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Coloniser booked for raising illegal colony
Phagwara, March 17
The Phagwara police today registered a case against a coloniser for allegedly carving out an illegal colony in the Hadiabad locality here. According to a PUDA official, Additional Chief Administrator, PUDA, Jalandhar, had lodged a complaint with the SSP, Kapurthala, accusing one Pushpinder Singh, a resident of Hadiabad locality, of encroaching upon about four acres of prime land on the Phagwara-Nakodar Road.

Police cracks murder case, four held
Jalandhar, March 17
Four persons, accused of murdering a woman in the Sat Kartar Nagar area on the night of December 31 last year, had been arrested, the local police said here today. The SSP, Mr Ishwar Singh, said Upjinder Kaur, an employee of the Food and Civil Supply Department, was found murdered in her house.

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Jalandhar, March 17
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One held for threatening suicide
Phagwara, March 17
The local police today arrested one Vipan Vinayak, a physically challenged PCO booth owner, under Section 188 of the IPC and 107/151 of the CrPC, in apprehension of “breach of peace”, as Vinayak, the police said, had threatened to publically commit suicide either by jumping from the incomplete Satnampura railway over-bridge, or self-immolation on March 18.

Man kidnapped, rescued
Kapurthala, March 17
Acting on a complaint by a local resident, the police today claimed to have rescued his son from the clutches of kidnappers within five hours of the incident here. According to the police, one Tirlok Dass, a sewadar at a local cremation ground near Shalimar Garden, lodged a complaint in the morning alleging that one Naresh Kumar, a resident of Kasabban Mohalla, along with his accomplice, Pawan Kumar, beat up his son, Lakhdev Dass (30), and forcibly took him away on his scooter.

  Coloniser booked for raising illegal colony
Tribune News Service

Phagwara, March 17
The Phagwara police today registered a case against a coloniser for allegedly carving out an illegal colony in the Hadiabad locality here. According to a PUDA official, Additional Chief Administrator, PUDA, Jalandhar, had lodged a complaint with the SSP, Kapurthala, accusing one Pushpinder Singh, a resident of Hadiabad locality, of encroaching upon about four acres of prime land on the Phagwara-Nakodar Road.

Pushpinder had allegedly fleeced the public of crores of rupees after carving out the illegal colony and had been absconding since then.

The official claimed that the said coloniser never obtained PUDA’s permission nor deposited the requisite fee for carving out a colony.

Meanwhile, the allottees also alleged that contrary to the assurances given at the time of the plot allotments, the coloniser neither left wider roads nor provided them with basic civic facilities.

After investigations, the police claimed the allegations of the allottees against the coloniser were found to be true.

A case has been registered against the accused at the City police station. The police said Pushpinder Singh was still at large.

The Satnampura SHO, Mr Rajesh Verma, said he had dispatched police teams to various locations to nab the accused.

Police cracks murder case, four held
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 17
Four persons, accused of murdering a woman in the Sat Kartar Nagar area on the night of December 31 last year, had been arrested, the local police said here today. The SSP, Mr Ishwar Singh, said Upjinder Kaur, an employee of the Food and Civil Supply Department, was found murdered in her house.

He said the deceased had returned from Sangrur that night and her body was discovered lying in the drawing room by her son, Charan Pal Singh, the next day. The SSP claimed that robbery was the motive behind the murder.

He added that the main accused in the case, Rajinder alias Depty, was already under arrest for involvement in various theft cases. The other three persons, allegedly involved in the murder case, had been identified as Jagmohan alias Jagga, a resident of Karol Bagh, Urban Estate Phase II, Ramu, a resident of Behraich in Uttar Pradesh, and Sonu alias Kaka, a resident of Shera Mohan Palace, Jalandhar. Rajinder was produced in the court on production warrant.

The SSP said the assailants had entered the house of the victim in the afternoon, stabbed her with knives and a kirpan and fled with cash and jewellery.

The case was cracked after hair strands, discovered on a cap at the crime spot, were found to be of Rajinder by the forensic laboratory in Chandigarh.

Mr Ishwar Singh claimed that the accused came to the victim’s house on a rickshaw and after committing the crime, fled the spot on the rickshaw itself. 

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One held for threatening suicide
Tribune News Service

Phagwara, March 17
The local police today arrested one Vipan Vinayak, a physically challenged PCO booth owner, under Section 188 of the IPC and 107/151 of the CrPC, in apprehension of “breach of peace”, as Vinayak, the police said, had threatened to publically commit suicide either by jumping from the incomplete Satnampura railway over-bridge, or self-immolation on March 18.

Vinayak was produced before the Sub-Divisonal Magistrate, who sent him to judicial custody till March 22.

Last month, Vinayak had observed a chain hunger strike in support of the long-pending demand of the Phagwara residents for the early completion of the railway over-bridge.

Man kidnapped, rescued
Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, March 17
Acting on a complaint by a local resident, the police today claimed to have rescued his son from the clutches of kidnappers within five hours of the incident here. According to the police, one Tirlok Dass, a sewadar at a local cremation ground near Shalimar Garden, lodged a complaint in the morning alleging that one Naresh Kumar, a resident of Kasabban Mohalla, along with his accomplice, Pawan Kumar, beat up his son, Lakhdev Dass (30), and forcibly took him away on his scooter.

The city SHO, Mr Gurmej Singh, soon dispatched police parties to locate the accused.

In the afternoon, the two accused were arrested from a dera at Uggi Chitti village on the Nakodar Road near Kala Sanghian and rescued the victim from the spot.

When contacted, Lakhdev Dass, now at the Civil Hospital, said he was beaten up by the accused due to an old enmity.

He alleged that two years back also, the accused had beaten him up and threatened of dire consequences.