07102024-JTR-01.qxd 10/6/2024 10:28 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune GNDU COLLEGE SHINES AT YOUTH FEST, AMRITSAR THE CONNECTING THREAD, THANKS TO SAMARJEET CAPITOL COMPLEX HOSTS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION The college showcased its talents by participating in 12 events, including giddha, rangoli, debate etc. P2 Chandigarh designer is preserving traditional embroideries and integrating them into modern fashion narrative. P4 The Foundation Chandigarh’s first event at Open Hand Monument celebrated the iconic site. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR MAX 35°C | MIN 19°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 19°C SUNSET MONDAY 6.04 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 6:25 AM » MONDAY | 7 OCTOBER 2024 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF 2 BIKES STOLEN IN PHAGWARA Phagwara: A scooter was found stolen before a house on Khera Road, Phagwara, on Saturday night. Owner Jaspreet said he parked his Activa before his house but found it stolen after some time. In another case, a motorcycle bearing the registration number PB-09AD0371 was found stolen from the Model Town area here. Rajesh Kumar told the police that he parked his bike outside his house but found it stolen. The police have registered cases. OC GANG OF VEHICLE THIEVES BUSTED Phagwara: The police have busted an inter-district gang of vehicle thieves and arrested four youths after recovering five vehicles, including four bikes and one Activa, from their possession on Saturday night. SP Rupinder Kaur Bhatti said the accused were identified as Lovepreet Singh of village Dogran near Ladhuwal, Deepak, Chetan, Anchit of Bhagatpura, Phagwara. They were produced before local judicial magistrate, who sent them in two-day police remand. OC BANK GUARD DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT Garhshankar: A bank guard, returning home after finishing his night duty, died after being hit by a vehicle at Jejon Chowk in Mahilpur town on the main Chandigarh-Hoshiarpur road. Satnam Singh of Mahimdowal Kalan was returning home on his scooter after finishing his duty on Sunday morning. When he turned towards his house, a vehicle hit him. The vehicle ran over him and he died. The police reached the accident site, took the body of the deceased into custody and started scanning the nearby CCTV footages so that the vehicle could be traced. OC YOUTH HELD WITH 50 GRAM HEROIN Garhshankar: The police arrested a youth of Beet with 50 gram of heroin and registered a case. A police party had set up a check-post on Dallewal Pipliwal Road. A young man, walking from there, was stopped on the basis of suspicion and on being searched, 50 gram of heroin was recovered from him. The youth was identified as Vansh Rana, a resident of Dallewal. The police have arrested the accused and registered a case under the NDPS Act. OC FIRECRACKERS GODOWN SEALED Hoshiarpur: The police have arrested two persons, who had stored firecrackers in a godown, by violating the orders of the district administration and sealed the godwon. Police have registered a case. The police had received a secret information that Pritpal Singh, alias Pintu, and Harvinder Singh, alias Neetu, both residents of Puran Nagar, have illegally stored a large quantity of firecrackers in a godwon in Hardokhanpur by violating the orders of the district administration. On the basis of information, a raid was conducted and the accused were arrested. A large stock of firecrackers was found in the warehouse. OC Civil NGT forms panel to probe After axedHospital, now trees at P&T Colony felling of 20 heritage trees High-level committee to submit report within eight weeks Residents voice dismay | Postal Dept may move NGT Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, October 6 Taking cognizance of the felling of 20 trees on the premises of the erstwhile Civil Surgeon Office, Jalandhar, to make way for the Critical Care Unit, the National Green Tribunal has directed the formation of a high-level committee to look into the felling of trees allegedly without permission and directed the committee to submit a report within eight weeks. The committee will comprise the Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Chandigarh, representative of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of the Department of Forests), Mohali, and District Magistrate, Jalandhar. The NGT order states that the committee will visit the site, ascertain the persons responsible for cutting of the trees and also the mechanism in the state to prevent the felling of trees in the non-forest area and submit a report within eight weeks. A heritage tree felled at the Civil Surgeon office in Jalandhar. FILE Jalandhar activist Tejaswi Minhas had made a complaint regarding the illegal cutting of 20 heritage trees on the premises of the Civil Surgeon Office, Jalandhar. The complaint had stated that the government had ordered the demolition of the heritage Civil Surgeon office building for a new 100-bed Critical Care Unit. The complaint alleged that 14 such trees were cut on or before September 16 without any permission by any authority and to protect the six remaining heritage trees, a protest was held on September 17. But the remaining six trees were also cut. The complaint alleged with Jalandhar having hardly any forest cover, these heritage trees were the lungs of the city and the PWD, in con- nivance with the contractor, had illegally cut those trees. The Bench comprising Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Expert Member Dr A Senthil also directed the issuance of a notice to respondents - the PWD and others - for filing their reply before the Tribunal at least a week before