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Yet another son kills father in Moga
Gang exploiting unmarried middle-aged men busted
Woman kills brother-in-law
Couple hurt as roof of govt quarter collapses |
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Sadqi joint check-post to get a makeover
Pvt hospitals, nursing homes to remain closed today
13 booked for flouting sand mining rule
Four booked for false FIR
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Yet another son kills father in Moga
Moga, June 24 This is the third incident in a row during the last four days that has come to light in the Moga district in which the father-son relationship has been seen in dark light over property disputes. The police today dug the pit with the help of a JCB machine in the presence of a local magistrate and recovered a mutilated body of the man, identified as Jugraj Singh, from the toilet pit of his house, who reportedly went missing five months back. The police took into custody Amandeep Singh, son of Jugraj Singh, and started questioning him about his father's death. A senior official of the police said the son had confessed that he poisoned his father to death about five months back and then threw his body in the toilet/drainage pit. During the interrogation, it has come to light that Jugraj, who was the owner of five acres of land gave 1.75 acres of land to his daughter Paramjit Kaur, disturbing Amandeep who poisoned his father to death. He gave some poisonous substance by mixing it in the milk, which led to Jugraj's death, the alleged accused has confessed. The police had registered a criminal case of murder and destroying the evidence of the death against the son and begun further investigations into this shocking incident. On Saturday, 65-year-old man Gurcharan Singh was allegedly killed by his son Manjinder Singh at Landeke village on the outskirts of Moga town following a dispute over property. On Thursday, a drug-addict father, Balbir Singh, had allegedly killed his son Pargat Singh along with two of his accomplices over a property dispute at Saido Ke village in the Nihalsinghwala sub-division of Moga
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Gang exploiting unmarried middle-aged men busted
Faridkot, June 24 Targeting many middle-aged unmarried males, some women with a dubious character in the region have started nurturing their 'stealthy' business with a new modus operandi. These women snare those who face a future as bachelors, with a marriage proposal. Once these singles take the bait, they end up in a trap and are blackmailed. In one such case, some days back, the Faridkot police arrested two women and their four male accomplices after a woman member of the gang trapped a Faridkot resident in her net with the promise of marriage. The victim was invited to a rented house to meet his future 'bride'. Once he reached the house, six other gang members swooped on him, tore up his clothes, beat him up and leveled rape charges. The gang members raised a demand for Rs 60,000 but settled on Rs 40,000. Once police arrested the culprits, it recovered Rs 1.78 lakh in cash, a bank cheque for Rs 3 lakh and some driving licences, which police believed belong to other victims. Two months back, a farmer in Khara village of Faridkot was robbed of Rs 50,000 by a 'bride' who stayed for nearly a month with him before she fled. There are many such victims but only some of them approach the police, fearing being mocked at by society, said Dilbag Singh Pannu, SP (D) Faridkot. Some time back, the police received a complaint about one such case from Mehta village in Faridkot. A bachelor in the family, who married a 'fake bride', was left sulking after the bride disappeared with Rs 50,000 three days after the marriage. With increasing slant in the sex ratio and the fragmentation of land, many middle-aged bachelors are the target of these women. With the help of some middlemen, these sex workers trace unmarried middle-aged persons, most of whom are daily wagers, landless or farmers with small land holdings in rural areas. In some cases, the victims surrender big sums of money, fearing the allegations of rape. In many other cases, the marriages are fixed and also the dowry. In these 'marriages', it is not the 'brides', who bring dowry, but it is the groom's family. These 'brides' disappear soon after the marriage along with the valuables. And then onwards, neither the bride nor the middlemen are traceable. |
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Fazilka, June 24 As per the statement of Bimla Rani, the wife of the deceased Dana Singh, her sister-in-law Tosha Rani lives near their residence. As per her statement, Tosha used to quarrel with Dana over petty issues regarding their family. Infuriated over a recent wordy duel, Tosha Rani went to the residence of Dana Ram at 11 pm on Saturday night. And assaulted him with a knife when he was sleeping in the courtyard of his house. After the assault, Tosha fled away. The village doctor declared Dana dead after some time. Fazilka Sadar police booked Tosha Rani under section 302 of the IPC.
