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Thieves caught on CCTV cameras
Jalandhar, October 9
The CCTV cameras once again proved helpful for the district police in solving a major theft of valuables during a ring ceremony at Hotel Country Inn. Thieves had decamped with cash and a diamond necklace worth lakhs of rupees from the ceremony on September 29.

7 quintals spurious ghee, cheese seized
Hoshiarpur, October 9
The District Health Department has unearthed an inter-district racket of spurious ghee and cheese suppliers and seized four quintals of spurious cheese and three quintals of desi ghee at Mukerian, 55 km from here, this morning.

Adulterated sweets seized in raids
Batala: A team of district health officials, including District Health Officer Dr Ram Lal Goauta and Food and Civil Supplies inspector Dr Amit, accompanied by police officials, raided many sweet shops, dairy shops and cold storages here today.

VC accepts demands of regional campus students
Amritsar, October 9
The tension prevailing in Guru Nanak Dev University’s regional campus at Gurdaspur is seemed to be resolved as Vice-Chancellor Dr Ajaib Singh Brar has accepted the demands of students to start routine classes from October 12.

130 corrective surgeries to be performed in 3 days

Jalandhar, October 9 In an effort to protect children suffering from polio and other congenital deformity disorders, the Lions Club Jalandhar opened a three-day polio corrective surgery camp in Lions Club Hospital. Surgeons will perform around 130 surgeries out of a total of 250 children who registered today in the camp. Doctors examine disabled children at the polio corrective surgical camp in Jalandhar. A Tribune photo

Woman commits suicide, husband booked
Phagwara, October 9
A married woman, Seema, reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the help of a rope in her in-laws’ house in nearby Sahni village last night. Mental tension was said to be the cause of suicide.

Stray dogs attack, injure veteran athlete
Hoshiarpur, October 9
Veteran athlete Baljit Gill (74), wife of Lieut-Col A.S. Gill, who had won medals in the national as well as Asian games, was attacked by two stray dogs when she was returning home after morning walk on October 2 at Jahan Khelan village, 8 km from here.

ASI killed
Phagwara: Punjab police ASI Gurwinder Singh was killed on the spot when the motorcycle he was riding on was hit by a tanker near Kherra village on the national highway near Phillaur on Thursday night. The ASI was returning from Jalandhar.

Thieves caught on CCTV cameras
Bipin Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 9
The CCTV cameras once again proved helpful for the district police in solving a major theft of valuables during a ring ceremony at Hotel Country Inn.

Thieves had decamped with cash and a diamond necklace worth lakhs of rupees from the ceremony on September 29.

Acting on a complaint of Parminder Singh, a resident of the Basti Sheikh locality that certain unscrupulous persons had taken away a diamond necklace and cash from the hotel. He also complained that the thieves had taken away certain “shagun envelopes” from the site.

Taking note of the complaint, the police laid a trap, besides watching the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the hotel.

The police found interesting clues that two children, dressed as domestic helps, had mingled with party members. The police also found the children carrying certain goods and escaping from the ceremony.

A hunt was launched to nab the suspect. The police succeeded in nabbing a migrant woman hailing from the bus stand after finding certain “shagun envelops” from her bag.

Talking to The Tribune, Station House Officer of Division No 6 Sakatar Singh claimed that suspect Pooni Devi, hailing from Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh, had admitted that her grandson and grand-daughter, mingled with the family members in the ring ceremony in the hotel and committed the crime. She also claimed that the siblings left for Madhya Pradesh with the necklace.

The police has also recovered certain envelopes containing the “shagun” money worth Rs 5,600 from her. A police party has been sent to nab the suspects in Madhya Pradesh, the SHO added.

7 quintals spurious ghee, cheese seized
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, October 9
The District Health Department has unearthed an inter-district racket of spurious ghee and cheese suppliers and seized four quintals of spurious cheese and three quintals of desi ghee at Mukerian, 55 km from here, this morning.

Civil Surgeon Dr S.K. Gupta told mediapersons that acting on a tip-off, a team of doctors led by District Health Officer Dr S.K. Mitra, put up a special naka at Hajipur Chowk, Mukerian, at 4.30 am. After an hour, the naka party noticed a Mahindra jeep (PB-06J-2093) and signalled it to stop. When the jeep stopped, one of its occupants, who was identified as Manpreet Laddi, a salesman of Jai Laxmi Dairy, Hanuman Chowk, Gurdaspur, escaped. The driver was identified as Prem Singh Bayni Meelwa of Gurdaspur district.

On search of the jeep, the police seized spurious items worth Rs 1.50 lakh - three quintals of spurious ghee and four quintals of cheese. Four samples of the goods had been sent for analysis at Chandigarh.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the spurious ghee and cheese were being supplied by Jai Laxmi Dairy to various halwais of Hoshiarpur and other districts of Punjab.

