02112025-LT-01.qxd 11/1/2025 10:50 PM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune AIDED SCHOOL STAFF ON LEAVE BEFORE TARN TARAN BYPOLL FARMER STARTS ECO-FRIENDLY PERMANENT RAISED FARMING SRK @ 60: LOVE, LEGACY & LIMITLESS STARDOM Ahead of the Tarn Taran bypoll, activists of school teachers and other employees unions proceeded on mass leave. P2 A family at Ranwan village has started permanent raised farming on half of its 20-acre land. P3 Celebrations for the “Baadshah of Bollywood” have begun across the world - from Mumbai to Peru. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 30°C | MIN 17°C YESTERDAY MAX 30°C | MIN 16°C SUNSET SUNDAY 5.37 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 6:43 AM » SUNDAY | 2 NOVEMBER 2025 | LUDHIANA in grenade seizure Kabaddi player’s murder: Kin refuse 6 accusedface anti-terror law case now cremation, want assailants arrested Several inmates lodged in jails under police scanner Tribune News Service Villagers said that Tejpal’s family was not financially sound. His father owned approximately six acres. Consequently, Tejpal chose animal husbandry as his career. He raised some animals at home and sold milk. On Friday, Tejpal had come to Jagraon to buy feed for his animals. Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 1 A day after the murder of kabaddi player Tejpal (25) in Jagraon, the deceased’s family refused to cremate him until the assailants were arrested. Even the police officials continued to convince the family on Saturday to give permission for a postmortem examination, but the family categorically refused. An inconsolable mother of the deceased said that her son had no enmity with the assailants, still they shot him dead. He was their only support while her daughter lives abroad. “The accused who killed my son with a bullet should also face a bullet and meet the same fate. I want justice and only justice,” the wailing mother demanded. A resident of Giddarwindi village, the kabaddi player was first brutally assaulted, which culminated into the fatal shooting that occurred near Dr Hari Singh Hans Maternity Hospital on Friday. The office of the SSP in the Ludhiana district is said to be in close proximity. Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana rural, FB post claiming responsibility removed Member of Parliament Amrinder Singh Raja Warring at the house of the deceased kabaddi player Tejpal at Giddarwindi village in Jagroan to pay condolence to the family on Saturday. Ankur Gupta said that immediately after the murder, three accused had been identified — Honey Rumi, his brother Kala Rumi, both residents of Rumi village, Gagan from Moga and two other nidentified accomplices. Separate teams have been formed, which were conducting raids at the suspects’ whereabouts. Meanwhile, Punjab Con- gress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring today said that gang wars had already started in Punjab with gangs competing with each other to gain supremacy, while Punjab Police and the government were watching as silent spectators. Warring, who is also the local MP met the bereaved , family of the murdered kabbadi player here. The PCC president expressed sympathies with the bereaved family while assuring all help and support. Rajnish Dhiman, district president of the BJP Ludhi, ana, said that the law and order situation in Punjab had deteriorated since the AAP government came to power. Dhiman criticised CM for the worsening law and order situation in the state. 72-year-old man repeatedly hit with brick by drunk son, dies Mahesh Sharma Raikot, November 1 The Sudhar police have arrested a youth of Rajgarh village, who had allegedly killed his septuagenarian father by hitting him with a brick late on Friday. Cops led by SHO Gurdeep Singh have initiated a probe into the sequence of events leading to the brutal murder of Boota Singh (72) after registering an FIR under Section 103 (1) of the BNS against accused Avtar Singh on the statement of the deceased’s wife Malkit Kaur. Perusal of the FIR revealed that the accused had thrashed his father brutally when he had tried to stop him from putting the house on fire with a gas cylinder in an inebriated state around 10.30 The murder accused in custody of Sudhar police. pm. Avtar, who is working as a private security guard in Ludhiana, had returned home around 9 pm on Friday and started consuming liquor, which his parents, including the deceased and the complainant, objected to. “As Avtar Singh had been harassing usl, including his wife, in an inebriated condition, I called my husband to stop him from setting the house on fire after he had consumed more liquor,” Malkit told the police, alleging that the accused had hit Boota multiple times on head with a brick after he fell on the floor. Avtar fled the house after abusing everyone as Malkit tried to rescue her husband from his clutches. Boota died on the spot, following which the family called the police. The accused was nabbed by the police when he was trying to leave the area later in the day. Though the investigating team is yet to ascertain the past criminal record of the accused, if any, preliminary investigation revealed that he had been harassing the family on lame excuses for a long time. The police are yet to verify circumstances under which the suspect had been booked earlier for causing the death of Boota’s brother. A day after the murder of Tejpal, a Facebook account created in the name of Jassu Koom claimed responsibility of the murder. In the post, it stated, “I, Jassu Koom and my brother Brar Charik, take responsibility of the murder as we got Tejpal killed because of our old enmity with him.” A few hours after this post went viral, it was deleted. SSP Ankur Gupta said that the post was fake as some criminal element by creating a fake FB account claimed responsibility of the murder with the sole motive of taking credit and earning name in the world of crime. The account had been created after the murder of Tejpal, which led to suspicion. Baby dies in accidental fire Ludhiana, November 1 A horrific incident occurred in Bhamian area of Ludhiana on Saturday morning, in which one-year-old Arjun died in a fire. The accident occurred around 10 am. According to reports, Arjun’s parents had an argument the previous night. Arjun’s mother, Reena Devi, said that her husband left home that morning without eating and she went to the factory to persuade him to have some food. Meanwhile, the children in the house were playing with a match box when a spark landed on Arjun wrapped in a blanket, and a fire broke out. Arjun’s mother said on seeing the flames