 |
Tuesday,
September 30, 2003, Chandigarh, India
  
|
Bypoll
case: Bhajan, Dalal get bail Chautala
grabbed power on false promises, says Bhajan 2 held on
murder charge Vishnu
Bhagwan is GJU Vice-Chancellor Disabled
protest against chaos at camp |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mahila
Cong leader denied interim bail Officer held while taking bribe 3
Haryana IPS officers posted
Railway official missing
|
|
Bypoll
case:
Bhajan, Dalal get bail Fatehabad, September 29 Mr Bhajan Lal and others had been booked by the police in connection with an alleged incident of May 21, the day of polling for the Fatehabad Assembly by-election. The FIR was registered at the local city police station on the basis of a complaint lodged by Mr Jagdish Chander, District Inspector, Sirsa. The DSP, City, Mr Ram Kumar, inquired into the complaint and recorded the statements of Mr Jagdish Chander, a resident of Bighar village, Mr Budh Singh, SHO Rori, Mr Ruli Ram, a resident of Bangaon village, and Mr Attar Singh Ahlawat, SP, Sirsa, who was on election duty on the day of polling. The complaint said Mr Bhajan Lal, accompanied by the other accused, roamed about in the constituency without permission from the Election Commission and intimidated voters to cast their votes in favour of the Congress candidate, Mr Dura Ram. Mr Jagdish Chander had alleged in his statement that NSG commandos, accompanying the former Chief Minister, tried to kill him at the instance of Mr Bhajan Lal and even a placed gun on his temple. Based on the statements of these persons, the DSP had directed the city police station to book Mr Bhajan Lal and others under Sections 307, 332, 353, 186, 188, 189, 506, 147 and 149 of the IPC and Section 134-B of the People’s Representation Act, 1951. The counsel for Mr Bhajan Lal and others applied for bail for his clients on May 23. The then Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr Darshan Singh, had stayed the arrest of the accused and issued notice of motion to the police. The stay was then extended till today by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr Randhir Singh, who joined here after the transfer of the former. |
|
Chautala
grabbed power on false promises, Kurukshetra, September 29 This was stated by Mr Bhajan Lal while addressing a public rally yesterday at the grain market, Pehowa, 25 km from here. Mr Bhajan Lal said he would get investigated the working of the Chautala government after the Congress came to power. He said Mr Chautala had promised to the farmers that they would get electricity and water for irrigation free of cost but after grabbing power, he did nothing of the sort during his four-year tenure. Mr Chautala would face a miserable defeat in the next elections, he claimed. Mr Bhajan Lal said if the Congress came to power, besides withdrawing the house tax, each member of a family would be given employment. The unemployed would be provided with loans within two weeks of applying to start their own trade. The farmers would get a loan of Rs 50,000 without interest. Moreover, no interest would be charged from the unemployed for one year after granting them the loan, he added. Criticising the release of hardcore criminals from Haryana jails, Mr Bhajan Lal alleged that the state government intended to hand over the state to the mafia. While addressing the rally, former Union Home Minister and Congress MP Boota Singh alleged that though false cases were being registered against members of the minority communities and the downtrodden, the Chautala government remained a mute spectator to the injustice. Criticising the Dulina and Harsola episodes in Haryana, he said the downtrodden were being slain openly and the law and order situation was deteriorating in the state day by day. Among others who addressed the rally included a former Haryana Forest Minister Dr Devender Sharma, a former Haryana Health Minister, Mrs Kartar Devi, and a former Congress MP, Mr Tara Singh. |
|
2 held on murder charge
Chandigarh, September 29 Baljeet Singh, alias Jeeta, was sentenced to life imprisonment in April, 2002, for being involved in a double murder in Panipat district. He was released on parole from Ambala Central Jail on October 27 last year for 25 days. He never returned to jail. Both have now been arrested for allegedly committing more murders. Mohinder was arrested by the Ludhiana police in August for allegedly murdering Mahinder Kumar Nirvaan. Baljeet was arrested on September 24 by the special investigation team (SIT) of the Haryana Vigilance Bureau set up to probe the murder of a Kaithal-based journalist, Mr Parmanand Goyal, who was shot dead at his residence on September 18. Mohinder was prematurely released by Haryana Governor Babu Parmanand, who was bound to do so following advice by the state Cabinet. Mohinder is closely related to a senior bureaucrat, holding an important position in the office of Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala. The premature release of Mohinder came as a shock to the family of Bhushan. His father, Mr Vir Bhan, was so shaken by the turn of events that he died within