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Couple robbed of jewellery, Rs 2 lakh near Golden Temple
Amritsar, February 22
Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched the purse of a Mumbai-based couple which was returning to their hotel room after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple late in the evening.

344 PAP jawans pass out 

Jalandhar, February 22 “The behaviour and conduct of the police are an indicator of the perception of the force among the masses,” said IG (commando) Iqbalpreet Singh Sahota, while addressing the passing-out parade of the 147th batch of recruits.

Fresh recruits of the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) take oath during a passing out parade in Jalandhar on Friday. — Tribune photo by Pawan Sharma

77 Bholath villages to get potable water
Jalandhar, February 22
Minister for water supply and sanitation Bikramjit Singh Majithia today announced a scheme for providing potable water to 77 villages in Bholath subdivision.

Woman jumps before train, dies
Batala, February 22
A woman committed suicide by jumping before the Ravi Express on Thursday on the Batala-Gurdaspur rail track. Param Jit (23), wife of Indras, was allegedly harassed by her in-laws as alleged by her father.

Hundreds of bank men join dharna
Jalandhar, February 22
Hundreds of bank employees and officers participated in a dharna organised by five unions of workmen and officers on the call of the United Forum of Bank Unions here today. The dharna was held in front of the Central Bank of India to press for stoppage of merger in public sector banks and pension option. — TNS

Couple robbed of jewellery, Rs 2 lakh
near Golden Temple
P.K. Jaiswar

Amritsar, February 22
Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched the purse of a Mumbai-based couple which was returning to their hotel room after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple late in the evening.

The incident took place near the historic Jallianwala Bagh area. The purse contained jewellery and Rs 2 lakh, besides important documents. The couple were also injured as they resisted the snatching by holding the purse.

Interestingly, when the couple reached the police station concerned in Kotwali situated just a few metres away from the site of the incident, there was no police official present. SSP Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh himself registered the FIR, while the police officials, including the SP (city-I) and the SHO of the police station reached there after half an hour.

Taking serious view of the lapse on the part of the police, the SSP suspended the chowki in charge while assuring strict action against other police official for negligence of their duty. The SSP said the police would soon nab the culprits. The police have registered the case against unidentified persons.

It is pertinent to mention here that incidents of snatching have increased in the holy city. An NRI woman had allegedly died after felling from rickshaw about a month back when the snatchers snatched her purse near Lawrence Road area.

Narrating the incident, Mumbai resident Daya Shankar said that he, along with his wife Feroza, had come to Amritsar for paying obeisance at the holy shrine and was returning to the hotel. He said two motorcyclists came from behind and tried to snatch the purse of his wife. He said they dragged his wife till she did not release the bag.

344 PAP jawans pass out 
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 22
“The behaviour and conduct of the police are an indicator of the perception of the force among the masses,” said IG (commando) Iqbalpreet Singh Sahota, while addressing the passing-out parade of the 147th batch of recruits at the PAP Complex here today.

The 344-strong batch comprised 114 SPOs, 151 general category candidates, 72 ex-servicemen and seven special category policemen.

The IG honoured Dalel Singh (best all round cadet), Amanpreet Singh (second best cadet), Gurcharan Singh (best in outdoors), Dalel Singh (best in indoors) and Jasvir Singh (best marksman).

77 Bholath villages to get potable water
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 22
Minister for water supply and sanitation Bikramjit Singh Majithia today announced a scheme for providing potable water to 77 villages in Bholath subdivision.

He was addressing a gathering on the concluding day of the eigth edition of the rural sports festival organised by Guru Gobind Singh International Sports and Cultural Club at Balbir Singh Memorial Stadium in Bholath town this evening.

Majithia said providing drinking water to the rural people was one of the priorities of the government. A sum of Rs 12 crore would be spent on providing drinking water to 77 villages in the subdivision and work on the project would start soon. He also said more development works were on the anvil and would be announced in the coming moths. The government was committed to fulfilling all its poll promises, he pointed out.

Jasvinder Singh Billa, president of the club, said the first prize of Rs 1 lakh had been won by the kabaddi team from the Miri Piri Club. The Bajakhana Academy was declared second and received Rs 75,000 as prize.

Woman jumps before train, dies

Batala, February 22
A woman committed suicide by jumping before the Ravi Express on Thursday on the Batala-Gurdaspur rail track.

Param Jit (23), wife of Indras, was allegedly harassed by her in-laws as alleged by her father. She was married to Indras about two years ago and was having a child. During these two years she was harassed by her husband and his family for not bringing enough dowry. The dispute between these two families was earlier settled by the panchayats of the two villages.

Meanwhile, the body was handed over after a post-mortem. — OC