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Breakthrough In Chattiwind Murder, Theft Case The accused in police custody. Photo: Vishal Kumar
Administrative raid turns tehsil office into deserted place
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5-member team constituted to probe charges
All set for OST Centre’s opening
A team of NACO and Punjab State AIDS Control Society visits Guru Nanak Dev Hospital
in Amritsar on Tuesday. A Tribune photograph
Civil Surgeon Chandanjit Singh Kaundal looks at a bottle of spurious sauce during a raid at a factory in Amritsar on Tuesday. Photo: Vishal Kumar
2 policemen injured in attacks, 13 booked
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2 women held for trying to travel on fake visas
Man, son die after taking poisonous food
City lad chosen for national
sub-junior badminton tourney
315 farmers get Rs 10.18-cr loan
New science block inaugurated
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Breakthrough In Chattiwind Murder, Theft Case G.S. Paul Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 14 Thereafter, the accused decamped with about Rs 23 lakh. The accused also barged into an adjoining house, owned by Khajan Singh, and stole jewellery and some cash. The police today nabbed four persons who were involved in this crime. They have been identified as Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, the deceased’s nephew, Resham Singh, Ajmer Singh and Parminder Singh. It is pertinent to mention that Resham Singh has a criminal background and was acquitted in a murder case which he allegedly committed with the same modus operandi. The police has recovered Rs 16.05 lakh, along with jewellery. SSP (Rural) Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said Gurpreet knew that a huge amount of cash was lying in the house as the family was about to strike a land deal. “We zeroed in on Gurpreet Singh after suspecting his activities during our investigation. He was present all the time during our visit to the house and we came to know that he was the only outsider who knew about the huge sum of money which had been lying with his uncle Paramjit Singh, the husband of the deceased, as he had to make a land deal,” the SSP said, while adding, “We also investigated about his background and found that he was a habitual intoxicant This led us to first suspect and then interrogate him, which eventually led us to the truth.” Detective Harjit Singh Brar, who supervised the investigation team, said the accused, armed with iron rods, first entered the house of Khajan Singh and looted cash as well as jewellery. Gurpreet Singh and Parminder Singh were standing outside while Resham Singh and Ajmer Singh gained entry into the house of Khajan Singh through a window of the kitchen at about 11 pm on September 1. “Thereafter, at about 12.30 am, they entered their targeted house next door through the terrace, and attacked the deceased and her son with iron rods when they spotted them in their backyard,” he said. A case under sections 459 and 460 of the IPC has been registered at Chattiwind police station.
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Administrative raid turns tehsil office into deserted place
Amritsar, September 14 In the back drop of this development, there have been numerous public complaints about the corruption prevailing among the tehsildaars and the middlemen involving in the registry of sale/purchase deed of the properties. Several cases had come under scanner where tehsildaars charged over Rs 1000 for a job against the official transfer fee of Rs 270. Meanwhile, as soon as the team consisting of Additional Deputy Commissioner Paramjit Singh reached the premises of tehsil office, the non-recognised employees, including nambardaars and lawyers engaged in private practice, fled from the premises. The premises, which otherwise saw great hustle and bustle during normal days, wore deserted look, as soon as the team entered the premises. The room no 13, where fee for
registration of deed was charged, was the most prominent target of the raiding team. It is important to mention here that to check wrong practices, the DC had made it mandatory to note down the contact number of the person in whose name the registry of deed has been registered. It has been learnt that the DC himself had telephoned them to scrutinise the amount paid by them to get the needful formalities done at the Tehsil office. OfficialSpeak
Deputy Commissioner Amritsar KS Pannu: We had received numerous complaints regarding the illegal money demanded by the practitioners from public. One such woman practioner has been put under suspension under this move. Our motto is to bring in transparency in the system. We have also installed CCTV cameras at various pockets of the premises and everyone is under our vigilant eyes, all the time. |
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5-member team constituted to probe charges
Amritsar, September 14 The team today visited Government Medical College (GMC) here and interacted with the students and recorded their statements. It is pertinent to mention here that following the serious allegations levelled by the parents of the aspiring students and the subsequent report submitted by a two-member team formed by Dr S.S. Shergill, Principal of GMC here, Dr A.S. Thind, officiating DRME. had suspended Principal of the nursing college Raj Rani. She was asked to report at the GMC, Patiala, till further orders. The next senior-most nursing tutor, Kanwaljeet Kaur, was given the charge of officiating Principal of the nursing college till further orders. The parents had also alleged that the principal used to charge money for providing uniforms and books to students. The team, comprising R.K. Anand, Deputy Controller, Finance and Accounts (DCFA), Sarabjit Singh, Superintendent, DRME office, Dr Manjit Singh Bal of Pathology Department, GMC, Patiala, Dr Vijay Kumar, Professor, Pathology Department, and O.P. Sharma, Superintendent, GMC, Patiala, remained in the college for more than five hours. Though the team refused to divulge the details, they interacted with students and their parents, who had complained against Raj Rani, besides staff members. However, they could not go through the records as the former Principal of the nursing college was not available.
