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In election mode, Badal woos migrants at Vishwakarma rally
Cong jittery ahead of poll, claims CM
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Incentives for youth joining armed forces on anvil
Govt tries to make police force more people-friendly
Liquor trade fast becoming money-spinner in Punjab
News Analysis
Cash-strapped govt to spend
Rs 20 crore on kabaddi cup
5 run over by train in Jalandhar
Damp Diwali in waterlogged Muktsar areas
Health Minister’s PA ‘raids’ clinic in Moga
HIV-infected prisoner flees from Amritsar hospital
Chief Minister to inaugurate Sri Guru Granth Sahib Bhawan today
Patiala Aviation Club may get night landing facility
Stray dogs maul old man to death
Nine Faridkot jail inmates get remission in sentence
Land dispute turns violent, one killed
Fraud case against school management
Bid to encroach on forest land, 3 booked
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In election mode, Badal woos migrants at Vishwakarma rally
Amritsar, November 4 Addressing a rally of migrants here on Vishwakarma Day organised by the Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Parishad (UPKP), the Chief Minister, speaking in Hindi, described the migrants as Punjabis, saying they too contributed to the state’s development. “Whether agriculture, industry or the construction sector, migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have made an immense contribution. They have worked for the state’s progress and have adopted Punjab as their home-state,” the Chief Minister said. He regaled the large gathering with his witty speech and humour. Badal announced housing facilities for the migrants on easy instalments. He said the migrants would not have to pay the land cost for these houses. Each dwelling unit would cost Rs 4.50 lakh. He said the state government would soon open schools and primary healthcare centres/dispensaries in areas dominated by the migrants. The expenditure incurred on the same would be entirely borne by the state government. He directed Deputy Commissioners across the state to conduct special surveys in their areas for identifying sites for the construction of such schools and dispensaries. He said special camps would be organised by district administrations to provide ration cards, Aadhaar cards and voter cards to all eligible migrants. This would also help them avail of the Atta-Dal Scheme of his government. Badal’s speech was interspersed with appeals to the gathering to cast vote in favour of the SAD in the ensuing parliamentary elections. Badal blamed the Congress for the deplorable living conditions of migrants, alleging that the Congress was pro-rich and, hence, its policies were tailored to benefit only the rich. The migrants comprise a sizeable vote bank in several constituencies of the state. As the Chief Minister arrived at the function, Bhojpuri singer from Hajipur Rajiv Kumar rendered a song in his praise. Addressing the rally, UPKP chairman Ram Charan Yadav demanded that an officer of the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) be deputed to attend to the complaints of migrants. He said industrial units in the state were grappling with labour scarcity and that there was a need to understand the reasons for the labour shortage. The Chief Minister was accompanied by Chief Parliamentary Secretary Inderbir Singh Bularia and SGPC members Rajinder Singh Mehta and Bawa Singh Ghumanpura.
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Cong jittery ahead of poll, claims CM
Ludhiana, November 4 “The Congress is making this demand as it has sensed defeat in the coming elections in five states. The party will meet the same fate in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections,” the Chief minister claimed. He was talking to mediapersons after attending a state-level function in memory of Lord Vishwakarma at Guru Nanak Bhawan here. On Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia’s statement in the assembly on the He said appropriate legal action would be taken after a detailed study of the case. Maintaining that he did not believe in vendetta, the Chief Minister said even though certain Congress members were provoking the government to order an inquiry into the issue, his government would wait till the final outcome. Asked about the alert issued by the IB on a possible terror attack during NDA’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally in Moga next month, the CM said: “We believe in peace and communal harmony. I am sure the rally will pass off peacefully.” Earlier, Badal paid tributes to Lord Vishwakarma. He felicitated technocrats and artisans on the occasion. He appealed to the youth to improve their skills to take advantage of job opportunities being created by the state government.
