09032024-ATR-01.qxd 3/9/2024 12:39 AM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune CIVIC BODY TO CONSTITUTE PATROLLING TEAMS MEDIA MOGUL RUPERT MURDOCH GETS ENGAGED Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch has got engaged to a retired molecular biologist, Elena Zhukova. P4 PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 26°C | MIN 9°C YESTERDAY MAX 25°C | MIN 9°C HUMA QURESHI TO PORTRAY AN AUTO-RICKSHAW DRIVER MC to constitute patrolling teams that would ensure protection of its infrastructure from thieves. P2 FORECAST Huma to be seen playing a female auto-rickshaw driver in a yet-untitled film directed by Vipul Mehta. P4 » » SUNSET SATURDAY 6.34 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:55 AM » SATURDAY | 9 MARCH 2024 | AMRITSAR Rural police confiscate 5-kg heroin near India-Pak border INBRIEF YOUTH HELD FOR RAPING MINOR Amritsar: The Jhander police have arrested Hardeep Singh of Kotli Sakkianwali village for allegedly raping a minor teenage girl. The victim was alone at home when the incident took place four days ago.Initially, fearing social insult, the family did not lodge complaint against the accused, but now the police booked and arrested him following a statement of the mother of the victim. She told the police that on Monday she had gone out for some work and her daughter was alone at home. She said when she returned she found Hardeep was raping her daughter. On seeing her, he fled away.The police have registered an FIR under Section 376 of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act. TNS MAN ARRESTED WITH WEAPON Amritsar: The rural police have arrested Karanbir Singh, a resident of Wadala Kalan village, and recovered a country-made weapon with five live cartridges from his possession. He was wanted by the rural police and Batala police in several firing incidents. He was evading arrest for past six months. Satinder Singh, SSP, Amritsar rural police, confirmed his arrest and said that he was nabbed from Dhol Kalan village. According to information, the accused had two criminal cases of setting liquor vend on fire in Batala area around six months ago. He had an arms act and attempt to murder case against him registered with Amritsar rural police last year. The SSP said he would be produced in the court and brought on police remand for further interrogation. TNS The contraband was apparently dropped through drone PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Devotees offer prayers at Shivala Bhaiyaan temple on the occasion of Mahashivratri in Amritsar. Residents throng temples to celebrate Mahashivratri Amritsar, March 8 The Amritsar rural police have confiscated 5 kg of heroin from Muhawa village located near IndiaPakistan border in Attari sub-division here. The contraband was apparently dropped through drone as the police team conducting a search found it wrapped in yellow adhesive tape and tied with white colour rope. Senior Superintendent of Police Satinder Singh confirmed the seizure and said that further investigations Cops with the seized narcotic in Amritsar on Friday. were in progress to identify the smugglers who had come to retrieve the narcotics but fled from the scene. TRIBUNE PHOTO While giving details, the SSP said that a police patrol was present at Muhawa bus stand when an informer con- veyed that a heavy thing had been dropped in the agricultural fields near a gurdwara located on Muhawa-Galluwal village road. Following specific inputs, police teams carried out a search operation in the designated area. He said during a search, the police recovered the packets containing heroin. He said BSF teams which also reached the spot were informed about the seizure. A fresh case under Section 21, 23, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act was registered against unknown smugglers. Further investigations were in progress. Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 8 A large number of devotees thronged Shivalayas to offer prayers on the occasion of Mahashivratri in the city on Tuesday. Serpentine queues of devotees were seen outside temples. Holding flowers and pots of water added with milk devotees waited with patience for their turn to enter the sanctum sanctorum. Stalls of langar offering foods of various kinds were all over the city. Temples, especially the oldest Shivalaya Virbhan and Bhaiya Da Shivalaya, saw serpentine queues of devotees right since dawn. However, at many places, langar and overcrowding of people impeded the smooth flow of Man dies as gun goes off Members of the Amarnath Seva Mandal cut a 800-pound cake to celebrate Mahashivratri at Hall Gate on Friday. VISHAL KUMAR traffic. A large number of devotees thronging the stalls added to the road congestion. Traffic jams were seen outside several temples as devotees thronged the places to mark the