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Rathore told to appear in court on Step up drive against encroachers: CM Crime rate goes down in Haryana Centre ‘communalising’
studies Chautala has ‘betrayed’ farmers Board staff’s removal flayed Tension following raids to check power
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Villagers buying drinking
water VP pledges support to slum dwellers NTPC project functional in
record time Rebels stay away from Cong
rally Pay relief,
insurance company told Demolition in ashram unjust:
trust Doc sues publisher Cong workers hold protest rally HVP men protest against hike
in power tariff
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Rathore told to appear in court on Feb 12 AMBALA, Jan 11 — The Special Magistrate for CBI cases in Haryana, Mr A.K. Tyagi, today adjourned the Ruchika molestation case till February 12. Mr Tyagi turned down a submission made on behalf of the former Director-General of Police, Haryana, Mr S.P.S. Rathore, for permanent exemption from personal appearance. The challan will be scrutinised and the court will await orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court where a revision petition has been filed. He also took serious note of a demonstration held outside the court, against Mr Rathore. He directed the demonstrators to hold a demonstration in front of the executive authority and political leaders. Mr Tyagi told representatives of the demonstrators that the basic principle of criminal jurisprudence was that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. He said the court was a temple of justice and decorum had to be maintained. The demonstrators, led by noted activist, Brinda Karat, pointed out the demonstration was not against the court but against Mr Rathore. Later, the demonstraters left the court complex and went to the nearby mini secretariat where the group was addressed by different activists. The Akhil Bharatiya Janwadi Mahila Samiti general secretary, Ms Brinda Karat, while addressing the group in the secretariat said Section 306 (abetment to suicide) should be added to the charge sheet against Mr Rathore. “We will continue to fight and we will win,” she said. She said they wanted departmental action against the former DGP. “But the government is still defending him,” she stated. Ms Karat said the government was talking of empowerment for women but working towards disempowerment. “It is a question of morality,” she stressed. Among others, Mr Anand Prakash, Mrs Madhu Prakash, Ms Shreshta Mehta and activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, the Student Federation of India, the Janwadi Mahila Samiti and the Jagruk Chatra Morcha were present today. The demonstrators carried placards against Mr Rathore and raised slogans demanding action against him in the mini secretariat. Yesterday, Mr Tyagi had granted exemption for personal appearance in the court today to Mr Rathore, who had filed an application stating that he had to visit his doctor for medical check-up on January 11. The CBI had filed a charge sheet in the Ruchika molestation case against Mr Rathore in this court in November last. The CBI had also filed an application with the court for condoning the delay in filing the challan in the court. On December 5, the court condoned the delay in chargesheeting and took cognisance of the charges against the then DGP. |
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Step up drive against encroachers: CM CHANDIGARH, Jan 11 — The Deputy Commissioners( DCs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) of all 19 districts of Haryana today apprised the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, of the progress of work carried out on the basis of his announcements made in the course of the “Sarkar Aapke Dwar” programme. The Chief Minister, who had a meeting with the DCs and SPs at Haryana Nivas here, was told that announcements made by him under the programme were being monitored at the district as well as departmental level. Mr Chautala had so far made 12,110 announcements and most of them had been either implemented or the work on the projects was under progress, the Chief Minister was informed. There were only 1,870 announcements in the case of which work was yet to start, the officials told the Chief Minister, even as they assured him that this work would be taken up very soon. It also transpired at the meeting that more than Rs 177 crore was released to district administrations from the Haryana Rural Development Fund for taking up various works announced by the Chief Minister. The works were related to the pavement of village streets, construction of additional rooms for schools, repair of rural roads, construction and repair of Harijan chaupals, construction of the boundary walls of village ponds, building of sheds and boundary walls of cremation grounds, setting up of dispensaries and disposal of sewage in villages. While addressing the meeting, the Chief Minister laid stress on clearing government land of encroachments. Out of an estimated 19,057 acres of encroached land, only 850 acres (including 322 acres at Faridabad and 147 acres at Panipat) had been reclaimed from the encroachers so far, Mr Chautala said and directed the officers to intensify the drive against encroachment. On the important issue of theft of power and the consequent burden on law-abiding consumers, Mr Chautala said the pilferage of power should be checked not only by the Power Utilities but also by other departments and agencies of the state government. Ms Meenakshi Anand Chaudhary, Chairperson of the Power Utilities, informed the meeting that more than 4 lakh premises had been raided so far in the current financial year for the prevention of theft of power and 3,683 cases of theft were detected. She said more than 7,000 FIRs were lodged in this connection and out of a penalty of more than Rs 27.95 crore imposed on the defaulters, about Rs 13 crore was realised.