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Incentives for youth joining armed forces on anvil
Chandigarh, November 4 Earlier, the government had announced to give cash incentive of Rs 1 lakh each to those joining any of the officer training academies of the three services. "We have worked out the modalities of the scheme. The proposal has been sent to the Chief Minister's office for approval," said Brig Manjit Singh (retd), director, Defence Services Welfare. Punjab, once referred to as the sword arm of the nation, has been facing a problem in intake into the armed forces, both at the officer level and in the ranks, for which a host of reasons have been cited. The Army has three infantry regiments, Punjab, Sikh and Sikh Light Infantry, besides some squadrons and batteries in the armoured and artillery regiments that draw their stock exclusively from Punjab. In addition, troops from Punjab are taken into other arms and services. While a large number of youths apply for entry into the services, the problem, officers point out, are educational, psychological and physical standards. Officers associated with recruitment said in Punjab, poor educational standards at the grass-roots level and drug-addiction among the youth were the major drawbacks. At present, there are about one lakh serving soldiers who belong to Punjab - just about 8 per cent of the total armed forces manpower of about 13 lakh. About 250 persons from Punjab join as commissioned officers in the services each year - another low figure given that the officer intake in the three services is about 3,400 each year. There is an overall shortage of officers in the armed forces. Brig Manjit Singh said though there had been problems associated with getting the right material for recruitment over the past year, there now appeared to be a turnaround in the situation. "Recruitment in the ranks is done on the basis of the total male recruitable population of a state, which is 2.4 per cent for Punjab. The present intake from Punjab is more than the fixed quota as vacancies not filled by other states are passed on," he said.
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Govt tries to make police force more people-friendly
Chandigarh, November 4 These reforms are part of the Punjab Police (Amendment) Bill, 2013, passed during the just-concluded session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who also holds the Home portfolio, is hopeful that policing in the state will now become more people-friendly. The posting tenure of each police official has been capped at three years. Only in exceptional circumstances, the government can extend the tenure to five years. No officer will be posted in this home district to ensure that he performs his duty in an unbiased manner. The Deputy Chief Minister says though a number of officers are at present posted in their home districts, they will be shifted out within a month. “It has come to my notice that an official posted as a munshi (a main public dealing post), continues to remain so for more than a decade. We will ensure that after serving as a munshi in one police station, the official will have to do routine policing, even if he is posted in another police station,” he said. Officers eligible to be posted as Station House Officers will be posted in rotation. They will have to acknowledge the complaints received and convey to the complainant about the action taken in a stipulated time period.
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Liquor trade fast becoming money-spinner in Punjab
Sale in Big cities We own a mere 11 acres. My son, who should be concentrating on saving money, is busy consuming liquor Among the low income groups, most incidents of domestic violence occur when the husband is under the influence of alcohol
Patiala, November 4 Meanwhile, Inspector Bindu Bala is busy dealing with a case of domestic violence at a women’s police station. “Among the low income groups, most incidents of domestic violence occur when the husband is under the influence of alcohol,” says Bala. Liquor trade is fast emerging as a money-spinner with Punjab residents all set to consume more than 25 lakh boxes of Punjab Medium Liquor (PML) — countrymade liquor— this fiscal. For a state that is battling drug menace, these figures are disturbing. PML is relatively cheap and is predominantly consumed by poor farmers and labourers. Official figures state the revenue generated from liquor has increased manifold. Liquor worth Rs 1,406 crore was sold in 2002-03, Rs 2,000 crore in 2009-10, Rs 3,410 crore in the last fiscal and the amount is expected to surpass Rs 4,020 crore this year. As per the figures gathered from the Excise and Taxation Department, the sale of countrymade liquor in the state has been rapidly increasing for the past few years. “We own a mere 11 acres. My son, who should be concentrating on saving money, is busy consuming liquor,” said Karamjit Singh. Perturbed with the trend, AS Mann, President of Scientific Awareness and Social Welfare Forum (SAF), said, “Poor farmers instead of saving their money are increasingly spending it on liquor. Over 18.75 lakh boxes of PML were sold in 2009-10, 21.44 lakh boxes in 2010-11 and 23.31 lakh in 2012-13.” The president of the NGO that has been battling alcohol addiction in the state said the state government needed to step in to tackle the issue. The consumption of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) that is a more high-end product has also increased. As against 6.56 lakh boxes of IMFL sold in 2009-10, 7.64 lakh boxes were sold in the last fiscal. The Excise Department has already recorded a sale of over 3.52 lakh boxes this year. Ludhiana has emerged the frontrunner in liquor consumption this year with over 15.50 lakh cases of IMFL and 20.66 lakh bulk litres of beer sold there. In Jalandhar, 17.64 lakh boxes of IMFL, 21.30 lakh boxes of PML and over 6.09 lakh bulk litres of beer were sold. While, Sangrur recorded the maximum sale of PML with over 26.23 lakh boxes of PML sold there. Countrymade liquor no longer cheap A bottle of PML Malwa now costs Rs 175, Gulab Rs 160, Sofia Rs 175, Club Rs 200 and Santra Rs 160. “This is by no means cheap, considering that a person on an average consumes two bottles a week. Earlier, the same bottles were available at half the price,” said Mann. Less opposition to liquor vends In 2012-13, a total of 140 village panchayats passed resolutions to close liquor vends in their villages. This year, only 79 villages have approached the Excise Department on the issue. As per the official figures, Sangrur tops the list with 58 village panchayats having passed resolutions against liquor vends, Patiala is a distant second with only seven villages having applied for the same. People in districts such as Barnala (4), Ropar (3), Ferozepur (2) and Moga (1), Gurdaspur (1) and Nawanshahr (1) have not been seen much opposition to liquor vends.
