21042024-ATR-01.qxd 4/21/2024 12:39 AM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 18°C YESTERDAY MAX 34°C | MIN 18°C SEARCH OPERATION HELD AT MALERKOTLA SUB-JAIL ANANYA PANDAY TALKS ABOUT HER PROJECTS SUNNY BEGINS SHOOTING FOR HER MALAYALAM FILM The Malerkotla police carried out search operations in and around premises of the prison. P3 Ananya Panday remains highly engaged on social media and frequently updates her fans about her life.P4 Sunny Leone is excited to be part of a Malayalam film. She shared a glimpse of muhurat ceremony on the sets.P4 » » SUNSET SUNDAY 7.03 PM » SUNRISE MONDAY 5.53 AM SUNDAY | 21 APRIL 2024 | AMRITSAR Tarn Taran, April 20 A woman, identified as Prabhjot Kaur (25), who was allegedly poisoned by members of her in-law’s family at Luhar village here on Friday, is battling for life at a hospital in Amritsar. She was allegedly served poisonous substance. The victim has been admitted to Guru Nanak Victim battling for life at a hospital in Amritsar Dev Hospital, Amritsar, where her condition is stated to be serious. The victim, in her statement to the Goindwal Sahib police, said her husband and in-laws have been harassing her for dowry and put poisonous substance into her mouth. ASI Bikkar Singh, investigating officer in the case, said the accused include Balbir Singh, husband of the victim, his father Ninder Singh and mother Sarabjit Kaur, who have been booked under Sections 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code by the Goindwal Sahib police. — OC Four months on, farmers tilling land across fence still await compensation Manmeet Singh Gill 4,500 MT produce procured so far in mandis Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 20 Hundreds of farmers tilling agricultural land beyond the border fence with Pakistan are waiting for their ‘inconvenience allowance’ of ~10,000 per acre for the past four months due to the apathy of Revenue Department officials. Though the government had released the grant, which pertains to year 2022-23, nearly fourth months ago, it is lying in the banks and has not been disbursed to them. Baba Arjan Singh, a farmer leader, said, “The government had released the grant for the year 2022 but even after a lapse of four months, the money has not reached the beneficiaries. It has become a norm as every year we have to organise protests to get the money.” The barbed fence alongside the border was installed in the year 1988. As it was installed on the Indian side of the LAC, thousands of acres of land was left on other side of the fence. In 1998, the Kapoor Committee constituted by the government had stated that Moisture in grain delays wheat procurement Tribune News Service Farmers during a protest outside the tehsildar office in Amritsar. FILE PICTURE farmers tilling agricultural land on the other side of the fence suffered losses due to various reasons like their crops are damaged by wild animals; they get lesser working hours; and they have to face other restrictions imposed by the BSF . Later, the government had decided to give an ‘inconvenience allowance’ to the farmers. Though initially the allowance was meagre, it was revised to ~10,000 per acre a few years ago. “Every year there is a delay in getting the funds as the local Revenue Department officials do not complete their paperwork on time,” said Rattan Singh Randhawa of the Border Area Sangharsh Committee. He said at present, the money released by the government is lying in bank accounts of the farmers. “All that needs to be done is that the Revenue Department has to tell bank officials about the account details of the beneficiaries and how much amount is to be transferred,” said Randhawa, adding that ini- tially they had to fight with the government to get the compensation and now they have to fight with government babus to get money transferred into their accounts. Farmers from the district till nearly 5,000 acres of land across the fence for which they have to get permission from the BSF and go through security checks every time they have to go to their fields. The farmers are not allowed to visit their fields in the night or early in the morning or in the evening. Amritsar, April 20 With the rain slowing the pace of wheat harvesting, the grain markets in the district witnessed an arrival of 4,557 metric tonnes (MT) of crop here on Saturday. District mandi officials stated that a total of 8,127 MT yield has reached the markets so far. The officials stated that of the total arrival, around 4,500 MT of wheat has been procured so far. With the government agencies procuring nearly 55 per cent of the wheat crop, the officials stated that more moisture in grains is causing a delay in procurement of the crop. Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori who visited agricultural fields and Bhagtanwala grain market here on Saturday to assess the impact of the rain on wheat harvesting and procurement of wheat. Speaking on the occasion, the DC instructed the officials to ensure that farmers face no problem provided they SUNIL KUMAR In-laws booked for poisoning woman over dowry Labourers work at the Bhagtanwala grain market in Amritsar. bring the grains which have moisture content within the permissible limits. He asked the officials to ensure that wheat is procured on the same day and farmers need not stay in the market at night if their crop is procured on the same day. The Deputy Commissioner said so far wheat has arrived in only 18 out of the total 57 grain markets in the district. He said the pace of harvesting would further increase in the coming days. The DC asked the mandi board officials to make Cops conduct flag marches in three zones SI nabbed for taking ~5,000 bribe Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 20 In view of the upcoming LS poll, the city police commissionerate on Saturday carried out flag marches in different areas in three zones here on Saturday. Senior police officials, including Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Alam Vijay Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioners of Police Dr Darpan Ahluwalia, Prabhjot Singh and Navjot Singh and the Assistant Commissioners of Police led the flag marches. Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the main purpose was to instill a sense of fear among unscrupulous elements active in different parts of the city, besides ensuring law and order. Senior police offi- BSF recovers pistol smuggled from Pak near Int’l Border Ahead of the upcoming LS election, cops take out a flag march in Amritsar on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO cials were accompanied by teams of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), SWAT teams and Punjab Police commandoes. DCP Alam Vijay Singh led the flag march in areas like 88-feet road, Indira Colony Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 20 The Vigilance Bureau (VB), Punjab, on Saturday arrested Sub-Inspector Dhanvinder Singh, currently posted at the Kamboh police station under the Amritsar Rural Police, red-handed while taking a bribe of ~5,000. A spokesperson for the VB in a statement issued here said the accused has been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by Dinesh Sharma, a resident of Chheharta here. The complainant approached the Vigilance Bureau and informed them that he had sold his car to his acquaintance, Malkit Singh, who had refused to pay sale amount. The complainant further alleged that the accused cop demanded Exempt ailing teachers from poll duties: DTF Tribune News Service The Sub-Inspector in custody of the Amritsar police on Saturday. ~10,000 for getting his car back from Malkit Singh and had already took ~2,000 in this regard. After a preliminary inquiry into the complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the SI was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe amount in the presence of two official witnesses. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the SI at the VB police station, Amritsar Range. The accused would be produced in a court tomorrow and further investigation into the case was under progress. Amritsar, April 20 Citing several difficulties being faced by government employees on poll duties, especially teachers, the district unit of the Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) on Saturday urged the Education Department to review the poll duties assigned to teachers. They demanded that teachers suffering from chronic ailments and pregnant teachers must be exempted from poll duties. Sharing that around 70 per cent of the teaching staff in the state has been put on poll duty, DTF members said it is becoming increasingly difficult for teachers to balance continued on page 2 Man ‘ends life’ wife among 2 MC conducts sanitation drive in many , booked for abetting suicide city areas, removes construction waste Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 20 The Border Security Force has seized a pistol smuggled from the Pakistan side here on Friday. The pistol was wrapped in white adhesive tape which was later handed over to the Gharinda police where a case under the Arms Act was registered against unidentified persons for now. Parmeshwar Lal, Company Commander, 144 Battalion, BSF told the police that Bor, der Security Force jawans thought it to be contraband and therefore they handed it over to the police for a probe. The police opened the wrapped material in the presence of Border Security Force authorities and found it was a pistol without magazine. The police said further investigations were in progress. and Mustafabad localities on the Majitha road and the Batala road and other adjoining areas. He was accompanied by ADCP Prabhjot Singh Virk, ACPs Varinder Khosa and Sukhpal Singh and SHOs of dif- ferent police stations. Similarly, Dr Darpan Ahluwalia (ADCP-1) along with ACPs Surinder Singh and Manninderpal Singh conducted a flag march that commenced from Chatiwind area and passed through Bharariwal, Gujjarpura, Anngarh, Fatahpur, etc, areas. In Zone 3, ADCP-3 Navjot Singh along with ACP Gurinderbir Singh and other police officials carried out a flag march in areas on the Sultanwind road and in Jahajgarh area. During the flag marches, the