Mr Chautala said that even state government officials should not be spared if they were found defaulting in making payment of power bills.
The Chief Secretary, Mr L.M. Goyal, was among those who took part in the meeting.
Crime rate goes down in Haryana CHANDIGARH, Jan 11 — Compared to last year, 395 cases were recorded less at the police stations in Haryana during the current year, Mr M.S. Malik, DGP of Haryana, told this to the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, at a meeting of DCs and SPs held here today. There was 50 per cent reduction in kidnapping cases and 3 per cent decrease in crime against humanity, Mr Malik said. He added that Haryana had attained 60 per cent success in recovery of stolen property. Mr Malik also informed the Chief Minister that 337 gangs involved in robbery were arrested in the current year. About 193 proclaimed offenders and 1,167 bail jumpers were also arrested under a special campaign launched by the state police last month. Some officials engaged in pilfering money were also caught, he added. The state Vigilance Bureau had registered cases against 599 officers and recommended Rs 182 crore for recovery from these officers. Mr Chautala told the officials to take effective measures to check the practice of staging “rasta roko” by certain antisocial elements, which created problems for traffic. He also announced that a special police training institute would be set up at Bhondsi village over 314 acres for giving advanced training to the state police. Mr Chautala added that individuals, if they participate in the
beautification of various areas of towns and cities, should be permitted to name these areas in the memory of their ancestors or kins. He directed the officials to encourage individuals and organisations to take part in the beautification of the cities and towns.
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Centre ‘communalising’
studies ROHTAK, Jan 11 — The CPM feels that the NDA government headed by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee has failed on all fronts. Addressing the state secretariat of the CPM here today, veteran parliamentarian and member of the Central Secretariat of the party, Mr Hannan Mollah, alleged that during the Vajpayee regime, agriculture was being neglected, communal feelings were being whipped up in view of the coming assembly elections and the common man was being burdened with unbearable economic hardships. He regretted that due to pressure from the WTO, foodgrains were rotting in godowns but were not being provided to the poor under the food-for-work programme. On the other hand, suggestions, were being made to reduce the procurement price of wheat by Rs 60 per quintal, which was deplorable, he said. Mr Mollah said that by privatisation of the power sector and by continuously increasing tariff, the country was being driven back to the dark age. He criticised the Central Government for ‘communalisation’ and ‘commercialisation’ of education. He charged the BJP and the RSS with singing different tunes under a planned strategy to
create confusion. He alleged that with an eye on the coming assembly elections to the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha, the Central Government had launched a campaign for central intervention in the name of law and order against the Left-government. Explaining the situation prevailing in West Bengal, Mr Mollah claimed that out of a 646 police stations in the state, minor incidents that had occurred in just seven police stations were being blown out of proportion to create a feeling of insecurity and instability. As against this, out of a total of 30,000 complaints received by the National Human Rights Commission, as many as 17,664 were from Uttar Pradesh, which was being ruled by the BJP. The state secretariat of the CPM today reviewed the economic and political situation prevailing in Haryana and chalked out a future plan. The general body meeting of the party would also be held on January 13. |
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Chautala has ‘betrayed’ farmers SONEPAT, Jan 11 — To press the demands for the declaration of support price for wheat by the Central Government and immediate withdrawal of hike in power tariff by the Indian National Lak Dal (INLD) government, headed by Mr Om Prakash Chautala, a large number of farmers affiliated to the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) held a procession here yesterday. The procession was led by Mr Hari Singh Khokhar, president of the state unit of BKU, and passed through the main bazaars of the city before culminating at mini secretariat. The protesters held a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office and the leaders also submitted a memorandum to Mr J.P. Dhamman, City Magistrate in the absence of the DC and ADC in their offices. Earlier, addressing a rally of the farmers, Mr Khokhar lashed out at the Chautala government for its failure to safeguard the interests of the farmers and to ensure power and water supply to the agricultural sector. He alleged that the state government had failed to provide canal water at the tail-end villages in the state. Opposing the conversion of the land acquired for Asia’s biggest fruit and vegetable market at Rai in this district into an industrial complex, Mr Khokhar alleged that the state government was pursuing anti-farmer policies and the BKU would not tolerate it. He said while on the one hand the Delhi Government was closing the polluting industries on the orders of the Supreme Court on the other hand, the Chautala government was allotting land to these industries. Mr Khokhar warned that the BKU would launch a statewide agitation if the state government continued anti-farmer policies. |
