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Crorepati to ‘Roadpati’
Alawalpur, June 19 Twenty years ago Joginder Pal, a flourishing sweet-maker, left his shop and home in this township to live in an open space adjoining a garbage dump on the outskirts of the township for the reasons best known to him. His landed property worth crore of rupees and repeated persuasion by friends and relatives failed to entice or to bring him back to his home. For the past more than 20 years Joginder Pal, alias Gullu, 70, has spent his days and nights in the open braving vagaries of weather without any shelter. His problems got compounded recently when some of his relatives started eyeing his property worth more than Rs 1.25 crore, based in Budho Punder village of Kapurthala district. In what is seen as an alleged bid to “usurp” Joginder Pal’s property’, a general power of attorney also popped--up mysteriously and efforts were made to get his land transfer in the name of some people on the basis of this power of attorney. But the caution exercised by Kapurthala Tehsildar Gurpreet Singh coupled with efforts by a group of Kapurthala residents led by Sandip Chadha, saved Gullu and his property-at-least for the time being. Sensing that something was wrong, Sandip Chadha filed a complaint in the office of Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner J.M. Balamurugan that certain people were making en effort to ‘usurp’ the 1.25-acre piece of land owned by Gullu. Balamurugan, it was learnt, has ordered an enquiry into the whole episode and has directed the officials concerned to ascertain whether Gullu was mentally deranged or not. He has also assured that no deed can be registered wherein, there was a doubt on the mental state of one of the parties. “We feel that Gullu’s life is in peril so, we are making effort to shift him to a temple in Kapurthala. He can be looked after there properly and this can improve his lot,” said Sandip Chadha and his supporters. A stray dog is seemingly the only companion of Gullu at least till the time when he was shifted to the temple or a safer place.
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Conman takes ex-SMO for a ride
Phagwara, June 19
As per the report lodged with the police, former SMO Buta Ram Gill, a resident of local Urban Estate, said that Bhupinder Kumar of Solan in Himachal Pradesh, who posed himself as BSF officer after reading a matrimonial advertisement published in a newspaper and came in contact with Gill and offered him as the prospective bridegroom for his daughter and later duped him of Rs 2 lakh by telling him that he needed the money for the last rites of his entire family, including parents, who were killed in an accident. In fact all the members of his family were alive. Gill, who inserted a matrimonial advertisement for his daughter in newspapers in the month of September last year, received an offer from the accused who posed himself as a commandant in 36 Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) posted at Ganganagar. He also sent his photograph in BSF uniform as a commandant. This impressed Gill and Bhupinder Kumar met the girl in October. However, a week later Buta Ram Gill received a call from Bhupinder Kumar and narrated his tailored story about the tragic death of his family members in an accident and expressed his requirement of Rs 1.5 lakh for their last rites. Dr Gill gave him the required amount. But after a few days, the said "commandant" again demanded Rs 50,000 which Gill delivered to him. In the meantime, Bhupinder gave Rs 1,001 to the girl as “shagun” on his engagement. Unfortunately, the accused's greed for more money continued and in his cheating process, made his third-time demand of Rs 4 lakh after a few days of the engagement. This made Gill suspicious and started enquiring about his would-be son-in-law. Gill came to know that the accused was not employed in the BSF and all his family members were alive. This shocked Gill and he lodged a complaint with the police which had registered a case of cheating against the accused who was still at large. When contacted, Phagwara DSP H.P.S. Khakh said he had dispatched police teams to various locations to nab the accused.
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Cops swoop down on drug stores; one arrested
Phagwara, June 19
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CIIS joins hands with Scotland college
Jalandhar, June 19 Giving details of the agreement here on Monday, director of the Scottish institute John Muir said the Indian students could get themselves enrolled for a one-year foundation course at CIIS. There offshore campus for pursuing a diploma or a degree course would be in UK. He said various programmes were being offered in hospitality, accounting and financial services. Also courses in visual arts, graphic arts, digital techniques, film broadcasting, acting, music and sound production, engineering, fashion designing, computer and child care were available. He said the course would cost a student Rs 2 lakh a year.
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Govt’s transfer policy flayed
Jalandhar, June 19 At its meeting held at Nawanshahr under the presidentship of its chief Dilbagh Singh, the Punjab Roadways Conductors Union alleged that money played a significant role while shifting
conductors from one place to another. The issue of overtime was also discussed at the meeting. It was alleged that the conductors were not paid the overtime money according to
time table. Among others, Punjab Roadways Conductors Union general secretary Mohinder Singh, its Jalandhar (I) unit president Bikkar Singh
and its general secretary Dinesh Kumar discussed the matter during the meeting.
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Accused escapes from police custody
Kapurthala, June 19 According to sources, accused Surjit Singh escaped while head constable Santokh Singh and home guard jawan Sulakhan Singh had taken him to produce in a Kapurthala court. Surjit was reportedly arrested on Saturday in connection with a case registered at Dhilwan police station.
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Young World
Jalandhar, June 19 On the seventh day today, the scouts and guides learnt tent pegging. Participants were trained in tying up different knots and fixing sticks to erect tents. A teacher took them to an open area where a tent could be fixed. Pre-nursery children were taught drawing ice-cream cones and colouring them. LKG and UKG students made butterflies using paper folding. They also made flower baskets. Different styles of karate were taught to a group of 40 students. Middle school students learnt dance by dancing to the tunes of “Crazy kiya re” and “Dharak dharak”. Icing of cake for food fun and pool activities are also a part of the camp. Principal Sapna Bakshi said the camp was conducted free of cost. Students of Dayanand Model School, Model Town, organised a summer camp to develop physical and artistic faculties of the students. The camp provided classes in dance, music, painting, roller-skating, roller-hockey and yoga. Principal B. Manuja said yoga and roller-skating were a big hit among the participants. A summer camp for children in the age group of three to six years was organised at CT Public School. Tiny tots were in the caring hands of kindergarten teachers who first took them for swimming in the splash pool. Art and craft classes were conducted to improve learning and enhancing kids’ creativity. During snacks’ time, children learnt table manners and made it a point to finish their food. Simple tips were given to make little children smart, confident and aware. Tie-up
St Soldier Group had a tie-up with the American Hotel and Lodging Institute last evening. President of the American institute Roy G. Kennington and chairman of St Soldier Group Anil Chopra signed up a contract for the purpose. Chopra said the students of St Soldier Hotel Management College could now move abroad for better job opportunities.
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