months of the release of Mohinder in May, 2001. A sobbing Mrs Gian Devi, mother of Bhushan, says Mohinder was released by the government of a party my elder son, Murari, had been associated with since 1986, when Mr Devi Lal, father of the Chief Minister, had launched “Nayay (Justice) yudh”. She says: “What “nayay” we have got from our party’s government?” Murari had been a spokesman of the Fatehabad district unit of the youth wing of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal. It is not that the Madaans have been grieving in private. They twice wrote to the Chief Minister against the premature release of Mohinder. They feel greatly agitated that their letters were not even considered worthy of a reply by the Chief Minister. During the Fatehabad Assembly byelection early this year, they confronted the MLA son of Mr Chautala, Mr Abhey Singh, who was the de facto in charge of the electioneering on behalf of his party, in this regard. Mr Abhey Singh’s explanation about the premature release of Mohinder was that the bureaucrat had kept the Chief Minister and the Cabinet in dark. Mohinder could not enjoy the benefit given to him by the Chautala Government by exercising its powers under Article 161 of the Constitution for long. According to the Ludhiana police, Mohinder was arrested for allegedly murdering Mr Nirvaan on the night of August 6. Both Bhushan and Nirvaan were in their twenties. Nirvaan had a son. It may be recalled that Babu Parmanand had recently asked the Cabinet to reconsider its recommendation to release more convicts prematurely. The Supreme Court has also temporarily restrained the Haryana Government from releasing more convicts before they completed their jail terms. Baljeet, according to informed sources, has told the SIT that while he had jumped parole, he had been staying on the campus of Kurukshetra University, where he was once a student of B.C.A. It is for the Haryana police to find out how he managed to remain free for so long despite several special operations launched by it to apprehend absconding criminals. The Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly, Mr Bhupinder Hooda, says the two incidents have vindicated the Governor, the judiciary and the Opposition, which had been rightly saying that the premature release of hardened criminals had led to an upsurge in the crime graph of the state. |
|
One sentenced to life imprisonment Ambala, September 29 According to the prosecution, on February 6, 2000, the accused was drinking alcohol with Gurnam Singh and Krishan Kumar in a house in the village to celebrate the victory of Jasbir Malor, who had been elected an MLA from the Naggal constituency the same day. In the meantime, another resident of the village, Satpal, also joined them. According to the FIR, an argument started among Jaswinder Singh , Gurnam Singh and Satpal on a political issue. Krishan Kumar, who was related to Gurnam Singh, went to his house to call his father to intervene in the matter. When he went back to the house with his father, he saw Jaswinder Singh fleeing from the place on a scooter. He found Gurnam Singh lying in a pool of blood. In another room, he found Satpal also lying in a pool of blood. He immediately informed the sarpanch, who reported the matter to the police. On his complaint, the police registered a case against Jaswinder Singh, who was later arrested. |
|
|
Vishnu Bhagwan is GJU Vice-Chancellor Chandigarh, September 29 After his retirement from the IAS, Mr Bhagwan was appointed Chairman of the Haryana Bureau of Public Enterprises, the post he would quit to take over as Vice-Chancellor of Guru Jambeshwar University. Mr Bhagwan is the third retired IAS officer to be appointed Vice-Chancellor of a Haryana university since Mr Chautala came to power in July, 1999. Earlier, Mr
R.S. Chaudhary and Mr M.K. Miglani were appointed Vice-Chancellors of Kurukshetra University and Agricultural University, respectively. Importantly, academics have not been appointed Vice-Chancellor in two other universities of Haryana as well. While Mr P.K. Das, Commissioner, Hisar Division, is officiating as the Vice-Chancellor of the newly established Devi Lal University at Sirsa, Major-General B.S. Suhag (retd) is the Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. |
|
Disabled
protest against chaos at camp Sirsa, September 29 The multi-purpose camp for the handicapped was organised here which was to be inaugurated by Haryana Social Welfare Minister Risal Singh, but he failed to attend the function. In his absence, Director Social Welfare Vineet Garg inaugurated the camp. He said about Rs 23 crore had been allocated for the welfare of the physically challenged. After his departure, chaos reigned. Narrating his tale of harassment to this correspondent, a resident of Khairpur Chhinderpal said he had been wandering about since 8 in the morning to contact the officials to get a certificate of 100 per cent physical handicap to get travel concession for himself, but to no avail. Another physically challenged person, Rajender Kumar, said the application form at the counter of Railway Department