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Suicide by teacher in education director’s office
Chandigarh, September 22 While the victim, Sanjana, was unhappy over having been transferred from one school to another, education department officials pointed out that Sanjana had been indicted by an inquiry committee following a complaint of her school’s teachers against her. Sanjana had come to meet the director general, school education, (DGSE) Krishan Kumar, this afternoon but he was out for a meeting. She allegedly consumed a poisonous substance in the waiting area of his office. When she started vomiting, she told the staff that she had consumed poison as she had been “denied justice”. The staff called for an ambulance and rushed her to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, where she died after a few hours. She was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition where she was tied with a stretcher. She was murmuring that “some persons had lodged a false complaint against her and sir ji following which Krishan Kumar had transferred her”. She claimed she had met Krishan Kumar on Friday and today also, but she was not given justice, forcing her to consume poison. Though police officials tried to record her statement, the doctors declared her unfit to record her statement, saying that she was under the influence of the poison. Sanjana was working in Government Senior Secondary School, Baghapurana, and following a complaint given by the gram panchayat and other staff members of the school, she was transferred to a nearby school in July this year. “Following her transfer orders, she started sending SMS to me, threatening to commit suicide if I would not take the orders back. A written information regarding her threat had been given in July to the Moga police through the district education officer,” said Krishan Kumar. In August, Sanjana met Krishan Kumar and alleged that the complaints against her were false and the school staff was against her. She made counter-allegations of administrative impropriety against the principal and school staff. On her request, Krishan Kumar stayed her transfer and constituted a three-member committee to look into her allegations. The committee gave its report, indicting Sanjana of misguiding and levelling false allegations. “At this stage, we decided to transfer all three,” said Krishan Kumar. Meanwhile, in an unexpected development, on September 16, members of the Democratic Teachers Front, Moga, contacted the DGSE with CDs of recorded conversations between Sanjana and a senior administrative employee of the DGSE’s office. “The employee of my office had been assigned the task of looking into Sanjana’s complaints. Instead he seemed to have got involved with her,” said Krishan Kumar. On hearing the recorded
conversations, the employee at the DGSE office was sacked from service the same day and Sanjana’s transfer orders were issued the next day, along with a show-cause notice. Talking to The Tribune correspondent at Moga on Sunday, the victim had alleged that the principal of her school had prepared a fake vulgar CD of her voice which had been sent to the higher authorities on the basis of which she had been transferred. “Sanjana came to meet me on September 18 and I told her that she should join at her new place of posting. She seemed satisfied when I told her that the school principal and another teacher were also being transferred on her complaint,” said Krishan Kumar. Terming the incident as unfortunate, Krishan Kumar said he was out of the office when the victim came to meet him today. The police had earlier registered a case of attempt to suicide against the victim. Her husband Angrish Goyal had been informed about the incident and post-mortem would be conducted tomorrow.
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Couple consumes poison, woman dead
Chandigarh, September 22 Sunita (35) was reportedly depressed following the death of her father. She had been reportedly having hallucinations that her father would come back. Her husband Rajesh, who runs a courier business, had also been keeping indifferent health for the past few days, which further depressed her. The police said when Rajesh was not at home this evening, a depressed Sunita consumed insecticide. Realising her mistake, Sunita later phoned her husband, informing him about the incident.When Rajesh returned home, he also consumed the leftover insecticide. Both were rushed to GMSH-16, where Sunita died.
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Adoption of Nari Niketan rape victim
Chandigarh, September 22 Expressing surprise over what she termed as a “strongly worded” letter from the UT, Poonam said, “I just fail to understand the need for it”. She said since UT officials had refused to come to Delhi for whatever reasons, she’ll be coming to the city on September 26 to discuss the matter. “We are not shirking from the responsibility as we have been accused of,” she said, adding that the UT administration had unnecessarily created hype over their suggestion of formulating a “roadmap” for the future of the mother and the child. “What is wrong in it? The apex court had asked the UT administration to help us in looking after the victim and we had formed the committee only to ensure that the concerns of all parties - the administration, the social welfare department and doctors - are taken care of to secure the future of the girl and her child”, she said. Taking exceptions to the strong words used by the administration in its letter, particularly the ones casting aspersions on the trust’s intension - “It appears the trust is backtracking from its earlier commitments made in the apex court” - Poonam said, “We received the detailed court judgement on September 17 and immediately wrote to the UT administration, calling it for a meeting on September 22. So where is the delay from our side”, she questioned. She said they had received the UT’s letter this morning and would be giving an “appropriate” response to it. However, she asserted that she would be here in the city on the September 26 to discuss the matter. “Our intentions are clear, we want the best for the girl and the child,” she said.
