06082024-JTR-01.qxd 8/5/2024 10:28 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune ECO-CRUSADER WEAVES RAKHIS TO SPREAD AWARENESS FARMERS' UNION HOLDS BIKE RALLY IN SANGRUR CAST OF SHAHKOT LAUNCH TEASER OF THEIR FILM Mauli threads, seeds, bamboos used to make festival ecologically sustainable, holds classes on social media. P2 Urges Central Government to open Attari, Hussainiwala borders for trade with Pakistan. P3 The Jatinder Shah musical narrates the story of Punjab — on both sides of the border. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 28°C YESTERDAY MAX 36°C | MIN 28°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7.19 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5:48 AM » TUESDAY | 6 AUGUST 2024 | JALANDHAR Rival groups exchange fire at Pathankot Chowk, one injured INBRIEF THREE BOOKED FOR DUPING VILLAGER Phagwara: Following a complaint lodged by Surjit Singh, a resident of village Narangshahpur, the police have registered a case against three persons on the charges of duping him of Rs 4 lakh and allegedly implicating him in false cases. The accused were identified as Dinesh Kumar, Amritpal Singh and Navneet Kaur, residents of Hadiabad (Phagwara). The victim told the police that the accused took Rs 4 lakh after mortgaging two cars in two phases but both cars were proved to have been stolen. The police are investigating the matter. OC MAN HELD FOR SNATCHING Tribune News Service Three persons in custody of the Jalandhar police. 3 gangsters held for attack on ex-serviceman, family Two brothers living in England behind attack, booked Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 5 The Jalandhar Rural police have arrested three persons allegedly involved in a brutal attack on family members at Pipli village, here. The attack took place on Saturday evening. A group of assailants forcibly entered the residence of Balwinder Singh, an ex-serviceman of the Kashmir Corps, at the village. The attackers, reportedly equipped with firearms and sharp-edged weapons, assaulted him and his family members. They also vandalised the property and adjacent houses belonging to the victim’s brothers. Phagwara: The police have arrested a person for snatching and recovered two mobile phones and a bike from his possession last night. The accused was identified as Jaskaran Singh of village Pandhwa near Phagwara.The accused has admitted before the police that he had snatched the mobiles from a woman Resham Kaur on August 3. A case under the BNS has been registered against the accused, who has already been facing four criminal cases registered in Phagwara. OC REVOLVER, AMMO SEIZED FROM MAN Phagwara: The police arrested a villager and recovered a .32 bore revolver and two live cartridges from him last night. The accused was identified as Prabhjot Singh, a resident of village Rampur-Khalian, Phagwara. A case under the Arms Act has been registered against the accused. OC MOTHER-SON DUO BOOKED FOR ATTACK Phagwara: The police have booked a mother-son duo on the charge of assaulting a resident. The accused have been identified as Sarabjit Kaur of Mohalla Ravidass Pura, Nakodar, and her son Tarun Chahal. Yashpal, a resident of the same locality, complained to the police that he was returning home on August 3 when the accused waylaid and attacked him. A case has been registered. OC DRUG PEDDLER ARRESTED Phagwara: The police have arrested a ‘drug peddler’ on the charge of selling intoxicant tablets. As many as 150 tablets were seized from Jatinder Singh, alias Sunni, a resident of Sohal Khurd. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against him. OC A TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPH. The accused have been identified as Sukh Jeevan Singh, alias Gaggu, Amandeep Singh, alias Amna, both from of Bilga village of Jalandhar and Pupinder Singh, alias Pindu, of Guryan village in Jalandhar. SSP Jalandhar Rural, Harka, mal Preet Singh Khakh, said following a complaint lodged by Kashmir Kaur, wife of victim Balwinder Singh, SHO of Lohian Khas Bakhsish Singh, under the supervision of DSP Anil Bhanot, had registered an FIR and started a probe. A case was registered. Three police teams were formed for the investigation. Acting swiftly, the police arrested three suspects within hours. Preliminary investigations suggest that the attack was orchestrated by two NRI brothers, Dara Singh and Darbara Singh, both residents of Talwandi Butia, who currently reside in England. The brothers allegedly hired local gangster Amandeep Singh Amna to carry out the attack with the motive of forcibly occupying approximately 10.5 acres of land. “Our investigation has revealed that an advance payment of Rs 2 lakh was made