Ludhiana, December 11
Claiming that the flight of scared migrant workers had commenced after violence in the city last week, the Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry, representing more than two-dozen industrial bodies, has urged the state government to take immediate steps to inculcate a sense of security and safety among the migrant population.

Addressing a news conference here today, PD Sharma, president of the chamber maintained that the police as well as the district administration had failed to deal with the situation firmly. Things were allowed to go to the extent that local population, supported by the police, had beaten up migrant workers and even their family members. He said women and children were not spared. "These incidents had frightened migrant workers and for the time being, they are on the run back home,” he said.

In a communication to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, copies of which was released to the media as well, Sharma said even though the number of migrants, who had decided to go back to their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, might appear insignificant, but the trend that people from outside the state did not feel safe in Punjab was dangerous and might assume serious proportions in the times to come.

"The migrant workers are so scared that they refuse to work overtime, wish to be back home before darkness and tend to move to and from work in groups, which has disturbed the working of the industry and led to production losses, especially in continuous process industries, which work round-the-clock,” Sharma said.

He also urged the government to set up a special security force at Industrial Focal Point and other industrial pockets in the city. He said police pickets should be set up and patrolling, particularly during night, be intensified and explicit directions be issued to police officials at all levels to be responsive and sensitive to the problems of migrant workers.

Sharma said peace was the basic necessity for industry. The state government should take the issue of lawlessness, and specifically the growing sense of insecurity among migrants seriously.

Ludhiana,December 11
Four walls that enclose a crammed space of 6 by 8 feet is the average size of a room in a ‘vehra’ where migrant workers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttranchal live. While the number of occupants of a room varies with the locality, a random survey has revealed four to five people on an average are usually crammed in it. And the more interesting fact is that many of these ‘vehras’ have become a source of making money for some city politicians.

The unhygienic environment in which these migrant workers live can be gauged from the fact that in a ‘vehra’, where around 200 to 300 people live, the migrants share only four or five bathrooms and toilets.

For water they have to make do with either a handpump or a few taps. Cooking is done on kerosene stoves, either in the open or their unventilated rooms, depending on the weather conditions.

Ajay Singh, 40, has been living with his family in a ‘vehra’ in the city for the past 15 years. He has two children. While his 15-year-old daughter who is studying in school stays with her maternal grandmother in a village in Buxar district, Bihar, her 8-year-old brother had to quit school as his father could not afford the fees for both kids.

"My wife Reen is suffering from a heart ailment, so I brought her here with the hope she could receive proper treatment. My son used to study in school but had to leave as I could not pay his fees. My income is limited but daily expenses are increasing," says Ajay, adding getting food is more important than nutrition for them.

Similar is the story of Dullari from Nilkothi village in Rangabad district of Bihar. "It's not easy to leave your native place and stay in a place where the culture and language are different.

As far as houses are concerned we don't exactly live in mansions in our villages. However, here we have water, electricity and other facilities in our rooms. In Bihar one still has to walk miles to get to a hospital."

“Conditions here may look unhygienic to you, but when you don't have any other option you have to settle for them”, added the young woman who arrived in the city two years ago.

Interestingly, these ‘vehras’ have newly installed power, sewerage and water connections supplied by various Punjab government agencies like the district administration, municipal corporation, PSEB and the police.

These state agencies never enquired how these ‘vehras’ mushroomed in the city and who would be responsible in case of a mishap or untoward situation in these migrant.

After talking to several migrants it was found these economically weaker people felt they had not been “accepted” by Punjabis. "The word 'bhaiya' in Hindi means big brother, but the way it’s pronounced it pinches," says Uttam Kumar, who works in a unit making sewing machines in Giaspura. “People have attributed the word to our community of migrants and because we are poor our objections don't matter”, he added.

"Now when people don't accept us why would we try to be a part of them? And this is one of the reasons why we take up these rooms - we feel like we’re at home. It's secure living in ‘vehra’ because we are with each other in times of difficulties and when one gets sick," said Roop Kumar.

Since the migrant workers are not residents of Punjab and hence are not covered for housing projects for the poor, they have no other option but to live in these rooms packed like sardines.

Ludhiana, December 11
The death of Aamir Hasan, a migrant labourer from Bihar, who died due to peritonitis (Inflammation of the peritoneum) yesterday, has opened pandora's box for the administration as a day after his death several migrants are now claiming that they too sustained bullet injuries.