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Board staff’s removal flayed ROHTAK, Jan 11 — Objecting against the removal of 22 employees of the Haryana Labour Welfare Board by abolishing their posts recently, a former Labour Minister, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, has called it deplorable and against the labour community. Mr Hooda today alleged that the decision was taken by the government to appease the trading community. He said these employees of the board used to collect the amount which was not disbursed among the labourers in the form of their salary, bonus, overtime, gratuity etc. for different reasons. The employees would gather this amount from various business establishments under the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act 1965 and deposit the amount to the board for welfare of the labourers. The former minister said the State Labour Welfare Board was the only board in the state which had been functioning without any financial assistance from the government. He said a decision was taken during his tenure as a Labour Minister from 1991 to 1996 to collect the amount due to labourers from the establishments concerned and to utilise it for their welfare. He said an amount of several crores was collected under the scheme which was utilised by the government for constructing a holiday home in Hardwar and setting up of several stitching centres. Besides, the labourers were given interest-free loans and their wards were provided with scholarships to continue their studies. Mr Hooda said the trading community had also raised objection against this scheme in his tenure but the government did not bow before the pressure in view of the interest of the labourers. He appealed to the present government to adjust the retrenched employees in some other department as they had served from six to 12 years in the board and were over age now to get another government job. |
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Tension following raids to check power
theft FARIDABAD, Jan 11 — ‘Tension’ seems to have gripped several villages following stepped up campaign of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam and power vigilance officials to conduct surprise raids to check power theft and disconnection of the meters of the defaulters. The officials of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) although have requisitioned adequate police force for the raiding teams, but it is apprehended that the number of cops accompanying the teams may not be able to handle the situation, in case the mob or protesters go violent. A similar type of situation developed at nearby Sihi village in the district on Sunday last when the power officials had to face the ‘ire’ of the residents of the village, who were agitated over the present campaign of the nigam to check theft. Hundreds of the villagers who ‘gheraoed’ the officials, damaged the officials’ jeep and situation at one time become so tense that the team members had to rush for
safety. The agitated mob threw stones on the jeep. The situation was brought under control after senior police and nigam officials reached the spot. While no one was injured in the incident the villagers declared that they would not allow the nigam to conduct raids at its wish and it (nigam) would have to take them into confidence before any such move. At a panchayat meeting held on intervention of the Deputy Superintendent of Police at the village, the residents of the village complained that while it were employees of the nigam who were responsible for the theft of electricity, but the officials who raid their premises book the ‘innocent’ consumers. They alleged that the nigam authorities had not increased the load to the village despite several applications and nobody entertained the rural people at the offices of the HVPN when they were there for any work till their ‘palm was greased’. Complaints of ‘fast meter’ reading and dereliction of duty on part of meter readers and repairs of the faults in line were also lodged in the panchayat. The police and nigam officials on other hand assured cooperation on their part, but requested the villagers to submit their pending bills and cooperate in checking the theft and pilferage. It is learnt that it was decided that from now onwards the nigam would take help of an 11-member team nominated by the village panchayat in its work of checking power theft. It is learnt that as many as 20 meters have been disconnected in this village and an amount of about Rs 1.5 lakh has been recovered from the defaulters so far. |
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Villagers buying drinking
water BHIWANI, Jan 11 — Residents of several neighbouring villages have to buy drinking water on account of disrupted power supply. Disclosing this here today gram vikas mandal president Naresh Tanwar alleged that Nathuwas, Naurangabad, Bamla, Chang, Kaluwas and Sanwad villages were being provided with minimum supply of power and that too at low voltage. He said residents of Sanwad village had to buy a tank of water for Rs 50. It may be recalled that residents of four villages falling within 8 km around Bhiwani city Bamala, Sirsa, Naurangabad and Phoolpura staged a demonstration and blocked the Bhiwani-Rohtak road and damaged two Haryana Roadways buses demanding adequate power and water supply. All efforts to open the road had failed and the traffic could only be restored on the assurances of the Deputy Commissioner who visited the site. It is learnt that these villages had not been getting water supply for the past several days. The agitators alleged that hundreds of acres of land was awaiting sowing but water was not being provided to the tail end for the last six months. Several complaints made to the administration had been unheeded. Former MLA Balbir Singh Grewal, who led the agitation threatened to disturb the ‘sarkar aapke dwar’ programme to be held by the Chief Minister on January 12 if the supplies were not restored immediately.
