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Double whammy for potato growers
Robbery case: Sketches of five suspects released
Four booked in firing case
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Herd people for rally, SAD to bus operators
Man poses as investigator, arrested
Now, MC takes care of Nehru Garden
Complaint filed against
Advani, state BJP chief
Jan Vishwas Maha Rally: BJP leaders on their toes
Pharmacists’ stir: No respite for patients
Habit-forming drugs seized
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Double whammy for potato growers
Jalandhar, December 17 The case has been registered against unidentified owners of tractor-trailers at the Bhargo Camp police station. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (City-I) Rajinder Kumar Sharma said a case was registered against the unidentified person for disrupting traffic, causing inconvenience to motorists and putting their lives in danger. While the association tried to mount pressure on the government by “spilling the problem” on city roads demanding strengthening of their infrastructure and adequate marketing policies, it was commuters who faced the heat. Scores of motorists met with accidents on city roads where the potato growers had spilled their produce to lodge their protest on Thursday. Seema, a teacher, was hospitalised after her scooter skidded on the slush caused by the crushed potatoes in Lajpat Nagar near Guru Nanak Mission Chowk. She sustained serious injuries on her face and fell unconscious. It was a driver of an ambulance (108) who rushed her to the local Civil Hospital. Minutes later, two school students had a miraculous escape when their scooter skidded at the same spot and the process continued till the crushed potatoes were removed from the spot with the help of an earth mover. Similarly, scores of tractor-trailer owner caused inconvenience to road users at the Bhargo Camp area. The police has registered a case under Sections 323, 427 and 283 of the IPC against unidentified potato farmers at the Division No 4 police station. The case was registered on the complaint of Seema, a resident of New Dashmesh Nagar Colony located on the Hoshiarpur road. Similarly, a case under Sections 283, 290, 291, 336, 338, 431, 431 of the IPC has been registered at Bhargo Camp police station. Sources revealed that the police has been identifying potato producers who created problem so that their name be added to the FIRs. |
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Robbery case: Sketches of five suspects released
Jalandhar, December 17 Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) RK Sharma and Station House Officer, Police Division No. 4, Balwinder Singh said the police had prepared these sketches on the basis of the statements of a few eyewitnesses.
“We have done thorough investigation to prepare the sketches of the suspects and questioned a number of eyewitnesses, including the owner of the shop,” Sharma said. Sharma said unfortunately the CCTV camera installed in the shop was not working when the robbery took place. Sharma said the police could have gathered more clues if the CCTV camera was in the working order. Five armed youths struck at a jewellery shop on December 14 and miscreants took away gold ornaments, cash, a car and other valuables at gunpoint.
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Four booked in firing case
Jalandhar, December 17 The accused have been identified as Bobby Sikka, his son Rajat Sikka, Gaurav Saini and Karanbir. A case under Sections 307, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC and 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against the accused at the Division No. 4 police station. SHO Balwinder Singh said the accused were still at large. He said, police had also raided their house last night, but to no avail. The police conducted raids at the suspected hideouts of the accused even today. The victim Ishant, who sustained serious injuries on his left shoulder, is now stated to be out of danger. Bobby Sikka had allegedly called Ishant and his brother Sehat to his shop at Nakodar Chowk to strike a compromise between his son Rajat Sikka and Ishant. But as they reached his shop, the accused manhandled the victim and later at shot at him.
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Herd people for rally, SAD to bus operators
Jalandhar, December 17 Sources said the district transport officer has been asked to provide around 1,000 buses, trucks and other modes to transport to ferry people to Moga. Private bus operators in the district allege they were being forced to ferry people to the rally. A majority of vehicles are being forcibly plied on different routes without permits for the rally, said sources. This, the transporters say, will cause a huge loss to them. As this was not enough, even the managements of educational institutions have been asked to provide their buses for the Moga rally. Sources further add that the transport department was playing handmaiden to the SAD by forcing private bus operators to take their buses off the official routes and instead ferry people to the rally. The motor vehicle rules stipulate that a vehicle licensed to ply on regular route cannot be rented out for any other activity, including a political rally. The rally will cost around Rs 5 crore to private bus operators, beside wear and tear of their vehicles. Fearing government high handedness, a city-based private bus operator revealed that a bus sent to the rally will cause a loss of Rs 7,000 per day, besides Rs 600 as daily allowance to the driver and the conductor. More than 5,000 buses have been engaged by Akalis to make the Moga rally a success, thus causing a loss of nearly Rs 5 crore to transporters. “The Jalandhar DTO today sent 150 buses to the Chief Minister’s constituency - Lambi - so that people of his area may not face any inconvenience in reaching Moga,” said another transporter. Moreover, the transport authorities are not issuing temporary permits to buses being plied on other routes, he added. When contacted, district transport officer Kehar Singh denied to have asked any private bus operator to send his vehicle for the Moga rally.
