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Blind murder case solved, five held
Protest by teachers’ unions on
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‘My wife sold my minor daughter for Rs 30,000’
Four held
Agitation in RCF gets support of more unions
AIDS awareness drive
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Blind murder case solved, five held
Jalandhar, February 6 The murder was allegedly executed with the help of the contract killers by the victim’s wife, Lakhwinder Kaur, who reportedly had illicit relations with her husband’s elder brother, Manjit Singh. All the five accused have been booked under Sections 302, 201 and 120 B of the IPC. According to the SSP, Mr Ishwar Singh, preliminary investigations revealed that the accused, Lakhwinder Kaur, had married the
victim, Ranjit Singh, about five years back. It was her second marriage, he added. But soon after her marriage, Lakhwinder Kaur developed illicit relations with her husband’s elder brother who was a widower, the SSP said. Around five months back, Ranjit Singh shifted to Kartarpur along with his wife, Lakhwinder Kaur. The husband of Ranjit Singh’s sister, Mangal Singh, had helped the
victim settle in Kartarpur. Ranjit had reputedly sold his ancestral land to shifted to the new place. Mr Ishwar Singh said Lakhwinder Kaur allegedly instigated Manjit Singh to kill his younger brother. She also offered to pay Rs 1 lakh for the purpose, the SSP added. Manjit, in turn, allegedly conspired with Mangal Singh and offered to pay him Rs 1 lakh if he could get Ranjit Singh killed. Manjit then got in touch with two of his friends, Ashok and Sukhwinder Pal Singh, for executing the murder plan, Mr Ishwar Singh said. Three of the accused, Mangal Singh, Sukhwinder Pal Singh and Ashok, reportedly took Ranjit Singh on some pretext to Kishangarh. On November 26 last year, after taking alcohol with Ranjit Singh in a godown near Naugaajja, the three accused killed him with a “datar”. Ashok and Sukhwinder Pal Singh were allegedly paid Rs 25,000 each, while Mangal was yet to be paid fro the job, the SSP added. |
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Protest by teachers’ unions on
Feb 9
Jalandhar, February 6 Mr Jaswinder Singh Sidhu, president of the union, declared this after a meeting here today. He said the members would wear black badges and protest in all the districts. He added that the protest would be organised a day before the government planned to take up the same issue in its Cabinet meeting. The members said they would continue to protest till they were employed on a regular basis like the passouts of the 1998-2000 batch. The meeting was attended by representatives of at least 20 unions of teachers, students, farmers and labourers. All offered to support the Unemployed Elementary Teachers’ Union in their cause. Mr Baj Singh Khera, general secretary of Adhyapak Dal, Punjab, demanded that members of the ETT union had long been demanding regular employment. The other unions that have decided to support the Unemployed Elementary Teachers’ Union include Government Teachers’ Union, School Teachers’ Union, Elementary Teachers’ Union, Democratic Teachers’ Union, All India Students’ Federation, Bharti Kisan Union, Kisan Sangharsh Committee, Lok Morcha, Technical Services’ Union and Khet Mazdoor Union. |
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‘My wife sold my minor daughter for Rs 30,000’
Jalandhar, February 6 Addressing media persons here, Bhupinder Singh said that though a case under the Child Marriage Act 1929 had been registered against the accused but they were roaming freely. Bhupinder Singh alleged that his daughter was being kept in illegal confinement. He demanded that the police get her released at the earliest. After marrying Palwinder Kaur, Bhupinder Singh began living with her along with his two children, Tejinder Singh and Amanpreet Kaur, from the first marriage. In 1985, he went abroad. However, when he returned to India recently, he came to know that his second wife Palwinder Kaur had unleashed a reign of terror on his children. He alleged that her wife used to constantly abuse his children in his absence. His son, Tejinder Singh, who was present in the press conference, said his stepmother had forced him to give up his studies and had made him work at a shop. She also used to keep all earnings with herself, Tejinder added. Bhupinder Singh alleged that his daughter was being kept in a confinement and the administration was not doing anything to save her from her captors.
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Four held
Kapurthala, February 6 Around 1,65,000 ml of illicit liquor was allegedly recovered from one Balwinder Singh, a resident of Mundi Chhanna village, while one Jagjit Singh from Gori village was arrested and around 6,750 ml of illicit liquor was seized from his possession, police sources said. In another incident, Sukha, a resident of Dhumdiawal village, was held for carrying 4500 ml of liquor. One Trilok Singh from Bahui village was arrested and around 35 kg of lahan and 3,150 ml of illicit liquor was recovered from his possession. |
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Agitation in RCF gets support of more unions
Kapurthala, February 6 While addressing a gate meeting of the workers, Mr Kumar said the railways unions from the Ferozepore division were with the RCF employees. He added that the unions from the Northern Railway and others across India would join them if the RCF management failed to address the problems. Earlier, the employees from Group C and D of the factory observed a “Black Day” in protest against the dismissal of their colleague and member of the RCF Staff Council, Mr Ram Rattan Singh. Sporting black badges, thousands of employees along with their union leaders assembled in front of the gate of the factory and staged a dharna demanding the reinstatement of Mr Ram Rattan Singh. The RCF employees have been agitating since January 11 when elected members of the Staff Council submitted their resignations against an alleged dictatorial attitude of the management. The employees have been demanding the recruitment of workers in Group C and D, abolition of the contract system, promotion on the basis of the sanctioned strength of 8,340 and that the period of six days’ agitation from June 27 to July 2 last year be considered on duty instead of leave due. The management dismissed Mr Ram Rattan Singh last week. The union leaders had alleged that he was a victim of the “vindictive attitude of the management” because of his opposition to “anti-worker” policies of the management. The union leaders have also levelled charges of corruption against the factory management.
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AIDS awareness drive
Jalandhar, February 6 Mr Kulraj Randhawa, Acting Principal of the training centre, welcomed Ms Pawan Rekha Berry, Assistant Director, School AIDS Education Programme, and Ms Satinder Kaur, a Senior Lecturer, from the State Institute of Science Education, both resource persons. Both the guests said that teachers from all schools along with a boy student and a girl student would be selected for workshops to be held in Chandigarh soon. They distributed resource material to all those attending the programme. Mr Sanjeevan Singh Didwal, a science teacher, talked on how the programme could be implemented in the present system through moral education of the adolescents. Mr Dalbir Singh Saini, District Education Officer (secondary), and Mr Hari Dass Sharma, District Science Supervisor, were also present. Mr Jagtinder Sohal, a school teacher, compered the event.
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Memorandum submitted
Kapurthala, February 6 Addressing the rally, Mr Hardev Singh Sandhu, President of the All India Kisan Majdur Sabha, alleged that the prices of fertilisers had been hiked by 42 per cent and the rates of agricultural implements had become costlier by 22 per cent, while the price of the crops were hiked by nine per cent only. This “partial” attitude of the government towards the farmers was resulting in the deteriorating financial condition of the community, he alleged. He demanded that the farmers be given loans at the rate of four per cent per annum and free water supply for irrigation, and the rates of produce be increased according to the price index.
—TNS |
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