police also checked suspicious vehicles. Officials said the police were taking preventive action against miscreants and unscrupulous elements who could foment trouble during the LS election. ample arrangements for farmers like shade, clean drinking water, urinals and other basic facilities. The DC said all Sub-Divisional Magistrates have been asked to visit grain markets and agricultural fields to ensure that farmers do not have to face any problem. Agriculture officials said the rain has not only increased the moisture content in grains but also made the soil wet which is not conducive for using heavy combine harvesters for the harvesting of wheat crop. Amritsar, April 20 The Sadar police have booked a woman on the charge of abetting suicide after her husband ended his life by shooting himself in Paris Town locality situated on the Batala road here. She did not inform the family members of the deceased or the police and hurriedly cremated his body. The victim was identified as Sonu, a technician with a Cable TV network firm. As per information, the incident occurred five days ago while a complaint was lodged with the police by victim’s sister Rajni. The family members alleged that Sonu was upset over the alleged illicit relations of his wife. Besides the victim’s wife identified as Aarti, the police also booked Bablu, owner of the house, where they used to live in rented accommodation. No arrest was made till now. The police said both suspects were at large and further probe was on. ASI Paljinder Singh said their arrest would clear the picture whether he shot himself or the accused killed him. “For now, the police have registered a case under Sections 306, 201 and 34 of the IPC and the Arms Act against Aarti and Bablu following the complaint of Rajni, Sonu’s sister. Raids were on to arrest them,” he said. Rajni told the police that Sonu was working as a technician with Fastway cable network. She said he was married to Aarti, alias Monica, of Bahori village on the Chabal road in 2009. After marriage, they started living in Paris Town locality on rent. She said later, the couple started quarrelling often. She alleged that Sonu came to know about her illicit relations which made him upset. She said on April 15, they had a quarrel after which he ended his life by shooting himself. She said Aarti called his mother at 4 am next morning informing that Sonu had committed suicide by shooting himself. She said they were going for his cremation. She said they rushed first to the Durgiana temple cremation ground and later to the cremation ground near Shaheeda Sahib Gurdwara where they came to know that he was already cremated by his family. She alleged the accused also used derogatory language against his brother and mother following which they lodged a complaint with the police. They demanded a murder case against the suspects. c m y b Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 20 Workers of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation removed debris and garbage from roads in various areas under the “Mera Shahar Mera Maan” drive here on Saturday. On the directions of MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh, MC officials and workers along with machines and equipment started a drive in Hathi Gate area and cleaned garbage collection points and removed debris and garbage lying in different areas. Workers of various MC departments gathered at Auto Workshop in Hathi Gate and cleaned areas from Hathi Gate to Lohgarh, Punjab Roadways Workshop, then Bhagwan Parshuram Chowk and returned to Auto Workshop in the evening. Officials and employees of Workers of the municipal corporation during a sanitation drive in Hathi Gate area in Amritsar on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO the Civil wing, Operation and Maintenance wing, Sanitation wing, Street Light wing and the Horticulture Department participated in the drive. Garbage, construction and demolition waste was lifted from both sides of roads with the help of ditch machines, tippers, trolleys, etc. MC Health Officer Dr Kiran Kumar said on the directions of MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh, a drive has been started by preparing a schedule to give a new look to all the main roads of the areas falling under various zones of the city. The campaign is being continued continuously in all five zones of the city. He also appealed to the residents to not dump garbage on roads and footpaths. Superintending Engineer Sandeep Singh, MC Health Officer Dr Kiran Kumar, Sanitary Inspectors Sanjeev Diwan, Harinderpal Singh, Amrik Singh, Amandeep and other employees of MC were present on the occasion. The MC Commissioner got information about stray animals roaming on city roads which cause road accidents. A large number of stray cows were roaming the road outside Gol Bagh. A team of MC workers visited the area and caught seven cows and took them to the MC’s cow sheds located at Narayangarh and Chheharta. The MC staff claimed that sick cows are being treated and taken care of at the cow sheds.
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