Sonu Kumar (22), a migrant labour from Siwan, Bihar, who is recuperating in the ESI hospital near Bharat Nagar Chowk has alleged that he was shot by a cop on December 4, during a police lathicharge.

He said he was sleeping in his room when the incident took place. "I heard bullet shots and went outside to check what was happening. Suddenly, a cop with a rifle came charging towards me. Frightened, I ran for shelter, but the cop allegedly shot at my shoulder," said Sonu.

Fortunately, the bullet allegedly brushed his shoulder and did not enter his body.

Sonu said majority of the migrants were facing problems after being denied medical treatment by the hospitals.

Sonu also claimed that three hospitals refused to admit him after which he got admitted in the ESI hospital.

"After being shot at, I was rushed to a hospital in Sahnewal and two other hospitals in the city, but all refused to admit me, following which my relatives took me to ESI hospital and did not disclose that I was injured due to a bullet shot," said Sonu.

Though, the hospital authorities did not rule out the possibility of bullet injury.Liaqat, a migrant leader said that scores of people did not receive medical treatment following the incident.

The migrants are refusing medical treatment largely due to fear psychosis, said Liaqat. In the meantime, another migrant Naresh Kumar alleged that police shot him on the leg. The administration, though denying his claims has immediately started his treatment.

Ludhiana, December 11
Accusing the Punjab State AIDS Control Society of indulging in “unfair practices”, outreach workers employed at ICT centres in the district boycotted a PSACS meeting called to set up a ‘networking committee’ in the city.

The meeting was convened by Manpreet Kaur, the society’s ‘GIPA’ coordinator. The term GIPA stands for “greater involvement of people living with HIV”.

The inclusion of “unfamiliar faces” in the ten-member committee irked the outreach workers who counsel HIV/AIDS patients at the Integrated Counselling & Testing (ICT) centres

“The NGOs that have carried out commendable work for HIV/AIDS patients in the district and state have been completely left out while those who have never worked for the cause and are unaware about the problems of infected people have been elected to the committee,” complained Mehar Singh, an outreach worker working at the ICT centre at Jagraon Civil Hospital.

Satinder Kaur, another ICT outreach worker at CMCH, said, “The choice of members in the networking committee has been arbitrary so as to misuse funds that are sent by National Aids Control Organization (NACO) from Delhi in the new financial year”.

However, Manpreet refuted the allegations, saying the members have been chosen as per their credentials. “If the NGOs and other people working for the cause of HIV/AIDS patients were so efficient in Ludhiana then they should have formed this networking committee long ago. Any person who is willing to work for the cause is free to contact us and contribute to the motivational programmes to encourage HIV/AIDS patients to become self-employed,” she added.

Registering his complaint against PSACS, Jagjit Singh Mann, chairman of the Punjab Networking Positive People (PNPP), an NGO working for HIV/AIDS patients in the state, said” “PSACS is manipulating to take control of all the projects initiated by NACO.

PNPP has reached out to AIDS patients even in the remotest areas of Punjab where even PSACS was unsuccessful. Even then the society has not assigned a single project to our organisation in the past two years”.

Ludhiana, December 11
Adul Habib,an Afghan national, who was arrested by the CIA-I team from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, on November 28, belonged to one of the good families living in Northern Alliance of Afghanistan.

A graduate in business administration from Pushto University, Kabul, the alleged accused has been arrested for smuggling Rs 18 crore heroin that was seized by police on November 20 in pomegranate crates. Talking to The Tribune, CIA in charge Gurpreet Singh said: "The investigations revealed that Habib was earlier paid $ 2,000 for smuggling consignment of 1kg within New Delhi limits. However, finding opportunity to be more lucrative, he also accepted the offers of being paid $ 4,000 for bringing consignments from Kabul to Delhi."

The officer revealed, "Habib's customers were mostly Afghans and Nigerians. We suspect that even the consignment that was caught by us in pomegranate crates was probably from the United Kingdom because they measurements were in pounds and this sort of scale is used in European countries mostly." He added that Habib was a native of Panchsheel Valley and cashed upon the opportunity following his looks. He used to spend lavishly at his rented accommodation in Patel Nagar where he was paying Rs 12,000 as rent and had 10 girlfriends.