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News Analysis
Chandigarh, November 4 But the session also saw cooperation among the ruling SAD-BJP alliance members and those of the Opposition on certain issues such as waterlogging. In fact, for the past some years, Punjab Assembly sessions have remained a tame affair with sparodic slanging matches between the ruling and Opposition MLAs and frequent walkouts and boycott by the Opposition. But the recent session remained purposeful. At least there were discussions on vital issues of public concern, even if these were not of any high standard. "There could have been more discussions on issues bothering the people. But the ruling alliance did not respond adequately in this regard. Nevertheless, by and large the session remained purposeful with the Opposition pushing the government into a corner as planned," said Sunil Jakhar, CLP Leader. "There was lesser acrimony and more substance in what was discussed in the House, especially with regard to waterlogging, drugs, property tax and illegal colonies," said Jakhar. The BJP had to defend the imposition of property tax even though its senior leader Manoranjan Kalia raised objections on certain provisions. Commenting on the House proceedings, Dalit leader Paramjit Singh Kainth said: "There was no discussion on issues confronting the poor sections. There are a number of SC legislators. But none spoke in the House," he observed. On the issue of waterlogging, Congress' Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring spoke in an emphatic manner, forcing the treasury benches to listen to him. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had to take note of the points raised by the youngest MLA in the House. "I am of the view that MLAs of the ruling and Opposition parties are only political opponents, not enemies," said Jakhar, who led the charge against the ruling coalition. It was an almost equal match between the ruling alliance and the Opposition during the first four days of the session. On the last day, the former bulldozed the latter, accusing Pradesh Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa and his brother of illegal land deals. Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia was unsparing in his attack on the PPCC Chief. The Congress could do little. It had not come prepared to the House with a counter-strategy on the issue, clearly owing to dissensions within the Congress ranks. Akali MLA DS Cheema claimed the alliance's well- crafted strategy paid off on the last day, putting the Congress on the defensive. "I would say that the government cooperated with the Opposition on almost all issues. The CM's approach towards the Opposition remained," he said. The MLAs displayed a lack of interest in debating Bills tabled in the House. More than 20 Bills were passed with no worthwhile discussion on any except three: property tax, Bill on illegal colonies and advance tax. “Most MLAs don’t study the Bills. No Bill should be passed without a debate. Before a Bill is introduced, it should be put on the government website for a wider debate,” said Manjit Singh, a professor at Panjab University.
