31072025-LT-01.qxd 7/31/2025 12:55 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune YOUTH BACK FARMERS IN PROTEST AGAINST LAND POOLING POLICY EXTORTION THREAT LINKED TO ATTACK ON JEWELLER SARA DAZZLES IN AISHA RAO’S NATURE-INSPIRED COLLECTION Youth outnumbered elderly protesters, exhibiting enthusiasm to air anguish against AAP government. P2 Caller allegedly demanded a huge sum from victim, who failed to fulfil demand. It led to firing, say officials. P2 Sara Ali Khan turned heads as she walked ramp for designer Aisha Rao on Day 7 of Hyundai Couture Week. P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 32°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET THURSDAY 7.17 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:42 AM THURSDAY | 31 JULY 2025 | LUDHIANA Stock market trader killed over enmity Migrant takes nine-year-old SUV set afire along victim by bike -borne miscreants, key suspect identified forensic team and no clue about any firing was found. “We have identified the key suspect with whom the deceased had an old rivalry. He brought aides along with him to commit the murder. Raids are being conducted at the whereabouts of the suspects and soon, they would be arrested and the exact reason of the attack would be known,” Gupta said. Sources said the deceased was survived by his mother, wife and twin children. Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 30 About five to six bike-borne assailants carrying sharp weapons attacked a man travelling in a Mahindra Scorpio with sharp weapons at Kothe Sherjang in Jagraon town late on Tuesday night. The youth, Jaskirat Singh Jassa, was critically injured and was rushed to a hospital where he died during treatment. The deceased was running a share market trading office in the name of Punjabi Trader here, where he also gave training and in December last, he closed the office and shifted to Jagraon. He was a successful trader, having huge fan following on social media. He had even procured a licensed weapon for his safety due to alleged threats received from a person, who got him killed. The attackers stopped the SUV and dragged the victim out of the vehicle and attacked him with sharp weapons. After The SUV of deceased Jaskirat Singh (inset) set on fire by the assailants in Jagraon on Tuesday night. Wanted to burn victim inside Scorpio: Sources leaving him almost dead, the miscreants reportedly sprayed petrol on the SUV and set it on fire. The victim’s pistol and two magazines kept in his SUV were reduced to ashes. Earlier, Jaskirat was a resident of Akhara village and he had recently settled in Kothe Sherjang. The victim had old enmity with a youth due to which he had shifted his Sources said the assailants had first rammed a pickup truck into Scorpio. Following which, they brutally attacked the victim. After leaving Jaskirat almost dead, the assailants put the victim in the SUV and then set the vehicle on fire but he managed to come out before the vehicle turned into ashes. house in Kothe Sherjang. As soon as the incident was reported, SHO of the City police station inspector Varinder Singh Uppal and DSP (City) Jasyot Singh reached the scene. Senior Superintendent of Police (Ludhiana rural) Ankur Gupta said Jaskirat had old enmity with the Jagraon-based youth and the latter along with his aides had cornered the victim on Tuesday night. After rendering critical injuries to the victim, the assailants fled the scene. Regarding rumours of firing, the SSP said the assailants were not carrying fire arms, they only used sharp weapons in the attack. Even the SUV, which reduced to ashes, was checked by a City bizman gets Khanna youth studying extortion call in Russia drowns in sea Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 30 A city-based businessman got an extortion call from an alleged gangster. The suspect posing as a close aide of wanted gangster Goldy Brar, demanded huge money from the businessman else threatened to send his shooters to the home of the complainant. The complainant, Ekjot Singh Chawla, a resident of Sarabha Nagar, in a complaint submitted to the police stated that since July 23, he had been receiving repeated threat calls through WhatsApp from some anonymous person on his mobile number. “The caller had been threatening me by saying that he has complete details of me and even of the recent bought property. He told me that in case I don’t agree to them, they will show me some samples. They even threatened Caller poses as close aide of gangster Goldy Brar me by saying that they will send shooters to my home in Ludhiana and my native place in Jalandhar. He mentioned his name as Ankit Pahelwan, claiming that he has links with gangster Goldy Brar. I request you to please look into the matter and take appropriate action against the suspects and also give police protection to me and my family,” he stated. After registering a case, the Ludhiana police have launched a probe and the phone number from which the extortion call was received has also been put on surveillance. The police suspected that some miscreants could be calling the businessman by posing as the close aide of Goldy. However, a probe was launched to trace the caller. Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 30 A Khanna-based youth, who went abroad on a study basis, died while taking a bath in a sea in Moscow, Russia. The deceased has been identified as Sai Dhruv Kapoor (20). He was a resident of Suncity on Amloh Road in Khanna. Dhruv’s father, Karan Kapoor, works as a financial adviser. The family was not financially strong but for the sake of their son’s dreams, they sent him to Russia for studies. He returned after six months due to visa conditions. Last year, he was again sent to Moscow on a study visa. As per information, on Sunday, Dhruv called home and informed his family that he was going to the seashore with his friends. Initially, his father thought SISTER WAS PREPARING TO SEND RAKHI TO HIM The youth's sister was inconsolable. She was preparing to send Rakhi to her brother but now, even before Raksha Bandhan, they are struggling to bring back his body. Family members want to perform his last rites in their homeland. They have also sent an email to External Affairs Minister, appealing for help in bringing victim’s body back home in minimum possible time. of stopping him but then he realised that his son got a day off after a whole week, hence, he could not stop. However, he had no idea that it would prove to be their last conversation. His family said