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Facebook ‘friends’ steal ATM card of girl’s dad
Jalandhar, August 27
In a typical case of cyber crime, two city-based youth developed a relationship with a local girl, stole her father’s ATM card and diary and withdrew Rs 3 lakh from a bank. The accused have been identified as Gaurav Kaushal, a resident of Dad Colony, and Sagar of Shiv Nagar colony along the Sodal Road. The duo fell in the police net when they were trudging on foot and were intercepted at a naka laid by the anti-fraud wing of the City police at Sodal road.

Neighbours’ fight claims life
Tarn Taran, August 27
A fight turned ugly between two families in Sabhra village as it claimed the life of Baj Singh late last evening.

Ex-MP writes to EC for DSP’s transfer
Kapurthala, August 27
A former MP, Rana Gurjit Singh has requested the Election Commission of India to immediately shift the Kapurthala DSP Kulwant Singh Heer.

Pollution board raids schools, hospitals
Pathankot, August 27
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) raided educational institutions and healthcare establishments here today.

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	Facebook ‘friends’ steal ATM card of girl’s dad Withdraw Rs 3 lakh from bank and splurge Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 27 In a typical case of cyber crime, two city-based youth developed a relationship with a local girl, stole her father’s ATM card and diary and withdrew Rs 3 lakh from a bank. The accused have been identified as Gaurav Kaushal, a resident of Dad Colony, and Sagar of Shiv Nagar colony along the Sodal Road. The duo fell in the police net when they were trudging on foot and were intercepted at a naka laid by the anti-fraud wing of the City police at Sodal road. The police registered a case of forgery against Vipan Pathak, an employee of a Kapurthala-based factory, on the complaint of Krishan Kumar, a resident of Glob Colony on August 19 at police station division No 8. Sukhjit Singh, in charge of the wing, revealed that the duo formed a relationship with Krishan Kumar’s daughter on the Facebook. They slowly developed a rapport with her and became frequent visitors to her house. The complainant is a retired employee of the Rail Coach Factory and suspects Pathak’s involvement in the theft. The money was a part of the amount that he got after retirement from the company, he added. During their interrogation, the duo also admitted to have stolen the ATM Card and the diary from the girl’s house. After getting the ATM’s secret PIN, they operated the ATM and withdrew the amount almost two months ago. Sukhjit Singh revealed that the duo had been putting up in different hotels in the city and were living in luxury after committing the crime.
	Neighbours’ fight claims life Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, August 27 A fight turned ugly between two families in Sabhra village as it claimed the life of Baj Singh late last evening. The Patti police has booked Murta Singh and his three sons Gurwant Singh, Shishi and Gurpreet Singh have been booked for murder under Sections 302, 307, 324,323 and 34 of the IPC. In the quarrel, Baj Singh died while his brother Dilbag Singh and his wife Surjit Kaur received serious injuries. Deceased’s father Jagtar Singh in his statement to the police said the fight started late evening when his Baj Singh stopped the accused from removing bricks from a street. The accused who were armed with weapons attacked them. All three were brought to Patti Civil Hospital where Baj Singh succumbed to his injuries.
	Ex-MP writes to EC for DSP’s transfer Dharmendra Joshi/TNS Kapurthala, August 27 A former MP, Rana Gurjit Singh has requested the Election Commission of India to immediately shift the Kapurthala DSP Kulwant Singh Heer. In a letter to written to the EC, Rana alleged that “A proclaimed offender (PO), Satish Nahar is moving about freely in the city and he is also seen with the Aadampur SAD MLA Sarabjit Singh Makkar who is keen to contest the forthcoming elections from Kapurthala. But the police has done nothing to arrest the PO.” Rana further alleged “Kapurthala DSP is acting like a jathedar of the ruling Akali Dal. That is why, the police is not arresting the PO Nahar, despite his free movement in the city. While Kapurthala SSP SS Mann refused to comment on the allegations of the former MP, MLA Makkar denied that he had any links with the PO Satish Nahar. Makkar said he had gone to Nahar’s mohalla where he and the residents of that locality assured him of support in the forthcoming elections. To a query, Makkar denied that the PO Satish Nahar had joined the SAD in his presence a few days ago.
	Pollution board raids schools, hospitals Our Correspondent Pathankot, August 27 The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) raided educational institutions and healthcare establishments here today. A team, headed by Sandeep Bhal, Environmental Engineer, inspected private educational institutions, including International Heritage School, Dalhousie Public School and Sai Institute, and observed none of these institutes have installed sewage treatment plant to treat the effluents arising from their premises. The team further observed that effluents were being discharged into the adjoining khads and drains thereby polluting the inland surface water. In some institutions the effluents were being lifted through private vehicles for disposal at undisclosed locations. The effluent samples were collected and sent to laboratories for analysis, said Bhal. Bahl said notices were served on these institutions for the violation of Prevention and Control of Pollution Act. The team also raided various private hospitals, namely Raavi Hospital, Ajay Heart Care Hospital and Kapoor Maternity Home, and found glaring irregularities in the management of bio-medical waste. The team observed that Ajay Heart Centre was not segregating its bio-medical waste, which was also found littered in the hospital. Bhal took serious note of the irregularities observed in these units.
	Two killed in mishap Jalandhar, August 27 A driver and his assistant were killed when a Tata 407 that they were travelling in met with an accident at Raipur on the Jalandhar-Jammu Highway in the wee hours today. Loaded with vegetables, the ill-fated vehicle was coming to Jalandhar from Chamba, when it rammed into a stationery truck resulting in the tragedy. The victims died on the spot. The truck driver was sleepy and lost control leading to the collision. The deceased have been identified as Huneef Mohammad and Nandoo, both residents of Chamba in Himachal Pradesh. The truck driver is absconding. SHO, Mqsudan, Paramjit Singh said the bodies were handed over to the families. — TNS
	Meandering Sutlej hinders stud-laying work at dhussi bundh Nikhil Bharwdaj Nakodar August 27 The meandering reaction of Sutlej waters at dhussi bundh at village Baopur in Shahkot is proving to be a bottleneck, thereby slowing down the stud-laying work alongside the dhussi bundh. The SDO, drainage, Harish Kumar said that though stud-laying work was going on at a good pace, but the unexpected meandering in Sutlej was still proving a big hurdle in stud-laying work. He said, “On Friday, due to water meandering and strong currents of water, around 50 feet laid stud at dhussi bundh was submerged into the water,”adding that until the soil erosion at dhussi bundh was completely stopped, stud-laying work would continue and it was not possible to fix any timeframe of completion of the ongoing repair work. He further said that soil erosion was a natural phenomenon whenever the water flowed at a low level in the Sutlej adding that erosion would come to an end when the water level in the Sutlej increases. He said drainage officials would keep a strict vigil till the end of the monsoon at the vulnerable points at dhussi bundh. Officials of Drainage Department revealed that now the water level in the Sutlej was around 10,000 cusecs and tomorrow it was expected to touch 50,000 cusecs as water released from Sarsa, Sawah River would enters into Ropar Headworks which would later spread into the Sutlej. He said, “More than one lakh sand bags, 10 tonnes of iron string and 1600 kg of thread rope had been consumed in stud-laying work and further requirements of materials were already sought. Around 400 Punjab Armed Police (PAP) Jawans had been deployed at the dhussi bundh in a hurry when the swollen Sutlej had been eroding hundreds of feet of land inside it. Now around 70 labourers are engaged in stud-laying work.