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Grand entry to Golden Temple on the cards
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Integrated Checkpost
Inside Babudom
Mega manufacturing projects cleared
Farmers’ panel calls meeting to discuss direct seeding
Lack of Coordination
‘Bhattal has no right to meddle in SAD affairs’
State Youth Congress to organise padyatra
MPs want Obama to visit Golden Temple
Pathankot-Joginder Nagar Rail Line
Faridkot medical college to get new building
Central team arrives today to assess paddy damage
Credentials of J&K ETT institutes doubtful: Sekhwan
Suspected Dengue
RSS celebrates Accession Day
Red Ribbon Express to reach Ropar on Oct 28
Inter-zonal youth festival from Oct 27
Tata Sky’s plea dismissed
Man commits suicide after strangling wife, stepson
Man held for raping minor
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Grand entry to Golden Temple on the cards
Amritsar, October 25 The competition has been conceptualised by the Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board (PHTPB) in association with the Architecture Department of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. They have already received 26 entries from architectural and urban design firms in India and abroad. These companies will submit their designs for the area measuring 9,410 m by November 15. A piece of land, which has been carved out after demolishing around 150 shops of Ghanta Ghar Market under the last phase of the Galliara Project, will be utilised for raising the Golden Temple entrance plaza. The land has been developed as a green belt after the demolition of the market. Apart from this land, the space in front of the SGPC’s Information Office, underground “jora ghar” and parking space will also be included in the entrance plaza. The road dividing the Golden Temple’s entrance and the green belt will be pushed back to construct the doorway to the shrine. The PHTPB wants the plaza to be developed as the foremost civic facility in the holy city, which can play host to major religious and cultural programmes. According to Dr Sarbjot Behl, head of GND University’s Architecture Department, the plaza would be basically an open public space with beautiful landscaping and street furniture for pilgrims. He said the design firm could use the space underneath the plaza to build a VIP lounge, public lounge, and a multi-purpose hall, which would serve as an auditorium and include a press gallery as well. An interpretation centre would also be built for visitors so that they could acquaint themselves with the Sikh history, culture, heritage, and “rehat maryada” (code of conduct) before stepping into the Golden Temple Complex. The centre would also utilise the audio-visual media to highlight different aspects of the Sikhism. It will be a two-stage competition. The designs submitted in the first stage shall be assessed by a board of assessors comprising national and international experts after which three to five best conceptual designs will be shortlisted by November- end. The authors of these selected designs will be invited to take part in the second stage of the competition. The entries adjudged first, second and third will be rewarded with a prize
of Rs 5 lakh, Rs 3 lakh and Rs 2 lakh, respectively after the completion of the final assessment in January next year.
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Integrated Checkpost
Attari (Indo-Pak border), October 25 Spread over 130 acres and equipped with the state-of-the-art technology, the ICP will be a completely sanitised zone with dedicated terminals for both passengers and cargo. It will provide adequate Customs and immigration counters, ultra-modern scanner, metal
detectors, CCTVs, passenger amenities and other related facilities such as currency exchange, Internet facility, warehouse/cold storage, quarantine laboratory, banks, isolation bay, parking, cafeteria and other
public utilities in a single modern complex. At present, 100-150 trucks cross over to Pakistan daily, but with the ICP becoming operational, this number may increase manifold. Assistant Commissioner of the Customs Ashok Kapania said the ICP would drastically cut the time needed for a consignment to cross the border. “If a consignment takes 10-15 minutes to cross over, it will hardly take 5 minutes for the export clearance when the ICP comes up,” he said. The scanning facility will also get a boost as the ultra-modern scanner, besides taking less time, will also detect drugs, arms and ammunition. The storage facility will also be better as the ICP will facilitate bigger warehouses with proper stacking facility. On the other hand, sources said Pakistan too had built an ICP though on a smaller scale (spread over 9 acres) and it had also been made operational. Indian exporters here have hailed the government move to facilitate smooth and hassle-free trade between the two countries. However, a key issue on which the bilateral trade depends to a large extent even after the ICP becomes operational is its connectivity to the other side of the border. For this the government needs to take up the matter with Islamabad at the highest level. At present, there is only one entry and exit gate on the Attari-Wagah border. The gate witnesses heavy rush of tourists due to the retreat parade held every evening. Hence, the gate is closed for a few hours everyday, which affects the flow of people and goods between the two countries.
