12102024-ATR-01.qxd 10/11/2024 11:25 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FIRE BRIGADE CONDUCTS MOCK DRILL AT VALMIKI TIRATH FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR MALEESHA MAKING A SPLASH AS YOUNGEST SUPERMODEL » SHABANA AZMI TO GET EXCELLENCE IN CINEMA AWARD Maleesha Kharwa is making a splash as India’s youngest supermodel after being chosen as face of a skincare brand. P4 The Fire Safety Department conducted a mock drill to make public aware about precautions for averting a fire incident.P2 MAX 32°C | MIN 18°C YESTERDAY MAX 32°C | MIN 18°C Actress Shabana Azmi will be felicitated with Excellence in Cinema Award at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. P4 » SUNSET SATURDAY 6.01 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:32 AM » SATURDAY | 12 OCTOBER 2024 | AMRITSAR Man duped of ~7.5 lakh Tarn Taran, October 11 Kulwant Singh, a resident of Bhangala village, was defrauded of Rs 7.5 lakh on the pretext of sending his son to Hungary by two suspects. The suspects were booked by the Bhikhiwind police. Kulwant Singh in his complaint to the police stated that Lakhwinder Singh Lakha, a resident of Bhikhiwind, and his assistant Rahul Sharma contacted him four years ago and promised to send his son Lakhbir Singh to Hungary. The victim gave Rs 7.5 lakh to the suspects for the purpose. Kulwant said the suspects neither sent his son to Hungary nor were they ready to give him back the amount taken. Joginder Singh, DSP (PBI) , Economics Offences wing, cybercrime branch, investigated the complaint. In the investigation report the suspects Lakhwinder Singh Lakha and Rahul Sharma were declared guilty and booked under Section 420 of the BNS. — OC Canada-based NRI alleges bid to grab ancestral property PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 11 Seeking intervention of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, a Canada-based NRI Amandeep Singh has alleged that several persons attempted to grab his ancestral property — a private school running for the past four decades — by manipulating land records. The school is located on Ram Tirath Road here. Though a case was registered at the NRI police station on September 14, the family and the school management still feared that the suspects, who were alleged land grabbers active in the area, might try to usurp their property once again. “My father, Dr Avtar Singh, a former professor at historic Khalsa College, ❝ My father, Dr Avtar Singh, a former professor at historic Khalsa College, started the school in 1980s after returning from Canada with a mission to provide quality education to poor kids in the rural belt. The school is affiliated with the Punjab School Education Board. ❞ Amandeep Singh, COMPLAINANT started the school in 1980s after returning from Canada with a mission to provide quality education to poor kids in the rural belt. The school is affiliated with the Punjab School Education Board,” Amandeep said. He said two years ago, his father passed away. He said as his elderly mother was unable to run the school, therefore, the family entrusted the task to his father’s friend Davinder Sandhu for the time being. He said the family was making arrangements to send his wife Urvashi to India in order to carry forward his father’s legacy. “We were shocked to learn that a land grab mafia tried to manipulate the school’s land records in order to grab the property. Two months ago, a group of people broke open the school lock and tried to take possession of the property illegally,” he said. Urvashi said after registration of the FIR when they were getting the land cleared, some cops from local police station came and threatened labourers to leave the place or they would face dire consequences. She alleged that cops were under the influence of the suspects. Jagjit Singh Walia, AIG, NRI wing, Punjab Police, said, “After preliminary probe, a case has been registered against suspects. Miscreants will not be allowed to grab the property.” It is learnt that the suspects involved in the case were notorious land grabbers. “All documents and land records are in our favour. We fear that the suspects would try again to forcibly grab our property,” Urvashi said. The family has urged the Chief Minister, senior police and administration officials to protect educational institution from the clutches of the land grab mafia. Husband stabs woman to death Prime suspect, his father arrested for murder Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 11 At a time when city residents were celebrating Durga Ashtami festival, a married woman was brutally killed by her husband in the posh Greenfield area located on the Majitha road here today. Ritu’s only fault was that she had given birth to a handicapped boy, who did not have one hand, alleged her family. Following complaint by her family, the police booked her husband Vishnu Mahajan, father Avinash Mahajan and brother Dinesh Mahajan on charges of murder. Vinod Kumar, SHO, Sadar police station, said Vishnu and Avinash were arrested while efforts were on to nab Dinesh who was absconding. The SHO said the incident occurred around 4.30 am when the victim was Ritu. FILE PHOTO asleep. The prime accused repeatedly stabbed victim on her neck with a sharp knife. Ritu was immediately rushed to a hospital by her in-laws family members, but doctors declared her brought dead, the SHO said. Victim’s mother Poonam, a resident of the Mahan Singh Gate area, stated that Ritu got married with Vishnu around 10 years ago. She alleged that after a few months of the marriage, Vishnu and his fami- ly members started harassing her daughter. Vishnu was unemployed, she said. She alleged that after birth of their son, who did not have one hand, the situation did not change and her daughter’s in-laws continued to harass her. She said a number of times they took up the matter with Vishnu’s family and a compromise was reached, but the situation remained the same. She said Ritu had come to meet them yesterday and had returned home in the evening. She said in the morning people living in Ritu’s neighbourhood told them on phone that their daughter was taken to a hospital. She said when they reached hospital, they found that their daughter was stabbed multiple times with a sharp weapon on her neck and other parts of the body. Gangsters threaten aspirants Five drug peddlers held; 3,500 Fourheldforsnatching contesting panchayat elections mobile phone, wallet tablets, 45gm heroin recovered Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 11 The police have arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 3,500 intoxicant tablets from them. Those arrested were identified as Guni Ram (34) and Rohit Kumar (34), residents of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, now residing at Judge Nagar in Mohkampura. Both the suspects worked as sweet makers in the city. DCP Alam Vijay Singh said the police received a tip-off that the duo were involved in illegal trafficking of pharmaceutical drugs here. Following the information, the CIA staff laid a trap and arrested the suspects with banned drugs. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the duo. Two of the five suspects held with tablets in custody of the Amritsar police. In the second incident, the Ranjit Avenue police arrested three persons identified as Sujal Smile, a resident of Housing Board Colony, Chanchal, alias Tooti, a resident of Sanjay Gandhi Colony, and Mithu, aka Ghora, a resident of the Fatehgarh Churian road, and recovered 45gm of heroin from them. The police said the suspects were nabbed by a patrolling party near Baba Ishar Singh School link road bypass. Amritsar, October 11 The police have arrested four snatchers within hours of reporting of two incidents. The Division A police arrested Gagandeep Kumar, alias Gangu, a resident of Chawinda Devi village, and Vishaldas, alias Lucky, a resident of Chabba. The police recovered snatched mobile phones from them. Sharing details, Alam Vijay Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP), Law and Order, said Muskan Kaur, a resident of the Majitha road, told the police that she was returning home from a boutique near Shivala Temple where she worked. The complainant said when she reached near Batala Road Tpoint, two youth came on a Truck ferrying diesel meets with accident in Verka Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 11 An oil tanker carrying thousands of litres of diesel met with an accident near a gurdwara in the Verka area here yesterday. The incident occurred when steering of the truck got jammed and the vehicle overturned on one side near the BRTS lane. The incident created panic in the area as huge quantity of diesel started leaking from the truck. No loss of life was reported in the accident. Following information, police teams immediately reached the spot and stopped traffic on the road in order to prevent any mishap. Tarn Taran, October 11 The Sadar police have resolved a blind murder case of a 30-year-old Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Barad Mohalla, Patti, by arresting his wife Pritika and Gurpartap Singh, her sister’s husband. Manjinder Singh, a res- Three arrested with 15 stolen mobile phones Tribune News Service Cranes remove truck carrying diesel that overturned near the BRTS lane in Verka. Amanjot Kaur, SHO, Verka police station, said with help of the people and the administra- tion the oil tanker was removed from road on Thursday evening. Fire brigade teams also reached the spot. Two cranes were used to lift and remove truck from the road. Blind murder case solved, two of four suspects held Our Correspondent bike and snatched her mobile phone yesterday. The police registered an FIR and launched a probe in this connection. The DCP said following investigation, the police identified and arrested the suspects within hours of the incident. In the second incident, the Chheharta police arrested two snatchers with the help of onlookers. The duo had snatched a purse from Sanjit Kumar Yadav, a resident of Chheharta. He was paying for fruits bought from a shop when two bike-borne persons came there from the Chungi side and snatched his purse. The suspects were identified as Manpreet Singh, alias Giani, and Manpreet Singh, alias Rohit, both residents of Sarai Amanat Khan in Tarn Taran district. ident of Ahemadpur, paramour of Pritika, and another suspect are absconding. Kanwalpreet Singh, DSP Patti, , said besides arresting two of the four suspects, the police recovered sharp weapon used to kill Gurpreet and the car used in the crime. The DSP said Gurpreet worked at the shop of Gur- partap and Manjinder in Cheema Kalan village. Manjinder had developed illicit relations with Pritika due to which she used to hate her husband Gurpreet. The suspects called Gurpreet on October 8. After serving him liquor, they killed him with sharp weapon and threw the body in Harike Canal which was recovered on Thursday. The DSP said Pritika and Gurpartap were arrested while Manjinder, Pritika’s paramour, and another suspect Sukhdev were on the run. The suspects were booked under Sections 103(1), 238, 61 (2), 3 (5) of the BNS, the DSP said. c m y b Amritsar, October 11 With the arrest of three persons, the Ranjit Avenue police have busted a gang involved in selling stolen mobile phones to innocent people. The police recovered 15 cellphones of different brands from their possession. Those arrested were identified as Sikander Singh, Pawandeep Singh and Varinder Singh, all residents of LIG flats, Housing Board Colony, Ranjit Avenue here. The police said the suspects were arrested from Karampura government school with six mobile phones. They were produced in a court and brought on one-day police remand. During interrogation, the police recovered nine more mobile phones on suspects disclosure. Proclaimed offender held After 14 years, the Gate Hakima police have arrested a proclaimed offender wanted in a murder case registered in November 2010. He was identified as Bhupinder Singh, alias Pinda, a resident of Indira Colony, Jhabal Road. Tarn Taran, October 11 Gangsters continue to threaten candidates contesting the panchayat elections. Lakhbir Singh Rataul, leader of the ruling AAP who is contesting , for the post of sarpanch of Mallia Khurd village received a threat call by gangster Satta Naushehra Pannua. The gangster demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh from him. In his complaint to the police, Lakhbir stated that on October 8, when he was busy in work at his home Satta Naushehra contacted him through WhatsApp call and demanded Rs 50 lakh ransom. Satta is associate of gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa. Lakhbir said he disconnected the call, but Satta kept on calling him for another halfan-hour. Lakhbir said he did not answer calls. The police registered a case under Section 308 of the BNS on Thursday in this connection. In another incident, Jasbir Singh, a resident of Kot Dharam Chand Kalan village, who is contesting for the post of sarpanch of his village, stated that gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa had warned him against contesting the panchayat elections. Jasbir said as nomination papers of other candidate were rejected by the authorities concerned, he was the only aspirant left in the poll fray and his victory was sure. Jasbir suspected that his opponents might be behind threats given to him by gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa. Landa had threatened Jasbir to kill him in case he failed to withdraw his candidature. ASI Sukhdev Singh of the Chabal police station said a case under Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against Lakhbir Singh Landa in this connection. — OC