The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

	Government to set up Bal Sudhar Ghars Ravinder Sud Hoshiarpur, June 28 The Punjab government will set up Bal Sudhar Ghars in all the districts of the state for which Rs 43 crore would be spent. This was disclosed by the Social Security, Women and Bal Vikas Minister Punjab, Laxmi Kanta Chawala, while talking to juvenile prisoners at the Bal Sudhar Ghar in Ram colony camp here today. She said the Punjab government had made an agreement with the Central government for setting up Bal Sudhar Ghars for which the latter would provide 75 per cent share and remaining 25 per cent would be borne by the former. The Punjab govenment had released its share of Rs 19.59 crore for this purpose. The construction of Bal Sudhar Ghars is being done under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme. A scheme was being formulated for the shifting of juvenile prisoners above 14 years of age to their respective district. However, juvenile prisoners, who had crossed the international boundary and had entered into the Indian Territory illegally, would be allowed to meet their parents once a month. All the juvenile prisoners, who have lost their father and mother, would be kept in Bal Sudhar Ghars where educational facility would be provided to them. Similarly arrangement has been made to educate all those children, who had been rescued under the Child Labour Act and were sent to Bal Sudhar Ghars. The minister instructed the superintendent of the Bal Sudhar Ghar at Ram colony camp to make arrangements of clothes for juvenile prisoners, a generator set, potable water and proper maintenance of their toilet blocks. She also instructed the officials to make arrangements for sports and a worship place for juveniles in the Sudhar Ghar. Chawala interacted with the juveniles and listened to their problems. She also inspected the kitchen and food being served to them. The minister also inspected the old age home being run by the department and interacted with its old inmates to know about their difficulties. Chief Secretary Social Security, Women and Child development, TR Sarangwal, said the state government was making arrangements to educate and provide technical education to the inmates at Bal Sudhar Ghars. A medical check up camp was jointly organised by Shri Ram Charit Manas Parchar Mandal, Loins Club and the District Health Department to examine the juveniles and senior citizens. Sweets and fruits were also distributed on the occasion. Representatives of Shri Ram Charit Manas Parchar Mandal, Loins Club and Bal Sudhar Ghar honoured Chawala on the occasion.
	Abductor held, girl recovered Two-and-a-half-year-old case Amaninder Pal Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 28 Cracking the two-and-a-half-year-old abduction case of a girl, the Jalandhar police today arrested the accused, but only after the girl became the mother of the abductor’s daughter. The accused was already married at the occurrence of the crime. The police said the case dated back to March, 2009, when the girl was abducted by Ajay Sharma, resident of Raj Nagar locality. Since then, despite relentless efforts made by the girl’s family and the police, both of them remained untraced. Recently, the girl managed to contact one of her relatives and informed him of her whereabouts. The SHO, Jasbir Singh, in charge, Basti Bawa Khel police division, said after the abduction, the girl’s family had alleged that Ajay’s wife and two of his relatives had also connived with Ajay in the execution of the crime. “The girl’s family had alleged that Ajay had no child from his wife. With the desire to have an issue from the victim, the couple planed to abduct the girl,” said the SHO. Earlier, a case under Section 366 of the IPC was registered against all the four at Maqsudaan police station, he added. “Since her abduction, the girl stayed with Ajay Sharma at different locations, including Bilaspur, Manali and finally at Dhadari Kalaan, near Ludhiana. The girl had no contact number of any of her relative. Somehow, she managed to trace the contact number of one of her relative and told him about her whereabouts at Dhandari Kalaan, where the police nabbed Ajay Sharma,” added Jasbir Singh. Jasbir said the girl would be produced in the court tomorrow. Meanwhile, converting the original sections, the police had now registered a case under Section 376 of the IPC against Ajay Sharma, he said.
