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INBRIEF SIX NABBED FOR DRUG PEDDLING Phagwara: The Mehatpur police have arrested a man on the charge of selling heroin. Ten gram of heroin was recovered from the possession of the accused Gurjit Singh of Bute Dian Chhana village. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. The Nakodar police arrested three persons, Sandeep Singh, Akash and Dhiraj, resident of Chitti village under Lambarra police station, with 17 intoxicating tablets. Meanwhile, the Bilga police arrested Buta Singh of Burj Hassan village with 74 intoxicating tablets. The Shahkot police arrested Bachitar Singh of Pati Haveli Malsian village with 32 intoxicating tablets. OC 2 BOOKED FOR MURDER BID Phagwara: The Shahkot police have booked two miscreants on the charges of attempt to murder and firing. The accused have been identified as Rajan and Jashan of Sandhawal Mand village. Manjit Kaur of Rampur village complained to the police that the accused barged into her house and fired with a pistol. A case under the BNS and the Arms Act has been registered. OC Woman nabbed for ‘sacrilege’ in Kartarpur village Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 18 A migrant woman was arrested by the Jalandhar Rural Police in connection with an alleged sacrilege incident at Sanghwal village in Kartarpur on Wednesday. After locals complained to the police regarding the sacrilege and misbehaviour by the woman at the local gurdwara, police teams reached the spot, conducted an investigation and took the woman into custody. The woman has been identified as Radhika, a resident of Bihar. The police said the accused’s permanent address is being verified. An FIR has been registered against the woman at Kartarpur Police Station under Section 299 of the BNS on June 17. As per reports, the incident happened at Shri Guru Ravidas Gurdwara at Sanghwal. As per witnesses, a woman entered the gurdwara and behaved in a disorderly manner. She is accused of tearing pages of a gutka sahib, triggering panic among children present at the gurdwara. Villagers apprehended the woman and also beat her up, informing the police soon after. On the statement of gurdwara granthi Kamaljit Lal, the woman was arrested. He said a religious programme was underway and children were performing path. He had gone out of the main hall for a brief period when the accused woman entered, took gutka and tore Shri Guru Ravidas Gurdwara at Sanghwal. the pages. SHO, Kartarpur, Ramandeep Singh said, “We had arrested the woman and after presenting her in the court, she has been sent to judicial custody.” He added, “We cannot comment at this stage whether the woman was deranged. We are still investigating the matter.” The SHO said the woman had attempted to tear the pages. “They were damaged but did not fall apart,” he said. So far she had been booked under the BNS Act only. “Since we are still investigating the matter, we have not imposed the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act in the matter”, he said. This is the second alleged incident of sacrilege involving a gutka sahib since the new anti-sacrilege Act came into force. In an earlier case registered at Basti Bawa Khel police station on May 19, torn pages of a gutka sahib were found scattered along a roadside in the Raja Garden area. Unknown persons were booked under the new Act in that case. Firing at Shahkot house leaves woman injured Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 18 Unidentified assailants opened fire at a house in Rampur Sandawal village under Shahkot police station, leaving a woman seriously injured. According to information, three masked men entered the house armed with pistols and fired at the occupants before fleeing the spot. The injured has been identified as Manjit Kaur, who was rushed to a hospital. Family members said they had been opposing alleged drug and gambling activities in the area, which had led to tensions in recent months. They claimed to have received threats earlier as well. Hence, masked men on a bike came to the village, entered the victims’ house and started firing indiscriminately, witnesses said. Soon after, the masked assailants fled the spot. On the day of the incident, Gurjit Kaur, daughter of Buchan Kaur, had come to visit her mother. The two were in the kitchen when they heard gunshots. As they stepped out, Gurjit sustained a gunshot injury to her leg and was admitted to hospital. The incident triggered panic in the village, with residents demanding the arrest of those involved. SHO Shahkot said a case has been registered against three unidentified persons and efforts are underway to identify and apprehend them. CM announces ~18.57-cr projects for Phagwara Lok MilniDivyang committee leaders put under house arrest Ashok Kaura Phagwara, June 18 Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced development projects worth ~18.57 crore for Phagwara while addressing a large gathering during the Aam Aadmi Party’s Lok Milni programme held at Gandhi Chowk here amid unprecedented security arrangements. The Chief Minister reached Gandhi Chowk in the evening and interacted with residents, party workers and local representatives. He announced a package of ~18.57 crore for the constituency. The projects include ~1.20 crore for the installation of five tubewells, ~5.91 crore for the improvement of key roads, including Palahi-Hoshiarpur Road, Railway Road and the Sukhchain Nagar-Chandigarh Highway link road, ~5.21 crore for the construction and upgrading of roads connecting Gandwan, Sugar Mill Road, Urban Estate, Dosanjh Kalan, Hargobind Nagar and Chahal Nagar, ~87 lakh for the Heritage Street project at Gurdwara Sukhchain Sahib, ~2 crore for the construction of a rose garden, ~2.19 crore for urban street development works, ~97 lakh for streetlighting projects and additional grants of ~30 lakh each for development works in Athouli village and other civic improvement projects. Earlier in the day, Phagwara Chhabeel Seva Phagwara: The Nakodar police have booked an unidentified person on the charge of kidnapping a girl. The father of the victim, a resident of Kutibal village under Lohian Khas police station, complained to the police that an unidentified person kidnapped his daughter on the pretext of marriage. A case has been registered and further investigations are on. OC THE CASE Devotees prepare sweetened water (chhabeel) at a gurdwara on the martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev ji in Jalandhar on