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Two head wardens of jail suspended
Festive mood prevails in Doon on Id
Rawat takes on Nishank
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Toll-free number for complaints’ registration
More staff, animals for Malsi Deer Park on cards
Siddhant star in Doon School victory
Wills Youth beat Cantt Blue
Swimming competition held at RIMC
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Two head wardens of jail suspended
Dehradun, August 31 An FIR has also been registered against them under Section 223, 224 of the Indian Penal Code at the Sahaspur police station. A magisterial probe has already been ordered into the whole matter. “We suspended the two head wardens as the prisoners who fled were under their custody. Prima facie their negligence have come to light into the matter. An FIR has been lodged and whosever found guilty will be penalised,” Bhaskaranand, Inspector General of Prisons said. The two wardens have been identified as Ramavtar Satyarathi and Madan Lal. Meanwhile, Jail Minister Rajender Bhandari inspected the jail today and accepted the negligence of the jail officials in the case. The dreaded prisoners, Ravi Bengali and Salim, said to have fled by jumping the 22-foot-long boundary wall of the prison. However, the police is not able digest it. The jail authorities informed the administration and the police after four hours of the incident. State DGP Jyoti Swaroop Pandey expressed surprise when he got to know through the media that the prisoners had fled. SSP Gopal Nath Goswami said had the police been informed on time about the incident, they could have caught the fleeing prisoners. Though after the district police was informed about the matter, it did thorough combing in the area to nab the prisoners but in vain. After getting the surprising news, SP (Rural) GC Dhyani and Sahaspur CO reached the spot with the police force yesterday. CCTV cameras in the jail are also said to be out of order and it is being seen as a major security loophole. On this the IG (Prisons) said, “The cameras have nothing to do with the fleeing of the prisoners. It was sheer foolishness or may be negligence on the part of the head wardens that the two escaped.” However, the IG said the CCTV cameras inside barracks were properly working but he was not sure about the status of other cameras on the jail premises. The IG said the report of the probe, which had been handed over to the SDM, was expected to come this evening or early morning following which strict action would be initiated. “For now, only the involvement of the wardens has come to light. But whosoever will be indicted in the police inquiry and the SDM probe, he will be taken to task,” Bhaskaranand added.
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Festive mood prevails in Doon on Id
Dehradun, August 31 Marking the end of the fasting month of Ramzan, all the mosques were brimming with devotees. Dressed in traditional white clothes, they offered prayers at the Jama Masjid (Paltan Bazar) and other mosques and idgahs at Dharampur, Rajpur and Majra. People greeted each other "Eid Mubarak" soon after the namaz was over and offered food to the poor and needy. The Inamullah building with a sizable Muslim population had been abuzz with activity since morning. People were seen buying gifts and the restaurant owners served special dishes. “Sheer kurma” and the other varieties of biryani were shared among friends and members of families. Several men and women thronged the bazars for Id shopping. “I had already done my shopping for bangles and henna yesterday, today also I will visit a store to buy a suit for myself,” said Rehana. In all the sweet shops, separate counters were set up displaying Id sweetmeats packed in eye-catching wrappers. People were seen buying dates, the traditional sewain and clothes. “The sales have already picked up and will continue till the end of this week. We have brought chikan (embroidery) outfits for both men and women,” said a shopkeeper in the Paltan Bazar. Meanwhile, cadets of the RIMC also celebrated Id-ul-Fitr with great zeal. Haridwar: Id-ul-Fitr was celebrated with fervour in the holy city. People performed turned up at mosques in large numbers in the morning to offer namaz. At the Jama Masjid in Jwalapur, thousands of devotees offered namaz while Bada Masjid and the Idgahs at Kotarwan, BHEL, Subash Nagar were jampacked with members of the Muslim community. District Magistrate R Meenakshi Sundaram, SSP Kewal Khurana along with other administrative officials were present at the Jwalapur Idgah to extend wishes to the namazis. Elaborate security arrangements were made in the entire district with the personnel of the police and paramilitary forces deployed in different areas as a precautionary measure. Section 144 was imposed in the district on Tuesday. In Roorkee, SP (Rural) Roshan Lal Sharma said in view of the sensitivity of the area additional police personnel were deployed in the city for the whole day. Mussoorie: Id was celebrated with traditional enthusiasm amid heavy security arrangements in Mussoorie. The festivities began with Muslims, young and old, attired in traditional costumes converging at various mosques in the town to offer namaz. Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola and Municipal Council President OP Uniyal extending greetings on the occasion.
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Rawat takes on Nishank
Dehradun, August 31 In a statement issued today, Rawat said it was strange that while many journalists, who were witness to the state agitation, even did not register themselves as state agitationists, but the Chief Minister still identified himself as journalist among state agitationists. He said such an act of the Chief Minister only belittled the respect of the post. The Opposition leader reminded that he himself had participated in the state agitation but never got himself registered as state agitationist. Rawat said those journalists, who had taken part in the state agitation, must be included on the list of state agitationists. He also sought special facilities for such journalists.
