Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only person ever convicted in the Air India bombings of 1985, waits outside the B.C. Supreme Court during a fire drill which forced everyone in the building outside prior to the start of the second day of his perjury trial in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday. AP/PTI

COMMUNITY

House sparrows chirp again, thanks to a bird lover
Jalandhar, September 11
The city is experiencing the “rise of house sparrow”, thanks to the missionary zeal and dedication of Prof Sandeep Chahal, a bird lover. House sparrow has almost disappeared from urban areas and to a large extent from the countryside also because of the extensive use of pesticides in the farm sector.

A bird at a “sparrow nest” in a house in Jalandhar.The nest has been supplied by the Dastak Welfare Council. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

Farmers to stage dharnas on Sept 15
Bathinda, September 11
Joining hands against the state government, activists of 17 organisations of farmers and farm labourers are all set to stage dharnas outside the offices of the Deputy Commissioners across the state on September 15.

Agri dept faces staff crunch
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 11
Severe staff crunch in the agriculture department for the past long time has led to a crisis in the farming community of the district.

Varsity doubles honorarium of students
Patiala, September 11
Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh has approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the university with San Jose State University, the USA, the Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan, and the American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi.

‘Cong neglect behind cancer in Malwa’
Patiala, September 11
Rajya Sabha member and SAD general secretary Balwinder Singh Bhunder has said the Congress should be ashamed of the fact that Bathinda and Mansa districts were suffering from the scourge of cancer because the party played in the hands of “pesticide lobby” and closed its eyes to the blatant use of pesticides in this region, which affected the groundwater.

Tributes paid to Battle of Phillora martyrs
Patiala, September 11
The 45th anniversary of “Battle of Phillora” (1965 Indo-Pak war) was commemorated at the Black Elephant Cenotaph here today.

IMA against recruitment of teachers by DMER
Patiala, September 11
The in-service doctors’ wing of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Punjab, has strongly supported the contention of the Punjab State Medical and Dental Teachers Association on the move of the state government to fill vacant posts of medical teachers through direct recruitment by Department of Medical Education and Research (DMER).

CRIME

Filling of Sand in Bags of Wheat
2 Punsup officials booked
Ferozepur, September 11
A case has been registered in the city police station here today against two Punsup officials, who were allegedly involved in filling sand and sandstones in wheat bags stored in local godowns.

Two gangs smuggling weapons busted
Nawanshahr, September 11
The district police claims to have busted two gangs involved in the smuggling of weapons. One of the gangs is headed by none other than an Army havildar, Avdesh Kumar Dubey.




Police officials brief the press about the findings in Nawanshahr on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Malerkotla, September 11
An impressive congregation was seen at the local Eid Gah where more than 20,000 Muslims gathered to offer Eid prayers. Amid heavy security arrangements, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal arrived here to greet Muslims on the sacred occasion.

Keeping in mind the last year's protest against Badal at the Eid Gah, the administration made a change in Badal's programme to reach at the Eid Gah to address the Muslims.

Badal only attended the Eid Milan programme, organised by former DGP and Chairman, Punjab Wakf Board, Izhar Alam, at Pandher palace, Ludhiana road, here where he was treated to sheer korma, a sweet dish prepared with vermicelli and garnished with dry fruits.

Addressing the gathering, Badal announced Rs 10 crore for the development of Malerkotla. He said the government was looking for four acres of land for the development of an Urdu academy.

Badal praised Izhar Alam for starting Hazrat Haleema, a super specialty hospital, at a cost of Rs 4 crore with funds provided by the Wakf Board.

He condemned the tenure of the earlier chairperson of the Wakf Board, saying the chairperson used the money of the board for political purposes. He announced Izhar Alam as the main leader of the SAD from Malerkotla and requested other Muslim leaders to cooperate with him.

Muslims also congregated at various mosques at Amargarh, Bhaini, Sandour, Naudhrani, Sadoupur and other villages to offer namaz.

After the prayers, Muslims exchanged greetings and gifts with relatives and friends to celebrate Eid. 