for travelling was being sold for Rs 2. This complaint was echoed by many others. The SDM was shocked to know about it when this correspondent disclosed this to him. He instructed the officials to give the forms free of cost. Subhash of Bhunahwali village alleged that the District Red Cross Society had promised to give him a tricycle at this camp, but on his arrival they refused to do so, saying that he had already been given a tricycle a year back. Subhash in the presence of the secretary denied having received any such aid. The District Social Welfare Officer, Ms Alka Yadav, evaded questions on the reasons of mismanagement. She said 19 departments were to attend this camp but some of them could not make it. She added that today the camp was held only to invite applications and impart information. |
|
A town of young blood donors Yamunanagar, September 29 The movement has steadily gained momentum in Yamunanagar where students of different colleges and schools form a major section of blood donors. The enthusiasm of the students, coupled with devotion of the regular donors, Yamunanagar has emerged as the front-runner in blood donation in Haryana. Throughout the year, blood donation camps are organised by different social organisations which go a long way in meeting the blood requirement not only in Yamunanagar but also in the PGI, Chandigarh, PGIMER, Rohtak and Red Cross Blood Bank, Delhi. The Principal of Mukand Lal National College, Dr Ramesh Kumar, said that we do not call it a blood donation camp. We prefer to term it as a blood donation mela,” he said. Dr Kumar said that in 1971, after the death of Seth Jai Prakash, the then college Principal, Mr Tilak Raj Chadha, thought of the noble way of paying homage to the noted philanthropist by making donation of blood. “The first blood donation mela was organised on September 5, 1972, and since then this mela is organised every year,” he said. Dr Kumar said that an important aspect of the blood donation movement was the association of a large number of old students as donors and motivators who come to the college on every September 5. “In 1972, 50 units of a blood was collected. This year we collected 475 units of blood,” he said. Those who have donated blood more than 70 times include Mr Satya Pal, Mr Ramesh Kumar, Mr Anil Aggarwal and Mr Parveen Moudgil. Two persons have crossed the 100-donatioin mark. While Mr Lakshinder has donated blood 105 times, Mr Arun Aggarwal tops the list by having donated blood a phenomenal 116 times. The Yamunanagar District Red Cross Society secretary, Mr D.R. Sharma, said that a large number of college and school students participate in the blood donation movement. In 2001-02, 2,436 units of blood was collected and this number went up to 3,380 units in 2002-03. For the year 2003-04, the target was 5,000 units. Incidentally, till September 26, nearly 4,977 units of blood had already been collected. Mr Sharma said that they regularly motivated the people to donate blood. “We hold rallies to inform the people about blood donation. While four rallies have been held, we are going to hold the fifth rally on October 5 to mark World Blood Donation Day, he said. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vijayendra Kumar, said that blood donation was a major success in Yamunanagar. “We have been able to encourage and motivate the people.” In 2002-03, the schools and colleges where blood donation camps were held include MLN Senior Secondary School, Model Town, DAV College Sadhaura, Maharaja Agrasen College, Jagadhri, Haryana Engineering College Jagadhri, MLN College, Yamunanagar, Seth Jai Prakash Poly College, Damla, MLN College, Radaur, GNG College, Sanpura, Seth Jai Prakash Engineering College, Radaur, GN Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, Government Senior Secondary School, Nagal Khajuri, and Hindu Girls College, Jagadhri. According to information available, this year blood donation camps have already been held in MLN Senior Secondary School, Model Town, DD Aggarwal School Jagadhri, and Government Senior Secondary School, Khadri. The Principal of MLN Senior Secondary School, Mr Mithlesh Kumar Bharadwaj, said that this year they collected 191 units of blood as compared to 142 units in the previous year. “Normally our blood donors are Class XI and XII students,” he said. Dr Manish Rathi, in charge of Blood Bank, Yamunanagar, said that the blood donation movement had gained momentum in the last couple of years. “Now, mega donation camps are held. For instance, in a brief period of four days, nearly 1,100 units of blood was collected. This helps in meeting the requirement of major hospitals like the PGI,” he said. |
|