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Inside Babudom
Chandigarh, October 25 His latest destination has been the United States where on the occasion of the International Year of Biodiversity, he has set up an exhibition of photographs from his book “Tryst with Trees — Punjab’s Sacred Heritage”. The exhibition was inaugurated by none other than Union Minister of State for External Affairs Perneet Kaur at the Indian Consulate in New York. The exhibition organised in collaboration with the Sikh Art and Film Foundation, an apolitical organisation, attracted among others not only senior Indian diplomats like India’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Hardeep Puri, and Deputy Ambassador, Manjeev Puri, but also former MP Tarlochan Singh, MP Raj Babbar and President of the World Sikh Organisation Vikram Sahni. Damanbir Singh Jaspal had criss-crossed the length and breadth of the subcontinent in search of trees that dot historic Sikh gurdwaras before coming out with his book “Tryst With Trees — Punjab’s Sacred Heritage”. It highlights a unique feature of the Sikh religion — the naming of sacred shrines after species of trees. In his book, Damanbir Jaspal has documented as many as 58 sacred and historical Sikh shrines in India and Pakistan named after 19 species of trees. Like Gurdwara Tahli Sahib; Gurdwara Imli Sahib; Gurdwara Ber Sahib; Gurdwara Amb Sahib; Gurdwara Pipli Sahib; Gurdwara Nim Sahib, etc. Although love and respect for nature are common to every religious faith, the naming of sacred shrines after trees is unique to the Sikh religion. Through some striking pictures, the book depicts the sanctity in which devotees respect trees, and the central role of nature in religious preaching and practices. It also includes botanical features of each tree. It also traces the
relationship between the tree and the historical and religious background of
the shrine. “It is a work of unique environmental significance,” said Maharani Preneet Kaur, maintaining that “love and respect for nature are a part of India’s spiritual and cultural tradition and even to this day trees, plants, leaves form a part of every sacred ceremony or auspicious occasion.” An eminent Pakistani documentary filmmaker, Dr Farooq Beg of Serendip Productions, Islamabad, is producing a documentary on Tryst with Trees -- a proof that nature and environment are bonding factors of civilisation.
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Mega manufacturing projects cleared
Chandigarh, October 25 Stating this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said the empowered committee at its meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, approved seven mega manufacturing projects, namely Amtek Railcar Industries Pvt Ltd, Alliance Integrated Metaliks Ltd, Madhav Alloys Pvt Ltd, Chadha Sugars Ltd, Nahar Spinning Mills Ltd, Max India Ltd and Puneet Spintex Pvt Ltd, amounting to Rs1,551.47 crore. Four industrial parks projects, viz Chandigarh Infrastructure Developers, Punnu Land Developers Pvt Ltd, a consortium of Penguin Buildtech & Veer Colonizers & Builders Pvt Ltd and Taksonz Developers & Infrastructure Ltd, worth Rs 694 crore were also approved. Three hotel projects Inderprastha Machine Tools Pvt Ltd, Sanger Finlease Pvt Ltd and Silver Palm Hotel & Resorts Pvt Ltd were approved that will involve an investment of Rs 201.61 crore and in addition one mega project of healthcare and medical tourism hospital to be set up by Fortis Health Care Ltd in Ludhiana with an investment of Rs105 crore was also approved. Apart from this the empowered committee also gave a go ahead to DLF India Ltd to launch its housing projects till the final approval of the company's super mega project. Taking part in the deliberations, the Chief Minister asked the Chief Secretary to regularly hold the meeting of empowered committee every month so that all the pending issues related to requisite clearances could be finalised promptly.
