05032025-ATR-01.qxd 3/4/2025 11:35 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY CLOSURE OF JCT LEAVES 5K FAMILIES IN DISTRESS YAMI REVEALS WHY SHE TURNED DOWN A BIG-BUDGET FILM HINA KHAN STICKS TO HER ROUTINE DURING RAMADAN A meeting of stakeholders, including exemployees of JCT Limited, was convened to address the ongoing crisis. P2 In a recent conversation, Yami shared that she had always prioritised contentdriven cinema. P4 MAX 20°C | MIN 11°C YESTERDAY MAX 21°C | MIN 10°C Despite facing several health challenges, actress Hina Khan has decided to fast this holy month. P4 » » SUNSET WEDNESDAY 6.23 PM » SUNRISE THURSDAY 6.41 AM WEDNESDAY | 5 MARCH 2025 | AMRITSAR Juvenile arrested with illegal weapon Ahead of Chandigarh protest, 25 farmers detained in Tarn Taran Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, March 4 The Chabal police arrested a juvenile, a resident of a village in Amritsar district, with an illegal weapon from Panjwar village here on Sunday. The Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Ram Singh, who was heading a police party, said here on Monday that the cops were on routine patrol when they got suspicious of the movement of the juvenile at Panjwar village on the Chabal-Khemkaran road. The police signalled to stop him and on searching him, they recovered one countrymade pistol with a cartridge from his possession. Assistant Sub-Inspector Ram Singh said during his preliminary interrogation, the suspect said he was in the area to sell the illegal weapon. A case under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against him by the police. Prime accused nabbed in 8-month-old robbery case Police also recovered gold, silver ornaments, ~2.5 lakh cash Tribune News Service The agitating farmers burn an effigy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann in front of the Sarhali police station in Tarn Taran on Tuesday. PHOTO: GURBAXPURI Tarn Taran, March 4 The Tarn Taran police on Tuesday arrested 25 farmers who were planning to disturb the normal functioning of the government during their protest slated for March 5 in Chandigarh. SSP Abhimanyu Rana said here that the farmers have been booked under Sections of 107 and 151 of the BNSS Act by the police. Meanwhile, the farmer organizations associated with the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) organized protests and burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. Nachhattar Singh Pannu, district president of the Kirti Kisan Union, said that the farmers launched a protest over Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s leaving the meeting mid-way. It was being held with the representatives of different farmer organizations in Chandigarh on Monday. Nachhattar Singh said the police arrested leaders of farmers from different places. The arrested farmers were identi- fied as Sukhdev Singh Sarhali, Sukhchain Singh, Balkar Singh Jandoke, Balwant Singh Khehra, Satpal Singh Nathoke, Daljit Singh Dialpura, Mukhtiar Singh Mallha, Resham Singh failoke, Harbhajan Singh Patti, Ajaib Singh Aladinpur, Kuldeep Singh, Captain Singh Baghiari, Jasbir Singh Pannu and others. The farmers in their protests held in front of different police stations demanded early release of the arrested farmers. — OC Amritsar, March 4 Eight months after several armed persons robbed the house of a commission agent after holding him and his wife hostage, the city police have arrested the ninth accused in the case and recovered a huge quantity of gold and silver jewellery and ~2.9 lakh cash from his possession. He has been identified as Balram Singh, alias Ballu, a resident of Surakhpur in Kapurthala. According to the police, he had five criminal cases registered against him in Amritsar rural, Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts. Deputy Commissioner of Police Alam Vijay Singh said Jiya Behal, a resident of Tokiryan Wala bazaar on Court Road, told the police The prime suspect in the custody of the police in Amritsar on Tuesday. that in the wee hours on June 26 when his wife opened the gate of the house, four persons, who were sitting in an SUV near the park located opposite the house, barged into the house and held them hostage and took them into the bedroom. They tied their hands and mouth and demanded the keys of the almirahs while pointing a sharp-edged weapon and a pistol. They decamped with ~95 lakh cash, 3-kg gold and a licensed revolver, the almirah and the scooter parked inside the house. The incident had led to widespread criticism over the deteriorating