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Toll-free number for complaints’ registration
Dehradun, August 31 Mayor Vinod Chamoli said people could call from their landline or cellphone and they would be provided with a registration number on the basis of which a person would be able to know the complaint’s status. The DMC would upload complaints on their website. The centre would remain open from 10 am to 5 pm. —
TNS
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More staff, animals for Malsi Deer Park on cards
Dehradun, August 31 The Approved Concept Plan for the Malsi includes the Animal Collection Plan that suggests for housing animals like tiger, gharial and mugger in the park. It also suggests for bringing in leopard, Himalayan black bear, elephant, rhesus monkey, common langur, flying squirrel, swamp deer, samber, spotted deer, barking deer, goral, red jungle fowl, peafowl, hornbills and other birds and monitor lizards in the park and making appropriate enclosures for them. The park already has about 150 mammals and birds. The plan further entails appointing Deputy Conservator as full-time officer in charge with a designation of director at the park. Similarly, an Assistant Conservator as full-time curator, a full-time veterinary officer, an education officer and a biologist besides the support staff have also been recommended. The Malsi Deer Park has already submitted its master plan to the Central Zoo Authority some time back. Thus, the Concept Plan, if implemented, could make the Malsi one of the best zoos of Uttarakhand. The Dehradun Forest division has already taken some key initiatives in the 119 hectare Malsi Deer Park such as enlarging the enclosures of the male and female leopards, “Raja and Rani”, and putting up signboards. Malsi forest range officer Rajkumar Tank disclosed that the authority had asked the department to submit a proposed 10-year management plan for the park for developing it into a full-fledged medium category zoo. The department has enlarged the leopard enclosure which now covers an area of more than 1,000 square metres for two leopards. More than 20 hectare area is given to deer kept in the park. Boards have been installed to inform the visitors about the various creatures kept in the zoo. The park authorities will also bring in kalij pheasant, silver pheasant and other pheasant in October in the park. The Malsi is also an important shelter house for injured and rescued wildlife in Dehradun and adjoining areas, particularly leopards.
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Siddhant star in Doon School victory
Dehradun, August 31 In the second half, Doon School put pressure on the opposite side by making some good shots. The first success came for the winning team in the 40th minute through Siddhant. The confident player did not take much time to strike the next goal in the fifth minute of his first score. In another match played today, Indian Public School (IPS) won by 4-0 over Selaqui International School (SIS). Shubham (15th), PL Zora (20th, 25th) and Amar (18th) were the scorers in the win. Pranay (50th) was the lone scorer for SIS.
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Wills Youth beat Cantt Blue
Dehradun, August 31 Arpan struck in the 30th, 38th and 50th minutes of the play. Mohit (45th) also chipped in with a goal in the win of Wills. On the other hand, Cantt Blue had to be satisfied with a single goal. This was Anshul (17th) who scored the lone goal of Cantt Blue. In another match, Gypsy Club beat City Young 4-2. Sunil Raj (fourth, eighth), Ankit Negi (47th) and Shubha (56th) netted goals for the winning side. For City Young, Hemant Thapa (sixth) and Goswami (45th) could only score a goal each to help their side fight. Tomorrow, Vijay Cantt will face Sunderwala and Akranta will take on Uttarakhand Police.
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Swimming competition held at RIMC
Dehradun, August 31
800 m freestyle First: Cadet Arpit Sangwan Second: Cadet Akshay Chugh Third: Cadet Aman Kumar Gupta 200 m breast stroke First: Cadet Anmol Rawat Second: Cadet Kush Kumar Third: Cadet Tabshir Ahmed 200 m backstroke First: Cadet Taral Chanchani Second: Cadet Shantanu Mohan Third: Cadet Rishav Saha 200 m butterfly First: Cadet Arpit Sangwan Second: Cadet Deepak Bharadwaj Third: Cadet Akash Yadav 400 m freestyle First: Cadet Gaurav Mhetre Second: Cadet Harshit Kaushik Third: Cadet Kartikeya Anand 200 m individual medley First: Cadet Shashank Dahiya Second: Cadet Shailesh Naik Third: Cadet Gaurav Mhetre Overall standings Pratap: 114 points Ranjit: 131 points Shivaji: 139 points Chandragupta: 171 points.
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Festive mood prevailed in the capital city today as Id-ul-Fitr was celebrated with religious fervour. Muslims thronged the mosques for morning
namaz.
Dehradun, August 31
Siddhant scored a brace to show a winning path to Doon School over Raja Ram Mohun Roy 2-0 in the ongoing Senior Boys Council Football Tournament here today.
He struck both goals in the second half. The back-to-back goals were scored in the 40th and 45th minutes. Earlier, the first half despite some good goal bearing attempts by the two sides remained goalless.
