12112024-LT-01.qxd 12-11-2024 00:36 Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune PAU YOUTH FEST BEGINS WITH DISPLAY OF ARTISTIC SPIRIT SCIENCE FICTION RADUAA SEQUEL IS ONE AMBITIOUS OUTING AJAY DEVGN & AAMIR KHAN TEASE SEQUEL OF FILM ISHQ PAU Inter-College Youth Festival began with competitions in fine arts at Students’ Home in varsity. P2 Trust Punjabis to be where nobody is and nobody can… The latest to join this bandwagon is Raduaa Returns. P4 Ajay Devgn & Aamir Khan express desire to collaborate again for a follow-up to their romantic comedy Ishq. P4 » » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 28°C | MIN 17°C YESTERDAY MAX 29°C | MIN 18°C SUNSET TUESDAY 5.28 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 6:46 AM TUESDAY | 12 NOVEMBER 2024 | LUDHIANA Three of gang nabbed in robbery case Six parking lots await reauction Ludhiana, November 11 The Machhiwara police busted a gang of robbers, headed by a transgender. It had carried out a robbery at gunpoint in a house in Rupnagar district on Sunday. Three members of the gang were arrested. As per information, of the three suspects, two had stolen a revolver, cartridges and jewellery from a house in Machhiwara. Then the gang used the same to commit a robbery in Rupnagar district. The trio were identified as transgender Renu Mahant of Bahlolpur village, Nirmal Singh Gopi and Jagdeep Singh of Indira Colony in Machhiwara. Samrala DSP Tarlochan Singh said on August 21, a theft incident was reported in the house of Manmohan Sharma at Guru Nanak Mohalla in Machhiwara and thieves had stolen a revolver, five cartridges and jewellery from the place. The DSP said on Sunday, Renu along with Nirmal and Jagdeep barged into a house in Chamkaur Sahib and looted gold earrings from the woman at gunpoint. Acting on a tip-off, the Machhiwara police arrested the three suspects. The police also recovered the stolen revolver, cartridges and looted jewellery from them. Now, remand of the suspects would be sought to ascertain their involvement in past loot incidents. — TNS Manav Mander Tenders expired over year ago; residents allege overcharging by staff Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 11 It’s been more than a year that tenders of six parking lots in the city had expired but the Municipal Corporation (MC) is yet to reauction the lots. Current tenders are being extended from November last year. Initially, three-month extension period was given but it was later extended. The lots which are awaiting auction are the Sarabha Nagar market, Bhadaur House, Feroze Gandhi market, BRS Nagar market, Model Town Extension and Multi-storey parking at Zone A. Residents have been complaining of rude behaviour and overcharging by employees working at the lots. Seeing a drop in the number of customers due to the rude behaviour of the employees, market associations had also volunteered to take up the charge of the the parking areas. Parminder Kaur, a senior citizen of Sarabha Nagar, said she had been visiting the market in the area since it was constructed. There was no parking fee but for the past few years, the Municipal Corporation Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 11 A daylight robbery occurred in Khanna when a man carrying Rs 8 lakh from an HDFC Bank branch was attacked and robbed of the money. The incident occurred around 1 pm near Salodi village’s brick-kiln. Arshdeep Singh, who is working with a local rice trader, after withdrawing the cash was returning when unidentified assailants attacked him on the head, leaving him unconscious. Vehicles parked at the Sarabha Nagar market parking lot in Ludhiana. ASHWANI DHIMAN E-AUCTION TO BE HELD SOON: GOGI MLA Gurpreet Gogi said the MC was in the process of reallotting the parking lots and it would be done soon. “We will be eauctioning the lots and present contractors would be served notice regarding the same soon,” he said. had started collecting fee, which seems unjust. Tushar Ghai, who often visits the BRS market, said for the past some time, parking fee was not being collected but now again, the employees were present at the parking lot BRIDE INJURED AT FEROZEPUR MARRIAGE PALACE Dakha police hold meeting with banquet owners Ludhiana, November 11 After a bride suffered a bullet injury during the marriage ceremony in Ferozepur, taking immediate precautionary measures, DSP , Dakha, Varinder Singh Khosa, convened an urgent meeting with owners and managers of marriage palaces in the Dakha sub-division on Monday. While addressing mediapersons, the DSP said the state government had imposed a complete ban on display and carrying of weapons in marriage palaces. However, due to the Sunday’s incident at the Ferozepur marriage palace where during a celebratory firing, bullet hit the bride and she was fighting for her life at a hospital, he held a meeting with owners of banquet halls. They were told to read instructions of Cops interact with owners of marriage palaces in Dakha on Monday. the Department of Home Affairs and Justice, Punjab, and directed them to follow the same in letter and in spirit. “They have been instructed that carrying and display of weapons in marriage parties or other functions is strictly prohibited. Therefore, in the upcoming wedding season, the owners and managers of marriage palaces should take special care that no person coming to such functions should bring weapons and if any person carries the same, they should call the police and action would be taken against the offender,” Khosa said. He