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P4 » » » MAX 22°C | MIN 04°C YESTERDAY MAX 21°C | MIN 05°C SUNSET TUESDAY 5.27 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 7.20 AM TUESDAY | 10 DECEMBER 2024 | AMRITSAR 2 killed in mishap on Verka bypass road Civic body elections: No aspirant Pakistani intruder shot turns up to file papers on first day dead near Int’l Border Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 9 On the first day of nomination, no one filed the nomination papers for the elections to the municipal corporation here on Monday. As the political parties have not finalised the names of their candidates, it is being expected that nominations would be filed after the political parties have issued the list of candidates. The aspirants for the MC elections can file the nominations till December 12. The elections to the 85 wards of the municipal corporation and 30 seats of nagar councils and nagar panchayats in the district will be filed. Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney said no nominations were received on the first day. She said the nomination form, affidavit and sponsorship form can be downloaded from the website of the Commission (https://sec.punjab.gov.in) and these forms are also available in the office of the Returning Officer concerned. At a meeting held at the office of Deputy Commissioner with officials of various departments, Sakshi Sawhney stated that as per the election programme announced by the Punjab State Election Commission, nominations can be filed in the offices of the Returning Officers concerned from till Amritsar, December 9 Foiling an intrusion bid, the Border Security Force shot dead a Pakistani intruder near Mahawa border village on the intervening night of December 8 and 9. The unknown youth was carrying a bag, but there was no identity proof to ascertain his identity. “Last night, alert BSF troops on duty observed suspicious movement of a Pakistani intruder, who surreptitiously crossed the international border and started approaching towards the barbed fence taking advantage of darkness, in the border area near Mahawa village in Amritsar,” said BSF officials. BSF troops immediately challenged him, but the intruder did not stop and started running towards the barbed fence. The troops on duty fired and neutralised him on the spot. On searching the area carefully, one shoulder bag with some clothes and personnel belongings were recovered. The body of the intruder has been handed over to the Gharinda police station for further action. Amandeep Singh, SHO, Gharinda police station, said the BSF would be taking up Tarn Taran, December 9 The Khalra police and the BSF in a joint search operation launched in the fields of farmer Gurwinder Singh of Dall village on Sunday recovered 511 grams of heroin which was smuggled from Pakistan via a drone. SSP Abhimanyu said here on Monday that a case under Sections 21-C, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and Sections 10, 11 and 12 of the Aircraft Act has been registered. The SSP said the police were tracing the suspected who brought the consignment from Pakistan. In another case, a team of the local CIA staff led by Sub-Inspector Sukhdev Singh arrested Anmoldeep Singh, a resident of Dhala village, yesterday. The accused has been booked under Sections of the NDPS Act by the Sarai Amanat Khan. — OC December 12. The scrutiny of nominations would be held on December 13 and candidates can withdraw their candidature till December 14. She said the voting will be held on December 21 from 7 am to 4 pm through EVMs. After the completion of the voting process, the counting of votes will be done at the polling station on the same day. She said a total of 704 booths have been set up for the 85 wards of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation, 14 booths for 13 wards of the Rajasansi nagar panchayat, 13 booths for 13 wards of the Baba Bakala nagar panchayat, 2 booths for two wards of the Ajnala nagar panchayat, one booth for Ward No.4 of the Majitha nagar panchayat and one booth for Ward No.13 of the Rayya nagar panchayat. During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner asked all the Returning Officers to coordinate with the police personnel related to the wards under their jurisdiction so that the police force can be increased if needed. On the occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner Gursimran Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner Paramjit Kaur, Assistant Commissioner Sonam, SDM Mankanwal Singh Chahal, Assistant Commissioner (General) Gursimranjit Kaur, RTA Secretary Khushdil Singh, District Revenue Officer Navkirat Singh, District Panchayat and Development Officer Sandeep Malhotra, ADC Harkomal Kaur, ACP (East) Vaneet Ehlawat and other officials were also present. ■ Alert BSF troops on duty observed suspicious movement of a Pakistani intruder, who surreptitiously crossed the International Border and started