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Accomplice of Hawara held
Bhajan Lal sulks over Ram Prakash’s appointment
Paddy growers prefer Delhi market
Kin of accident victim ransack nursing home
Anganwadi workers allege sexual abuse
Mine labourers’ threat
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Sunita Bansal elected MC chief
Minor raped; abductor held
Ex-Army man kills mother, ends life
3 of family killed in mishap
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Accomplice of Hawara held
Kurukshetra, October 17 At a press conference here today, district police chief, Sanjay Kumar said that a Chinese pistol and 14 cartridges were recovered from his possession. Gurdeep has been a associate of Jagtar Singh Hawara who is involved in the Beant Singh assassination case and the Burail Jail break case. Mr Kumar said that during interrogation it revealed that Gurdeep had been linked with the Babbar Khalsa group and is one of the main culprits in the Burail Jail break case. He used to collect funds for terrorist activities for Hawara and receive arms and ammunition. He was absconding and wanted in the Burail Jail break case. Mr Kumar added Gurdeep told the police that he met Hawara for the first time in 1988 through Sher Singh son of Hari Singh (relative of Hawara) in Muranda village in district Ropar, Punjab. In 1990, he was declared proclaimed offender as he was linked with Pirthi Singh of the Babbar Khalsa who was killed in an encounter with the Punjab Police. In 1999, he along with Sukhpreet of Patiala district and Fariad Ali looted Rs 3 lakh. In 2000, he along with Harjinder Singh of Meerut and Sukhpreet robbed an Esteem Car. After 15 days they robbed Rs 9.05 lakh from a property dealer in Ludhiana. They were caught after two months of the incident by the Punjab Police and he remained in jail for 20 months. He met Lakhvinder Singh, resident of Dera Mir Miya, Fatehgarh Sahab, who was held in the Burail Jail and an associate of Hawara, during court hearings. Lakhvinder introduced him with his wife Baljeet Kaur. In January 2004, he along with Baljeet Kaur waited outside near Burail Jail in a car and helped Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara, Paramjeet Singh Bheora and Devi Singh Garhwali to escape from jail. He arranged the car and also he was driving the car in which they escaped. Mr Kumar further added that Hawara met him at Sahazadpur village in Punjab and gave him a mobile phone and Rs 10,000 in cash. After 15 days Hawara gave him a pistol, 15 cartridges and two magazines. Hawara met him at Pamma’s house in Lathedi village in Chamkaur Sahib in Ropar, Punjab. This time Hawara gave five detonators and 9 KG RDX and taught him operation of RDX. They planned to kill Baba Piara Singh Bhaniyarawala and attempted for it twice by planting RDX but could not succeed. He robbed a motor cycle from Jirakpur Road for Hawara. He robbed Rs 22 lakh from Patiala with Sahibjeet Singh and Gurbaj Singh. Out of this he gave Rs 5 lakh to Hawara. Gurdeep further told the police that a few days later Hawara gave him 3 pistols, 2 AK 56 rifles and 350 cartridges at Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. Then in Lathori village, Hawara handed over one GPM Rifle, four AK 56 rifles, 14 hand grenades, six magazines of 28 cartridges each, 15 time Switches, 40 detonators, one drum magazine of 100 cartridges, 20 MTR wire, 1 pistol and 12 batteries. It is believed that he was staying in Sujra village since past three months with false name, Mr Kumar added. |
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Bhajan Lal sulks over Ram Prakash’s appointment
Chandigarh, October 17 The three-time former Chief Minister, who has been retained as the HPCC chief, is apparently not too happy with the appointment of Mr Ram Prakash, a Hooda acolyte, with whom he is expected to work in tandem for running the organisation. To give vent to his feelings, the PCC chief, it is believed, may not turn up at the function at the PCC office tomorrow being organised to mark Mr Ram Prakash formally taking over as the Working President. It is learnt that the Chief Minister, the Transport Minister and the outgoing Working President of the HPCC, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, will be present at the function. However, the presence of the PCC chief at the function is doubtful. Talking to TNS today, Mr Bhajan Lal claimed he was not aware of any function being organised at the PCC office tomorrow. “In any case I met my fellow party members at the meeting at the PCC office today”, the Congress leader said. A meeting of members of the AICC from Haryana took place here today and authorised the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, to choose members of the Congress Working Committee .The event entailed demonstrating faith in Ms Gandhi's leadership.Both Mr Hooda and Mr Bhajan Lal were present at the meeting. The two rivals had sprung a surprise some time ago when they jointly addressed a press conference here on the issue of a rural employment scheme. As it was not a routine press conference, it generated considerable interest in political circles and gave rise to speculation about Mr Bhajan Lal reconciling to Mr Hooda's election as the CLP leader. |
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Paddy growers prefer Delhi market
Sonepat, October 17 According to a report, this has given a setback to the procurement of paddy in the markets of Sonepat district. Moreover, the Haryana Government and market committees have been suffering a huge loss of revenue on account of the diversion of large quantity of paddy to the Narela mandi in Delhi. Paddy growers said they were getting Rs 10 per quintal more for their produce in the Narela mandi than the markets in Sonepat district. They claimed that they got the payment on the same day from commission agents whereas in the markets of Sonepat district, the payment was given after 10 to 15 days, causing inconvenience to them. Meanwhile, representatives of various farmer organisations have expressed concern over the slow purchase of paddy by officials of procurement agencies in the markets of Sonepat district. They alleged that paddy growers were being harassed on one pretext or the other when they marketed their produce for sale. They alleged that paddy growers were forced to sell their produce at throw-away prices as officials of the procurement agencies had adopted an indifferent attitude towards them. |
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Kin of accident victim ransack nursing home