Ludhiana, September 11
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a multi-crore package for the development of urban areas in the state.

The Chief Minister made this announcement while interacting with the media at a function held to celebrate Ganesh Utsav in Ludhiana.

A package of Rs 100 crore each will be allocated for the municipal corporations (MCs) of Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar followed by Rs 50 crore each for the MCs of Patiala and Bathinda, the Chief Minister said.

A-class municipalities will get Rs 10 crore, B-class municipalities Rs 5 crore and C-class municipalties will be allocated Rs 3 crore, announced Badal.

When asked about the state government's reaction to the FCI's implementation of direct payment for procurement to farmers, Badal said: "Such steps only lead to confusion as the FCI is implementing it partially and the remaining farmers will be after the state government to make the direct payment which will not be possible.”

The CM justified the recent hike in the salaries and allowances of Chief Minister, ministers and MLAs in the state in spite of the much hyped financial crunch, saying: “It was the need of the hour as there has been a steep rise in prices... it was a unanimous decision taken in the cabinet meeting."

Badal opposed the Centre’s decision to go ahead with caste-based census in 2011. “The state governments will have to face the implications of the decision. Moreover, it is against the principal of equality for all human beings.”

Rivulets in the state, particularly Budha Nullah in Ludhiana, would be cleaned within one year and their water would be used for irrigation purposes, the Chief Minister declared.

Shekhpura (Bathinda), September 11
In yet another case of “honour killing”, a 19-year-old boy of this village was allegedly killed by his girlfriend’s father and two others.

The police has recovered the boy’s body from the house of his girlfriend, who is reportedly missing while the accused are absconding.

It is learnt that Jagtar Singh (the victim) had an affair with 16-year-old Manpreet Kaur of the same village. Their families were opposed to their relationship and had a quarrel over the issue a couple of months ago. Due to intervention of villagers, a compromise was reached between the two sides.

Jagtar was a student of BCA-I at a college in Talwandi Sabo. His father, however, had recently got his name struck off from the college rolls on realising that he was not ready to leave the girl. The girl was a student of Class X in the same village. According to information from villagers, as part of a pre-meditated plan, Jagtar went to his girlfriend’s house in the wee hours today. When he entered the house, the girl’s father Mandar Singh, along with two of his friends, caught hold of him.

They took Jagtar to Mandar’s fields and assaulted him with lathis and rods. When he became unconscious, they took him back to the house. In the meantime, somebody from the village informed Jagtar’s father Naib Singh about the incident.

When Naib Singh rushed to Mandar’s house, he found his son lying on the floor. His body had turned blue and there were a number of injury marks on the body.

By the time the police reached the spot, the accused had fled. The girl, too, has been missing.

Speaking to media, the father of the victim said: “I was aware about the relationship of my son with the girl. I had even found a number of love letters written by the girl. Their photocopies were handed over to her father with the request to prevent his daughter from developing relations with my son as both were too young to take such a step.”

“The girl used to call him at night, which was worrying me. Last night, around 2 am, I saw my son asleep in his bed but when I got up at 5 am, he was not there. Worried, I went out in his search and received the tragic news. I rushed to their house with the hope that I would take back my son after pleading for mercy but he was killed by the time and the girl and her father had escaped.”

Acting upon the statement of Naib Singh, in which he had accused the girl’s father Mandar Singh and two of his friends, namely Amrit Singh and Kala Singh, of killing his son, the Talwandi Sabo police booked the three under Sections 302, 364, 201 and 34 of the IPC. However, till the filing of the news, the accused were at large.

Speaking to TNS, the DSP of Talwandi Sabo, Surinder Pal Singh, said teams had been constituted to nab the accused. The police was also trying to trace the girl as she could reveal whether the murder was pre-meditated with her family taking her into confidence or whether the crime was committed in the heat of the moment after her father found the boy in her company, the DSP added.

Chandigarh, September 11
The first Indo-Canadian to be the Premier of British Columbia and now a member of House of Commons of Canada, Ujjal Dosanjh, has a word of caution for the Canadian government about the second and third generation of Sikh immigrants propagating Khalistan.