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Farmers’ panel calls meeting to discuss direct seeding
Chandigarh, October 25 Farmers Commission Chairman G S Kalkat, while talking to TNS, said the commission would now hold a meeting with Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, and other experts to decide whether the method should be
recommended for propagation to farmers of the state or not. PAU had earlier given an ad hoc recommendation for this method, which seeks to replace the traditional method, under which paddy plants are transplanted into fields after puddling. Dr Kalkat said he had received reports from various districts of the state, including Ropar, Patiala, Amritsar, Muktsar and Ferozepur, where farmers had tried out direct seeding and reported that they were happy with the results. The commission on its part had provided 10 seed drill machines, which had been modified so that they could sow paddy seeds direct into the ground. The commission Chairman said the only stumbling block was the issue of controlling weeds. He said although new weedicides were available the question was whether to go in for increased use of weedicides or not. Some agri experts claim direct seeding could cause problems. Agri expert J S Kolar says besides the issue of weedicides, the state predominantly had loamy soil, which was not fit for direct seeding. He said, however, direct seeding could be done in around 15 to 20 per cent area where the soil was fine textured. He said direct seeding should only be encouraged for basmati varieties, which were planted late, as otherwise sowing would have to be done in May that could also have an impact on water resources. Meanwhile, farmers who have gone in for the new method claim that use of weedicide is moderate and not much more than that used in transplantation. Amarinder Singh of Mahlan village says he controlled weed propagation by using green manure, which does not allow grass to grow alongside and can be cut for use as fodder. Amarinder said this along with use of weedicide 15 days after sowing paddy had helped him control weeds. Ropar chief agriculture officer B S Sohal said the state stood to save as much as Rs 6,250 crore every season by going in for direct seeding. This is the cost incurred by farmers who get paddy transplanted manually through migrant labour on 25,000 hectares in the state. Farmers are charged around Rs 5,000 per hectare as labour charges.
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Lack of Coordination
Jalandhar, October 25 The state BJP had organised the function to release its monthly magazine ‘Kamal Suneha’ at the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology (DAVIET). Almost the entire state BJP leadership, including state BJP co-in charge Capt Abhimanyu, state BJP chief Ashwani Sharma and several Cabinet ministers, attended the function. However, instead of reaching the exact venue of the function, Chawla arrived at Red Cross Bhawan, which is 12 km away from the DAVIET. Chawla told TNS that she remained there for several minutes but on seeing no BJP worker there, she called Ashwani Sharma who informed her that the venue had been changed from Red Cross Bhawan to the DAVIET. On the other hand, Ashwani Sharma claimed the information about the change in the venue had been provided to Chawla’s PA, but probably there might be some communication gap. Meanwhile, Chawla left for Regent Park Hotel from Red Cross Bhawan to attend a polio orientation programme held under the aegis of the Rotary Club, Jalandhar South. To a query, Chawla said she had already made a commitment to the Rotary Club to attend its function.
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‘Bhattal has no right to meddle in SAD affairs’
Patiala, October 25 Coming down heavily on Bhattal, Chandumajra said the former has no right to meddle in the internal affairs of the Akali Dal. Taking a dig at Bhattal, the Akali leader said, “Bhattal should not forget that during the previous Congress regime in the state, because of her tussle with then CM Amarinder Singh, the whole state suffered a lot.” Notably, Bhattal had stated that because of the turmoil in Akali Dal post Manpreet episode, instead of sorting out the problems pertaining to the procurement, being faced by the farmers, Akali leaders are devoting time to set their political house in order. Speaking to the mediapersons, Chandumajra said during the Congress regime in the state, the Congress leaders holding important portfolio’s were busy in settling their scores with their political opponents within the party rather than paying attention towards the development of the health, education and other sectors. “Congress should rather be thankful to Sukhbir, who even sacrificed his cousin in the larger interests of the state,” he asserted.
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State Youth Congress to organise padyatra
Chandigarh, October 25 The padyatra will start from Mohali on November 1 and end with a rally at Ludhiana on December 14, Bittu said.
