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Religious Dispute
‘Impersonating’ kidnapper in police net
3 buildings sealed
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Government employees in protest mode
Crime File
Woman killed, 4 hurt in wall collapse
Issue of irregularities in PDS raised
80-yr-old dies of ‘gastro’
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Religious Dispute
Phagwara/Rawalpindi, August 25 The protesters were up in arms against the inaction on the part of the police and administration over a religious dispute at Bhabhiana village, which took place on Sunday. The dispute arose when some villagers, including Nihangs, objected to holding of Akhand Path of Sukhmani Sahib on the premises of Baba Budh Das Smadh near a dera of Sant Nirmal Dass on Sunday. SHO City Amrik Singh Chahal and SHO Sadar Ravinder Singh said villager Rajinder Ghera, a Dalit, organised the path to commemorate the death anniversary of his mother. Few villagers attempted to stop the installation of Guru Granth Sahib on Smadh premises but the organiser remained adamant to continue the path, he added. The villagers exchanged heated arguments and even brandished naked swords at the venue. To bring the situation under control, the district police had to deploy additional security force in the village for over two days. It is learnt that they had informed the police about the incident. As no action was initiated even after the third day of the incident, Dalit activists were forced to block traffic. A delegation of the villagers today visited Phagwara SDM Amarjeet Paul demanding arrest of the suspects. Phagwara SDM Amarjeet Paul and SP Kamaljeet Singh Dhillon said a case under sections 295A, 511 and 506 of the IPC has been registered against three Bhabhiana villagers, identified as Buta Singh, Balbir Singh and Rana, and their six unidentified accomplices on the charges of hurting religious sentiments. Investigating officer Om Prakash said the suspects would be arrested only after investigating the issue properly.
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‘Impersonating’ kidnapper in police net
Jalandhar, August 25 Bheja Singh, alias Dharambir Singh, resident of Kotla-Rai-Ka village in the Baghapurana area of Moga, while taking advantage of an advertisement of missing person in a newspaper, made a call to the family members of Satnam Singh, alias Rinku, a resident of Aman Nagar, and demanded the ransom. Rinku, son of Hardeep Singh, had gone missing a couple of days ago, following which the family had given an advertisement in a newspaper. Addressing mediapersons, ADCP (City-I) Dr S.K. Kalia said Bheja Singh made a phone call to Hardeep Singh and asked him to come with the cash to Nanaksar gurdwaua in Jagraon on August 22. He later changed the date and directed the family members to come to the same place on August 24. Shifting the venue, Bheja Singh later selected Nakodar Chowk for the deal. As the “kidnapper” tried to take the money bag from Hardeep Singh, the police nabbed him. The boy was today recovered from Harmandir Sahib. The police has registered a case under sections 189, 384 and 420 of the IPC against Bheja Singh.