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NOC Issue
Chandigarh, September 22 This time, at the hands of the vigilance department, the investigation agency, itself, he claims. Nearly three years after the sting operation carried by the local unit of the All-India Anti Terrorist Front with its local chief Rajesh, the case today took a new turn. Inderjit today submitted a written complaint with the police chief, alleging that one Surinder, claming himself to be from vigilance department, Chandigarh, who came to serve the summons to him, had been intimidating him for resiling from his statement against the PA. He further alleged that Surinder came with Ved, brother of the accused, Rajesh and father-in-law of the accused to serve summons at his petrol pump in Gurgaon. He also stated that Surinder even offered him Rs one lakh in case he resiles from his statement. After charges were framed against Rajesh and peon Gurmukh Singh on March 18, 2009, the case came up for its first prosecution evidence hearing today in the special vigilance court of Raj Rahul Garg. While sticking to his earlier statement, Inderjit during his cross-examination in the court narrated the entire sequence recalling how he was asked to pay up a bribe in order to get the no objection certificate from the department. His cross-examination was completed today. The sting operation executed at the office
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Girl blames father for assaulting mother
Chandigarh, September 22 Eighteen-year-old Kulwinder Kaur alleged that her father Harbans Singh harassed her mother and her siblings. He had not been living with them for the past two years and a dispute was going on between her parents. On August 31, they reached a compromise, when he promised to take care of them, along with her mother. She further alleged that he began using foul language against them and on September 18, he tried to kill her mother by strangulating her. They raised an alarm and called the police. The police rushed her mother to the hospital where she remained admit for two days. Accusing the police of hushing up the matter, Kulwinder said the police advised them to reach a compromise. She even submitted a medico-legal case report of her mother mentioning ligature marks on her neck. Naresh Kaur told TNS that the SSP assured them a fair probe into the matter. Denying the allegations, the in charge of the Sector 22 police post said Harbans Singh was booked under preventive measures. He had told the police that his wife had relations with another man.
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UT to consider public proposals for Metro
Chandigarh, September 22 This was communicated at a meeting held today under the chairmanship of Finance-cum-Urban Planning Secretary Sanjay Kumar for discussing the various suggestions and recommendations of the officials and public with RITES, which could be incorporated in the final comprehensive mobility plan (CMP) for Chandigarh urban complex. The suggestions have been given to RITES for incorporating adequately wherever required in the plan. RITES have been asked to do the needful within 10 days so that the CMP can be discussed with other, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, before the work of preparation of the project report is given to Delhi Metro. It was deliberated upon to have Metro stations at places where either enough parking spaces already exists or at locations where these could be provided and RITES ensured that the issue would be easily resolved when the detailed project report would be drafted by the agency concerned for the MRTS. Various observations, received from the public and the Chandigarh Police, have been delivered to RITES for further modification of the CMP. The Finance Secretary proposed to extend the Metro corridor at Maloya to Transport Nagar to IT Park and laid emphasis on to rethink and analyse the viability of the BRTS corridors in the city. He further deliberated that the under passes should be designed in such a manner that the aesthetic value of the roundabouts, the benchmark of Chandigarh, is not diluted the plan accordingly. RITES have proposed 18 corridors under the MRTS project of which five will be for Metro, three for Commuter Rail Service and rest for Bus Rapid Transit System
(BRTS). Sanjay Kumar said the integration of all modes of transport under the MRTS project need to be smooth so that the public don’t feel reluctant in taking advantage of the
system.
