• Haryana postings and transfers
• Paddy arrivals in Haryana

Rohtak, Jhajjar SPs shifted
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 18 — Stung by all-round criticism of the fast-deteriorating law and order situation in Rohtak and Jhajjar districts, the Haryana Government today gave the marching orders to the SPs of the two districts.

The only grandson of the Excise and Taxation Minister, Mr Siri Kishan Dass, was kidnapped from Rohtak two days ago and the mystery of the baby killer of Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district remains unsolved.

Mr K.K. Sharma, SP, Rohtak, has been posted as S.P., Anti Extremist Cell, Jind, against a newly created post. Mr P.K. Aggarwal, SP, Security, Chandigarh, will be the new SP of Rohtak.

Mr A.S. Chawla, SP, Jhajjar, and Mr N.S. Virk, SP, Security, Chandigarh, will swap their places of posting.

Mr Vikas, IGP, Police Training College (PTC), Haryana Armed Police (HAP) and the State Crime Record Bureau, Madhuban sheds the charges of PTC and HAP.

Mr Mohinder Lal, SP, State Vigilance Bureau, Chandigarh, goes as SP, Rewari, vice Mr R.C. Jowel, who has been posted as Commandant, 5th Battalion, HAP, Madhuban, vice Mr Sudhir Mohan, who goes as AIG, T&T, CPO, Panchkula.

The police chief of the Chief Minister's home district, Bhiwani, too has been shifted. Mr S.S. Deswal, SP, CM Flying Squad, Chandigarh, will be the new SP of Bhiwani vice Mr K.K. Sindhu, who becomes SP, SVB, Chandigarh.

Mr Alok Roy, AIG, T&T, CPO, becomes SP, Security, Chandigarh.

Mr D.K. Bhardwaj, DSP, Hqrs, Rewari, goes as such to 3rd Bn., HAP, Hisar, against a vacant post. Mr Yoginder Singh, DSP, Meham, will be DSP, Hqrs., Rewari.

Mr Anil Kumar, awaiting posting orders, goes as such to Meham.

Mystery shrouds woman's death
Tribune News Service

KARNAL, Sept 18 — Mystery shrouds the death of Rajni Devi, a middle-aged woman, whose body was found under mysterious circumstances on the night of September 8.

The police disposed of the body, declaring it to be unclaimed.

Mr Ravinder Kumar, the husband of the woman, in a petition to the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal, has alleged that the police did not care to get the body identified before declaring it unclaimed. Besides the police did not make any effort to find any clues about the "murder". So far nobody had been arrested.

According to the facts narrated in the petition by Ravinder Kumar, he had gone to Kurukshetra with his wife on September 8 to meet his uncle Chander Prakash. Later, the petitioner sent his wife back to Karnal where his children were present. But she did not reach Karnal.

The following day when Ravinder Kumar reached Karnal, he found that Rajni Devi had not reached home the previous night. He lodged a report at the police station in Kurukshetra on September 10. It was only on September 14 that he came to know through a newspaper that an unclaimed and unidentified body of a woman had been found near a dhaba on the GT Road at Karnal. He went to the police station and identified the photograph of his wife. By then, the body had been consigned to flames.

Mr Ravinder Kumar has alleged that the police did not care to find the whereabouts of Rajni Devi. Besides, he said some persons had seen Rajni Devi alive at around 7.30 p.m. on September 8 near the dhaba.

He further alleged that despite his indication to the police about the suspect, the police had failed to nab him.

A deputation of local citizens, led by former Excise and Taxation Minister, Mr Jai Prakash Gupta met the district police chief and asked him to nab the culprit.

13 more booked under ESMA
From Our Correspondent

SONEPAT, Sept 18 — The police has registered cases under the Essential Services Maintenance Act against 13 employees of the Haryana Roadways and the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam stationed at Ganaur, Fazilpur and Gohana for observing a strike on September 16 on a call of the Sarv Karamchari Mahasangh and other unions.

The police has also arrested 47 employees in connection with the strike. Seven of them were arrested under Sections 107 and 151 of the Cr PC.

Meanwhile, Mr Ganga Ram, former MLA and Congress leader, was released on bail by the SDM, Gohana. He was arrested on a charge of instigating the employees.

Mr Ved Vyas Arya, press secretary of the sangh, alleged that the official machinery was used to foil the strike.

Provide security to businessman: HC

CHANDIGARH, Sept 18 (PTI) — In a last-ditch effort to reopen the case of prosecuting former Director-General of Haryana Police Ramesh Sehgal, the Bansi Lal Government again used the complainant to seek the Punjab and Haryana High Court's direction to the Centre for review of the Union government's denial of sanction to prosecute Mr Sehgal in an alleged bribery case.

A Division bench comprising Mr Justice V.K. Bali and Mr Justice P. Rai dismissed the petition by the complainant, Surinder Singh, who sought high court's direction to the central and state governments to proceed further in the FIR registered against Mr Sehgal.

The court dismissed the petition as well as the state government's request to reopen the case in view of the Centre's decision to decline sanction to prosecute Mr Sehgal twice. Interestingly the ex-DGP was not made a party to the petition though he was the affected individual.

However, the court said the complainant was free to challenge the central government order declining sanction to prosecute Sehgal and asked the state government to provide security to Surinder Singh for three weeks.

Surinder Singh, who claims to be a businessman of Gurgaon and a friend of Gurpreet Singh. A murder convict, had earlier lodged a complaint of demand of gratification by Mr Sehgal for releasing him on parole when the latter was DGP (Prisons) in December 1996.

The central government had got the case fully examined by the Ministry of Law and the Central Vigilance Commission and came to the considered opinion that since the state's case suffered from legal and procedural lacunae sanction would cause embarrassment to the state and the central governments alike.

