 AM » SATURDAY | 5 OCTOBER 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF BROTHER-SISTER KILLED IN MISHAP Phagwara: The brother-sister duo died on the spot when a Canter hit their bike on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road late Friday evening. Gurpreet Singh of village Sikri, who returned from abroad, was bringing her cousin Gurpreet Kaur of Ludhiana as his marriage was fixed. The police have arrested the Canter driver. OC Threatened by client, trader dies by suicide, wife on ventilator Note blames firm owner, son; probe soon Tribune News Service PILGRIM DIES IN ACCIDENT Hoshiarpur: One pilgrim died and another got injured in an accident on the HoshiarpurChintpurni road. Manish of Ravidas Nagar told the police that he was returning from Mata Chintpurni Temple with his friend Satinder Kumar of Hoshiarpur. He said as they reached the Punjab border, a Canter hit them. His friend Satinder died while he got injured. The driver fled the spot. OC YOUTH ARRESTED, BIKE RECOVERED Phagwara: The police have arrested a youth and recovered a stolen bike from his possession. Lovepreet Singh of village Ladhuwal near Ludhiana, was nabbed at a check point near village Bhanoki. OC WAS DELAYING PAYMENT Jalandhar, October 4 In a shocking incident, a middle-aged couple from Aman Nagar, here, consumed a poisonous substance and attempted suicide on Thursday night. While the man, identified as Ish Vicher died, his wife Indu is stated to be critical and is on the ventilator. Their son Vibhor, in his complaint to the SHO, Division 8, stated that his father was a businessman and traded in batteries. He supplied some batteries to a firm in Jalandhar but the owner was delaying the payment. Fed up with the delay, he got a legal notice issued to the company. “After that, he and his son started threatening to kill my father and his family. My parents were so scared that they took this extreme step,” he alleged. He also marked the complaint letter to the DGP , Punjab, and the Police Com- supplied ❝My fatherfirm. But the batteries to a owner was delaying the payment. My father got him issued a legal notice. After that, he and his son started threatening my father, forcing him to take the step. Vibhor, TRADER’S SON File photo of the couple missioner, Jalandhar. Vibhor further alleged that the payment of Rs 90 lakh was due to the firm. A suicide note was also found in which the deceased mentioned that he had sold batteries to the firm owner and there were proofs as well. “There are bills and every information available on the laptop. We had also sent a legal notice to the firm own- ❞ ers after which he was calling us repeatedly and threatening to kill our entire family, we cannot take this anymore and are ending our lives,” the suicide note reads. The SHO said a case has been registered against the accused. “We have acted according to the statement made by deceased’s son. We will inquire the matter and will arrest the duo,” he said. c m y b Former minister meets protesting arhtiya leaders Phagwara, October 4 On the fourth day of the strike called by the Federation of Arhtiya Associations of Punjab, former Union Minister Som Parkash visited the protest site. He assured the protesting arhtiyas that he would discuss their demands with the Union minister and make every effort to find a resolution to the problem. The business in grain markets remained halted on the fourth day, with commission agents and clerks staging a sit-in protest at Gate No. 1 of the New Grain Market on Hoshiarpur Road from 10 am to 2 pm. The protesters raised slogans against both state and Central Government. During the protest, the arhtiyas also submitted a memorandum to Som Parkash, urging prompt action on their demands. District president of the association Naresh Bhardwaj and Kulwant Rai Pabbi again warned that if the government continued to neglect their demands, the arhtiyas would intensify their struggle, and the government be responsible for the consequences. Present at the protest were BJP Kisan Morcha officebearers Avtar Singh Mand, Gagan Soni and Satpal Singh and others. — OC ASHA workers hold rally in support of their demands Seek raise in retirement age, restoration of allowance Tribune News Service Jalandhar, October 4 The Democratic ASHA Workers and Facilitator Union Punjab today held a protest and burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann at Kartarpur. ASHA workers said they protested against the state government’s inability to fulfil it’s promise made to them. They said during the bypoll, Bhagwant Maan had held a meeting with the union and agreed to raise the age limit of workers’ retirement to 62 years, restore the allowances, increase the honorarium of facilitators, provide free insurance of Rs 5 lakh, etc. However, the failure of the government to keep these promises forced them to go for protest at Kartarpur under the leadership of district general secretary Amritpal Kaur. They burnt an effigy of the CM while raising slogans outside the BDPO office. Addressing the demonstration, she said the government had failed to fulfil the promises made after a meeting with the ASHA Democratic ASHA Workers Union members hold a protest against the government at Kartarpur in Jalandhar. workers. They said the government came to power in the state after making promises to the people but failed to keep them. They announced that if their demands were not met, the ASHA workers from across Punjab would hold state-level rallies at Giddarbaha, Chabbewal and Dera Baba Nanak during the byelections. It was also decided that the Democratic Employees Federation Punjab would participate in a huge rally to be held at Jalandhar on October 28. State president Mandeep Kaur Bilga, district president Gurjit Kaur Shahkot, block presidents Manjit Kaur, Inderjit Kaur, Mandeep Kumari among others also addressed the rally.