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Cong, SAD slugfest over kabaddi
Congress leaders at a rally in Bathinda on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
19-yr-old kidnapped, killed by cousin
One month on, two class IX students
still missing
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2,896 girl students to get bicycles in Barnala
Barnala couple killed in the Philippines
One held in Ghaggar river bed land scam
By-elections of gram panchayats on Oct 20
Citizen’s Club elects president
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Cong, SAD slugfest over kabaddi
Faridkot, September 25 As the Congress had announced that it will start its separate kabaddi tournament in the village today despite the denial of permission by the district administration, heavy police force was deployed in the village to stop the tournament. But in no mood to relent, many senior Congress leaders reached Dheemanwali in the evening today and inaugurated the kabaddi tournament despite stiff resistance by the district police. Sensing the defiant mood of the Congress leaders, the baton wielding police backtracked, apprehending more trouble. If earlier, armed with teargas shells and batons, the heavy police force, deployed in Dheemanwali and its surrounding area, was apparently resolute in not allowing the local Congress leaders, the police backed down after senior Congress leaders like Bajwa and Jakhar arrived.. Tension was prevailing in this small village for the last two weeks over the staging of two separate kabaddi tournaments. As the Congress and Akalis in the village had announced they would organise their own tournament, the controversy started after the district administration denied them permission for it. But in no mood to relent, the Congress leaders of the area skirted the controversy and announced their resolution to organise the tournament. “Though the Congress was allowed permission to hold a political rally, keeping in view the volatile law and order situation in the village, the police was not in mood for confrontation,” said Gurjit Singh Romana, DSP, Kotkapura. The kabaddi tournament was a prestige issue between a former MLA and Congress general secretary, Kushaldeep Dhillon, and parliamentary secretary, Mantar Brar. Besides Partap Singh Bajwa, Sunil Jakhar, many Congress leaders including Mohammad Sadiq, Raja Warring, Ajaib Singh Bhatti, Gurpreet Kangar, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Joginder Singh, Darshan Brar and Kushaldeep Dhillon reached Dheemanwali village to oppose the police.
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19-yr-old kidnapped, killed by cousin
Faridkot, September 25 The police today produced the accused, Amandeep Puri (30), and two migrant labourers working in his rice mill before the local district and sessions court. The labourers, Tek Chand and Ramu, had helped Amandeep in kidnapping and killing Sunil. The police said Sunil had gone to meet Amandeep at Zira town in Ferozepur after the latter called him on his mobile on September 8, but had not returned. The call details helped the police in questioning Amandeep, who is the son of Sunil’s father’s sister. During the interrogation, Amandeep told the police that he had summoned Sunil at his rice mill. When Sunil came to meet him, he was served a drug-laced drink. Amandeep said after his cousin fell unconscious, he got nervous about carrying out his plan. Thereafter, with the help of the accused labourers, he strangulated Sunil and threw his body in Rajasthan Feeder Canal near Khosa Dal Singh village, said GS Randhwan, Senior Superintendent of Police, Faridkot. A case of kidnapping, murder and destroying evidence against Amandeep and the two labourers has been registered. Sources said beside the ransom angle of this murder, in the past two weeks, the police has been working on other theories, the prominent among which was Sunil's closeness to a girl. They said though the accused were in the custody of the CIA, Faridkot, for the past over one week, the police were waiting for the recovery of the body and some other clues to solve the case.
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One month on, two class IX students
still missing
Barnala, September 25 As per information, on August 22, both had gone to Government High School at Bhaini Mehraj village for studies, but had not returned to their homes. Initially, both the families searched for the boys for about three weeks at their own level. Later, on September 13, they lodged a complaint with the Dhanaula police that registered a case under Section 363 of the
IPC. Station House Officer (SHO), Dhanaula. Gurbhajan Singh today said that both the boys had made phone calls to their one friend once or twice. About eight days back, the boys had made a last phone call to their friend. On the basis of the location of the phone call, a police party visited Chhattisgarh, but the boys were not found there,
he added. The SHO said the police had also sent teams to Naina Devi in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, but to no avail so far. He said they were waiting for the next phone call from the boys so that they could know their location and bring them back to Bhaini
Mehraj.
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2,896 girl students to get bicycles in Barnala
Barnala, September 25 Malhotra said the Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme had been launched to promote education and reduce the drop-out rate of girls in the state. She said the scheme was showing positive results as the dropout rate of girl students had decreased considerably. She said the state government had decided to continue this scheme. She said the state government had also launched
several other welfare schemes for the overall development of students of government schools. She said Dr Hargobind Khurana Scheme has been launched to provide financial support to needy and meritorious students. |
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Barnala couple killed in the Philippines
Barnala, September 2 Mukhtiar Singh, father of the deceased, today said his other son Udham Singh, who is also in the Phillipines, had informed him of the killings over the phone. Mukhtiar said Kulwant Singh and Charanjit Kaur, who ran a finance business, were kidnapped by armed persons when they were returning home. The assailants killed the couple after robbing them and then fled from the spot, he said. Mukhtiar said the duo had gone abroad around nine years ago to make money. The couple is survived by a daughter (21) and a son (20). — TNS
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One held in Ghaggar river bed land scam
Abohar, September 25 As per the available information, the preliminary investigation indicated that Saheban had struck a deal with Gurdev Singh for selling the river bed land at Rs 3 lakh per bigha. Rs 90 lakh was reportedly paid in the first phase by presenting fake persons. Their photos were pasted on the sale deeds. Later, Gurdev Singh came to know that he had been duped and filed a complaint with the local police. The initial deals were for 13 bigha od river bed land.
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By-elections of gram panchayats on Oct 20
Muktsar, September 25 ADC (D) Rambir Singh said that for all those seats, where the elections were not held for any reason, the notification would be issued on October 3. The nominations will be filed from October 3 to 7. The scrutiny will be done on October 8 and nomination withdrawal process will last till October 10. The counting of votes will be done on the same day of polling, on October 20. In Muktsar district, the by-elections will be held for the post of sarpanch of Basti Nanakpura and panchayat members from ward 1 and 4 of the same village. Besides, the by-election will be held for the post of panchayat members from ward 5 of Akalgarh village, ward 4 of Canada Basti and ward 2 of Marar Kalan village.
— TNS
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After weeks of tension, a kabaddi tournament in Dheemanwali village of Faridkot today turned into a political sulgfest between the Congress, Akalis and the district police.