Speaking to a select group of newspersons before the formal release of a 45-minute documentary on his life and achievements, Dosanjh said at times the propaganda was bitter and malicious. It was time the Canadian government acted and took necessary measures to prevent the situation to go beyond control.

The 45-minute documentary has been made by Meera Dewan of Omni Television in Canada and is about the rise of Dosanjh in provincial politics besides tumultuous years in his political career because of his anti-Sikh ultras stance.

Among those present at the screening of the documentary were former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Canadian Consul-General Scot Slessor and senior officials of the Punjab government. Dosanjh’s wife Raminder was also present.

Dosanjh, who has been known for his open stand against Sikh fundamentalists, said those propagating the cause of Khalistan in Canada were doing damage rather than any good to the cause of Sikhs.

Dosanjh, who was attacked by Sikh ultras in Vancouver when the militancy was at its peak, said he felt greatly relieved when he deposed before the John C. Major Inquiry Commission that looked into failures of the Canadian government in preventing the Kanishka blast.

Dosanjh, who became the first Indo-Canadian to become Attorney-General of British Columbia in 1996 and the Premier in January 2000, has been representing Liberals in the House of Commons after former Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, forced him to come out of retirement and join federal politics.

He remained Health Minister of Canada in the Liberal government led by Paul Martin.

“As long as I am in active politics, I enjoy every moment of it, irrespective of the fact whether I am in the government or in the opposition. In provincial politics, I was always in the ruling New Democratic Party.

“Later, it was at the instance of Paul Martin that I agreed to return and join the much larger political canvas of federal politics,” he said.

Dosanjh also wants the India government to intervene and protect Romas (gypsies) who have been living miserable lives in Europe. “They are originally Indians who moved to Central Asia and Europe some centuries ago. Though they are no more Indian nationals but their origin is Indian.”

Dosanjh said Canadian Minister Jason Kenney who was in Paris before coming to India to discuss the problem of human trafficking, including probable deporting of Romas from France, may make a statement on the issue on his return.

Chandigarh, September 11
In a first of its kind order, the Punjab State Information Commission has asked the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, to “pay” Rs 5,000 as compensation to an RTI applicant who was not provided the information he had requested for in time by the public information officer in the DC’s office.

Taking up an appeal filed by Sarvjit Singh, a Ludhiana-based advocate, State Information Commissioner Kulbir Singh has stated that “instead of penalizing the public information officer, it would be in the fitness of things that public authority be ordered to compensate the appellant on account of expenditure incurred by him in attending hearings in the commission.”

Sarvjit Singh had filed an application for information under the RTI Act in June 2008. He told the information commission that he had not been provided with the complete information in spite of nine hearings in the commission. He added that the correct information had still not been provided to him and every time a different set of information was provided.

“It is observed that there are certain systemic deficiencies in the office of the public authority concerned. Appellant has, therefore, suffered mental harassment and financial loss in attending the hearings in the commission. For this the appellant demands that the respondent be penalized and he be compensated for the detriment suffered,” state Kulbir Singh’s orders.

“Ends of justice would be met by awarding a compensation of Rs 5,000 to the appellant. The compensation shall be paid by the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, which is the public authority within 15 days from the receipt of this order under intimation to the commission,” state the orders of September 9.

Kulbir Singh has further asked the DC to conduct an enquiry why incomplete and wrong information was supplied to the appellant. “The compensation amount may be recovered after proper enquiry from the erring official who has failed to provide complete and correct information to the appellant as stipulated under RTI Act,” add the orders. The next date of hearing has been fixed for October 7.

Chandigarh, September 11
The Punjab government has asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister to allow the candidates to opt for taking the All-India Bar (AIB) Examination in Punjabi language also as nine other regional languages like Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati and Oriya have already been allowed for this test.

In a letter to Gopal Subramanium, Chairman, Bar Council of India, Dr Upinderjit Kaur, Education and Languages Minister, Punjab, apprised that Punjabi was one of the languages specified in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and was on a par with other regional languages that had been allowed to be used as official languages. Besides, even the UPSC had also permitted aspirants to take the Civil Services examination in Punjabi language.

