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Prisoner hangs himself to death in Central Jail
No headway in PSEB Class X English paper leak case
Grain merchant looted in
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Man’s bid to elope with minor girl for second marriage foiled
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Army distributes computers in border area schools
BSF organises road safety campaign
25 persons to get artificial limbs
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Prisoner hangs himself to death in Central Jail
Faridkot, April 8 The deceased, 40-year-old Manjit Singh, a resident of Kauni village of Muktsar, was serving a four-year jail term after he was held guilty by a court on February 20 this year for the offence of possessing and printing counterfeit currency. PK Garg, jail superintendent, said Manjit Singh's body was found hanging in the jail hospital in the morning today. In another incident, Tarsem Kaur, an undertrial in an NDPS Act case, attempted to commit suicide in the jail on Sunday evening. She was saved and a criminal case under Section 309 of the IPC (attempt to suicide) was registered against her, said Garg. Suicide by prisoners in Faridkot jail has witnessed a sharp increase in the last two years after a new and modern Central Jail was constructed here. In April last year, a 35-year-old undertrial, Lakhwinder Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself on the jail premises. He was in the jail for the offence of killing his wife. On July 24, 2012, a 40-year-old prisoner, undergoing life imprisonment in a murder case, ended his life by hanging himself. Hoshiar Singh, the prisoner, had earlier made a futile attempt to kill himself by ramming his head into the iron bars of the jail. Pre-trial detainees tend to have a higher rate of suicide than the other inmates in Faridkot jail and most of the suicides have occurred in the morning. While there is no mental health service for the jail inmates, there are common complaints of many inmates undergoing severe despondency and dejection after their arrest and conviction. Sources in the jail revealed that due to inadequate security staff in the jail, no one noticed when these prisoners were attempting to commit suicide. |
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No headway in PSEB Class X English paper leak case
Muktsar, April 8 The police claims that an inquiry has been marked to a DSP rank officer but it has not been able to clarify whether any official of the education department was involved or not. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Muktsar, Surjit Singh said, "Some officials of the education department or the Board might be involved because it would not have been possible without this. But so far, we don't have any proof in this regard. We have asked the officials of the education department, who had lodged the complaint, to produce the packets of question paper and inform how many bundles were opened before the start of the examination. A list of officials in whose possession the question papers were has also been asked for." District Education Officer Devinder Kumar Rajouria said, "We have lodged a complaint with the police which is investigating the matter." The PSEB class X English paper was leaked just a day before the exam and the DEO was informed about the availability of the paper at some photostat shops for Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000. After conducting the preliminary investigations, the DEO had informed the senior officials who changed the question paper. |
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Grain merchant looted in
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Abohar, April 8 Preliminary investigation indicated that he had gone to Bathinda to collect payments for grains supplied to some traders. He carried Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 in separate pockets. Someone served cold drink to him after the train left Bathinda at 9.30 pm and looted his mobile phone and Rs 15,000. The GRP is investigating the case. Earlier, one Vishnu Dutt of Rajkot (Gujarat) was looted in the Barmer-Kalka express train after it left Hanumangarh for Bathinda.
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Man’s bid to elope with minor girl for second marriage foiled
Abohar, April 8 Superintendent of Police Varinder Singh Brar said the accused had been a frequent visitor to the girl's house. He started exploiting her sexually by calling her to his residence through his wife. A case has been registered in this regard on the complaint of father of the girl. As the parents found the girl missing, they informed the police, the girl was found from Kalu Ram's house. He managed to flee but his wife was nabbed. Now, Kalu Ram has been arrested and the police has impounded the Tavera car. The medical examination of the girl indicated that she had been exploited. |
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Army distributes computers in border area schools
Fazilka, April 8 The local formation of the Army is already running a computer centre at the War Memorial Complex in border village Asafwala successfully, with the cooperation of Shaheedon Ki Samadhi Committee, which is looking after the war memorial. As many as 150 girls have already been imparted computer training free of cost at the centre. “The Army has been continuously working for awareness in the field of information and technology in the border areas," said Manju Thakral, headmistress of the Government High School in village Asafwala. Besides senior Army officers, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Fazilka, Vipul Ujjwal, District Education Officer Sandeep Dhuria, office-bearers of Shaheedon Ki Samadhi Committee including Amar Chand Bhateja, Mohan Lal Paruthi, Raj Krishan Thatai, Sanjeev Nagpal, Vinod Gupta Baldev Dhuria, Vijay Chhabra and Pawan Bhateja also attended the
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BSF organises road safety campaign
Abohar, April 8 A team of experts from Honda cautioned hundreds of security men against driving without helmets, safety belts, using mobile phone while driving, and driving after consuming alcohol and drugs. They showed documentaries on negligent driving in undeveloped countries prepared by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Modern Honda spokesperson Gangadhar Bansal said such camps would also be organised in polytechnic and other colleges.
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25 persons to get artificial limbs
Abohar, April 8 As many as 300 patients were examined by a team of doctors during the general check-up camp. —
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A new chapter was added to the saga of cooperation between the Army and the civilians when General Officer Commanding
(GOC), Amogh Division, Major General NC Badhani distributed 20 computers with accessories to the principals of two schools in the border area today. He handed over the 10 computer sets each to the principals of government high schools in the border villages of Sivana and Asafwala in Fazilka district.
A three-day road safety campaign was launched at the BSF divisional headquarter here today. DIG Ashwani Kumar Sharma said the one-day traffic awareness camps would be held at Fazilka and Jalalabad on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
