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Crime File
Woman murdered, accused decamp with money
Amritsar, September 2
A 42-year-old woman was murdered and her son seriously injured by unidentified persons in the Chattiwind area, near here, early this morning. The deceased was identified as Harjinder Kaur, while her 20-year-old son Harpreet Singh was admitted in a local hospital, where he was stated to be out of danger. It was learnt that at about 2.30 am, the assailants barged into their house and hit the occupants with iron rods to execute the incident.

Assailants shoot at Phagwara resident
Phagwara, September 2
Five Maruti Zen car-borne armed assailants attacked and wounded Phagwara resident Nishikant Bhaskar working as senior sales manager in a private insurance company on the Chiherru bein bridge between Phagwara and Jalandhar late last night.

Nishikant Bhaskar

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Aged found murdered
Nawanshahr, September 2
Raj Singh (65) was found murdered at his house in Surapur village on Thursday. The police has started investigation. Robbery does not appear to be the motive behind the murder, said the police adding that personal enmity could not be ruled out.

Regularisation Delayed
BEd teachers to observe September 5 as black day
Tarn Taran, September 2
The BEd Teachers Front, Punjab, has declared to observe Teachers’ Day as black day owing to the delaying policy of the state government in regularising their services.

Make paramilitary forces accountable, says Valley professor
Jalandhar, September 2
The postgraduate department of Doaba College, Jalandhar, organised a panel discussion “Kashmir problem: Genesis and solution” on the college campus yesterday. Eminent journalists of the region, academicians and students of journalism and mass communication participated in the discussion.

Krishna’s Day Out: A youngster dressed as Lord Krishna joins in the Janmashtami festivity at the Devi Talab Mandir in Jalandhar on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

People up in arms against wall near level crossing
Batala, September 2
Raising a wall near the level crossing to stall vehicular traffic and pedestrians under the newly built ROB on Dera Baba Nanak Road here has become a contentious issue. People, living on both sides of the crossing, have been on a dharna for the last 26 days to demand demolition of the wall so that people could cross to the other side of the railway crossing.

4 suspended for dereliction of duty
Pathankot, September 2
A head munshi and three Home Guards jawans posted at Dhar Kalan were suspended for dereliction of duty. DSP (Rural) Karam Chand said two thieves, Yogish Singh and Vikrant Yadav, were arrested by the Dhar Kalan police under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC. A case in this connection was registered at Dhar Kalan police station on August 30. He said they escaped by breaking the iron bars of the lock-up room.

‘Release pending bonus on paddy’
Tarn Taran, September 2
The Kisan Sangharsh Committee (KSC), Punjab, has demanded early release of Rs 1-crore bonus on paddy for the last two sessions, released by the Union Government.

