23112024-JTR-01.qxd 11/22/2024 10:33 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune ‘INCENTIVISE FARMERS TO COMBAT FARM FIRES’ CELEBS RECALL WHEN THEY EARNED THEIR FIRST PAYCHECKS VIDHU VINOD CHOPRA MESMERISES IFFI AUDIENCE Entrepreneurs say move will unlock state's potential for biofuel revolution. P3 From heartfelt gifts to cherished buys, here's how some well-known faces recall spending their first paychecks. P4 Says from Kashmir to South, if anyone makes good films, the victory is of the Indian cinema. P4 » » » FORECAST FOGGY MAX 26°C | MIN 10°C YESTERDAY MAX 26°C | MIN 10°C SUNSET SATURDAY 5.25 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 7:03 AM SATURDAY | 23 NOVEMBER 2024 | JALANDHAR Woman among 2 killed in accidents INBRIEF MAN HELD FOR RAPING MINOR Our Correspondent Phagwara: The police have arrested a resident on the charge of raping a minor girl. The accused has been identified as Sagar Singh of Chacha colony, Lohian Khas. A case under Section 65(1) (rape of a woman under 16 years) of the BNS and 6 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered against the accused. OC 3 ARRESTED FOR DRUG PEDDLING Phagwara: The police have arrested three 'smugglers' who were nominated in the case of smuggling 102 kg of poppy husk. The accused have been identified as Parmatma Singh, alias Bhola, of Saichan village in Kapurthala, Gurdit Singh, alias Gitu, of Saichan village and Boharr Singh of Dholewal village in Moga. A case under Sections 15-C/61/85 of the NDPS Act was registered in this connection and the truck driver and cleaner were already arrested with 102 kg of poppy husk. Two main accused are still absconding. OC SIX BOOKED FOR ASSAULT Phagwara: The police have booked six villagers, including two women, on the charge of assaulting a woman. The accused have been identified as Gurbag Singh of Reharrwan village his wife Balwindar Kaur, his daughter Lovepreet Kaur, son Sukhveer Singh, Manpreet Singh and Gurjant Singh of Mohariwal village. Binder Kaur of the same village complained to the police that the accused barged into her house on November 18 late evening and attacked her and family members with weapons and seriously injured them. A land dispute was the reason behind the attack. OC CAMPS FOR VOTERS TODAY Hoshiarpur: Special camps will be organised for the revision of voter list on Saturday and Sunday in the district except Chabbewal. DC-cum-District Election Officer Komal Mittal said during these camps, boothlevel officers will be present at polling booths from 10 am to 5 pm and will receive claims and objections. OC VILLAGERS HELD FOR FARM FIRES Phagwara: The Nakodar City police have arrested two villagers for burning paddy stubble. The suspects have been identified as Harbans Singh and Makhann Singh of Pandori Khas. The Mehatpur police arrested Balwindar Singh of Bulanda village and Teju of Udhowal village for burning paddy stubble. The Bilga police booked a villager for burning paddy stubble in Bilga village. oc SCOOTER FOUND STOLEN Phagwara: An Activa scooter PB-32C-0406 was reportedly stolen from near bus stand, Phagwara. Scooter owner Sarwan Kumar of village Gumman told the police that he parked the scooter near the bus stand but found it stolen after sometime. The police have registered a case. A case has been registered in this regard. oc The arrested former manager with Vigilance Bureau cops in Jalandhar. Ex-bank manager held for Gramin Bank fraud Our Correspondent Phagwara, Nove3mber 22 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Pramod Kumar, a former manager of Punjab Gramin Bank’s Bhano Langa branch in Kapurthala district, for embezzlement of Rs 34,92,299. A resident of Kundal village in Bikaner district, Rajasthan, said Pramod Kumar had been absconding since 2022 in this case. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the VB said the accused was wanted in a case registered under Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code at Sadar Police Station, Kapurthala. He said during his tenure as branch manager, Pramod Kumar misused his authority and fraudulently accessed the user IDs and passwords of branch clerks Jagdish Singh and Rajni Bala. Using these credentials, he carried out 26 transactions to embezzle Rs 34,92,299 from the accounts of 12 different bank account holders. The accused bank manager, out of the embezzled amount, Sr citizens face woes in Civil Hospital Our Correspondent Phagwara, November 22 Though the Union Government has announced ‘Ayushman Cards” for all 70+ senior citizens to avail free medical treatment till Rs 5 lakh, it could not be seen implemented in the Civil Hospital. Senior