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All set for OST Centre’s opening
Amritsar, September 14 The team expressed satisfaction over the arrangements prevailing in the centre while adding the centre is likely to be inaugurated on September 23. The team also visited blood bank of the hospital. It is pertinent to mention here that worried over the escalating number of transmission of HIV and hepatitis patients through injecting drug users (IDUs) in Punjab, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare decided to set up an OST centre here. The GNDH is the first government hospital in the state where this centre is being set up. These centres would also be established at Tarn Taran, Batala, Jalandhar and Ludhiana. Under the project, the centre would identify the addicted persons who use injections for taking the intoxicants. They would be administered a specially made tablet ‘Buprenorphine’ that would decrease their dependence on injections and drugs slowly and steadily. Dr P.D. Garg, head of Psychiatry Department, Government Medical College and Nodal officer OST centre said the college had already appointed Dr Ravi Inder pal Singh besides a counsellor and two staff nurse in this connection. “At initial stages, the centre would take samples for as many as 672 patients identified by the NGO - Swami Vivekanand Medical Mission associated with the project besides study the behaviour of the patients. He said their treatment would take from six months to two years depending on the conditions of the respective patients” said Dr Garg. According to survey conducted by the NACO, Punjab has the highest number of HIV patients who got the disease through injections used for taking drugs by the addicts. Ironically, Amritsar got the dubious distinction of having highest number of HIV cases in the state while it also has the maximum percentage in the country in the category of spreading of HIV through IDU. Dr R.P.S Boparai, Medical Superintendent GNDH said that the ‘Buprenorphine’ medicines would be provided by the Union Government free of cost. All the expenditure of setting up the centre would be incurred by the NACO, he added. Among the other members of the team include Dr Harinder Bir, Assistant Director, Punjab State AIDS Control Society (PSACS), Dr Avtar Singh, Joint Director of the society, Manish Kumar, Dr Francis Joseph, technical specialist of IDU besides Dr Jyoti Mehra, Dr Alok Aggarwal, Dr Tarun Roy, Haresh Sanghani and Dr Subash Chander.
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Spurious sauce, noodles seized from factory
Amritsar, September 14 “The raiding party recovered more than 1,500 quintals of spurious sauce and other material from the spot,” revealed Dr Chandanjit Singh Kaundal, Civil Surgeon. He said Gautam Chawla, the owner of Kings Standing Food Specialties, used to manufacture the material by using boiled rotten vegetables and fruits. Later, paste of boiled potatoes was mixed to thicken the sauce and then artificial colours were added to it, he said. Dr Sukhrao Singh, Food Inspector, said inferior quality of flour was being used to make Chinese noodles and semian. He said all the containers filled with the spurious sauces and other materials have
been sealed. Dr Kaundal said samples of all the materials have been taken and sent to the food laboratory at Chandigarh. He said if the samples failed the test, the owner would be produced
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2 policemen injured in attacks, 13 booked
Tarn Taran, September 14 According to the information collected by this correspondent here today, Bikramjit Singh, security guard of the local SSP, was injured at Kajikot village, 4 km from here, last evening by four members of a family. The four accused have been identified as Mangal Singh, his son Balbir Singh, wife Paramjit Kaur and daughter-in-law Kashmir Kaur of Kajikot, and five other assailants were yet to be identified. Bikarmjit said that he had gone to the village for some personal purpose when the accused attacked on him suspecting him to have collected some secret information regarding their acts. The city police has registered a case under sections 307, 382, 34, 323, 148 and 149, IPC, against the accused. No arrest has been made as yet. In the second incident, Head Constable Ram Singh was attacked by four persons in the border township of Sarai Amanat Khan, 35 km from here, late evening. The accused have been identified as Balkar Singh, his son Gurbhej Singh, Malkiat Singh of the same village, and Sukhbir Singh of Jathaul village. Ram Singh, along with his colleagues, was on duty to collect some information when the accused attacked them. Ram Singh said the accused feared that their information would become the reason for conducting raids on their houses. A case under sections 307, 353, 427,186 and 34, IPC, has been registered at Sarai Amanat Khan police station. SSP Preetpal Singh said raids were being conducted to arrest the accused.