law and order situation in the city. The DCP said the police had already registered nine accused recovering ~49 lakh cash, silvery jewellery weighing around 936 gm, a car, a bike and .32 bore revolver in this regard. He said Balram Singh was lodged in Kapurthala jail in connection with an attempt to murder and Arms Act case registered by the Jalandhar police on January 15. He said he was brought on production warrant and arrested in the case. On his disclosure, the police seized 826 gm of gold jewellery, 200 gm of silver ornaments and ~2.5 lakh cash. War against Drugs: ‘Big fish’ lands in police net Residents bear the brunt as Tehsildars go on mass leave Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 4 In the ongoing crackdown against drug trafficking in Punjab, the Amritsar police commissionerate on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a ‘big fish’ along with his son for drug peddling. He has as many as 10 FIRs, including of drug peddling, counterfeit currency and attempt to murder in different parts of Punjab (including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Muktsar, Kapurthala and Tarn Taran). They were identified as Amolak Singh and his son Mahabir Singh alias Goldy of Thatha village in Tarn Taran. The police said that the father-son duo was arrested in a drug case registered with the Gate Hakima police station on January 20 in which the police had recovered 3 kg of heroin and ~5 lakh of drug money and the vehicles used in the smuggling. Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar termed their arrest as a major achievement for the city police, adding that the court had issued non-bailable warrants against them. He said Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar (second from left) along with other police officials addresses mediapersons. Also seen in the picture are two big drug peddlers in Amritsar on Tuesday. Amolak Singh was earlier arrested by the police six years ago and has been out of jail on bail since 2019. He said the duo has been active in drug peddling and had been evading arrest for the past few years. The police have now recovered a .30 bore calibre pistol along with two magazines with 15 live cartridges along with .306 single barrel springfield rifle with five bullets and ~1 lakh of drug money from their possession. As per a preliminary probe, Amolak was possessing a fake arms licence for the weapons he was possessing. Meanwhile, the city police have arrested six traffickers and confiscated 1.65 kg of heroin, ~82,300 of drug money and intoxicants from them in six separate cases. Besides, the police seized two persons with two sophisticated pistols with 25 bullets and two vehicles. Sukhwinde Singh alias Sonu of Ishwar Nagar, Tarn Taran Road, was held with 119.60 gm of heroin. He was travelling on a scooter when he was intercepted by a patrolling police party. In the second case, the Gate Hakima police arrested Guriqbal Singh of Gurnam Nagar with 1,000 sedative pills dur- ing the checking of vehicles near Anngarh area. Similarly, the Mohkampura police nabbed Balwinder Singh, alias Billur, of Tungpai Road with 255 gm of heroin along with ~3,000 drug money. He was arrested from near 40-khuh area. Akashdeep Singh of Maqboolpura was arrested by the police with 120 gm of heroin along with ~4,500 drug proceeds. Pardeep Singh alias Vachha of Guru Nanak Nagar of Verka, Preetkamal aka Kalu of Batala Road were arrested by the police and recovered 270 gm of contraband with ~4,800 of drug money. Similarly, the Islamabad police have nabbed Gagan Kumar of Mohalla Baba Jeevan Singh, Kot Khalsa, with 15 gm of heroin and ~70,000 of drug proceeds. Besides, the police also arrested Sikanderbir alias Sikander of Sandhra village in Tarn Taran and Armandeep Singh of Loharka Kalan was arrested with 285 gm of heroin along with 1 Glock pistol (9mm) and a pistol of .32 bore along with 25 rounds and an SUV from them. The registration office at the Tehsil Complex wears a deserted look in Amritsar on Tuesday. SUNIL KUMAR Tribune News Service Amritsar, March 4 Following the call given by the Punjab Revenue Officers’ Association, tehsildars went on mass leave here on Tuesday. As a result, the residents who had received appointments to register their properties on Tuesday were a harassed lot as they had to return disappointed after finding that the entire process of property registration had come to a halt. Jagseer Singh Mittal, a member of the association, said property registration was stopped at all 13 tehsils and sub-tehsils in