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ATMs at rly station out of order
Chandigarh, September 22 Passengers counting on the station’s ATMs have been facing a hard time as the ATMs, including the State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, UCO bank and Dena Bank remained out of order, fifth day in the row today. While two of the ATMs neither had functional machines or electricity supply, machines of other two ATMs were “out of order”. Surprisingly, it is no surprise for regular railway passengers. Most of them say that it is a routine affair and they have now stopped relying on the station’s ATMs. Pratham Gupta said, “It is almost foolish to count on these ATMs now. One or the other ATM, being out of order, is normal here. At times, even two ATMs might not be functional, But for the last some days, they had become completely redundant. Not a single one of them has been working.” “The companies have just installed ATMs for the heck of it. Almost every other day, either the cash ends, the machine goes out of order or the power fails,” adds Vishal, a regular railway passenger. Bharat, who was at the station today to drop his parents, said, “When you forget withdrawing money at times, railway station ATMs are bound to strike you as a backup option. I just dropped my parents in the Unchahar Express. I had thought that I would hand them cash from the ATM, but just at the last moment when I found out ATMs here were not working, I had to rush to
Panchkula. Had I not been there, they would have been stranded with no money and might have even missed their train.” Chandigarh railway station superintendent RK Dutta said, “This is the responsibility of the banks to make regular checks and ensure proper functioning of the ATMs. Even we have been receiving complaints for quite some time now.”
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Demo of laser show
Chandigarh, September 22 Sources in the corporation said the mayor would seek approval for this study tour to Mumbai from the Adviser, Chandigarh Administration. Interestingly, when the agenda for installing the multi-media laser show was tabled in the House, the mayor had raised objection that the councillors had not seen presentation of the company, which had already presented it to the coordination committee meeting of administration and corporation on May 26, 2009. The House would, therefore, not entertain this agenda and defer it. Recently, a Calcutta-based company, which installed such a project in Mumbai, had given a presentation to the administration and the corporation officials. A similar presentation was shown to the MC councillors, on the basis of which a proposal was to be prepared by the corporation. But the mayor demanded that only after visiting the project, she would allow this agenda to be tabled in the House for approval. Officials expressed surprise over the mayor’s plan for the study tour. They said when the corporation was yet to set the specifications for the project, what was the need to visit the project site of the company which had already given demo? Senior officials said the corporation had not shortlisted any company for the said project after global tendering. What was the need of this study tour. In the agenda which was tabled in the last meeting of the House, it was clearly mentioned that Home Secretary (UT) had approved the proposal and asked General Manager, CITCO, to prepare a proposal for forwarding it to the ministry of tourism for the release of funds.
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Blind park to open next month
Chandigarh, September 22 It is being developed on half an acre plot at a cost of Rs 12 lakh near the Institute of the Blind by the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC). “Final touches are being given to the ‘sensory park’ and it would be ready by next month,” said Arun Kumar Kansal, Executive Engineer (Horticulture). The park is patterned on the Blind Park in Bangkok and based on the recommendations of councillors' study. It faced several stumbling blocks, as the project site was earlier earmarked for an electricity sub-station. The foundation stone of the "sensory park" was laid on December 28 last year by Pawan Bansal, local MP and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources. He also gave Rs 3 lakh from the MPLAD fund for the cause. Several aromatic plants, which provide a sense of touch, taste and sound had been planted in the park for the benefit of visually impaired. These included jasmine, lavlena, raat ki raani, albertine, mint, neem, tulsi and pudina, lamb’s ears, strawberry tree, bamboo, poppy, grape plant, chives and quince. Besides, it would also have 6 feet wide and five hundred feet long concrete footpaths all around the park with an approach to 14’x14’ hut at the centre of the park. The park would provide recreational facility and help in developing the sense of smell and touch among the visually challenged persons, said KR Sood, secretary-cum principal of the Institute for
the Blind.