approaching towards the barbed fence taking advantage of darkness, in the border area near Mahawa village in Amritsar," said BSF officials. BSF troops immediately challenged him, but the intruder did not stop and started running towards the barbed fence. The troops on duty fired and neutralised him on the spot. the issue with the Pakistani rangers and further appropriate action would be taken as soon as we get a complaint from the BSF . Meanwhile, the BSF has also neutralized an intruding drone apart from recovering a packet of heroin from Amritsar border belt. The BSF said the troops confiscated a packet of heroin with gross weight of 580 gms from Ballaharwal village in Amritsar while a DJI Mavic 3 Classic drone was recovered from Daoke border village. According to Border Security Force officials, the drone which smuggled the drugs was knocked down due to timely activation of technical counter measures on the border. The mangled remains of an SUV (Innova) that was collided with a tractor trolley in Amritsar on Monday. Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 9 Two persons were killed when a speeding SUV hit a tractor trolley from the rear near the Verka bypass road here on Monday. Of the two victims, one was the driver of the tractor-trolley and the other of the SUV. The victims were identified as Sarwan Singh, a resident of the Tarn Taran road, and Manjinder Singh of Chogwan village falling under the Kathunangal police station here. While Sarwan Singh was killed on the spot as he was crushed under the tyres of his own tractor trolley, Manjinder Singh succumbed to his injuries at the Amritsar Civil Hospital. The police have initiated inquest proceedings in the case and launched a further probe, said ASI Kuldeep Singh, investigating officer in the case. As per information, Sarwan Singh, who was driving the paddy-laden tractor trolley, was going to the Batala grain market while Manjinder Singh was going from the Airport road to his native village Chogwan. The police said Manjinder was driving the car at high speed and tried to overtake the tractor trolley, but rammed the car into the driver’s side. He said the tractor driver lost control of the vehicle and his tractor got separated from the trolley in the accident. He fell on the road and was crushed under the tyres of his own vehicle. He was killed on the spot. Manjinder also suffered critical injuries in the mishap. Onlookers rushed him to the Civil Hospital where he succumbed, said ASI Kuldeep Singh. Journalists from AP visit city Former contract driver with Ferozepur Civil Amritsar, December 9 A delegation of journalists from Andhra Pradesh is on a tour of Punjab under the “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat” programme. In the last leg of their tour, the journalists paid obeisance at the Golden Temple and offered floral tributes at the Jallianwala Bagh and visited Gobindgarh Fort in Amritsar. The delegation also watched Beating the Retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post (JCP). During their visit to Harmandar Sahib, the visiting journalists learnt about the spirit of sewa in Sikhism. Similarly, the patriotic fervour of a cross-section of people experienced during the Beating the Retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagha JCP on the India-Pakistan border, was a unique experience to the visiting journalists. Earlier, they visited BSF museum, showcasing photos and audio-visuals of the war and routine operations, it safe- Surgeon’s office held with over 5 kg heroin PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service A delegation of journalists from Andhra Pradesh at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Monday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR guards 553-km-long Punjab borders with Pakistan. At the Jallianwala Bagh, Deepak Seth, great grandson of one of the victims of the horrific incident during the freedom struggle, explained the history at the site. The journalists were from prominent Andhra Pradesh newspapers, including The Hindu, Sakshi, Andhra Jyothi, Eenadu, The Hans India, Rahnuma e-Deccan, Vishalandhra and Prajasakti. — TNS Amritsar, December 9 The Amritsar city police commissionerate nabbed a man with 5.1 kg of heroin who was allegedly part of the cross-border drug cartel here on Monday. Gurvir Singh (32), alias Gora, a resident of Basti Mohammad Shah Wali under the Mamdot police station, had worked as a contract driver with the Civil Surgeon’s office in Ferozepur. He remained absent from his duty and was therefore terminated from job on July 31 last year. He had picked up the contraband from Amritsar rural belt and was arrested from the Loharaka road here. A case under sections of the NDPS Act was registered with the Cantonment police station in this connection. Sharing information, Amritsar Police Commission- VISHAL KUMAR 511 gms of heroin seized from field Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney during a