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Panels find RCF doctor guilty of molestation
Name of
Chakki Bank rly station changed
‘Abusing’ teacher on
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Release of fresh water into Kali Bein sought
Policeman killed in bike-car collision
Cong holds demonstration against Sud
SHO cremated
Crime File
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Panels find RCF doctor guilty of molestation
Kapurthala, May 26 According to sources, the district administration committee, headed by DTO-cum-Executive Magistrate Daljit Kaur, found Dr Mehta had misbehaved with the girl during her examination conducted without the necessary presence of any hospital attendant. The inquiry report further stated that Dr Mehta also gave the girl a slip containing his mobile number and house number and asked her to come to his house. Recommending departmental action against the doctor, the committee sent the report to DC HS Sidhu. The sources further stated that Sidhu was seeking legal opinion on the report before forwarding it to the Railways for taking action against the erring doctor. Similarly, the RCF committee comprising Deputy Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer Manjit Kaur, Deputy Chief Personnel Officer Baljit Singh, RCF employee Tarlochan Kaur and NGO member Anjana Talwar also found Dr Mehta guilty of sexual harassment. The committee said actions of the doctor in checking her alone without the necessary presence of any attendant, asking her immoral questions, giving his mobile number and house address are clear signs that he had tried to allure her. Meanwhile the sources said, RCF General Manager KK Saxena has already forwarded the inquiry report to the Northern Railway GM for strict action against the erring doctor. In the meantime, agitating RCF employees sought for Dr Mehta’s suspension and departmental action against him. Talking to mediapersons, staff council Joint Secretary Sarabjit Singh said that staff council and other unions have given the ultimatum to the management for Dr Mehta’s suspension till May 30. The staff council also demanded the withdrawal of false cases registered against the four staff council members for allegedly thrashing Dr Mehta at his official residence in RCF colony on May 3. The police had registered a criminal case against the four employees on the doctor’s complaint, it also registered a criminal case of alleged misbehaviour against Dr Mehta on the girl’s complaint.
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Name of Chakki Bank rly station changed Ravi Dhaliwal Tribune News Service
Pathankot, May 26 Pathankot has two railway stations - Pathankot City and Chakki Bank - and a majority of trains chug into the town at Chakki Bank station, which is considered to be one of the busiest railway stations of Punjab. At least two dozen trains pass through this station. However, passengers travelling from far away places to this town normally get confused when they learn that Chakki Bank is actually the name of Pathankot’s main station. The town has a heavy presence of Army and Air Force personnel and members of the armed forces have a hard time in locating Pathankot Cantonment on the railway time table since it showed Chakki Bank and not Pathankot Cantonment station. A move to change the name was initiated about three decades ago with local residents Dinesh Mahajan and H.R. Khera spearheading the movement. However, owing to the whimsical and somewhat lackadaisical attitude of the Home Ministry, the move fizzled out. Residents had a hard time convincing political leaders of the need to change the name of the station to Pathankot Cantonment. However, member of Parliament from Gurdaspur Partap Bajwa promised the residents that he would take up the issue with the authorities concerned in New Delhi. Bajwa kept his promise and took up the issue with Gurudas Kamat, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Communication and Information Technology. Kamat has now given the green signal and has sent Bajwa and other authorities concerned a letter intimating the change of name. The minister has given the mandatory no-objection certificate (NOC) to the Punjab Government asking it to immediately change the name from Chakki Bank to Pathankot Cantonment. The move has been welcomed by residents and politicians across the board. Congress leader Vikram Joshi said,“The residents can now heave a sigh of relief. Now with the change of name, passengers, particularly tourists, will have no confusion.”
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‘Abusing’ teacher on Facebook
Amritsar, May 26 A case under Section 295 of the IPC and Section 63 of the IT Act has been registered on the statement of the teacher at Civil Lines police station here. No arrest has been made so far. The police marked an inquiry to Gurnam Singh, ACP (North) to investigate the matter. Sunita Sharma, a teacher in Shri Ram Asharm Public School, Mall Road, in her complaint stated that the accused clicked her snap secretly and loaded it on the Facebook, a social networking site, wherein they made a fake ID and used derogatory and vulgar remarks. They later gave access to the same ID to their friends, staff members and known people. Sanjiv Kumar, SHO, Civil Lines police station, said the investigation had been handed over to the ACP (North) and he did not know about the case as he was out of station. Gurnam Singh, ACP, could not be contacted. |
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Release of fresh water into Kali Bein sought
Kapurthala May 26 The newly elected president of the committee, Iqbal Singh, said here today that fresh water had been uninterruptedly flowing in the holy Bein for the past over five years, but it was suddenly stopped in January this year. Iqbal Singh stated that the committee had discovered the source of fresh water from the Tarkiana barrage during the survey of the Bein in 2000. The committee had been working with environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal for the past over 11 years, he added.