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Special effects give stage an edge over animation
Chandigarh, September 22 Over the years, almost all age groups have developed one or the other kind of association with Ram
Leelas. The audiences in the city still remain, but their nature has definitely changed. For teenagers in the colonies, it is now an excuse to sneak out late at night with friends and spend time together along with their religious dose of Ramayana. With families, where earlier people would finish all their household work early and religiously come out to watch Ram Leelas, now it is more of post-dinner routine. After the dinner, families, children, friends come, hang around, have ice creams or post-dinner coffees, watch the sequence for a couple of hours and head back home. But what cannot be ignored is that the run of the mill kinds fail to attract crowds. Now, even the organisers are brainstorming and pitching in best of their ideas to attract more and more crowds. Varinder Dhingra, organiser of the Chandigarh Ram Leela Committee, performing in Sector 22, said, “The key is to innovate. The most famous venues that people throng to see Ram Leela are the ones with the best visuals, including Sector 17, Sector 22 and Sector 29 high-tech Ram Leela. Small Leelas, in almost every other sectors, fail to romp in big numbers.” Shri Vardhan, special-effects artist, adds, “We make sure that the audiences get what they wish to see. From using chemicals, magic tricks to fire and light effects, we try to bring out the best visuals on stage that engage the audiences for longer.” “When Shravan dies, we show him and his parents “chita” on the stage. We alight their bodies with fire, and still they do not catch fire, thanks to the chemicals we use,” he adds. Not just this, to add variety to the regular normal sound tracks, now special sound engineers are called in from even outside the city. The organisers make sure to introduce the most apt background scores, bhajans and music for each segment in the overall act. Even though Chandigarh does not sport leelas like in big metros, like Delhi and Mumbai, the buzz here is no less. For ten days, streets are completely alight and a person in big numbers, walking towards pandaals, becomes a normal scene. From private committees, sector associations to schools and colleges, everyone is touched with the Dussehra festivities. The fervour does not seem to be dying out. If the audience will get bored, organisers time and again will think of better tricks on stage to lure us. This is a tradition that will never end,” says Ram Bhagat, a resident of Sector 16.
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Project Arrow launched in GPO
Chandigarh, September 22 Prithvi Raj Kumar, chief postmaster general, Punjab Circle, said the purpose of the project was to transform the existing infrastructure of post offices across the country. Chandigarh GPO is one of the 25 post offices that have been brought under the Phase-III of the “Project Arrow” of India post in the Punjab Circle. He said these post offices have been equipped with multi-purpose counters to cope with customer rush. “Special training, particularly in soft skills has been imparted to the employees working in such post offices,” he added. He also highlighted the new services being provided by India post such as sale of the UPSC forms, sale of gold coins, railway reservation, collection of consumer price index data and various other insurance and financial services to respond to the requirements of its customers.
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One more tests positive for H1N1
Chandigarh, September 22 The doctors had prescribed preventive medication and instructed her to stay in isolation at her residence. UT health officials today “home quarantined” four family members of H1N1 victim. "Though she had been provided medication, still a team of health officials was sent to her residence to enquire about her condition," said a senior health official. The authorities are now tracing those who might have come in contact with the patient ever since her arrival in the city. Meanwhile, three more suspected cases surfaced in the city today, taking the total number of suspected cases in the city to 230. According to Gera, three suspected cases are one student of class VI standard from Bhanwan Vidyalaya, doctor from Orissa, who came to city for attending the conference in PGI and 53 year old person from
Kurushetra.
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Conference on paediatric critical care from tomorrow
Chandigarh, September 22 Addressing mediapersons here today, Dr Sunit Singhi, head of paediatric department and paediatric intensive care unit at the PGI, said the theme of the conference was “Intensive care within limited resources- Taking it to the masses.” The contents of the conference have been designed with the Indian and developing country scenarios in mind, said Prof Singhi. “While it is true that the intensive care is capital intensive, it is also true that a lot can be done despite many resource constraints that one faces in India,” he said. Hopefully, the conference will stimulate innovative and out-of-the-box thinking among paediatricians in Asia so that paediatric intensive care can be taken to the masses, he added. The World Federation of Paediatric Intensive and Critical Care Society (WFPICCS) endorse the conference. WFPICCS president, Dr Andrew Argent (South Africa), president elect, Dr Niranjan Kissoon (Canada), and other executive board members will be part of the faculty. A galaxy of eminent speakers will grace the conference. There will be around 20 international (non-Asian) faculty (American, Europe, South Africa); 10 Asian faculty (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka) and 30 Indian faculty. On September 24, there would be eight concurrent pre-conference workshops, including the two-day workshop on nursing care. These workshops will provide hands-on training to delegates. He said swine flu would be covered in a major way and guidelines regarding the management of such patients in emergency and critical care should be provided. There will be a special session on organ transplantation in the developing
countries.