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VP pledges support to slum dwellers FARIDABAD, Jan 11 — Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh has pledged support to residents of slum areas and condemned the demolition of jhuggis under the anti-encroachment campaign launched by the district administration. Speaking at a function convened by activists of the Haryana Jhuggi-Jhonpri Mahasangh at Rajiv Nagar here last evening, Mr V.P. Singh said he was ready to fight for the cause of the poor living in slums as the authorities were bent on making them ‘homeless’. Criticising the policies and programmes of the government, he said the nation had failed to eradicate poverty and to provide food, clothing and shelter to the common man even after 50 year of Independence. Mr V.P. Singh said it was the hard work by the poor which helped in the growth of towns like Faridabad . Leaders of Left organisations also condemned the action of the government and alleged that over 1,000 jhuggis had been demolished in Faridabad alone in the past about six months. Alleging misuse of funds, they said an amount of about Rs 8 crore was given by the Union Government for development and rehabilitation of the poor but there was nobody who could give an account of the sum. Speakers said no political party or leader had taken up the cause of poor living in the slums. The politicians were seen in these areas only during the elections.
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NTPC project functional in
record time FARIDABAD, Jan 11 — National Thermal Power Corporation Limited’s (NTPC) gas-based power project at Faridabad besides being ready for operation in a record span, has already started supplying power to Haryana. Starting this the Additional General Manager of the project, Mr T.V. Rao told mediapersons here yesterday that the station had been performing well and providing reliable and economic power supply to the state. He said the 430 mw station whose foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister, Mr I.K. Gujral, on August 3, 1997, was running ahead of schedule as its first unit of 143 mw gas turbine was made operational in just 17 months and 20 days. The second same capacity gas turbine was commissioned on October 18, 1999, which had been five months ahead of the schedule. Claiming that the second unit was completed in just 21 months, he said the entire production capacity of 430 mw was ready within a total time period of only 31 months. Mr Rao said the combined cycle power station here had one of the most modern plants of the NTPC in its class. The plant had a high level of automation and state-of-art control system. |
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Rebels stay away from Cong
rally FATEHABAD, Jan 11 — Factionalism in the district unit of the Congress came to the fore when the Congress leaders owing allegiance to the Bhajan Lal faction of the party abstained from the party’s protest rally organised here yesterday. A former Union Minister and an AICC secretary, Ms Selja, led the agitating Congressmen. Former Haryana minister, Mr Jagdish Nehra, the HPCC vice-president, Dr K.V. Singh, HPCC secretary, Mr Paramveer Singh, and senior Congress leaders like Mr Jai Pal Singh Lali, Mr Arvind Sharma, Mr Ram Raj Mehta and Mr Krishan Taneja were present. Mr Dhura Ram, a nephew of the former Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhajan Lal and other leaders of his camp did not participate in the demonstration. Congress workers assembled in the local Ambedkar Park and went to the Deputy Commissioner’s office in the shape of a procession. They raised slogans against the Haryana Government. The Congress leaders gave a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner. The memorandum addressed to the Governor was aimed at expressing the party’s protest against the recent hike in the power tariff, scarcity of irrigation water among some other policies of the state government, which the party termed as anti-people. Earlier, talking to mediaperson in the Ambedkar Park, Ms Selja alleged that the state government which had grabbed power by making false promises of free power and water to the farmers had now enhanced the power tariff. What was more disturbing, the Chief Minister had been issuing statements that the power rates would be hiked again. She alleged that the government had been misusing the power to terrorise and harass innocent people. |
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Pay relief,
insurance company told BHIWANI, Jan 11 — The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed an insurance company to pay Rs 1.13 lakh along with 12 per cent interest from May 6, 1987, as compensation to a complainant. The company has also been directed to pay Rs 2,000 also on account of mental and physical harassment besides the litigation expenditure to the
complainant. Satbir Singh son of Prithvi Singh and Balraj Singh son of Raj Kumar residents of Dhanana village under Bawani Khera tehsil got financed a four-wheeler Tata 407 jointly from the Haryana Kshetriya Gramin Bank, Dhanana branch. It was insured from New India Assurance Co., Bhiwani, from January 18, 1996 to January 17, 1997. The vehicle met with an accident near Ismail village on Hisar-Delhi road on January 6, 1997 which the driver Ravinder reported to the police station
