30112024-JTR-01.qxd 11/29/2024 10:31 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune 30-YEAR-OLD PATIALA YOUTH SHOT DEAD AT CREMATORIUM REWARD FOR CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE MASSEY BAGS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARD AT IFFI Prima facie the killing appears to be a fallout of property dispute, said SP Sarfaraz Alam. P3 Australian director Phillip Noyce bags Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 55th IFFI in Goa .P4 The 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) ended with a grand closing ceremony in Goa. P4 » » FORECAST FOGGY MAX 25°C | MIN 9°C YESTERDAY MAX 25°C | MIN 9°C SUNSET SATURDAY 5.24 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 7:09 AM » SATURDAY | 30 NOVEMBER 2024 | JALANDHAR Close shave for shoppers as cantilever of building falls INBRIEF JCT MILL POWER SUPPLY SNAPPED Phagwara: Officers of the Punjab State Power Supply Corporation disconnected the power supply of JCT Mill and its residential area Thapar Colony in Phagwara due to nonpayment of the long pending electricity bill of Rs 4.51 crore. The power supply of the mill and residential colony was disconnected on Friday morning, said SDO (PSPCL) Jyoti Parkash. Earlier, the power supply of the colony was disconnected on October 9 also but after the assurance of mill management, it was resumed. More than 2,000 JCT workers are the sufferers. OC THREE VILLAGERS HELD FOR ASSAULT Lohian Khas: The police have arrested three villagers on the charges of assaulting a covillager. The accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh, Davindar Singh and Daljit Singh, all residents of Sajjanwal village. Kehar Singh, an 87-year-old resident of the village, had complained to the police that the accused barged into his house on September 28, attacked him and seriously injured him. The accused ransacked his house and damaged his SUV and CCTV cameras. A case was registered against the accused. OC MAN CHEATED OF ~28.87 LAKH Hoshiarpur: The Cyber Crime Branch has got Rs 13,46,487 returned to a person who was a victim of online fraud of Rs 28,87,841. Kamaljit Kaur of village Kakkon had lodged a complaint with the police on August 1. She told the police that Rohit Kumar had allegedly cheated her husband Rahul Sharma of Rs 28,87,841 by luring him to double the money in the name of a healthcare scheme. As soon as the complaint was received, the police started investigation and Rs 13,46,487 had been returned to the affected family. OC PWD STAFFER DIES IN ACCIDENT Hoshiarpur: An employee, working in the PWD, died in a road accident after being hit by a vehicle. The police have registered a case. Gurdeep Singh, a resident of Adamwal Garhi village, told the police that his brother-in-law Parminder Singh of Khun Khun Kalan, was working in the department. He told the police that near village Gambhowal, his brother-in-law was hit by an unknown vehicle due to which he died. OC THEFT ACCUSED PO ARRESTED Lohian Khas: The Lohian Khas police have arrested a proclaimed offender (PO) absconding for a year. The accused has been identified as Sunni of Mushak Vaid village in Kapurthala district. The accused is wanted in a case of theft registered on July 9, 2018, and was declared PO on October 13, 2023. OC 2 ARRESTED FOR STUBBLE FIRES Nakodar: The police have arrested a villager for burning stubble. The suspect had been identified as Phumann Singh of Tandaura village. The Nakodar police arrested Avtar Singh of Gill village for burning paddy stubble. OC MC’s Assistant Town Planner, building inspector served show-cause notice Tribune News Service SSP Gaurav Tura addresses mediapersons in Kapurthala. 3 held in Kapurthala, firearms seized Our Correspondent PHAGWARA, NOVEMBER 29 The district police, headed by SSP Gaurav Toora, have arrested three persons and recovered illegal weapons, including country-made pistols and an air pistol. SSP Toora told this correspondent on Friday that the operation was carried out under the supervision of Sarabjit Rai, SP (Investigation), and Parminder Singh, DSP (Detective), with Inspector Jarnail Singh, in charge of the CIA staff, leading the raid. He said the arrested persons were identified as Navjot Singh, alias Mani, resident of Mushkveed village, Arjun Singh of village Man- der Bet and Gurpreet Singh of village Lakhankalan. The SSP said the Navjot was arrested with a history of five criminal cases involving violence and illegal firearms. Two .32-bore pistols and an air pistol were recovered on his disclosure. He said the second accused Arjun was nabbed with a countrymade pistol and Gurpreet was also apprehended with pistol. The SSP said the police recovered three .32 bore countrymade pistols and three cartridges, one .315 bore countrymade pistol and one air pistol. A case under Sections 111 and 112 of the BNS and Section 25 of the Arms Act has been registered at the City Police Station, Kapurthala. Jalandhar, November 29 The cantilever of an underconstruction building in Saidan Gate gave way this evening. The collapse exposed the Municipal Corporation’s negligence. The area where the incident happened has a huge footfall as it’s an old market in the city. Nobody got injured but a few vehicles that were parked nearby got damaged. After the collapse, a sense of fear gripped the area and a huge rush was witnessed at the spot. Shopkeepers demanded strict action against those responsible for this negligence. Two officials from the building department — an Assistant Town Planner (ATP) and a building inspector — have been served show-cause notice after the incident. A senior officer from the MC said the construction was earlier stopped but it still continued, which was why the ATP and inspector had been served notices. MLA, Jalandhar Central, Raman Arora and former councillor of the area Sharry Chadha reached the spot. Nearby shop owners said Vehicles damaged after the cantilever of an under-construction building collapsed in Saidan Gate, Jalandhar. PHOTO SARABJIT SINGH they were opposing the construction of this building for the last two months. “But nobody listened to us. The owner kept on saying that he was not fearful as corporation and police officials were with him and nobody could stop him. Our shops are also right next to this one, we are now wary that this would affect our buildings as well,” a shopkeeper rued. Talking to mediapersons, Sharry, the former councillor, said the contractor had been called. “We will ask him about what is happen- ing here. Thankfully, no casualty was reported from the spot,” he said. In the past weeks, works on several under-construction buildings were stopped, several owners were given notices and illegal shops and buildings were demolished as well. But the shopkeepers of the areas alleged that no action was being taken here and now the results were in front of everyone. “What if someone was standing near the shop that collapsed. Who would be held responsible in that case,” shopkeepers said. Spl DGP makes surprise visit to