the next date of hearing (January 1) through e-filing. Jalandhar, October 6 Less than a month after over 20 trees were felled on the premises of the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar, for the construction of a Critical Care Unit, several trees have now been mercilessly uprooted at the P&T Colony in Jalandhar. A complaint has been made at the Navi Baradari police station by officials of the Postal Department in Jalandhar (under whose jurisdiction the colony falls). However, no case has been registered in the matter yet. The Postal Department has said a complaint will also be made to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Anshu Verma, a resident of P&T Colony and key witness, has alleged that on October 2, several men entered their colony with a JCB machine, two tractors and a trolley and uprooted three 20-year-old trees on the premises and 10 trees which were two to threeyear-old. Anshu Verma alleged that neither was permission sought from the officials of the Postal Department, nor were residents of the colony informed before the action. After colony residents com- plained on the police helpline number 100, the Navi Baradari police seized the JCB machine and questioned the men who had come to fell the trees. However, no action has been taken against them as of yet. All formal complaints on the issue have been made to the police by the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices. Anshu Verma, an employee of the Postal Department, alleged, “This colony is on government land and the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices is the only official who can be permitted the action. They broke water pipelines and damaged property of the colony which falls under a government department. It is perplexing why a case has not been registered against them?” Anshu Verma alleged that those who uprooted the trees were residents of Master Tara Singh Colony, which is behind the P&T Colony and were perturbed by some tree branches reaching into their homes. However, he added, “They didn’t chop branches, they uprooted the entire trees.” SHO, Navi Baradari, said, “The men have been questioned and their JCB machine was also seized. However, no malafide intention is involved as they were perturbed with some bugs and insects entering their houses due to the tree branches. Only a DDR has been filed and we have written to the Forest Department to take further action.” This is the second time in a month that a Jalandharbased complaint will be submitted to the NGT regarding the felling of trees in the city. Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Subhash Chandra Meena said, “This is a residential colony of the employees of the Postal and Telecom Department. It is illegal to cut trees without permission and enter the colony illegally. I have inspected the spot in the matter. Here, three shady and fruit-bearing trees have been cut. The Postal Department has complained about this to the police station in-charge, Navi Baradari, for strict action by registering an FIR against the accused. Now let us see what the Police Department does. It is the moral responsibility of all to plant trees and this case of illegally cutting big trees cannot be tolerated at all.” Labourer found Prisoner gives cops the slip, Promisedpetrolpump, murdered in room arrested a few hours later man duped of ~5 cr PHAGWARA, October 6 A young labourer was found murdered in his rented room in village Khajurala on Saturday night. The body was found lying on the floor in his room locked from outside in a pool of blood. Harinder Kumar, landlord, told the police that he had constructed a few rooms to give these on rent. Mohammad Munna, another tenant, came to him and said Abhimanyu Singh had not been seen since October 3. On Saturday, he smelt stench emanating from the room of the deceased locked from outside. Munna said he immediately informed village sarpanch Ajay Kumar and the room was unlocked. They found the body of the deceased lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Phagwara SP Rupinder Kaur Bhatti said the police had registered a case and sent the body to the local Civil Hospital for the post-mortem examination. No arrest has been made so far. — OC Tribune News Service Jalandhar, October 6 A prisoner managed to give the police the slip at the Jalandhar Civil Hospital on Saturday evening while undergoing a medical checkup, though he was arrested after some time. The fugitive, in custody of the Government Railway Police (GRP), slipped away from officers amid a crowded scene, according to police officials from Division Number 4. The prisoner had been wanted since 2022 for charges under Sections 379, 411 and 201 of the IPC. He was apprehended by the GRP and was brought to the hospital for the medical examination. However, as the officers navigated through a heavily crowded area of the hospital, the accused seized the opportunity to push a police officer and flee from custody. Despite an immediate search operation launched by the police at the hospital and surrounding areas, the pris- oner managed to evade arrest in the initial hours. The police from Division Number 4 then registered a fresh case under BNS 262 and intensified their efforts to track him down. SHO Division Number 4, Hardev Singh, revealed that the prisoner had strategically used the large crowd to his advantage, overpowering a policeman in the process. “He pushed one of the officers and escaped from the hospital. However, by late evening, we arrested him,” Singh said. Jalandhar, October 6 In a startling case of financial fraud, a family has been accused of duping a local resident of Rs 5 crore with promises of securing a petrol pump. The victim alleged that he paid the sum to