23042024-CT-01.qxd 4/23/2024 12:22 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune HEALTH SERVICES HIT AS DOCS PROTEST ASSAULT ON SMO THREE HELD FOR CARJACKING, SNATCHINGS IN MOHALI SCHOOLTEACHER ROBBED AT KNIFEPOINT, LEFT INJURED Work affected at dispensaries, health centres and government hospitals in Mohali district. P2 Residents of Fatehgarh Sahib were involved in two carjacking incidents and other crimes in Mohali. P2 Two motorcycle-borne persons rob schoolteacher of her gold chain and left her injured. P2 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 140 PANCHKULA 98 MOHALI 146 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF TWO HELD FOR DRINKINGATSUKHNA Chandigarh: The police have arrested two residents of Panchkula for consuming liquor and causing nuisance at Sukhna Lake. The police said Virender Singh (30) and Inderjeet Singh (30), both residents of Mansa Devi Complex, Sector 4, caused nuisance near stairs No. 4 at the lake. The police registered a case at the Sector 3 police station. Both were arrested and later released on bail. TNS WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI Chandigarh: 29, 56 and Dhanas MOHALI APNI MANDI: Sector 71 PANCHKULA APNI MANDI: Sector 15 PCS officer repatriated Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 22 Within six months, UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit has ordered the repatriation of Jagdeep Saigal, a 2016 batch PCS officer, to his parent cadre of Punjab. Saigal joined the UT Administration in November last year. The officer had written to the Election Commissioner citing personal reasons and requested the EC to be relieved, following which he has been repatriated. Saigal was holding the posts of Administrator, Market Committee; and Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner (AETC). Following the repatriation, Naveen Rattu, an HCS officer, has been given the charge of Administrator, Market Committee, and Harsuhinderpal Singh Brar, PCS officer, the charge of AETC. Writes to Forest Department to train workers in catching simians in city Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 22 With monkeys continuing to trouble residents of northern sectors, the Municipal Corporation has written to the UT Forest Department to train its staff in catching simians and releasing these into forest areas. The civic body had earlier hired two mimickers, who make calls of langurs to scare away monkeys. More such mimickers will be hired in the coming days after seeing the efficacy of this step. The mimickers were hired after the responsibility of catching monkeys in the city had been transferred to the MC, as the animal has been removed from the list of protected species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (as amended in 2022). Earlier, the Forest Department had the responsibility of catching monkeys. However, there has been no respite from the monkey menace. Residents of northern sectors and those living near the forest area are at the receiving end of the problem. Monkeys take away household goods, break pots, damage plants and even attack residents. “The menace is quite prominent in Sector 8. The residents living close to the DAV school are a harried lot. A monkey near the main gate of DAV School at Sector 8 in Chandigarh. TRIBUNE PHOTO: VICKY WORST-AFFECTED AREAS HELPLINE NOT MUCH OF A HELP In areas of Panjab University, PGI complex, Local residents said the helpline was of not much a help. Sectors 1-11, 13, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30 and “Though the forest wing staff come to the spot in response to others, monkeys continue to trouble residents. complaints, they fail to catch the monkeys. A permanent solution needs to be worked out,” said a resident. 2022 CENSUS PEGS NO. AT 1,326 The Forest Department had conducted the first census of monkeys in December 2022. It pegged the number of monkeys at 1,326 — 594 in Panjab University, followed by 200 in Sector 1, 88 in Sector 28 and 75 in Sector 27. Packs of simians keep hanging around on trees here. They even attack kids and charge at people who try to scare them away,” said a senior citizen of Sector 8. Local residents said the SEC 8 RESIDENTS HARRIED LOT The menace is quite prominent in Sector 8. The residents living close to the DAV school are a harried lot. Packs of simians keep hanging around on trees here. They even attack kids and charge at people who try to scare them away, said a senior citizen of Sector 8 helpline was of not much a help. “Though the forest wing staff come to the spot in response to complaints, they fail to catch the monkeys. A permanent solution needs to be worked out,” said a resident. Councillor Maheshinder Singh Sidhu, whose ward comprises Sectors 1-10, where the menace is quite prominent, said, “The increasing green cover in the city, indeed, attracts simians, especially in the northern sectors. Although the Forest Department is quick in responding to complaints, the only solution they have is to scare monkeys away, which is like transferring the problem from one part of a sector to another. The MC is also experimenting by hiring langur mimickers, the success of which is yet to be analysed.” Another councillor, Harpreet Kaur