to the assailants, with a total promised sum of Rs 3 lakh,” the SSP added. In the course of the investigation, the police have recovered a car (PB-12AG 9956) and a motorcycle (PB-08-AE 8753) allegedly used in the crime. Jalandhar, August 5 Two warring groups came face to face at Pathankot Chowk in Jalandhar on Monday and fired at each other. Commuters and passersby in the area fled the spot in panic after firing started at the chowk. Each member of the two groups reportedly has a criminal background. The incident took place between 2 and 2.15 pm. The police said two residents of Rehru village, Manga and Jagtej, both rivals, clashed at the chowk. While Manga and Jagtej had an old feud, their six to seven supporters each also reached the site. After heated exchange, several shots were fired. A Thar vehicle was also reportedly vandalised. Gagan, an associate of Manga, was injured in the clash. While preliminary reports said he was shot at, the police said it could only be confirmed after his medical report was received. Meanwhile, several unconfirmed reports said two people had been injured in the firing. SHO, Division number 8, Gurmukh Singh said, “Shots Policemen record the statement of an injured at a hospital in Jalandhar. A TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPH. INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 2.15 PM two groups face ❝Shots were fired afteraroung 2.15cameThe to face at Pathankot Chowk pm. incident happened due to an old rivalry between the two groups led by Manga and Jagtej. Manga's associate Gagan was injured and an FIR has been registered on the basis of his statement. Gagan has been admitted to a hospital. Gurmukh Singh, SHO ❞ were fired after two groups came face to face at the Pathankot Chowk. The incident happened due to an old feud between the two groups led by Manga and Jagtej. Manga’s associate Gagan was injured in the incident, an FIR has been lodged on the basis of his statement. Gagan has been admitted to a private hospital.” Damanbir Singh, ACP North Jalandhar, told the media that firing occurred between 2 pm and 2:15 pm near Pathankot Chowk, under the Division number 8 police station in Jalandhar. The suspects had been identified on the basis of preliminary findings. A case had been registered in this regard and the accused would be arrested soon, said the ACP North. In RS, Seechewal seeks relief for fruit growers 5 transformers installed Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 5 Rajya Sabha member Balbir Singh Seechewal has raised the issue of horticulture farmers in the House. He said he was surprised that the government provided compensation for the loss of crops, but did not think about the loss of fruit in orchards. He said just as compensation was given by the government for the loss of other crops due to natural disasters, horticulture farmers should also be given compensation. Seechewal said horticulture was also seen as an alternative form of agriculture. The orchards conserved groundwater and helped keep the environment clean. He said large-scale kinnow orchards had been planted in Fazilka, Abohar, Hoshiarpur and other places. But after being affected by natural disasters, many horticulture farmers had abandoned it and been forced to uproot their green orchards. He said horticulture in the Malwa region depended on canal water as the groundwater was saline, which was also damaging the orchards. During the last two years 2021-22 and 202223, due to the loss caused by climate change, about 40,000 acres of orchards were uprooted by farmers in Bathinda, Mukt- sar and Fazilka. He said climate change was having the worst impact on horticulture. He demanded that the government should take care of the interests of horticulture farmers. Seechewal strongly demanded that they should be given compensation on the pattern of agri crop loss due to natural disasters. He said more subsidies should be given to promote horticulture so that farmers could turn to horticulture. The loans of horticulture farmers and laborers should be waived. in fields found stolen Garhshankar, August 5 Five transformers installed in the fields of Chahalpur and Maula Wahidpur villages of Garhshankar were stolen last night. Thieves opened the transformers and took away expensive oil and metals. The villagers came to know about this theft when they went to their fields and saw that the tubewells were off and the transformers were missing from the electric poles. People said it was surprising that high voltage current flowed through the cables of the poles and yet they managed to steal the transformers. Onkar Singh, BJP leader of Chahalpur and Maula Wahidpur, Gurbaksh Singh, Charanjit