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Girl pays with her life for marrying boy of choice
Parents, aunt strangle her; Police recovers skeletal remains, clothes
Batala, July 31
Kuljeet Kaur paid the price of marrying the boy of her dreams with her life. Annoyed at the bold step taken by their daughter by marrying Ajit Singh, in a court ceremony, the 21 year old girl’s parents and aunt strangled her to death.

Dowry Torture 
Batala woman kills self 
Batala, July 31
A woman, Sunita Devi, allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance here. She was fed up with repeated harassment for more dowry by her in-laws.

Stamp duty evasion: FCR seeks report
Kapurthala, July 31
Taking a serious note of the alleged evasion of stamp duty worth Rs 28 lakh during the registration of a sale deed of a commercial plot in Kapurthala, the state Financial Commissioner Revenue (FCR) Romila Dubey has demanded a report from the deputy commissioner J.M. Balamurugan.

Centre to redress matrimonial disputes
Nawanshahr, July 31
A family counselling centre, to resolve matrimonial disputes, was inaugurated by SSP B.Chander Shekhar’s wife, Chandana on Tuesday. The centre has been set up at the first floor of the Suvidha Bhawan here.

Bus stand in for a major revamp
Nawanshahr, July 31
Chief parliamentary secretary, Jagdish Sawhney, has said Rs one lakh have been allotted by the transport minister, Mohan Lal, for revamp of the local bus stand.

Prince tops in B.Tech exam
Jalandhar, July 31
Punjab Technical University declared results of the regular batch of B.Tech second semester course here on Tuesday. In the chemistry group, Prince Munjal, a student of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, topped with 87.33 per cent marks. Seconda position went to Malika Sikri of DAVIET, Jalandhar. Harpreet Kaur of Lovely Institute of Technology is third. 

BSP asks govt to withdraw toll tax
Hoshiarpur, July 31
The SAD-BJP government has allowed toll plaza contractors to loot public in broad daylight in the name of tax.

Money Matters
Ex-servicemen seek separate pay panel
Chandigarh, July 31
A section of ex-servicemen have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding that a separate pay commission be set up for armed forces personnel

VB nabs two for stealing trees 
Jalandhar, July 31
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested two persons, chowkidar Kanahaiya and contractor Harbans Lal, for stealing 53 stems of eucalyptus trees allegedly for selling them in the open market.

Girl pays with her life for marrying boy of choice
Parents, aunt strangle her; Police recovers skeletal remains, clothes 
Balraj Mahajan

Batala, July 31
Kuljeet Kaur paid the price of marrying the boy of her dreams with her life. Annoyed at the bold step taken by their daughter by marrying Ajit Singh, in a court ceremony, the 21 year old girl’s parents and aunt strangled her to death.

The planned murder was committed after luring the girl in their trap on pretext of getting her married with full traditional customs.

Skeletal remains and clothes of the girl were recovered by the police in the morning today.

Father of the deceased Mangal Singh, alias Manga, a resident of Nangal Chour village and the girl’s maternal aunt Gurmeet Kaur, a resident of Nassirpur have been arrested for the murder. Mother of the deceased Kashmir Kaur is absconding.

Talking to media persons, SSP R.N. Dhoke said KUljeet Kaur, a resident of Nangal Chour village married Ajit Singh, a resident of Dhupsari village on March 31 despite opposition by her parents.

Later the couple managed to get consent of their parents to solemnise the wedding as per customs, said the SSP.

After Ajit Singh sent his wife Kuljeet with her parents she was allegedly kept at an unknown location, the SSP added.

A case was also registered on July 3 under Section 365/120 of the IPC at Sri Hargobindpur police station after the girl’s disappearance. The accused admitted that they conspired to kill her as she had brought humiliation to the family’s name. They took her to Feru Chichi village and strangulated her near a drain before hiding the body in the marsh, the SSP added.

After the statements of the accused the gil’s skeleton and her clothes were recovered today. The police investigating the case under Sections 302/201 of the IPC. Efforts are being made to arrest girl’s mother,said Dhoke. 

Dowry Torture 
Batala woman kills self 
Our Correspondent

Batala, July 31
A woman, Sunita Devi, allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance here. She was fed up with repeated harassment for more dowry by her in-laws.

This was disclosed by SSP Batala R.N. Dhoke while addressing mediapersons on Monday. Dhoke said the complaint was lodged by deceased’s brother Gurmeet Singh.

According to Gurmeet, Sunita was often sent to her parent’s house by her husband Ashok Kumar, resident of Civil Lines, Qadian, with instructions to bring more dowry.

“On Saturday night, we received a phone call from Sunita that she is brutally being harassed. At this my mother Darshana Rani went to her in-laws’ house where she was told that Sunita had allegedly consumed some toxic substance and she is admitted to a private hospital at Qadian,” claimed Gurmeet.

From there she was shifted to the civil hospital and then again sent to a private hospital.

But the woman could not be saved. Qadian police has registered a case under section 306 of the IPC. 

Stamp duty evasion: FCR seeks report
Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, July 31
Taking a serious note of the alleged evasion of stamp duty worth Rs 28 lakh during the registration of a sale deed of a commercial plot in Kapurthala, the state Financial Commissioner Revenue (FCR) Romila Dubey has demanded a report from the deputy commissioner J.M. Balamurugan.