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Man poses as investigator, arrested
Jalandhar, December 17 The police said the accused had been befooling government and private schoolteachers for the past few days. He used to present himself as an investigator of the State Education Department. Due to the seemingly influential post, he had reportedly also collected huge sum of money from schoolteachers on the pretext of filing negative reports to the higher education authorities in Chandigarh. In a statement to the police, the accused said he had visited various government schools in Nakodar and Jalandhar. He used to pose himself as investigator and ask teachers to show him attendance register, examination and performance record. He also threatened some government schoolteachers. Following a complaint of a school principal, the police attested the accused as he failed to furnish his identity card. A case under Sections 419 and 420 of the IPC has been registered against the accused. |
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Now, MC takes care of Nehru Garden
Jalandhar, December 17 The MC's own labourers and gardeners have now been deployed to clear up the mess. The garden area which lies party dug up is now being levelled with the use of tractors and other available machinery. The project has been hanging fire for quite sometime. There have been delays on account of approvals for escalated costs, delay in response to the tendering process, delay on the part of the contractor, approvals for giving him advance amount for the work, his blacklisting by MC's finance committee and now delay in re-tendering of the same. PS Gill, XEN (horticulture), MC, said there were plans to develop a nursery in one corner of the garden for seasonal plants. "Flowering plants would also be grown as an attraction for the visitors to the MC's administrative complex, morning walkers and residents of surrounding colonies. Good news for gardeners? There is good news for gardeners as their services are likely to get regularised. Officials are expecting the names of the gardeners in the list of the 9,000 MC employees about whom the Cabinet gave a nod in its meeting today. The gardeners had been taking out cycle rallies for the past few days in the city as a mark of protest. However, there was no confirmation on this front from the Commissioner's office. |
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Complaint filed against
Advani, state BJP chief
Jalandhar, December 17 In his complaint, Manoj Sareen, a resident of Pathankot Road, said on November 13, a day before the rally, he was going in his car from Phagwara towards Jalandhar along with his friend SK Wadhera. The complainant was to reach at his business premises situated on Pathankot Road, Jalandhar. "While entering into the municipal limits of Jalandhar, I saw many hoardings carrying photographs of Advani and Aswani Sharma and some other local BJP leaders on the lighting poles. There was a big display board near PAP Chowk on the GT Road from Rama Mandi Chowk towards PAP Chowk which had been erected by the Municipal Corporation for the convenience of the persons travelling by road to know the diversions for Jalandhar, Pathankot and Amritsar. When I reached near the chowk, I was flabbergasted to see the said sign board entirely covered by a cloth banner of BJP party showing the pictures of the two accused and some other local BJP leaders." He added: "There was a very long queue of vehicles due to heavy traffic at PAP Chowk. During this time, a person came to me and told me that he was coming from New Delhi by car and he had to go to Amritsar. He asked me to tell him the way to Amritsar. The said person further told him that due to the said banner of BJP party, the sign board was hidden and not visible. I showed him the way to Amritsar." "Meanwhile, another person called me from my car and requested me to show the way for Pathankot. I realised that the banner was affecting the flow of traffic and also causing hardship and inconvenience to the persons coming from outside Jalandhar to their respective destinations. I remained stuck at PAP Chowk for about 30 minutes and somehow reached near the Pathankot Bye-Pass Chowk. I had to take inner lane of the road so as to cross the Pathankot bypass flyover from beneath. I was forced to stop before the Pathankot Bypass Chowk where some persons were damaging the inner lane road by piercing it with a metal spikes." He said that further he could find big banners as well as hoardings of the accused covering all the sign boards erected for information and smooth flow of traffic." He further wrote: "All the accused were fully knowing that the hoarding and the banners containing their pictures on public properties were causing inconvenience to the passers-by as well as diminishing the value to the public property. The accused caused damage to the public property belonging to Municipal Corporation Jalandhar and National Highway Authority India Limited. Even some employees belonging to Municipal Corporation Jalandhar as well as from Punjab Police were involved in the act of causing damage to public property." The complainant has demanded a police investigation under Section 156(3) of the CrPC by the court. He has submitted clippings of newspapers as a proof. He has also demanded that the accused be summoned under Section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, and tried. |
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Jan Vishwas Maha Rally: BJP leaders on their toes
