Fatehabad, December 18
A man, who got a doctor of the local General Hospital caught while accepting bribe, is living under a constant threat of being implicated in a false case by the doctor’s brother, who is a Sub-Inspector in the city police station here.

A large number of residents of the local Harnam Colony today met the Deputy Commissioner and the SP in this regard, protesting against the high-handedness of the police official and demanded action against him.

Mr Raj Kumar, a resident of the colony, had made a written complaint to the State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) in September that Dr Krishan Kumar, working in the General Hospital, was demanding money for issuing a medico-legal certificate in a case.

The SVB on September 7 arrested the doctor while accepting a bribe of Rs 3000 from Mr Raj Kumar.

Mr Yash Paul Atwal, state president of the Ambedkar Students Front, and Mr Vinod Chabbarwal, who led the protestors, alleged that Sub Inspector Surender Singh, who is the brother of the doctor, had been coercing Mr Raj Kumar to retract from his earlier statement and make a compromise with Dr Krishan Kumar.

The cop and his colleagues, Mr Sukhbir Singh and Mr Karamvir Singh, had also threatened Mr Raj Kumar of implicating him in a false case if he did not relent.

Mr Raj Kumar said the cop had now been summoning him to the police station on daily basis since November 27, 2006, on the plea that they had received a complaint against him from a woman.

He alleged that the cop and his colleagues had been threatening him that he would land in serious trouble in case he did not turn a hostile witness against the doctor.

He said he was ready to face consequences in case he was guilty of any offence. But, he said, the police should register a case against him in that eventuality and not harass him by calling him to police station daily.

The SHO, City Police Station, Mr Balbir Singh, when contacted, said he was not aware of any complaint by any women against Mr Raj Kumar. Nor was there any FIR against him in the police station.

Bhiwani, December 18
In Bhiwani district, out of 437 villages, there are 2 villages having sex ratio of less than 750, while in the 0-6 age group, 70 villages are having sex ratio of less than 750.

This was revealed by Mr Mohinder Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, during a data dissemination workshop held today to creat massive awareness amongst data users about the availability of Census data.

Mr Kumar described that during 2001 Census, 67.45 per cent literacy rate had been recorded in Bhiwani district. The rate was 54.18 per cent during 1991.

The male literacy was recorded 60.26 per cent and female literacy rate was 53.00 per cent as compared to 70.93 per cent male literacy and 35.10 per cent female literacy during the 1991 Census. There were 195 villages having more than 50 per cent female literacy in Bhiwani district, he said.

He said the Census Department had computerised the complete data of the Census conducted during 2001. He said population growth had been increasing rapidly in Haryana. During the past 10 years, its increasing rate had been 28.43 per cent.

Mr Kumar said according to the 2001 Census, total population of Haryana is 2,11,44,564 persons, registering a growth of 28.43 per cent during 1991-2001, which was significantly higher than its neighbouring States of Himachal Pradesh (17.54%) and Punjab (20.10%).

Haryana had a growth of 46 lakhs persons which was more than the total population of Haryana during the 1931 Census.

Expressing worry over the low educational graph, especially among the women in Haryana, he said there were only 53 per cent women educated in Haryana and effective steps would have to be taken in this direction.

Deputy Director, Census Operations, Haryana, Mr Karan Singh said as per 2001 Census data, there were 9 villages which had "zero" literacy, 26 villages fell in the literacy range between 1 to 20 per cent, 343 between 20 to 40 per cent, 1,834 between 40 to 60 per cent, 4,369 between 60 to 80 per cent having more than 80 per cent literacy, respectively, in Haryana.

SP Subhash Yadav, ADC Wazir Singh Goyat, City Magistrate Pankaj Chaudhary, all SDMs were present.

Rohtak, December 18
Some important parts of Fundus Fluorescein Angiography machine installed in the Opthalmology department of the local Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) worth over Rs 30 lakh were found stolen this morning.

According to a report lodged with the police, the thieves entered the room where the machine was installed by forcing open the latch of a window. No other clue was found. However, it is suspected that some technically sound persons were behind the theft as the thieves knew exactly what parts could be stolen.

No arrests have been made so far. An FIR has been registered on the complaint of the PGIMS Director.

Ophthalmologists have relied on fluorescein angiography as an important tool in the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of retinal disorders for nearly four decades. This diagnostic procedure utilizes a specialized Fundus camera to capture rapid-sequence photographs of the retinal vasculature following an intravenous injection of fluorescein sodium.

Fluorescein angiography facilitates the in-vivo study of the retinal circulation and is particularly useful in the management of diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, two leading causes of blindness.

Sonepat, December 18
Sub-Inspector Anoop Singh Malik has been dismissed from service for his alleged involvement in settling a case involving the looting of a liquor-loaded truck after taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the looters of the truck in September. This was stated by Deputy Superintendent of Police Subhash Chander.

The DSP also claimed that four of the nine alleged accused in the looting incident had been arrested and the remaining absconders, including the dismissed Sub-Inspector would be arrested soon. The services of SI Malik were terminated after a departmental inquiry into the case, he added.

A truck was loaded with liquor by some gangsters wearing police uniforms on the GT road near Murthal in September. On the complaint of liquor contractor Jai Prakash, a resident of Delhi, a case was registered in this regard against nine persons, including SI Anoop Singh Malik, who was the Station House Officer in the Gannaur police station at that time.

After preliminary investigation, SI Malik was placed under suspension and a departmental inquiry was also ordered against him. 

Chandigarh, December 18
An advocate of Sonepat, Mr Jai Tirath, has been appointed organising secretary of the Haryana Congress.

The appointment has been made by the working president of the party, Dr Ram Prakash.

Mr Jai Tirath is a son of a former heavyweight politician of Sonepat district, Mr Rizaq Ram, who remained the Irrigation and Power Minister in joint Punjab and then in Haryana. He was also a member of the Lok Sabha.

Earlier, Mr Rizaq Ram had quit his seat in the Rajya Sabha in 1972 on the issue of the transfer of Chandigarh to Haryana.