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Director of Teachers’ Training Centre to investigate Amit’s death
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Healthy heart a laugh away
2 booked in murder case
19 new patrol vehicles for highways
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Director of Teachers’ Training Centre to investigate Amit’s death
Jalandhar, October 17
Amit Kumar was indeed on the verge of a mental breakdown, if this SMS his father received from his mobile on September 11 is to be believed. Din hafton, mahino ko semester mein badalte dekhta hun Is canteen se kisi saste dhabe ki khushbu aati hai Ye teacher jo ki shakal se hi kasai lagte hain Mujhe Yamraj ki yaad dilate hai Ye saal 3-degree torture hai jise ragging kehte hain Who kehte hain ki ye college hai Phir kyu ye mujhe jahannum ki yaad dilate.” But the next SMS on October 9 seems calm. “Fresher’s Party on next Sunday. Rest is OK.” Rahul’s parents to his rescue
The parents of Rahul— named in the First Information Report (FIR) by Mr Triveni Sahai, today expectedly rallied around their son saying that he was innocent and had not even been named in the suicide note left by Amit Kumar. “Had he been the culprit, Amit would have put his name on the top,” said Rahul’s father Mr
M.K. Buragohain from Nagaland. He said Rahul had met Amit only thrice and had never met him alone so he was never in position to harass him. He also denied that Rahul had ever given Amit or any other junior any assignment. Also, statements of four first year students — Arjun, Angad, Sharad and Prabhat — were recorded today. They reportedly admitted that they were ragged. Meanwhile, Mr Triveni Sahai, Amit Kumar’s father, today demanded a CBI enquiry into the incident. He even questioned as to why two students accused of ragging were expelled for two years only when the term of admission had said that if a ward was found involved in ragging his registration would be cancelled. Mr Sahai further remarked that since his son’s body did not bear any injury marks and only the head and shoulders were crushed, it could be that his boy was murdered and later put on the railway tracks. On being asked why he did not complain to the authorities even though he knew that Amit was being harassed, Mr Sahai said that he thought things were not that serious, and had asked his son to exercise patience. “Whenever I asked if I should come over, he used to stop me saying the fresher’s party is going be held soon and the ragging would stop. It was a misjudgment on my part,” said Mr Sahai. “But Amit confided in his younger brother Kapil Kumar Gangwar about the extent of torture,” said the father. “He hesitated to tell me. But once he told me on the phone that he was ragged till four in the morning.” Mr Triveni Sahai also said his son had shown him an assignment Rahul, a senior, had given him. “It contained weird sounding names of North-East students which he had to remember by heart.” Mr Sahai also alleged that Rahul had once threatened his son saying that he would see how he (Amit) finishes his engineering from the North-East seat. “Amit told me on the phone that he was going to complain against Rahul but the seniors called it a truce. My boy had been physically, mentally and sexually tortured.” Mr Triveni Sahai said that he was not satisfied with the pace of the investigations. “The police and the management have both hid the fact that a suicide note had been found and only the eyewitnesses told me about it.”
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Kokje calls for improving research facilities
Jalandhar, October 17 Addressing the students and faculty of DAV College here at a valedictory function on ‘Modern Trends in Chemical Science and Technology’, the Governor said, “the bright and young Indian scientists, who are usually found unable to perform well in the country, make success stories on foreign land.” “Indian scientists did not get the required equipment and facilities here and this hampered their research work, leading to frustration among them and forcing them to move abroad,” he said. “India, which was earlier known as the land of snake charmers, has now become a major IT giant. However, the society still lacks scientific temper and objective attitude,” he said. Moreover, most of the Indians were still after lucrative career and trying to ape the West by adopting their music, dance and etiquettes, he said. “Unfortunately, they do not try to imbibe the spirit with which the Western people lead their life,” he told the gathering. Encouraging budding scientists to take up the challenges posed by globalisation, Justice Kokje said “Indians must vie for getting more and more patents or else they would have to end up paying a hefty price for items patented by other countries.” Expressing keenness over developing ties between the universities of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in the field of scientific research and technology, he said intellectual sharing between neighbouring states could usher growth and development of the country as a whole. On the occasion, Mr M.L. Aeri, Principal, DAV College, announced that two Young Scientist Awards had been constituted which would be conferred upon deserving students every year.
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Healthy heart a laugh away
Jalandhar, October 17 “Laughing not only cuts the risk of heart attacks, but also helps cure diseases like blood pressure and diabetes since it tackles psycho-neurotic problems,” said Dr Charanjit Singh Pruthi, MD, BBC Heartcare Centre. “It eventually lowers the level of adrenergic contents, which cause stress—the mother of most modern-day health disorders.” Laughter, according to Dr Balraj Gupta, a senior cardiologist at Rattan Hospital, brings multiple benefits. “It works as a strong antioxidant and leads to the release of endorfin harmones, which eventually generate a sense of well being.” He is of the view that besides heart, laughing was a wholesome exercise for the whole respiratory system. “Laughing full pitch results in the clearance of dead spaces in the lungs and free radicals from body. It stimulates auto-purgation system, which creates good and long breathing,” said the cardiologist. Even smiling, Dr Gupta said, leads to bettering of the mood. How to laugh properly and sometimes over nothing was taught by Mr Pawan Uppal, SP, to a group of doctors at a seminar on “Management of Acute Chest Pain,” organised by the National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) here on Sunday. “We should not think about the past or future. Enjoying present is the key to whole health,” Mr. Uppal had said. Dr Ashu Chopra, President, NIMA said his organisation had planned a number of laughter sessions for rural Punjab.
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2 booked in murder case
Jalandhar, October 17 The deceased, Vijay Kumar, was killed with sharp edged weapons when he was returning home last night from his brother’s shop in Avtar Nagar. He was reportedly unemployed but earlier worked as an employee in a shop. The victim’s brother, Mr Raj Kumar, complained to the police that the victim was involved in betting along with the owner of the shop he used to work with and the duo were allegedly at loggerheads over money. Police have, as such, registered a case against Dilawar Singh, the shop owner, and Manoj, an employee of Dilawar, under Section 302 of the IPC. But no arrests have been made as police say the accused have been absconding since the crime occurred. Squads have been sent out to hunt for the guilty, said the SSP.
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19 new patrol vehicles for highways
Phagwara, October 17 This would help the department in checking criminal activities and preventing fatal accidents, while providing timely medical aid to the accident victims on the 12 national and 19 state highways, sources said. The traffic wing of Punjab police have already launched 20 highway patrol vehicles on the strategic and accident-prone stretches of various national and state highways after holding a thorough research, a state police spokesman said. Under the Centrally-sponsored modernisation of police force scheme, all highway patrols would be connected on wireless net, which would also help them in communicating easily with the district PCR vans and Punjab police headquarters.
— TNS
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