31082025-JTR-01.qxd 8/30/2025 10:35 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune RESCUE OPS INTENSIFIED IN FLOOD-HIT AREAS OF KAPURTHALA MLA INSPECTS ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT JULIA GOT EMOTIONAL AFTER HER MOVIE RECEIVED OVATION The Army and the State Disaster Response Force successfully evacuated 97 individuals from flood-affected areas. P2 The construction of the road heading from Bham-Jallowal to Bham-Saidpur is progressing rapidly. P3 After the Hunt received a six-minute standing ovation at the ongoing Venice Film Festival at Lido island. P4 » » FORECAST RAIN/THUNDERSHOWERS MAX 30°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET SUNDAY 6.52 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 6:03 AM » SUNDAY | 31 AUGUST 2025 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF MAN DUPED OF ~35L, 3 BOOKED Hoshiarpur: The police have registered a case three accused for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 35 lakh on the promise of sending him abroad. Rajwinder Singh of Khanoda village filed a complaint with the SSP. He stated that Ranjeet Singh Sandhu, alias Rana, Mandeep Kaur Sandhu, and Balveer Singh, of Lalwan village, had allegedly duped him of Rs 35 lakh on the promise of sending him to Canada. DSP Chabbewal investigated the complaint on the orders of the SSP. After investigation, the Mehtiana police registered a case against the three accused. OC AGENT BOOKED FOR CHEATING Hoshiarpur: Rajwant Singh, a resident of Atalgarh village, told the Dasuha police that travel agent Kulwinder Singh, a resident of Khaukhar village, had allegedly cheated him of Rs 13.50 lakh on the pretext of sending his son Sukhwinder Singh to Canada on a visitor visa. After registering case, the police initiated further action into the matter. OC FIVE HELD WITH DRUGS, LIQUOR Hoshiarpur: The Model Town police arrested Saurabh Sharma of Mohalla Tibba Sahib and recovered 42 grams of heroin from him. The Mahilpur police arrested Buta Singh of Meghowl and recovered a huge amount of banned pills from him. The Tanda police arrested Manjinder Singh, alias Amit, and Avtar Singh, of Vinpalke and recovered huge amount of banned tablets from them. The Bullowal police arrested Ram Avtar of Dusdarka, and recovered 16 bottles of liquor from him. OC TWO ARRESTED FOR BETTING Hoshiarpur: The of Model Town police arrested two accused while betting and recovered Rs 22,120 in cash and satta slips from them. The accused were identified as Sunil Kumar, alias Sheela, of Basi Khabaju, and Rajinder Singh, alias Dollar, of Domowal. OC 5.5kg poppy husk seized from PRTC bus in Phagwara Phagwara, August 30 In a major crackdown against drugs and crime, the police on Saturday registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after seizing more than 5.5 kilograms of poppy husk from a Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus. Driver, conductor arrested SSP Gaurav Toora while giving details said here today that the seizure was made during morning checking at the Phagwara bus stand when the police intercepted a PRTC bus (bearing registration number PB08 EW 8971). On searching, the police recovered two bags containing approximately 5.5 kg of poppy husk from the bus. The bus driver, Ranjit Singh, a resident of Goraya, and conductor Gurwinder Singh, a resident of Dina Nagar, were arrested on the spot. The police also impounded the bus as part of the investigation. A case was registered at the city police station in this connection. — OC Elderly man dies after diarrhoea MP in Dibrugarh jail, his teams attendingtoflood-hitconstituents outbreak in New Gautam Nagar Trucks with relief material lined up in Sultanpur Lodhi Contaminated water supplied since 3 months in Bashirpura Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 30 An elderly man identified as Iqbal Singh, a resident of the New Gautam Nagar in Bashirpura, died of diarrhoea after he contracted the disease on consumption of contaminated water. Iqbal Singh died at a private hospital on Friday night due to a prolonged stomach infection. The diarrhoea outbreak in the area has affected 70 residents. Blaming contaminated water supply and the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar for the fiasco, Iqbal’s family said their father fell extremely sick on Thursday, following which his health deteriorated on Friday. Residents said for the past three months, the Bashirpura areas were getting extremely dirty water supply. Old supply pipes in the area led to water contamination, they said. At 11 am on Friday, Bashirpura residents held a five-hour dharna against the Municipal Cabinet Minister Mohinder Bhagat at a medical camp set up for diarrhoea-affected residents of New Gautam Nagar in Jalandhar. Corporation while complaining of contaminated water supply in their area. Congress leader Rajinder Beri, who participated in the dharna, alleged that it was Municipal Corporation’s negligence in cleaning of pipes which led to contamination of potable water supplied in the area. BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia also reached the dharna site to lend his support to residents. The Jalandhar MC changed the JE, Operation and Maintenance, after protest by residents. On Friday, teams of the Health Department took five water samples from the Bashirpura areas. Seventy cases of diarrhoea have Dhussi bundh embankments safe, 50K soil bags placed in last 10 days: Officials Drainage Dept to further strengthen embankments Our Correspondent