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Sculpting message of global peace
Ludhiana, October 25 An
astrix, aptly placed on the platform on which the sculpture of the two statesmen stand, symbolizes the message of international harmony and peace. "I will present the sculpture to Obama for which I’ve prepared the requisite documents," said Manjit, adding after the US president accepted his gift he would create a similar sculpture for Manmohan. He said the motive behind creating this sculpture was to help in “strengthening the friendly ties between the two nations and pass on the message of love to their peoples” "It took me three months to complete this sculpture, which cost me about Rs 1.35 lakh," revealed Manjit, who started as a toy maker and has a masters degree in fine arts from the Chandigarh College of Arts. He has been associated with the art of sculpting since a long time and has, to his credit, life-size sculptures of Kartar Singh Sarabha, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Udham Singh, Chander Shekhar Azad, Munshi Prem Chand, Abraham Lincoln, Bule Shah, Mother Teresa, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, among others. Manjit also lays claim to being the first artist in Punjab to make life-sized sculptors of singers and poets. He recently shot to fame when he completed a life size sculpture life-size sculpture of Banda Singh Bahadur that was installed at the memorial named after the Punjabi hero in Chapar Chidi. He has also won numerous awards including the first prize during the Indo-Swiss Friendship Seminar; first prize from the Indian Academy of Fine Arts; first prize from the Lalit Kala Academy; Mohan Singh Award; and a special award from former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh for his “exceptional contribution” to art and culture.
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MPs want Obama to visit Golden Temple
Chandigarh, October 25 Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who was part of the delegation, impressed upon the US Government that this sudden cancellation of his proposed visit would send the wrong message to the Sikh community living all over the world. The MPs were invited for informal interaction with US officials, including Assistant Secretary of State (South Asia) Robert Blake and US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer. The delegation included Balbir Punj and Anant Hegde (BJP), Manish Tiwari and Shruti Choudhary (Congress) and Jayant Choudhary (Rashtriya Lok Dal). Harsimrat Badal impressed upon Robert Blake that international dignitaries, including the Queen of England and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, had paid obeisance at the Golden Temple without any security hassles and minor issues like the observance of Sikh maryada could be mutually sorted out at the diplomatic level. Sikhs constituted a sizeable part of the US and Canada's NRI population and the US President's visit to the Golden Temple would further strengthen the secular image of President Obama, the delegation said. She also said US First Lady Michelle Obama should consider visiting the countryside in Bathinda district to see the level of women’s empowerment achieved through the Nanhi Chhan
programme.
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Pathankot-Joginder Nagar Rail Line
Ferozepur, October 25 A meeting in this regard will be held by senior functionaries of the Divisional Railways (Ferozepur) with their senior colleagues in Delhi soon to work out modalities so that this line, which links a number of religious towns and places of Himachal Pardesh with Pathankot, could get UNESCO world heritage status. Earlier, on July 7, 2008, the Kalka-Simla rail line was included on the UNESCO world heritage list as part of the world heritage site mountain railway of India. “Our senior officials will attend a meeting in this regard in Delhi soon. There is a concrete proposal to get UNESCO world heritage status for this one of the oldest rail links of pre-Partition days,” said Vishwesh Chobey, Divisional Railways Manager, Ferozepur, yesterday. Britishers had constructed this rail line with an objective to lay rail track, which could carry heavy equipment for the installation of first ever hydroelectric power house at Joginder Nagar, which is the only town in Asia that has three hydroelectric power stations and hence is popularly known as “The City of Powerhouses”.
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Faridkot medical college to get new building
Faridkot, October 25 The sprawling four-storey structure is being built at a cost of Rs 71.36 crore. Work on the hospital building started in January last year and is expected to be complete by the end of the current year or early next year. The new building would have modern operation theatres and other infrastructure built over an area of 26,200 sq metre. According to PWD engineers supervising the construction work, it would also have a fully air-conditioned auditorium with seating capacity of 800 and lecture theatres. The two top floors would consist of an air-conditioned library. The clinical and non-clinical teaching departments would be housed on the two lower floors. A state-of-the-art senate hall is also being built in the university complex. The Baba Farid University of Medical Sciences would also have separate accommodation covering 6,300 sq metre, besides an academic block over an area of 6,800 sq
metre.