the accused but got neither the petrol pump, nor a refund. The police have registered a case under relevant sections of the BNS against seven persons of a family residing at New Shankar Garden here, in connection to the alleged fraud. However, no arrests have Paddy lifting yet to begin, farmers fume 3 held for taking away e-vehicle at knife point Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, October 6 Farmers are frustrated because of no procurement even after six days. The procurement season starts on October 1 and even after almost a week, no purchase has been made. A few days ago at Kohala Mandi, some quantity of the crop was procured by Pungrain and Markfed. But, otherwise, the lifting is not being done anywhere. There are 12 market committees of the district — Jalandhar city, Bilga, Shahkot, Phillaur, Nurmahal, Nakodar, Lohian Khas, Jalandhar Cantt, Goraya, Bhogpur and Adampur — and are 79 mandis under these committees. There is a similar kind of situation in Nawanshahr too. Some procurement had been reported from the main mandi in Banga two days ago, while rest of the mandis are drawing blank. Mandi Board officials said arhtiyas have already asked the farmers to not bring their produce in the mandis which is why the arrival is Tribune News Service Farmers protest in front of the office of Cabinet Minister Dr Ravjot in Hoshiarpur. also less. There are 30 mandis in Nawanshahr under three market committees — Banga, Balachaur, and Nawanshahr. Sukhwinder Singh, a farmer from Sidhupur village in Lohian, said his crop was lying in the mandi and no procurement could take off. “I have been visiting the mandi to have a look at the paddy grains. It is important at this point to keep a watch on the produce,” he said. Farmers stage dharna Hoshiarpur, October 6 The Bharti Kisan UnionRajewal (BKU-R) staged a dharna in front of the office of Dr Ravjot, Cabinet Minister, on Saturday. Addressing protesters, Baba Talwinder Singh, senior vicepresident, and Dhadi Ranjit Singh, vice-president, BKU (R) said this dharna was against the negligence being shown by the government towards the purchase of paddy. c m y b They also raised slogans against the government. Later, a memorandum was also handed over to the minister. Meanwhile, Doaba Kisan Committee, Punjab, under the leadership of secretary Satpal Singh Mirzapur, and Bullowal circle president Balwinder Singh Bains gave a ‘warning letter’ to the minister over non-purchase of paddy and demands of arhtiyas and sheller owners. — OC Jalandhar, October 6 The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police, led by Commissioner Swapan Sharma, has apprehended three persons linked to a snatching gang operating in the city. The police recovered an e-rickshaw and a knife used in the crime from their possession. As per police officials, the operation stemmed from a complaint lodged by Rinku, a resident of Mohalla Kabir Nagar on October 2, who reported an incident, involving his e-rickshaw. In his complaint to the police, Rinku said he was approached by three young men at Gaji Gulla Chowk, who requested a ride to Nagra Fatak, promising to pay extra for the trip. On reaching Nagra Fatak, the suspects insisted on being taken to Maqsudan Chowk, where they forcibly redirected Rinku to Maqsudan Bridge around 1:30 am. There they threatened him with a knife and forcibly took his e-rickshaw, fleeing the scene. Acting on his complaint, the police immediately registered an FIR under Sections 309(4), 3(5) BNS at Police Station Division Number 1, and started an investigation into the case. Following the investigation, police teams identified the suspects as Vimal Gulati of Krishna Nagar Basti Bawa Khel, Gaurav, alias Chintu, and Saurav, alias Tinku, both residents of Basti Nau side area. Swapan Sharma confirmed their arrest along with the recovery of the stolen e-rickshaw and the knife used in the crime. He said while Vimal had a criminal case, Gaurav and Saurav did not have any previous criminal records. The Commissioner stated that the investigation was ongoing and further details regarding their involvement in other such incidents would be shared as the investigation progresses. been made so far. Police officials have said they have issued notices to the accused, compelling them to participate in the investigation. If the accused fail to respond or cooperate, police teams are prepared to make arrests to further the inquiry. They said they have conducted an investigation into the victim’s financial transactions before issuing notices, if the accused fail to provide satisfactory response or evidence in this connection, further action will be taken. — TNS 1,776 in poll arena for posts of sarpanch Jalandhar, October 6 After the scrutiny of nominations for 546 panchayats of the district for the gram panchayat elections, 1,776 candidates for the posts of sarpanch and 5,773 for panch have been found eligible. During the scrutiny of papers yesterday, the papers of 45 candidates for sarpanch and 190 candidates for panch were rejected. District Election Officer-cumDC Amit Kumar Panchal said in Dhilwan block, 17 papers for sarpanch, 86 for panch; in Kapurthala block, 17 for sarpanch and 75 for panch; in Nadala block, three for sarpanch and 10 for panch; in Phagwara block, six for panch; in Sultanpur Lodhi, eight for sarpanch and 13 for panch had been rejected. He said after the scrutiny, 308 candidates for sarpanch and 986 for panch in Dhilwan; 443 for sarpanch and 1,405 for panch in Kapurthala; 281 for sarpanch and 997 for panch in Nadala; 321 for sarpanch and 1,091 for panch in Phagwara and 423 candidates for sarpanch and 1,294 for panch in the Sultanpur Lodhi remain in the field. — TNS
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