She said a large number of advocates from Punjab had brought to her notice that the BCI surprisingly had not included Punjabi as a language in which the All-India Bar Examination (AIBE) could be taken. “They have also pointed out that this unilateral provision is highly discriminatory and unjust to the candidates who wish to take this exam in Punjabi language,” she lamented.

Dr Upinderjit Kaur also apprised the BCI that Punjabi University, Patiala, had allowed Punjabi as a medium of examination in the LLB course and the law degrees were duly recognised by the BCI. “Keeping in view the larger interests of the advocates from Punjab and to honour Punjabi language, allow the candidates to opt for taking this examination in Punjabi,” she demanded.

In another letter to Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr Upinderjit Kaur stated that advocates were agitated that the action of the BCI was highly discriminatory and unjust. “The omission of Punjabi language as a medium for taking the AIB examination would unduly deprive the candidates from Punjab from taking this examination and thereby restrict their right to practise as an advocate in the courts,” said the minister.

She has requested the Union Minister to take up the matter with the BCI to allow aspirants to take the examination in Punjabi as the last date for applications, September 30, is fast approaching.

Chandigarh, September 11
Hailing the decision of the Punjab Government to revive the celebration of September 15 as Engineers Divas, various associations of engineers of the state have, however, cautioned the authorities against nominating their favourites for the “engineer of the year” award.

The Punjab Mandi Board Engineers Coordination Committee, for example, while lauding efforts of the government to restore honour and pride of technocrats, wants criteria to be fixed for nominating engineers for the annual honour.

The government wants two engineers from each of engineering wings of various departments, boards and corporations to be nominated for felicitation at the annual state-level function to be held on September 15.

For the past several years, both technocrats and doctors had been resentful of bureaucratic dominance alleging that bureaucrats were monopolising top positions in their respective departments. They had been demanding that a top technocrat should be the secretary of the engineering department while departments like medical education and family welfare and healthcare should be under top or senior most doctors of the state.

Even in the education department, the posting of bureaucrats at senior levels by ignoring claims of senior most academicians had been subject of regular criticism.

“We welcome this initiative of the government of restoring pride and honour of the nation builders by reviving the annual divas,” say Jatinder Singh and Raman Kumar of the Punjab Mandi Board Engineers Coordination Committee. While Jatinder Singh is the president of the Mandi Board SDO Association, Raman Kumar is the Junior Engineers chief.

Chandigarh, September 11
The chapter of implementing the abacus programme in 1,080 government schools in the state stands closed for the time being.

Just about a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Director-General, School Education-cum-State Project Director of the Punjab Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Authority to look into the objections regarding tender terms and conditions, the notice inviting tenders stands withdrawn. The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool for performing arithmetic processes.

In their petition placed before the Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Ajay Tewari, Panchkula-based Semas Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Academy Pvt Ltd and another petitioner asserted: “Under the programme, the students of Class III shall be taught simplified and quick means of calculation in mathematics with the help of the abacus”.

Seeking directions for quashing “the wholly unfair, unreasonable and illogical tender for the abacus programme”, the petitioners said it was a “mere farce and total fraud”. They alleged “absolutely absurd, irrational and tailor-made terms and conditions have been stipulated for extraneous considerations so as to solely suit and favour respondent UCMAS India Pvt Ltd.

Counsel for the petitioner Sameer Sachdeva added: “All-out efforts are being made to keep the petitioners and other similarly placed bidders in the dark by ensuring smooth platform for UCMAS to grab the contract”. 

Jalandhar, September 11
The city is experiencing the “rise of house sparrow”, thanks to the missionary zeal and dedication of Prof Sandeep Chahal, a bird lover. House sparrow has almost disappeared from urban areas and to a large extent from the countryside also because of the extensive use of pesticides in the farm sector. With the replacing of wooden and thatched house roofs by concrete material, domestic sparrows have lost their favourite habitats in residential areas. India is one of the countries, which have witnessed a massive decline in the house sparrow population during the past 30 years.