Panipat, October 17 According to Mr Prem, husband of the deceased, he along with his wife, Neeru and daughter, met with an accident at around 9 pm on Sunday near the bus stand. Neeru received multiple injuries and was rushed to Prem Hospital. He alleged that despite the serious condition of his wife, the doctors did not attend to her and instead demanded Rs 30, 000 from him for her treatment. The hospital management rubbished the charges and claimed that the victim was brought dead to the hospital and the family was informed accordingly. After coming to know that Neeru had died, her family members gathered at the hospital and demanded a case to be registered against the hospital and its doctors. They alleged that she died due to negligence of the doctors as they did not attend to her properly. The police reached the hosptial and tried to pacify the mob, but the agitated family members ransacked the hospital and damaged furniture. Owing to pressure by the family of the deceased, a team of doctors examined her and declared her dead. A case was registered against Dr Pankaj, son of Dr Prem, owner of the hospital, and two others. Meanwhile, the local chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) protested over the police action on the hospital. All private medical practitioners observed a strike today and closed the OPDs in protest. A delegation of the IMA, headed by Dr D. K. Singh, met the Deputy Commissioner in this regard and lodged their resentment. |
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Anganwadi workers allege sexual abuse
Fatehabad, October 17 Ms Ramesh Sharma, block president of the Anganwadi Workers Union, Fatehabad, said the union had apprised the Deputy Commissioner of the incident, who had asked the SDM to enquire into the matter. She said women workers had been running from pillar to post for the past five days, but to no avail. She alleged that four women victims of accountant Gurcharan Singh were called to the SDM office for their statements at 11 am yesterday but their statements were recorded at 7 pm only and the victims had to wait on the lawns of the mini-secretariat for the whole day without food and water. The union leader alleged that officers were trying to help the guilty accountant. She alleged that an officer went to the residence of a woman anganwadi worker and threatened her to change her statement if she wanted to remain in the job. She demanded stern action against the officer. |
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Mine labourers’ threat
Bhiwani, October 17 The memorandum said that repeated requests to the administration had proved futile. They sought closure of mining at querries. It further warned that all tractor owners would start mining work with their own tractors under the auspicious of the joint action committee from October 19. They urged the government the work was under operation at two levels at Khanak village and work was closed at a place while it was
continuing at other place. Mr Bishnoi told the delegation that they had met Ms Sonia Gandhi in this connection and illegal ‘nakas’ would soon be removed. He assured them that such illegal ‘nakas’ (check posts) would never be allowed in the mines’ area. Labourers said that alleged impractical lease should be cancelled and CBI probe ordered into the ‘loot’ of millions through such nakas, during the Indian National Lok Dal government. They said that Congress leaders had assured of removing these nakas and these had been removed but a few people, allegedly supporters of mine contractors were mining for the past three-four days. They said that the mine contractors had not deposited instalments. |
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Sunita Bansal elected MC chief
Kaithal, October 17 Ms Sunita Bansal, who was elected councillor from ward No. 25 is the first woman president of the local body. Name of Mr Surinder Ranjha for the post of vice-president was proposed by Mr Ranbir Saini councillor and seconded by Rakesh Sardana. He was also declared elected Vice-President unanimously. |
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Minor raped; abductor held
Rewari, October 17 The girl has been restored to her parents in Hans Nagar Colony here while the Gujjar, a resident of Biroli village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, has been put behind the bars. The girl’s medical examination has confirmed rape. The police has now added Section 376 for rape to the existing case. Gujjar of Hans Nagar Colony here enticed the girl on October 3 and took her to Palwal where she was raped. Later, the girl was brought to Brahmanvas village in Alwar district of Rajasthan from where she was taken to Narnaul where a deal was allegedly struck for Rs 2 lakh with Jagdish Prasad to marry off the girl to his brother-in-law. The girl related her woeful tale to Jagdish Prasad who brought the girl and Gujjar to Rewari where the police arrest them. |
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Ex-Army man kills mother, ends life
Jhajjar, October 17 Mithai Devi was living separately with her husband Surat Singh in the village while one of her two sons, Naresh, was also residing in the village after his retirement. Another son, Narender was reportedly based in Delhi. However, Surat Singh died after he fell off the terrace of his house some days ago. After that, Naresh was pressurising his mother to stay with him. He had requested her several times but she insisted upon living separately. Naresh was feeling hurt as he thought that his mother’s separation from his family had made him an object of mockery before the village society. A cousin of the deceased, Yashpal, reportedly spotted the body hanging inside the house. When the villagers broke open the door, they also found the body of his mother lying beside him. A suicide note was also recovered from the room. Naresh had stated that he was feeling ashamed as his mother was living separately in the same village. |
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3 of family killed in mishap
Sirsa, October 17 According to information, Ami Lal, a resident of Abubshahar, was coming along with his wife to Saktakhera on his pony-driven cart to sell earthenware. Their 13-year-old son was following them on a bicycle when a truck coming from the opposite direction ran over the cart and knocked the cyclist down. The couple was crushed to death and their son also died on the spot. The police registered a case against the truck driver who sped away after the accident. The bodies of the deceased were handed over to their family members after post-mortem examination at Dabwali Civil Hospital.
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Cop commits suicide
Rohtak, October 17 He was reportedly found dead in a house in Anaj Mandi there. He and his companion had been booked allegedly for assaulting a couple in full public view and calling the woman a call girl. |
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Woman held with poppy husk
Rewari, October 17 |
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