a few hours later, they received a call from his friends who informed them that Dhruv had been swept away by sea waves with his friends. His friends were rescued but by the time he was pulled out, he had already died. A video of Dhruv being taken from the sea to the hospital reached the family. Dhruv’s sister was inconsolable. She was preparing to send Rakhi to her brother but now, even before the festival, they are struggling to bring back his body. The family want to perform their son’s last rituals in their homeland. The family has also sent an email to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, appealing for help in bringing Dhruv’s body back home in minimum possible time. An application was also been submitted on an assistance portal of the External Affairs Ministry. The family even requested Fatehgarh Sahib MP Amar Singh for immediate help. Trees in poor condition pose Murder suspect who threat to public safety in city escaped police custody arrested from UP Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 30 Several trees across the city have become dangerously unstable following recent rains and strong winds, raising serious safety concerns for residents and commuters. In many areas, trees have either tilted precariously or are on the verge of collapsing but no preventive action has been taken by the authorities so far. In Sarabha Nagar’s Block I, a portion of a tree recently fell on the road due to adverse weather conditions. Though debris was pushed aside to clear the traffic, another part of the tree remains dangerously tilted and is now entangled with an power pole. “If the other part of the tree falls, it could prove fatal. Worse, if power lines snap, they could pose a risk of electrocution. We approached the area councillor, who told us to get the tree cut on our own. But how can we do that when power lines are entangled? Mahesh Sharma A leaning tree risks commuters’ lives in Ludhiana. INDERJEET VERMA Power needs to be snapped first,” said a resident. “We feel helpless as no action has been taken yet,” the resident said. Similar complaints have surfaced from other parts of the city, where weakened or tilted trees remain unattended. Residents fear that if prompt action was not taken, trees could lead to serious mishaps. They have urged the authorities to take action to avoid any untoward incident due to such trees. Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 30 The police claimed to have nabbed a miscreant who had escaped from the police custody when he was taken to the Civil Hospital, Malerkotla, for a medical examination on June 14. The suspect, identified as Abdul Rehman of Malerkotla, who was arrested from Saharanpur in UP has been booked , in multiple cases, including murder, at the City 1 police station, Malerkotla, in May 2020. SSP Gagan Ajit Singh said police officials, supervised by SP (D) Sat Pal Sharma and incharge, CIA, Mahorana, Harsimranjit Singh, had arrested the suspect from an unknown place in Saharanpur on the basis of technical investigation. The accused had escaped from the custody of a team of police officials when he was c m y b taken to the Civil Hospital, Malerkotla, for a medical examination on June 14. He was booked under various sections of the BNS for allegedly voluntarily hurting himself and resisting the police officials from apprehending him after he fled from the hospital. A case was also registered against him at the Ahmedgarh city police station on June 12 for the alleged theft of a motorcycle. Though the police are yet to ascertain the complete criminal history of the suspect, preliminary investigation revealed that he was booked in a murder case on May 25, 2020, and he was on bail when he committed the recent theft. daughter’s body to DC’s office The kin of the deceased girl at the DC's office in Ludhiana on Wednesday. INDERJEET VERMA Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 30 A man reached the office of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here with the body of his nine-year-old daughter, kept on an e-rickshaw. He alleged that the police picked him up from his house without any reason and kept him at the Jagatpuri police post for three days illegally and did not allow him to attend his ailing daughter, which led to her death for want of medical treatment. The migrant even levelled allegation against a private person for beating him up inside the police post. The deceased has been identified as Ananya. She was a student of Class III. When information about the family keeping the body outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office was received, officials of the police station concerned reached the spot. The girl’s father, Vaidyanath, alleged that he knows Sunny, a youth from his village in Uttar Pradesh, My police custody caused death of ailing victim, he alleges; ADCP denies allegations who had kidnapped a minor girl from the city on the pretext of marriage. Following this, suspecting his role in assisting the youth, the police detained him in front of his daughter due to which she got scared. He could not get his daughter treated on time as he was locked up in the police station for three days. The police released him on Tuesday evening but by then his daughter had died. On Wednesday, he reached the Deputy Commissioner’s office with his daughter’s body to express his anger against the police personnel. ADCP-3 Kanwalpreet Singh said a case of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl was recently registered against a youth. The police arrested a person in the case and recovered the girl. Vaidyanath was also booked in the case for helping the youth in abducting the girl and he was called to the Jagatpuri police post for investigation on July 29. But after knowing about his ailing daughter, who was suffering from cancer, as claimed by him, he was allowed to go home after some time. “The mother of the kidnapping victim works at the house of a person against whom Vaidyanath had levelled allegation of beating him inside the police post but the person had come to the police post in support of the girl’s mother and he had not beaten up Vaidyanath inside the post. The police will investigate his allegation and action will be taken on merit,” the ADCP said. Jain marks investigation to SDM (West) Meanwhile, DC Himanshu Jain marked an inquiry into the allegation levelled by Vaidyanath to the SDM (West). “The SDM will probe the matter and submit a report and further action would be taken accordingly,” he said.