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Policeman killed in bike-car collision
Batala, May 26 While talking to mediapersons here today, Gurdeep Singh, SSP, said head constable Kewal Singh was returning to his house on his motorcycle after his duty when a car, driven by Balihar Singh, resident of Srihargobindpur, hit the motorcycle killing the head constable on the spot. The police sent the body for postmortem. A case under Sections 304A, 427 and 279 of the IPC was registered against Balihar Singh, who had been absconding. Hoshiarpur: Balbir Singh, son of Fauja Singh of Puwara, died when the scooter he was riding on rammed into a truck parked on the roadside near the bridge of Mansar on the Jalandhar-Pathankot road last night. The Mukerian police has booked the driver of the truck, Santokh Singh, son of Tirath Ram of Pandori Sumla, under Sections 283 and 304 A of the IPC.
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Cong holds demonstration against Sud
Hoshiarpur, May 26 They went in a procession to the local mini-secretariat and raised slogans against Tikshan Sud, demanding his ouster from the state Cabinet. Later, they burnt an effigy of Tikshan Sud. |
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SHO cremated
Pathankot, May 26 At the cremation ground, a contingent of the Punjab Police fired
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Crime File
Phagwara, May 26 Though the Pagwara police had registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC and handed over the body to the family members of the deceased after conducting postmortem then, but later the widow of the deceased, Jaswinder Kaur, knocked the doors of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and expressed her apprehension that her husband was allegedly murdered and it was not a natural or accidental death. She disclosed in her appeal that her husband Paramjit went to Phagwara on January 20, 2009 from the village, but she was informed by the police the next day that her husband was found dead in Phagwara and his body was kept in the mortuary of the Phagwara Civil Hospital. She expressed her apprehensions that her husband was poisoned to death by some persons. The court then instructed the police to investigate the case and SP (R) Harjit Singh Brar investigated the matter and submitted his detailed report to the court. The City police station SHO, Amrik Singh Chahal, said on the instructions of the ADGP, Punjab, the Phagwara police booked the seven persons. No arrest had been made till so for. — OC 13-yr-old raped
Hoshiarpur: A 13-year-old girl was raped by two youths, one of whom was identified as Rinku, son of Harbhajan Singh of Dehpur, at Ram Nagar Deha village on May 23. According to police sources, the mother of the victim stated that she had gone to the house of her relative by leaving her children alone at her house on May 23. When she returned the next day, she found that her daughter was weeping. After inquiring, she came to know that Rinku along with his accomplice came to the house and raped her daughter. Before leaving the house, the duo threatened the girl of dire consequences if she narrated the incident to anyone. The Bulhowal police has registered a case under Sections 376, 506 and 34 of the IPC. No arrest has been made so far. — OC Rs
1.45 lakh snatched
Amritsar: Two miscreants snatched Rs 1.45 lakh from a woman when she was coming out of Punjab National Bank in the posh Ranjit Avenue area here today. Raminder Kaur, the victim, stated that as soon as she came out of the bank after withdrawing the money, the two motorcycle-borne youths snatched away the bag containing the money. The Civil Lines police has registered a case. — TNS Rs 25,000 looted
Phagwara: Armed robbers snatched Rs 25,000 and a gold chain from two local residents Jagdip Singh and Kamaljit Singh near grain market on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road last night. The police has registered a case. Both victims sustained injuries during the scuffle with the robbers, the police said. — OC Peddler held
Hoshiarpur: The Model Town police arrested Manoj Kumar of the local Bhawani Nagar last evening under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. According to police sources, the police seized 120 capsules of spormo proxyvon, seven injections each of avil and macgelic. — OC PO arrested
Pathankot: The police nabbed a proclaimed offender (PO), Kulwant Singh, resident of Tibbar, who had been wanted by the police since 2010. According to the police, a case under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC was registered against him at Division-1 police station in last year. He was produced before the Magistrate, who sent him to judicial remand.
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