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Recovery of pistol in jail busts cops’ iron rod hoax
Increase in permanent employees’ DA |
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Dengue persists in Punjab
Vehicle lifters’ gang busted, 5 held
Two migrants held with 5 kg of charas
Surjit hockey tourney begins today
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Recovery of pistol in jail busts cops’ iron rod hoax
Amritsar, October 15 How the pistol came in the jail is a matter that will have to be investigated by a probe team to be led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Amritsar. Yesterday, inmate Navtej Singh, an accused in the murder case of Nihang chief Ajit Singh Poohla, claimed that he was shot at by a miscreant on the jail premises at about 6 pm when he was exercising in the open area. He claimed that a person from the check post side, with his face covered, fired a shot at him with a pistol which struck his shoulder. On the other hand, the jail authorities maintained that Navtej himself had used an iron rod to injure his left shoulder and no such firing incident took place. Navtej Singh has been admitted in the Civil Hospital and doctors attending on him confirmed that the gunshot had pierced through the upper most part of his shoulder, yet he was stated to be out of danger. However, on the basis of the statement made by Navtej, the cantonment police has registered a case against unidentified persons under section 302 of the IPC. Another startling fact which came to light today was that Deputy Superintendent of Jail Balbir Singh claimed that he had a threat from the jail inmate in question as he had old enmity with him which dated back to his preliminary trial in the Poohla case. Superintendent of Jail G.S. Sandhu, while confirming this, said he had even approached the Director-General of Police about it and he was transferred to Jalandhar jail, but when he was shifted here back, we had again brought the matter to the notice of the DGP, but in vain. Investigating officer Vikram Singh said every minute detail of the incident would be scrutinised. “But due to his critical condition in the hospital, the investigation did not make any progress.” The Khalsa Action Committee and Dal Khalsa today met Navtej Singh in the hospital and sought a judicial inquiry into the incident.
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Increase in permanent employees’ DA
Jalandhar, October 15 Releasing a press statement here today, on behalf of the Paramedical Contractual Workers Union, Punjab, Vajinderpal Singh, president and Tehal Singh, zonal president, said even the Chief Minister had failed to keep his promise in which he assured representatives of the union that all paramedical employees working in the state would be regularised in one month. However, even months after the meeting, the assurances given by the CM are yet to be materialised, they added. They said even health minister Luxmi Kanta Chawla was not paying heed to the demands of the workers, who were left with no other option but to hold protest in the respective assembly segments of the Chief Minister and Health Minister. |
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Dengue persists in Punjab
Jalandhar, October 15 A senior officer of the Health Department said that on Thursday alone 33 and 31 cases were reported in Jalandhar and Ludhiana, respectively. He said that though the influx rate of patients had come down during the past few days, it would take at least 10 more days for dengue fever to subside. “So far two highly suspected patients of dengue have died in the state. However, I cannot comment until we receive the written report in this regard,” he added.
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Vehicle lifters’ gang busted, 5 held
Nawanshahr, October 15 Giving details, SSP Narinder Bhargav told mediapersons here today that the Banga police, on the basis of some specific information, had conducted a raid at an abandoned graveyard on the Karnana-Khatkar Kalan link road and nabbed the gang members when they were planning another crime. During search, one country made pistol and two cartridges each were seized from Harjinder Singh and Kamaljit, respectively. The gang members have confessed their involvement in as many as eight crimes of snatching cash, mobile phones and vehicles, added Bhargav.
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Two migrants held with 5 kg of charas
Jalandhar, October 15 Hailing from Matihari district in Bihar, the duo were nabbed from a house in Durga Vihar Colony by a police party on a tip-off. ADCP (Crime) Rajpal Sandhu said Naval Shah and Raj Kumar Mohanto were arrested while carrying the contraband in bags. The police got suspicious when they tried to give the slip to it. The duo had been using the residential accommodation of Varinder Pandit, a servant in a temple in the locality for storing the drug. They even were paying him enough money for it, the ADCP added. The peddlers were selling the drug in Delhi, Punjab and neighbouring states on retail basis, he said. The police had also seized 10 kg of charas from smugglers in the Jalandhar cantonment area. The police has started investigation in the case and hope that the accused may name their accomplices in the trade. The police has registered a case under various provisions of the NDPS Act against them.
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Surjit hockey tourney begins today
Jalandhar, October 15 Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti, who is also the president of the Surjit Hockey Society, said all arrangements like board and lodging, transport, security, medical, etc., had been completed. There will be three matches on the opening day. The winners of the tournament will get Rs 2.5 lakh, while runners-up team will be given Rs 1.50 lakh. The Best player of the tournament will get a prize of Rs 25,000. Each scorer will get Rs 1,100 per goal, while the best player of the tournament will get a prize of Rs 11,000. Arrangements have been made for the live telecast of the semi-finals and the finals.
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