Sirsa, June 17
After complaints of others making online requests for transfer of government teachers under its online transfer application submission system, the School Education Department has decided to make the list of all applicants available online.

Vijayender Kumar, Director, Secondary Education, Haryana, said today that such teachers, who had not applied for their transfers and their requests had been registered wrongly or otherwise by some other persons, could inform the department through email.

He said such teachers could send their objections or corrections at edutransferhry@gmail.com up to 5 pm till June 19.

The department had introduced the online transfer application submission system for the convenience of teachers during the current academic session according to which teachers submitted their transfer requests online.

However, several teachers in Sirsa and Fatehabad had complained that some others had submitted transfer requests on their behalf without their knowledge.

Such complaints, the teachers maintained, had come from other districts of Haryana too. Teachers alleged that to submit an online request for seeking transfer, all that was needed was the date of birth and employee ID of the teacher. This, they alleged, was easily available to others on the seniority list available online and also in the office records.

The Tribune had published two news reports in this regard.

Sirsa SP Satinder Kumar Gupta had asked the cyber crime cell of the district police to inquire into the complaints of some unscrupulous elements submitting online requests for others without their knowledge.

Rohtak, June 17
Chinks in the care of expectant mothers at the PGIMS hospital here were exposed this morning after a newborn died after a woman delivered in the ward before being shifted to the delivery room. This is the second such incident in the past one week.

Kiran, wife of Pradeep hailing from Sundana village, gave birth to a baby girl on the floor in ward No 2 of the Gynaecology Department. She had reported at the Emergency Ward this morning, complaining of acute labour pains. She was admitted immediately but was asked to be shifted to ward No 2 of the Gynaecology Department.

“Kiran was taken to the ward in acute labour pains but there was none to help her go to the delivery room,” said Pradeep, husband. While Kiran was awaiting her shifting to the delivery room with no doctor or nurse around to help her, she delivered the baby in the ward. The baby had died by the time she was attended to by doctors, it is claimed.

Alleging negligence on the part of the hospital staff, Pradeep alleged that a woman employee not only

misbehaved with his wife but also failed to help Kiran shift to the ward from the emergency. The delay on the part of the hospital staff resulted in the child’s delivery at an unsafe spot and her death, he alleged. A complaint has been lodged.

While doctors of the ward concerned have denied any negligence in this connection, Dr SS Sangwan, Vice-Chancellor of the Health University managing the PGIMS, was not available for his version. Kin of a woman patient had staged a demonstration against doctors a few days back when a newborn had died in mysterious circumstances.

Chandigarh, June 17
Two constables of the Haryana police, Amandeep and Parveen Kumar, scaled 23,210-feet-high Satopanth peak in Gharwal Himalayas today. The two cops reached the peak at 6.40 am.

Amandeep and Parveen, along with two women constables, Anita and Indu Bala, were part of the ITBP-cum-Haryana police pre-Everest mountaineering expedition.

The expedition was flagged off from Dehradun on May 20. Amandeep (23) joined the Haryana police in 2008. He belongs to Jandpur village in Mohali district of Punjab. Parveen Kumar (22) of Gudha village of Karnal district also joined the Haryana police in 2008.

According to a police spokesman, next year the constables will attempt to scale the Mount Everest in a first joint expedition with the ITBP.

The Satopanth peak is the second highest summit in the Gangotri group of mountains. The route is through glaciers, high-angled snow slops and knife-edge ridges. “Sato” means heaven and “Panth” means path.

The other mountaineers of the Haryana police, who climbed the Mount Everest, like Mamta Sauda, constable Sushma from Panipat and painter Amit Kumar of the Ambala police, who climbed up to the Hillary point, did so through private companies in their individual capacity after paying heavy charges.

The Haryana police has now established a regular adventurous sports activities unit to encourage young policemen and women. Haryana DGP Ranjiv Dalal congratulated the two heroes through the wireless network of the ITBP.