Giving more details, CIA officer Gurpreet said: "After seizing consignment we had been on search. Following intelligence services, a Look Out Corner (LOC) notice was issued by the police to various airports as we were expecting that he would leave India. While he was trying to board a flight at IG airport in New Delhi on November 27, authorities withheld him and informed the police in Ludhiana. Finally on November 28 he was handed over to us,” added an officer.

Ludhiana, December 11
As the sports department failed to arrange a stay for hockey players in the hostel of Malwa School, the dribblers were left with no other alternative, but to stay in a press box at the Guru Nanak Stadium.

When the Tribune team visited the room today, players rued that they could not sleep last night.

A month ago, these players were honoured for securing a second position in the Inter-School Hockey Competition.

After the tournament got over, these players were shown the door by the school authorities, as the school did not receive money from the sports department to accommodate the wing. After spending a few days at home, the players returned to the city and reportedly requested the authorities concerned to make some arrangements for their stay in the city.

The players said, “Our examination is about to start and we have to attend the classes. Now we cannot afford to go back home.”

Sources said the players had requested the school authorities to allow them to stay in the school, as they feared that they might not be allowed to enter it again.

Sources in the sports department said these students had been staying in the school’s hostel for the past two years without a warden. A hockey player said, “Now I came to know, why our seniors used to call us tissue papers.” However, the officials of the sports department remained tightlipped over the issue

Ludhiana, December 11
The heroin worth Rs 18 crore, which was seized by the police on November 20, was meant to be smuggled to Canada and the UK, revealed Mohd Habib, alias Rehan, an Afghan national and a fruit trader, who was nabbed by the Punjab police on charges of drug trafficking on November 28.

The police kept the arrest under wraps in order to nab his associates, who are said to be two Nigerians. The police has confiscated their identity cards and other details.

The police said about 24 pounds of contraband was smuggled from Chaman border into the country. While around eight pounds of it was seized by the police, the remaining 16 pounds might have been smuggled to Canada and the UK by the accused.

The police reportedly reached to this conclusion, as the consignment came in pounds. “Had it been sold in the country, the accused would have sent the contraband in kilograms, said Gurpreet Singh, in charge CIA-I.

Sources revealed that the US had made appropriate arrangements to crack down drug smuggling in the country and South American countries were controlling the drug trade, so the smuggling of contraband to America was not possible, said a senior police official.

Though Rehan has pleaded innocence, he has confessed to his crime. He said he had smuggled drugs eight times in a year. He said he used to receive 4,000 USD for smuggling heroin into the country. 

Ludhiana, December 11
The latest comedy movie produced by city-based producer Dheeraj Sharma, ‘Pai Gai Bhajar, is poised to be a hit not only with Punjabi audiences in the country but those residing overseas too.

That the film, which can rightly be termed as a satire on status symbols and superficial looks, has tickled the funny bone of people from all age groups is evident from the online comments posted on the producer’s website.

Directed by Dilawar Sidhu, the movie’s story and songs have been written by Rashpal Pali. The songs were formally released by Kuber Music last month.

While giving credit to the cast for making the movie a success, Dheeraj said: "It was the perfect portrayal of characters by none other than Neelu and Rajiv Thakur (both of Comedy Circus fame), Sukhbir, Dilawar Sidhu and Prem Kakria that has made the film a roaring success”. He hopes the movie is as big a hit as his previous venture, Billian ch Bandar’.

Expressing her views on TV comedy and reality shows, actress Neelu said, “The element of comedy when presented within the parameters of decency is the best entertainment. Women were always acknowledged in comic roles on screen, but it is indeed a giant leap for them in now being accepted as powerful comedians on reality shows”.

Doraha, December 11
Many students belonging to the Scheduled Caste (CS) category all over the state are left with no other alternative but to abandon their studies now, thanks to the non-release of the much awaited post-matric scholarship, especially formulated by the government to provide financial assistance to this category of students.

A number of needy parents, who had thought of giving higher education to their children on the basis of these scholarships, are in no position to bear the financial burden alone and they have asked their children to discontinue their studies further. Neha (name changed), a girl belonging to the SC category, whose name was in the merit list last year, is presently studying in BA Part II. She has no money to buy her books and stationary. Since no scholarship has arrived, she is now left in the lurch and is forced to give up midway, as her father, who is a daily wager, can in no way bear the burden of her studies.