appealed to people to not to carry weapons in weddings and other functions and if somebody was found displaying arms, the offender would be prosecuted. If the owners of banquets fail to follow the instructions, they might also face legal action. — TNS to collect the same. “The behaviour of the parking employees is rude and they often indulge in arguments with the people visiting the market,” he rued. A shopkeeper from the Model Town Extension 22-year-old woman falls in washroom, dies Ludhiana, November 11 A 22-year-old woman, Nitika Kumari, died after slipping and falling in the washroom in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar here on Monday morning. Nitika, who belongs to a migrant family, lived in Ludhiana for several years. She and her father worked at a local factory. Preliminary investigations suggest she suffered from an illness. Nitika slipped and fell, causing severe head injuries. She was rushed to Civil Hospital where doctors declared her dead. Officials from Police Division 6 reached the spot and sent the body for autopsy. The preliminary probe indicated it was an accident,” SHO Rajesh Thakur said, adding that the the post-mortem examination was scheduled for Tuesday morning. The exact cause of death will be known after arrival of its report. — TNS SDO, assistant nabbed for taking ~15K bribe Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 11 The Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its drive against corruption in the state on Monday apprehended SDO Neha Panchal and her assistant Naitak for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson for the state VB said the case was registered based on a complaint lodged by Sushil Kumar, a resident of Gagandeep Colony, Bhatian Bet, and working as a general manger in Pitamaas Private Limited Company, Ludhiana. According to the complaint, the company was providing services as IEC consultant to the Ludhiana Smart City project, under MC Commissioner, The suspects in custody of VB sleuths in Ludhiana on Monday. Ludhiana, and the tender was allotted to the firm from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. The complainant had approached the VB and informed that an annual bill totalling Rs 7,08,000 of the company, was submitted in the office of Smart Miscreants assault man, loot ~8Lin daylight robbery City at the Municipal Corporation, Zone-D, here. The complainant further alleged that when he visited the office of Neha Panchal, SDO, she demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000 or 2 per cent of the total amount for passing the bill and the complainant made recording of his conver- sation with the official. The spokesperson said after verification of the allegations levelled in the complaint, a VB team laid a trap during which an assistant, Naitak, of the SDO was apprehended red-handed, who had been sent by her to collect the bribe money of Rs 15,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. Thereafter, Neha Panchal was also arrested in the case. SSP Vigilance Bureau, , Ravinderpal Singh Sandhu, said in this regard a case was registered against both suspects at the VB police station, Ludhiana range. Both suspects would be produced before the competent court on Tuesday and further investigation in the case was under progress. c m y b area said the market association should be given the charge of the parking lots and they should be allowed to manage the parking space. MLA Gurpreet Gogi said the civic body was in the process of reallotting the parking lots and it would be done soon. “We will be e-auctioning the lots and present contractors would be served notice regarding the same soon,” he said. The miscreants, who came in an autorickshaw fled with the cash. His employer Vishal was informed and the police were alerted. The victim, who was hospitalised, is stated to be out of danger. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Amritpal Singh Bhati said the police were checking the CCTV footage of the bank and surrounding areas to identify the culprits. The investigation was on. The DSP assured that the perpetrators would be arrested soon. The police would also investigate whether the robbery was the job of some insider or the victim was being tracked from the bank by the suspects. Meanwhile, sources said the police would also scan call details of the victim to inquire if he connived with the robbers and enacted a drama of loot. He would also be questioned to get any clue in the case. Man caught stealing cycle, beaten up by passers-by Ludhiana, November 11 People caught a thief redhanded while stealing a bicycle and badly beat him up after tying him to a pole on the Kailash Nagar road. High drama prevailed on the road for more than 30 minutes. Instead of handing over the suspect to the police, the people thrashed him. Some residents of the area also made a video of the incident and circulated the same on social media. The owner of the bicycle, Hemraj, said when he came to a shop in Kailash Nagar, Waraich Market, to buy milk, a youth stole his bicycle that was stationed outside the shop. As some passers-by noticed the theft and caught hold of him. Meanwhile, people present at the scene alleged that the PCR vehicle did not patrol in the area, due to which incidents of theft are increasing day by day. Interestingly, when the police reached the place, some youths, who were beating the thief, ran away. With the help of the people, the police personnel freed the suspect and took him in their custody. — TNS