However, Prof Chahal, who is working hard for the past three years to bring sparrows back in the city life, has come out with a solution to deal with the habitat problem faced by these little chirpy birds. He manufactures wooden nests himself and distributes these free of cost to all those having love for birds. Till date he has distributed about 350 nests made of water and termite-proof wooden material.

He has kept all tools and wooden material at his home in Wadala village, on the outskirts of the city, and spends his free time to manufacture nests.

“Initially, I faced some problems in handling the manufacturing job. But now, I am well versed in this art. I prepare the nest in such a manner that birds adopting it should not face even a minor discomfort while living in it,” said Prof Chahal, who teaches English in the local Doaba College. As eagles, snakes, hawks and cats are the predators, which attack sparrows and their eggs, nests are hanged at such places in a house that these should be beyond their reach, he said.

“It is my rough estimate that 4,800 sparrows have been added to the bird population of the city due to my efforts during the past three years,” said Prof Chahal. “I give a nest only to those people whom I find committed to the cause of birds,” he said. He launched an organisation “Dastak” with the objective of breeding sparrows and saving butterflies. “We have launched recently a new project that is related to the saving of butterflies, beautiful creatures of nature,” he said. “People kill butterflies and fix them in photo-frames to hang as decoration pieces in drawing rooms,” he said. “Monarch and cabbage butterflies are common in Punjab. But these are killed and sold by fixing in photo-frames,” he said.

Fatehgarh Sahib, September 11
Severe staff crunch in the agriculture department for the past long time has led to a crisis in the farming community of the district.

Contrary to the sanctioned posts of 33 ADOs (agriculture development officers), there are only five officers who are assigned the task of creating awareness and solving farm-related problems in five blocks of Fatehgarh Sahib.

There is only one agriculture officer instead of three and five agriculture deputy analyst and compost inspectors in place of five. The entire staff is provided with only one official vehicle that too is more than 20-year-old.

The chief agriculture officer (CAO) has recently been transferred to his hometown and now the CAO of Patiala is given the additional charge of Fatehgarh Sahib. Even the present official remains on leave most of the times.

“Since farmers are not aware of precise use of medicines to be sprayed on a crop, they are always befooled by roadside pesticide and insecticide sellers”, said Haakam Singh, member of a farmer union.

“We fail to perform duties both in field and office due to staff crunch. Lack of basic facilities and proactive approach of the government and senior functionaries has led to the crisis. Farmers are now dependent on local seed and medicine sellers who exploit poor farmers”, said an agriculture officer.

He pointed out that increasing toxic content in crops and other edibles were due to lack of awareness among farmers as private companies allure farmers to use their cheap quality products.

The officials said there was hardly any healthy interaction with farmers and common villagers as they had to spent time in official working, meetings with senior functionaries, preparation for organising camp for villagers and other works.

Though farmer awareness camps are being organised, it usually fails to bear any fruits.

There are 445 villages in the district and only few of them made enquiry about new seeds. The CAO Patiala, having additional charge of Fatehgarh Sahib, said he had been visiting Fatehgarh Sahib twice a week and tried his best to complete all pending works.

Patiala, September 11
Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal Singh has approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the university with San Jose State University, the USA, the Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan, and the American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi.

While chairing the meeting of the university Syndicate held yesterday, Syndicate members applauded the achievement of the university for winning Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy in sports for the third consecutive year and establishment of Women’s Study Centre and Academic Staff College.

The Syndicate also gave its nod to enhance the honorarium to the meritorious students from the existing Rs 250 to Rs 500 per month. The appointments of Dr Chandan Singh as Dean, Research, and Dr S.P. Singh as Additional Dean, Research, were also approved.

Patiala, September 11
Rajya Sabha member and SAD general secretary Balwinder Singh Bhunder has said the Congress should be ashamed of the fact that Bathinda and Mansa districts were suffering from the scourge of cancer because the party played in the hands of “pesticide lobby” and closed its eyes to the blatant use of pesticides in this region, which affected the groundwater.

