Amritsar, May 16
A nursing student committed suicide by jumping from the top floor of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital here today. The incident that took place at 9.25 am stunned the hospital authorities.

The deceased, Vimal (23), a resident of Naagkalan village, had recently graduated from Government Nursing College situated on the medical college premises. She was doing an internship programme at the hospital.

The people, who saw her jumping from the window of the fifth floor of the hospital, immediately rushed her to the emergency ward where she died.

Police officials, including Makhan Singh, ADCP, City-II, reached the spot and initiated action under Section 174 of the CrPc. He said the police had started investigating various angels. The police took the statements of the eyewitnesses, her classmates and hospital authorities in this regard.

Dr Rameshpal Singh Dhoat, Deputy Medical Superintendent of the hospital, said as per friends and classmates of the deceased, she was an intelligent girl and was of a reserved nature.

“We are all upset over the tragic incident. She was very intelligent and well-mannered girl,” said Kamaljeet Kaur, Principal of Government Nursing College. She informed that she did not attend the class. But as per her friends she was quite normal like any other day.

Harish Behal, SHO, Majitha Road police station, said Kishan Chand, father of deceased, in his statement expressed ignorance about the reason behind such a drastic step taken by his daughter. He said he did not suspect involvement of any person. The police did not find any suicide note from the girl.

Hoshiarpur, May 16
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is always trying to maintain sanctity of politics for which it is fighting against corruption.

This was stated by Punjab Local Bodies and Industry Minister Tikshan Sud at a function organised by citizens to honour him on his nomination as the leader of BJP legislature group in the state Assembly by the party high command at the PWD Rest House here last night. He had arrived here after taking oath for his new assignment.

He was accompanied by his wife Rakesh Sud. Deputy Commissioner Dharam Dutt Tarnach, SSP Rakesh Aggarwal, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Harminder Singh, SDM Capt Karnail Singh, local BJP leaders and citizens of Hoshiarpur were present on the occasion.

Tikshan Sud thanked the people of Hoshiarpur for electing him as an MLA for three consecutive terms. He claimed that he had got made development in all the spheres in Hoshiarpur state Assembly segment. He would work with the present spirit in future also.

Condemning the UPA government for its complete failure in controlling the price hike, which had made the lives of common men miserable, Tikshan Sud appealed to the people to unitedly fight against the price hike.

He claimed that the SAD-BJP government of Punjab was totally committed to the welfare and prosperity of people of the state.

Minister travels in rickshaw

Tikshan Sud and his wife Rakesh Sud went in a rickshaw from the PWD Rest House to his house last night to oppose the hike in the price of petrol after the completion of the function. His supporters accompanied him to his house.

Batala, May 16
Former Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa was accorded a warm welcome by hundreds of Congress supporters and senior Congress leaders here.

This was Randhawa’s first public meeting after being elevated as the president of the Gurdaspur District Congress Committee.

Randhawa, who led a cavalcade of nearly 600 vehicles, said he would reconstitute the District Congress Committee after consultations with senior Congress leaders of 
Gurdaspur district.

Despite the fact that Congress leaders have repeatedly asserted that they are putting up a united front, yet supporters of Gurdaspur MP Partap Singh Bajwa stayed away from the proceedings.

Randhawa, who is a party ticket aspirant from Dera Baba Nanak Assembly segment for the next Vidhan Sabha polls, made a stopover at VRS College, owned by former Batala legislator Ashwani Sekhri, where he held meetings with his supporters.

Later Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa drove to Baba Hazara Singh Gurdwara to pay obeisance.

Prominent among others who were present were former MLAs Tripit Rajinder Bajwa and Ashok Sharma, former Chairman of Gurdaspur Municipal Council Raman Bahl and NSUI leader Deep Inder Singh Randhawa.

Jalandhar, May 16
Heena (22), whose body had been found near railway line in the Exta Nagar locality here on May 15, was raped before she was done to death by four youths, including her boyfriend on the intervening night of May 14-15. Heena was resident of Bhoor Mandi.

The City police has arrested four youths involved in the crime, including Heena’s boyfriend Mandeep. The case under Sections 302 and 376/34 of the IPC has been registered against the four.

Baljinder Singh, SHO, Rama Mandi, said in her statement, Heena’s sister Khushboo, revealed that her sister was having relation with Mandeep. She alleged that Mandeep called her up sister around 2.30 am during the intervening night of May 14 -15.

Baljinder said acting on her statement, the police rounded up Mandeep. During the initial investigation, he admitted that he along with his three friends, Rajesh, Sanjay and Vinod, raped Heena before killing her with sharp-edged weapons, said Baljinder.

Baljinder said Mandeep decided to kill Heena as she was pressurising him for marriage. He said the accused threw her body near railway line to make it look like a railway accident. Baljinder added that the weapons used in the crime were also recovered from the accused.