rushed in to grab Arjun, who was badly burnt. On getting information, the father immediately rushed home. He picked up the child and rushed him to the Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. — TNS Bizmen rue use of vacant plots for dumping garbage Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 1 The lifting of garbage has become a major civic concern in the city. Not only are heaps of garbage visible alongside roads and in residential areas, but the industrialists at the city’s focal points too are grappling with the issue of non-lifting of waste by the municipal corporation (MC) sanitation staff. Despite being among the highest taxpayers in the state, industrialists rue that basic civic amenities remain grossly inadequate. Talking to The Tribune, Pankaj Sharma, president of the Association of Trade and Industrial Undertakings (ATIU), said that garbage disposal had turned into a persistent headache for the industry. “Safai karamcharis employed with the MC are Garbage dumped on a vacant plot in Focal Point area. seen only during festivals such as Diwali or Dussehra. For the rest of the year, they are hardly seen cleaning the roads or lifting waste from factories,” he said. “We pay maximum taxes, be it property tax, income tax or GST, yet we get minimal facilities. Domestic waste remains unattended as no one comes to collect it. Industrialists are left with no option, but to dump it in open parks or vacant plots. Many have even hired private workers at their own expense to get garbage lifted,” Shar- ma added. The ATIU recently held a meeting to highlight the deteriorating condition of civic amenities at the focal points, Ludhiana — one of Punjab’s largest industrial hubs. Members expressed concern over the absence of a proper solid waste management system and the poor upkeep of roads and sewerage infrastructure. Industrialists maintained that every unit, irrespective of size, has to handle its domestic waste independently. In the absence of an organised waste disposal system, garbage ends up on roadsides or vacant plots. They also alleged complete apathy of the MC towards cleaning and maintenance of the area. Anil Sachdeva, senior vicepresident of ATIU, said, “In my 35 years of operations at c m y b Focal Point, I have hardly ever seen a sweeper cleaning the roads. We are compelled to maintain cleanliness ourselves — individually or through ATIU’s own arrangements.” Sanjay Gupta, another industrialist, said that several sewer lines in the area remain permanently choked. “We have to pay the same MC sewer workers privately after duty hours to get the sewer ines cleaned — the same people who neglect their duties during official hours,” he alleged. “There is not even a single day’s concession for industrial units in case of delayed tax payments. However, there seems to be no binding on the government to provide the basic civic amenities that are rightfully taxpayers’ due,” Sharma added. Ludhiana, November 1 The Ludhiana police while taking the investigation into the recent recovery of a Chinese grenade from the city, which exposed a Pakistanbacked ISI terror plot to disturb law and order situation, to the next level have imposed sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) on the six accused. Even the involvement of Ajay Malaysia, suspected to be hiding in Malaysia, has also brought to the fore the involvement of anti-national elements sitting abroad. Earlier, a case under Explosives Act had been registered in the case, along with the sections of BNS. Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh and foreign-based terrorist Arshdeep Singh have already been charged under the UAPA by the Punjab Police. The anti-terror law has been imposed on accused Kuldeep (from whom the grenade was seized), Shekhar (who accompanied Kuldeep, but managed to flee), Ajay Kumar (who was in touch with Kuldeep and Shekhar), Parwinder and Ramnik, who had been arrested after bringing them on production warrant from Muktsar jail and on Ajay Malaysia, who is being suspected to be an ISI agent. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Harpal Singh said that police had already brought Vijay, a brother of Ajay Malaysia, from Sri Gan- ganagar jail. “This is a matter of national security and a terror plot is involved. The police have identified several inmates lodged in different jails of Punjab and other states, who are suspected to be ISI agents. We cannot disclose names of persons being brought from jails for questioning. Police investigation will dig deep to identify the roots of this terror plot and no one will be spared. A case will soon to be taken to the logical end,” added DCP . Meanwhile, a senior police official said that the police had already brought several inmates from the jails of Punjab and Rajasthan for questioning after their links had been somehow found to be connected with the terror plot. Flood-hit farmers stare at low crop yield, poor returns Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 1 Continuous rains, followed by floods in several parts of Punjab have dealt a severe blow to farmers, who were hoping for good returns from paddy crop this season. The average yield, which usually hovers around 70-80 per cent, has fallen to barely 60 per cent, leaving cultivators anxious and financially strained. The situation is particularly grim for those who had taken land on lease, as they would have to pay rent to landlords regardless of crop loss. Talking to The Tribune, Kulwinder Singh Sony, a farmer from Jodhan, said he owned 70 acres, half of which is on lease. “I have suffered losses to the tune of ?30,000 per acre due to reduced yield caused by floods and heavy rains. Despite this, we still have to pay the landlords. They neither listen to us, nor understand our plight,” he said. Farmer union leader Tarsem Singh Jodhan said many farmers were facing similar hardships. “The yield is much lower this time, resulting in heavy losses. On top of that, the discolouring of grains has created additional problems as such produce is not being lifted from mandis. We urge the govern- ment to compensate all farmers whose crops have been damaged due to natural calamities,” he said. Meanwhile, officials claimed that paddy arrival and lifting were progressing smoothly across the district. Till date, a total of 9,04,484 metric tonnes of paddy has arrived in Ludhiana mandis, of which 95,988 metric tonnes remain unlifted. Shefali Chopra, DFSC (East), said lifting was being done on a regular basis without any major hiccups. “As per government specifications, the paddy is being lifted systematically,” she maintained.