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Warden beats up student
Special police team to check records of marriage bureaus
‘711 cases of atrocities against Dalits’
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Scare keeps devotees off temple
New tax opposed
Two brothers found dead
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Warden beats up student
Jalandhar, May 12 Gurbir, a student of Class IV in the United Christian School, is recovering at the Civil Hospital for the past two days. “The warden hit me on the mouth and the back. One of my teeth fell off. He pushed it aside with his feet and beat me up with a stick,” the boy said. He added that he was kept confined to his hostel room for one whole day after the incident. He said he went back home the next day. The parents of the boy living in Nurpur village on the Pathankot Road claimed that their son was not accustomed to the hostel’s environment and had felt homesick. They added that the warden beat up the boy on the pretext that he was trying to run away from the hostel. “I was going to the washroom when the ‘Aunty who washes clothes’ told the warden that I was trying to run away,” the boy said. Gurdip has multiple injury marks on the left side of his body — from the shoulder, hand, back to the thigh. The police has registered a case and is awaiting the X-Ray report of the boy’s leg and a report from the dental surgeon for further action. Gurbir, his parents said, was admitted to the school on April 26 and was put in the hostel on April 28. “Next day, he returned home on his own. He was feverish,” the boy’s mother, Amarjit Kaur, said. “We left him in the again hostel two days later.” Gurbir said he beaten up on May 10 by the hostel warden, called Nelson. The boy’s parents said he was given no medication. “My roommates administered ointment on my limbs,” Gurbir said. The next morning, the boy said he left the school with an acquaintance. Meanwhile, discovering that the student was missing, the warden came to his home and informed that the boy had run away, the mother said. The boy returned home later that day. The boy’s father, Balkar Singh, is a truck driver. Maqsudan Chowki in-charge Onkar Singh Brar said the warden was absconding. He added that a case has been registered against the warden under Sections 238, 341, 506 of the IPC. |
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Special police team to check records of marriage bureaus
Jalandhar, May 12 The SSP, Mr Ishwar Singh, said the decision was taken after receiving numerous cases of duping by these marriage bureaus and travel agent offices in the city. He said special team would ascertain if the bureaus and offices were maintaining proper records or were associated with credible organisations. He added that in case irregularities were found, the police would conduct raids followed by legal action. Sources said the special task force would have four officers as members. The team would include one officer of the Superintendent of Police (SP) rank, gazetted officer — Tehsildar or Naib Tehsildar, Sales Tax Officer and officer from the Municipal Corporation, they added. The SSP claimed it was a first of its kind move by the department to become proactive in curbing the rising menace. He said the usual practice for the police so far had been to take action only after receiving a complaint of cheating or fraud. “Though follow up action on the complaint is always taken, we have has now decided to launch a vigorous campaign on our own. The members of the team will be decided upon soon,” the SSP added.
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‘711 cases of atrocities against Dalits’
Kapurthala, May 12 Director of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Class Welfare Department, Punjab, Mr Khushi Ram, said the commission was approached in 291 cases for services, 111 complaints were registered regarding civil right violations and 81 were of general nature. He was here to attend a meeting of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Committee on welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Mr Khushi Ram said that during 1992-2004, a total of 313 cases were registered under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. He said the Protection of Civil Rights Act was also there to safeguard Dalit rights. He also added that to avail the benefits of the Ashirwad Scheme, it was not compulsory to have a Below Poverty Line (BPL) certificate.
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Scare keeps devotees off temple
Jalandhar, May 12 A threat letter received by the Jalandhar railway station chief last week had created a flutter among security agencies. The letter had threatened that the temple and the railway station would be blown up on May 12. Even the number of patients visiting the Devi Talaab Charitable Hospital was low. Though, at the railway station, policemen could be seen checking the luggage of passengers at the platform and inside the trains, there was no visible difference in the number of commuters. Guest houses, hotels and vehicles coming from other states were subjected to a special checking by the police. |
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New tax opposed
Jalandhar, May 12 Addressing media persons here, chairman of the federation, Mr K.K. Sharma alleged that the new tax had been hurriedly imposed. He added that this would bring the agricultural sector into the tax net. “The tax will hit the shareholders and the institution. The finance capital meant to help the rural sector would go down due to the new tax,” Mr Sharma said. |
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Two brothers found dead
Jalandhar, May 12 The brothers had reportedly consumed some poisonous substance. Their sister, Sheela, said the two were in a disturbed state of mind. She added that his brothers had consumed some substance before reaching home, as they had not eaten after that. Balbir’s marriage was strained, and he was living alone, she said.
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The warden of a residential school in Maqsudan has been booked after he allegedly thrashed a 10-year-old boy severely on May 10.
Gurbir, a student of Class IV in the United Christian School, is
recovering at the Civil Hospital for the past two days. “The warden
hit me on the mouth and the back. One of my teeth fell off. He pushed
it aside with his feet and beat me up with a stick,” the boy said.
