18062026-CT-01.qxd 6/18/2026 1:16 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune ‘BROOM WARRIOR’ TO GET PADMA SHRI ON JUNE 23 NOW, CONTEST CCTV TRAFFIC CHALLANS ON UT PORTAL BOLLYWOOD BEAUTIES INSPIRE BEACH VACATION WARDROBE Retired DIG Sidhu says he wants to see people “ashamed of littering, not ashamed of cleaning”. P3 People can raise objections within 45 days of issuance of challans for traffic violations. P3 Alia Bhatt keeps it refreshing yet subtle in black monokini with deep back and white border, adding edge to her look. P4 » » /THETRIBUNECHD Sec 11 shooters’ run ends in J&K, 2 held by UT cops 3rd accused at large; weapons yet to be recovered Deepankar Sharda FILE PHOTO Tribune News Service Chandigarh, JUNE 17 The UT police have arrested two accused, Aryan and Sunny Mehra, from Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir for the daylight murder of 45-year-old cashier Janki Das at Shri Kumar Medical Hall in Sector 11 on June 13. Sources said the third assailant was at large. Sunny fired 13 rounds at the cashier from a sophisticated pistol. The weapon used in the crime is yet to be recovered. The police tracked the accused’s location to Rajouri (Jammu & Kashmir). The sources confirmed that both assailants were being brought to Chandigarh. Police teams of different states were involved in this massive manhunt, which finally ended at a village in Rajouri district. The sources said one of the accused was already under the radar of the Jammu & Kashmir police for threatening a relative of a police officer. “The digital footprints of the accused were tracked closely. The police have also rounded up some individuals, who arranged the weapons. The investigation is still underway,” said sources ❝ Aryan and Sunny have been arrested from Jammu by the Chandigarh Police and efforts to nab the third assailant are underway. The motive behind the murder and other angles in the case will be revealed in the coming days. — Pushpendra Kumar, CHANDIGARH IGP in the Police Department. On the afternoon of June 13, two armed youths entered the medical store in Sector 11 and one of them fired 13 rounds at the cashier. They fled the scene with the help of their accomplice who was waiting for them outside. They reached Kajehri village before dumping the two-wheeler at a Sector 3 parking lot. The three assailants ❞ spent a few hours in Kajehri, bought clothes and reportedly reached Delhi via Punjab, and further travelled to their hideout in Jammu and Kashmir. The accused reportedly stayed in a hotel at Kajehri. It was speculated that the real target was the owner of Kumar Bothers Medical Hall, who had received extortion continued on page 2 MAX 37°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 38.3°C | MIN 25.5°C SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:31 AM FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE 5 cops suspended after checks at nakas across city Godara gang member nabbed after encounter Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 17 The crime branch of the Panchkula Police on Wednesday arrested two more accused involved in the kidnapping of a resident of Pinjore. One of them is stated to be associated with the Rohit Godara gang. The two accused, Deepesh of Charkhi Dadri and Yogesh of Bhiwani, were arrested after an encounter in the industrial area near Alipur, under the Barwala post of the Chandimandir police station. They allegedly opened fire on the crime branch team while trying to flee. A .32-bore Beretta pistol and two rounds were recovered from them. With their arrest, all four accused in the case, including Ashish and Viren, who were arrested on Tuesday, have been nabbed within 48 hours of the registration of the FIR. Chandigarh, June 17 In a stern message on accountability within the force, the UT police on Wednesday suspended five personnel after they were found “deficient in performance of their duties” during surprise inspections of checkpoints across the city. The daylight murder of a chemist shop cashier in Sector 11 recently had exposed glaring lapses in the naka system. Action follows murder at Sec 11 medical store MURDER MOTIVE TO BE REVEALED SOON: IGP PARTLY CLOUDY/RAIN SUNSET THURSDAY 7:26 PM » THURSDAY | 18 JUNE 2026 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST The suspended personnel include Sub-Inspector Bachhitar Singh of the Sector 11 police station, Senior Constable Robbin and Constable Suman posted at the Sukhna Lake police post, Constable Deeksha of Sector 3, and Senior Constable Jaspal Kaur of the IT Park police station. The suspension orders were issued by the officiating Senior Superintendent of Police Sumer Partap Singh following surprise checks of police nakas as part of heightened anti-crime and anti-gangster operations. “During surprise checking of law-and-order nakas, these police personnel were found deficient in performance of their duties and are hereby placed under suspension continued on page 2 c m y b Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Gang of robbers busted; all accused students; arrested within 48 hours of Pinjore kidnapping Accused Deepesh and Yogesh at the Civil Hospital, Panchkula, after the encounter. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR All four accused are students. The police said their backgrounds revealed deep- ening criminal entanglements. According to the police, Yogesh had been in touch with the Rohit Godara gang and had allegedly supplied weapons used in a firing incident in Gurugram last year. Deepesh already has FIRs registered against him in Gurugram for kidnapping and physical assault. According to the FIR registered at the Pinjore police station, the complainant, Manjinder Singh, a resident of Power House Colony, HMT, Pinjore, was kidnapped by four men in a black Scorpio near Gauri Shankar Temple on the evening of June 15 while he was returning home after refuelling his scooter. One of the accused allegedly held a knife to his waist and forced him into the vehicle. The group drove him around, skipped paying toll at Barwala and robbed him of Rs 12,000 besides making some online payments continued on page 2 Ola cabs pushed off UT roads for six months Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 17 The Chandigarh Administration on Wednesday suspended the aggregator licence of ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd, popularly known as Ola Cabs, with immediate effect for a period of six months, effectively barring Ola-operated cabs and bike taxis from functioning in the Union Territory till December. The Administration has not yet publicly detailed the specific grounds behind the sixmonth suspension of Ola’s licence. It has urged residents to rely on alternative authorised transport platforms and public transport services to avoid inconvenience. In an order issued this evening, the State Transport Authority directed all vehicle owners attached to the Ola platform not to operate or accept ride bookings through the application within Chandigarh. The Administration warned that any vehicle found violating the order would face challaning and impounding, while commuters have been advised not to book rides through the Ola app and instead use other registered aggregators. Over the past week, drivers associated with Ola, Uber and InDrive had launched a series of protests and partial strikes across Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula, affecting an estimated 50,000 commuters. The drivers were demanding the implementation of Chandigarh’s Aggregator Policy, continued on page 2