Sampla. The driver holds a valid driving licence issue by the licensing authority Hisar. The financer bank too was intimated of the same besides the insurance company. But, the company rejected the claim stating the driving licence was illegal after one year and denied compensation. The forum assuming the driving licence valid directed the company to pay the compensation. |
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Demolition in ashram unjust:
trust FARIDABAD, Jan 11 — The Janhit Sewa Charitable Trust running the Siddhata Ashram temple complex here has alleged that the demolition of some of its structures by the Haryana Urban Development Authority is ‘improper’ and ‘unjust’. Talking to The Tribune here today, the general secretary of the trust, Mr G.P. Satsangi, and secretary, Mr D.C. Tanwar, alleged, that while negotiations for legal handover of the additional land to the temple complex were still on and its application was pending with higher authorities at Chandigarh, the local administration ‘pulled down’ some of the newly constructed buildings, including a gaushala and dharamshala, without proper notice. Describing it as an ‘act of wounding the sentiments’ of lakhs of devotees, they alleged that it was also an attempt to bring ‘disrepute’ to the ashram. Claiming that the HUDA authorities and a former deputy commissioner had themselves ‘approved’ the construction and recommended allotment of more land to the trust, as sought by it, the action taken by the district authorities was ‘illegal’ and ‘against the norms'. They further claimed that the boundary wall, gaushala and dharamshala were built after verbal assurances of ‘officials’ that ‘land’ was going to be allotted to the ashram. About the future strategy, they said although devotees were agitated, the ashram trust had decided not to launch any stir. Doc sues publisher AMBALA, Jan 11 — A criminal complaint was filed today in the court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ambala cantonment, by Dr
G.D. Thapar, a medical consultant and author of some popular medical books on health, against the Managing Director of a publishing house,
UBSPD, Delhi. It is alleged that the Managing Director of UBS, Mr
C.M. Chawla, has been printing and reprinting Dr Thapar’s five books in large numbers but paid him nominal royalty for about one fifth of the printed copies only. Feeling aggrieved, Dr Thapar terminated the contract for all his books on January 7, 1999, but Mr Chawla continued to print the books. It has also been alleged that without valid agreement or authorisation from Dr Thapar, Mr Chawla got published a Hindi translation of his book “How to Control Blood Pressure” from another publisher.
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Cong workers hold protest rally SIRSA, Jan 11 — A large number of Congress workers led by the AICC Secretary, Ms Selja took out a procession today against the recent hike in the power tariff and the anti-people policies of the Chautala government. The workers gathered at the Congress office on the Begu road here for the procession. Almost all senior leaders of the Congress including Mr Jagdish Nehra and Dr
K.V. Singh, joined the protest march and addressed the workers outside the camp office of the Deputy Commissioner where a memorandum was later submitted to the Governor demanding withdrawal in the power tariff hike. Speaking on this occasion Ms Selja denounced the Chautala government for creating a jungle
raj, spreading terror among people, burdening them with enhanced power rate, ST 38, not giving justified rates of crops to the farmers and a totalitarian control over bureaucracy in the state. She said that people were now realising that their interests were safe only in the hands of the Congress. |
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HVP men protest against hike
in power tariff JIND, Jan 11 — workers of the Haryana Vikas Party (HVP), led by Mr Surinder Singh held a demonstration in front of the office of the ‘Deputy Commissioner here today to protest against the hike in power tariff by the Haryana government. Earlier, they took out a procession and raised slogans against the state government. They also organised a rally at the Mini Secretariat here. Speaking at the rally, Mr Surinder Singh said Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala had promissed power and water, free of cost, to the farmers before the Assembly elections. But after coming to power Mr Chautala had increased the power tariff twice hitting all sections of the society. He said the increase in power tariff would affect the farmers badly as they were already facing economic crises due to the increase in cost of production and distress sale of their produce. |
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Prisoner dies of heart attack SONEPAT, Jan 11 — Ramesh, a prisoner, died of heart attack in the district jail here this morning.
