KAITHAL
Bodies extricated: Bodies of the two
labourers, who were buried under the debris of a
collapsed wall of a tubewell at the Dasherpur
village in Guhla subdivision, were extricated
after four days here on Friday. The deceased
— Bagga and Ranjha — went down in a 60
ft deep tubewell pit to repair a electric motor
on Tuesday, but were buried under as a kucha wall
caved in. The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Jaiwanti
Sheokand, has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 70,000
each for the next of kin of the deceased
labourers.Animals
ill: According to reports received from some
villages of Guhla subdivision, a number of
animals have fallen ill after consuming water
from a drain passing through or in the vicinity
of these villages. It is reported that the drain
carries water released by some industrial units
which is untreated and contains chemicals. There
is resentment among villagers against non-action
by the state's pollution control board. Kharkan,
Polar, Andli, Kharak, Pissol, Chakuladana are
some of the worst affected villages.
SHAHABAD
Freedom fighter dead: A veteran freedom
fighter and former Member of Parliament, Dr V K
Satyavadi (95), died after prolonged illness here
on Saturday. He was cremated with state honours
on Sunday. The SDM, Mr Lajvir Singh, laid a
wreath on the body on behalf of the state
government and district administration on the
body.
SIRSA
Dead: Diwan Chand Narang (65), father-in-law
of Ramesh Chawla, arhtiya of new mandi here, died
here on Friday. Diwan Chand went into coma after
hearing news of the death of Ramesh Chawla on
Thursday. It may be recalled that Ramesh Chawla
committed suicide by jumping before a passenger
train on Tuesday last and his daughter Sunita
(15) also died after receiving information of
death of her father on the same day. A criminal
case has been registered against five persons
under Sections 306/34, IPC on a complaint by
Rajinder Kumar, partner of deceased, in which he
alleged that all five accused, including
Vice-Chairman of Market Committee, Sirsa were
responsible for death of Ramesh Chawla. All five
have absconded.
Held: A
police party headed by ASI Jagdish Rai arrested
Sukhdev Singh, alias Mukha, alias Mukhtiar Singh
of Nigarana village near here on Saturday on
charges of stealing vehicles. The accused had
been stealing vehicles for the past several
months. Mr B S Sandhu, SSP, said that a scooter
had been recovered from his possession which was
stolen on November 18,1998. The arrested accused
was remanded to police custody.
Arrested: Dr
Diwan Chand Mehta of Talwara Khurd village in the
district was arrested by the Ellenabad police on
Friday on a charge of beating Parveen Rani on
April 26 last. A criminal case under Sections
447, 324, 326, IPC, was registered against
accused on April 27 on a complaint lodged by
Madan Lal, husband of Parveen, in which it was
alleged that his wife was seriously injured by
the accused.
Dead: Khivali
Ram (40), a farmer of Ram Nagria village in the
district, died at local Civil Hospital on Friday.
According to sources he had fallen in the fields
while spraying his crops and had gone into coma
due to scorching heat.
Red Cross
Day: The World Red Cross Day was celebrated
here on Saturday. A blood donation camp was also
organised at local Deaf and Dumb centre in
collaboration with the Nehru Yuva Kendra and the
Indian Medical Association here. It was also
celebrated at Mandi Dabwali.
Raid: In
order to check the repeated complaints of local
residents against the sub-standard medicines
being sold openly, a team led by Mr Lalit Mittal,
Senior Drug Inspector, conducted raids here on
Friday. They sealed some samples of medicines
which were not for sale but were being sold by
medical store owners.
Stolen: A
truck (BJ 31G-181) was reportedly stolen by
unidentified persons near local Hathi Park here
on Friday. The police has registered a criminal
case under Section 379, IPC.
SONEPAT
Office-bearers: The following have been
elected office-bearers of Shri Hanuman Mandir
Trust, Kot Mohalla here: Chairman - Mr Ram Lal
Batra; Vice-President - Mr Anand Singh Malik; and
Treasurer - Mr Jagdish Chander.
Friends club:
The following have been elected office-bearers of
the Friends Club, Milton Road, here: President
— Mr Harish Kapur; Vice-President — Mr
Y P Kumar; Secretary — Mr Jagjit Singh;
Joint Secretary — Mr Rajinder Prasad; and
Treasurer — Mr V K Sharma.
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