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Implementation of PC, PNDT Acts reviewed
Chandigarh, September 22 All senior HCS and PCS officials and health officials of the Chandigarh administration attended the meeting. All 63 registered ultrasound centres would be inspected for complying with the orders by the appropriate authority for the maintenance of the record of residential address and identification of the pregnant women undergoing the ultrasound test. Ram Niwas stressed upon the officials to take notice of any violation of the act and report it to the authorities so that a suitable action could be initiated. The officials have been duly authorised under the act by the appropriate authority to enter, inspect any institution/ultrasound centre, seize and seal any material related to the violation of the act. He called upon all ultrasonologists to cooperate with the administration to remove the menace of female foeticide from the city.
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GMADA to cancel registration certificate of Sahara unit
Mohali, September 22 Balwinder Singh Multani, Additional Chief Administrator,
GMADA, confirmed that the case for the cancellation of the registration certificate was under consideration. An official of the promoter, however, claimed that GMADA was adopting a discriminatory policy while handling their case, whereas it was giving relief to other promoters on the same grounds. “The company was really interested in going ahead with the project,” said an official, pleading anonymity. The action has been initiated on the directions of the Chief Administrator of GMADA after the promoter violated the provisions of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation
(PAPRA) Act, 1995, by inserting advertisement in newspapers in March 2005, inviting applications for plots and flats. A number of investors had applied for a home in the state-of-the-art project, Sahara City Homes. Sources in GMADA reveal that the promoter was initially issued the registration certificate in 2003, which was again renewed in July 2008. Adhering to the rules and regulations was one of the conditions under the PAPRA Act. For the violation, GMADA had issued a show cause notice to the promoter in January 2009, directing it to reply within 15 days. Again in February 2009, the promoter was given opportunities to give reply to the show cause notice. In an inter department communication, the office of the district town planner (DTP) had also advised proper action against the promoter as the authority had ample proof of violations. Besides, the vigilance department has been repeatedly asking for record of the promoter. After completing the necessary formalities, the case has been sent to the
ACA, Mohali, for necessary action. The ACA claimed that the case was still under consideration as the promoter had given a representation. In December last year, the chief administrator of GMADA while exercising powers under the PAPRA Act had observed the letter of intent issued to the promoter on November 16, 2006, had already expired. Since the extended validity of the LOI was for two months from the date of issue, the case of grant of licence to the company has automatically lapsed. The change of land use
(CLU), a prior condition to get the LOI, also lapses on March 31, 2009, the Chief administrator had observed in its order. The official of the promoter claimed that they had gone to the Punjab and Haryana High court against the orders of
GMADA.
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Assembly Polls
Panchkula, September 22 Even as the worth of assets in the name of Gupta is Rs 5 crore, the house he is living in at Sector 17 was in the name of his wife, who also owns property worth Rs 2 crore. The BJP leader in addition to having a share of Rs 4 crore in two showrooms at Sector 30, Chandigarh, has agriculture and commercial land at Barwala and Lalru worth Rs 1.6 crore. In addition to it, he has cash of Rs 55,000, 50 grams of gold and LIC policies worth Rs 20 lakhs in his name. His wife Bimla Devi filed the nominations as a covering candidate. Gupta with his supporters and party workers took out a rally in the city before reaching the SDM office at the mini secretariat where he filed his nomination papers. This was, however, first and only nomination filed till today despite the fact that two other parties, the INLD and Bahujan Samaj, had also announced the names of their candidates since the election process began on September 18. The last date for the filing of the nominations is fixed as September 25.
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Martyr’s family victim of red tape
Chandigarh, September 22 “For five long years, we have been moving from pillar to post to get various formalities completed for the allotment of the petrol pump, which was announced in 2002,” said 26-year-old Inderjit, younger son of the late Delhi cop Nanak Chand. Petrol pump was the part of the compensation, announced by the Central government for Nanak’s sacrifice. With anger writ large on his face, an emotional Inderjit recalls how he had to discontinue his studies after Class X to complete the cumbersome paper work required to get the NOC for the filling station. In fact, after dropping from the school, allotment of petrol pump became his full-time occupation. “At one point, the family even thought of calling it quits,” Inderjit said in a choked voice. “Since December 2001, it was hand to mouth existence for a family of five, including two teenaged sisters, mother and two brothers,” recalls Inderjit, sitting in the district courts complex, as his eyes well up. It was red-tapism, all the way, right from the local bureaucracy to the oil company officials, he avers. Even after the allotment of petrol pump on May 21, 2007, there seems to be no end to the miseries of the family, he states. The harrowing times seem to have no end with the family allegedly being threatened by the kin of the accused. Inderjit, who married last year, is now living under constant fear. “In the wake of threats from the accused kin, we are forced to spend sleepless nights.”