Singh, Gurmel Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Iqbal Singh, Sandeep Barpagga and Jaswinder Singh said when they came to their fields, they saw that their tubewells were off and five transformers and Engineer by profession, mountaineer by passion Jalandhar’s Janjua scales two Ladakh peaks of over 6,000 metre, Kang Yatse-1 and 2, in 10 days Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 5 Jalandhar-based Gursimrann Singh Janjua (33) has achieved a feat by scaling two 6,000-metre peaks Kang Yatse-1 and Kang Yatse-2 in the Markha valley of the Zanskar region in Ladakh. Part of a six-member team, Janjua along with his team began the expedition on July 10. All six reached the Kang Yatse-2 summit on July 14, while only two members of the team scaled Kang Yatse-1. “We had some team members falling sick due to bad weather, high winds and altitude sickness at base camp and summit camp, leaving only two members in the team who could attempt to scale the peak. I was among the lucky two to be able to make it to the peak,” he said. Son of an Army officer, Janjua is an IT project manager with Ernst and Young. He is an athlete and trained mountaineer having completed a basic course in mountaineering from the National Institute MANAGER WITH E&Y Son of an Army officer, Janjua is an IT project manager with E&Y Mountaineer Gursimrann Singh Janjua at the Kang Yatse peak in Ladakh. c m y b of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) five years back, an advance course in April 2022, and the search and rescue course in March 2023 from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi. Taking a leave from his job to pursue his passion, he and his team, including his course mates, trained instructors and nursing assistants, had initially planned to execute the expedition in an Alpine style. “However, due to some lastminute changes, we decided to include a sherpa in the team as well. Other than that, we managed our own cooking, tent pitching, equipment, climbing, load ferry, etc. Our team did not take the help of porters beyond the base camp located at 5,000 m. We carried our own loads and other equipment till the summit and back”, Janjua, who hails from Makhan Shah Lubana Nagar near here, added. The entire expedition spanned 10 days with the team reaching Markha on July 10 scaling KY-2 on July 14, then KY-1 on July 18 and then returning to Leh on July 19. “When we started climbing KY-2, the weather turned bad and we had to climb continuously amid snowfall for nine hours and then return”, he said. In contrast, KY-1 came out to be a more challenging, demanding advanced mountaineering skills. Janjua added, “Our most challenging part of the climb to KY-1 was the last 500 m. It’s a straight wall of around 70 degree gradient and there is no place to rest in the entire stretch. We started our climb past midnight at 12:43 am, reached the summit around 7 am, returned to summit camp by 10 am and then trekked back to base camp by 3 pm.” He said, “The formidable mountain KY-1 calls for specialist technical climbing skills of rock, ice and snow craft and physical fitness in addition to extreme mental fortitude. But the effort was worth it when we got to see the breathtaking panoramic views of the Zanskar and Stok ranges”. their equipment installed on the poles were stolen. The villagers said drug addicts stole people’s belongings every day. They demanded action against the thieves and new transformers should be installed in place of the stolen transformers immediately so that the crops sown in the fields could be watered. The villagers said a complaint had been made to the police and the electricity department. — OC 104 booked for murder bid, attack on couple Phagwara, August 5 The police have booked 104 persons on the charge of attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy and firing. The accused have been identified as Dara Singh, Darbara Singh and Jashandeep Singh, residents of Talwandi Butian village under Shahkot police station, Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Talwann village under Bilga police station, and their accomplices. Kashmir Kaur, wife of Balwinder Singh, a resident of Pipalli village, complained to the police that the accused barged into her house, armed with sharp-edged weapons and started beating up her husband and injured him seriously. Two accused barged into the kitchen, assaulted her and demanded their land related documents by pointing a pistol at her. She said when she rejected the demand for papers, the accused tore her shirt and barged into her daughter’s room and took away Rs 1 lakh, gold jewellery and documents from the almirah, besides a tractor and motorcycle. OC