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Erring driver booked for abusing public, police
Two NRIs killed in separate incidents abroad
Bird-selling business flourishing in city despite ban
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Police move on gang-rape case at last
APJ and MLU DAV bag youth fest trophy
Medical update on November 6
City doctor invited
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Erring driver booked for abusing public, police
Jalandhar, November 5 The police officials claimed that Sumit, who claimed to be the son of a Congress leader, not only quarreled with the officers who reached the spot but also hit one of them and tried to snatch his gun. A case under sections 353, 186, 506, 323 of the IPC has been registered against him. The police also recorded the statement of an eye-witness , Mr Ramesh Chandra, senior manager of a bank. He said that besides abusing some people and the police officers, Sumit hit them too. The rowdy behaviour of Sumit continued in full public view and the onlookers gathered at the site could not stop him. The SP City, Mr SK Kalia, said that the accused is under police guard in Civil Hospital where he is under treatment. Mr Kalia also confirmed that an eyewitness in the case had recorded his statement with the police today confirming hooliganism by the accused in full public view. The FIR against Sumit also states that the accused hit the police officer Banta Singh and quarreled with the public as well as police officers. The FIR also states that if Sumit is found injured due to the accident the police will take action against the other party. Meanwhile, the
sister and brother-in-law of Sumit came along with Congress leaders Sanjay Sehgal and Ritesh Sethi to The
Tribune office to deny that he was the son of a Congress leader. They claimed that the police had taken away cash and
jewellery from Sumit’s car and also injured him. |
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Two NRIs killed in separate incidents abroad
Phagwara, November 5 Ricky, nephew of the Daljit, while talking to The Tribune, said he had received a phone call from his cousin on Thursday. “He told me that some unidentified persons had come to rob the store, where he had been working for quite some time. When Daljit resisted, they shot at him.” Daljit was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday. Daljit is survived by his wife and two sons. In another incident, Lakhwinder Singh alias Lakhi (24), hailing from Kaulgarh village in Balachaur of Nawanshahr district, was allegedly stabbed to death in Italy by his village-mates, who were also working with him in the country. According to family sources, after inviting Lakhwinder for a dinner by his three village mates on October 15, they killed him brutally with a knife. The sources hinted that old enmity could be the reason behind the murder. After committing the crime, they dumped his body on the road leading to Kaserta district in Italy. The Italy police, after registering a case of murder, took the body in its possession on October 16 and started further investigations. During investigations, the police had identified three persons, hailing from Lakhwinder’s village. They were identified as Bahadur Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Daljeet Singh. The police had dispatched teams to various locations in search of the accused. His body was brought to his native village Kaulgarh in Balachaur on Friday. He is survived by wife and parents. |
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Bird-selling business flourishing in city despite ban
Jalandhar, November 5 Operating his business from a dingy home in the narrow lane of Kishengarh locality, a bird-seller has been selling parrots, sparrows, turkeys and many other indigenous and exotic birds, some of them even rare species. Thirtyfive-year old Balwant has been minting money through the business for the last many years with the help of his younger brother and mother. While Balwant takes the caged birds to the congested Attari Bazaar to find potential buyers, his younger brother and mother attend to the clients at home. Both Balwant and his brother claim that they were procuring birds from Jama Masjid area in Delhi and could supply any species of bird on order. Everyone in the locality seems to be aware of his business as the residents guided The Tribune team right from the backside of the Railway Station to his residence almost 2 kms into the interior of the city. The residents said that the family was in the same business for the last several years and they were not aware of any checks made on them by the officials of the wildlife department. As The Tribune team entered their house, two pairs of birds could be seen in two separate cages stacked one above the other in one dark corner of the living room. As this correspondent, posing as a buyer, asked for the price of the birds, the bird-seller said that the young pair of birds could come for Rs 160 while the older one could be taken for Rs 300. On being asked about the availability of some other birds, he took the team to the verandah of his house through another entrance where he showed at least 35 birds which he called “baijuyas” trapped in two separate cages. The birds resembled sparrows but most of them were of parrot green shade, bright blue colour or even white. The bird-seller said that the green variety of the bird was available for Rs 250 a pair while a pair of the blue colour bird would cost Rs 350. When The Tribune lensman tried to click photographs, the bird-seller objected to it. It was only when the he went inside the room of his house to get a cage for the birds that the photographer managed to click a few pictures of the caged birds. This business is booming despite the fact that the Indian Wildlife Act bans the trade and trapping of indigenous birds. Caging and displaying parrots and parakeets is also illegal and punishable by a fine and up to five years in prison. Despite this, bird markets flourish openly in many places in the city and poachers even continue to smuggle birds out of the country. Fortune-tellers carrying caged parrots can be seen all across the city, including Ladowali Road, old parts of the city and even a popular theme resort on GT Road. Mr Ishwar Singh, SSP, said that even though the forest department was the nodal agency to take action in the matter, he too might look into it. |
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Police move on gang-rape case at last
Kapurthala, November 5 The parents of the victim had alleged that the police was using delaying tactics to protect the accused and had registered a case of abduction though the girl was raped by Harjinder Singh, a resident of the village and his two friends while two others hadhelped them in the crime. The gang-rape had taken place on October 3. The parents further alleged that though the police arrested two of the accused Harjinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh, nothing was done to arrest the remaining accused. According to Mr Harpreet Singh Mandher, DSP, Sultanpur Lodhi, the police had to register the case of abduction only against the accused Harjinder Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Balwinder Singh and Chaina as the girl did not complain of rape in the first instance. She complained about her rape by the three accused after recording her statement before a judicial magistrate, the DSP added. However, chinks appeared in the claims of the police to justify their inability to register the case of rape against the accused. “If the police was not informed of the rape of the victim, why was the girl taken to the civil hospital for medical examination after 16 hours of her recovery from the house of accused,” wondered Mr Ashok Malhotra, a Congress leader and a former Councillor of Kapurthala. “When the statement of victim is sufficient to register a case of rape against the accused as per the ruling of the Supreme Court of India, not registering the case against the accused on the pretext of waiting for medical examination report by the police is intriguing,” Dr Sunil Chhabra, a prominent lawyer of the
city said. Meanwhile it has come to light that at the time of medical examination of the victim at the Civil Hospital here, the lower portion of the left leg of the girl bore marks of lashes which were allegedly inflicted on her by her tormentors with a leather belt.
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APJ and MLU DAV bag youth fest trophy
Jalandhar, November 5 The teams of DAV College and St Soldier College were declared first and second runners up, respectively, for division A of the zone. In division B, St Soldier College, Phagwara, and DRV DAV College, Phillaur, bagged the first and second runner up trophy, respectively, for division B of the zone. Mr Kanwaljit Singh, MLA, gave a grant of Rs 50,000 to the campus for youth welfare activities. Dr S.P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanank Dev University, and Dr A.S. Dua, Dean Colleges, gave prizes to the winners of various cultural, literary and fine arts events. |
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Medical update on November 6
Jalandhar, November 5 More than 400 physicians from all over the Punjab and from abroad are likely to take part in the event. Addressing a press conference here today, Dr Pawan Gupta and Dr S.P.S Grover, Chairman and Secretary of the association respectively, said the conference would be inaugurated by the Punjab Local Bodies Minister, Chaudhary Jagjit Singh. |
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City doctor invited
Jalandhar, November 5 Dr Singh, of Ranjit Hospital, would deliver a lecture on “Intraventional Bronchoscopy In Sputum Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis,” in the four-day long congress, scheduled to start from November 23 in Japan. Dr Singh said he would also learn newer techniques and interventions from his Japanese counterparts during the congress. |
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