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P4 » » CHANDIGARH 96 PANCHKULA 111 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD /THETRIBUNECHD Police claim to have broken illegal arms supply chain in Tricity PHOTO: PARDEEP TEWARI Tribune News Service WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH International meet: Online conference “Punjab in motion: migration, society and change”, to be organised by the Centre for Migration and Mobility Studies (OP Jindal Global University) in collaboration with PANJ Foundation; April 24 & 25 APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 34, 56 and Ram Darbar Mohali: Sec 88 and Phase 8 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com Chandigarh, April 22 The Operations Cell of the Chandigarh Police has arrested gangster Mukesh, alias Golu Gohana, who used to supply illegal arms to criminals in the region, after a brief encounter near the PHOTO:VICKY Sector 25 rally ground on Wednesday morning. Acting on a tip-off, a team, led by Inspector Satwinder Duhan, tracked down the accused. When the team cornered Mukesh, he allegedly opened fire at the police. He suffered a bullet injury on the right leg in the retaliatory fire by the police. The police have recovered six illegal weapons and nine cartridges from accused who were part of an arms supply chain. The police had arrested Aman, a resident of Mohali, on April 10 and recovered a countrymade pistol and one cartridge from him. On April 18, accused Sanju, a resident of Sector 38 (West), was arrested with an ille- The police inspect the encounter site in Sector 25, Chandigarh, on Wednesday; and (inset) the UT police have seized a total of 14 pistols and 15 cartridges from eight accused involved in the interstate supply of illegal arms. gal weapon. After the questioning of the accused, the police got to know that Gohana would visit his sister’s house in Sector 25 this morning. A team cornered him near the rally ground and arrested him after the shootout. The police recovered one .32 bore pistol and three cartridges from the site. In January, two accused, who were involved in open- Centre suspends officer in IDFC First Bank scam Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 22 In a significant development in the alleged IDFC Bank scam, the Central Government has placed IFS officer Navneet Kumar Srivastava under suspension in view of the ongoing police investigation. Srivastava, who was serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Sci- ence and Technology Promotion Society (CREST), had earlier been removed as its CEO. Sources said during the suspension period, Srivastava has been directed to report to the head office as per service rules. Earlier, Sukhwinder Singh Abrol, former project director at CREST, was arrested. He is currently in judicial custody. Investigations by the Chandigarh Police’s Economic Offences Wing led to the arrest of several bank officials and individuals linked to the fund scam in the Municipal Corporation and CREST. The probe has indicated that crores were allegedly siphoned off from government funds through a network of shell companies and manipulated bank records, including fake fixed deposit receipts and forged statements. ing fire at a chemist in Sector 32, were arrested after an encounter near the Sector 39 grain market. Meanwhile, various teams were formed to crack down on illegal weapon suppliers. The police arrested Rahul, alias Rally; and Monu, both residents of Manimajra, for procuring illegal weapons from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and supplying these to crimi- Chandigarh, April 22 The Municipal Corporation has announced that residential property owners can avail of 20% rebate on property tax payments made from April 1 to May 31. The owners of commercial properties will get 10% rebate. Payments through cheque will be accepted till May 26. Municipal Commissioner Amit Kumar urged the residents to take full advantage of the rebate scheme by making payments within the stipulated period. — TNS Tribune News Service Kishwar skips appearance before IO, served fresh notice Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 22 A day after scholar and academic Madhu Purnima Kishwar skipped appearance before the Chandigarh Police, a fresh notice was served on her in Delhi on Wednesday evening directing her to join the investigation on Saturday. Confirming the development to The Tribune, a senior police official said, “We have served another notice for Saturday.” Kishwar said a Chandigarh Police team, accompanied by a Delhi Police official, visited her in Delhi to serve the fresh notice. “The policemen who came with yet another notice were from the Chandigarh Police, with one person from the Delhi Police. I am shocked that even this team refused to give me a copy of the FIR but expect me to appear in Chandigarh Police Station Sector 26 on April 25. The Inspector had no answer when I repeatedly asked him why a copy of the FIR is not being given to me,” she said. Kishwar had earlier declined to appear before the Investigating Officer at Police Station Sector 26 on The academic says wrong Twitter handle mentioned in notice; asks for FIR copy before joining probe Wednesday, objecting to the wrong social media handle being mentioned in the notice and the police not giving her a certified copy of the FIR. In her written response to the police, she had stated that the notice mentioned the handle @mandukishwar instead of her actual account @madhukishwar, raising doubts over whether the notice was meant for her. She had also said that without a certified copy of the FIR, she could not respond properly to the allegations. An FIR was registered against Kishwar and certain other social media users by the Sector 26 police on a complaint filed by a city resident, alleging circulation of forged and misleading social media posts and obscene content through a video clip. Charges against her An FIR was registered against Kishwar and certain social media users at the HEART BEAT IS IN SAFE HAND Advanced CTVS Care Now in Tricity Department of Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Park Hospital, Panchkula Dr. Sidharth Garg BJP candidate for Panchkula mayoral post Shyam Lal Bansal being congratulated by his supporters on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR Observers appointed Meanwhile, D Suresh has been appointed as general observer, Abhishek Jorwal as police observer and Harveer Singh Chauhan as expenditure observer. Sukhdev Singh has been designated as nodal officer (complaints) for the Panchkula MC polls. Haryana State Election Commission Secretary Gaurav Kumar said the appointments were aimed at ensuring free, fair, transparent and peaceful conduct of the MC elections in Ambala, Panchkula and Sonepat, municipal council Sector 26 police station on a complaint filed on April 19 by a city-based resident alleging circulation of forged and misleading social media posts and video clips containing obscene content, which allegedly misidentified a person in the video. The case was lodged under Sections 196 (promoting enmity between groups), 336(1) (forgery) and 356 (criminal defamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act. According to the complainant, the person seen in the video is a travel vlogger whose wife had originally shared the video from her own social media account. The police recorded the statements of the woman, her husband and another person appearing in the clip during the preliminary investigation. The UT police had visited Kishwar late on Monday night to serve notice, but she declined to receive them, invoking the legal provision barring the police from visiting or arresting women after dark and before sunrise. The team formally served the notice on her on Tuesday morning. WHERE EVERY Comprehensive Cardiac Treatment Backed by Modern Technology and an Experienced CTVS Specialist Team. tested Assembly elections from Kalka three times, but without success. FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Avail of property tax rebate scheme: MC appeals to residents Bansal BJP’s pick for P’kula Mayor’s post Panchkula, April 22 The BJP has announced Shyam Lal Bansal as the party candidate for the post of Mayor in the Panchkula Municipal Corporation elections scheduled for May 10. A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader and twotime former Panchkula district president of the party, Bansal has been chosen over outgoing mayor Kulbhushan Goyal. He holds sway among the Agarwal community in the area. The Congress had earlier chosen Sudha Bhardwaj (65), as its mayoral candidate. Bansal, a businessmancum-politician, has also served as the convener of the Investor Protection Cell for the BJP in Haryana. The 70-year-old leader is a contemporary of former Haryana Assembly Speaker and former Panchkula MLA Gian Chand Gupta. Bansal began his career with a grocery store in 1970. He also ran a stone-crushing business before moving up to acquire government contracts for major infrastructural projects. He has con- nals in the city. The police recovered three semi-automatic pistols, one countrymade pistol and two cartridges. The accused said they supplied illegal weapons to key associates of the Lucky Patial and Bambiha gangs in the Tricity. The police also arrested Govind, a resident of New Indira Colony and associate of the Bambiha gang, with a countrymade pistol. 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