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‘Launch drive against food adulteration’
Chandigarh, September 22 According to a press note, the director health services (DHS) informed that 139 samples had been taken during the first six months of the year, as against a total of 121 samples taken during the last financial year. He informed that out of these, 66 samples were taken of milk product items and 16 samples were found to be adulterated out of them. The Home Secretary directed the DHS to file court cases against all 16 violators immediately. The Home Secretary also directed that a special drive be launched against the adulteration of foods for which special inspection squads headed by the respective SDMs, inspectors/DSPs and officials of the health department had been constituted. These squads will make surprise drives at various places where sweet are made especially of khoya and paneer. The special drive will also be launched against milk vendors.
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Notice issued to 16 shopkeepers
Mohali, September 22 Notices have been issued to owners of sweet shops and eating joints, who did part of their cooking in verandahs or in the open area outside verandahs. The notice dated September 18, which was sent for delivery this afternoon, directed shopkeepers to vacate the area within two days, failing which an action would be initiated against them and they would be responsible for any loss and expenses incurred. Notices have been issued to two shops in Phase I, II, V, III B 2 and X. The council had earlier carried out a survey and identified areas where verandahs were being misused by shopkeepers. Market verandahs in the entire town have been encroached upon by shopkeepers and persons frequenting the markets have to walk in the open during scorching heat as well as in the monsoon. Heated arguments between shopkeepers and tehbazari wing are often seen when they go to remove encroachments. Allegations have been made against council employees that they adopt a pick-and-choose policy while removing encroachments.
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Press Club team installed
Mohali, September 22 Addressing a gathering, the minister, while stressing the role of the media in today’s context, assured all possible help to the club for setting up their own building and related infrastructure. He also announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for the functioning of the club. On the occasion, Sukhdev Singh Patwari, Sandeep Sarao, Vicky Gharu, Ankush Sachdeva, Jaswinder Rupal, Chander Kant, Gurpreet Singh, Amardeep Saini and Harbans Bagri took over as president, Senior vice- president, vice-president, general secretary, organising secretary, joint secretary and cashier, respectively. The District Planning Committee, Chairman, NK Sharma, in his address, also praised the role of the media in providing justice to the needy. He announced a grant of Rs 21,000 for the club.
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Nod sought on commando training
Chandigarh, September 22 The UT demand was communicated by Ram Niwas, Home Secretary, during a meeting with B.K. Dey, Secretary (Security), in the cabinet secretariat, here today. The secretary said he would forward the UT demand to the authorities concerned.
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21-day course on IT ends
Chandigarh, September 22 The course was attended by 27 participants from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Assam. Prof Shelley Walia, director of the college, highlighted the power of computer and Internet knowledge as an effective tool in the struggle to stop the homogenising effect of globalisation. He said the world was becoming more pro-peace, giving voice to more diversities because of the computer and it would be a handy tool for the teachers to survive in today’s competitive knowledge world. Prof RK Singla read out the report of the academic activities taken up during the training programme.
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Clash at DAV College
Chandigarh, September 22 According to sources, the complainant was sitting in the college canteen when a group of about 15 SOPU supporters attacked him and it was followed by a scuffle. The reason for the incident, as cited by insiders, is the differences between the two groups. Jugan had left SOPU to form SAP in the college. Despite having a ticket to contest the Student Council elections, on behalf of SOPU last year, in DAV college, Jugan had not contested following some mutual agreement within the party. Meanwhile, the additional SHO of Sector 3 police station said they had recorded the statement of Juganpreet regarding the brawl. He said no injury was found in his medical examination. They would verify the complaint and inquire the matter. However, the college authorities said they were not aware of the incident. Though there were rumors about parading the complainant naked in the canteen, but he, seemed to be under pressure and refused to confirm this. The complainant, Jugnupreet said: “I was alone in the canteen and the SOPU party members attacked me. They were accompanied by Harpreet Multani also. How could I defend myself when so many people attacked me?” Jugnupreet also confirmed the reason for the brawl to be an old rivalry between the two. “I could not contest for the post of president in the college because of some personal reasons and I had left the SOPU party last year due to which the differences had developed between me and Multani,” he added.
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