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Ludhiana, June 24 The results for the Ludhiana West bypoll were declared on Monday, giving much happiness to the winning camp. At the same time, 11 out of total 14 candidates, who had filed their nomination papers for the byelection, failed to save their security deposits, which were forfeited. SAD candidate Parupkar Singh Ghuman has also lost his security deposit as he needed over 6,600 more votes to secure the same. Confirming this, Returning Officer Roopinder Singh said barring AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora, BJP candidate Jiwan Gupta and Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu, all other 11 candidates had their security deposits forfeited. A candidate had to get at least 14,897 votes out of the total 89,367 polled, which makes a share of 16.67 per cent. All those candidates who failed to get the required votes polled in their favour, will forfeit their security, which is around Rs 10,000. One of the leaders in the SAD, wishing not to be quoted, said it was shocking that a SAD candidate failed to get sufficient votes in his favour and lost security deposit in the election. “The party has to think on it in a critical manner, what has put a real dent? If it was infighting with Manpreet Ayali, who developed frictions with SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal or was it the urban Hindu committed vote, which did not vote for Akalis, etc,” said the leader, adding that Ghuman left no stone unturned as far as the campaigning was concerned. Many other candidates had to borrow money to deposit the security. The other candidates who lost security deposits included Renu, Neetu Shattran Wala, Jatinder Kumar Sharma, Navneet Kumar Gopi, Albert Dua, Gurdeep Singh Kahlon, Paramjit Singh Bharaj, Pawandeep Singh, Baldev Raj Katna and Rajesh Sharma. Harkamal Kaur, DSP (D) Inderjit Singh Boparai and Dakha DSP Varinder Khosa, had helped in cracking the case in which three miscreants had abducted a taxi driver from Ludhiana in the wee hours of Monday and thrown his body in the Abohar branch of the Sirhind canal near Tuggal village after killing him. The suspects hired the car on the pretext of going to Raikot town. The vehicle was later found parked at Mohi village near Sudhar. “Having received a tipoff about the incident and movement of the car in the Sudhar area, we deployed teams to rescue the victim and nab the suspects,” said Gupta, claiming that they were arrested from different places on Monday, Though the police are yet to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the murder, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects had killed the victim with an ulterior motive of looting cash, valuables and the car. However, they killed the victim on finding that he had no cash and valuables with him and left the bloodstained car at Mohi village after sensing that they were being followed. Earlier, Narinder Kaur of Asha Puri Colony in the Agar Nagar area had informed the police that the suspects had allegedly abducted and assaulted her husband Gurmeet Singh after hiring his taxi from a taxi stand near Grand Walk Mall here around 2.30 am on Monday. The victim had sent a live location to one of his friends Raminder Singh Laddi, which showed that his mobile got switched off when checked about 3.40 am after the vehicle reaching Hissewal village near Mullanpur. AAP holds roadshow to thank voters, commuters bear brunt 3 nabbed for murdering taxi driver Party bigwigs CM Mann, Sisodia, candidate Sanjeev Arora, others take part in event Ludhiana, June 24 To thank voters of the Ludhiana West constituency for showing faith in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its winning candidate Sanjeev Arora, a roadshow was taken out here on Tuesday. The ‘show of strength’ by AAP bigwigs included Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, AAP Punjab president Aman Arora, Manish Sisodia, MLAs, municipal councillors, workers and supporters. The roadshow started from near Baba Papa outlet in Ghumar Mandi and moved towards Aarti Chowk. Though it was a show of not over 40-45 minutes, it irked residents and commuters as vehicles were parked in a haphazardly manner on the Two arrested with heroin Industry pins high hopes on Arora Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Jagraon, June 24 The Ludhiana (rural) police claimed to have arrested two members of a gang of drug peddlers when they were going to deliver a consignment of heroin on the MalakAligarh road on Monday. A bike used in the crime and 30 gm of heroin were recovered from the suspect, identified as Mangal Singh Jagga of Teacher Colony at Moga, and Gagandeep Singh Cheeni of the Rani Wala Khooh area in Jagraon. SSP Ankur Gupta said police officials, supervised by DSP (D) Inderjit Singh Boparai, had arrested two members of a gang of peddlers on the basis of a tipoff received during the ongoing Yudh Nashian Virudh campaign. Jagga and Cheeni were intercepted at a naka when they were going on the motorcycle from Malak Road towards the Aligarh side on Tuesday. The contraband was recovered during a search of the suspects. The police are yet to ascertain identities of accomplices of the nabbed suspects. — OC Ferozpur road between Aarti Chowk to Bhai Bala Chowk. Most of the vehicles were of AAP workers and supporters who had gathered in good numbers to make the event successful. Naren Jain, a commuter, who had come to get fuel refilled from a petrol station on the road, said it was a maddening experience as vehicles were parked here and there and he found it too difficult to move on the main road. The traffic moved at a snail’s pace due to rush of the parked vehicles under the bridge. Shopkeepers in Ghumar Mandi have expressed happiness that now no roadshows would be held in connection with political rallies. “We can’t park our vehicles near shops. Vehicles of workers are parked in streets. Footfall of customers also decline due to the same,” rued a shopkeeper dealing in footwear in Ghumar Mandi. The authorities had deployed 400 police personnel on duty during the road show and commuters from Ghumar Mandi to Aarti Chowk had to either take alternative routes or avoid the particular stretch till the roadshow was over. Says AAP had promised if he was chosen, govt will take good steps for bizmen Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 24 While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Sanjeev