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Army man commits suicide
Pathankot, June 15
An Army man committed suicide by hanging himself in the MT garage at Mamun Military Station here on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Bajinder Singh, a resident of Hisar, Haryana.

18 police teams trace down murder accused
Gurdaspur, June 15
The police has arrested two accused allegedly involved in the murder of a youth, Onkar Singh, at Dhariwal Kichian village early on Wednesday when they resorted to indiscriminate firing. The police had claimed the murder was an act of revenge.

Driver found murdered, taxi stolen
Batala, June 15
A driver was murdered and his taxi was stolen by unidentified person on Thursday.

‘Students must plant a green future’
Amritsar, June 15 Dr Rajwant Singh, head of ‘Eco-Sikh’, a Washington-based NGO, today said students must adopt a green agenda and plant saplings to save the deteriorating environment.

Blood donation camp
Tarn Taran, June 15
As much as 50 units of blood were donated in a blood donation camp organised here on Thursday on World Blood Donation Day.

Army man commits suicide
Our Correspondent

Pathankot, June 15
An Army man committed suicide by hanging himself in the MT garage at Mamun Military Station here on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Bajinder Singh, a resident of Hisar, Haryana.

He belonged to 12 Jat Regiment. One of his colleagues noticed that Bajinder's body was hanging with a rope in the motor garage and informed the police. Bajinder had returned from Hisar a few days ago after 15-day leave and was said to be under depression. The Army police has sent the body for the post-mortem examination.

18 police teams trace down murder accused
Ravi Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service

Gurdaspur, June 15
The police has arrested two accused allegedly involved in the murder of a youth, Onkar Singh, at Dhariwal Kichian village early on Wednesday when they resorted to indiscriminate firing. The police had claimed the murder was an act of revenge.

The incident had sent shock waves among locals as the firing took place in broad daylight forcing Gurdaspur SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar to publicly proclaim that the accused would be arrested within 24 hours.

This assertion of the district police chief somewhat smothered the ruffled feathers of the irate village folk of Dhariwal Kichian, falling under the jurisdiction of Puranashala Police Station. To further pacify the villagers he himself took charge of the case.

A total of 18 teams were deployed to track down the assailants. The police managed to arrest two drug addicts namely Taranjit Singh and Sukhmeer Pal Singh, both in their twenties, on Thursday. Smack and a country-made pistol were recovered from the accused. Both Taranjit Singh and Sukhmeer Pal Singh belonged to the adjoining Lakhanpal village and had resorted to indiscriminate firing at the residence of Onkar Singh following which he died. Police officials termed the incident as an act of revenge as both the victim and assailants were known to each other, but later fell out due to some reason. Three others --- Surinder Singh, Bikram Singh and Bhupinder Singh --- sustained serious injuries and were shifted to the Gurdaspur Civil Hospital. Later, when the condition of the three deteriorated, they were shifted to Amritsar.

“My officers did not sleep throughout the night as I had promised the villagers that the police would arrest the accused within 24 hours. The confidence of the residents would have been at a low end had we not succeeded in our endeavour. As many as 18 teams were deployed to track down the killers and we met with success when we arrested both Taranjit and Sukhmeer Pal. The police are on the trail of the other accused and we intend to nab all of them within a week,” asserted the SSP.

Driver found murdered, taxi stolen
Our Correspondent

Batala, June 15
A driver was murdered and his taxi was stolen by unidentified person on Thursday.

The victim, identified as Avtar Chand of Murgi Mohalla, Batala, was used to ply taxi, owned by Sanjeev Kumar of Batala.

Chajju Ram, the deceased’s father, said two unidentified persons had come to his house to hire taxi to visit Darbar Sahib.

When Avtar Chand did not return, his father lodged a complaint with the police post, bus stand, Batala. At midnight, they received a phone call from Tarsika police station in Amritsar. The police officials informed them that a blood stain body of a person had been recovered.

The relatives of the deceased went to police station Tarsika and identified the body of Avtar Chand.

It was further found that the taxi of the deceased was missing. The police has registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC against unidentified persons.

‘Students must plant a green future’

Amritsar, June 15
Dr Rajwant Singh, head of ‘Eco-Sikh’, a Washington-based NGO, today said students must adopt a green agenda and plant saplings to save the deteriorating environment.

He was addressing ‘Super-50’ students preparing for various competitive engineering examinations at Khalsa College Public School. He asked the students to set high targets in life and devote their energy to achieve them. He also urged the students to care about the deteriorating environment. He said EcoSikh has initiated various green projects, including one for the holy city in which public opinion is developed towards planting more trees and check environmental pollution. School principal Dr Sarvjit Kaur Brar said unconventional methods of energy and water harvesting must be adopted to save depletion of natural resources. EcoSikh Project India’s manager Ravneet Singh urged the Khalsa Public School to enter into tie-ups with various schools in the US and UK.— TNS

Blood donation camp
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, June 15
As much as 50 units of blood were donated in a blood donation camp organised here on Thursday on World Blood Donation Day.

Ranjit Singh, superintendent of the office of Deputy Commissioner, donated blood for the 22nd time and was declared ‘Maha Danni’ by the district administration. Deputy Commissioner Satwant Singh Johal stressed more cooperation from social organisations to make blood donations a success.