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Woman, domestic help murdered; buried in house
‘Missing’ Pak cricket fan returns home
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Tributes paid to martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Founder’s day of Ghadar Party observed
Major fire at under-construction hotel, no casualty reported
Tortured by husband, woman commits suicide
Teenager kills self
City bus smashed
Crime Briefs
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Woman, domestic help murdered; buried in house
Jalandhar, April 13 The greed to take possession of her 2 marla house is said to be the motive behind the murders. Raj Rani and her domestic help Khushboo were living at her house in the Shiv Nagar locality. Both had been missing for the last 10 days and Raj Rani’s son, Chandan Kumar, filed a complaint in this regard at Division No I police station, on March 7. In a press conference, Dr S.K. Kalia, ADCP-I, said in a statement given to the police after the recovery of Raj Rani’s body, Chandan alleged that on April 12, when he went to his mother’s home, he found that Ashok Kumar, a resident of the same locality, had locked her mother’s home and took possession of the house. A woman, named Toshi, and her sons Balwinder Kumar and Lov Kumar were also in collusion with Ashok, alleged Chandan. Later, when he asked Ashok the reason for putting lock, Ashok said Raj Rani had taken a debt of Rs 50,000 from him and he took possession of the house following her failure to return the money. However, Chandan broke open the lock and entered the house, where he noticed the foul smell emanating from the bedroom of the house. Thereafter, he reported it to the police. A police team of the ADCP-I, Balkar Singh, ACP, North, and Nirmal Singh, Inspector, Division No I police station, questioned Ashok, who admitted that he, along with Toshi and her sons, committed the crime. The police also recovered the body of Khushboo from the lobby of the house. A case under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of the IPC was registered.
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‘Missing’ Pak cricket fan returns home
Amritsar, April 13 According to information, the 66-year-old resident of Karachi had come to India on a 15-day visa, reportedly on March 24. The visa allowed him to visit New Delhi, apart from watching the semifinal cricket match, scheduled for March 30 at the PCA stadium, Mohali, and the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2. It has been learnt that he stayed at a hotel in Chandigarh but “vanished” a day after the match. Since he reportedly did not watch the final match in Mumbai, the intelligence agencies got alert and carried a look-out operation for him as his visa was to expire on April 7. About his “illegal stay” in India, the immigration officials said on scrutinising his papers, it was found that he had got his visa term extended and in those circumstances, he had his stay here on legal grounds. “After investigation, it was found that after the Mohali match, he went to New Delhi to visit his relatives. He was in New Delhi only thereafter because he fell ill and that’s why he did not visit Mumbai. Due to his ill health, he had obtained extension in his visa through the Ministry of Home Affairs, the validity of which was to expire today and he crossed over to Pakistan well in time,” an official said. |
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Tributes paid to martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Amritsar, April 13 Many speakers suggested that organisations and places must be named after martyrs. They also suggested the elaborate passages of the massacre must be incorporated in the syllabus. A contingent of the Punjab Police saluted the martyrs by reversing their arms at 3:59 pm. Following this two-minute silence was observed. A police band also played patriotic tunes. Health Minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla, senior Congress leader RL Bhatia, former Deputy Speaker Darbari Lal, former Amritsar Improvement Trust chairperson Ratna, Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu, Bhushan Behal, President, Jallianwala Bagh Shahid Parivar Samiti and many other paid floral tributes at the memorial of Jallianwala Bagh martyrs. Members of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front led by its President Maninderjit Sigh Bitta, artist-members of Panchrang under Mala Chawla also paid tributes to the martyrs. A follower of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Jagdish, who also dresses up like Bhagat Singh in routine life, arrived from Panchkula to pay tributes to the martyrs of the massacre.
