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P3 » » SUNSET MONDAY 7:28 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 5:25 AM » MONDAY | 1 JULY 2024 | AMRITSAR ~3 crore dacoity: Police nab three from Maharashtra PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 30 Days after the sensational case of looting of cash and jewellery worth Rs 3 crore after taking an elderly fruit trader and his wife hostage, the city police have arrested three persons from Maharashtra, where they had been hiding after committing the crime. Though the police officials are tightlipped over the development, sources said the raiding police parties along with the suspects would be arriving in Amritsar late on Sunday. Among those arrested includes the kingpin of the gang. Around four masked per- ❝ KINGPIN ARRESTED Though the police officials are tightlipped over the development, the raiding police parties along with the suspects will be arriving in Amritsar late on Sunday. Among those arrested includes the kingpin of the gang. ❞ — POLICE SOURCES sons had entered the house of Jiya Lal located in the Tokriyan Wali Gali located on the posh Court Road area in the wee hours of Wednesday. As per information, the police had also seized over Rs 35 lakh from their possession, besides gold jewellery. The incident had led to widespread criticism of the authorities concerned over the current law and order situation in the holy city. AAP MLA and former IG Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh had condemned the incident and said it seemed there was no fear of law among criminal elements, who were striking at will. The police sources said a woman was also involved in the incident, whose lover had masterminded the robbery. She was reportedly known to an employee of the family. The police found the involvement of a criminal identified as Gurpreet Singh Gopi of Majitha in the looting. Investigations led the police to Maharashtra from where they were arrested. Jiya Lal told the police that the armed robbers entered the house by jumping over the wall. As they opened the doors in the morning for their daily morning walk, the accused barged into the house and took them hostage and threatened to shoot in case they raised an alarm. As Lal tried to oppose them, they assaulted him. They took away cash and jewellery worth Rs 3 crore, he said. After the incident the accused fled in a car and took their scooter also. Unflinching devotion 1.1 kg heroin seized after peddler’s interrogation, two more in police net ~8.75L confiscated; hawala operator among those held Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 30 Following the disclosure of a drug trafficker, Amandeep Singh, a resident of Rania border village, during interrogation, the Amritsar city police have managed to seize 1.1 kg heroin and Rs 8.75 lakh drug money from two persons, including a hawala operator. Those arrested are Manpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh, alias Sunny, both residents of Gali Phattwali inside Sultanwind Gate here. The police have also seized the car which was being used for drug peddling. Abhimanyu Rana, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, said Amandeep was arrested by the Ranjit Avenue police with 1kg heroin three days ago. His interrogation spilled the beans over the involvement of his two accomplices Manpreet and Mandeep. Following the disclosure, they were arrested. ‘Their disclosure led to the seizure of another 1.1kg contraband, thereby taking the total seizure to 2.1 kg. Two cars had also been impound- The seized heroin and drug money. ed,” he said while adding that further investigations were still under progress. Manpreet was the hawala trader who used to pick up the cash from the drug smugglers and later deliver the same to the designated persons. “More arrests are likely to be made soon in the case,” the ADCP said. According to a police investigation, Amandeep was also an accused in a murder case. In 2012, he was arrested and sent to jail. He came out of jail on parole after five years and absconded. Since then, he had been evading arrest. As Amandeep’s residence TRIBUNE PHOTO was located near the international border fence, a drone used to drop the contraband in his house. “Due to close proximity to the international border, he used to contact his Pakistani accomplices and send them the location on WhatsApp. They later used to drop the contraband with the help of a drone,” the police sources said. They further said Amandeep had accumulated huge properties with the help of the money earned from the illegal drug trade. Financial investigations had also been initiated in order to identify the properties from the ill-gotten money and these might be frozen later. Amritsar woman, parents booked for cheating husband, in-laws Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, June 30 A woman along with her parents have been booked in a cheating case by the Goindwal Sahib police on Saturday. The accused are Pawanpreet Kaur, her father Sandeep Singh and mother Jaspal Kaur, all residents of Bhindar Farm Guruwali (Amritsar). The police said Pawanpreet, who had cleared IELTS, got married to Satnam Singh on November 10, 2022. She got the visa and was sent to Canada by her in-laws, who spent Rs 28 lakh for the same. Soon after, Satnam reached Canada, but she asked him to arrange 28,000 dollars in case he wanted to live with her. Later, with help of the Canadian police she threw him out of her residence. Gurmit Singh, father of Satnam, lodged a complaint with the police and said Pawanpreet and her parents had defrauded them of Rs 28 lakh and now she was not accepting Satnam as her husband. The accused have been booked under Sections 420 and 506 of the IPC. SGPC asks Akal Takht to convene meeting over incidents of discrimination against Sikhs A devotee sits on the parikarma amid heavy rain at the Golden Temple complex on Sunday. VISHAL KUMAR Getting contaminated water supply for 2 weeks, say Indira Colony residents Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 30 Residents of Indira Colony and adjoining areas on the Majitha road have claimed that many among them are suffering from water-borne diseases like diarrhea as they have been receiving contaminated water supply for the past two weeks. Arvinder Warraich, a resident of the area, said, “Several residents of Indira Colony’s ward number 11 have fallen ill due to noncleaning of sewerage and water pipes in the area. The officers and employees of the MC are playing with the people’s lives. Employees of the Health Department distributed chlorine tablets and ORS pouches among residents. Insecticides were also sprayed inside and outside area houses. But these steps were not enough.” Karnail Singh and Chamkaur Singh, both residents of the same area, said despite the spread of the disease, no action had been taken by the municipal corpora- YOGA IN GOLDEN TEMPLE COMPLEX Social influencer fails to join investigation Amritsar, June 30 A Vadodara-based social media influencer, Archana Makwana, who had sparked a row over practicing yoga in the Golden Temple complex on June 21, did