meeting with officials regarding the MC elections in Amritsar on Monday. BSF GOT SUSPICIOUS OF HIS MOVEMENT VISHAL KUMAR Tribune News Service The accused in the custody of the Amritsar police on Monday. er Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said he was travelling in an SUV when he was intercepted by the police after acting on a tip-off. He said he had worked under the National Health Mission in the Civil Surgeon’s office in Ferozepur. He said he has been active in illegal drug trade for the last three months and has made several rounds of the holy city for smuggling of contraband. He said he along with his another accomplice, who has been identified, used to pick up narcotics from near the Indo-Pak border on the instructions of his Pakistanbased handlers. “Though Ferozepur district was itself a border district, he chose the Amritsar border belt for smuggling to avoid any exposure there,” said the Police Commissioner. The police got a specific input that he was roaming in Amritsar area for collecting drug consignment in Amritsar following which a checkpoint was laid on the Loharaka road. He said though he was a driver, he owned an SUV. He said further probe was in progress to expose his backward and forward links and arrest his accomplices. The Police Commissioner said the accused was into drug smuggling for the last five to six months and had delivered at least three consignments. RMPI burns effigy of admn over ‘land grab’ Amritsar Central Jail stall earns accolades Tarn Taran, December 9 Activists of the Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI) organised a demonstration at Bath Kalan village here on Monday. They were protesting against encroachment of a plot belonging to a late party leader by a politically influential person. The plot is situated on the Sarhali road in Tarn Taran. Karam Singh and other party leaders led the protesters. The protesting activists burnt an effigy of a ruling party MLA and the district administration. While addressing on the occasion, Baldev Singh Pandori, state leader of the party, said an MLA of the ruling AAP fraudulently got the plot transferred in his name in the Activists of the RMPI during a protest at Bath Kalan village in Tarn Taran. PHOTO: GURBAXPURI revenue records. He said the matter has been brought to the notice of officials of the civil and police departments, but the victim’s family was being denied justice. Pandori said people of the state had rejected the old parties, which used to indulge in such acts of dishonesty, and instead chose the AAP with a majority. He said at present, it had become difficult for general people to save their lives and property from ruling party leaders. He said in case the administration failed to listen to the victim’s family, the RMPI would stage a dharna in front of the SSP office on December 16 and would intensify its agitation. Balwinder Singh Bath, Narinder Singh Rataul and Dalbir Singh Bagrian were among others who addressed on the occasion and condemned the AAP and the state government for grabbing the property of gullible people. c m y b PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 9 While making rounds of various halls set up at Punjab International Trade Expo – 2024 (PITEX), most of the visitors were made to stop for a while at a stall that stood apart from the rest and it was Amritsar Central Jail stall. It was strange for visitors to see such a stall as at a trade expo only major brands and well-established businessmen put up their stalls showing their merchandise. However, the stall set up by the Amritsar Central Jail became one of the main centres of attraction in this year’s famous trade expo. The stall put on display handmade products — Phulkari, embroidery, crotia work, sofy toys, candle, VISHAL KUMAR Our Correspondent The stall set up by the Amritsar Central Jail at PITEX in Amritsar. etc — created by jail inmates. This is for the second time that a stall was established by the jail authorities in the PITEX trade fair after almost five years. The items here were low- priced earning low profit margins. It showed efforts were being made to rehabilitate prisoners to bring them back to the mainstream by training them in various courses, including stitching, embroi- dery, candle making, plumbing, agriculture and horticulture, being run by the Punjab Government and under national skill development programmes. “As far as women prisoners are concerned, we are imparting them training in stitching, embroidery, beauty parlour course, candle and pickle making while men are being trained in plumbing and agriculture courses. We also pay them under the skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled categories as per their daily work,” said Hemant Sharma, Superintendent of Amritsar Central Jail. “The stall had displayed an array of handmade towels, bed sheets, apparels for men and women, soft toys, handmade soaps and all products were made by jail inmates,” he said.