15112025-LT-01.qxd 11/15/2025 12:17 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune COPS CHECK SECURITY AT CITY JEWELLERY SHOPS ‘KINNARS’ PRAY FOR PROGRESS OF INDIANS ACROSS WORLD ACTRESS KAMINI KAUSHAL PASSES AWAY AT 98 A special campaign was carried out by police to further strengthen the city’s security arrangements. P2 ‘kinnars’ prayed for peace, progress and prosperity of Indians staying across world during a shobha yatra. P2 Actress Kamini Kaushal, best known for her roles with Dilip Kumar, passed away at age of 98 in Mumbai. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 27°C | MIN 10°C YESTERDAY MAX 26°C | MIN 10°C SUNSET SATURDAY 5.26 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:48 AM » SATURDAY | 15 NOVEMBER 2025 | LUDHIANA Two NRI youths die as car rams Social media profiles of state youths in touch into tree after hitting motorcycle with ISI’s foreign handlers under scrutiny Cops have deployed special team to zero-in on suspected profiles Both of them had returned from Canada a few days ago 3 VICTIMS COMMUTING ON BIKE INJURED Mahesh Sharma Raikot, November 14 Two NRIs youths were killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into a tree after hitting a motorcycle near Sarabha village on the Jodhan-Pakhowal road late on Thursday evening. The deceased were identified as Ravi Shergill of Latala village and Nobandeep Singh of Brahampur village in Ludhiana district. Jobanpreet of Kalsian village and Jaskaran of Rattowal village, who were going on the motorcycle, suffered severe injuries while the third person commuting with them on the motorcycle got minor injuries. The car was completely damaged after ramming into the tree. All victims were shifted to a multi-specialty hospital in Ludhiana where Ravi Shergill and Nobandeep succumbed to their Jobanpreet of Kalsian village and Jaskaran of Rattowal village, who were going on the motorcycle, suffered severe injuries while the third person commuting with them on the motorcycle got minor injuries. The ill-fated car that met with the mishap on Jodhan-Pakhowal road. injuries around midnight. As Ravi’s father and oth- er members of his family are in Canada, the police LPG cylinder leakage leads to flash fire at migrants’ vehra 3 kids among four injured, victims rushed to Civil Hospital Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 14 A flash fire occurred in a room of a vehra (migrants’ quarters) in Neechi Mangli due to a leakage in a LPG cylinder injured four persons, including three children, on Friday. Hearing screams in the room, neighbours rushed to the scene and took the injured to the Civil Hospital, where they are still undergoing treatment. Guddi, the mother of the injured children, said a youth, Vikas, who is also staying in the vehra, was cooking in his room this morning and her children were also sitting in his room. When Vikas lit the gas stove, fire erupted from the pipe and It caused an explosion. The room was filled with smoke. Neighbours came to rescue the children after hearing their cries and The victims undergo treatment at the Civil Hospital. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN pulled the injured out of the room and rushed them to the hospital. Vikas also suffered injury in the mishap. The injured children have been identified as Arjun, Surjeet and Rahul. Vikas said he was cooking in his room this morning. When he lit a match to light the gas stove, a flash fire injured them. The children, who were sitting near him, suffered burns. Vikas’ face was badly burnt. Rahul, who is four-year-old, suffered burn injuries on his legs. Civil Hospital SMO Akhil Sarin said he had examined the condition of all four injured. All were being treated. Vikas’ face was burnt. Initially, after seeing his condition, he thought of referring him to the PGI or Patiala but now his condition is stable. All the injured will be treated here only. are yet to record statements of the latter. Sources at Latala and Brahampur villages revealed that both Ravi and Nobandeep had returned from Canada only a couple of days ago and they were going to Sudhar when the car they were travelling in met with the accident. Jodhan SHO Saheb Meet Singh said the police had initiated a probe into the sequence of events leading to the mishap and further action would be taken according to statements submitted by the victims’ families. The police said formal information about the death of Ravi was yet to be received. Man nabbed with 22 cases of illicit liquor Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 14 The Machhiwara police arrested a liquor smuggler and recovered 22 cases of illicit liquor from him. The suspect was identified as Jaskaran Singh, alias Changa, a resident of Koom Kalan. Investigating officer ASI Sanjeev Kumar said to check anti-social elements, the Machhiwara police had laid a naka near Guru Gobind Singh Stadium on the Kohara road. On suspicion, the police team signalled a car to stop for checking during which 22 boxes of illicit liquor were recovered. The person could not produce any licence or permit of the same on the spot, due to which a case was registered against him and he was arrested by the police. The ASI said further investigation was launched to inquire about big smugglers involved in the liquor smuggling trade. Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 14 Diving deep into the investigation of the terror plot of the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), which was busted by the Ludhiana Police Commissionerate with the arrest of 10 suspects from across the state and Rajasthan, including six from the different jails, the police had reportedly identified several social media profiles of youths from state through which they were suspected to be in touch with Ajay Malaysia, the kingpin-cum-ISI’s foreign handler working from Malaysia to disturb peace in the state. The police have already started a scrutiny of the profiles to identify the persons. The police have deployed a special team, including the policemen from the Cyber Cell, to zero-in on these suspected profiles. The police probe has found that most profiles have been generated from the state while some are also functional from other states and a few might be from different jails. Recently, the Ludhiana police had successfully foiled a major terror bid aimed at creating unrest in the state. The timely and coordinated action of the police averted a grenade attack, thereby saving countless innocent lives Police personnel address mediapersons regarding the ISI terror plot in Ludhiana. FILE in the last week of the previous month. Talking to The Tribune here on Friday, Commissioner of Police (CP) Swapan Sharma said since the nabbed suspects were in touch with ISI agents Ajay Malaysia, Jass Behbal and Pawandeep, who are also operating from Malaysia through different communication mediums such as social media profiles and other apps, the police had already recovered social media profiles of nabbed suspects and further scrutiny of the recovered mobiles gave vital clues of their medium of communication with Ajay Malaysia. “Besides the nabbed sus- pects, several social media profiles of youths, which are being operated from the state, have been traced by the police through which profile owners are suspected to be in touch with Ajay Malaysia. During scrutiny of the profiles the police have found their communication with Ajay through fake names and identities. Our special team is on the job and profile owners are being zeroed-in and in coming days, the police will bust other layers of the network,” Sharma said. The CP said there was a dire possibility that besides the 10 nabbed suspects, some other miscreants might had already been enrolled in the terror module by Ajay by giv- ing lure of money or drugs and the police probe would uncover the truth. He said the terror plot was reportedly orchestrated as part of a barter arrangement — narcotics were to be exchanged for carrying out the terrorist attack. The operation spanned a complex network, utilising pre-established drug-smuggling routes for the transfer of the grenade. The network involved several distinct groups smugglers operating from Malaysia, inmates currently incarcerated in multiple facilities, specifically the Muktsar (Punjab), Ganganagar (Rajasthan), and Faridkot jails and various local peddlers on the ground. After duty hours, gambling was nabbed malkhana munshi’s favourite pastime Suspect lied to kin about working hours; role of other cops under lens: Sources Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 14 After the arrest of the malkhana Munshi of the Sidhwan Bet police station on the charge of stealing Rs 1.25 crore cash, lying as a case property in the malkhana of the police station, the questioning of the policeman was being done by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the SSP (Ludhiana rural). The suspect, head constable, identified as Gurdas Singh, is accused of allegedly misappropriating cash allegedly by breaking seals of bags kept in his custody. The usurped case property also includes drug money that was seized from a gang of smugglers nabbed by the Jagraon CIA wing on December 13, 2023. The policeman’s retirement was due in coming weeks but he landed behind the bars at the police station. A senior police official said the suspect’s addiction of gambling led him to lose Rs 1.25 crore to the evil. Since Munshi was the in-charge of the malkhana where Rs 1.25 crore cash was kept, he broke the seals of bags and stole the cash in several attempts. “As per the police rules, cash recovered in any crime cannot be kept at the malkhana for long. The malkhana in-charge has to move application in court to deposit the cash in the state’s treasury but the suspect intentionally delayed the deposit of the cash in the treasury as he had a motive to steal the entire money. So far, no other valuables or drugs lying at the malkhana was found to be stolen, still, records are being thoroughly checked if any other case property is missing,” the official said. He said gambling was the favourite pastime of the sus- pect. After finishing his duty hours every evening, Munshi used to go for gambling, where he lost the entire money in the past over a year. He had even lied to his family that he had long duty hours and he had to stay at the police station till late night. In fact, he used to visit his acquaintance for gambling till late night hours. Family of the policeman was reportedly not aware that he had stolen money from the malkhana and lost the same in gambling. Sources said role of some other police officials was also under scanner to inquire their connivance with the suspect. 350TH MARTYRDOM ANNIVERSARY OF GURU TEG BAHADUR Light & sound show leaves 15K devotees spellbound at PAU Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 14 In continuation of events organised by the state government to honour the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Teg Bahadur, an impressive light and sound show was held this evening at the mela ground of the PAU, drawing over 15,000 devotees. Event vividly depicted journey, ideology of ‘Hind Di Chadar’ The show, which is a part of events planned by the state government to commemorate the 350th martyrdom centenary of Guru Teg Bahadur. The spectacle vividly depicted the journey and ideology of The light and sound show being shown; and (right) devotees watch the show at the PAU on Friday evening. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN the ‘Hind Di Chadar’ Guru Teg Bahadur. The message of strengthening the ethos of communal harmony, peace, brotherhood, compassion and humanity as preached by the Guru was disseminated through the ultra-modern technique. The show beauti- c m y b fully projected his philosophy in the form of his universal message to society. Through the event, the ethos of tolerance, peace, communal harmony were brought alive. Cabinet Ministers Hardeep Singh Mundian and Sanjiv Arora encouraged everyone to seek motivation from Guru’s ideals, which remain a beacon for humankind even after 350 years. They highlighted that Guru Teg Bahadur’s ultimate offering was made not for one faith or community alone but to uphold basic freedom and honour of all people. They further noted that the state government was rolling out multiple initiatives to propagate Guru Sahib’s message of honesty, selflessness and freedom of belief across the globe. They remarked that the state government was committed to disseminating Guru’s wisdom and sacrifice to every part of the country to motivate coming generations. They pointed out that incorporating modern digital elements in the show will particularly engage young people with Guru’s vision of harmony, acceptance and global unity while deepening their connection with Punjab’s vibrant cultural legacy. MLAs Ashok Parashar Pappi, Daljit Singh Bhola Grewal, Madan Lal Bagga and Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina, Mayor Inderjit Kaur, Senior Deputy Mayor Rakesh Parashar, Senior Vice-Chairman of the Punjab Medium Industries Development Board Sharanpal Singh Makkar, District Planning Board Chairman Jatinder Singh Khangura, PAU Vice-Chancellor Dr SS Gosal, State Information Commissioner Harpreet Sandhu and Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Jain were among others present.