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Cops catch two more in heroin smuggling case
Wheat purchase begins
Engineering student missing for 17 days
CM’s thanksgiving tour begins today
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Cong legislator alleges political vendetta
Chetak Corps begins war exercise in R’than
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Cops catch two more in heroin smuggling case
Fazilka, April 19 The arrested accomplices have been identified as Jagtar Singh alias Tari, a resident of Dall village, police station Khalra, and Gurdev Singh alias doctor, a resident of Amarkot village, police station Valtoha, Tarn Taran district. The city police had seized 20 kg of heroin worth about `100 crore from Nirvail Singh, a resident of Ruknewala village in Ferozepur district, and Dilbagh Singh, a resident of Sito village in Tarn Tarn district. Nirvail and Dilbagh were produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class, Fazilka, Ashish Saldi, yesterday evening, while Jagtar and Gurdev were produced today. Four of them have been sent on a police remand till April 27. It is learnt that during the preliminary interrogation, Nirvail and Dilbagh had confessed that they were to hand over the consignment to Jagtar and Gurdev. A revelation about their hideouts brought Jagtar and Gurdev in the police net. Meanwhile, the Border Security Force (BSF) and other intelligence agencies are groping in dark over the seizure of heroin in this border belt. Seizure of a huge haul of heroin worth Rs 100 crore in international market has raised many questions. But the officials of the intelligence agencies are tight-lipped. A revelation by the arrested smugglers that they had been in constant touch with a notorious Pakistani smuggler Nadeem Master has left the intelligence officials puzzled in this area where heroin is being seized frequently. However, BSF Abohar Sector Headquarters DIG, Vimal Satyarthi, claims that “in his area of operation, the situation is under control and the BSF personnel had intercepted the smugglers many a times in the recent past”. “Our agencies are working on different theories on how the consignment landed in this area and from which border did it cross over to India,” said Satyarthi. Nirvail and Dilbagh had come into contact with Nadeem while they were lodged in Ferozepur Central Jail for separate cases of smuggling. Nadeem went to Pakistan after completing his sentence. It may be recalled that the officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had on October 25, 2011, recovered 58 kg of heroin worth about `300 crore from the courtyard of Khan Singh, a labourer, in the border village of Hasta Kalan of Fazilka sub-division.
facts dose * Two days ago, the police had caught a huge cache of heroin worth `100 crore in internation market. *
Two persons, Nirvail Singh and Dilbagh Singh, were arrested from whom the narcotics was recovered. *
Their interrogation led the police to nab their two accomplices, namely Jagtar Singh and Gurdev Singh. |
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Wheat purchase begins
Muktsar, April 19
During a visit the grain market yesterday, a number of farmers who had come to sell their produce told TNS that the district administration failed to provide even basic facilities to them. Farmers’ produce was seen lying in the open beside strewn garbage. “Garbage is littered almost everywhere. In the absence of any other option, we are forced to dump our produce next to it. It is surprising to note that the purchasing of wheat was delayed but the authorities concerned still failed to get the area cleaned,” said Gurdeep Singh of Lambi Dhabh village. Another farmer Gurjant Singh pointed out the problem of stray cattle in the grain market. He added, “The higher-ups must visit here to see the irregularities for themselves and make amends. Some fire tenders must be stationed here to lessen the loss in case of fire.” Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Paramjit Singh visited the local grain yard to formally start the purchase of wheat by government agencies. He directed the authorities to provide all kind of facilities to the farmers.
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Engineering student missing for 17 days
Ferozepur, April 19 According to information available, Rahul Puri (16) belonged to Khundar Uttar village in Guruharsahai and was a day boarder in the college. Anil Dhawan, uncle of the missing teenager, said Rahul had left home for the college on April 2, but he did not reach the college nor did he return home. He said his two mobile phones had been traced from New Delhi railway station and Haridwar. Dr TS Sidhu, Director, SBSCET, said Rahul had not been attending the classes for almost a month now. He said Rahul spent most of his time in computer lab of the college and used to chat on a social networking site, Facebook, most of the time. His uncle, Anil, also said Rahul used to chat with a girl on the Facebook but even she has not been able to provide any clue about him till date. The girl had reportedly met Rahul’s family recently after he went missing. Meanwhile, a report has been lodged at the Kulgarhi police station. |
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CM’s thanksgiving tour begins today
Muktsar, April 19 After concluding his five-day tour on April 9, the CM is beginning a two-day thanksgiving tour in his Lambi constituency tomorrow. The CM would start the tour from Dhani Telianwali and would cover 13 villages on the first day. On the next day, he would start his tour from village Dabwali Malko Ki and conclude it at Arniwala Wazira village. All the senior functionaries in the state government, be it administrative officials, health department employees, education department staff or the police, have to accompany the CM during his tour. The CM’s visit not only makes their schedule hectic but sometimes they also have to face the CM’s wrath for not performing their duties in a diligent manner. A senior official in the District Administrative Complex (DAC) said these days, they were highly stressed, mentally as well as physically, as on the one hand, the government was determined to make them follow the 9 am to 5 pm work schedule and on the other, they have to accompany the CM in villages on alternate days. “We have to remain on toes all the time when the CM is here in the district and when he leaves, we have to remain present in the office from morning to evening,” said the official. DC Paramjit Singh recently issued show-cause notices to seven employees of the DAC after finding them not present at their respective seats. |
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Cong legislator alleges political vendetta
Ferozepur, April 19 Addressing the mediapersons here today, Rana Sodhi alleged that the police had unleashed a reign of terror against his supporters, adding that he had prepared a list of Congress workers on whom ‘false’ cases had been slapped. Urging the state government not to indulge in political vendetta, Rana Sodhi said the government should focus more on development and public welfare issues rather than slapping cases against innocent people. It is pertinent to mention that on Wednesday, the police had arrested one of the prominent rice mill owners of Gururharsahai, who is considered very close to Sodhi, in a case related to misappropriation of paddy belonging to the government. Sodhi said he would take up the matter with Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and urge him to take remedial steps to prevent misuse of the government machinery in the state. Meanwhile, SSP Hardial Singh Mann said two cases had been registered in Guruharashai in connection with the embezzlement of paddy. The complaints in this regard were received from the procurement agencies concerned. He said the cases were registered after the scam came to the fore during an inquiry conducted by the police. |
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Chetak Corps begins war exercise in R’than
Bathinda, April 19 The training events will later culminate into a major joint Army-Air Force exercise, said Colonel SD Goswami, Defence spokesperson. Presently, the formations are practising their battle drills in the designated area of training and the exercise will reach to a culmination point when both formation of Sapta Shakti Command along with the Air Force will carry out a joint operation with swift battle manoeuvres to destroy enemy deep inside its territory. The commencement of training starts with honing up of basic tactical drills at battalion and regimental level by carrying out sand model discussions map board exercises, briefings and demonstration of tactical drills. A number of field firings are being carried out to demonstrate the accuracy and lethality of the weapon system. A large number of innovations and modifications have been carried out by units and formations to enhance its combat power and the same is being tested in the field. Army fighting vehicles such as tanks and infantry combat vehicles are practicing battle drills to tackle various types of obstacles with speed to outflank the enemy. Long range artillery guns that shape the battlefield before any offensive move are in the deserts to coordinate their application of fire power with other fighting arms. All formation headquarters have established themselves in the field with their units with state-of-the-art field communication. Army Aviation helicopters are operating in close coordination with formations to provide reconnaissance and observation of enemy area from the third dimension.
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