not join the investigation today as ordered by the police. She was supposed to appear before the Amritsar police, which is investigating the case. On the basis of the SGPC’s complaint, the police had booked her for outraging the religious sentiments and served her a notice. Kotwali SHO Harsandeep Singh said as per the norm, three notices are sent to the person named in the FIR to join the investigation in a case. “She has been sent the first notice to appear today, but she did not Archana Makwana. FILE comply. Neither she, nor her legal representative has approached us. We will send her two more notices. If she does not acknowledge the three notices, then the arrest proceedings can be initiated,” he said. — TNS tion. The residents of the area were irked with the MC’s indifferent approach. They said they had called up the authorities concerned, which replied that their officials would visit the area soon. Another resident Shelly said the sewage pipes in the areas had not been cleaned for a long time. He added that the major pipes of the internal and external main roads of the areas should be cleaned a couple of months before the arrival of the monsoon. This time it has led to mix- ture of sewerage water with potable water, which led to the alleged contamination of drinking water. Owing to this, people are suffering from fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. The residents warned that if the municipal corporation did not resolve the problems of the localities, then they would be compelled to hold a protest. On being asked about the problem, MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh said he was not aware of it and added that he would soon dispatch teams to review the problem. Candidates told to remove kirpan, karha at Rajasthan exam centres Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 30 The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken note of another incident in which a Gursikh candidate, Lakhwinder Kaur from Ambala Cantonment, was forced to remove her kirpan and ‘karha’ at a centre of judicial examination in Jodhpur. Earlier, another Gursikh woman Armanjot Kaur from Jalandhar had to pass through identical circumstances also in Rajasthan. Following repeated incidents of discrimination against Sikhs, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami has appealed to Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir ❝ AUTHORITIES’ ADAMANT BEHAVIOUR In the judicial examination of direct recruitment of civil judge held last week in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, the Amritdhari Sikh candidates were harassed at several centres due to adamant behaviour of the on-duty authorities. However, the instructions issued for the examination did not include any such restriction of removing Sikh ‘kakaars’. ❞ — Harjinder Singh Dhami, SGPC PRESIDENT Singh to convene a special meeting of all Sikh organisations for a serious discussion on such anti-Sikh incidents that come to light from time to time, so that a strong message could be sent to the governments. Dhami said in the judicial examination of direct recruitment of civil judge held last week in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, the Amritdhari Sikh candidates were harassed at several centres due to adamant behaviour of the on-duty authorities. However, the instructions issued for the examination did not include any such restriction of removing Sikh ‘kakaars’. The Rajasthan government has the responsibility to take strict action against the guilty officials as this arbitrary restriction is a move to challenge the Constitution, but it is sad that even after continuous objections lodged by the SGPC and the Sikh community, the government had failed to respond,” he said. “The SGPC is with Lakhwinder Kaur and other Amritdhari candidates and will continue to seek action against the guilty officials by protesting at all levels,” he said. The SGPC had earlier approached the Chief Justice and Registrar (Examination) of Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur, Union Law and Justice Minister, Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Chairman of National and State Minorities Commission in this regard. Early morning showers give residents respite from heat Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 30 Residents woke up to a lovely Sunday morning as it had been raining since 3 am, which resulted in substantial fall in the temperature. The showers not only cheered the residents but also the agrarian community. “It’s been the first heavy rain of the season. Everyone was waiting for it for long as the summer heat had become unbearable,” expressed Sumit Mahajan, a morning walker at the Company Bagh. Even though the showers had also brought with it the usual problems of waterlogged roads, but nobody cared to complain. Most of the roads were flooded and it took hours for the rain water to drain out. For the paddy cultivators, Commuters face tough time while making way through the waterlogged Heritage Street after heavy rain near the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Sunday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR the showers have also brought a day of rest as they did not had to worry about watering the fields. “Most of the tubewells remained switched off c m y b due to heavy showers. It has eased the demand for electricity, which would be now available for other works,” said Sahib Singh, a resident of Malawali village. Some farmers stated that the showers had also provided an impetus to paddy transplantation. “Most of the fields are almost flooded and now the farmers would have to use less water to prepare these for puddling,” said another farmer Mandeep Singh, With more showers expected in the coming days, the residents are hopeful that they would continue to have comfortable days ahead. “The temperature at noon used to be over 43°C every day, but it remained around 35°C today. It was a big respite from the heat,” said Kewal Ram, a fruit seller. Tarn Taran: Heavy rain on Sunday morning in some parts here gave relief to the residents from the scorching heat and farmers from watering fields. However, there was no rain in some parts of the district, especially Valtoha block. Once again the MC claims regarding arrangements in place for easy discharge of the rain water proved hollow as knee-deep water was seen in almost all parts of the town. The main road, link road leading to the office of the Tarn Taran MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal and the complex of the city police station in Tarn Taran were also water-logged. Even the devotees had to pass through knee-deep water on way to Darbar Sahib here. The power supply remained suspended for hours even after the rain had stopped. Sukhwinder Singh, a farmer of Dugalwala village, said the rain proved beneficial for the farmers in planting paddy, but it caused harm to the fodder crops and the paddy sown recently in the low-lying areas. The vegetable crops too were affected in Fatahbad, Jahangir, Khadoor Sahib and other villages.
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