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Haryana SGPC seeks apology from Hooda
Hisar, June 4
The Haryana unit of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken a exception to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s statement in which he had reportedly advocated the formation of a separate gurdwara committee for Haryana.

SGPC Haryana unit chief Joginder Singh Aharwan and others at a news conference in Hisar on Saturday. — Photo by Mehta

Harassed by loan sharks, man ends life
Panipat, June 4
Allegedly harassed by loan sharks, a vegetable seller of Sethi Chowk, Raj Kumar Nagpal, here ended his life on Thursday by consuming some poisonous substance. He left behind his wife Sneh Lata and four children between the age group of 13 and 5.

New assignments for 8 officers
Chandigarh, June 4
The Haryana Government has transferred eight HCS officers with immediate effect. Mr Balbir Singh, awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Employment, relieving Mr O.P. Sheoran of the charge. Mr R.K. Chaudhry, also awaiting posting orders has been posted as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Jind, against a vacant post.

Protest against arhtiya’s death continues
Pundri (Karnal), June 4
Residents of Pundri went berserk on hearing the news of the alleged murder of an arhtiya at Taraori in Karnal district yesterday. They protested against the insensitive attitude adopted by the Karnal police in arresting the alleged culprits responsible for the murder.

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Roadways staff threaten strike
Rewari, June 4
Agitated workers of the local depot of Haryana Roadways have warned that if the employees of Toll Plaza, Bilaspur, who allegedly beat up certain officials of the depot on Thursday were not arrested immediately, they would bring buses of the Rewari and Gurgaon depots to a grinding halt from Monday.

Merger of education directorates opposed
Chandigarh, June 4
The Haryana Rajkiya Adhyapak Sangh has opposed the proposed move to merge the Directorate of Primary Education with that of the Secondary Education. A delegation of the Sangh led by its patron, Mr Sohan Lal, and its President, Mr O.P. Arya, met the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, here today and told him that if the government went ahead with the move, the future of about 50,000 teachers would be in jeopardy as their promotion avenues would be closed.

Bid on life of advocate
Kaithal, June 4
An attempt was allegedly made on the life of an advocate, Dinesh Tyagi, by strangulating him with his neck tie in the district courts here yesterday. Two of the four assailants were overpowered by advocates and later arrested by the police. The other fled the scene.

Man gets life term for murder
Kaithal, June 4
The District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S. Bhangoo, has sentenced Raj Kumar of Bohli village of Panipat district to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 11,000 after holding him guilty of murder of his friend Ranbir at Kaithal in 2003. The court directed that if he failed to pay the fine, he shall have to undergo six months of further imprisonment.

Haryana SGPC seeks apology from Hooda
Tribune News Service

Hisar, June 4
The Haryana unit of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken a exception to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s statement in which he had reportedly advocated the formation of a separate gurdwara committee for Haryana.

“Mr Hooda should concentrate on running his government in Haryana and refrain from interfering the religious affairs of the Sikhs,” said Mr Joginder Singh Aharwan, president of the Haryana unit of the SGPC, while addressing a press conference here today.

During a recent visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Mr Hooda had stated that there should be a separate SGPC for Haryana. Mr Aharwan asked him to apologise to the Sikhs for hurting their sentiments. He warned that if Mr Hooda failed to do so, they would intensify their agitation against him.

“While the SGPC is demanding the management of the gurdwaras in Pakistan, it is ridiculous that a separate body should be sought for Haryana,” he remarked.

In response to a question, Mr Aharwan condemned the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, for opposing the move to raise a memorial to the victims of Operation Bluestar. “He (Capt Amarinder Singh) is the same person who had once resigned from the Congress and joined the Akali Dal to register his protest against Operation Bluestar,” he quipped.

Mr Aharwan stated that the SGPC was managing the affairs of seven gurdwaras in Haryana. Besides, they would set up schools at Sirsa and Kaithal and Miri Piri Medical College in Ambala.

He said former Punjab Chief Minister and Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal, SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur and other Sikh leaders would visit Hisar on June 8 to lay the foundation stone of Guru Nanak Bhavan here.

Harassed by loan sharks, man ends life
Dharmendra Joshi
Tribune News Service

Panipat, June 4
Allegedly harassed by loan sharks, a vegetable seller of Sethi Chowk, Raj Kumar Nagpal, here ended his life on Thursday by consuming some poisonous substance. He left behind his wife Sneh Lata and four children between the age group of 13 and 5.

In his suicide note, he reportedly held responsible three persons — Omkar Sharma, Pradeep Kumar of Ugra Kheri and Ravinder Malik of Sabzi Mandi — here for killing himself. While Omkar and Pradeep run a finance company at Mastana Chowk, Malik runs a shop, Shiv Shakti Fruits, at Sabzi Mandi.

The three were booked for abetting suicide under Section 306 of the IPC at on Friday evening.

The suicide note, reportedly written in Hindi and addressed to the SP, Mr Anil Kumar, states that he had borrowed Rs 10,000 from Omkar and Pradeep on March 22 this year at the rate of Rs 10 per cent.

However, he was given only Rs 9,000 as they deducted Rs 1,000 as part of interest for the first month. They allegedly increased the amount with interest to 30,000 only after a month, the note added.

They then started sending one of their employees almost daily to his house for getting their money back. The employee used abusive language against him the note added.

It was also alleged in the suicide note that Raj Kumar was forcibly taken to Ravinder’s shop on May 26 and mercilessly beaten by Omkar and Pradeep. They warned him that if he did not give them Rs 30,000 by June 2, they would start adding Rs 1,000 per day to the amount. They also forcibly got a blank cheque from his wife. Raj Kumar has requested the SP to take stern action against the culprits who forced him to commit suicide.