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Sugarcane crop bears the brunt of rain fury
Sirhind/Rajpura, October 25 Agriculture Department officials confirmed the damage. “Most of the sugarcane crop that got damaged due to hailstorm and rain is in the Khamano and Bassi Pathana areas in Fatehgarh Sahib,” said Agriculture Department officer Jaswinder Singh. He said while some of the farmers have already harvested their crop for manufacturing jaggery, but most of them were yet to begin the harvesting. Agriculture Department officials said the farmers were advised to keep sugarcane fixed either with a string or with the sugarcane leaves so that it should not fall down during rain. Worst sufferers were those who have ignored our suggestions, said the experts. “We asked the farmers to tie bunches of sugarcane in August itself. Once it fell down, rodents like mice attack the crop and start eating it up and there is hardly any way out to get rid of the problem,” said the agriculture officials. Baljinder Singh, a farmer in Mansurpur village who has grown sugarcane in 7 acres near Khamano, rued that his entire crop fell flat due to rain, hailstorm and high-speed winds and now, he was battling mice attack. “I used to harvest nearly 400 quintals of sugarcane from one acre, but now I may lose more than 50 quintals per acre,” said Baljinder. Besides decrease in the yield, the farmers have now been forced to shell out extra money of Rs 5 to Rs 7 every acre as labourers face more difficulty in harvesting flattened crop. “It is quite difficult to raise the flattened crop during harvesting, as it gets twisted. It is also quite difficult to load twisted sugarcane in trolleys,” said another farmer Ujagar Singh in Bassi Pathana. The farmers demanding increase in the MSP of sugarcane said they got just Rs 180 per quintal for their sugarcane crop, besides a bonus of Rs 20 later on.
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Central team arrives today to assess paddy damage Chandigarh, October 25 Stating this here today, a spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office said the special team would visit Ludhiana, Moga, Sangrur, Barnala and Mansa districts tomorrow to assess the damage caused to paddy due to rain and hailstorm across the state on October 22. It may be recalled that the Chief Minister had demanded that moisture specification should be increased from 17 per cent to 20 per cent, discoloration of paddy up to 10 per cent and rice out-turn ratio to be decreased from 67 per cent to 60 per cent.
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Credentials of J&K ETT institutes doubtful: Sekhwan
Anandpur Sahib, October 25 Newly appointed education minister, Sewa Singh Sekhwan said this here today. Sekhwan was on a visit to the city to pay obeisance at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib. Sekhwan said a detailed report of these institutes would be tabled before the Punjab cabinet very soon. “The report reveals that these institutes neither hold classes nor have any attendance criteria. Students are awarded ETT certificates in lieu of money and sadly, Punjab has a growing brigade of youngsters passing out from such institutes,” he said. Talking about considering such candidates for government jobs, Sekhwan said the government would soon take decision on it. He refused to comment on teachers already in government jobs on the basis of certificates from J&K institutes. He asserted that the department would give a patient hearing to grievances of all teachers’ union which have been agitating since long. “We will find a mid-way for peace with the agitating factions,” he said. Sekhwan said the department would also put a stop on corrupt practices adopted for transferring teachers to their preferred stations. He expressed the resolve that corruption of such kind would be dealt with sternly. Talking about former education minister, Upinderjit Kaur being given the finance portfolio, he said Upinderjit would add wealth to the drying coffers of state treasure with her policies. He said the ouster of former Finance Minister, Manpreet Singh Badal, neither held any significance for the party nor affected its working in any way.
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Suspected Dengue Bathinda, October 25 However, a part (NS1 Antigen) of his card test for dengue was found positive today morning during the test while a few days ago he had been tested negative for dengue during the card test for dengue. Though he was referred to the DMC Hospital as a viral fever case but the doctors, according to sources in the hospital, saw clinical features of the dengue fever in him. According to a doctor, working at the civil hospital here, the Sessions Judge had been suffering from high fever (104 degree Fahrenheit) two-three days ago but on Sunday his fever came down to 100 degree Fahrenheit while today morning it again increased to 101 degree Fahrenheit. Besides, a part (NS1 Antigen) of the card test for dengue of the patient was also found positive today. The doctor also said that the platelet count of the judge was 90,000 the previous day while it today decreased to only 40,000. In these circumstances the hospital authorities preferred to refer him to the DMC Hospital, Ludhiana. Besides, the patient had also expressed his desire to go for further treatment to a big health institution. Earlier on October 5 last an Additional Sessions Judge of Bathinda was tested positive for dengue during Mac Elisa test (a confirmatory test for dengue) at the sentinel surveillance hospital (SSH), situated on the premises of Civil Hospital here. Meanwhile, District Malaria Officer Dr Malkiat Singh Gill said this evening that the health staff would spray medicine tomorrow morning for killing the mosquitoes in the radius of 100 meters where judicial officers were residing in Bathinda. Besides, the insect collectors of the Health Department would also visit the area to detect dengue larva there and destroy the same. Dr Gill further said the Mac Elisa test kit for conducting tests on blood samples of suspected dengue patients would be brought here from Patiala by tomorrow afternoon. After that all the blood samples would be tested at the SSH here.