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Cash-strapped govt to spend
Rs 20 crore on kabaddi cup
Patiala, November 4 Bollywood stars are expected to perform at the closing and opening ceremonies in Ludhiana and Bathinda, respectively. SAD leaders say the event will provide a perfect platform for party workers and leaders to get their act together ahead of the parliamentary elections. Officials busy in making arrangements for the tournament said 13 venues had been short-listed for the matches, some of which would be played under floodlights. "The idea is to get the leaders and the workers in these 13 districts charged up for the Lok Sabha elections," said a senior SAD leader. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal is overseeing the preparations. He is hopeful that the timing of the event would help the party in the state. Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, and president of the Pakistan Kabaddi Federation, will attend the event. At least 12 teams in men's category and eight in women's will participate. The winner in men's category will get Rs 2 crore while those in women's category will be given Rs 1 crore. "The prize money could also be revised. It will be contributed by the government. Other expenses will be borne by the sponsors. We have earmarked a total of Rs 20 crore for the event. A professional firm has been roped in to make sure that the tournament is a success," said Education Minister and chairman of the organising committee Sikandar Singh Maluka. The countries likely to participate are India, Kenya, Scotland, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Argentina, US, England, Canada, Iran, Denmark and Spain whereas the women teams include India, US, England, Denmark, Iran, Mexico, Kenya and Pakistan. Maluka said the idea was not to get political mileage but to ensure that through kabaddi a message against drugs reached the masses. "There will be no tolerance for drug use in the event. Officials of the National Anti-Doping Agency will be present at every match venue", Maluka added.
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Tragic
Diwali For Some
Amritsar, November 4 The deceased’s wife Rajinder Kaur, Kishan Chand of Kaithal, his wife Shashi Prabha and Gurdip Singh were admitted to Guru Ram Das Hospital here. Rajinder Kaur said they had come to Amritsar for a bhog ceremony. Shashi Prabha said there was a powdery substance in the food served by some youths. She said her husband became unconscious while she started vomiting soon after eating the food. Gurdip Singh claimed he had about Rs 8,000 in his pocket and was wearing a gold ring which had gone missing. Surinder Mohan, Station House Officer of the Kotwali police station, said: “We did not find any foul play during the initial probe. The viscera of the deceased has been sent for a chemical examination. Further investigations are in progress.”
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5 run over by train in Jalandhar
Jalandhar, November 4 Four persons — two men in their thirties, a woman and a little girl — were run over by Chhattisgarh Express at 6.30 pm. One person was crushed under the Delhi-Amritsar Superfast train near the Dakoha crossing at 8 pm. Two of the victims were identified as Faqir Chand, a drummer from Basti Sheikh in Jalandhar, and Narinder Singh, 21, of Nasrala village in Hoshiarpur. The latter was crossing the track at the Jalandhar Cantonment station when he was run over, said sources. Sangrur: Iqbal Singh (40) of Bhawanigarh and his son Gursharan (18) died when their car rammed into a tree on the Sangrur-Patiala road. Iqbal's wife Paramjit Kaur (38) sustained injuries.
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Damp Diwali in waterlogged Muktsar areas
Muktsar, November 4 Traders felt the pinch due to low Diwali sales. Talking to The Tribune, Harmandeep Kaur, sarpanch of Haraj village, said most people only performed the rituals. "The usual hustle bustle of a Diwali night was missing this year. The celebrations were over by 9 pm. Only a few houses were illuminated. The bursting of firecrackers was also minimal," the sarpanch said. "Most villagers had suffered extensive damage to their crops and houses. There was no reason to celebrate," she added. Similarly, Gurlabh Singh, sarpanch of Udekaran village, said: "Our village was the worst affected by waterlogging. A large chunk of agricultural land is still inundated. Of nearly 500 families, only 175 celebrated Diwali. There was hardly any exchange of sweets." He said people belonging to the lower strata preferred to remain in their houses and did not burst firecrackers. Gurlabh said: "Had the district administration disbursed cheques of compensation, villagers would have got some reason to cheer." Rajesh Kumar, a firecracker seller, said: "The sales remained below expectations. I had bought crackers worth Rs 1 lakh. I could sell only 70 per cent of the stock. Last year, I had sold crackers worth more than Rs 1.5 lakh." Officials of fire safety department said only two minor fire incidents were reported, one at Udekaran village and another in
Malout.