Phagwara, August 30 Keeping in view floods in the Beas river, the Drainage Department will further strengthen the dhussi bundh embankments as precaution in the entire Kapurthala district. While Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal is taking hourly reports from the Drainage Department regarding the inflow of water, the work of further strengthening the dhussi bundh embankments in some areas is going on a war footing. Sartaj Singh, XEN, Drainage Department, said, “Dhussi bundh embankments in Kapurthala district are completely safe. There is no threat to banks from floodwaters.” He said, “People should not believe in rumours as there is no threat to dhussi bundhs in Kapurthala district.” He said the department had placed more than 50,000 soil bags near embankments in the last 10 days as precautionary measure. He said the work was going on bundh at Mansurwal and Miani Bhagupuria villages in Bholath subdivision. SDO Sukhpal Singh, who is supervising the work, The Drainage Department staff work on the Beas river banks. said after heavy rain, information was received about water seeping from the dhussi bundh near Miani Bhagupuria village a few days ago. The department ensured strengthening of the bundh, he said. Apart from this, crates filled with soil bags were laid at sensitive places. Similarly, crates filled with soil bags were placed on the bundh near Mansurwal. SDO Khushvinder Singh, who is supervising the work in Kapurthala subdivision, said, “The work is going on to further strengthen the bundh at Peerewal and Dhaliwal Bet. Crates filled with soil bags have been placed at both the places.” Besides, 1,200 feet long earthen crates have been laid on the bundh near Khijarpur in Sultanpur Lodhi. SDO Vijay Kumar, who is getting work done on the bundh near Nabipur and Bharoana villages said, “Wire crates are being installed on the bundh near Nabipur. With the help of villagers, earthen bags are being laid near Bharoana village.” been reported from Bashirpura of which 48 were referred to a hospital. Repeated calls to MC officials from Thursday onwards by residents went unanswered. Residents said no official responded to their calls for checking the contaminated water supplied in their area. While people saw first signs of illness on Thursday, severe diarrhoea cases started coming in from Friday onwards. Meanwhile, teams of the MC have deployed machines to detect and plug leakage in water supply pipes. Epidemiologist, Dr Shobhna said, “Severe contamination in the water supplied to the area caused diarrhoea infection among residents. So far, 70 cases have been reported of whom 22 have mild infection, while 48 were referred to a hospital. Twenty-three people have been discharged. We are holding a relief camp from morning till evening to provide aide to people.” Los Angeles police kill Punjabi youth in ‘brutal’ shootout Our Correspondent Phagwara, August 30 A recent incident in Los Angeles, in which a Punjabi Sikh youth identified as Gurpreet Singh was shot dead by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), has sparked an outrage. National BJP leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal condemned the act as a “cold-blooded murder of human rights”, calling the police actions a stark violation of the basic human dignity. Grewal questioned why lethal force was used instead of non-lethal methods like Tasers or beanbag rounds. He described the incident as a public execution that exposed the hypocrisy of America, which positions itself as a global advocate for liberty and human rights. “This is not policing. It’s a disgrace to America’s Constitution and to humanity,” Grewal said. The leader compared the LAPD’s approach to that of the Punjab Police, which, according to him, exercises restraint in tense situations. He called for immediate justice, urging the Indian Government to address the matter with urgency on behalf of the Sikh community and the nation. Volunteers of the SAD Waris Punjab De distribute relief material among flood-affected residents of Baupur Mand village in Sultanpur Lodhi on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service Sultanpur Lodhi, August 30 As floods have hit Sultanpur Lodhi and Tarn Taran areas along the Beas river, the locals are not feeling the absence of their Lok Sabha MP Amritpal Singh. Even though he is lodged in Dibrugarh jail when his constituents are deep in trouble, his massive army of young men is on the job for the last three weeks ensuring relief and rescue operations in his constituency. Both Sultanpur Lodhi and Tarn Taran fall in Amritpal’s Khadoor Sahib Parliamentary constituency. Huge containers loaded with relief material, including langar, packs of biscuits, bottled drinking water, fodder for animals, medicines and other items are daily parked on a safe location close to Baupur Mand in Sultanpur Lodhi from where his teams dispense the relief material among the area people. The teams of his party SAD — Waris Punjab De (WPD) — have even set up temporary godowns of relief material in Sultanpur Lodhi and Tarn Taran where stocks of dry ration used for langar has been stored. The presence of Amritpal have set up ❝Wevolunteers toteams of 200 handle relief measures. We are also arranging two boats with which we can independently reach out to villagers who have chosen to stay in the flooded waters. We initially used to distribute cooked food like rice and kadhi, but now since a lot of langar is coming from nearby locations, we are only distributing