Many more Nehas are forced to follow suit as the government, it seems, has failed to come to their rescue even at the 11th hour. The SC students, especially the girls, for whom the scholarship amount is more, had pined their hopes on the governments assurance of providing free education to these students but are now left in the lurch as they cannot think in terms of acquiring higher education in the face of utter financial penury.

At the same time, the colleges, especially the private ones, too are now thinking in terms of denying admission to the children of this category as the reimbursement of the fees and other charges of SC students, which the govt had promised, too is awaited for the past two years. In a letter issued to principals of colleges and registrars of Universities, it had been instructed by the Director, Education Department (Colleges) Punjab, Chandigarh, that leaving aside a few heads, no non refundable fees should be charged from the students, who belong to the SC category and that the amount would be reimbursed to the college, once their claim regarding the same is admitted.

Indira Arora, principal, Guru Nanak College, Killianwali, Mukatsar, said the claim of approximately Rs 7 lakh of the past session alone was yet to be reimbursed by the department concerned. The institutions seem to be in a fix as the delay in the reimbursement was complicating the situations for them. “If the last year’s reimbursement is awaited and no positive reply is being met from the other side, when will our fresh claims be admitted and the money sent back”, she rued.

Jaswant Singh Gill, secretary, non-government colleges, management federation opines that at the time when the colleges were already passing through severe financial crunch, the delay on the part of the govt would add to their woes further and at one time it would become difficult for them to pay even the salaries to the staff. “If the scholarships or for that matter the reimbursement, does not arrive in the session itself, the very purpose of according financial help stands forfeited”, he added.

The delay on the part of the government will discourage the colleges from admitting these students to their institutions in future and the tall claims of the government to ensure free and compulsory education to the weaker and backwards sections of the society will fall flat.

“Earlier, it was the government who threw the blame on institutions for not generating awareness and taking the required initiatives to make the SC students apply under various scholarship schemes from time to time but the facts, speak otherwise”, commented a principal of a private college.

A senior official of the department however feigned ignorance about the issue when enquired about the same.

Doraha, December 11
Saraswati Model Senior Secondary School celebrated its annual prize distribution function here today.

SDM Dr Neeru Katyal Gupta was the chief guest on the occasion. The function was presided over by Inderjit Singh Kala, president, municipal council, Doraha.The function began with a saraswati vandana. Various events like solo dance, Rajasthani dance, skit, giddha and bhangra were performed by students.

The chief guest, office-bearers of the management committee, along with the principal, gave away prizes to winners.

About 300 students were awarded certificates and mementos. DS Gosain, principal of the school, proposed the vote of thanks.

Ludhiana, December 11
Nankana Sahib Senior Secondary Public School organised its annual prize distribution function here today. The function was presided over by advocate Gurdish Singh Grewal, treasurer of the Khalsa Dewan Educational Trust. A cultural programme was also held comprising folk dances of Haryana and Punjab, including gidha. The students also enacted skits highlighting the socio-economic problems prevalent in the society. The school annual report was read out by additional secretary of the school managing committee Sukhwinder Singh Grewal. The chief guest gave away prizes to the winners.

INTER-HOUSE QUIZ: The Junior Humanities Forum of Kundan Vidya Mandir, city campus, organised an Inter-House Quiz Contest here today. All the three houses in the school namely Nehru, Gandhi, Tagore, were represented by four participants each. The students participated wholeheartedly by displaying vast knowledge on various topics like books, sports, authors, history, science, cartoons and current affairs. Principal Namita Raj Singh was the chief guest on the occasion.

AIDS AWARENESS COMPAIGN: A seminar was organised at the Doraha College of Education in collaboration with the District Health Administration, Ludhiana, and Sant Kishan Singh Ji Education and Welfare Society, Kishanpura Sidhsar Bhikhi. Dr Sandeep Sawhney welcomed all guests and Manjula Kumari welcomed the guest of the day Dr US Soch, District Health Officer, Ludhiana, District Mass Media Officer Satish Sachdeva and Dr SK Walia, S.M.O, Payal.

Gursharanjit Singh, Project Director, M.N.G.O, threw light on the achievements and contribution of health administration and expressed his news on World AIDS Day to introduce the planned activities. r Soch made the students aware of the latest results of awareness campaign.