	Five of snatchers’ gang held Hoshiarpur, June 28 With the arrest of five persons, the district police has claimed to have unearthed an inter-district gang of chain and money bag snatchers here last evening. SSP Rakesh Aggarwal in a press conference here this afternoon said keeping in view the spurt in chain and money bag snatching incidents, a special drive against anti-social elements was launched. The police said five of the eight members of an inter-districts chain and money bag snatchers gang identified as, Shivam alias Mano, of government quarters, local civil hospital, Rajat of Shanker Nagar, Rohit Kumar, Harash Batra alias sonu, of Jalandhar Cantt and Sandip Thaman of local Mohalla, Sukhiabad were arrested last night while they were preparing for snatching at local Bhangi Choe. However, three more members of the gang, Shiva alias Shipu, of Khajuri Gate, Batala, Sikandar of Badhan, PS Bulhowal, and Karan of local Shankar Nagar escaped under the cover of darkness. During preliminary interrogation the accused revealed that they would ride on motorcycles and snatch chains and bags from people moving on desolate roads and streets. They confessed that they had snatched 11 gold chains from the necks of women, two pairs of gold earrings, cash and mobiles etc. from four persons in Hoshiarpur city. Besides they confessed to committing other petty crimes. Shivam, who is the kingpin of this gang confessed to 20 chain snatchings. All of the arrested persons are addicts and many cases of snatching have already been registered in various police stations against them. Shivam was out on bail. The police recovered two motorcycles, 13 gold chains, Rs 20,000, 50 gm smack and sharp-edged weapons from them. — OC
	Crime File 3 hurt in firing Tarn Taran: Three persons were injured in a firing incident at Seetomeh Jhugian village here on Tuesday. A dispute over five kanals of land led to the incident. The injured have been identified as Gurpreet Singh and his brother Rachhpal Singh, residents of Seetomeh Jhugian village, and Avtar Singh of Jaur Singh Wala village, who was from the rival group. Jaswant Singh, father of Gurpreet and Rachhpal, was working in the land with his tractor when Pargat Singh, another claimant of the land came to the spot with his associate Avtar Singh. Pargat Singh not only burnt the tractor of Jaswant Singh but opened fire on his sons leaving them injured. Jaswant Singh and his sons returned fire injuring Avtar Singh. The Patti police has registered a case in this regard. — OC 2 held with heroin Nakodar: The police on Tuesday arrested two persons and recovered half kg of heroin from them. Surinderpal Singh, SHO of the Nakodar Police station said during patrolling near National College, a police team suspected a Honda City car and signaled them to stop. On inspection half kg of heroin was recovered from them. The arrested persons were identified as Sukhjit Singh, a resident of Jafarwal village and Darshan, a resident of Angra in district Gurdaspur. A case under Section 21, 61, 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered against the accused. — OC Woman set ablaze Hoshiarpur: Ravi Kumar, son of Kishori Lal, of local Mohalla Kamalpur sprinkled petrol on his first wife, Sunita, aged about 30 years and set her ablaze when she was going with her paramour, Jaswant Singh, near the railway crossing Phagwara road here on Tuesday. According to the police sources, Ravi later consumed some poisonous substance and went to civil hospital where he breathed his last. Sunita, wife of Ravi Kumar, had strained relations with her husband and had left him some time back. She was living with Jaswant Singh at Gokal Nagar. Sunita was admitted to a local civil hospital. According to the Senior Medical Officer, Dr Bhupinder Singh, Sunita had received 50 per cent burn injuries and was struggling for life. — OC Man kills wife Tarn Taran: Malkiat Singh (32) killed his wife Kuljit Kaur (30), a resident of nearby Naushehra Pannuan village, late last evening. The Sarhali police registered case under Section 302 of the IPC against Malkiat. SSP Preetpaul Singh Virk said the husband doubted the character of his wife and both used to quarrel over petty matters. Malkait killed Kuljit with a wooden dowel. Malkiat is absconding. — OC
	Anti-Dalit policies will hit SAD-BJP govt hard: BSP Tribune Reporters Jalandhar, June 28 Terming the ruling SAD-BJP regime as ‘anti-Dalit’, BSP national general secretary Narinder Kumar Kashyap said the party would try to form the next government in Punjab by uprooting the Akalis in the state. Kashyap lambasted the so-called ‘pro-Dalit’ stand of the SAD-BJP government and said if Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal can withdraw ‘vendetta’ cases against Captain Amarinder Singh, then why he is not withdrawing cases against Dalits following post-Vienna riots. Further answering a query pertaining to an alliance to contest the next Assembly elections in the state, Kashyap said, “BSP will contest on its own. There is no question of an alliance with ruling government as our previous experience with SAD for making alliance was not good. The Akalis had betrayed BSP”, he claimed. Earlier in the day Kashyap along with various BSP party workers lodged protest against the hike in the price of petroleum products including the cooking gas. Nawanshahr: As part of its nationwide stir launched against the increase in the prices of petroleum products, rise in prices of the essential commodities and corruption, the Bahujan Samaj Party organised a district-level protest dharna and rally here in front of the District Administrative Complex here on Tuesday. Phagwara: BSP Punjab President and Rajya Sabha MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri addressed a dharma in local Hargobind Nagar Phagwara today. He described the Congress and SAD-BJP alliance as two sides of a coin as these parties do nothing for the welfare of the people. Hoshiarpur: As per the decision of the national unit, workers of the district Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Hoshiarpur, including women staged a protest rally in front of the mini-secretariat here today, to show their resentment against the recent hike of Rs 3 per litre in diesel and Rs 50 per cylinder of LPG by the UPA government. The state chief of the BSP, Punjab, and member of the Rajya Sabha, Avtar Singh Karimpuri, while addressing the rally said with the increase in prices of petroleum products, prices of all essential commodities would go up and would adversely affect the common man.
	Police picks up Youth Cong leader on CM’s visit Pathankot, June 28 In a dramatic midnight swoop, the Pathankot police rounded up former president of the District Youth Congress, Gurdaspur, Kartik Wadhera, and released him from custody only after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal left the town today evening. Kartik Wadhera, who shot into limelight after raising black flags in front of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’s cavalcade recently, was ‘nabbed’ by the police at midnight yesterday in front of his Mission road residence. “We apprehended that Kartik and his supporters would act as an impediment in Chief Minister’s visit to the town today. We took him into custody as a preventive measure,” disclosed a senior police officer, preferring anonymity. Kartik said around midnight six policemen, including two assistant sub-inspectors came to his residence and without informing him of his ‘crime’ took him away. He said he was taken to the Pathankot Sadar police station. Later, he was taken to the Sujanpur police station from where he was finally released in the evening. SP Bhupinder Singh Virk denied any wrongdoing by the cops and added that Kartik was just playing to the gallery to garner some cheap publicity. “Had we taken him into custody we would have arrested him,” Virk said. — TNS