Arora has now become the MLA from the Ludhiana West constituency, industrialists in the city pin high hopes as not only Arora but all prominent leaders in AAP had promised to the industry that if Arora was chosen, the government would take good steps for the industry. It hopes that Arora would become a minister and there would be some representation from Ludhiana to voice their concerns to the state government. Talking to The Tribune, president of the Knitwear and Apparel Manufacturers Association of Ludhiana Sudershan Jain said with Arora coming to power, industrialists would be able to convey their sentiments to the state government through him. “Earlier, nobody was responsive, Arora listens to our genuine demands, tries to get issues resolved. In the present scenario, China and Bangladesh are leaving the textile industry, which is now going towards other small countries. We have capabilities but till now, only cotton fabric/ garment is being manufactured in India, it is the time to switch over to woollens now. Ludhiana is known for woollens, then why cant we get bulk orders? It is only that we need a boost from both state and Central governments and we hope that Arora would be instrumental in getting benefits to the industry,” he said. President of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) Upkar Singh said the state was facing an acute problem of erratic power supply. “The industry suffers badly due to regular power pangs. In case strong winds blow, the power supply is hit. They should arrange for better infrastructure. We hope the new MLA would get the issue resolved. And secondly, the industry is suffering at the hands of the PSIEC, it should be taken care of. The PSIEC must not put additional financial burden on plot holders when they are supposed to sell the plots,” he said. The executive committee of the Association of Trade and Industrial Undertakings (ATIU) held a meeting to congratulate Sanjeev Arora on winning the Ludhiana West byelection. Pankaj Sharma, president, ATIU, requested him to work for the overall development of the city, especially for the industry. He requested the MLA to resolve all pending issues of the industry, especially those which are pending for a long time. Sharma said the focus should be on the improvement of infrastructure, especially roads and sewer. “Sewer lines are found choked most of the time due to faulty design. There is no dedicated jet machines or pumps for industrial areas. Roads don’t last long and develop potholes soon, espe- cially during the rainy season. Most of the telephone lines are found dead during rainy days due to faulty designs. There seems to be no coordination among departments concerned. The industry demands that a dedicated office and a zone should be made for the industrial areas where tax collected from units situated in these zones should be spent on development of these areas only,” he added. President of the United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers’ Association (UCPMA) Charanjit Vishkarma said they see a good future ahead. “The industry is hopeful that AAP will do the best to please the industry as in 2027, they would again try to come to power. We have high hopes from Arora. He has been with the industry for long, he knows our problems well and will definitely take up our issues like coming up with an exhibition centre, starting of halwara airport, etc,” he said. Mahesh Sharma Ludhiana, June 24 The Ludhiana (rural) police claimed to have nabbed all three suspects who had allegedly killed a taxi driver, Gurmeet Singh, of Agar Nagar, here, after abducting him on the pretext of hiring his taxi from a mall in the wee hours of Monday. The police have also recovered the body of the deceased from the Abohar branch of the Sirhind Canal, near Tuggal village, in Ludhiana. Besides the Maruti Swift car and two motorcycles used in the crime were also seized. The suspects have been identified as Harpreet Singh of Mohi village, Gurtejpreet Singh Mohi and Gurwant Singh, a resident of Dakha village in Ludhiana district. SSP Ankur Gupta said prompt and coordinated action taken by police officials, supervised by SP (D) The murder suspects in custody of the Ludhiana (rural) police. Byelection results lead to Two of gang arrested, eight bikes recovered ‘disagreements’ within Cong Our Correspondent Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 24 The aftermath of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) victory in the Ludhiana West byelection has allegedly ignited a storm within the Punjab Congress, revealing internal tensions and leadership disagreements. According to party insiders, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who was defeated in the contest, has said he neither acknowledges party leader Simarjit Singh Bains as a Congress man nor considers him fit for the party. He also questioned the decision to consider Bains a part of the party, saying that he did not share that view. He criticised the lack of collective decision-making in the party. He said he holds no personal grudge against Bains and said: “I fought the election and the loss was mine.” Ashu, who was serving as the working president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee resigned from the post on Monday after the declaration of the results and took full responsibility for the defeat. Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 24 The police claimed to have busted a gang of miscreants that has been involved in stealing and looting of motorcycles and selling them by removing their number plates. Eight bikes were recovered from two members of the gang, identified as Happy Singh, alias Guddi, of Ram Nagar Basti, San- c m y b grur, and Mohammad Shahid, alias Sahil, of Chamri Wala Khooh in Malerkotla. SSP Gagan Ajit Singh said police officials, supervised by SP (D) Satpal Sharma, DSP (D) Satish Kumar and CIA Mahorana in-charge Harsimran Singh had nabbed Happy and Sahil from different places on the basis of inputs received during a campaign launched against anti-social elements. Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects used to sell stolen vehicles after removing their registration number plates. Owners of the recovered bikes would be identified on the basis of engine and chassis numbers of the vehicles. The police are yet to ascertain the identity of other members of the gang. The suspects with seized bikes at the CIA Mahorana, near Amargarh.