Satish Sachdeva addressed the students and threw light on the efforts made by them to make the masses aware of AIDS and its prevention. Dr Geetanjali, District AIDS Officer, informed the students about AIDS, causes, symptoms and preventive measures. Gagandeep gave a power-point presentation on World AIDS Day. Lovepreet discussed the historic importance of the day through a speech. Posters and charts were displayed and pamphlets were distributed among students.

Ludhiana, December 11
The long wait of the employees and teachers of Punjab Agricultural University for revised pay scales ended here today with the state government releasing the approval for the payment of their salaries from the month of November onwards. Following this, the agitating PAU employees and teachers suspended their protest.

They held a gathering today on the university campus, which was jointly addressed by HS Mundi, president, PAU Employees' Union, Dr KN Sharma, president, Dr Harmeet Singh Kingra, vice-president, Dr KS Sangha, secretary, and Dr JS Virk, PAUTA, Avinash Kumar Sharma, general secretary, Lakhwinder Singh Sandhu, Charnjit Singh Sekhon, senior vice-president, Jasbir Singh, secretary, Avtar Singh Guram.

The speakers thanked the state government and the PAU administration for the release of the letter for withdrawal of salaries. The unions also thanked Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister of Punjab and Harish Rai Dhanda, Parliamentary Secretary, Government of Punjab, for giving the grant.

Lakhwinder Singh Sandhu and KS Sangha (convenors) of the Joint Forum of PAU Employees and Teachers, have informed that the forum has decided to continue the struggle in the form of a peaceful hunger strike by five members from the different unions daily from 10am to 4 pm from today onwards until the arrears for the remaining period are paid to the employees.

A group of five women employees Dr Damanjeet Kaur, Dr Rajnder Kaur Kalra from PAUTA and Bhupinder Kaur, Kiran Bala and Rajinder Kaur from PAU Employees' Union sat on a chain hunger strike, which would continue till the release of the arrears.

Ludhiana, December 11
Punjab has the highest rate of human rights violations as is evident from the recent incident wherein the Punjab Police opened fire on the activists of Panthic organisations in Ludhiana even before considering the alternative of water cannons, said Ranjan Lakhanpal, chairman of the World Human Rights Protection Council.

In the city to address a gathering on the World Human Rights Day yesterday, Lakhanpal said he along with the other council members had visited the activists injured in police firing and looking at the gunshot injuries, it was apparent that it was “deliberate” act of the cops. “There has to be a way to put an end to the police atrocities in the state and we have decided to file a writ petition against cops in the Punjab and Haryana High Court,” added Lakhanpal.

Referring to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, he said that every person had the right to live life with dignity and peace and any person or an organisation trying to intimidate the rights would be taken to task by the council.

Lakhanpal said the council would also file a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging illegal use of beacons on official and private vehicles in Punjab. “It’s a violation of the Supreme Court ruling as beacons can only be used on ambulances, fire brigades and police vehicles, but people in Punjab are misusing beacons," said Lakhanpal.

He was supported by Simranjit Singh Mann, president SAD (A), who was also present on the occasion. “The administration and police department played puppets in the hands of the Akali- BJP regime in suppressing the activists of Panthic organisations by allowing Ashutosh Maharaj, the head of Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan, to organise a congregation in Ludhiana," observed Mann. The deras should be discouraged as they are and always have been anti-Panthic, Mann added.

Ludhiana, December 11
An excise and taxation officer (ETO) was thrashed black and blue by some unidentified persons belonging to the peti mafia near railway station here today.

The victim, Jagtar Singh, said the incident took place early this morning when he visited the railway station following a tip-off that the peti mafia was transporting the consignment of hosiery goods illegally.

When he reached at the railway station, he spotted an auto-rickshaw loaded with the illegal consignment. It is learnt that some persons attacked the ETO following which he received serious injuries on his hand.

Meanwhile, the police has registered the complaint against unidentified persons.

It is the second attack on the ETOs' in last one month. On November 12, ETO Parminder Singh was also thrashed by some unidentified persons, who were also trying to transport hosiery goods illegally.

