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Troubled by granthi, woman
commits suicide
Jasmine’s mother withdraws police complaint
6 booked on dowry charges
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Students continue strike for 2nd day
Bus stand to get new address
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Troubled by granthi, woman commits suicide
Shahkot, August 28 The deceased was identified as Ramandeep Kaur (23), a teacher at a private school in Maliwal village near here. The police had registered a case of abetment to suicide against granthi Harmanpreet Singh, who hails from Kot Bhai village near Mukatsar. He was presently living in Daultpur Dhadda village. Interestingly, the accused had been annoying the deceased for the past several months and on July 20, when kin of the girl’s family and villagers came to know about his bad intentions, they blackened his face and also made him to wear shoe garland in full public view. Despite this, the accused was still pressing the girl for marriage, kin of the girl said. Narrating the tale of torture by the accused, Onkar Singh, brother of the deceased, said a few months ago, his sister’s marriage was fixed to be solemnised with a man from Kapurthala and when the granthi came to know about it, he threatened the girl that he would not let her lead a happy married life. The accused, meanwhile, approached the family of the prospective boy at Kapurthala and filled their minds with hatred about the girl. Subsequently, the boy’s family discarded the marriage proposal. “When Ramandeep came to know about it, she started living in depression,” Onkar said, adding that still the accused continued to harass his sister. “A few days ago, Ramandeep had again apprised us of the torture by the granthi and she had threatened to kill herself,” her family members said. “Last evening, when she was alone at home, she consumed some poisonous substance and died today,” Onkar said. Investigating officer Arjun Singh said as per the statement of the deceased’s brother, a case was registered and efforts were on to nab the accused.
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Jasmine’s mother withdraws police complaint
Jalandhar, August 28 Jasmine’s mother Anju Walia and other family members had alleged that the child was beaten up mercilessly with a cane by the English teacher, Neha. Anju Walia had also asserted that there was no scope of compromise going by the way her daughter was treated by her teacher. Meanwhile, the management of the school has decided to continue the inquiry into the incident. “The teacher has made it clear that she had not beaten Jasmine with a cane. She said she had made a gesture of giving a slight slap to the student and in turn Jasmine had accidently hit her lip with her arm in her bid to save herself. Anyway, we will continue with the probe into the incident as we feel that such things should not be allowed to happen anyway. The teacher has already assured the parents and the management that such an incident would not take place in future,” said Rajnish Sharma, Principal of the school. “Both the sides have reached a compromise after Jasmine’s mother and family withdrew their complaint. The mother of the student and the management have informed us that they have reached a compromise,” said Phagwara SP HPS
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Hoshiarpur: The NRI police station has booked two families on dowry charges after two women lodged complaints against them.
Paramjit Kaur of Simbli alleged that her husband Davinder Singh, father-in-law Joginder Singh and mother-in-law Sheela Devi (all of Patti and presently residing at Canada) tortured and maltreated her for dowry.
Similarly, Parminder Kaur Saini of Nandachaur alleged that her husband Mona Malik, father-in-law Partap Singh Malik, mother-in-law Suresh Bala, (all of Prem Nagar, Rohtak) tortured and thrashed her for dowry. Cases under Sections 498 A and 506 of the IPC have been registered against the families. — OC |
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Students continue strike for 2nd day
Hoshiarpur, August 28 Their demands included appointment of new permanent director of the centre, joint placement with University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, and appointment of efficient professional dedicated training placement officer and training placement cell. A spokesman of students, Aman Verma, a student of BTech-II, said they had demanded a written assurance from the authorities on fulfilling the demands. He said a memorandum was also presented to Chief Minister, Punjab, through the Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur. He alleged that the present director visits the centre twice a week, due to which he was unable to solve the problems of the students. Meanwhile, a two-member delegation of the Panjab University came to the centre to access the situation and to find out a solution and persuade students to end their strike. |
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Bus stand to get new address
Gurdaspur, August 28 The foundation stone of the new structure will be laid by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on August 31 and will take concrete shape within a year. Sources said CCTV cameras would be installed at the bus stand. Deputy Commissioner Dr Abhinav Trikha said expression of interest (EOI) had already been invited from private players and things would be finalised within the next 15 days. This decision of the district administration to shift the bus stand one kilometre away from the present site has been welcomed by residents belonging to all strata of society, including students and officer goers. The current bus stand is cramped for space. There are over 500 buses coming to the bus stand daily and all have to meander their way carefully past each other when they come in and go out of the premises. A commuter said wrong parking of buses in different counters had made matters worse. A lack of drinking water, no cycle and scooter stands or car parking and blatantly wrong parking of buses has added to the commuters’ woes. The premises has been rented out to a contractor by the zila parishad. |
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Shahkot, August 28
