21112025-LT-01.qxd 11/21/2025 12:13 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune NSPS CAGERS SHINE AT STATE-LEVEL MEET U-19 basketball team of NSPS have clinchedthird position at state-level basketball tournament. P3 » VARUN BADOLA REUNITES WITH WIFE RAJESHWARI MALERKOTLA ADMN URGED TO EXPEDITE WORK ON PLAYGROUNDS Sportspersons have urged authorities to expedite process for construction of playgrounds, announced recently. P3 Varun Badola has reunited with his wife, actress Rajeshwari Sachdev, for their latest web show CO-ED. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 25°C | MIN 10°C YESTERDAY MAX 25°C | MIN 9°C SUNSET FRIDAY 5.24 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 6:53 AM FRIDAY | 21 NOVEMBER 2025 | LUDHIANA Challans issued to 42 violators for dumping garbage in open Civic body appeals to residents to support authorities in keeping city clean Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 20 Committed to ensure cleanliness across the city, the Municipal Corporation (MC) is conducting night patrolling on a regular basis. Tightening noose around violators, hefty challans have been issued to 42 offenders who were caught dumping garbage in the open in areas of the city in the past two days. Mayor Inderjit Kaur and MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal have directed civic body teams to keep strict vigil at different points of the city during day and night. Working on the directions of Zonal Commissioner Jasdev Sekhon, the night patrolling team issued challans to violators on the Dugri road, Maratha point near Dugri canal bridge, near Krishna Mandir in Model Town extension among other areas. The civic body officials stated that regular awareness drives were also being conducted in the city, but they are forced to 78-yr-old woman abused over petty issue Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 20 A video being circulated on social media showed a 78year-old widow, a retired schoolteacher and resident of Gokul Vihar, Haibowal, being allegedly abused by her neighbour over a trivial issue. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, has raised concerns over the safety of elderly persons in the city. In the video, the neighbour and his wife are seen arguing with the senior citizen, hurling abuses at her and throwing flowerpots kept outside her house. Incident video being circulated on social media raises concerns over safety of elderly in city A challan being issued to an offender by civic body officials in Ludhiana. MC TEAMS TOLD TO KEEP STRICT VIGIL Mayor Inderjit Kaur and MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal have directed civic body teams to keep strict vigil at different points of the city during day and night. The civic body officials stated that regular awareness drives were also being conducted in the city, but they are forced to take strict action against violators as residents had still been dumping waste in the open. take strict action against violators as residents had still been dumping waste in the open. Meanwhile, the Mayor and MC Commissioner appealed to the residents to support the authorities in keeping the city clean by not dumping waste in the open. They stated that the drive against burning and open dumping of garbage would be further intensified and strict legal action would also be taken against the violators. The man, however, has claimed that the elderly woman was a “psycho”, staying in an unsafe house, about which he had earlier complained to the Municipal Corporation. He alleged that the woman had rented the place for “wrong activities”. He said after these activities were stopped, she began filing false complaints to “take revenge”. Meanwhile, talking to The Tribune, the old woman, Sudershan Bajaj, said she A CCTV grab of the suspects abusing the elderly woman at Haibowal in Ludhiana. was staying with her daughter in Gokul Vihar, Bari Haibowal. She recalled that in 2014-15, her neighbour, Manish Walyat, began parking two cars outside her house. For nearly a year, she did not object but later she sought intervention from neighbours, after which one of the vehicles belonging to his relative was removed. Since then, she alleged, relations between them soured and she and her daughter were being harassed regularly. On the other hand, Manish said the elderly woman was “mentally disturbed” and a habitual complainer. He admitted that he and his wife removed pots placed outside her house “in anger”, accusing her of blocking the road. He claimed that the woman cursed his children and allegedly pushed his wife, after which an MLR was conducted at the Civil Hospital. The woman denied all allegations, saying CCTV footage showed who had created the ruckus. She also alleged that her neighbour was a SAD leader and used his influence to intimidate them. Such incidents have again highlighted the vulnerability of senior citizens staying alone. Many elderly people avoid raising their issues publicly due to social stigma or fear of reprisals. Amarjit Singh (name changed), a 68-year-old senior citizen whose family stays in Canada, said he preferred staying in the country despite living alone. In case of emergency, he said, a few cousins and a 24-hour caretaker were his only support system. He visits his family abroad for a couple of months each year but they refuse to return to India. A 35-year-old man reportedly sold his house and sent his mother to an old-age home in Doraha. Though the woman has adjusted to her new surroundings and enjoys the company of friends of her age, she is unable to overcome the trauma of being abandoned by her son. Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma said the police frequently receive distress calls from elderly citizens, most of whom request that their names and identities be kept confidential due to fear and social pressure. “We try to resolve their issues at the earliest to provide them a sense of safety,” he said. Couple attacked by bike-borne Two more land in police net in extortion case miscreants over parking dispute Mahesh Sharma Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 20 A case of assault on a couple has come to light from the Bhattian area on the Jalandhar Bypass here. Bike-borne youths beat up a person standing outside a house with his wife and son. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed outside the house. The man and his wife were injured in the scuffle and have been admitted to a private hospital. The fight occurred over parking a tractor-trailer in the street. As per information, a person used to park sandladen tractor-trailers in the area. Many times, area residents opposed the same as parking of the vehicle led to traffic jams. Even before the incident, the suspect was stopped from parking the vehicle in the street. The injured man, Ronit Mishra, said some people in the area indulge in illegal sand mining, due to the same, tractor-trailers were often parked in the street, which leads to traffic jams. Sand is brought into the area after illegal mining. “If somebody tries to stop tractor-trailer owners from parking the vehicles, he or she will get a similar treatment,” he said. On Wednesday night also, he tried to stop the person from parking a tractor-trailer in the street. He did not say anything at that time but after some time, a biker came to the area with his companions and started creating a ruckus. According to Ronit, he was standing in the street with his wife and son when they attacked him with a rod. He got six stitches on his head. It is not an isolated incident of violence. Every day similar cases are being reported from the city, which has created a sense of fear among residents. In the past few days, many cases of crime reported from the city. A factory owner was attacked by miscreants in Sunder Nagar. Two security guards of a factory were badly injured as they tried to stop two persons from looting a pedestrian. In another incident, a video surfaced in social media in which a woman was showing robbing people with the help of her accomplice. A gym supplement seller received injuries on his head after two suspects assaulted him in a city area. Ludhiana, November 20 The Ludhiana (rural) police claimed to have arrested two more miscreants, including the key suspect, in a extortion case on Thursday. An attempt to extort Rs 10 lakh from a resident of Waraich village was made on October 26 and Rs 50,000 was allegedly taken away by the suspects. 12 booked on Oct 30, four arrested so far While 12 persons were booked under Sections 308 (2), 331 (6), 351 (2) (3) and 191 (3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the Dakha police station on October 30, the police have arrested four persons so far. As per information, Narinder Singh of Waraich The suspects in custody of the Ludhiana (rural) police. village in Ludhiana district had informed the police on October 30 that 12 persons, led by his brother-in-law Jasvir Singh (wife’s brother) of Shehzad village, Veerpal Singh, Jugraj Singh, Man- preet Singh, Amninder Singh and Kulwinder Singh, had entered his house forcibly on October 26 and demanded Rs 10 lakh from him. While all suspects were carrying weapons, Jasvir aimed a pistol at him and threatened to kill him in case his demand was not met. The suspects took away Rs 50,000 before leaving the scene. While the police had nabbed Manpreet and Kul- winder on the day of registering the FIR, the main suspect, Jasvir, and Veerpal were arrested on Thursday. Investigation by police officials, supervised by DSP Varinder Khosa, revealed that Jasvir had borrowed the pistol used in the crime from someone else, whose name would be included in the case after identification. Though the incident had occurred late on October 26, the victim had not reported the matter to the police as the suspects had threatened him with dire consequences if the matter was reported to the police. “When I noticed my brother-in-law Jasvir near my residence again, I decided to lodge a complaint with the police as he had threatened to come again to collect the money,” Narinder Singh told the police while filing the complaint. Three arrested with 603 gm of heroin Four hurt as MPV hits stationary truck Mahesh Sharma Our Correspondent Ludhiana, November 20 The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Ludhiana Range, claimed to have nabbed three notorious drug smugglers and recovered huge quantities of heroin from their possession. Khanna, November 20 Four persons, including two women, were injured when a Toyota Innova vehicle they were travelling in hit a stationary truck near Daheru Bridge on the Ludhiana-Delhi National Highway here on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. The victims were identified as Vijay Kumar of Ludhiana, Ajay Kumar, Rekha Rani and Seema Devi of Samrala. Though the police are yet to ascertain the reason behind the mishap, preliminary investigations revealed that the driver of a vehicle going in front of the MPV had applied sudden brakes and driver Vijay tried to prevent the collision. However, the vehicle collided with a truck that was parked on the Over 2 kg of drug seized this month under special ANTF drive The suspects were identified as Harpreet Singh of the Jhabbal Road area in Amritsar district, Mani Kumar of Navan Kot Mohalla and Raj Kumar Raju of Gurdaspur. The police seized 603 gm of heroin from the suspects. DSP Ajay Kumar said the Ludhiana Range had succeeded in breaking supply chains Drug peddlers in custody of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force team in Ludhiana. of notorious gangs of drug smugglers during a special campaign launched under the supervision of ANTF AIG Vatsala Gupta earlier this month. Three suspects were arrested under the drive on Wednesday. “Having received information about illegal activities of the gang, we got a case registered against the three persons at the ANTF police station in Sohana and nabbed them at a naka when they were going to deliver a consignment of heroin weighing 603 gm,” the DSP said. Claiming that a total quantity of 2.177 kg of heroin was recovered during November, the DSP said two drug peddlers were nabbed with 524 gm and 1.050 kg heroin, respectively, earlier this month. c m y b The mangled remains of the Toyota Innova that met with an accident in Khanna. road due to a breakdown some time ago. Inspector Sukhdev Singh said all the injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital, Khanna, from where Vijay was shifted to some other multispecialty hospital as his condition was stated to be serious. Police officials deployed in the Sadak Suraksha Force (SSF) had to work hard for two hours to rescue Vijay from the mangled remains of the MPV.