J A L A N D H A R    E D I T I O N

Dhussi bundh erosion continues, repair work picks up pace
Nakodar, September 19
The Dhussi Bundh erosion which started on Saturday at village Baopur in Shahkot continues to be a haunting experience for the officials of the Drainage Department.

Revenue Minister Ajit Singh Kohar extends a helping hand in the ongoing bundh- strengthening work at Baopur village in Shahkot on Monday. Photo by writer

Woman delivers on hospital lawn
Jalandhar, September 19
Sunita, a resident of Focal Point area, delivered a baby boy on the lawn of the Civil Hospital here today. Her husband Mandire had gone to fetch a stretcher for her.

Sunita with the baby at the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar on Monday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

Gold snatcher held after injuring 3
Nakodar, September 19
Rakesh and his two sisters were injured in a snatching incident on Monday, when a snatcher on a bike tried to snatch a gold chain of a pillion rider girl at village Billi in Shahkot.

3 booked in assault case
Amritsar, September 19
The Jandiala police has registered a case of attempt to murder in connection with the yesterday’s assault during the SGPC polling in Jandiala constituency. Five persons were injured in the incident.

Man kills brother over property dispute
Nawanshahr, September 19
The police arrested Vijay Kumar (23) of New Church Colony here for allegedly murdering his brother Rakesh Kumar (25) early this morning. The SHO (City), K.D. Sharma, said as per the preliminary investigation it came to light that Vijay Kumar killed his brother Rakesh Kumar by strangling him and hitting him with a wooden rod.

Five vehicle thieves arrested
Tarn Taran, September 19
The Khalra police has arrested two members of a four-member gang of vehicle thieves. They had been cheating people by selling stolen vehicles under fake registration certificates (RCs).

IIT professor is NIT director
Jalandhar, September 19
Prof Samir Kumar Das, Head of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur, has been selected as the Director of the Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT). Giving the information, Registrar A.L. Sangal said the new Director was expected to join on or before September 30.

Dhussi bundh erosion continues, repair work picks up pace
Nikhil Bhardwaj

Nakodar, September 19
The Dhussi Bundh erosion which started on Saturday at village Baopur in Shahkot continues to be a haunting experience for the officials of the Drainage Department. Latest reports reveal that soil erosion has begun at other vulnerable points of the embankments as well and this has forced the government to increase the work force.

The SDO drainage, Harish Kumar, said that to control soil erosion was not as easy a task as it seems because it could occur anywhere in the bundh at any point in time. At what point would it emerge and from which point of the bundh, that can’t be determined in advance. Along with the 125 government labourers, the help of eco-activist Sant Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal and Baba’s sewadars, the bundh-strengthening work today was done at a good pace.

The state Revenue Minister, Ajit Singh Kohar today took stock of the ongoing bundh-strengthening work and also applauded the efforts of Sant Seechewal. The minister also assured all possible help to control the situation. He also extended a helping hand in the ongoing bundh repair work.

Many villagers were also seen extending help to mend the eroding bundh. Officials maintained that at this moment, it was not possible to fix any time frame for completion of ongoing work, till then a strict vigil was needed to be kept at vulnerable points of the bundh. Now the water level in the Sutlej is at around 29,000 cusecs.

Woman delivers on hospital lawn
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 19
Sunita, a resident of Focal Point area, delivered a baby boy on the lawn of the Civil Hospital here today. Her husband Mandire had gone to fetch a stretcher for her. The woman was in advanced stage of labour when she reached the hospital. She delivered her baby in the lawn in front of the emergency area.

Sunita was in intense pain when she reached the hospital. While hospital staff confirmed the incident, Dr Avtar Singh, Medical Superintendent, said he got to know about the incident but he could not find the woman in the hospital later.

Gold snatcher held after injuring 3
Nikhil Bhardwaj

Nakodar, September 19
Rakesh and his two sisters were injured in a snatching incident on Monday, when a snatcher on a bike tried to snatch a gold chain of a pillion rider girl at village Billi in Shahkot.

Rakesh along with his two sisters, Sonia and Veena, was heading to Malsian, when the snatcher on motorbike started following them. DSP Jasveer Singh said as the victim reached near Billi village the snatcher suddenly parallelled his bike with Rakesh’s and attempted to snatch a gold chain from Sonia.

Both the bikes collided with each other and all of them fell down from the speeding bikes on the national highway 703. The three victims sustained serious injuries and were under treatment at the local hospital. Later, the snatcher was caught by locals and was brought to the DSP office.

3 booked in assault case
PK Jaiswar/TNS

Amritsar, September 19
The Jandiala police has registered a case of attempt to murder in connection with the yesterday’s assault during the SGPC polling in Jandiala constituency. Five persons were injured in the incident.

Navjinder Singh, Kanwaljit Singh and Harpreet Singh, all residents of Talwandi Dogra, besides 12 unidentified persons have been booked under Section 307 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act against them on the statement of one Chanchal Singh.

It is pertinent to mention here that five SAD activists were injured when supporters of an Independent candidate from the Jandiala constituency, Amarjeet Singh Bandala, allegedly attacked them with sharp-edged weapons and pistols at a polling booth at the Talwandi Dogra village yesterday evening.

Balwinder Singh had alleged that the counting was under progress when at least 15 men armed with sharp-edged weapons and pistols reached the site and started arguing with us. “They attacked and seriously injured us,” he said.

Man kills brother over property dispute
Our Correspondent

Nawanshahr, September 19
The police arrested Vijay Kumar (23) of New Church Colony here for allegedly murdering his brother Rakesh Kumar (25) early this morning. The SHO (City), K.D. Sharma, said as per the preliminary investigation it came to light that Vijay Kumar killed his brother Rakesh Kumar by strangling him and hitting him with a wooden rod.

Rakesh Kumar was working as a clerk with a local advocate and had reportedly borrowed some money from his employer for the construction of their house.

They were four brothers and now the dispute was going on in the family as Rakesh Kumar had been pressing his brothers for getting the house registered in his name as he had spent money on its construction.

Five vehicle thieves arrested
Our Correspondents

Tarn Taran, September 19
The Khalra police has arrested two members of a four-member gang of vehicle thieves. They had been cheating people by selling stolen vehicles under fake registration certificates (RCs).

A case was registered under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 473 of the IPC against them here on Sunday.

The arrested thieves have been identified as Gurjant Singh and Mehar Singh, residents of Amritsar.. A stolen Hero Honda motorcycle (PB-02 H, 2185 ) has been recovered from them.

Batala: Three vehicle thieves have been arrested by the police and one stolen Accent car and five motorcycles recovered from them.

While talking to mediaperson here today, Gurkirpal Singh, SSP, said the thieves were arrested yesterday with the stolen vehicles and a case under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC was registered against them.

The accused were produced in the court here today and were remanded in judicial custody.

Last month, nine stolen motorcycles and household articles were recovered from them.

IIT professor is NIT director

Jalandhar, September 19
Prof Samir Kumar Das, Head of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur, has been selected as the Director of the Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT). Giving the information, Registrar A.L. Sangal said the new Director was expected to join on or before September 30.

The post had been lying vacant ever since former Director Dr Moin Uddin joined as Pro-VC at Delhi Technological University in September last year. Prof S.B.S. Mishra, the senior-most professor, had been serving as officiating director ever since. — TNS