According to official sources, the District Magistrate has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the case and deputed the Subdivisional Magistrate for the purpose. Mr Raj Singh Yadav, Superintendent of the district jail told this correspondent that the prisoner complained of a pain in the chest and he was taken to the Civil Hospital for treatment where he died.
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Villagers block highway BHIWANI, Jan 11 (PTI) — People of Bamla village in this district blocked the Bhiwani-Rohtak-Delhi highway for about four hours today in protest against the scarcity of power and canal water.
When the district administration got the information of the blockade, the Subdivisional Magistrate, Mr Yogesh Chander Bhardwaj, reached the spot with other officers. However, the villagers did not lift the blockade and insisted on the presence of the Deputy Commissioner and his assurance.
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Sant Kumar Joshi, reached Bamla and assured the villagers to provide adequate power and canal water. The villagers,
thereafter, lifted the blockade.
FARIDABAD, Jan 11 — The district court here has sentenced a youth to 10 years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2000 for raping a minor girl about three years ago. According to reports, Rajkumar of Bhatola village in the district was held for raping a 10-year-old girl of the same village. He had entered the house of the victim forcibly while she was alone and committed the crime. The accused was arrested the next day. |
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Probe begins into soldier’s death SONEPAT, Jan 11 — On the directive of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, CBI is holding an inquiry into the mysterious death of an Army personnel, Sunil Mehra, a resident of this city.
According to official sources, this followed a petition filed in the court by Subedar Partap Singh, father of the deceased, alleging that he was murdered and it was not a case of suicide as reported by the police. The DSP called the doctors and other paramedical staff of the local Civil Hospital and recorded their statements in connection with the post-mortem examination.
Some police officials, are said to be involved in this case and CBI officials have recorded their statements. |
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Bomb hoax delays train FARIDABAD, Jan 11 — A bomb hoax delayed the Coimbatore-bound Kerala Express by about an hour yesterday at Palwal Railway Station in the district. The train was signalled to move after a thorough checking by the police and Railway staff.
The train was halted at Palwal following a message to the driver that there could be a bomb on the train. It is reported that on instructions of the Control Room at Agra, the authorities at Palwal Railway Station decided to stop the train at 12.50 p.m.
The Railway police and the local authorities carried out a thorough checking of the train which lasted for an hour, but nothing suspicious was found. The train finally moved at about 1.55 p.m., after clearance from the Railway officials.
ROHTAK, Jan 11 — A youth who sustained serious injuries in a group clash at the nearby Sunarian Khurd village last evening, died at the PGIMS today.A violent scuffle took place in the village between two groups led by Raj Singh and Dharamvir at nearly 11 p.m. last night. The villagers used sticks and sharp-edged weapons in the scuffle, injuries several persons. The injured were admitted to the PGI. Chand Singh succumbed to his injuries today. A case has been registered against Rajpal, Rajal, Neelu, Mahavir, Pratap Singh and
Jaiveer.
CHANDIGARH, Jan 11 — The Haryana Government will equip mandis in the state with digital weighing machines to prevent bungling in the weighing of the produce of farmers.
Stating this, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who was presiding over a meeting of the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB) here today, directed the board to bring all mandis online so as to ensure transparency in its working and provide information on the rates and arrivals of items. Board officials told the Chief Minister that the HSAMB would construct godowns, of 40,000 tonnes capacity each, at Fatehabad, Uklana, Jind, Dhamtan, Rohtak, Jiwannagar and Chhachhrauli. They also informed him that state mandis earned a revenue of more than Rs 119 crore as market fee till December-end. Despite the reduction in the market fee on several items, the revenue collected last year was 22 per cent more than that in the previous year. |
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