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Case of abetment to suicide by husband
Khali’s mother-in-law held
Jalandhar, December 18
The WWF champion, Dalip Singh Rana or “The Great Khali”, has again gained limelight, but for the wrong reason. His mother-in-law, her father and a self-styled baba has been arrested in a case of abetment to suicide. Khali’s brother-in-law, however, is said to be absconding.

Swine flu death leads to panic
Phagwara, December 18
Panic gripped the town after the death of Devo Rani due to swine flu in a Jalandhar hospital on December 16.

7 suspected cases reported
Janlandhar, December 18
Seven more suspected cases of swine flu were reported in the Civil Hospital here today. The patients include Sudha (42), Baljinder Singh (28), Tarlochan Singh (50), Jaspreet Singh (18) and Pranav ( 21). The names of the other two patients were not confirmed.

Languages Dept team conducts surprise inspection
Jalandhar, December 18
Team from the Punjab Languages Department today conducted a surprise inspection to check whether official work was being done in Punjabi or not. The team, led by District Language Officer Manpreet Singh Bal and District Public Relations Officer Gurmit Singh, inspected offices situated at the Mehar Chand Polytechnic College and ITI and offices of the district administrative complex.

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	Case of abetment to suicide by husband Khali’s mother-in-law held Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, December 18 The WWF champion, Dalip Singh Rana or “The Great Khali”, has again gained limelight, but for the wrong reason. His mother-in-law, her father and a self-styled baba has been arrested in a case of abetment to suicide. Khali’s brother-in-law, however, is said to be absconding. The four were involved in a case of suicide by Khali’s father-in-law Banta Ram, a head constable with the Punjab Police. Banta Ram was found dead at the local bus stand a couple of days ago. The police said Banta Ram’s second wife Paramjit Kaur, her father Harbansh Lal, son Manjinder Singh and Kulwinder Singh, a self-styled baba, were wanted in the Banta Ram’s suicide case. After Banta Ram’s death, Hardeep Kainth, Khali’s brother-in-law and son of Banta Ram, found a suicide note written by his father. Kainth, a resident of Guru Angad Nagar, handed over the suicide note to the SSP seeking action against those named in it. Acting on the complaint, the police sent the note to Chandigarh-based forensic laboratory for the verification of Banta Ram’s handwriting. The report confirmed that Banta Ram had written the suicide note. The investigating officer (IO) of the case, Naresh Kumar Joshi, claimed that on the arrival of the report, he along with his men raided the house of the suspects at Boparai in Nakodar and nabbed Paramjit Kaur, her father Harbansh Lal and the baba, Kulwinder Singh. The fourth suspect in the case Manjinder Singh, however, slipped away. The IO claimed that the victim in the suicide note had mentioned that his wife had illicit relations with the baba. He also claimed that Banta Ram had been living in a rented accommodation at Dakoha due to the strained relations with his second wife and family members for the past many years. Joshi claimed that a case under section 306 of the IPC was registered against the four. Trap had been laid to nab Manjinder Singh, the fourth accused in the case.
	Swine flu death leads to panic Our Correspondent Phagwara, December 18 Panic gripped the town after the death of Devo Rani due to swine flu in a Jalandhar hospital on December 16. All the six members of the family and a family doctor of Devo Rani (60), a resident of Khalwara Gate, who died due to swine flu, were now under medication. This was confirmed by Senior Medical Officer Dr Rajiv Gupta while talking to newsmen here on Friday evening. He said swine flu was confirmed by the samples of throat swab of the deceased woman. The SMO said a team of doctors of the Health Department headed by district epidemiologist Dr Gurdarshan Singh visited Phagwara today and started medication of six family members of the deceased and their family doctor Dr Ashok Ghumber for 10 days. Dr Gupta said all seven persons were being given Tamiflu tablets.
	7 suspected cases reported Tribune News Service Janlandhar, December 18 Seven more suspected cases of swine flu were reported in the Civil Hospital here today. The patients include Sudha (42), Baljinder Singh (28), Tarlochan Singh (50), Jaspreet Singh (18) and Pranav ( 21). The names of the other two patients were not confirmed. It is learnt that the condition of some of the patients is critical. As per the record of the district health authorities, 11 deaths of confirmed swine flu have been reported till today.
	Languages Dept team conducts surprise inspection Amarinder Pal Tribune News Service Jalandhar, December 18 Team from the Punjab Languages Department today conducted a surprise inspection to check whether official work was being done in Punjabi or not. The team, led by District Language Officer Manpreet Singh Bal and District Public Relations Officer Gurmit Singh, inspected offices situated at the Mehar Chand Polytechnic College and ITI and offices of the district administrative complex. The team took serious note of the name plates of officials inscribed in English. Officials were also told to maintain incumbency chart in the respective offices. To check whether the official correspondence is done in English or not, the team also checked the files of recent letters, attendance registers, and record of postal delivery in the offices. The District Language Officer said checking will be done in routine and officers found guilty will be punished under the rules and regulations of the Language Act.
	1 killed, 27 hurt in bus mishap Our Correspondent Pathankot, December 18 One passenger was killed and 27 others were injured when a private bus carrying 42 passengers skidded off the road but got trapped in the studs constructed at the Ranjit Sagar Dam site near Thein village, 22 km from here, today. The deceased has been identified as Babbu Ram, resident of Kotla of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, and an employee of the Ranjit Sagar Dam. The injured, Tulla Ram, Onkar Chand, Atma Ram, Tilak Raj, Mohinder Lal, Kamlesh Kumari, Raj Singh, Pritam Dass, Diwan Chand, Sushma Devi, Sunita Devi, Darshana Devi, Sarishtha Devi and Ishwar Dass, had been admitted to Ranjit Sagar Hospital and the Civil Hospital at Kathua. According to injured passengers, the accident took place when the driver of the bus in order to negotiate a sharp curve near Thein village lost the control over the vehicle. According to the police, the bus was on its way from Basholi to Kathua via Thein Dam site. The driver of the bus has absconded after the mishap.
	Heroin smuggler nabbed from jail Our Correspondent Batala, December 18 The Batala police, while investigating a criminal case involving the recovery of 4 kg heroin worth Rs 18 crore in the international market, arrested one Manjot Singh, alias Moti Pal, alias Moti, resident of Chander Nagar, Murgi Mohalla, Batala, from the Central Jail, Gurdaspur, after getting a production warrant issued from the court. Police sources say that the arrested accused was running a narcotic gang from the Central Jail, Gurdaspur, where he was lodged for different criminal cases. While seeking police remand, the police alleged that Manjot, along with his brother Ajmer Singh, was operating from the jail and used to contact and pass instructions on a mobile phone from the jail premises. The accused kingpin was remanded to police custody till December 21, 2009 by the court, for further interrogation, here on Thursday. Manjot Singh, however, denied that he was operating from the jail or that he had anything to do with the recovery of heroin. Manjot Singh alleged that he was framed at the behest of some political bigwig. Despite information, neither the police, nor the jail authorities have managed to control the use of mobile phones from within the premises of the Central Jail, Gurdaspur.