His wife along with some persons met the SP in this regard yesterday and requested him to take action against the culprits. 

New assignments for 8 officers
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 4
The Haryana Government has transferred eight HCS officers with immediate effect. Mr Balbir Singh, awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Employment, relieving Mr O.P. Sheoran of the charge. Mr R.K. Chaudhry, also awaiting posting orders has been posted as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Jind, against a vacant post.

Mrs Sunita Verma, Joint Commissioner, MCF Old, Faridabad, and Mr Ashok Kumar Bishnoi, Joint Commissioner, MCF, NIT, Faridabad, will swap places.

Mr Dharam Pal Singh, Joint Director(Admn) and Under Secretary, Higher Education Department, has been posted as Under Secretary, Agriculture Department, vice Mr Sandeep Singh, who is absent from duty.

Mr Bhoop Singh Bishnoi, Inquiry Officer, HAFED, Panchkula, has been posted as Joint Director (Admn) and Under Secretary, Higher Education Department. Mr Jaideep Kumar, Land Acquisition Officer, Urban Estates, Hisar, has been posted as City Magistrate, Fatehabad, vice Mr Suresh Kumar, who goes as Land Acquisition Officer, Urban Estates, Hisar.

Protest against arhtiya’s death continues
Kulwinder Sandhu
Tribune News Service

Pundri (Karnal), June 4
Residents of Pundri went berserk on hearing the news of the alleged murder of an arhtiya at Taraori in Karnal district yesterday. They protested against the insensitive attitude adopted by the Karnal police in arresting the alleged culprits responsible for the murder.

Today’s outburst against the Karnal Superintendent of Police, Mrs Bharti Arora, resulted in the burning of a Haryana Roadways bus and traffic jams amid total bandh in the township.

The infuriated mob went to Pundri and allegedly held captive a team of the Karnal police almost all throughout the night that had chased the mob to arrest persons responsible for the attack on the doctor who had treated the injured arhtiya.

Hundreds of people came out in the streets of the township of Pundri in district Kaithal early this morning and forced all business establishments to shut down. Raising slogans against the Superintendent of Police, they blocked the traffic. The local police resorted to cane-charge to disperse the mob.

Additional police force was called from the district headquarters of Kaithal and other neighbouring districts to avert any unwanted incidents. At least, 28 persons were detained/arrested by the police. However, no police official confirmed about the arrests.

Meanwhile, doctors of Karnal under the banner of the Indian Medical Association gathered here today and demanded the arrest of those persons who were responsible for ransacking the hospital and attacking the house of the private practitioner, Dr G.D. Sharma, in which two persons were allegedly injured.

The team of forensic experts has in its preliminary report confirmed that a bullet was shot from inside the house of the doctor. The bullet had struck the outer door of the house.

However, the detailed report in written in this regard was awaited, said Mrs Arora, SP.

Roadways staff threaten strike
Our Correspondent

Rewari, June 4
Agitated workers of the local depot of Haryana Roadways have warned that if the employees of Toll Plaza, Bilaspur, who allegedly beat up certain officials of the depot on Thursday were not arrested immediately, they would bring buses of the Rewari and Gurgaon depots to a grinding halt from Monday.

They have also demanded suspension of an ASI of the Bilaspur police post for his alleged collusion with the Toll Plaza employees.

The workers, led by their president Vinod Yadav and state chief organising secretary Jaipal Singh Yadav, took out a procession here yesterday raising slogans against the police.

The incident took place on Thursday morning when Rohit Kumar (28), a worker of the Toll Plaza, was crushed under a Haryana Roadways bus (No. HR 47-7690), which was en route from Gurgaon to Rewari. The bus was of the Rewari depot.

In the meantime, a team of Haryana Roadways officials, including Traffic Manager D. P. S. Rohilla, Workshop Manager B. K. Jain and Inspector Suraj Prakash, reached the Toll Plaza, 30 km from Rewari, to take stock of the situation.

The situation took an ugly turn with the Toll Plaza employees and the Roadways officials picking up an altercation which soon turned violent. Several roadways officials sustained injuries.

Merger of education directorates opposed
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 4
The Haryana Rajkiya Adhyapak Sangh has opposed the proposed move to merge the Directorate of Primary Education with that of the Secondary Education. A delegation of the Sangh led by its patron, Mr Sohan Lal, and its President, Mr O.P. Arya, met the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, here today and told him that if the government went ahead with the move, the future of about 50,000 teachers would be in jeopardy as their promotion avenues would be closed.

The delegation expressed its gratitude to Mr Hooda for annuling the “wrong” decision taken by the previous government of placing the services of JBT teachers at the disposal of Zila Parishads.

Mr Hooda reportedly assured the delegation that before taking the final decision on the merger of the Directorate of Primary Education with that of the Secondary Education, the government would seek the views of the teachers.

The other members of the delegation included the General Secretary of the Sangh, Mr Sushil Kumar Singla; Mr Hari Ram and Mr Naresh Mehta.

Bid on life of advocate

Kaithal, June 4
An attempt was allegedly made on the life of an advocate, Dinesh Tyagi, by strangulating him with his neck tie in the district courts here yesterday. Two of the four assailants were overpowered by advocates and later arrested by the police. The other fled the scene.

The injured advocate was admitted in hospital and a case under Sections 307, 323 and 34 of IPC was registered against four persons. — OC

Man gets life term for murder
Our Correspondent

Kaithal, June 4
The District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S. Bhangoo, has sentenced Raj Kumar of Bohli village of Panipat district to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 11,000 after holding him guilty of murder of his friend Ranbir at Kaithal in 2003. The court directed that if he failed to pay the fine, he shall have to undergo six months of further imprisonment.