14102024-TT-01.qxd 10/13/2024 11:04 PM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 144 NO. 285 | 12 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2024-2026 ESTABLISHED IN 1881  HIMACHAL PRADESH ISRAELI FORCES INTENSIFY ASSAULT ON NORTHERN GAZA WORLD /thetribunechd KEJRI: AAP’S DODA WIN START OF NEW POLITICS IN UT J&K CAMPAIGNING WRAPS 20 WANGCHUK SUPPORTERS UP FOR PANCHAYAT DETAINED OUTSIDE LADAKH ELECTIONS PUNJAB BHAWAN BACK PAGE monday | 14 october 2024 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com Kaithal shooter among 2 held for Siddique murder; Jalandhar man ‘handler’ FARMERS BLOCK RAIL, ROAD TRAFFIC IN PUNJAB ■ Farmers, commission agents and rice millers on Sunday blocked roads and squatted on railway tracks for three hours, bringing traffic in Punjab to a grinding halt 4 suspects identified so far | Bishnoi gang link emerges ■ Public was inconvenienced as even highways were blocked by protesters ■ Arhtiyas have been demand- ing 2.5% commission, while the millers want last year’s rice stocks to be lifted ■ The BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) blocked railway tracks, impacting operation of 16 trains in the state Farmers block railway tracks >> at Lalru in Mohali district on Sunday. PHOTO: NITIN MITTAL 18 more travel agents booked for Shah, MP CM appointed illegally advertising jobs abroad observers for Haryana Chandigarh, October 13 The Punjab Police have booked 18 more travel agencies across the state for allegedly advertising employment opportunities on social media in an illegal manner. The action by the Punjab Police’s NRI Affairs and Cyber Crime wings comes close on the heels of registration of at least 20 FIRs against 25 such illegal travel FIRs lodged in Amritsar, Mohali, Ludhiana, Patiala agencies in August. The tally of booked illegal travel agencies has now reached 43. The Protector of Emigrants, Chandigarh, which comes under the Ministry of External Affairs, had red-flagged the advertising on Instagram and Facebook of jobs in for- eign countries by the unscrupulous travel agencies. Additional Director General of Police (NRI Affairs) Praveen K Sinha on Sunday said the travel agencies were advertising jobs abroad on Instagram and Facebook without possessing the requisite licence and permissions. “We checked the online platforms, verified their credentials continued on page 8 Pradeep Sharma Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 13 The BJP high command today appointed Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav as central observers for the legislature party meeting in Chandigarh on October 16. The crucial meeting of party’s 48 MLAs assumes importance as Nayab Singh Saini, Nayab set to be elected legislature party leader the CM face of the saffron party for the 2024 Haryana Assembly poll, is expected to be chosen as the leader of the legislature party. The meeting is being held on the eve of the swearing-in ceremony at continued on page 8 c m y b Mumbai/Kaithal/ Jalandhar, October 13 The links to the murder of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique have emerged in Haryana and Punjab as one of the two alleged shooters arrested in the case, Gurmail Baljit Singh, is a resident of Kaithal while Jalandhar’s Mohammad Zeeshan Akhtar is learnt to have provided logistics to the killers. A Mumbai court remanded Gurmail in police custody till October 21 and directed the police to conduct a bone ossification test to determine the age of the second arrested accused, a native of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, who claimed he was a minor. The third shooter, Shiv Kumar, also from Bahraich, was on the run, the police said. Gurmail (23) had a prior criminal history, including a murder case against him, and remained in jail for four years, the police said. His family members said they had disowned him 11 years ago and have called for exemplary punishment for his actions. Salman Khan leaves the residence of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, who was shot dead in Mumbai on Saturday. PTI NETA’S STRONG BOLLYWOOD LINKS | SALMAN’S SECURITY UP PAGE 9 Zeeshan, who is from Shakar village in Nakodar, was arrested by the Jalandhar police in 2022 on the charges of organised crime, murder and robbery. Police sources said Zeeshan allegedly directed the three shooters from outside, providing them with information about Siddique’s location at the time of the killing. He also allegedly assisted them with logistic support, including arranging rental continued on page 8