Thursday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH MC officials and employees remained engaged throughout the day in preparations for the programme, while PSPCL teams made contingency arrangements to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply. Hoshiarpur MP Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal, along with Mayor Ram Paul Uppal and other local leaders, supervised the preparations at the venue. Prominent leaders present in the programme included Chabbewal, AAP district Kapurthala in-charge Sarbjit Singh Lubana, Improvement Trust Chairman Jarnail Nangal, Mayor Uppal, BC Wing Zone president Daljit Singh Raju and senior AAP leader Santosh Gogi. Jalandhar, June 18 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing drive against corruption, has caught Sub Inspector Amandeep Singh, posted at Anti-Narcotic Task Force, Jalandhar, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the VB said the accused has been arrested on a complaint lodged by a resident of Gohawar village of Goraya. He said the complainant had alleged that a case under the NDPS Act had been registered against her brother. SI Amandeep Singh had been The accused had already taken a bribe money ~6.5 lakh from a woman on different occasions and was demanding another ~2 lakh to spare her sister-inlaw from being nominated in drug peddling case. threatening to implicate other family members and initiate proceedings against their properties. The complainant further alleged that the accused had already taken a bribe money Rs 6.5 lakh from her on different occasions and was demanding another Rs 2 lakh to spare her sister-in-law from being nominated in the case. The complainant recorded the conversation regarding the demand of bribe. Unwilling to pay the remaining amount, the complainant approached the VB Unit, Kapurthala. Acting on his complaint, a VB team laid a trap and the accused was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe money of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. During the trap, Constable Maninder Singh, who was accompanying the accused SI, fled the spot. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused at Jalandhar and further investigation into this case is under progress. Record feat by Manpreet boosts morale of Mithapur’s hockey hopefuls Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Phagwara: A migrant was electrocuted on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Mausam Kumar, a native of Bihar, and presently living at Seham village. Saurav Devi wife of the deceased told the police that her husband was electrocuted. The police handed over the body to the family after post-mortem. oc dues amounting to nearly ~28 crore allegedly owed by sugar mill at Phagwara. Farmer leaders urged the district administration to arrange a meeting with Mann and warned of agitation if their grievances remained unaddressed. They were given an assurance of a meeting after the CM’s rally. In another development, the police placed Divyang Action Committee state president Lakhvir Singh Saini and the organisation’s women’s wing president Davinder Kaur under house arrest after they announced plans to submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister regarding issues affecting differently abled persons. Tribune News Service MAN BOOKED FOR SEEKING DOWRY BIHAR MAN ELECTROCUTED remained under a heavy security blanket ahead of the Chief Minister’s visit. The police installed barricades at several major entry points and roads, including Gandhi Chowk, Bazaar Bansanwala, Loha Mandi Road, Railway Road and Sarai Road. The restrictions significantly affected normal movement within the city, while many markets witnessed low business activity as shopkeepers complained of reduced customer footfall and traffic disruptions. Simultaneously, members of the BKU (Doaba), who had threatened to block the passage of the CM, assembled at Dana Mandi and sought an audience with the Chief Minister over pending sugarcane SI caught accepting bribe of ~1 lakh, constable flees MAN BOOKED FOR KIDNAPPING Phagwara: The Shahkot police have booked Paramjit Singh, a resident of Gore village under Kotwali police station, Kapurthala, in a dowry harassment case. Mandeep Kaur, wife of Paramjit Singh, a resident of Pati Shahla Nagar, Malsian village police station, had filed a complaint that her husband had been harassing her and demanding more dowry since her marriage. oc Barricades installed ahead of CM Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Phagwara. Jalandhar, June 18 Navneet Singh (14) and his brother Avneet Singh (10), sons of a driver, from Mithapur can hardly contain their excitement these days. For the past few days, the brothers have been speaking about their idol, hockey star Manpreet Singh, who has become India’s most-capped hockey player, completing 413 international matches. The mood in Mithapur that nurtured one of India’s greatest hockey players is celebrato- ry. Children from humble backgrounds with dreams in their eyes play daily on the ground where a young Manpreet once honed his skills, dreaming of wearing the Indian jersey. These budding players held hockey sticks and started playing after taking inspiration from former Indian Hockey team captain Manpreet Singh. Olympian Manpreet’s achievement has sparked pride across Mithapur and there is a fresh motivation among aspiring players. “For the last two or three days, my children have only been talking about their Manpreet paaji,” said Anu, mother of Navneet and Avneet. “Whenever Manpreet comes to Mithapur, he makes it a point to meet the academy children. They have met him too and that inspires them even more.” The excitement is not limited to these two, but other young players of the Mithapur Hockey Academy Himanshu, Davinder Singh, Sahibjot Singh and Manas are among dozens of budding hockey enthusiasts celebrating the milestone, seeing it as their personal achievement. c m y b At the academy, coaches organised a small celebration after hearing the news. “When I told them that Manpreet had created history, the players were overjoyed,” said coach Kuldeep Singh. “Most of these children come from humble backgrounds, just like Manpreet. They carry big dreams in their eyes and want to become international players one day,” he further added. “I have known Manpreet since he was a kid, and I want him to break the world record as well,” Kuldeep Singh further added. Hockey star Manpreet Singh; and (right) budding players at Mithapur stadium, Jalandhar. FILE