Jalandhar, December 17 While the party has plans to hold a meeting of national-level party office-bearers at Hotel Ramada on December 23 evening, the mega rally of the party termed as the first biggest rally in the run-up to assembly polls is scheduled for the next day. A gathering of more than 1 lakh persons has been set by the leaders for the rally. Lodging arrangements More than 100 rooms in the city hotels are being booked for the party's topmost leaders, including national president of the party Nitin Gadkari, former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani, Punjab incharge of the party Shanta Kumar, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, national general secretary JP Nadda, national secretary Captain Abhimanyu and other leaders are expected to participate in the rally. The hotels where arrangements are being done include Hotel Ramada, Hotel Country Inn and Hotel Kamal Palace. There are separate arrangements being made for the PAs and staff of all bigwigs. While the party workers are also said to have got booking done with the Circuit House, they still are not sure whether they would be able to use the facility just in case the code of conduct comes into operation by that time. Luxury cars The city-based taxi operators confided that the party was getting several luxury cars booked for two days including Dec 23 and 24 for ferrying the VIPs in the city. District president Subhash Sud said that the list of cars available with the local workers was also being made so as to have maximum number of cars at disposal for the two days. Transport arrangements Since the venue falls six kilometres away from Rama Mandi on Hoshiarpur road, provisions are being made even at the local level for arranging buses for the easy commuting of the participants. As per the targets set for the purpose, each booth level workers have been asked to get at least one bus. Each MLA across the state has been asked to come with 150 buses full of workers. Calculating ward wise, the BJP leaders from each of the 60 wards have been asked to get 300 persons per ward. Separate targets have been given to party representatives from Cantonment Board. Time to prove for Kalia The rally has come as a big testing time for former Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia, who in fact is leaving no stone unturned. He has been holding meetings throughout the day with the party workers mobilizing them for the rally. Ever since he was divested of the portfolio, Kalia has been trying a comeback. The charge of getting the rally conducted is giving him an opportunity for the same. Hoardings in place Several hoardings mentioning the conduct of rally have already been put up in the city. While the hoardings carry pictures of over 20 persons including national, state and local leaders, the picture of the Local Bodies Minister Tikshan Sud is conspicuously missing.
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Pharmacists’ stir: No respite for patients
The rally of the Punjab State Pharmacists’ Association did not reap any dividends as they will have to wait for two more days before they get an answer to their queries from the government. Rallying at Ludhiana near the residence of Health Minister Satpal Gosain, pharmacists had to return empty handed today, too, as the Health Minister refused to talk. However, in a telephonic conversation arranged by area councillor Gurdeep Singh, the Health Minister assured the protesters that he would meet them and also arrange a meeting with the chief Minister. Talking to The Tribune, president of the association Hukam Chand Thareja said: “We planned to meet the Health Minister on Tuesday, but in case our demands are still no met, we will extend our agitation till Saturday. If they don’t respond positively, we will rally in Ludhiana on Friday and in Gidderbaha on Saturday.” As many as 1,500 pharmacists from across the state participated in the rally today. They earlier protested at the Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, and moving through the CMC grounds, headed to the residence of the minister. A huge posse of police also stood waiting with water cannons on the spot. |
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Habit-forming drugs seized
Jalandhar, December 17 Acting on a tip-off, drug inspector Amarjit Singh, along with station house officer, Bhargo Camp, Somnath raided a medical store - Amit Medicos - this evening. One search, the police recovered 647 capsules, 842 tablets and 20 cough syrups. The value of seized drugs is estimated to be Rs 6,000.The drug inspector said the owner of the shop failed to furnish the bills of the said medicines. "We have sent the seizure report to the higher authorities in Chandigarh for necessary action against the shop owner, the drug inspector said.
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Even as ther still is a week to go for the BJP's Jan Vishwas Maha Rally planned at Johlan village on Hoshiarpur Road here, the party leaders are all out to make arrangements for the bigwigs scheduled to be in the city for two days.
While the party has plans to hold a meeting of national-level party office-bearers at Hotel Ramada on December 23 evening, the mega rally of the party termed as the first biggest rally in the run-up to assembly polls is scheduled for the next day. A gathering of more than 1 lakh persons has been set by the leaders for the rally.
The complaint has been filed in the court of judicial magistrate Triptjot Kaur with March 24, 2012, fixed for recording evidence. 
Jalandhar, December 17