Medical Officer Dr Lehimber Ram said due to few technical reasons, the scheme could not be implemented till now. It was learnt 5 of gang selling newborns held Tribune News Service Jalandhar, November 22 A five-member gang selling newborns from the Civil Hospital has been arrested by the police. The gang included three women and two men. They had plans to sell the baby to a citybased couple for Rs 5 lakh when they got arrested. The accused include Sukhwinder S Rinki, his wife Kulwinder Kaur, residents of New Shiv Nagar of Jalandhar, Paramjit S Sonu, his wife Paramjit Kaur, residents of Prajapat Basti of Moga, and Manpreet Kaur of Kamrawa village of Kapurthala. Two more accomplices of the accused Laddi and Babbu of Muktsar managed to flee. The accused had been produced in the court and the police have got their five-day remand. The accused have reportedly confessed before the police that they have so far stolen and sold 12 newborns for a consideration of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. One of the women in the gang worked as a midwife. that no staff member of the hospital could operate computer due to software id. SMO Ram said that the problem was sent to higher authorities. Civil Surgeon Dr Richa Bhatia said that she was not aware about the problem being faced by the people visiting hospital Phagwara to get Ayushman Cards. CMO assured to initiate required steps soon to facilitate the senior citizens. had later deposited Rs 8,16,023 back into the accounts of five account holders in an attempt to cover up the fraud. Following an investigation, the charges were proved against him, and case was transferred to the VB. The spokesperson added that Pramod was apprehended by the VB unit, Kapurthala, after intelligence inputs led to his location at his ancestral village in Kundal, in Bikaner district, Rajasthan. Further investigation into the case is underway, he said. Garhshankar, November 22 Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two more were seriously injured in two separate road accidents that took place since last night on GarhshankarNangal Road. The police have registered FIRs and arrested a truck driver. In the first accident, around 8:30 pm yesterday, a speeding truck loaded with straw, hit a car and dragged it for about a 100 metre. The car was damaged in the accident and car driver Niranjan Singh of Khuralgarh died on the spot. Darshan Singh of Khuralgarh and Bikramjit Singh, who were in the car, were seriously injured. They were admitted to the Civil Hospital, Garhshankar. The truck driver tried to flee the spot but people chased and caught the driver and handed him over to the police. The police have registered a case against truck driver Sarwan Singh of village Ratol, Zira, Ferozepur, under Sections 105, 281, 125, PHAGWARA, NOVEMBER 22 In a major breakthrough, the Jalandhar Rural Police arrested a proclaimed offender wanted in NDPS Act cases, who had been evading arrest for the past one year, along with two drug peddlers, including a woman, recovering 349 narcotic pills and a weapon during a special 24hour drive against drug trafficking. The arrested accused have been identified as Gurkirat Singh, alias Guru, resident of village Butra, who was declared a proclaimed offender by the court of Additional Sessions Judge Yukti Goyal on March 4, 2023; Pushpinder, alias Kaka, resident of village Bara, Goraya; and Anjali, resident of Mohalla Santokhpura, Phillaur. SSP , Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh, said these arrests were part of an intensified campaign against drug trafficking and street 324 (4), BNS. The police got the post-mortem of the deceased Niranjan Singh done and handed over the body to the heirs today. Niranjan Singh (55) used to work in a liquor yard in Majari village on the Himachal border. He was going to attend a marriage function with Darshan Singh and Vikramjit Singh when the truck hit the car from the front. In the second accident that occurred this afternoon, a truck hit a woman going on foot in Garhshankar. The tyre of the truck crushed the woman and she died on the spot. The woman was identified as Sarabjit Kaur, wife of Mohan Singh, a resident of village Bhammian. Deceased Sarabjit Kaur was returning to the village after taking pension from a co-operative bank in Garhshankar. Police have taken the body in custody and kept it in the mortuary in the Civil Hospital. SHO, Baljinder Singh Malli, said in both accidents, both trucks had been impounded and the drivers had been arrested. Fete for theatre lovers One dies in road accident Nawanshahr, November 22 In a head-on collision of Swift and Thar today