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Couple hurt as roof of govt quarter collapses
Abohar, June 24 Lateef's brother Sultan Ahmad, son Aseem, mother and other kids were sleeping in the adjoining room, family sources said. Witnesses said as 11 stone slabs and debris fell near the door and it got blocked. Alerted, neighbours rushed to join the rescue operation. Four persons had to be involved to remove each slab. The 500 litre capacity water storage tank also fell in the room. The couple was shifted to the district hospital in an unconscious condition. They were not in a position to record their statements, the visiting police officials told the waiting media team. |
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‘Pride of place’ for Chawla at Muktsar Civil Hospital
Muktsar, June 24 As one enters the hospital building, a hoarding put up near the registration counter for patients, having the photographs of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Laxmi Kanta
Chawla, mentioning her as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, greets everyone. Though the hoarding has been put up to spread awareness among the visitors about the ban imposed by the government on sex determination tests, yet the picture of Madan Mohan
Mittal, the present Minister for Health and Family Welfare has not been displayed. When this correspondent asked a visitor the name of the state's health minister, he said,
"Laxmi Kanta Chawla is our health minister as the board suggests." But when informed about the fact, he said the hospital staff must change the boards to check the wrong information from being spread. The
SMO, Dr Harinder Singh, said, "The hoardings were made during the period of Laxmi Kanta Chawla when she was the cabinet minister. As you have brought the matter to my notice, the hoardings will be changed soon." |
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Sadqi joint check-post to get a makeover
Fazilka, June 24 The Beating Retreat (flag lowering) ceremony takes place here every evening before sunset. The Border Security Force (BSF) jawans and the Pakistan Rangers carry out a joint parade during the ceremony on the JCP located at the tail-end of National Highway
number 10. The spectacle of the ceremony (especially the aggressive postures of BSF and Pakistan Rangers), attracts hundreds of visitors daily on both sides of the Radcliff line. Nearly 20,000 visitors throng the JCP every year on Independence Day to have a glimpse of their relatives who had segregated at the time of the partition of the country, on either side of the border. "The inflow of visitors has increased considerably after granting district headquarter status to Fazilka, which has necessitated the need to develop it as a tourist spot," said Fazilka Deputy Commissioner Dr Basant Garg who visited the JCP Sadqi with Deputy Inspector General (DIG), BSF, AK Sharma, Fazilka ADC Charandev Singh Maan and senior officials of other construction related departments to work out the modalities. "The administration proposes to construct an attractive waiting hall, conference room for VIPs, a tall welcome gate, beautiful parks, toilets and parking for the vehicles in the first phase, the plan for which is being worked out. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Forest Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani have assured of providing funds for the purpose," said the DC. On the other hand, convener of the Indo-Pak-Sulemanki International Trade Front, Liladhar Sharma, has demanded that Punjab Roadways should start a bus from Fazilka to Sadqi at the time of the retreat ceremony for the convenience of the commuters as the poor visitors have to hire their own vehicles to reach there. |
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Pvt hospitals, nursing homes to remain closed today
Ferozepur, June 24 In an emergency meeting held here, Dr RL Taneja, president, and Dr Rohit Singhal, secretary of the Indian Medical Association (Ferozepur), said all doctors have assured their support to the strike call by the national IMA, which is also protesting against the government's decision to restructure the Medical Council of India (MCI) and its alleged autocratic ways in the appointment of the board of governors for it. Dr Singhal said all members of the IMA will remain on strike and attend only emergency cases tomorrow. Dr Kamal Baghi,Dr Sheel Sethi, Dr Dinesh Dhir, Dr Harsh Bhola, Dr Anil Chopra, Dr RS Sandhu, Dr BR Arora, Dr Harbinder Singh, Dr Vinod Khanna, Dr JS Sandhu and Dr MS Tinna, besides other senior doctors were also present on the occasion. Dr Singhal said a protest rally will be held tomorrow following which the doctors will submit a memorandum to the local health authorities, district administration and the MLAs and MPs of the area. |
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13 booked for flouting sand mining rule
Ferozepur, June 24 Last week also, ten persons had been booked for allegedly carrying out illegal mining of sand after the Deputy Commissioner S Karuna Raju along with SSP Hardial Singh Mann and officials from the industry department had swooped down at various areas. The persons against whom a case has been registered under section 21 of the Mine and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 include Mukhtiar Singh, Dhian Singh, Nishan Singh, Hira Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Angrej Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Ahma Masih, Manda Masih, Ashroon alias Rashpal and Saraj.
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Abohar, June 24 A residemt of village Bishanpura, Kapil Kumar, had on March 23 managed to get one Raisahib booked under section 365 of the IPC. Raisahib had reportedly alleged that Kapil Kumar and his accomplices had actually used fire-arms to kill him inside his house but he escaped. The police ignored his complaint, allegedly under political influence, and booked him and the others charging them of attempt to kidnapping. Jitender Singh SP (D) inquired into the complaint and found that actually an attempt had been made on Raisahib's life and a false FIR was lodged to escape action. All of them have now been booked.
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The joint check-post (JCP) at Sadqi, situated on the Indo-Pak border, is going to get a facelift on the pattern of Wagah in Amritsar as Punjab government has decided to develop it as a tourist spot. The executive engineers of the Panchayati Raj and Punjab Mandi Board have started work on the project.
