01022025-JTR-01.qxd 1/31/2025 10:56 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune FOOTBALL GROUND SET FOR RENOVATION AT GOVT COLLEGE ANUPAMA SOLANKI TALKS ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND MORE JAS WARAICH TO STAR IN FILM CHALE YAAR COACHELLA The ground, previously considered “not up to the mark”, would be upgraded using grants received from the Centre. P2 Anupama Solanki, who was last seen in Kuch Reet Jagat Ki Aisi Hai, talks about the industry and more. P4 Inspired by Diljit Dosanjh’s Coachella concert, actor Jas Waraich is set to star in Punjabi film Chale Yaar Coachella. P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 23°C | MIN 8°C YESTERDAY MAX 23°C | MIN 9°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.02 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 7:19 AM SATURDAY | 1 FEBRUARY 2025 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF VEHICLE THIEVES ARRESTED Phagwara: In a significant achievement, the police have arrested two vehicle thieves and recovered two stolen cars from their possession on Thursday night. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rupinder Kaur Bhatti said the arrested thieves were identified as Mani Kumar, a resident of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Phagwara, and Gurbhej Singh, a resident of Chheherta, Amritsar district. The SP said on receiving a tip-off, the police laid a naka near Basra Palace on the Phagwara-Banga road and arrested the accused, who were in two different cars. The police impounded the stolen cars, including a Cruise bearing the fake registration number HR-26BL-2600 and a Fortuner car without a registration number. OC GIRL ABDUCTED ON MARRIAGE PRETEXT Phagwara: On a complaint lodged by Lalit Kumar, a resident of Bedian Mohalla, the police have registered a case against a youth, identified as Gokul, a resident of Taki Mohalla, on the charge of abducting a minor girl of the complainant. The victim told the police that his minor daughter, who was Class XI student, went to school on January 27 but did not return home. He expressed doubts that the said youth had abducted his minor daughter on the pretext of marrying her. No arrest has been made so far. The police are investigating the matter. OC Phagwara mayoral poll gets intense as Cong councillors avail anticipatory bail Rural police crack highwayrobberycase in 24 hrs, two arrested and Anita Kumari. Some family members of councillors and their supporters, including Satinder Rai, Kundan Lal, Narinder Singh, Vivek Chadha, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Parmod Kumar Joshi and Naresh Kumar, who too claimed that were at the risk of being wrongfully detained also availed anticipatory bail. The copy of the petition read: “The applicants have specific and well-founded reason to believe that false and fabricated FIRs may have been lodged against them. The AAP and the administration have already been using underhand tactics to threaten and intimidate Congress councillors to join the party, while warning them of serious consequences if they refused. The AAP and the administration in retaliation for the legal action taken by applicants have now escalated tactics.” Meanwhile, AAP MP Raj Kumar Chabbewal denied any force to intimidate Congress councillors. "We know that we will win mayoral election. The Congress is resorting to such measures out of its fear of losing the poll," he said. ~2 lakh, Alto car seized from accused Ashok Kaura Phagwara, January 31 The mayoral election scheduled for tomorrow in Phagwara is getting more intense with each day as all Congress councillors and their family members and supporters have availed anticipatory bail from the Kapurthala sessions court. The Congress councillors had applied for bail on January 28. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Gurmeet Tiwana on Friday allowed them anticipatory bail for a period of one week. The copy of the order reads: “As the applicants are apprehending their arrest in false case because of the political slug fest, they will not be arrested immediately even if FIR is registered against any one of them. A seven day notice will be given to them.” The bail order comes just a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s rap on the authorities concerned for their failure to conduct the mayoral election on January 25 and appointment of a retired judge Justice Harbans Lal as an independent observer. The Congress councillors led by MLA Balwinder Singh THE COPY OF THE PETITION The applicants have specific and well-founded reason to believe that false and fabricated FIRs may have been lodged against them. The AAP and the administration have already been using underhand tactics to threaten and intimidate Congress councillors to join the party, while warning them of serious consequences if they refused. The AAP and the administration in retaliation for the legal action taken by applicants have now escalated tactics. Dhaliwal have been claiming that the police were pressurising them to either join the AAP or stay away from elections. Since husbands of three Municipal Corporation (MC) councillors were booked last week just a day ahead of the previously convened mayoral election on January 25, they were apprehensive that they would be forced to keep away by use of force again this time. Hence, they moved an appli- cation through Congress legal cell in-charge and advocate Karanjot Singh Jhikka. Additional Public Prosecutor APS Dhillon appeared for the state. Among those, who have availed bail are Sanjeev Kumar Bugga, likely mayoral candidate of the Congress, Neeraj, his wife and councillor Jatinder Vermani, likely candidate for the post of Senior Deputy Mayor, and women councillors Paramjit YOUTH ARRESTED FOR THEFT Phagwara: The police arrested a youth on the charge of theft at a hardware shop of Kamalpreet Singh at Chack-Hakim village on Thursday night. The arrested accused was identified as Sarabjit, a resident of Babrrke village in Jalandhar district. OC The three accused in custody of the Kapurthala police. Two travel agents arrested for duping man of ~5.56 lakh Phagwara, January 31 The Bilga police have arrested two travel agents for duping man of ~5.56 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad. Phillaur DSP Swaran Jeet Singh said