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Blind murder case solved, one held A collage of life’s varied ‘kathas’ Missing NRI’s body recovered |
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‘Constables’ threaten suicide
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Blind murder case solved, one held Jalandhar, July 29 Avtaar Singh alias Taari, a resident of the same village, had lodged a complaint at Shahkot Police Station about five years back alleging that his brother Jaswinder Singh alias Nikka (30) had been murdered by an unidentified assailant. SSP Ishwar Singh said all aspects relating to the death of Jaswinder Singh under mysterious circumstances were investigated by a team headed by Shahkot DSP Dilbag Singh Pannu. “Investigations revealed that the deceased Jaswinder Singh had set his eyes on the sister of accused Dilbag Singh and the latter could not tolerate the lustful activities of Jaswinder Singh. So, he allegedly beat him up with sticks and threw his body in the fields. The accused has confessed to the crime,” the SSP added. The case was cracked after DIG Paramjit Singh Gill and the SSP constituted special teams for cracking all unsolved murder cases in district within shortest possible timeframe.
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A collage of life’s varied ‘kathas’
Jalandhar, July 29 The very first story “Bade Bhai Saheb” (penned by Munshi Prem Chand) was about the psychological tug-of-war between two siblings who are as different as chalk and cheese. It highlighted hilariously how different approaches to life stem from differences in personality and ability. In the second story, two feudal lords’ all-consuming passion for chess was depicted. Unmindful of their family life and the political turmoil in their kingdom, the decadent men thought of nothing beyond registering their win in the game. The story took a dig at patriarchy when apparently virtuous wives were shown having adulterous liaisons, all the while remaining cocooned in the strict patriarchal set up. The most poignant story was “Sankraman” that unfolded the saga of a finicky father and a happy-go-lucky son to reveal a deeper truth — that it is impossible to wean ourselves away from parental patterns and influences. And, for all the much-touted differences between the old generation and the new, we take in wittingly or unwittingly what we see in our parents. We may criticise them, but eventually “we become them”. And the cycle continues from generation to generation. Naseeruddin Shah as the nagging, cantankerous old man, who frets over what his son (played by Jameel Khan) considers inconsequential things, was brilliant. Jameel Khan as a tetchy person after his father’s death, too, performed the role with panache. The programme was organised under the aegis of The Durga Das Foundation in association with Spice Telecom. The Tribune was the media sponsor of the show. Theatre etiquette The evening was a lesson in the theatre etiquette. “Katha Collage” started dot on time, and those who came late had to go back. The organisers made it a point to impress upon the audience that cell phones are best switched off during the programme. For a pleasant and much-needed change, the audiences were not allowed to troop in and out of the hall during the presentation.
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Missing NRI’s body recovered Phagwara, July 29 According to sources, Banta Sahota, an NRI, who frequented to England very often, had been to his house on the Hoshiarpur Road, about ten days ago. When family members of Sahota, who are also settled in England, came to know that he was missing, they lodged a complaint with the police. The Phagwara police took into custody the caretaker of the house and his mother. During interrogation, the caretaker confessed to have strangled Sahota with the help of his four accomplices, said police sources. Meanwhile, the deceased’s body was handed over to his family members after a post-mortem examination conducted at the Civil Hospital, Hoshiarpur.
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‘Constables’ threaten suicide
over job issue Jalandhar, July 29 The agitated youngsters who took out a protest rally here claimed that the PAP had recruited as many as 4326 persons in 1993, but ironically, only 2800 of such persons were absorbed and granted numbers. They rued that repeated promises were extended to the remaining persons, but they were not given any appointment letters. “After the assurances failed to materialise, we moved to the courts, which ordered the authorities to absorb us in 1996. Later on, the Punjab and Haryana High court also issued directions in our favour. But the orders have failed to yield any results,” Prabhjot Singh, Parminder Singh, Rakesh, Satnam Singh and Jarnail Singh said. “We will have no alternative other than committing suicide if we are not absorbed in to the force. After all, we have already undergone the selection process and passed all the tests,” they said. The youngsters also alleged that though on the surface no recruitment had take place in PAP after 1993, backdoor entry was being granted to certain people. “We demand a Vigilance Bureau or CBI probe into the matter,” they said. |
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Pasla new CTU president Jalandhar, July 29 Other members of the CTU working committee elected during a convention here include Ganga Parsad, Vijay Dogra, Bikar Singh and Jaswant Singh Sandhu, all vice-presidents, Natha Singh, general secretary, Khushi Ram, secretary, Atma Ram, Surinder Kumar, Harimuni Singh and Shiv Kumar, all assistant secretaries and Inder Singh Grewal, secretary. Mr Pasla, Mr Natha Singh and other senior leaders raised issues like price hike and problems being faced by the working class. They also stressed upon the need for launching a mass struggle to solve people’s problems. |
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