Mahila Cong leader denied interim bail Kurukshetra, September 29 According to the judgement case history, a copy of which was received here today, a complaint was filed by Mr Rai Sahib Sharma, member of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, in the court of illaqa magistrate saying that Mrs Shashi Saini had asked the complainant to arrange for Rs 2 lakh for making him the district president of the Congress. The complainant handed over Rs 1 lakh to Mrs Saini on June 16, 2001 and Rs 70,000 paid to her on June 29, 2001. In March, 2002, the list of district presidents was released, but his name was not there. When the complainant asked the accused to return the aforesaid amount, the accused refused. On these averments, a complaint was filed in the court of learned illaqa magistrate, who forwarded the complaint to the Station House Officer of police station, Thanesar, under Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, upon which the instant FIR was registered. |
|
Officer
held while taking bribe Ambala, September 29 According to information,
Phool Singh filed a complaint with the SP Vigilance, that an officer
of the Housing Board, Puran Prakash had been demanding Rs 1,000 as a
bribe from him for issuing him a possession letter of the house. A
team was constituted under the supervision of Gurdeep Singh, Inspector
Vigilance. The Tehsildar, Ambala, Mr G.R. Rohila, was also included in
the team as Executive Magistrate. The team raided the office of the
housing board and when Phool Singh handed over the amount to the
Housing Board officer, he was arrested. The bureau has registered a
case of corruption against the officer. HC clerk
still untraceable The clerk of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
who was allegedly kidnapped from the city by some unidentified persons
a fortnight ago for ransom is still untraceable. Baljit Singh was
allegedly abducted on September 13 when he had gone to the market to
call a carpenter for some repair work in his house located in Badsahi
Bagh Colony. He did not come back. |
|
3 Haryana
IPS officers posted Chandigarh, September 29 Mr V.N. Roy, on return from a central deputation, has been posted as Inspector-General, Haryana Armed Police, Madhuban, against a vacant post, relieving Mr BS Sidhu. Mr Vikas Arora, SP (Security-II), CID, becomes SP (Security), CID, against a vacant post. Ms Bharti Arora, on return from leave, has been appointed
ADIG, CID, against a vacant post. |
|
Nihangs
impress with daring feats Ambala, September 29 The function was organised by a group of Nihangs led by Baba Surjit Singh of the Budha Dal. As many as 150 Nihang Sikhs took part in the celebrations. The day began with acrobats on horseback. This was followed by a display of archery on horseback. The highlight of the show was a balancing act on two horses by a Nihang. They also performed gatka and daring feats like cutting a banana and putting 'surma' by a sword blindfolded. A number of persons, including the
Head Granthi, Giani Sher Singh and Mr Kirti Prasad Jain were present
on the occasion. |
|
Railway
official missing Ambala,
September 29 An official said on the night of September 25,
Mr J.P. Sagar was waiting for his son to return from Jaipur. “His
son had informed that he would be home by 11.30 pm. However, when he
did not reach by midnight, Mr Sagar started walking outside his
home,” he said. Mr Sagar’s son arrived at around 1.30 a.m. In the
meantime, the other family members had gone off to sleep. “They then
realised that Mr Sagar was not at home. They thought that he had gone
to the railway station. So they looked for him there and went to the
Control Office. But the family did not find him there also”, the
official said. |
|
Teachers’ stir in November Kurukshetra, September 29 A decision to this effect was taken by the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (AIFUCTO) at its meeting held under the chairmanship of its vice-president and M.D. University Teachers Association president, Mr Vazir Nehra, on the Kurukshetra University premises here yesterday. Criticising the trading of education, Mr Nehra demanded that teachers for self-financed courses should be appointed and granted salary as per the University Grants Commission rules. The Security of Service Act should also be implemented so that exploitation of teachers appointed on contractual basis could be checked. |
|
Rs 46-cr plan okayed for Haryana police Chandigarh, September 29 An official press note said today over Rs 25 crore would be spent on buildings, including houses for constabulary, the Police Lines at Kaithal and Jhajjar, police stations and training institutes and a CID training institute at Panchkula. Over Rs 11 crore would be spent on purchasing 534 vehicles of various types. |
|
G.D.
Singh to head Kharga Corps Ambala, September 29 General G.D. Singh will come here on promotion from Headquarters Army Training Command, where he was heading the Doctrine Branch. An alumnus of National Defence
Academy, Khadakvasla, he was commissioned into the Armoured Corps. He
has undertaken several professional courses, including the Defence
Services Staff College, Wellington, and Long Defence Management
Course. He has held a number of prestigious command and staff
positions. |
 |
| Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs | Nation | Editorial | | Business | Sport | World | Mailbag | Chandigarh Tribune | Ludhiana Tribune 50 years of Independence | Tercentenary Celebrations | | 123 Years of Trust | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