Confirming this while talking to The Tribune Balamurugan said the sub divisional magistrate Gurpreet Singh Khera would be looking into the matter.

“After the submission of the report it would be forwarded to the FCR,” he said adding that the enquiry would be completed soon.

The Tribune had highlighted the alleged stamp duty evasion in a news-item carried on July 27.

According to the sources, DC had received a complaint regarding the evasion of stamp duty to the tune Rs 28 lakh while registering a sale deed in February, last year by showing a commercial plot as a residential one.

Surprisingly, a multiple commercial complex is being constructed on the land, which was shown as a residential plot while registering its sale deed.

Meanwhile, a city coloniser issued threats to a local reporter by calling him on his mobile phone for highlighting the scandal of evasion of stamp duty. A deputation of local reporters met SSP Rakesh Agarwal and submitted a written complaint against the coloniser.

Agarwal directed the city SHO to take action against the coloniser.

Centre to redress matrimonial disputes
Our Correspondent

Nawanshahr, July 31
A family counselling centre, to resolve matrimonial disputes, was inaugurated by SSP B.Chander Shekhar’s wife, Chandana on Tuesday. The centre has been set up at the first floor of the Suvidha Bhawan here.

Parminder Bedi from family counselling centre, Jalandhar, being run by an NGO, ASHI (Association for Social Health of India), presided over the function.

A panel of advocates headed by Chandana would advise on matrimonial disputes at the centre every Tuesday and Friday. 

Bus stand in for a major revamp
Our Correspondent

Nawanshahr, July 31
Chief parliamentary secretary, Jagdish Sawhney, has said Rs one lakh have been allotted by the transport minister, Mohan Lal, for revamp of the local bus stand.

He said this during a visit to the local bus stand today. A new shed will replace the old one. New benches, fans and lavatories would also be constructed, he added.

He also requested shopkeepers to use the land allotted to them. Construction of a guest house is also on the anvil for bus drivers, he added.

Prince tops in B.Tech exam

Jalandhar, July 31
Punjab Technical University declared results of the regular batch of B.Tech second semester course here on Tuesday. In the chemistry group, Prince Munjal, a student of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, topped with 87.33 per cent marks. Second position went to Malika Sikri of DAVIET, Jalandhar. Harpreet Kaur of Lovely Institute of Technology is third. 

In the physics group, Manisha Gandhi, a student of DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology bagged top rank with 88 per cent marks. Tarun Malhotra of the same institute stood second with 87.87 per cent marks. Himani Rani from Desh Bhagat Engineering College bagged third position. — TNS

BSP asks govt to withdraw toll tax

Hoshiarpur, July 31
The SAD-BJP government has allowed toll plaza contractors to loot public in broad daylight in the name of tax.

This was alleged by president of the Punjab unit of the BSP Avtar Singh Krimpuri and general secretary Onkar Singh Jhammat in a press note here today.

The duo alleged that toll plazas, set up by private contractors in the state, were collecting money in the name of widening roads and making them four-laned under the BOT system.

They said the state government was imposing a ban on the free movement of the public as the commuters had to pay heavy tax to the contractors of the roads laid under BOT system. Complaining against the implementation of BOT projects, they said they would expose the corruption of the SAD-BJP government.

Pointing out at the decision of the last Congress government, they said, “The Congress government approved Rs 110 crore under the BOT project for Balachaur to Dasuya and allotted the project to a private company.”

“The SAD-BJP has now provided a subsidy of Rs 50 crore and allowed the private contractor to collect Rs 110 crore within a period of 17 years,” they added.

According to their information the contractor would earn Rs 1,700 to 1,800 crore during the period.

Asking the state government to lift the toll tax immediately, they said “If the decision of toll tax is not withdrawn, then the state unit of the BSP would launch a mass movement against it.” — OC 

Money Matters
Ex-servicemen seek separate pay panel
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 31
A section of ex-servicemen have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding that a separate pay commission be set up for armed forces personnel

In its letter, the Saviours for Human Rights of Armed Forces (SHRAF) has stated that armed forces personnel have faced social and economic sufferings at the hands of successive central pay commissions due to inadequate representation by the armed forces and lack of proper understanding of the service conditions.

Stating that it is unfair to the profession of soldering to compare the service conditions of armed forces personnel with civilian employees, SHRAF has maintained that life in the services is neither business nor occupation but a 24- hour dedication and devotion to the nation’s call.

The letter has recommended that all compensatory allowances like city compensation and house rent, etc., should be exempt from income tax.

It has also recommended that disability pension be increased and classifications should be reviewed so that people are not forced to approach courts. The family of deceased soldier should get last drawn pay as family pension if death is attributable to service and 50 per cent if not attributable to service, for life, the letter says.

VB nabs two for stealing trees 
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 31
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested two persons, chowkidar Kanahaiya and contractor Harbans Lal, for stealing 53 stems of eucalyptus trees allegedly for selling them in the open market.

These trees were felled by the Forests Department on the Mandi Goindwal road.

In a press note issued here today, SSP, VB, Dilbagh Singh Gill, says the two were arrested on Monday night at a naka laid by VB Kapurthala, DSP, Tarsem Singh, near Donwind village. An FIR has also been registered against them under Sections 420, 409, 120 B of the IPC and 13 (1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. According to VB officials more arrests are likely in the case.