Babla, residents of whose ward comprising Sectors 27, 28 and 29 are also majorly affected due to the monkey menace, said, “It is a big menace. Sometimes, monkeys enter premises and people have to lock themselves inside. In parks, senior citizens are also getting injured. Since, the job has now been transferred to the MC, a proper strategy to fight the menace needs to be chalked out. With stray dogs and monkeys around, can we call it Smart City or City Beautiful?” In areas of Panjab University, PGI complex, Sectors 111, 13, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30 and others, monkeys continue to trouble residents. The Forest Department had conducted the first census of monkeys in December 2022. It pegged the number of monkeys at 1,326 — 594 in Panjab University, followed by 200 in Sector 1, 88 in Sector 28 and 75 in Sector 27. MAX 36°C | MIN 20°C YESTERDAY MAX 35.8°C | MIN 19.7°C SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5.46 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD Monkey menace haunts northern sectors, MC to get staff trained MAINLY CLEAR SKY SUNSET TUESDAY 6.55 PM » TUESDAY | 23 APRIL 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE 3-time councillor Hardeep SAD’s pick INDIA VOTES 2024 Says Tandon to blame for city’s downfall, Tewari won’t raise local issues Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 22 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has named three-time city councillor and city unit president Hardeep Singh Saini its candidate for the city Lok Sabha seat, making the election a three-cornered fight. Hardeep (41), who comes from Butrela village, is councillor from Ward Number 30 (Sector 41, Badheri and Butrela). He has been Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor. The lone SAD councillor, who runs a tenting business, will start his poll campaign tomorrow after paying obeisance at Golden Temple in Amritsar. He is pitted against BJP’s Sanjay Tandon and Congress’ Manish Tewari. He said, “MP Kirron Kher is responsible for the downfall of Chandigarh. During her 10-year tenure, Tandon had been city BJP president for eight years, so he cannot shirk away from the blame saying that he was not the parliamentarian at that time.” On Tewari, he said, “Wherever he went as MP whether , in Anandpur Sahib or Ludhiana, he abandoned the people of his constituency. He is here for national politics and will not take up local issues. Peo- HARDEEP SINGH ple should vote for a person who can understand and take up their issues. Who can understand the issues better than a councillor?” While talking to Chandigarh Tribune, he said he would campaign in the entire city. He said issues of villages, including land pooling and fresh water connections outside lal doras, will be taken up besides the promotion of Punjabi language. Housing board, floor-wise registration and unemployment are among other issues he will prominently take up. The SAD had been in alliance with the BJP in the Lok Sabha poll here all these years. The two parties had separately contested the December 2021 MC elections for the first time after parting ways over farmers’ protests. 4 running fake placement agency 2 of arms cartel held with 6 pistols, ammo 5 of Bishnoi arrested, duped resident of ~21K gang nabbed Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 22 Four fraudsters, including a mechanical engineer, operating a sham placement agency to cheat people seeking job, have been arrested by the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the UT police. Among their victims is a city resident who was coned out of Rs 21,500. A woman had uploaded her resume on a job portal. She received an email from a placement agency for an interview at its office in Sector 17. The victim visited the given address where she met the suspects, who interviewed her. They handed her a letter of intent. The victim was told that she had been selected for a job at a private hospital in Mohali. The fraudsters made her MODUS OPERANDI Accused used to gather information about people seeking employment from various job portals and schedule fake interviews in a particular city. Posing as staff of a legitimate placement agency, they used to hire workspace for a few days and flee after duping people. pay Rs 21,500 for a laptop which was to be provided to her later on. She was also given a receipt in the name of Paramount HR Services. A few days later, the suspects demanded more money, following which the victim visited their office and found the company had shut operations there. She came to know that the suspects had hired the workspace for two days. She informed the police about the fraud and an investigation was started. “The investigation revealed that the suspects had cheated people in many cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Ranchi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Indore,” the police said. The police raided a hotel in Jaipur and nabbed Mohammad Danish Quamar, alias Mohit Rajput (28), a mechanical engineer, who is a native of Bihar; Sunil Singh, alias Rakesh (48); and Sumit (24), both Delhi residents. Danish told the police that in 2022, he, along with his friend Abinash Kumar, alias Gaurav Khote, started Paramount HR Services