Ludhiana, December 11
To sensitise the masses about the ill effects of pollution and importance of greenery, the district administration and the forest department will organise a “Tsunami Green Marathon” on the fifth anniversary of tsunami on December 26.

The marathon run will start at 7.30 am from the Guru Nanak Stadium and will be flagged off by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Disclosing this here today, Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg said they would sensitise the masses so that another disaster like tsunami was not repeated.

He said natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunami and floods occur due to global warming, deforestation and pollution. Garg said the marathon would start from Guru Nanak Stadium via Ferozepur road and conclude at the open ground near Westend Mall. Forest minister Tikshan Sud will distribute the prizes to the winners.

He said that around 2,000 men, women and schoolchildren would participate in the run, to be divided into eight categories Garg said the categories include boys under 15, girls under 15, open (male) age 15 to 40 years, open (female) age 15 to 40 years, veteran male age 40 to 60 years, veteran (female) age 40 years to 60 years, senior citizen (male) age 60 years and above and senior citizen (female) age 60 years and above.

He said all the officials and employees of all the departments would also participate in the run.

To make the marathon a success, social organisations and NGOs are also cooperating with the district administration, he added. 

Jagraon, December 11
The Ludhiana Rural police claimed to have busted a gang of imposters and arrested its leader masquerading as a superintendent of police after he attempted to trade off a fake dollar bill lookalike ‘certificate’ for US $1 million for Rs 55 lakh to a Jodhan villager.

The gang leader, identified as Balwinder Singh alias Binda of Ghurka village near Goraya, used to pose as an SP on special duty with Punjab DGP Paramdeep Singh Gill, who is currently posted at Chandigarh. He moved around in a Hyundai Elantra car with his armed bodyguards in another luxury car, a Maruti Esteem, escorting him.

Among those apprehended were Sher Khan Bhatti of Malaudh, who had a fake visiting card of DGP Gill with the former’s photographs imposed on the back with a remark by the DGP that "the person holding this card is very close to me".

The other gang members who were nabbed were identified as Gurmeet Singh of Rurki Kalan village near Malerkotla, Harmandeep Singh of Badesha village near Khamano Mandi, Nachhatar Singh of Khamano Khurd village and Ram Singh of Baurhi Khurd village near Ahmedgarh.

One of the imposters’ accomplices, identified as Kuldeep Singh of Barhi village near Sherpur, managed to evade arrest, as he was not accompanying the gang members yesterday.

ASI Inderjeet Singh, in charge of the Jodhan police post under Sudhar police station, said the police received specific information about a gang of impersonators trying to sell fake US currency amounting to a million dollars to a resident of Jodhan village for Rs 55 lakh.

Inderjeet said following the tipoff the cops laid a ‘naka’ (checkpost) at a bridge over a drain in Dhaipai village and intercepted the vehicles in which Balwinder and his five accomplices were travelling.

Balwinder tried to impress Inderjeet with his authority and even misbehaved with the police team. However the ASI could not make out whether the person to whom he was talking could be a Punjab police SP. After consulting his seniors, he faxed the copies of the ID cards and other documents shown by them to the DGP office in Chandigarh, which declared them to be fake.

A case was immediately filed against all the suspects at the Sudhar police station. After searching the suspects the police recovered a ‘certificate’ (a lookalike of a currency note) with US $I million inscribed on it. The certificate also had two gold seals - one triangular and the other rectangular - prominently imprinted on it.

The police registered a case against the accused under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the IPC and impounded the cars - a Hyndai Elantra (PB10 BX0019) in the name of Balwinder Singh, a Maruti Esteem (PB49 A0061) in the name of Harmandeep Singh and a Suzuki Zen (HR 06 L 7525) in the name of Sehr Khan Bhatti.

Interestingly, Balwinder has four cases pending against him in various police stations and is currently on bail. The Goraya police arrested him two years ago when the latter recovered police uniforms, bogus identity cards and fake rubber stamps of various police officials from his possession. Balwinder admitted his previous arrests but denied he had using the ID cards procured fraudulently by him anywhere except crossing the toll ways.

On the other hand, claimed it was he who had informed the police about the gang’s movements. He stated the ID card signed by the Punjab DGP was given to him by Balwinder himself.

They promised to name a portion of a newly purchased piece of land in his name after getting the money. Despite repeated requests neither the accused have returned money nor given him any piece of land to the complainant. — TNS