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Jalandhar, August 25 The drive was carried out early morning under the supervision of Joint Commissioner Rahul Gupta. Gupta said the Punjabi Rasoi had extended its counters encroaching the covered verandah, the IELTS centre had constructed the building without even getting the maps sanctioned and the marble godown had illegally come up in a residential colony. He said another drive to seal at least four buildings would be conducted tomorrow. “We want to make it a continuous process,” he added. — TNS
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Government employees in protest mode
Jalandhar, August 25 Addressing the gathering, Avtar Singh Tari, organising secretary, All-India Trade Unions Confederation (AITUC), Roadways, and Jagtar Singh, president, AITUC, Roadways, said instead of permanent recruitment, the government was promoting contract system in each department, which was leading to degradation of service conditions of employees and deterioration of the respective departments. They said workers employed in all government, semi-government and private departments and companies should be regularised. Gurmail Singh, president, Punjab Government Transporter Workers Union, said to press the government against rapid privatisation and to put a ban on recuitment on the basis of contract policy, all employees of Punjab Roadways would participate in a nationwide day-long strike on September 7. Hunger strike
Tarn Taran: A seven-member jatha of employees of the state government on the call of the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation (PSSF) and the Punjab & UT Employees Joint Action Committee sat on a hunger strike here at the district headquarters to stress their demands. Balkar Valtoha, a leader of the employees, demanded regularisation of the services of the contractual and ad hoc employees. Other demands of the employees were also raised on the occasion. |
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Crime File
Batala, August 25 The franchisee in its complaint claimed that their employees Pankaj Sharma and Partap Thakur were robbed of Rs 14.5 lakh on July 9 when they were going to deposit the amount at the SBI. Robbers, who were on a motorcycle, also injured Pankaj Sharma in the process. A few days ago, the police arrested three persons in the case and recovered Rs 3.55 lakh from their possession. Revealing the facts, Batala SSP Dinesh Partap Singh said the accused had robbed only Rs 3.55 lakh on the day of the robbery and a false report was lodged with the police that Rs 14.5 lakh was looted. He further said that the record of the firm belied the statement of the complainant and asserted that action would be taken against the franchisee for lodging a false report. The owner of the BSNL franchisee refused to comment on the issue. — OC Youth booked for abducting girl
Hoshiarpur, August 25 According to police sources, Pawan Kumar of Hardo Khanpur village alleged that Sunny Walia had abducted his daughter Namarta on the evening of August 22 for marriage purpose. — OC 3 held with 13 stolen motorcycles
Amritsar, August 25 On a tip-off, a party of Ranjit Avenue police post, headed by ASI Nishan Singh and ASI Anil Kumar, conducted a raid and nabbed the three persons near the passport office. Three stolen motorcycles were recovered from the arrested persons on the spot. After further investigation, as many as 10 more motorcycles were recovered. It has been established that the arrested persons used to steal bikes from the different locations in the city and then sell the same after preparing fake documents. A case under sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 474 of the IPC has been registered in Civil Line police station. Further investigation is in progress. Interestingly, the gang had a liking for Hero Honda brand and out of 13 motorcycles, 12 were Hero Honda Splenders while the last was Hero Honda Passion. — TNS |
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Woman killed, 4 hurt in wall collapse
Hoshiarpur, August 25 The deceased was identified as Pritam Kaur, wife of Darshan Singh of the same village. The wounded women, who were identified as Swaran Kaur (40), Joginder Kaur (45), Rajwinder Kaur (18) According to police sources, a fair was going on at Guga Peer Masjid at Moonak Kalan Khurd village. The Masjid Committee had got put up a tent on the mosque premises, which was tied with the wall of the roof terrace. The deceased Pritam Kaur, along with the injured women were squatting under the wall of roof terrace, which caved in and all of them were buried under its debris. |
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Issue of irregularities in PDS raised
Tarn Taran, August 25 The non-official members of the committee said there were so many government fair price shops, which were being run by anonymous persons, as their actual allottees have either died or have handed over to some others on their own. The officer ordered the officials of the department to go through the matter and ordered to submit report soon.
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80-yr-old dies of ‘gastro’
Jalandhar, August 25 Her condition deteriorated yesterday as she could not be hospitalised due to poor financial condition of the family. Kashmir Ghugshor, local representative of the Pendu Mazdoor Union, said daughter-in-law Kashmir Kaur (35) and granddaughter of the deceased had also been suffering from severe diarrhoea for the past few days and were admitted to the Civil Hospital two days back. The village sewer dumps waste in the pond, adjacent to the colony, where the deceased was residing. The filthy pond water proved to be the main cause of the occurrence of diarrhoea, he said. The DHO, Dr R.L. Bassan, however, said no death due to diarrhoea had been reported in the district.
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Jalandhar, August 25
The employees of Punjab Roadways, Jalandhar I and II depot, today held protest against the anti-people policies of the Centre and the unabated price rise. The protest was held in the depot I office premises.