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Health Minister’s PA ‘raids’ clinic in Moga
Moga, November 4 He was accompanied by
a pregnant woman. He not only summoned local Civil Surgeon Dr Amarjit Kaur, other officials of the Health Department and senior police officials to the clinic, but also sent a message to mediapersons through the Public Relations Department to reach there for adequate coverage of the incident. He reportedly directed the local police to arrest the doctor. The latter was detained by the police but later set free. The minister's PA came with a pregnant woman in the last month of her pregnancy, driving all the way from Fazilka to “trap” the doctor. The woman was “forced” to travel six hours to and fro. She was seen standing behind the minister’s PA all through the day. No ultrasound machine was found at the clinic. When contacted, Sehgal claimed there had been reports that the doctor was illegally performing abortions after sex-determining tests in his brother's laboratory. He failed to give any convincing reply when asked why he had put the life of a pregnant woman at risk by making her travel with him. “I was not aware the woman was in her last month of pregnancy,” he claimed. The doctor’s brother runs a laboratory with scanning facilities in the city. A few months ago, a woman had alleged that the lab had run a sex-determination test on her after which she was forced to undergo abortion. The police had registered a case in this regard. KJS Dhillon, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), confirming the raid by the minister’s PA, said Dr Mittal was released after it was found that he had neither conducted an ultrasound test on the woman, nor performed abortion. “Hence, the police has not initiated any legal action against the doctor,” he said.
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HIV-infected prisoner flees from Amritsar hospital
Amritsar, November 4 Identified as 24-year-old Krishan Kumar of Sunder Nagar in Chheharta, he was sentenced to eight years for rape and was undergoing trial in three other cases under the NDPS Act. He was hospitalised a week ago. Yesterday at about 8 pm, he broke open the iron mesh of one of the toilets and escaped. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) RK Sharma said: “His mother had insisted that he be admitted to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. We had asked the Tarn Taran police to provide guards to keep a vigil on him at the hospital ward, but he managed to escape.” He said the police had begun the process to suspend three policemen for dereliction of duty. They were Head Constables Bachattar Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Sawinder Singh. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Daljit Kumar, who is investigating the case, said the police was conducting raids at possible hideouts and the prisoners would be nabbed soon. A case under Sections 223 and 224 had been registered with the Civil Lines police station on the complaint of Tarn Taran ASI Jaspal Singh, he added.
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Chief Minister to inaugurate Sri Guru Granth Sahib Bhawan today
Patiala, November 4 Vice Chancellor of the university Dr Jaspal Singh said the centre as a School of Sikh Theology would be transformed into a Mecca of Sikh Academics by making available all kinds of material relating to Sikh Studies. The centre will house 450 digitised versions of Guru Granth Sahib in addition to 67 hard copies, donated by noted scholars and Sikh religious enthusiasts. Some of these were gold plated weighing more than 2 kg, he said. Dr Sarabjinder Singh, Head of the Department, said they were already running three PG diploma courses in Sikh Theology, Sikh Hermeneutics and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Studies, while two more courses in Symbol and Signs and Religious Studies would be started from next year. The building covers a total area of around 14,000 square feet. Badal will be the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony.
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Patiala Aviation Club may get night landing facility
Patiala, November 4 Once the permission is granted, commercial flights can land at the Patiala airport. “Yes, the process has been initiated and we are hopeful of getting a positive outcome. Once the Punjab Government sends a positive report, a final sanction has to be provided by the Director General Aviation Club (DGCA) to whom the government will write later,” said a PAC official. Night sorties are considered to be an important aspect of any commercial training curriculum and at present the PAC students face difficulty in training for this. At present, the PAC management uses kerosene to light lamps that are used for night landing. Sources said the airport needed to be ring-fenced to prevent wild animals from entering the airport. “We have already asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to collaborate with Army officials to ring-fence the entire area with wires,” they said. At present 15 students, including girls, are training for a commercial licence at the PAC, while, more than 100 students travel abroad to get the licence. “Once we get the night landing gear, which includes electric lights for better visibility at night, we are bound to attract more students,” said Chief Flying Instructor at PAC, Malkiat Singh. He said the club was hopeful of getting the night landing facility in a
few months and work on sealing the area had already begun. The Patiala Aviation Club reopened for flying in 2006 after a gap of three years. The club was the only one in Punjab and Chandigarh to have a DGCA licence for instructing students, before other clubs opened in Ludhiana and
Amritsar.