women police stations ~1.10 cr released for 75 self-help groups Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 29 Special DGP Community , Affairs Division (CAD) & Women Affairs, Punjab, Gurpreet Deo, visited Jalandhar to conduct a surprise inspection of the women police stations under the Commissionerate Police as well as the Rural Police. During her visit, she reviewed the station’s functioning, checked records and registers and assessed the cleanliness of the police stations and its surroundings. She issued clear directives for addressing public grievances effectively, maintaining proper documentation and ensuring that the station premises remained clean and green. On the premises of a women police station, she expressed dissatisfaction with an old building and the available infrastructure after which she was shown the new site where the women police station, traffic police staff and cyber police teams are to be shifted. She specifically enquired about cars given to the women police teams. After she was told that the car was used by the SHO of the Women Police Station Arshdeep Kaur in the Commissionerate Police, Deo issued direction to her to use her own official car and deploy this for the women safety team under the Mahila Mitra scheme. The Special DGP also directed the teams to ensure that all complaints received at the women help desk are resolved in 15 days as per the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. She Drive to remove encroachers in city Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, November 29 A special campaign was launched by the Municipal Corporation to remove the unauthorised encroachment done by shopkeepers and street vendors on the roads of the city. During this, with the aim of smooth flow of traffic in the market and removal of encroachments, shopkeepers and street vendors were instructed to keep their goods inside the shops. Those who did not follow the instructions, their goods were confiscated and taken to the MC office. Later, representatives of the market association held a meeting with the Commissioner and Joint Commission- er in the Municipal Corporation office. During the meeting, the street vendors assured them that they would stay at the place which would be allotted to them for placing their goods and would not go beyond that limit. MC Commissioner Dr Amandeep Kaur said in today’s meeting, a joint committee was formed with the cooperation of market representatives and a Tehbazaari team. The Commissioner directed the committee to map the road after the market closed and allocate the place. After the place was allotted, the MC team would inspect this market from time to time so that encroachment does not happen again. specifically checked the complaint registers and their record keeping. Deo spent a good time with the women cops asking them about their specific problems. She also met some cops who have attained fame in sports, including Olympian athlete and SP Jalandhar Rural , Police, Manjit Kaur. She posted a picture with her on her social media accounts mentioning that her 51.05 seconds record in the 400 m race at the Asian Games where she had won gold remains unbeaten to this day. While she was received by Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma in the city police area, SSP Jalandhar Rural, , Harkamal Preet S Khakh was there to greet her with the rural team. Special DGP Gurpreet Kaur Deo inspects a police station in Jalandhar on Friday. Burglars take away jewellery from house As MC elections near, residents go door to door to garner support for protest Phagwara, November 29 Miscreants reportedly burgled the house and took away gold and silver ornaments worth lakhs in Friends Colony, Phagwara city, last night. Parvesh Sahni told the police that he lives alone in his rented house and has a private job with a company at Phagwara. He explained that when he returned from work, he found his house ransacked and the lockers of his room broken. He told the police that the miscreants took away ornaments of his late mother. He said the stolen ornaments include two gold chains, four ear-rings, two rings, two bangles, four silver bangles, a silver chain and a pair of silver earrings. The police have registered a case. — OC Aakanksha N Bhardwaj c m y b Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 29 Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, Amit Kumar Panchal, today released about Rs 1.10 crore for 75 self-help groups formed in the district under the Punjab State Rural Livelihood Mission run by the Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Department to start their own business. Panchal said under the mission, self-help groups were formed in the villages and funds were provided by the government from time to time. He said revolving fund amounting to Rs 30,000 and community investment fund amounting to Rs 50,000 per group was given by the gov- ernment so that the social and economic level of the women associated with the groups could improve. He appealed to the women to join the mission and form more groups and encouraged them to take maximum benefit of this scheme. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development) Virender Pal Singh Bajwa said according to the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India, loans from banks are provided to such groups. He said from 2019 to November 2024, 990 self-help groups had been formed in Kapurthala district and around Rs 2 crore had been provided by the government to these groups so far. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 29 Leaders going door to door during elections is a common story, but here residents, who are fed up with the Municipal Corporation for not doing anything to address their issue of removal of garbage dump from their area, are knocking the doors. Members of the Joint Action Committee have been reaching door-to-door to gain strength and garner support for their indefinite protest that will start from December 8. Today, was the fourth day of their campaign where they have been asking people to join them in the protest. It’s a long fight of the members. They want more people to join them for this cause. “If Joint Action Committee members hold a campaign to garner support for protest in Jalandhar. they can go door to door and ask for votes, why cannot we do this and ask people to join us,” said Jaswinder Singh, president of the committee. The MC elections are due anytime in December and ground work has been started by party workers to get party ticket. The same way these committee members have been adopting various methods to make themselves heard. “If we cannot get these basic civic amenities, then how can we expect other things from our government,” they said. “We are fed up with the lol- lipops that are being given to us by the authorities. They have not given us any permanent solution. Now, the MC elections have been announced and nobody will want us to hold any protest, but how long should we suffer now,” said Jaswinder.