Amritsar, February 8
In a shocking incident, seven to eight stray dogs not only killed a middle-aged man but also feasted on his body. The victim was on his way back home at the time of the incident and has been identified as Subeg Singh (45), a resident of Pandori village falling under Chatiwind police station. At the time of the incident the victim was on his way to his village late last night.

The incident came to light when some persons noticed several stray dogs eating a body. They raised an alarm and shooed the dogs away.

The body was handed over to the family after the post-mortem examination.

Subeg Singh worked as a hawker with a mini bus operator. He used to go to the bus stand and return late in the evening.

Last evening when he was returning home from a kutcha lane, seven to eight dogs attacked and bit him to death.

Chatiwind police has initiated action under Section 174 of the CrPC in this regard. The police authorities said nearly half of the body had already been eaten by the dogs by the time residents noticed it.

Amritsar, February 8
A shopkeeper has alleged that he and his two sons were allegedly attacked by more than a dozen persons when they tried to stop them from abusing a woman customer.

The police has booked several persons for the alleged attack by the accused after they barged into their shop at Guru Nagar Abadi, Verka.

Inderjit Sharma, an area resident alleged that the accused were abusing a woman customer identified as Sukhwinder Kaur and when they tried to stop them, they assaulted him and his two sons Deepak and Arjun Sharma.

The armed miscreants also decamped with more than Rs 35,000 which was kept in the locker, he alleged. The injured were admitted to the hospital.

Rambagh police has registered a case under Section 354, 323, 341, 382, 148, 149 IPC in this connection. Those booked include Bau of Pandori Waraich, Gopi and Sahib besides 15/20 unidentified armed persons.

While the police has nabbed Bau, the remaining accused are at large and raids are being conducted to nab them, the police said.

Amritsar, February 8
As many as three persons, including a minor girl, were killed while two persons were injured in separate mishaps late last evening.

Two persons were crushed to death when the car in which they were traveling collided with a trailer at Mehta Chowk. They were going to drop their relative Narinder Singh, who was going abroad, to Guru Ram Das International Airport, Rajasansi near Amritsar at 2 am.

The driver of the trailer, which was going from Jalandhar to Batala, fled after leaving the trolley behind. The deceased have been identified as Baljinder Singh and his uncle Kashmir Singh while the injured include Narinder Singh and Jagdev Singh, all residents of Hoshiarpur.

The Mehta police has registered a case under Section 304-A, 279, 337, 427 IPC on the basis of the statement of Balwant Singh, a resident of Sadarpur village in Hoshiarpur, and a relative of the deceased.

He along with another relative were travelling in a separate vehicle. Balwant Singh in his statement alleged that the victims were travelling in an Alto-make car bearing the number PB-09K-4736.

He said when they reached near Mehta Chowk the speeding trailer collided with their car. Baljinder Singh and his uncle Kashmir died on the spot while the injured were admitted to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital here.

Lakha Singh, SHO Mehta police station said a case has been registered in this regard while the accused fled from the spot. He said investigations were on and efforts were being made to identify the accused.

Meanwhile, in another incident, a 17-year-old girl, Mandeep Kaur, was killed when a speeding truck hit her scooter. She was on her way to her tuition classes. The driver of the truck (PB-02-S-2182) fled the scene leaving his truck.

A case has been registered in this connection on the basis of the statement of Ajmer Singh, father of the deceased. No arrest has been made so far.

Amritsar, February 8
Following the raid at Sigma ultrasound centre conducted yesterday, the police has booked two woman identified as Jaspal Kaur of Khalsa Nagar and Kulwinder Kaur of Kot Mit Singh, the two midwives working at the centre, under the Medical Termination Pregnancy Act as well as Section 312 of IPC (causing miscarriage).

A health team led by Dr Arjun Dhawan, Assistant Civil Surgeon-cum-District Family Welfare Officer had conducted raids on the premises of Sigma Ultrasound centre after a complaint from the private hospital where a patient was undergoing a treatment for uterine perforation allegedly caused during abortion.

During investigations, the health team had zeroed in on Jaspal Kaur and Kulwinder Kaur, two midwives.

Dhawan, in his complaint to the police, had stated that the two accused, who were untrained and unauthorised, had aborted the child of the said patient illegally.

Amritsar, February 8
Retired government employees are still waiting for their arrears on travel concession.

BR Prenja, general secretary, the Punjab employees’ rights protection and welfare union, Amritsar, in a press release issued here today stated the state government has deprived pensioners of their arrears (of travel concession) due from revision of their pension from January 2006.

“The organised employees who protested on roads and agitated aggressively succeeded in getting a favourable grade pay. But the pensioners are neither organised nor are they fit to launch a demonstration against the government. The government doesn’t care two hoots about their genuine demand,” said Prenja. He also said the government should enlist this as their achievement as it had managed to save money by not paying the due of the infirm, aged and ailing pensioners.

Amritsar, February 8
Bharti Walmart Training Centre, since its inception in 2008, has been successful in placing 2,044 youths of Amritsar in leading companies. A joint venture of Bharti Enterprises, Centum Learning and Walmart, the training centre has transformed lives of 3,300 youth through job placements.

The centre, in partnership with the governments of Punjab, Delhi and Karnataka, provides free of cost training program. It has imparted vocational training to around 9,000 students who undergo a stringent selection and training process.

Sanjeev Duggal, CEO and Executive Director of Centum Learning, said the program aimed at bridging the shortage of skilled resources in the rapidly growing retail sector by empowering the youth from economically weaker sections of society.

Amritsar, February 8
Allahabad Bank Chairman JP Dua today inaugurated 100th branch of the bank, under Ludhiana circle, at Anaj Mandi, Bhagtanwala.

Addressing mediapersons, he said the bank took a major initiative by financing potato growers of Punjab, especially in Doaba region.

Dua said the bank crossed Rs 7,300 crore business in Punjab and was forging ahead to finance medium and small enterprises of the state. The bank had sanctioned Rs 150 crore to modern warehousing and silos. This is an initiative to protect grains from rotting, he added. He said the bank was also providing funds for integrated development of agriculture by giving various facilities, including Kissan Credit Card, storage for fertiliser and seeds, and has earmarked 19 per cent of its total advances towards agriculture sector.

The bank is likely to open overseas branches at Shinghai in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dhaka in Bangladesh in coming three months. Besides, the bank was in process to upgrade representative office at Shenzhen in China into a full-fledged branch. He said, “The bank, with a network of 2,081 branches in the country, plans to open 108 more branches especially in the northern region of the country.”