the district. These include Sub-Divisional Magistrates 1 and 2, Amritsar Tehsildar offices 1 and 2, and all sub-divisions of Baba Bakala, Ajnala, Ramdas, Attari, Tarsikka, Jandiala Guru, Majitha, and Lopoke. On an average, over 500 properties are registered daily in these offices. People who came to the offices to register their properties were dismayed and inconvenienced with many of them coming from distant parts of the district. Several vital public services continued uninterrupted, including the issuance of marriage certificates, certificates for Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, court-related matters, and miscellaneous work. However, official works related to property registrations, releases of Farad for Zamanat, loans from banks and various certificates were significantly affected. Municipal council elections: Rlys earns 2 cr from DC assures farmers of relief for Ind candidate wins in Ward No.3 ticketless passengers crop damaged by hailstorm TarnTaran, March 4 In the Municipal Council election in Ward 3, which was held here on Tuesday, Independent candidate Palwinder Kaur defeated AAP candidate Navjot Kaur Hundal, wife of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal from Tarn Taran, by a margin of 75 votes. The Returning Officer said Palwinder Kaur got 482 votes and Navjot Kaur polled 407 votes. Of the total 2,089 votes, 1,096 votes were polled. Jatinder Kaur and Kirandeep Kaur, both Independent candidates, got 172 and 29 votes, respectively. The poll of the ward was postponed during the elections held on March 2 due to some technical error. The MLA said he accept the verdict of the voters and would go on serving the people with Tribune News Service The winning Independent candidate being presented the victory certificate by the Returning Officer in Tarn Taran on Tuesday. sincerity. With today’s results, the number of the winning Independent candidates has increased to 14. The ruling AAP has won eight seats and the Congress three seats. — OC Amritsar, March 4 The Ferozepur division of Northern Railway during an intensive ticket checking in trains earned a revenue of ~2.39 crore from ticketless passengers in February. Out of ~2.39 crore, ~37,27,905 was earned from the Amritsar railway station. To curb ticketless and irregular travel in trains and ensure comfortable travel and better services to genuine rail users, the ticket checking drive is being conducted. Divisional Railway Manager Sanjay Sahu said during ticket checking in trains, a total of 24,654 passengers were found travelling without tickets or irreg- c m y b ularly by the ticket checking staff and chief ticket inspectors of the division. A total revenue of ~2.39 crore was recovered from them as fine. This has increased the revenue of the Ferozepur division, which is commendable, he added. Railway officials also conducted frequent surprise ticket checking drives to prevent unauthorized entry of passengers in trains and passengers were advised to travel in trains with proper tickets. To keep the railway stations of the division clean and to stop the general public from littering railway properties and make them aware of cleanliness, regular checking is done at the main stations of the division. Amritsar, March 4 Officials of the district administration are visiting the fields affected by hailstorm on a regular basis and the government would justifiably compensate farmers for their loss. This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney during her visit to Rajasansi area here on Tuesday. The DC said the government has already ordered a girdawari to assess the crop loss caused by natural calamity, the purpose of which is to identify the farmers who have suffered crop loss. Apart from visits by Revenue Department and Agricultural Department officials, the administration had also launched a telephone helpline for the farmers to report their location and loss to their crops. Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney visits a field near Amritsar. Meanwhile, Attari MLA and AAP leader Jaswinder Singh Ramdas also visited villages to meet farmers whose crops have been damaged. Ramdas said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has asked the administration to complete the girdawari at the earliest so that the government can issue compensation to the farmers. Speaking at Bal Sikander village, the MLA said the government is fully committed to the welfare of all sections of society and would always help those suffering from loss due to natural calamities. — TNS