festival. Lavish langar stalls were hosted by volunteers of Amarnath Sewa Mandal at several places. Some even started serving langar from midnight, including dishes like poori-longi, chana bhatura, kulfa and phirni that went on throughout the day. The members of the organisation also cut an 800 pound cake to be distributed as langar to mark the occasion. PSPCL tariff hike move opposed Tarn Taran, March 8 A man died while cleaning his rifle at Thathi village on Thursday night. ASI Manjit Singh said the deceased had been identified as Harpal Singh (35). Sukhdev Singh, father of the deceased, in his statement to the police said that his son Harpal Singh was cleaning his rifle when it went off accidently. Harpal Singh was brought to a local private hospital where the doctors declared him dead. The police have started inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC. —OC Tribune News Service Neeraj Bagga Amritsar, March 8 Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) seeking 11 per cent hike in power tariff which comes a year after the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government hiked power tariff by 8.64 per cent (May 2023), has earned the wrath of those who have been paying power bills. After the power utility PSPCL sought 11 per cent hike in power tariff, consumers who are actually paying electricity bills are a harried lot. GS Bedi, a residential consumer, said those already paying bills would be actually paying more once the hike comes into force while those consumers who have been availing free of cost electricity supply under 300 units per month plan will escape the power hike. He said it would be a discouraging move for those consumers who have been paying power tariff regularly. Kamal Dalmi, an industrialist, said the government recently claimed that the PSPCL earned a profit of Rs 564.75 crore from April 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023. Then there is no fun in raising power rates, especially for industry. The PSPCL must work efficiently and try to reduce in-house losses by seeking advice from international experts for overall better services and financial results. Unfortunately, due to monopolistic business format, the PSPCL is not caring to improve its working, feel industrialists. Punjab industry is facing cut-throat competition from adjoining states like Jammu and Kashmir where power rate is Rs 3 to Rs 3.50 per unit and from Himachal Pradesh, where power rates are Rs 5 to Rs 5.30 per unit. Four arrested for stabbing youth To give stir a boost, women farmer Two detained at city Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 8 The police have arrested four persons in connection with the multiple stabbing of a youth in the parking lot of a marriage resort here on Wednesday night. Those arrested were identified as Sagar, Gaurav, Shiva, all residents of Chheharta, and Kaka Kirch of Bharat Nagar located on Batala road here. They were produced in the court and brought on police remand for further investigation, said Navjot Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (investigation). The police have booked 13 persons five by name and remaining their unknown accomplices following the statement of Simranjit Singh, alias Chhavi, of Chheharta, who runs a restaurant at Lawrence road here. Besides Sagar, Gaurav, Shiva and Kaka, the police booked Vipan Kumar of Chheharta in the case. In his statement to the police, Simranjit Singh said Incident took place on Wednesday night at marriage resort he along with his cousin Sahib Singh of New Amritsar had gone to attend a wedding function of an NRI friend at AR Resort on Batala road. He said Vikram Sharma and Sagar, alias Love Kehar, were also present. He said there Vikram Sharma and Sagar had a minor arguments as Sagar had uploaded some video against Vikram Sharma on social media. However, the matter was sorted out there and Vikram Sharma left the scene after some time. He said he along with his cousin was coming out of the resort after attending the function when some cops stopped them and asked about the quarrel inside the function. He said there was no quarrel in the function. He said as he was talking to the cops when the accused surrounded and attacked him. As the police were interven- ing and took them aside, the accused attacked his cousin Sahib Singh with pointed weapon who sustained grievous injuries. The complainant also alleged the cops took him to police station where he was tortured, but the police had denied the allegations. “Immediately after registering an FIR on charges of attempt to murder, hurting religious sentiments and other sections of the Indian Penal Code, we carried out raids and nabbed four suspects,” said Rajinder Singh, SHO, Mohkampura police station, here. He said raids were on to identify and nab the remaining suspects. According