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P4 » » » SUNSET SUNDAY 7.08 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 5.46 AM SUNDAY | 28 APRIL 2024 | AMRITSAR Gold ornaments, cash stolen Teenage girl raped, from jewellery shop; 1 booked murdered;6booked Tribune News Service Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, April 27 Gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees and cash was robbed from a jeweller’s shop, Raju Jewellers, in Tarn Taran on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The crime is alleged to be the handiwork of jeweller’s servant. Ranjit Singh, owner of the shop, in his complaint to the police stated that before leaving for his home on Friday evening, he told his servant to lock all the locks of the shop and took the keys of the shop from his servant. He said he was surprised when he came to the shop and saw the shutter unlocked. When he entered the shop, he saw all gold ornaments were robbed. He told the police that his servant, Sukhdeep Singh Bablu, a resident of Guru Ka Khooh locality in Tarn Taran, was not available on his mobile phone. He examined the footage of CCTV cameras of nearby The shop which was burgled in Amritsar. shops and it was cleared from the footage that his servant Sukhdeep Singh Bablu and his two associates came to the shop at midnight and stole gold ornaments. Ranjit Singh told the police that his servant misled him by not locking the locks. The city police said besides Sukhdeep Singh Bablu, two other thieves have been identified as Abishek and Karan of the same locality. DSP Tarsem Masih said the accused have been booked under Sections 380, 457 and 34, IPC, who were absconding. Amritsar, April 27 A teenage girl (16) was allegedly raped and murdered by giving him poisonous substance in Niayampur village falling under the Kamboh police station here. The incident occurred on April 11 while a complaint was lodged with the police on Friday. Earlier, the family members had told the police that the victim had accidentally consumed poisonous substance as she was ill. They had sought no police action in the case at that time. However, yesterday, the victim’s mother recorded her statement that the victim was lured by a local youth for marriage and he had repeatedly raped her and later killed her by giving poison. Following her statement, the Kamboh police booked six persons, including Sukhbir Singh and his mother Kanwaljit Kaur, both residents of Thathiara Wala bazaar in Jandiala, and Ajay and Jatta, both of Jandiala. The police said a case under Sections 302, 376, 363, 366 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 7 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered against them. The victim’s mother told the police that earlier she had given her statement that she had mistakenly consumed poison on April 11 and succumbed at a hospital a day later. She was cremated on April 13. She said yesterday she came to know that Sukhbir had kidnapped her after luring her for marriage. She alleged the accused had raped her several times. She alleged Sukhbir’s mother and his relatives Ajay and Jatta hatched a conspiracy and gave her poisonous substance due to which she died. Amarjit Masih, Station House Officer, and investigating officer in the case, said investigations were in progress and raids were on to nab the suspects. 2.56 lakh MT wheat reaches dist markets Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 27 Wheat arrival in the district during the ongoing harvesting season has reached 2.56 lakh metric tonnes (MT) with the arrival of 32,576 MT crop here on Saturday. Mandi officials stated that on Saturday, Chogawan block reported a maximum arrival of 10,395 MT while Majitha block reported a minimum of 955 MT. The officials reported a procurement of 29,865 MT today out of which 24,443 MT was procured by government agencies while remaining was purchased by private traders. The government agencies have procured a total of 2,19,564 MT wheat in the season while the share of private traders is 24,912 MT. Of the total wheat arrival so far, nearly 95 per cent has already been procured. Pungrain, a state govern- Workers at a grain market in Amritsar on Saturday. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR ment agency, has procured a maximum of 61,716 Mt followed by Markfed 61,603 MT, Punsup 47,125 MT and Punjab State Warehousing Corporation 37,882 MT. Central government agency Food Corporation of India (FCI) has made the minimum procurement of 11,238 MT. Agriculture Department officials stated that mild showers on Saturday morn- City first again in state for SVEEP activities Nagar kirtan taken out ahead of Guru Teg Bahadur’s birth anniv Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 27 Amritsar district has bagged the first position in the entire state for the second time in a row for SVEEP activities being conducted to ensure voter participation in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In the list released by the Chief Election Office (CEO), Punjab, on Saturday, Ludhiana district has been ranked second and Patiala third place. Even a special mention has been made of the special activity conducted by Hoshiarpur