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Withdraw SLP challenging HC order on illegal properties: Khaira
Jalandhar, August 27
Taking a serious note of filing a special leave petition (SLP) in the apex court by the Punjab government opposing setting up of a tribunal by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to probe illegal properties of the CM, DGP and other higher-ups, former Bholath MLA Sukhpal Khaira has demanded that the government should withdraw the SLP immediately.

Dacoits decamp with cash, jewellery, car
Hoshiarpur, August 27
Four dacoits, suspected members of the Kalekachewale gang, struck at a house in the city in the wee hours today. They robbed jewellery, including diamond and gold worth Rs 12 lakh, Rs 5,000 cash, a mobile phone and an I-10 car bearing registration number PB-07V-7836 from the house of Prof Pooja Vashisht, wife of late Suraj Parkash Vashisht of local New Civil Lines.

Ban on sand mining in district
Nawanshahr, August 27
In compliance with the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Deputy Commissioner Tanu M. Kashayap has imposed a complete ban on mining of sand, soil and other resources in the district.

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Two held for cheating
Hoshiarpur, August 27
On the joint complaint of Krishan Kumar, son of Piare Lal of Garhshankar, Nirmal Singh of Bihran, and Balwant Singh of Denowal Khurd, the Garhshankar police has booked Sarabjit Kaur, wife of Rajesh Kumar of Ward No 7, Garhshankar, and Tarsem Singh, son of Pakhar Singh of Manguwal, SBS Nagar district, under Section 420 of the IPC for duping them of Rs 19 lakh in the name of sending their sons abroad.

Head constable found dead
Hoshiarpur, August 27
The dead body of head constable Jang Bahadur was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a quarter at the Sadar police station here last evening. According to police sources, Jang Bahadur had come from the Railway Police to Hoshiarpur a few months ago.

Case registered against husband
Hoshiarpur, August 27
Satwinder Kaur, daughter of Tarlok Singh of Lohgarh, got registered a case against her husband Sukhwinder Singh, son of late Phuman Singh of Jagatpura, near Damoria bridge, Jalandhar, under Sections 498-A and 323 of the IPC with the Mukerian police station last evening.

	Withdraw SLP challenging HC order on illegal properties: Khaira Dharmendra Joshi/TNS Jalandhar, August 27 Taking a serious note of filing a special leave petition (SLP) in the apex court by the Punjab government opposing setting up of a tribunal by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to probe illegal properties of the CM, DGP and other higher-ups, former Bholath MLA Sukhpal Khaira has demanded that the government should withdraw the SLP immediately. Khaira also demanded CBI enquiry into the scandalous acquisition of land for the Mohali International Airport. The High Court had passed an order on May 29 for setting up Justice Kuldip Singh Tribunal to probe the issue of land grabbing by influential persons, including the CM, DGP, senior serving and retired officials and politicians, he said. He said the scope of enquiry was expanded from the encroachment of costly government Shamlat land around Chandigarh to the entire Punjab. Instead of providing office infrastructure and staff to Justice Kuldip Singh within a month as ordered by the High Court, the state government in a shameless act went ahead with a SLP in the Supreme Court in an effort to protect encroachers, he said, adding that the SC refused to grant a stay on the order. Khaira alleged that the Punjab government filed a misleading and false affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the High Court order has made the state’s revenue and civil courts defunct. Urging the Punjab government to clarify as to how the HC order directing to save government land from encroachers has rendered the civil courts and the Revenue Department defunct, he alleged that the fact of the matter was that the CM, ministers and senior officers of the SAD-BJP government had become a bunch of realtors and land mafia.
	Dacoits decamp with cash, jewellery, car Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, August 27 Four dacoits, suspected members of the Kalekachewale gang, struck at a house in the city in the wee hours today. They robbed jewellery, including diamond and gold worth Rs 12 lakh, Rs 5,000 cash, a mobile phone and an I-10 car bearing registration number PB-07V-7836 from the house of Prof Pooja Vashisht, wife of late Suraj Parkash Vashisht of local New Civil Lines. Prof Pooja said at about 4.05 am, four masked persons took hold of her and her daughter on sickles-point while they were sleeping in their bedroom. Two of them robbed of the aforesaid cash, gold and diamond jewellery from the almirah. She said the dacoits also took her car. The dacoits, who were armed with iron rods, sickles, daggers, etc., entered the house by scaling a wall. They also disconnected the telephone line. On receiving information, Balkar Singh Sidhu, SSP, Hoshiarpur, and Jagmohan Singh, SP (D), along with police force, reached the house of Pooja Vashisht and started investigations. It is also reported that dacoits also snatched a gold chain and Rs 5,000 cash from the house of Kuldip Kaur at local Sant Nagar last midnight. The dacoits also broke open the locks of one more closed house in the New Civil Lines area. But due to the non-availability of any member, the exact loss could not be ascertained. Former Punjab Minister Tikshan Sud and local MLA Sunder Sham Arora, after visiting the house of Prof Pooja Vashisht, demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.
	Ban on sand mining in district Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, August 27 In compliance with the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Deputy Commissioner Tanu M. Kashayap has imposed a complete ban on mining of sand, soil and other resources in the district. Presiding over a meeting of officials of different departments, the Deputy Commissioner constituted monitoring committees at the sub-division level, headed by the SDMs concerned and a district-level monitoring committee headed by the ADC to check any mining activity in the district.
	Two held for cheating Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, August 27 On the joint complaint of Krishan Kumar, son of Piare Lal of Garhshankar, Nirmal Singh of Bihran, and Balwant Singh of Denowal Khurd, the Garhshankar police has booked Sarabjit Kaur, wife of Rajesh Kumar of Ward No 7, Garhshankar, and Tarsem Singh, son of Pakhar Singh of Manguwal, SBS Nagar district, under Section 420 of the IPC for duping them of Rs 19 lakh in the name of sending their sons abroad. According to police sources, Sarabjit and Tarsem allegedly took Rs 19 lakh from the complainants for sending their sons to Canada. But neither did they send their sons abroad nor returned their money.
	Head constable found dead Hoshiarpur, August 27 The dead body of head constable Jang Bahadur was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a quarter at the Sadar police station here last evening. According to police sources, Jang Bahadur had come from the Railway Police to Hoshiarpur a few months ago. After taking Jang Bahadur’s body in its custody, the police has sent it to the local Civil Hospital, Hoshiarpur, for postmortem. Balkar Singh Sidhu, SSP, Hoshiarpur, said he had ordered a probe to ascertain the cause of the death of Jang Bahadur. — OC
	Case registered against husband Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, August 27 Satwinder Kaur, daughter of Tarlok Singh of Lohgarh, got registered a case against her husband Sukhwinder Singh, son of late Phuman Singh of Jagatpura, near Damoria bridge, Jalandhar, under Sections 498-A and 323 of the IPC with the Mukerian police station last evening. According to police sources, Satwinder Kaur was married to Sukhwinder Singh on February 12, 2000. Sukhwinder allegedly used to torture and beat her for bringing dowry from her parents.