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Founder’s day of Ghadar Party observed
Jalandhar, April 13 Balbir Kaur Bundala, a member of the committee, unfurled the Ghadar Party flag, which was constituted in 1913. Addressing the gathering, president of the committee Darbara Singh Dhillon said when the Ghadar Party was set up in 1913 there were several challenges before its leaders. But at present there are more serious challenges before the leaders. “The party has already started the centenary celebrations and it would continue till 2013,” he added. Dhillon stated that time had come when everybody should rise above caste, religion and politics to save the rich Punjabi culture. Among others who spoke on the occasion were vice-president of the committee Naunihal Singh, Dr Prem Singh and Dr Parminder Singh from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. |
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Major fire at under-construction hotel, no casualty reported
Jalandhar, April 13 The hotel is situated at the high traffic road leading to BMC Chowk from the Punjab Press Club Chowk. The teams of traffic personnel, city police and firemen were deputed around the hotel to control the fire at the earliest. Six fire tenders were called in to control the flames. The thick smoke coming out of the basement entrance hindered the fire dousing exercise several times. The workers and hotel staffers present at the spot revealed that the welding work was going on in the basement when the thermocol kept there caught fire from the welding sparks. They revealed that the thermocol was to be used as a pipe covering in the air-conditioning system. On the other hand, Anil Chopra, owner of the hotel, said it was not a major fire but only a heavy smoke due to the thermocol fire, which has made the situation panicky. Except a rickshaw puller, who went momentarily unconscious during the rescue operation, no causality was reported till the filing of the news.
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Tortured by husband, woman commits suicide
Hoshiarpur, April 13 According to the police sources, Jaswinder Kaur, married to Kulwarn Singh of Pandori Rajput and mother of two children, committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance. Jaswinder Kaur’s brother Ranvir Singh of Thakarwal village said Kulwarn Singh was in the police and was a drunkard. Kulwarn Singh and his father Harbhajan Singh allegedly used to beat Jaswinder Kaur whenever she persuaded him to stop drinking. The police has booked the father and son under Sections 306 and 34 of the IPC.
Teenager kills self
Phagwara, April 13 One killed, 3 hurt in accident Nawanshahr, April 13 The driver of the second vehicle, Manjit Singh of Mohali, also received injuries. The injured have been admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh. |
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City bus smashed
Jalandhar, April 13 The incident took place at around 6.15 pm when the city bus carrying passengers had a brief halt at the Kapurthala chowk. The bus was going from Kartarpur towards the bus stand. The miscreants broke the windowpanes of the bus and also tried to set it on fire. The SHO, Division No 2 police station, Sukhdeep Singh, said a case was registered, while efforts were on to nab the miscreants. “No loss of life was reported in the incident,” he added. |
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Crime Briefs
Nawanshahr: The Rahon police, led by SHO Surinder Chand, has arrested a drug peddler, Balwinder, alias Manga, of Soddo village, falling under the jurisdiction of Phillaur police station in Jalandhar district, at a naka near Bharta Khurd village, situated on the Rahon-Aur road. The police recovered 1 kg of opium from him. His accomplice Tarlochan Singh of Lasara village, Jalanhar district, managed to escape. A case under Sections 18, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Rahon police station. Similarly, the city police, led by ASI Resham Singh, has arrested Vikam Singh of Mazara Khurd village at a police naka near Begumpur village, situated on the Nawanshahr-Rahon road and recovered 418 injections, 20 syringes and 70 needles from him. His accomplice Jujhar Singh of Punnu Mazara village managed to escape. A case under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered at city police station. — OC One held with illicit liquor
Hoshiarpur: The Dasuya police arrested Sudesh Kumar of Tanda with illicit liquor. He has been booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. His brother Dalip Kumar managed to escape. —
OC Vehicle, cash snatched
Nakodar: Seven miscreants snatched a vehicle, Rs 2,000 and a mobile phone from Rakesh Kumar, local resident, at a gun point on the Malsian road here on Tuesday night and fled away. Rakesh in a statement to the police alleged that seven miscreants, five in an Indica car and two on a motor cyclye, carrying pistols and sharp-edged weapons, stopped him near Nangal Jeevan village and took away his vehicle, Rs 2,000 and a mobile phone from him, police sources said. A case has been registered. —
OC 10 fans, 25 taps stolen
Nakodar: Ten fans and 25 taps were stolen from a house at Ramdas Mohalla here on Tuesday night. Parminder, owner of the house, told to the police that the theft took place when they were not at home. A complaint has been registered. — OC |
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The police arrested a man involved in a gory incident in which a 45-year-old woman and her five-year-old domestic help was murdered and latter buried in her house.While the body the woman was recovered last night, the body of the domestic help was recovered today. The bodies were buried in the house.
A major fire broke out in the city’s soon-to-be-inaugurated Ramada hotel under mysterious circumstances today evening. The fire erupted in the basement of the hotel and it took around one-and-a-half hour for the firefighters and the hotel staff to douse the flames.