	Crime File Woman murdered, accused decamp with money Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 2 A 42-year-old woman was murdered and her son seriously injured by unidentified persons in the Chattiwind area, near here, early this morning. The deceased was identified as Harjinder Kaur, while her 20-year-old son Harpreet Singh was admitted in a local hospital, where he was stated to be out of danger. It was learnt that at about 2.30 am, the assailants barged into their house and hit the occupants with iron rods to execute the incident. The SHO of Chattiwind police station said that the incident came to light only when the neighbours heard cries from the house. Immediately the matter was brought to the notice of the police station. However, the assailants fled. According to information received here, the accused reportedly decamped with a huge amount of money from the victims’ house. Family members said they were to execute a land deal tomorrow and Rs 32 lakh was arranged last evening only. Though no arrest has been made in the case so far, a case under sections 407 and 459 of the IPC has been registered at Chattiwind police station.
	Assailants shoot at Phagwara resident Ashok Kaura Phagwara, September 2 Five Maruti Zen car-borne armed assailants attacked and wounded Phagwara resident Nishikant Bhaskar working as senior sales manager in a private insurance company on the Chiherru bein bridge between Phagwara and Jalandhar late last night. Nishikant, the elder brother of Chhavi Bhaskar, Phagwara correspondent of Dainik Bhaskar, sustained bullet injuries on his right arm and chest. He was rushed to Gandhi Hospital here. His condition was stated to be stable after Dr Satnam Singh Parmar operated on him. Talking to The Tribune in the hospital, Nishikant said he was returning from Jalandhar at about 11 pm in his new Tata Indigo car when a Zen car stopped right before his car.As he applied brakes, four out of the five assailants came out of the car, broke opened the windowpanes and windscreen and opened fire at him.Nishikant said the assailants returned to the Jalandhar side after attacking him. DIG Ram Singh, presently working as SSP of Kapurthala, rushed to the spot to assess the situation. He also examined the damaged car of Nishikant at the Sadar police station this afternoon. Sadar SHO Ravinder Singh said the police had registered a case under sections 307 and 34 of the IPC and 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act and started detailed investigation. The police was working on various theories to crack the case.
	Aged found murdered Nawanshahr, September 2 Raj Singh (65) was found murdered at his house in Surapur village on Thursday. The police has started investigation. Robbery does not appear to be the motive behind the murder, said the police adding that personal enmity could not be ruled out. The police has registered a case under sections 302 and 34 of the IPC against the unknown persons. — OC
	Regularisation Delayed BEd teachers to observe September 5 as black day Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, September 2 The BEd Teachers Front, Punjab, has declared to observe Teachers’ Day as black day owing to the delaying policy of the state government in regularising their services. The front represents as many as 14,000 teachers and education service providers appointed by the government on a minor fixed salary about three years back. District president Sukhdev Raj Patti and state committee member Gurbax Singh Harike, in a joint press statement issued here today, said the state government had declared to regularise their services from September 2011, whereas the three-and-a-half-year term of their service would be over in March 2011. The leaders said in the advertisement issued on their recruitment, the regularisation of their service was supposed to take place after a three-and-a-half-year term, which fell due in March 2011, but the government was taking six more months, violating the terms of the advertisement. The leaders said in case the government did not accept their demands, the organisation would be forced to observe September 5 as black day and organise a state-level protest in Amritsar.
	Make paramilitary forces accountable, says Valley professor Tribune News Service Jalandhar, September 2 The postgraduate department of Doaba College, Jalandhar, organised a panel discussion “Kashmir problem: Genesis and solution” on the college campus yesterday. Eminent journalists of the region, academicians and students of journalism and mass communication participated in the discussion. Initiating the discussion, Chander Mohan, Editor, Vir Pratap, said before talking about issues like propagation of education, trade and commerce, and freedom of ideas, it was important to restore peace in Kashmir. “It is an irony that on one side, separatist leaders mislead the local populace by forcing them not to send their children to schools and colleges, on the other hand, they seek help from the Indian government to send their children to Malaysia and the USA for higher education,” he said. Highlighting the rampant corruption in the troubled state, former Editor of Dainik Tribune Ashok Sharma said though the Central Government released a grant of Rs 1,00,000 crore for Kashmir, due to the prevalent corruption in the system, the grant did not reach the people which eventually led to unemployment and compromised development. Irwin Khanna, Editor, Uttam Hindu, said it was important to strengthen the bonds of cordiality between different communities in the state. Prof Javed Ahmed Khan, who hails from Kashmir, said the people of Kashmir did not want to sever ties with India. “People want that the Army and paramilitary forces should be made accountable and atrocities committed on the local population stopped,” said Javed. Youths, who threw stones, only want employment, he added. He said incompetent political leadership was ruling the state.
	People up in arms against wall near level crossing Our Correspondent Batala, September 2 Raising a wall near the level crossing to stall vehicular traffic and pedestrians under the newly built ROB on Dera Baba Nanak Road here has become a contentious issue. People, living on both sides of the crossing, have been on a dharna for the last 26 days to demand demolition of the wall so that people could cross to the other side of the railway crossing. The Poor Urban Tenants Union has joined the residents in their protest. But the Railways and state authorities have not lend an ear to their demand. Talking to mediapersons here yesterday, chairman Madan Lal and president Raghubir Randhawa of the Sangharsh Committee spoke vehemently against the state and the Central Government. Randhawa alleged that before erecting the bridge, the necessary requirements were not taken into consideration. Now people living on the Fatehgarh Churian road had to first walk 1.5 km on Dera Baba Nanak Road to ascend the bridge. He said the people residing on either side of the crossing in Maan Nagar, Shukarpura and Faizpura areas were left with no option but to take to the ROB for every other thing. Even schoolchildren would have to go through this ordeal daily. He said they were not against the bridge or development but were just demanding some minor amendments which could give relief to the people.
	4 suspended for dereliction of duty Our Correspondent Pathankot, September 2 A head munshi and three Home Guards jawans posted at Dhar Kalan were suspended for dereliction of duty. DSP (Rural) Karam Chand said two thieves, Yogish Singh and Vikrant Yadav, were arrested by the Dhar Kalan police under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC. A case in this connection was registered at Dhar Kalan police station on August 30. He said they escaped by breaking the iron bars of the lock-up room. He said Yogish Singh was arrested and taken on police remand for two days today. Meanwhile, head munshi Jasbir Singh and three Home Guards jawans were suspended for negligence while performing their duty, said the DSP.