district at the bus stand and the railway station and by Malerkotla district on the occasion of Eid. District Election Officercum-Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, Ghanshyam Thori said, “I received a list from the CEO, Punjab, today and it is a matter of pride for Amritsar district that ranked first for the second time in a row. The CEO, Punjab, made it mandatory for every district to submit a fortnight report of various SVEEP activities to the head office. After evaluating Slain Hindu leader Sudhir Suri’s brother booked Officials stand by a rangoli, which is part of SVEEP activities. the reports received from all the districts and the social media index, these districts are being ranked. Earlier, Amritsar district got the first place for the SVEEP activities conducted from March 16 to 31 and now from April 1 to 15.” SVEEP core committee Chairman and Additional Deputy Commissioner (Urban Development) Nikas Kumar said, “The Election Commis- Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 27 Devotees took part in the nagar kirtan taken out to mark Parkash Purb of Guru Teg Bahadur in the holy city on Saturday. The religious procession started from Akal Takht for Gurdwara Guru Ke Mahal, the birthplace of Guru Teg Bahadur. On the way, it passed Akal Takht, Sri Guru Ramdas Ji Niwas, Chowk Pragdas, Chowk Baba Sahib, Chowk Karori, Ramsar road, Baba Deep Singh Colony, Chowk Moni, Haveli Abalwaiyan, Chowk Jai Singh, Bazar Loharan, Chowk Lachmansar, Dhab Basti Ram, Chowk Chatti Khohi, Bazar Bansan, Bazar Papad, Bazar Kathiya and Guru Bazar before culminating at Gurdwara Guru Ke Mahal. During the nagar kirtan, gatka parties showcased their martial arts and band parties enhanced the splendour of the nagar kirtan with melodious tunes. On the occasion, Devotees take out a nagar kirtan at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR SGPC general secretary Rajinder Singh Mehta congratulated the devotees on the birth anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur and said his life and martyrdom would continue to serve as an example for humanity to come. He appealed to the sangat to follow the path shown by Guru Teg Bahadur. Meanwhile, SGPC secretary Partap Singh said a Gurmat ceremony will be held at Gurdwara Guru Ke Mahal on the occasion of the Parkash Gurpurb on April 29. In this regard, Akhand Path Sahib was started today at Gurdwara Guru Ke Mahal. Woman ends life, husband booked Amritsar, April 27 A married woman, identified as Mandeep Kaur, allegedly committed suicide at Gaddaryada village falling under the Mattewal police station here. She was perturbed over alleged physical harassment by her husband, who is allegedly an addict. Following statement of Sukhwinder Singh, victim’s father, the police have booked her husband Jatinder Singh of Kotla Saraf village in Batala on charges of abetment to suicide. Sukhwinder Singh told the police that her daughter Mandeep Kaur was married to Jatinder Singh around 10 years ago. The couple had two children from the marriage. He alleged Jatinder used to thrash the victim under the influence of drugs. He used to harass his daughter and forced her to commit suicide. ASI Kuldeep Singh said a case under Section 306 of IPC was registered in this connection and raids were on to arrest him. — TNS Lawyer duped of ~10 lakh Politics of language, nationalism do not go accuses police of inaction away, they change forms: Author Batabyal Neha Saini Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 27 The Civil Lines police have booked slain Hindu leader Sudhir Suri’s brother for allegedly scuffling with cops and obstructing them from discharging their duties. Besides, Brij Mohan Suri, Manak Suri and Paras Suri were also booked. The incident occurred on Friday at the court complex where the hearing of bail to Sandeep Singh, alias Sunny, killer of Sudhir Suri, was to come up in the court of Additional District Sessions Judge. His relatives and members of several Sikh organisations had come for hearing. However, Brij Mohan Suri and his continued on page 2 sion of India has given detailed instructions to conduct SVEEP activities continuously to motivate the voters to increase voter turnout in elections. Acting on this, a district level voter turnout plan was prepared and activities are being conducted in all assembly constituencies of the district accordingly. Additionally, mega events are conducted at Attari border, Heritage Street and Guru Nanak Dev University.” Recently, a voter awareness march was organized by the district election office in which all the transgenders of Amritsar district participated. “The district administration has established a districtlevel SVEEP cell, where all the activities are being planned and monitored. Also, social media is the most popular way of information exchange and it can play an important role in ongoing voter awareness campaign.” SVEEP activities in the entire district are continuously being shared on different social media platforms of the District Election Office. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp and YouTube have a significant reach in general public, particularly among youth. Sandeep Kumar Sharma, DAV College associate professor and in-charge of the district level social media team, said by using social media in election-related work, any information can be conveyed to the voters in a very short time. ing and cloudy weather slowed the pace of harvesting as it is not conducive for harvesting the grain as it acquires moisture. The wheat harvesting season is expected to be over in 10 days as it has reached its peak in the last few days. The officials stated that the grain markets here had received over 50,000 MT on each day during the last two days. Amritsar, April 27 A lawyer has been duped by a swindler of over ~10 lakh on the pretext of getting his money doubled by investing in real estate business. Though the police have registered a case following the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the police have yet to arrest the accused. The Kotwali police had registered a case against alleged fraudster Raj Sharma, alias Neeraj, around 10 days ago. The victim, Sudhir Sharma, has urged Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, DGP Gaurav Yadav and Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar to provide him justice. Giving details, Sudhir WAS LURED TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE He said the accused lured him by claiming that he had US citizenship and had well-established real estate business in Germany, Dubai and Australia. He said Raj lured him to double his money by investing in the real estate business in foreign countries. Sharma, a resident of Khandwala area in Chheharta, said he met accused Raj Sharma several years ago in the court premises. He said the accused lured him by claiming that he had US citizenship and had well-established real estate business in Germany, Dubai and Australia. He said Raj lured him to double his money by investing in the real estate business in foreign countries, thereby duping him of ~10 lakh. He alleged that the accused did not return the money when he demanded it and even threatened to kill him. The victim alleged that a police official was delaying and influencing the probe. He said he had to approach the high court for getting an FIR registered against the fraudster. He said following the orders of the high court and an Additional Commissioner of Police-rank official conducted the probe and recommended the registration of an FIR in the case. He urged senior police authorities to provide him justice by arresting the accused and taking further necessary action. c m y b Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 27 “The politics of nationalism, language do not go away, they are eternal beings and just change forms,” author Somnath Batabyal said. He was speaking at a session, hosted by Majha House, on his latest book, Red River. During an engaging conversation with fellow author Mitra Phukan and Sanjoy Hazarika, Batabyal spoke about spending a major part of his childhood in Guwahati in the early 1980s, when Assam was undergoing a movement aimed at asserting cultural identity and also faced communal polarisation. The London-based anthropologist has chosen to document the life at a small village in Assam, but with the broader themes of love, friendship, displacement and the con- Author Batabyal cept of a nation state. He said throughout the book, he tried to explore the theme of how we imagine a nation-state and how is it defined. While the fictional story takes readers through the turmoil of Bangladesh’s Liberation war and displacement of Bengali Hindu families and later, Assam’s student movement and the period of violence in 1980s, it is also a personal journey of three friends and its many characters. “A lot of research went into writing this book, it took me years to work on the plot. It originally was a 2,60,000-word draft that was edited to confine it into 1,00,000 words,” he said. “Coming from a refugee family from Dhaka, my parents and I learnt languages in our attempt to belong,” said Somnath. Somnath said while the canvas of the book is huge, starting with a small village in Assam and later travelling to Bhutan, Bangladesh and London, Guwahati remains central to the story. He explained, “The book tries to present the Bangla point of view of the 1980s Assam and my idea was to understand the concept of a nation state, not necessarily limited to India, through the characters.” “I believe it’s a powerful concept, how we belong or don’t belong, the outsider versus majority debate, and the politics of language and so on. While the central plot follows three boys and their experiences, the larger story is about how we imagine a nation, where sports and war are the two areas where nationalism is witnessed and is defined,” he added. Both Phukan and Hazarika commented that Somnath’s book, with all its sub plots and themes, resonates with the current socio-political climate in India. However, Somnath said he did not intend to write a political novel but it just happened. “You can only reflect back on your childhood and I did on mine where I romanticised the idea of Guwahati. Despite the fact that during the time, it was ingrained that Bangla-speaking people in Assam were second-class citizens,” he said.
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