Jalandhar, January 14
Coming heavily on traffic violators, the city police today introduced sticker challaning.

With the introduction of this new system, the traffic police personnel will paste a challan sticker on the wind screens of all wrongly and haphazardly parked vehicles (including two wheelers) in the city.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Arun Pal Singh said the traffic police personnel will paste a copy of a challan sticker on the vehicle, so that owners may come to know about the challan. A second copy of the challan will be with the traffic wing.

The one-time offender would be slapped a fine of Rs 100, while the amount of the penalty will continue to multiply as the violator fails to comply with directions.

The challan will automatically go to the court if the offender fails to pay it within five days, the DCP said.

DS Dhillon, Assistant Commissioner of city Police, said the traffic police will also tow-away wrongly parked vehicles and paste challan stickers at the site from where the vehicle was towed-away.

The violators could contact the challaning officers at a help line number mentioned at the challan slips.

The DCP, however, said the wrongly parked vehicles, which either create traffic congestion or may result into a road accident, will be targeted in the initial stage.

Nawanshahr, January 14
The SSP, Narinder Bhargav, while addressing mediapersons here on Friday said the district police had achieved a major breakthrough in its drive against the narcotics smuggling by recovering 885 gm of heroin worth Rs 4.50 crore in the international market from a Tata Qualis (PB09-6684) during checking at a police naka near Happowal village.

The miscreants travelling in the vehicle had been identified as Lakhbir Singh of Patti, Tarn Taran, and Amar Singh Bhullar of Kariala village, Tarn Taran. While both of them were arrested, their four accomplices travelling in an Indica car (PB29H-0121) managed to escape.

Giving details, Bhargav said the Banga police, led by DSP Jasbir Singh Rai and SHO Surinder Pal Singh, acting on a tip-off had put up a naka near Happowal village. The police party was checking the vehicles and when the Tata Qualis, driven by Lakhbir Singh was checked, the police found 885 gm of heroin from Amar Singh Bhullar travelling in the vehicle.

The seized heroin had been smuggled from Pakistan as it bore the stamps of Pakistan, the SSP said.

During preliminary investigation, Amar Singh Bhullar confessed to his associations with militants Kanwarpal Singh, Pal Singh, Makhan Singh of Amritsar, Gurjant Singh of Pargadi and Karanvir Singh of Daroli Kalan (Adampur), said the SSP, adding that he also confessed that he along with Gurjant Singh and Karanvir Singh had planned to plant a bomb at Dhole Pir situated on the Ghariala-Khemkaran road during the last summer season, but could not succeed due to heavy security arrangements. Later, the bomb was recovered from them by the Hoshiarpur police. Pal Singh had promised Amar Singh Bhullar that he would arrange visa to send him to France. 

Nawanshahr, January 14
As per the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Shruti Singh, the officials of the District Food and Civil Supplies

Department conducted sudden raids at hotels, restaurants, dhabas etc. at different places in the district on Friday, to check the misuse of domestic LPG cylinders there. The teams conducted raids at as many as 17 places and found seven domestic LPG cylinders being misused.

Kapurthala, January 14
Bhajan Kaur (65), wife of a retired police inspector Jagir Singh, who sustained bullet injuries in an accident, died here today.

A resident of Santpura locality, Bhajan Kaur received bullet injuries when a revolver accidentally went off.

Kaur, who is also a sister of senior Akali leader Jarnail Singh Dogranwala, was rushed to the local civil hospital, where the doctors declared her ‘brought dead’.

The body was cremated this afternoon. The police has initiated inquest proceedings in this regard. — TNS