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GND varsity q-papers: Next year on, BEd, MEd students can pick their language
Amritsar, September 14 Hindi
diwas
A declamation contest was held on Hindi Day at St Soldier School. Faculty member Uma Sharma won the contest. Principal Mangat Singh Krishanpuri gave away prizes to the winners. Gymnastics selection
The selection trials to select Guru Nanak Dev University gymnastics, malkhamb (men and women) and rhythmic (women) team would be held on October 1. The principals of colleges concerned have been asked to send their gymnasts for trials along with eligibility proforma in duplicate. The coaching camp would start the same evening, he added. Championships
Guru Nanak Dev University inter-college weightlifting and power lifting championships for women for 2010-11 would be held at DAV College ground at Shastri Nagar on October 4 and 5, respectively. The competitions for weightlifting for men championship would be held on October 7 and 8 and power lifting (men) on October 11 and 12. Dr Kanwaljit Singh, Director (Sports) of the university, said the best physique (men) championship would be organised on the Guru Nanak Dev University Campus on October 6.
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2 women held for trying to travel on fake visas
Amritsar, September 14 On the complaint of Immigration Officer Kamal Kumar a case was registered against Rajo. Another case was filed on the complaint of Immigration Officer S.K. Sharma against Alpana Rani. However, police sources said, during investigation it was detected that visas of both the accused were prepared by the same travel agent. Hence, in both the cases agent Sanjiv Kumar, resident of Sultanpuri, New Delhi, was made co-accused for getting fake visas prepared. A case has been registered under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC.
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Man, son die after taking poisonous food
Amritsar, September 14 His 15-year-old son Gagan has been hospitalised in a critical condition at the Guru Ram Dass Hospital. Though, the wife of the deceased, in her statement to the police, claimed to see a lizard-like creature in the food bowl, SHO Balbir Singh of the B-division police station, said the viscera of the deceased have been sent to the laboratory and no certain cause of death could be established till then. Jyoti, who did not eat the food last night due to her fast, said when she woke up after hearing vomiting noises, she found that her husband and son Robin were lying uncounscious on the floor, while Gagan was vomiting. “I immediately informed my neighbours, who took all the three to the hospital where my husband and Robin were declared brought dead, while Gagan was admitted and he is under treatment,” she said.
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City lad chosen for national
sub-junior badminton tourney
Amritsar, September 14 Apart from him three other players in the team would be Ramandeep Singh, Shubham Sharma and Manureet Singh. Rahul Soni was the vital player in the five-member district badminton team which was the first runners-up in the schools state badminton championship held this month. The double pair was the first runners-up in the open state badminton championship last year. The pair of Rahul Soni and Manureet Singh clinched the gold in the open state badminton championship held at Jalandhar this year. Earlier, as under-13 player he, along with Ayush of Spring Dale Senior School, earned the top rank in the open state
badminton championship in 2008. The same year the school badminton team comprising four players, including him, was the first runners-up in the CBSE national badminton championship held at Nagpur. Rahul would be attending the open national sub-junior for the second time. Earlier he and Ayush Mahajan secured the top position in the u-13 open state championship. |
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315 farmers get Rs 10.18-cr loan
Amritsar, September 14 Deputy General Manager Harpal Singh, also Circle Head, Punjab National Bank, Amritsar, distributed loans to the farmers. Sarpanches of nearby villages were also present. Harpal Singh elaborated the facilities of the Kissan Credit Card, Mahila Kalyani Scheme, dairy loan, education loan, tractor loan and others to the farmers. He told them to contact any of the nearest branch of the bank for further guidance in respect of loan facility. R.S Chattha, Chief Lead District Manager, Vipin Chadha, Manager, PNB, Gumtala, V.K. Oberoi, Manager, Basarke Gillan branch, D.K. Aggarwal, Manager, Rajasansi branch, Sat Pal, Manager Chogawan branch, R.P. Kanodia, Senior Manager, PNB, Ajnala, and S.S. Malhi, Manager, agriculture, were present.
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New science block inaugurated
Amritsar, September 14 College Principal Dr Sukhbir Kaur Mahal apprised the audience of the achievements of the college. Talk on environment
Amritsar: Government Secondary School, Gol
Bagh, held a seminar on environment. Dr Adarshpal Vij, Department of Botanical and Environment
Sciences, GND University, said that rapid rise in population, deforestation, vehicular and industry
pollution and unchecked release of effluents in rivers and canals were proving disastrous for out
immediate environment. — TNS |
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In a significant breakthrough, the Amritsar (Rural) police today solved the murder and subsequent theft case which took place during the wee hours on September 1 in the Chattiwind area, near here.
Amritsar, September 14
