27032024-LT-01.qxd 3/27/2024 12:42 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune EXCISE DEPARTMENT, POLICE SEIZE 6K LITRES OF LAHAN 20 YRS ON, PAROLE JUMPER LANDS IN POLICE DRAGNET AKSHAY KUMAR SAYS BMCM GAVE HIM A ‘FRIEND’ — TIGER Excise Department and Ludhiana police seized 6,000 litres of lahan in areas on banks of the Sutlej. P2 The police have arrested a parole jumper, Bhupinder Lal, who was on run for the past two decades. P3 Akshay Kumar revealed that action entertainer BMCM has given him a ‘friend’ from the industry. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 33°C | MIN 16°C YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 13°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 6.42 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 6:20 AM » WEDNESDAY | 27 MARCH 2024 | LUDHIANA Nepalese man hacks 65-yr-old father to death Riot of colour Residents catch suspect, hand him over to police Residents play with colours during Holi celebrations in Ludhiana on Monday. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN P2 Ludhiana, March 26 A man murdered his 65-yearold father by repeatedly hitting on his head with a brick. Hearing the noise, local residents reached the scene and caught the suspect. Later, they handed over him to the police. Kishan Bahadur, son-in-law of the deceased, Laxman Bahadur, told the police that his brother-in-law Suraj Bahadur used to fight with his father Laxman Bahadur over some issues. He and the victim had taken separate rooms on rent at Jiwan Nagar, Focal Point. On March 24, Suraj had a fight with his father over some arguments. The matter escalated when he attacked Laxman Bahadur in the latter’s room. The suspect repeatedly hit on the head of the victim with a brick, which led to his death, he said. After local residents heard the noise, they caught Suraj. They took the victim to a hospital but he died on the way. The Focal Point police reached the spot and shifted the body to the Civil Hospital. After formally arresting the suspect, a murder case was registered against him on Monday. The police had informed relatives of the deceased, who was a native of Nepal. After the arrival of his kin from Nepal, the autopsy of the body would be conducted. The body had been kept at the Civil Hospital’s mortuary, said a police official. SI Dalbir Singh said further investigation was launched in the case. — TNS ASI dies, 2 cops hurt as vehicle hits tree Ludhiana, March 26 An ASI died while his two colleagues (constables) suffered serious injuries after the vehicle in which they were travelling in rammed into a tree in the Sidhwan Bet area here on Monday night. The deceased was identified as ASI Naseeb Chand. He was posted at the Sidhwan Bet police station. The deceased is survived by his four children. The injured, identified as constables Nishan Singh and Sahil, were also posted at the police station. As per information, the ASI along with his colleagues was conducting a routine patrolling in Sidhwan Bet to keep a tab over anti-social elements. The ASI, who was driving the vehicle, lost control over the vehicle and rammed into a tree. After the accident, the injured policemen were taken to a local hospital in Jagraon that referred the ASI to the DMCH in Ludhiana due to his critical condition, where he succumbed to the injuries. Sidhwan Bet SHO SI Narinder Singh said the constables were said to be stable now and the duo were undergoing treatment at the hospital. — TNS Newborn found dead Cong MP joining BJP comes as shocker, changes political dynamics in drain at Kirpal Nagar INDIA VOTES Ludhiana, March 26 The body of a newborn male child was found in the drain at Kirpal Nagar this morning. As per information, a police volunteer after seeing the body in the drain, raised the alarm and informed the police. Officials from the Daresi police station reached the scene and started investigation. Residents said when they noticed the body, they initially thought it could be some toy floating in the water in the drain. It could be the handiwork of some illegitimate couple. They demanded that the police should take speedy action against them. The police sent the body to the Civil Hospital where his post-mortem examination would be conducted. The police are checking CCTV cameras installed in the area to get any clue about the suspects. — TNS 2024 Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 26 On the day when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Sunil Jakhar announced that the saffron party would go it alone in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, contenders for the BJP ticket from Ludhiana rejoiced as they thought their chances of nomination have become brighter but their joy was short-lived. Later in the day, local Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu joined the BJP in Delhi, which came as a big shock to local party ranks and changed the dynamics in the local politics. To add insult to the injury of its local leaders, the saffron party also indicated that the three-time parliamentarian c m y b Ravneet Singh Bittu Three-time parliamentarian to be saffron party nominee from Ludhiana LS seat would be fielded from the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat. This shattered the hopes of all local as well as outsider BJP leaders, who were lobbying hard for the ticket to contest the parliamentary elections from here. The 48-year-old firebrand MP had contested and won his maiden election from the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in 2009. At that time, Bittu was 33 and had become the youngest MP from Punjab after defeating the then Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s adviser and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) secretary-cumspokesperson, Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, by a margin of 67,629 votes. Handpicked by the then Congress general secretary, Rahul Gandhi, the grandson of slain Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, Bittu had owed his victory to Rahul and had vowed to serve under the command of the Gandhi family scion, whom he, till switching sides, used to call as his political mentor. Following Anandpur Sahib’s victory, there was no looking back for the MP who , is a Class XII pass-out from Guru Nanak Public School in Chandigarh, and was a licensed commercial pilot. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress shifted Bittu to Ludhiana following the then sitting party MP , Manish Tewari, opting out of the contest. Despite the shift at an advanced stage of elections, the former first democratically continued on page 2
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