the accused were identified as Gurcharan Singhof Mehatpur village and Tarsem Lal, alias Som Nath, of Sekhupur village. He said Rajwinder Kumarof Mehsampur village had complained to Jalandhar (Rural) SSP that he had paid ~5.56 lakh to the accused for facilitating his migration to Denmark. However, they neither sent him abroad nor returned his money. The DSP said a case was registered against the accused in this connection. — OC Trader held for selling banned kite flying string Phagwara, January 31 The Nurmahal police have arrested a shopkeeper for selling banned Chinese kite flying string. Investigating Officer (IO) Kulwindar Singh said the accused was identified as Deepak Uppal, a resident of Kot Badal Khan village. The IO said 10 rolls of banned string were recovered from the possession of the accused. — OC 3 arrested with nine stolen vehicles Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 31 The Kapurthala police arrested three men from whom nine stolen bikes and a scooter have been recovered. Gaurav Toora, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kapurthala, said a police party apprehended Vicky, a resident of Mohalla Preet Nagar, Parvinder Singh, a resident of Dograwal under the Subhanpur police station, and Jagdeep Singh, alias Jaggi, a resident of Kadupur under the Kotwali police station and recovered three stolen Splendour Plus motorcycles. An FIR No. 39 was registered under Sections 303(2), 317(2) and 345(2) of the BNS at Kotwali police station against three accused in this connection. During interrogation of Vicky, five more Splendour Plus motorcycles and an Activa scooter, stolen by him from different places in the city, were recovered by the police. The police said further investigation was in progress in this connection. ResidentsapproachCMforcompletion of Nurmahal police station building Our Correspondent Phagwara, January 31 Nurmahal residents have approached Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for seeking immediate intervention for completion the construction of the police station building. Dilbag Singh, a social activist, and a resident of Bainapur village, has sent a representation to the CM which stated that in the year 2006, the Nurmahal police station was functioning from a private building. Nurmahal residents donated six kanals and 18 marlas of land from the village for the construction of the police station building. Besides, they contributed Rs 25 lakh towards the construction of the building. Despite these efforts, the project remained incomplete due to bureaucratic delays, primarily inability to transfer the land title to the Police Department. The police station land was legally mutated in the name of common owners. However, the Police Department was yet to finalise the land transfer, which hindered construction of the building. In 2012, the Nurmahal Nagar Council passed a unanimous resolution to transfer land to the Police Department for this purpose. Despite this, the resolution was rejected by the Director, Local Government, and no further action was taken by successive state governments under Chief Ministers Parkash Singh Badal, Capt Amarinder Singh, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Charanjit Singh Channi and Bhagwant Mann.| A local social worker filed a writ petition in the high court in 2012 demanding that the authorities concerned be asked to issue notification under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to acquire the land. The then acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain dismissed the petition. The delay has left the police station in dire need for essential infrastructure, including barracks for officials, boundary walls, flooring and parking spaces for impounded vehicles. Residents have been making repeated requests to the state government to approve the land transfer and allow completion of the police station building, but their pleas have so far gone unanswered. c m y b Kaur Walia, Pinky Bhatia and Deep Mala, whose husbands were booked by the Phagwara police recently. Other councillors who availed bail are Veena Rani, Taranjit Singh Walia, Balwant Rai, Sourav Joshi, Bikram Singh, Sushil Kumar Maini, Sita Devi, Reena Rani Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Parvinder Kaur, Darshan Ram Kataria, Sonia Joshi, Anita Rani, Monika Chadha Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 31 The Kartarpur police station falling under the Jalandhar (Rural) area has solved a robbery case within 24 hours by recovering Rs 2 lakh in cash and impounding vehicle used in the crime. The arrested accused have been identified as Karanjit Singh, a resident of Chhabalwadi falling under the Khilachia police station in Amritsar district, and Satnam Singh, a resident of Bachde village in Tarn Taran district. Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jalandhar (Rural), said following report robbery, special team was immediately constituted to track down perpetrators of the crime. The SSP said a successful operation was carried out under the supervision of Jasroop Kaur Bath, Superintendent of Police (Investigation), and Surinder Pal, DSP Kar, tarpur. The investigating team was led by Kartarpur police station SHO, who worked diligently to crack the case. Revealing case details, the SSP said on January 30, around 5 am, complainant Arman Sood, a resident of Bhikhiwind Road, was standing near Vaishno Dhaba with his brother Rishav Sood. The victim, who was preparing to travel to Australia, was carrying his passport and Rs 3 lakh in cash. Two individuals in an Alto car (bearing registration number PB02-EQ-3186) threatened the victim and fled with his money and passport. A preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had carefully planned the robbery after identifying their target. They had been monitoring the movement of people carrying substantial amount of cash in the area. The Alto car used in the crime was also recovered, which provided additional leads for investigating similar incidents in the region. The arrested accused would be produced in a court and their police remand sought for further investigation. The investigating team believes that their interrogation might lead to recovery of the remaining amount and possibly uncover involvement of the accused in other similar crimes.