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Woman among 7 held in blind murder case
Hoshiarpur, November 3
With the arrest of five persons, including a woman, the district police today claimed to have solved a blind murder case of Manjinder Singh (31), within 5 hours of the occurrence of the crime.

Four Punjab boys to return home today
Chandigarh/Dubai, November 3
Four of the eight Indian boys along with two Pakistani boys, who had their death sentence waived by an appeal court of Sharjah early this year on the payment of blood money, would finally be flying home tomorrow after completing a two-year sentence in a Sharjah prison.

Rise in cargo handling at Amritsar airport anticipated
Amritsar, November 3
President of the Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) Bharat Thakkar anticipated considerable rise in cargo handling at the Amritsar airport within the next five years.

3 killed in separate mishaps
Phagwara, November 3
Three persons, including a woman were killed in separate mishaps in and around Phagwara. In the first incident an unidentified middle-aged man was run over by a running train near Goraya.

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	Woman among 7 held in blind murder case Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, November 3 With the arrest of five persons, including a woman, the district police today claimed to have solved a blind murder case of Manjinder Singh (31), within 5 hours of the occurrence of the crime. In a press release here this afternoon, Hoshiarpur SSP Hardial Singh Mann said the accused have been identified as the wife of the victim Tejinder Pal Kaur, her paramour Harpreet Singh, alias Lovpreet, of Hussainpur (Bulhowal), Sukhjit Singh, of Sahri (Mehtiana), Jaswinder Singh, of Haderowal (Bulhowal) and Amritpal Singh, alias Deepak, of Nasrala Colony, Hoshiarpur. SSP said Manjinder Singh, who came back to India from Dubai six months ago, was married to Tejinder Pal Kaur, of Chokha on July 9. Deceased Manjinder Singh’s brother told the police that four persons came on two motorcycles to their house on the evening of October 31, to meet Tejinder Pal Kaur. When he inquired about them, Tejinder Pal Kaur said they were her relatives. After taking tea, they took his brother Manjinder Singh with them on some pretext and said he will return in the morning. On the next morning when his brother Manjinder Singh did not return, he tried to contact him on his mobile phone, but it was switched off. The police informed him later that the dead body of Manjinder Singh bearing several marks of injury caused due to sharp-edged weapons had been found near Machhian village. Tejinder Pal Kaur, confessed before the police that she was in love with Harpreet Singh before marriage. She used to talk to him on the telephone which Manjinder Singh was against. Due to this the couple developed strained relations as Tejinder Pal Kaur wanted to marry Harpreet Singh. On October 31, Tejinder Pal Kaur called Harpreet Singh on the phone and allegedly told him if he wanted to marry her, then he should eliminate her husband failing which she would die by consuming some poisonous substance, she admitted according to the police. Harpreet Singh and the accused came to her residence at about 7 pm in the evening and allegedly gave some intoxicating substance to Tejinder Pal Kaur in his tea. The accused then took the victim on their motorcycles to Machhian village where they allegedly assaulted an unconscious Manjinder Singh with sharp-edged weapons due to which he died on the spot. To hide his identity, they mutilated Manjinder Singh’s face. Later, Harpreet Singh informed Tejinder Pal Kaur that they had killed Manjinder Singh at 2.30 am. The police has recovered two motorcycles and weapons used in the crime from the accused.
	Sharjah bootlegging-cum-murder case Four Punjab boys to return home today Prabhjot Singh/TNS Chandigarh/Dubai, November 3 Four of the eight Indian boys along with two Pakistani boys, who had their death sentence waived by an appeal court of Sharjah early this year on the payment of blood money, would finally be flying home tomorrow after completing a two-year sentence in a Sharjah prison. The remaining four boys, also from Punjab, will have to wait for clearance from the Dubai police for cases pending against them before they can be released. Kuldip Singh of Moga, Sachin Kumar Sharma of Goraya, Rakesh Kumar of Maqsudan, Sukhpal Singh of Mansa, Hardev Singh of Kotkapura, Charanjeet of Nawanshahr, Amarjeet Singh of Goraya, Rashwinder Pal Singh of Moga, and Mohammed Ansar Chaudhary and Shahid Hussain Ifthreen Rana of Pakistan, were convicted for the murder of a Pakistani boy, Mohammed Mumtaz Yousuf, in 2009. Those returning home tomorrow are Rakesh Kumar, Sukhpal Singh, Charanjeet and Rashwinder Pal. It was late last year that SP Singh Oberoi, a Dubai-based Indian businessman, accompanied Mohammed Yousuf, victim’s father, to