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Tackling rabies an uphill task in Sangrur district
Sangrur, November 4 Moreover, since February, when the district health authorities were only given 2,600 vials of rabies vaccine, no more vials have been supplied by the state government. In these circumstances, the hospital authorities buy more vials from the funds they collect in the form of user charges from patients. Four to five doses of the rabies vaccine are required to prevent rabies. As many as 100 doses of the vaccine were purchased in June, 69 in August and 61 in September to attend to dog bite cases. Dr Balwant Singh, Senior Medical Officer of Sangrur Civil Hospital, admitted the government had not supplied any vials of the rabies vaccine for the last few months. MC Executive Officer Vijay Gupta said they had procured six cages to keep stray dogs that are sterilised for a week. A team had also been formed to catch stray dogs for sterilisation, he added.
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Stray dogs maul old man to death
Machiwara, November 4 The body has been sent to the Samrala Civil Hospital for a postmortem. Machiwara Station House Officer (SHO) Harjinder Singh said the deceased was a heavy drinker and worked at a dhaba in Neelon. He said the stray dogs attacked the victim after he cut himself with broken pieces of glass yesterday. The SHO said no case was registered and that the body of the deceased would be handed over to his relatives tomorrow after the postmortem examination report was released. The incident has terrified residents, who demand that the stray dog menace be tackled.
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Nine Faridkot jail inmates get remission in sentence
Faridkot, November 4 The jail authorities decided to release these prisoners before the completion of their term, keeping in view the good conduct of these prisoners, said
Jail Superintendent Kulwinder Singh. As per the Punjab Government's policy issued on July 8, 1991, a life convict becomes eligible for premature release after completing 10 years in jail. Keeping in view the good conduct of some prisoners who were close to the completion of their jail term, the Faridkot Jail authorities had sent the request for premature release of these prisoners as per the policy provisions. Bandi Chhor Divas is important for all Sikhs as this day is celebrated with Diwali. On this day, Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru, was released from prison with 52 other princes in 1619. Guru Hargobind was imprisoned by Mughal emperor Jahangir. Sikhs celebrated the return of
the Guru by lighting lamps at the Golden Temple. This tradition continues
till today. Prisoners who were released here were Gurmeet Singh, Hari Singh (who were granted three-month remission in their jail term), Gurjant Singh (15 days remission), Sukhdev Singh (21 days remission), Buta Singh (one-month remission), Jagdish Rai, Gobind Singh, Hakam Singh (four weeks remission each) and Gurmukh Singh (6 weeks remission).
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Land dispute turns violent, one killed
Moga, November 4 Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) KJS Dhillon said a murder case had been registered against eight persons, including two women, at the Fatehgarh Panchtoor police station. Dalip Singh and Jaswant Singh were working in the fields when they were allegedly attacked by Balbir Singh and his family members who tried to take possession of the land. Preliminary investigations revealed that Dalip Singh held cultivation rights on the land for the past several years. But this was contested by Balbir Singh who had filed a lawsuit. Efforts to contact the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of the Dharamkot subdivision and Station House Officer (SHO) Sarwan Singh proved in vain.
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Fraud case against school management
Tarn Taran, November 4 Those booked included Balwinder Kaur, principal; Aman Inder Singh Pannu, president, managing committee; Satinder Singh Dhillon, manager; Jaswant Singh, Surjit Singh, Gurbachan Singh and seven other members. A police inquiry revealed that the accused allegedly withdrew Rs 51,88,660 from school funds without passing resolutions in the last three years. They also allegedly sold 28 kanals donated to the school by a private party. Satnam Singh Nambardar of Manochahal Kalan village had reported the matter to the police. No arrest has been made so far, said Gulzar Singh, Sub Inspector.
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Bid to encroach on forest land, 3 booked
Ferozepur, November 4 The accused have been identified as Ujagar Singh, Gurmukh Singh and Sattu Singh, all belonging to Bahadur Singh Wala village. The complaint in this connection was lodged by Forest Range Officer Rashpal Singh, who alleged that the accused set the plants afire and thereafter, tried to usurp forest land. The accused also felled the trees erected on the land, the forest official said. The police said one of the accused has been arrested while others were still on the run. — OC
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Patiala, November 4