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RSS celebrates Accession Day
Batala, October 25 Raina highlighted the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, who were forcefully uprooted from Kashmir and were now struggling for lives. Coming down heavily on the people who still utter the accession of Kashmir incomplete and demand independence, Rakesh Shanti Doot called them “treacherous” and held them responsible for the “genocide of Kashmiri Pandits”. He also urged the government not to go down against the demands of stone pelters and deal strictly with them.
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Red Ribbon Express to reach Ropar on Oct 28
Ropar, October 25 Besides, it is a special train of the Indian Railways for disseminating information not only about HIV/AIDS but also other sexually transmitted diseases. DC Arunjit Singh Miglani will flag off the cycle rally. Starting from Bachatt Chowk, the rally will traverse areas of Water Lily, Nehru stadium, railway station, old bus stand, Ramleela ground, Bela Chowk, Kalyan Cinema, and will culminate at Government College grounds. The train will be stationed at Ropar railway station till October 30, and will reach Nangal station the next day.
— TNS
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Inter-zonal youth festival from Oct 27
Patiala, October 25 Vice-Chancellor of the university Dr Jaspal Singh will be the chief guest on the inauguration ceremony. Director, Youth Welfare, Satish Kumar Verma informed that teams from around 170 colleges of the state will participate in the festival.
— TNS
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Tata Sky’s plea dismissed
Chandigarh, October 25 In its petition placed before Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice A.K. Mittal, the petitioner had contended that the Punjab Entertainment Duty Act, 1955, was amended in April 2010 “so as to bring into the ambit of entertainment duty, direct to home service provided by the petitioner”. It was contended that the DTH service could not be taxed by the state legislature as it fell under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
— TNS
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Man held for killing Hardik
Makhu (Ferozepur), October 25 Sukhjinder, who runs an electronic goods shop in Makhu Bazar, had allegedly demanded a ransom from Hardik’s father. However, fearing that Hardik would later reveal his identity to his parents, as he was known to them, he allegedly killed him. The police has sized a school bag, a pair of shoes and Rs 1 lakh out of the total Rs 2 lakh that Sukhjinder had received as a ransom from Devinder Sharma, father of the deceased, from his possession. DSP (Zira) Balwinder Singh Bhikhi said it was being verified that whether Sukha had taken help of anyone in committing the crime. He said preliminary investigations had revealed that Sukha used to go to the house of Hardik to repair TV dish and hence he was friendly with the deceased. As the accused was in heavy debt, he decided to kidnap Hardik so that he could take lakhs of rupees as a ransom from his father, who was a medical practitioner, to repay the same. On October 23, when Hardik was coming to his house after attending his tuition classes, the accused met him on the way and took him away on the pretext of giving him a chocolate. He took Hardik to a house near the bus stand of Sudan village on the Makhu-Kot Isse Khan road. Later, he called up the deceased’s father for ransom. He used a sim card that he had allegedly stolen from a local barbershop a few days ago. After receiving a ransom of Rs 2 lacs, the accused allegedly killed him (Hardik).
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Man commits suicide after strangling wife, stepson
Jalandhar, October 25 Shanichari Devi’s father, Dukhi Ram, came to know about the incident this morning when he went to her quarter as his grandson, Aadesh, had not come to meet him today. Subsequently, the police was informed. Senior police officials reached the place and the bodies were sent to the local Civil Hospital for autopsy. Sources said Manoj Kumar and Shanichari Devi had married about five months back. This was Shanichari Devi’s second marriage.The exact cause of the two murders and the suicide would be known after the post-mortem report.
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Man held for raping minor
Anandpur Sahib, October 25 He took her to Chintpurni, where he repeatedly raped her. Surinder was arrested today while trying to board a bus near Bhanoupli. The police has registered a case against him. The medical examination of victim has confirmed rape.
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