the Sharjah Appeal Court and made a joint submission that the victim’s family was ready for a compromise. On February 1 this year, Mohammed Yousuf accepted the blood money in the court. In all, Rs 62 lakh (Pakistani) was paid. Subsequently, on March 27, the Appeal Court waived the death sentence of all 10 convicts. The revised sentence was three-year imprisonment for each. Since all convicts completed their sentence on November 1, they have been ordered to be released and deported from the UAE, subject to clearance from various authorities. The Indian Consulate issued temporary passports (Out pass) within one day to four of the boys to facilitate their immediate return to India. Interestingly, the two Pakistani boys have already been deported to their country. Amarjeet has an absconding case pending against him in Dubai. Sachin is also an absconder in another case while details of cases against Kuldip and Hardev were still being worked out. Oberoi was hopeful that they would also be cleared in the next 10 days. the homecoming Eight Indian boys along with two Pakistanis were convicted for the murder of a Pakistani boy in 2009 SP Singh Oberoi, a Dubai-based Indian businessman, convinced victim’s father to accept blood money and reach a compromise All convicts completed their revised sentence of three years each on November 1 The remaining four Indian boys, also from Punjab, will have to wait for a clearance from the Dubai police for cases pending against them
	Rise in cargo handling at Amritsar airport anticipated Grant of MFN status to India by Pak Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Amritsar, November 3 President of the Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) Bharat Thakkar anticipated considerable rise in cargo handling at the Amritsar airport within the next five years. Talking to mediapersons on the inaugural day of the three-day 38th annual convention of the Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI), which kicked off here today, Thakkar said the strategically located Amritsar airport would be the top gainer in the country with Pakistan granting the MFN status to India. He said the theme for the convention, which was being held in the border town for the first time, was “Indian air cargo - Conquest of the skies”. Elaborating the reason for holding the convention here, he said it was the gateway for people coming to India from the Central Asia, potential city to become the centre of commercial activities, including surface transfers and last but not the least being the holy city. Talking about growth in the aviation sector, he said the Mumbai air cargo was ranked 29th in the leading air cargo terminals of the world recording 18.5 per cent in 2009-2010 fiscal year. He demanded that the government must set up an exclusive all-cargo airport in the National Capital Region (NCR) on the line of exclusive cargo airport at Nasik, near Mumbai. The Indian air cargo industry had come a long way from hiring space in a passenger aircraft to now flying freight carriers. He said over a century-old Indian aviation sector now needed dedicated cargo airline. In all six business sessions would be held in the three-day convention, which would be addressed by eminent speakers from the ministries of aviation, commerce and finance, airlines, airport terminal operators and experts from the industry.
	3 killed in separate mishaps Our Correspondent Phagwara, November 3 Three persons, including a woman were killed in separate mishaps in and around Phagwara. In the first incident an unidentified middle-aged man was run over by a running train near Goraya. In another mishap, a married woman Sandip Kaur, who had sustained serious burn injuries while working in her kitchen in the nearby Harbanspur village a few days back, succumbed to her injuries in a Ludhiana hospital last night. In the third incident, Geij Ram of Nangal Majha village was crushed under the wheels of a train between Phagwara and Chiherru last night.
	Thieves decamp with jewellery, cash Our Correspondent Shahkot, November 3 Thieves decamped with cash and gold worth lakhs from a patwari’s house last night. Surprisingly, the house is located close to the police station. Victim Charanjit Singh, a patwari posted in Mehatpur, alleged that he was on duty and nobody was at his house the whole day. When he returned last night, he was surprised to see the locks of main door broken and things lying scattered inside the house. He claimed the thieves decamped with gold jewellery worth lakhs and Rs 50,000 in cash.
	Man held with pistol Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, November 3 The Mahilpur police arrested Harwinder Singh, son of Jagat Ram of the local Bhagwati Mohalla, and seized a pistol, magazine and seven live cartridges from him during checking last evening. According to police sources, Harwinder Singh was booked under Aections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act.