to police, Sagar, alias Love, has an abduction case registered against him at Tibri in Gurdaspur area while Kashish Duggal, alias Kaka Kirch, had two criminal cases under the NDPS Act and attempt to murder against him. Love runs a hotel business while Kaka Kirch works of loan recovery. leaders leave for Shambhu border airport for travelling on forged passports Had gone to Dubai but were deported, accused of editing names in passports Tribune News Service Women from Tarn Taran and Amritsar on way to Shambhu border to celebrate Women's Day. Gurbaxpuri Tarn Taran, March 8 Expressing solidarity with the farmers’ issues, a group of women under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, departed for Shambhu border on Women’s Day from Tarn Taran and Amritsar. Devinder Kaur, Sukhwant Kaur and other leaders of the jatha in their address before departing for Shambhu border, flayed the Delhi and Haryana governments for committing atrocities on the agitating farmers and said women must fight equally with their brethren for a just cause. The women farmer leaders said women were not secure in society as reports of atrocities keep coming from all over the country. The leaders called upon women to be aware of their rights and come forward to lead society. Amritsar, March 8 Two passengers, including a woman, have been detained at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport for travelling on forged travel documents. Both of them were deported by the immigration authorities at Dubai after refusing them entry. The youth has been identified as Manjinder Singh, a resident of Variyam Nangal and a woman from Ajnala. Both had gone to Dubai on an Indian passport. When the immigration authorities in Dubai examined their documents, they found something suspicious. The immigration officials did not allow them to enter Dubai and sent them back to India on Qatar Airways. The accused reportedly tampered with passports by editing names on someone else’s passport. With these tampered passports, they managed to travel to Dubai, but the immigration officials found the passports not in order. Both the accused have been detained by the authorities after being deported to India. The documents of the duo are also being examined. After interrogation by the Indian immigration officials, both were handed over to Amritsar police. The police officials stated that investigation was underway and they would register a case under the Passports Act against them and take action accordingly. 4 snatchers nabbed after chase 2 fall prey to online fraud, lose ~2L The snatchers in custody of the Amritsar police. TRIBUNE PHOTO Amritsar, March 8 After a hot chase, the Amritsar rural police nabbed four snatchers here today. They had snatched a mobile phone and parcels from delivery man of Zomato when the police teams started a chase following information. Those arrested were identified as Jobanjit Singh of Nangal (Batala), Gurbaksh Singh of Ballarwal (Batala), Harjinder singh of Pandori (Batala) and Manpreet Singh of Batala. Satinder Singh, SSP, Amritsar rural police, said the police got an information that four robbers were roaming in a car and had snatched a mobile phone from Jandiala area. They had again looted a Zomato delivery boy in the Khalchian area. The police teams of Jandiala Guru and Khalichian started chas- c m y b ing the robbers who were driving a car. The SSP said the robbers were surrounded and arrested by the police teams. He said separate cases were being registered at Jandiala and Khalichian police stations. They would be produced in the court tomorrow seeking their police remand. The police hoped to solve several cases of robbery after their interrogation. — TNS Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, March 8 Two residents of Tarn Taran town were defrauded of lakhs by swindlers through an online fraud. One of the victims, Anu Jindal of Khalsapur road of the town, said that the swindler who was later identified as Babai Samantra, a resident of Khana Kul (West Bengal), transferred an amount of Rs 99,999 from his bank accounts two months back. In the second incident, Gurwant Singh, a resident of Ganga Singh Nagar locality, was defrauded of an amount of Rs 1.95 lakh by a swindler who was later identified as Kailash, a resident of Bhopal (MP). Gurwant Singh, in his complaint to the police, said someone called from a phone number abroad and cheated him by saying that his son who lives abroad had met with an accident and was serious. He said that the swindler made him panic and he transferred an amount of Rs 1.95 lakh in his account. Sushil Kumar, SHO City, Tarn Taran, said that cases under Section 420 and 120-B of IPC and Section 43 of Information Technology Act have been registered and further proceedings initiated.
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