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Commission agent done to death, 4 booked
Big haul of heroin on border
Property Prey
One dead, four hurt in mishap
Cong defeat in MC poll brings infighting to fore
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Illegal confinement of anganwadi workers
4 hurt as auto overturns
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Commission agent done to death, 4 booked
Kapurthala, August 2 SHO K.K. Sharma said the accused had been identified as store owner Navneet Kumar, Gurpreet Singh, Avtar Singh and Baljinder Singh. Sharma said, “Gopi had given a loan to Navneet and had come to collect Rs 65,000 from the latter as the former had to make a payment of Rs 3 lakh to some farmers at Kudowal village.” Gopi came in his car and was carrying Rs 1.83 lakh with him, he added. According to sources, Navneet took Gopi in an adjoining room to the medical store where the other three accused were sitting and they allegedly gave him a cold drink laced with some poisonous substance. Gopi became unconscious after having the drink and reportedly died there, sources added. The sources said accused Baljinder took Gopi to a private hospital in Kapurthala on Friday evening but the doctors declared him brought dead. He left Gopi in the latter’s car outside his house and fled in the wee hours on Saturday. It was today morning that Gopi’s parents noticed their son’s car and found his body. They informed the police which registered a case. Meanwhile, all the accused have absconded. |
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Big haul of heroin on border
Jalandhar, August 2 Acting on a tip-off that a large quantity of smuggled heroin was concealed in a specific area on the
Indo-Pak border, a special operation to search the area was launched. Ten packets of heroin concealed in the field covered with leaves in sarkanda-prone area, near the international boundary, were seized, a BSF release stated here today, adding that the packets were marked with Afghan seal and one was marked in Pasto language. Each packet was weighing 1 kg and the value of the consignment in the international market was approximately Rs 50 crore, the release said, adding that early on July 30 also 4 kg of heroin was seized from the same area. Smugglers had changed their modus operandi to let the consignment reach the destination as now they were using a clear and conceal method, official said, adding that in this method smugglers from across the border concealed the consignment near zero line and smugglers from own side enter through fence gates in the guise of farmers and pick up the consignment.
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Property Prey
Batala, August 2 While talking to mediapersons here on Saturday, SSP Naresh Kumar Arora said that a few days back constable Kuldeep Singh of Khanowal police station, Dhariwal (now residing at Issa Nagar, Batala), and Wazir Masih, alias Sabha, of Vinjawan had kidnapped Gurmukh Singh of Sunaiya village in his Maruti In order to grab his property, Kuldeep, along with Wazir Masih, took Gurmukh Singh to Mandi in Himachal Paradesh. Both of them got drunk there and killed Gurmukh Singh by strangulating. They threw his body into a river and returned to Punjab. Arora said Kuldeep returned to Batala after dropping Wazir Masih at Gurdaspur. On the basis of the statement of Gurmukh’s brother Balbir Singh, a case under sections 364 and 34 of the IPC was registered at Sadar police station, Batala. After the body was found, an FIR under section 302 of the IPC was registered against him at Phadder police station in Himachal Pradesh on July 16. On interrogation, accused constable Kuldeep Singh told the police that when they had kidnapped Gurmukh Singh from his house, Raju, alias Ram Vikram (Bhaiya), was also with them but he got down from the car at Batala, saying that he did not want to kill any person. A few days later, when Kuldeep, along with Raju, was going to see his relatives in Faridkot in the same car with a false number plate, he was arrested on suspicion by the Ghall Khurd (Ferozepore) police on July 23. During interrogation Kuldeep confessed that he, along with Wazir Masih, had killed Gurmukh Singh by strangulating him.
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One dead, four hurt in mishap
Jalandhar, August 2 The deceased was identified as Satwinder Singh (47) of the Gobindgarh locality here. He died on the spot. Punjabi Tribune stringer from Payal Davinder Singh, his two sisters Amandeep, Gagandeep, and his niece Kiranjeet Kaur sustained injuries when their Ambassador car was hit by the truck. They were admitted in a private hospital. The truck driver was reportedly drunk. He was taken in custody by the police
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Cong defeat in MC poll brings infighting to fore
Batala, August 2 Sharma alleged that Sekhri indulged in favouritism, and discriminated against the genuine candidates while allocating the party ticket for the elections in the various wards of Batala. He further alleged that even when some candidates succeeded in getting the party ticket on the intervention of the Congress high command, Sekhri did not campaign wholeheartedly in their favour. On the other hand, when contacted on the phone, Ashwani Sekhri refuted the charges. He said he had not allocated the party ticket alone. A seven-member committee of local senior Congress leaders was responsible for allotting the party ticket to various candidates. Sekhri described Sharma’s charges as baseless and false. He charged him with being hand in glove with leaders of the BJP and the SAD.
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Illegal confinement of anganwadi workers
Jalandhar, August 2 Renuka was in the city today to investigate the matter of alleged illegal detention of several anganwadi workers by the Punjab police for several days. According to information, anganwadi workers were canecharged and reportedly kept in illegal custody for 22 days when they held a demonstration at Badal village on December 25 last year. Similarly, anganwadi workers in Bathinda were also kept in illegal confinement for eight days
after their protest on March 27 this year. Following this, Punjab Mahila Congress chief Gurkanwal Kaur had sent complaints to Renuka and All-India Mahila Congress chief Prabha Thakur. Earlier, Renuka interacted with anganwadi workers at Red Cross Bhavan and listened to their grievances. She expressed concern over increasing female foeticide in Punjab and said it was sad to know that the state, which had been known for its chivalry, was a victim of this social evil. She expressed her dissatisfaction over the efforts being made by the Punjab government in controlling the menace. Renuka disclosed that the nutrition programme for adolescent girls had been merged with Kishori Shakti Yojana. She said the scheme had been focused on school dropout girls in the age group of 11 to 18 years and ensure their development in health and education. |
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4 hurt as auto overturns
Hoshiarpur, August 2 The injured, Harjinder Singh (8), Jaswinder Singh, Vishal and school teacher Raj Rani, were admitted to a government health institution from where Vishal was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, under critical condition. — OC |
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