Jhajjar, June 17
Two policemen posted at the city police station in Bahadurgarh town have been suspended after they were found involved in the gang-rape of a minor three days ago.

One of the cops has been arrested while the other has absconded. Besides, four youths have also been arrested in the case.

Jhajjar SP Patram Singh said today the arrested included constable Rakesh of Bohar village in Rohtak, Vipul of Vikas Nagar (Bahadurgarh), Ravi and Ajay of Barahi village and Sandeep of Jakhoda village here. Another accused - head constable Mahender Singh of Chaudharyvaas village in Hisar - has absconded.

“We have recovered a motorcycle and a mobile phone from the possession of the accused, who were today produced in a local court, which remanded them in judicial custody for 14 days,” said the SP.

Trimal Singh of Vikas Nagar had lodged a complaint that some youths raped his 13-year-old daughter after abducting her in a car on June 14.

The Bahadurgarh police had registered a case against the youths.

“The investigation into the case revealed that the girl was not abducted. She had gone with Vipul on a motorcycle of her own will. However, she fabricated a story of her kidnapping when she got late in returning home,” said the SP.

Later, the police found the involvement of two policemen - constable Rakesh and head constable Mahender Singh. Thereafter, the police succeeded in arresting five of the six accused. The SP said a departmental inquiry had also been ordered against the accused cops.

Sirsa, June 17
A 32-year-old man, Darshan, was found hanging at his residence in Ayalki village here today. The victim lived with his wife and four children in the village. His cousin Kalu Ram said Darshan’s wife Kamlesh came to his house this morning and told him that her husband had committed suicide.

However, Darshan’s father Sahi Ram alleged foul play in his son’s death and demanded a thorough inquiry. The police said the body has been sent for a postmortem.

Hisar, June 17
Dalit residents of Mirchpur village of this district have split in two groups.

One faction camping at the farmhouse of Ved Pal Tanwar has been staging a dharna at the local mini-secretariat for the past three days, seeking Tanwar’s release and compensation for those injured in the police lathi charge here earlier this week.

Leaders of the other faction still living in the village met newspersons at the local PWD Rest House and demanded stern action against Tanwar for dividing their community and deriving political mileage out of the Dalit villagers camping at his farmhouse.They alleged Tanwar had been instigating Dalits for his personal benefit. They said those camping at the farmhouse should not be given the rations they were entitled to as this facility was restricted to those staying in Mirchpur.

They warned that if the administration did not take action against Tanwar or issued BPL cards to the Dalits camping at his farmhouse, they would resort to an agitation.

Sirsa, June 17
A poor family hailing from Maharashtra ran from pillar to post looking for land to bury a body today.

The family brought the body of Ram Rattan (26) to the local mini secretariat after it was denied burial in any of the graveyards.

Ram Rattan, who eked a living by doing manual labour, died after a brief illness last night. The victim’s wife, Usha, and other kin complained that they took the body to the burial grounds of three religions but were not allowed to do so.

Finally, Yudhbir Singh Khyalia, DC, intervened and deputed tehsildar Rajender Singh to help the family. The body was finally buried in the Christian cemetery near the Kanganpur road late in the evening. — TNS

Karnal, June 17
The “rasam kriya” of ex-sarpanch of Kombopura, Karam Singh, who was allegedly murdered on June 7, today turned into a protest meeting with the Sain Samaj declaring an “open war” to seek justice for the deceased.

Sain Samaj leaders were sore that the real culprits had not so far been arrested. The families of Karam Singh and his cousin, Chamel Singh, who was also found dead under mysterious circumstances two days ago, were living in fear

Kalawati, president of the Haryana Sain Samaj, said there was resentment in the community against the murder of two prominent persons of the Sain Samaj in the past 10 days. Meanwhile, members of the Sain Samaj today kept their shops closed to lodge their protest and urged the government to take action against the culprits.