to cheat people. Consequently, Abinash a resident of Noida, was also arrested. Mohali SSP Sandeep Garg addresses mediapersons on Monday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: VICKY Tribune News Service Mohali, April 22 Police have arrested Amritsar residents Malkeet Singh (28), alias Nawab, who operates an interstate arms cartel, and Gamdoor Singh (33), alias Vicky, and recovered six pistols, 10 rounds and 12 magazines from them. DSP (Special Cell and Criminal Intelligence) Gursher Singh Sandhu and Special Cell Inspector Shiv Kumar said the suspects were intercepted near Lalru while they were returning from MP with a consignment of weapons. The SUV they were travelling in has also been impounded. Mohali SSP Sandeep Garg said, “Accused Malkeet Singh of Amritsar is an associate and member of the Gopi Ghanshampuria and Harry Chatha gangs. Around 30 criminal cases have been registered against Malkeet and nearly 100 illegal weapons recovered from the cartel to date.” A case under the Arms Act was registered at Lalru. Mohali, April 22 Police have arrested five members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang with six countrymade weapons, magazines and counterfeit seals. The suspects, identified as Ambala residents Harshpreet Singh, Rajvir Singh, alias Bhim; Dear Bassi resident Kartik, alias Ashu; Barwala resident Ramandeep Singh and Rajasthan native Jaideep, have been booked under the Arms Act. The police have recovered five countrymade pistols, one rifle, two rounds, three magazines and a stolen bike from them. The questioning of Harshpreet Singh and Rajvir Singh led to the arrest of Kartik near bus stand with a weapon. The gang was planning to commit a major crime in Dera Bassi area. — TNS Woman dies after falling off Support only when wife is unable to sustain herself: HC 11th floor of Panchkula society SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE Saurabh Malik Panchkula, April 22 A 60-year-old woman died after falling off the 11 floor of a building at Suncity in Sector 20 here yesterday. Identified as Sheela Jain, the woman was rushed to the government hospital in Sector 6 where the doctors declared her dead on arrival. Police officials said the victim lived with her son, daughter-in-in law and their children. The incident took place around 7.30 am. Bachchu Singh, Sector 20 SHO, said the woman was reportedly suffering from Tribune News Service Victim was suffering from ‘depression’ The society in Panchkula where the incident happened. RAVI KUMAR depression. “She was also taking medicines. Passers-by had taken her to the nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead,” he said. He said her family members did not suspect any foul play. The police have registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC. — TNS Chandigarh, April 22 Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that a husband’s obligation to pay maintenance arises only when his wife is unable to support herself. Citing established legal precepts of law, the High Court has also emphasised that spousal maintenance is limited only to support. The ruling is significant as it clarifies the legal framework governing maintenance payments in marital disputes. The assertions by Justice c m y b Nidhi Gupta of the High Court came on a petition filed by a woman seeking the modification of an order passed by a family court’s Principal Judge on March 15 directing the respondent-husband to monthly pay Rs 5, 000 as final maintenance allowance, along with litigation expenses of Rs 5,000. Appearing before Justice Gupta’s Bench, the petitioner-wife’s counsel, among other things, submitted that the maintenance granted to her vide the impugned order was on the lower side. The parties were living separately since April 2012 and the petitioner had no means to maintain herself. The amount was grossly insufficient “in today’s times of increased expenses”, the counsel had added, while seeking maintenance enhancement. After going through the arguments and the documents placed before the Bench, Justice Gupta asserted a perusal of the record showed that the petitionerwife was 40-year-old, while the 60-year-old respondent- husband was a senior citizen. Justice Gupta observed: “On a direct court query as to how the petitioner maintained herself from the date of separation in April 2012 till date of passing of impugned order, the counsel for the petitioner submits that she had maintained herself with great difficulty.” Justice Gupta asserted the perusal of Section 125 of the CrPC on maintenance of wife, children and parents showed that the husband was bound to pay maintenance only to a wife unable to support herself. Additionally, only supportive maintenance was required to be paid by the husband. But it was clear that the petitioner in case before the Bench was having means to support herself. She admitted residing in a building, a part of which was rented out by her to a salon. “Supportive maintenance by way of Rs 5, 000 per month has already been granted to her vide the impugned order. In view of the above, I find no merit in the present petition and the same is accordingly, dismissed,” Justice Gupta concluded.
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