in Rahon, Nawanshahr, one person lost his life while another received serious injuries. The deceased has been identified as Pala who was driving Swift and in an attempt to overtake the tipper, the car collided with Thar that was coming from the opposite side. Palwinder Singh from Garcha village was in Thar who sustained injuries. He was admitted to the Civil Hospital, Nawanshahr. — TNS Artistes from Patiala perform a play ‘Tooma’ on the first day of Yuvaa Rang Utsav in Jalandhar on Friday. PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH PO among three ‘drug peddlers’ arrested, narcotic pills seized Our Correspondent The car -truck collision claimed the life of Niranjan Singh (inset) near Garhshankar. crime in the district. The operations led to the recovery of 185 narcotic pills from one accused, 164 narcotic pills from the female accused and a knife used in a robbery case. The special police teams were led by Jasroop Kaur Bath, SP (Investigation), , along with Kulwant Singh, DSP Adampur, and Sarwan , Singh Ball, DSP Phillaur. , Inspector Sikandar Singh Virk, SHO, Bhogpur, Inspector Palwinder Singh, SHO, Goraya, and Inspector Sanjeev Kapur, SHO, Phillaur, along with their teams conducted simultaneous operations at multiple locations. In the first breakthrough, the Bhogpur Police team arrested Gurkirat Singh, who was wanted in two cases, including a robbery at Lakshmi Petrol Pump Butra, where he had attacked the pump attendant with a knife when asked for payment. The knife used in the crime has been recovered. The c m y b accused was also evading arrest in an NDPS Act case registered at Police Station, Bhogpur, since July 2024. In the second breakthrough, the Goraya police team arrested Pushpinder, alias Kaka, and recovered 185 narcotic pills from his possession near Dana Mandi, Goraya. The third success came when a Phillaur police team apprehended Anjali, recovering 164 narcotic pills during a raid at Mohalla Santokh Pura Phillaur. Three separate cases have been registered. Initial investigations reveal that the accused were operating separately in their respective areas. The female accused had been allegedly selling drugs, while Kaka is suspected to have links with larger drug networks. The arrested accused will be produced in courts and police remand will be sought to investigate their forward and backward linkages with drug trafficking networks. JE gets silver at Powerlifting Championship Jalandhar, November 22 Mohit Dugg, a junior engineer with PUDA and powerlifter, has again put Jalandhar on the global map by clinching a silver medal at the World Powerlifting Championship 2024. The championship was held in Chicago, the US, from November 14 to 17, featuring top athletes from 18 countries, including the US, Canada, Australia and England. Competing in the highly competitive 83 kg weight category, Mohit secured his second place, finishing with an impressive 165 kg bench press. This achievement strengthens his claim for a spot in the world championship for the second consecutive year. In 2023, Mohit became the world champion, begging the gold medal in Manchester, England. — TNS Doctor booked for assault on hospital woman counsellor Our Correspondent Garhshankar, November 22 The police have registered a case on the charges of assaulting and threatening to kill a woman employed as IVF counsellor in the hospital. In a statement given to the police, 52-year-old Kamaljit Kaur of New Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, Gill, Dugri police station, Ludhiana district, said she was working as an IVF counsellor in Ramanpreet Hospital, Chandigarh Road, Garhshankar. She said on November 21, around 11:30 am, she was sitting in the medical store of the hospital with Darbara Singh, father of Ramanpreet Kaur, owner of Ramanpreet Hospital, when Dr Jaswant Singh came there and started abusing her and started beating her by pulling her hair and pushed her down. The victim said on hearing her screams, Dr Ramanpreet Kaur and other staff saved her from the clutches of the doctor, then Dr Jaswant Singh left the place threatening to shoot her. While leaving, he threatened her that he would bring a pistol and shoot her. After this, Kamaljit Kaur lodged a complaint on helpline number 112 and the police reached the spot. Kamaljit Kaur informed her husband Bhupinder Singh, then he reached with Sarpanch Nirmal Singh and others. After this, with their help, she got her medical examination done at the Civil Hospital, Garhshankar. On the statement of Kamaljit Kaur, the Garhshankar Police Station has registered a case against Dr Jaswant Singh under 74,79,115(2),351(2) BNS Act.