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Labour dept conducts 51 raids, rescues seven kids
Jalandhar, November 16
Going out of ‘protocol’, the Labour Department today allowed an NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, to accompany a raiding team at two sites. In total, the department carried out raids on 51 sites and rescued 7 minors.

HC favours model relief plan for crime victims
Chandigarh, November 16
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today made it clear that it was in favour of formulating a model “victim compensation scheme”.

Wife held for abetment to suicide
Jalandhar, November 16 The city police today arrested a woman in a case of abetment to suicide. Madhu, a resident of Sant Nagar area, was arrested for compelling her husband, Satinder Kumar, to commit suicide.

Murder case solved, two arrested
Nawanshahr, November 16
Two accused identified as Yousuf and Sukh Ram were arrested from the local Railway station when they were trying to flee to Jharkhand after killing Pandu with a sharp-edged weapon at the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.

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Labour dept conducts 51 raids, rescues seven kids
Inadequate task force, arrangements, says NGO activist
Aparna Banerji
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 16
Going out of ‘protocol’, the Labour Department today allowed an NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, to accompany a raiding team at two sites. In total, the department carried out raids on 51 sites and rescued 7 minors.

Meanwhile, both the department and the NGO maintained that they ‘accidentally met’ during their respective surveys.

While two teams of the department today carried out raids across the city, activists of the NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, met one of the department’s teams during the raids and accompanied them at two sites.

Assistant Labour Commissioner Varinder Jaiswal had yesterday told The Tribune that due to ‘protocol’ issues, they couldn’t allow the NGO to accompany them. But Jaiswal, interestingly, let the NGO accompany the very team that he headed today.

Seven children were rescued from the GT Road bypass, Kishanpura Road, Kot Kishan Chand, Cantonment and Chugitti areas from dhabas, tea stalls, sweet shops, auto repair shops. Three owners of these establishments have been challaned. Two out of these seven children have been sent to the CMO for medical tests.

HC favours model relief plan for crime victims
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 16
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today made it clear that it was in favour of formulating a model “victim compensation scheme”. The Division Bench of Justice MM Kumar and Justice Augustine George Masih asked senior advocate-cum-amicus curiae RS Cheema to suggest the scheme for victims of crimes in consultation with other counsel, for consideration by the Court.

The direction came during the resumed hearing of a PIL filed by advocate-cum-petitioner HC Arora. The High Court too has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter.

The instructions were issued soon after the Court took on record the victim compensation schemes evolved by some of the state governments. The High Court observed that there was a huge difference in the amounts prescribed by various States, including the States of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh for victims of crimes.

The Bench also issued notices to the States of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Arora’s plea for directions to the respondents to incorporate suitable provisions for payment of compensation to victims of acid attacks and those afflicted with burn injuries. He also asked for free medical aid, including reimbursement of expenses for plastic surgery of such victims.

He argued the Punjab Government has fixed totally inappropriate amounts for compensation to victims of this type of crime, while the UT has not prescribed any amount at all for the purpose.

The Bench asked the amicus curie to take note of Arora’s suggestions, while formulating the model scheme to be presented before the HC.

Wife held for abetment to suicide

Jalandhar, November 16
The city police today arrested a woman in a case of abetment to suicide. Madhu, a resident of Sant Nagar area, was arrested for compelling her husband, Satinder Kumar, to commit suicide.

Distressed after being harassed by his wife and in-laws, including his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Satinder Kumar had taken the extreme step by consuming poison on Tuesday.

Station House Officer (SHO), Jatinder Pal, disclosed that the police had registered a case of abetment to suicide against Madhu, her father Shiv Lal and mother Kamlesh Rani. Rajesh Kumar, the deceased’s brother, complaint to the police that his brother committed suicide due to the constant ill-treatment by Madhu and her family.

While Madhu is in police custody, her parents are still at large. The police has launched a hunt to nab them too, the SHO added. A case under Section 306 of the IPC was registered against the trio. — TNS

Murder case solved, two arrested

Nawanshahr, November 16
Two accused identified as Yousuf and Sukh Ram were arrested from the local Railway station when they were trying to flee to Jharkhand after killing Pandu with a sharp-edged weapon at the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Both the accused are residents of Rohi Tola village, Khatti district in Jharkhand.

The SSP, Dr Narinder Bhargav said, police solved the case in 72 hours.

“Pandu was found murdered in a water pump room in the fields of his landlord, Gurdev Singh,” said Bhargav adding that the cause behind the murder was personal enmity.

The accused and the victim used to work in the same field. Pandu being senior used to instruct the accused and used to rebuke them as well. Angst with the situation, Yousuf and Sukh Ram committed the crime. — OC

British Columbia premier visits Nawanshahr
Our Correspondent

Christy Clark

Nawanshahr, November 16
Christy Clark, premier, British Columbia, accompanied by Michael D Jong, Health Minister, today visited the Guru Nanak Mission Hospital and Guru Nanak Nursing College. The college and hospital are being run under the aegis of an NRI sponsored NGO, Guru Nanak Mission Medical and Educational Trust, Dhahan-Kaleran, situated on Jalandhar-Nawanshahr-Chandigarh highway.

Clark appreciated the efforts of the Trust in providing better healthcare and education facilities to the rural people. Amarjit Singh Kaler, Kulwinder Singh Dhahan, president and secretary of the Trust respectively, Barjinder Singh Dhahan, Sarup Singh Mann, chairperson and president of Canada India Education Society accompanied by the Trustees and staff members welcomed the foreign dignitaries.

Later, the British Columbia premier also paid tributes to the great martyr, Sardar Bhagat Singh at Khatkar Kalan. She visited the museum.

Residents block traffic

Hoshiarpur, November 16
Residents of Nasrala town staged dharna and blocked vehicular traffic on Hoshiarpur-Jalandhar road today in protest against the non-availability of water from the recently installed tubewell despite their repeated requests. Sources said the tubewell had been installed about two and half months ago but the authorities concerned had failed in commissioning the tubewell under various pretexts, including a need for formal inauguration by the MLA of the area. — OC