Adulterated sweets seized in raids

Batala: A team of district health officials, including District Health Officer Dr Ram Lal Goauta and Food and Civil Supplies inspector Dr Amit, accompanied by police officials, raided many sweet shops, dairy shops and cold storages here today.

The team seized seven drums full of gulab jaman, rasgullas and chum-chum infected with fungus from Khosla Cold Storage, Dera Road. Dead flies and mosquitoes were found in these stuffed drums. Eighteen tins of adulterated rasgullas were seized from Sachdeva Sweet Shop, Kahnuwan Road. The health officials also took samples of fake and artificial ghee from Bhagotra Trading Company, Ghumaan. — OC

VC accepts demands of regional campus students
P.K. Jaiswar
Tribune News service

Amritsar, October 9
The tension prevailing in Guru Nanak Dev University’s regional campus at Gurdaspur is seemed to be resolved as Vice-Chancellor Dr Ajaib Singh Brar has accepted the demands of students to start routine classes from October 12.

The decision was taken after the students assured the university authorities to maintain peace and law and order on the campus. The VC then ordered revocation of the suspension of the students of the Law Department of the regional campus who were suspended for their alleged misconduct and derogatory remarks against their teachers.

The authorities had locked campus on October 1 after students failed to turn up for negotiations in spite of repeated requests by the teachers appointed for resolving the issue. The students had gone on fast when the authorities locked the mess and the hostel, virtually leaving all the students, including foreigners, on the road. They were on strike against lack of basic facilities, including drinking water coolers. However, the VC had pointed out that all their genuine demands were accepted by the university. He had warned students of strict action for creating indiscipline on the campus.

130 corrective surgeries to be performed in 3 days
Amaninder Pal/TNS

Jalandhar, October 9
In an effort to protect children suffering from polio and other congenital deformity disorders, the Lions Club Jalandhar opened a three-day polio corrective surgery camp in Lions Club Hospital. Surgeons will perform around 130 surgeries out of a total of 250 children who registered today in the camp.

A team of four surgeons from the PNR Society, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, will perform the major and minor surgeries of children who are disabled mainly due to polio, congenital deformity disorders, cerebral palsy and deformities causing disability due to metabolic disorders. Disabled children from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country have reported in this camp. In this camp, the expenditure of which may range from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 17 lakh, every facility from lodging to surgery will be performed free, said club president Ramesh Prasher.

The Lions Club Jalandhar is arranging the camp of this kind for straight seventh year. Train fare will be given up to Bhavnagar to those disabled children who may require major surgical intervention. Aids like calipers and clutches and other follow-ups after surgery will be provided free to children.

Woman commits suicide, husband booked
Our Correspondent

Phagwara, October 9
A married woman, Seema, reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the help of a rope in her in-laws’ house in nearby Sahni village last night.

Mental tension was said to be the cause of suicide. On the other hand, the parents of the deceased alleged that their daughter was forced to commit suicide by her husband Surjit Rai as she could not meet the demand of more dowry. DSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said the police had registered a case under section 306, IPC, against her husband and handed over the body of the deceased to her parents after conducting a post-mortem examination in the Civil Hospital here. The accused husband had absconded.

Rape bid

The police has registered a case under sections 452, 354 and 506, IPC, against a villager, Mahinder Singh, of nearby Bhaghana village on the charge of attempting to rape a woman of the village in her house. The accused entered the house by jumping over the boundary wall and started teasing and sexually assaulting her, but the woman raised the alarm. The accused has absconded, said the DSP.

Stray dogs attack, injure veteran athlete

Hoshiarpur, October 9
Veteran athlete Baljit Gill (74), wife of Lieut-Col A.S. Gill, who had won medals in the national as well as Asian games, was attacked by two stray dogs when she was returning home after morning walk on October 2 at Jahan Khelan village, 8 km from here. The dogs gave deep gnashes on her legs. Some people of the locality saved her from the dogs.

Talking to The Tribune here today, Baljit Gill said had some people of the locality not come to her rescue, the dogs might have mauled her. She is taking the required treatment from a private doctor. She had written a letter to Maneka Gandhi who is known for her animal love. She pointed out that there was section 419 of the IPC and the Cruelty to Animals Act under which any person who violates it could be prosecuted. But there was no law to check the increasing menace of stray animals, especially dogs, and aggression of animals. — OC

ASI killed

Phagwara: Punjab police ASI Gurwinder Singh was killed on the spot when the motorcycle he was riding on was hit by a tanker near Kherra village on the national highway near Phillaur on Thursday night. The ASI was returning from Jalandhar.

The tanker driver escaped, leaving the tanker behind. The police has registered a case against the tanker driver. The deceased ASI was posted in Anti-Fraud Staff in Jalandhar, the police said. The body of the deceased was handed over to his family members after a post-mortem examination conducted in the Phillaur Civil Hospital today. — OC