Coming down heavily on Ram Pal Dhaipai and Raj Pal Singh (both Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary) for blaming the SAD-BJP government for the cancer problem in the Malwa region, Bhunder, who was in Patiala to inaugurate Kisan Mela at Rauni yesterday, said, “Malwa is suffering because the Congress neglected this region in the past 50 years.”

Referring to the demand for the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), he said such demands by the Congress leaders were only meant to camouflage their failure on this front.

“The SAD-BJP government had been demanding from long that one AIIMS-like cancer institute should be setup at Bathinda and Mansa but the Congress never supported our demand,” he claimed.

Bhunder further said no Congress MP from Punjab had ever uttered even a single word about the cancer problem in Parliament, whereas Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal had raised this issue in Parliament a number of times. “If the Congress is sincere to the cause of cancer patients, it should press upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for immediate sanction of one AIIMS-like cancer Institute in Bathinda. 

Ferozepur, September 11
A case has been registered in the city police station here today against two Punsup officials, who were allegedly involved in filling sand and sandstones in wheat bags stored in local godowns.

Official sources said a case had been registered against Surinder Singh and Jagir Singh (both custodians) and a private company for their alleged involvement in replacing wheat with sand and sandstones in wheat bags with the aim to divert the original wheat stock into the open market.

Jagir, Surinder Singh and Sham Lal, field officer, Punsup, were placed under suspension a few week ago by the Punsup authorities for their alleged involvement in the wheat scam, the sources added.

Kaustab Sharma, district police chief, when contacted, said a case was registered under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC in the city police station on the application moved by the district manager of Punsup.

He said the investigation of the case would reveal the role of these officials and the company and action would be taken against them accordingly.

Four officials of Punsup, including a former district manager, were found at fault in the inquiry conducted by a committee comprising the deputy director, food and supplies, Punjab. The scam came to light when FCI officials found sandstones and sand in wheat bags while loading these in a goods train.

Deputy commissioner K K Yadav, who had set up this committee, had sent his report to the food and supplies department for further action a few weeks ago. He mentioned that Surinder, Jagir Singh, Sham Lal and A C Bikan, former district manager of Punsup, Ferozepur were at fault.

Nawanshahr, September 11
The district police claims to have busted two gangs involved in the smuggling of weapons. One of the gangs is headed by none other than an Army havildar, Avdesh Kumar Dubey.

Giving details, Dr Narinder Bhargav, SSP, said at a press conference here today that the district police had arrested as many as five miscreants, Avdesh Kumar Dubey, Army havildar, Gurnam Singh, alias Gama, of Lasara village (Jalandhar district), Tejinder Chander Shekhar of Bahtiwal village (Hoshiarpur), Jagir Singh, alias Jagira, of Karamgarh village, Sirsa district (Haryana) and Sukhbir Singh, alias Sukha, of Sirsa and seized as many as nine pistols made in China, Czechoslovakia and Spain along withcartridges from them.

During preliminary investigation, Dubey confessed that he had sold as many as nine pistols, brought from Madhya Pardesh, to criminals during the past nine months, said the SSP, adding that Dubey had sold three pistols to Gurnam Singh, alias Gama, and two pistols to Tejinder Chander Shekhar. Both these criminals were in jail at present in separate cases.

During investigation, Gurnam Singh confessed that he had purchased three pistols from havildar Dubey and on the basis of the information provided by Gurnam Singh, one pistol and two cartridges had been recovered from Gurjit Singh of Lasara village. One pistol along with a cartridge had been recovered from Tejinder Chander Shekhar. Besides, three made-in-China pistols had been recovered from Dubey and one pistol and two cartridges were recovered from Gurjit Singh of Lasara village.

The police has also busted another gang involved in the smuggling of weapons and fake Indian currency from Pakistan by arresting two miscreants, Jagir Singh, alias Jagira, gang leader and his accomplice, Sukhbi Singh, alias Sukha, both residents of Sirsa district in Haryana and recovered three foreign-made pistols.

The SSP added that the police had registered two separate cases under Sections 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act at Sadar and Rahon police stations in the district.