dry ration. ❞ Jaskaran S Kahan Singh Wala, CORE COMMITTEE TEAM REPRESENTATIVE, SAD WARIS PUNJAB DE has been ensured by his teams by way of putting up banners with his bold pictures all around trucks. His men stand guard around trucks and keep offering prayers for the well-being of the marooned villagers. A representative of the 13-member core committee team of the SAD WPD, Jaskaran S Kahan Singh Wala said, “We have set up teams of 200 volunteers at both the locations to handle the relief measures. We are also arranging two boats with which we can independently reach out to villagers who have chosen to stay in the flooded waters. They work in rotation in a well-coordinated manner. We initially used to distribute cooked food like rice and kadhi, but now since a lot of langar is coming from nearby locations, we are only distributing dry ration.” Jaskaran Singh said, “Since our MP is not around, our responsibility for his voters gets doubled up. Those who voted for him should not think that their vote has gone in vain and there is no one to take care of them in these troubled times. We have shared our numbers everywhere in the area. So, if they cannot call up Amritpal, they can call us and we shall be there for his people 24x7.” Jalandhar-based SAD WPD leader Mahinder S Bajwa said, “We are not just taking care of Amritpal’s constituents. We, as a party, have also sent our teams in the Kalanaur area of Gurdaspur, and floodaffected areas of Ferozepur and Fazilka. Around 100odd youth are working for the party in each of the seven flood-hit districts. Today, I was in Kalanaur with my team.” Man found dead in floodwaters Our Correspondent Phagwara, August 30 A 40-year-old man, who went missing on Thursday evening, was found dead in floodwaters near the mand area of Kapurthala district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Boota Mohammad, a resident of the area. According to the police, his body was spotted floating in the flood- ed mand region of Dhilwan. His family members had been searching for him throughout the night after he failed to return home. Preliminary information suggests that Boota Mohammad may have gone near the river for fishing when he slipped and was swept away by the strong current. While the fishing angle was not officially confirmed, the police indicated that a slip leading to drowning in floodwater appears to be the likely cause behind his death. Bholath DSP Karnail Singh said an investigation was initiated based on the statement of the victim’s brother Gulzar Mohammad. The body of the deceased was sent to the Civil Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem examination, he said. Two arrested with illegal 5 cellphones, chargers seized from jail 2 held with stolen electric wire in Goindwal Sahib weapon in Phagwara Phagwara, August 30 The police have arrested two men under the Arms Act after they were allegedly found carrying an illegal weapon. Phagwara SP Gurmit Kaur Chahal said here today that the arrests were made near the Panchhat area under the Rawalpindi police station. A local social worker alerted the police about the movement of two suspects carrying weapon approaching the village on foot. The accused were identified as Prinjanj Kumar, a resident of Valmiki Mohalla, Panchhat village, and Baljit Singh, a resident of Dhiana village, under the Mehtiana police station, Hoshiarpur district. Acting on the tip-off, the police detained both men and, upon search, recovered a .32 bore pistol from their possession. Officials said the two accused were allegedly planning to execute a crime. Chahal said Prinjanj Kumar was already facing cases related to fights and weapon offences. — OC Phagwara, August 30 A surprise inspection at the Kapurthala Central Jail led to the recovery of multiple banned items from unidentified inmates, the prison authorities confirmed. The search operation was supervised by Assistant Superintendent Dhiraj Kumar. According to officials, the raid resulted in the seizure of two Oppo mobile phones without SIM cards, three Nokia keypad phones along with three batteries, three Nokia chargers, an additional Nokia battery, and one adapter. The possession of such items c m y b The entrance gate of the Kapurthala Central Jail. FILE inside prison is strictly prohibited under the Prisons Act. The authorities said a formal case was registered against unknown inmates under Section 52-A of the Prisons Act in this connection. The matter is now under investigation to trace the culprits responsible for smuggling and concealing devices. — OC Phagwara, August 30 The police have arrested two youths after recovering stolen electric wire from their possession at a naka (checkpost) near the Beas river. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Toora said as per FIR registered by ASI Balbir Singh, a police team comprising ASI Harjinder Singh, ASI Parvinder Singh, Head Constable Lakha Singh, and Constable Ramandeep Singh was on duty at the Hi-Tech naka point when they received a tip-off from an informer about two persons, involved in stealing and selling electric wires, travelling towards Goindwal Sahib on a white Jupiter scooter (bearing registration number PB-18 AA 3585). Soon after, two suspects matching the given description approached naka on the scooter. When signalled to stop, the duo allegedly tried to turn back in panic. With the assistance of other policemen, the scooter was intercepted. On inspection, electric wire, suspected to be stolen, was recovered from the vehicle. — OC