Congress leader for President's rule
From Our Correspondent

ROHTAK, Sept 18 — Senior state Congress leader and former Chief Minister Banarasi Dass Gupta has demanded President's rule in Haryana in view of the "deterioration in law and order".

Mr Gupta, who visited the PGIMS here to enquire about the condition of the son of Urban Development Minister, Siri Kishan Dass who was allegedly abducted, injured and then let off by unidentified persons on Wednesday, asked the CM to reconsider the government's decision to stop grant to the Medical College, Agroha (Hisar).

School board exams cancelled

BHIWANI, Sept 18 (PTI) — The Board of School Education, Haryana has cancelled the examination for English paper, matriculation supplementary, at one centre and of mathematics paper at two centres.

Mr Mansa Ram Sharma, board secretary, informed newspersons here today that the examination for English paper had been cancelled at Government Senior Secondary School, Bawal (Block-2) in Rewari district.

He said the examination for mathematics had been cancelled at Samaj Kalyan Senior Secondary School (Block-1) Gohana-5 centre, and Samaj Kalyan Senior Secondary School (Block-2) Gohana-6 centre in Sonepat district.

The secretary said the examinations for science paper of matriculation and middle, supplementary examinations, and geography paper of senior secondary academic, supplementary examinations, were held on September 17.

He said 54 candidates were caught while trying to copy in the state.

22 Haryana MLAs convicted
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 18 — The Judicial Magistrate, Mr Tejwinder Singh, today convicted 22 MLAs of the Congress and the Samata Party of Haryana on the charge of violating prohibitory orders imposed by the District Magistrate.

The magistrate, however, released them on probation for a period of three months. They were directed to furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each and a surety of the like amount.

The legislators were arrested by the local police on July 22, 1997, from the main gate of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. They has disobeyed the orders issued under Section 144, Cr PC, by the District Magistrate. In violation of these orders, they raised slogans and formed an assembly of more than five persons.

All these MLAs pleaded guilty and told the court that they would not like to face trial. However, they had urged the court to take a lenient view as they had not been convicted earlier.

Haryana to give maxi cab permits
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 18 —The Haryana Government has decided to grant liberally maxi cab permits to create more employment opportunities in the State.

Disclosing this here today, Mr Krishan Pal Gujjar, Transport Minister, Haryana, stated that henceforth there would be no cut-off date for the permits. The passenger tax had also been reduced from Rs 150 per seat per month to Rs 100 per seat per month.

It may be recalled that maxi cab vehicles having seating capacity from seven to 12 passengers were allowed to operate all over Haryana subject to the restriction of plying 10 km on national highway by a decision taken by the present government on August 9,1996. This was in line with a major pre-poll promise of the government. As many as 2,961 such vehicles were given permits up to March 31 last, which was the closing date of the original scheme. The current decision to do away with the cut off date and reducing the passenger tax had been taken at a Cabinet meeting held here yesterday.

Haryana colleges to get Rs 2.5 cr
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 18 — The University Grants Commission has agreed to release Rs 2.5 crore to Haryana colleges for various developmental works.

This was stated by Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, Education Minister, Haryana. A UGC team, headed by Dr Kanta Kumari, Joint Secretary, who was on a two-day visit to Chandigarh to evaluate proposals of left out government colleges and non-government colleges of Haryana for providing grant during the ninth plan period, approved the proposals of 17 government colleges and eight non-government colleges for grants depending upon the students strength, number of faculties in under-graduate and post graduate colleges.

The government colleges included Dronacharya Government College, Gurgaon, Government colleges at Bahadurgarh, Nahar, Gohana, Sidhrawali, Bhiwani, Bawal, Nagina, Jatauli(Haili Mandi), Meham, Gurgaon, Mahendragarh, Government Colleges for Women, Narnaul, Government Colleges, Safidon, Adampur, Nalwa, Narwana, Sirsa and Kanwali. The private colleges included CRA College, Sonepat, K.M. College for Education, Bhiwani, University College, Rohtak, Hindu Girls College, Jind, Sant Mohan Singh Khalsa College, Labana, Girls College, Brara, and Dayanand College, Hisar.

Haryana postings and transfers
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 18 —The Haryana Government today posted Mr P.K. Gupta on return on leave, as Managing Director of Haryana State Small Industries and Exports Corporation and Haryana Handloom and Handicrafts Corporation vice Mrs Keshni Anand Arora who has been appointed as Director, Supplies and Disposal and Joint Secretary, Industries Department in addition.

Mr V.S. Kundu, Managing Director, Warehousing Corporation, Haryana has been given the additional charge of Joint Secretary, PWD (B&R) and Architecture Department.

Mr V. Umashankar, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, will also hold charge of Additional Managing Director, Tourism, in addition to his present post.

Mrs Anita Yadav SDO (Civil) Kosli, becomes Under Secretary, Labour and Employment Departments.

Mr Inder Singh SDO (Civil) Ellenabad, goes as such to Sirsa vice Mr JPS Dahiya, who has been posted as SDO (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Ellenabad.

Mr B.R. Beri, General Manager, Haryana Roadways, Panipat succeeds Mrs Anita Yadav.

Paddy arrivals in Haryana
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Sept 18 — With the start of paddy procurement in Haryana on September 15, the Haryana mandis received 3,739 tonnes of paddy on the first day of procurement, according to Prof. Ganeshi Lal, Food and Supplies Minister, Haryana, here today.

He said Kurukshetra topped by receiving 1,327 tonnes of paddy, followed by Fatehabad 927 tonnes, Kaithal 710 tonnes, Karnal 549 tonnes and Sirsa 129 tonnes.