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Sarpanch fakes abduction to enjoy with girlfriend
Gurdaspur ill-equipped to fight drug menace
Man shot dead
Three held for snatching
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Sarpanch fakes abduction to enjoy with girlfriend
Tarn Taran, September 5 During its preliminary investigation, the police found that Sardara Singh, an Akali sarpanch of Alawalpur village, who was allegedly abducted from his native village two days back, faked the abduction story to enjoy with his girlfriend for few days. As he could not disclose his plans to his family, he took help of his friends Pappy, Randhir Singh and Deba and planned his abduction. Thereafter, he was abducted by four unknown persons at gunpoint. The district police remained on its toes the whole night to trace Sardara Singh. A case under Sections 307, 364 and 34 of the IPC, and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act had been registered by the Sadar police. SSP Kamaljit Singh Dhillon said the sarpanch wanted to go out for few days with his girlfriend keeping his family in dark. Dhillon further said according to the plan, Pappy and others abducted Sardara Singh when he had come to his village. The car, in which he was kidnapping, was abandoned on the outskirts of the village.One Sabba, a passerby, was injured at the time of abduction. The police has impounded the car besides arresting Randhir Singh with the rifle, which was used in the crime. SSP Dhillon said after staging the abduction drama, Sardara came to the town here from where he picked up his girlfriend and moved toward Harike. At that time, the police got information regarding the missing of the girlfriend. The police contacted her on her mobile phone. Sarpanch Sardara Singh and his friends observed all the movement of the police. Poonam was dropped at Harike village and was told to go back to Tarn Taran. Sardara Singh was dropped at Gurdwara Dalla Sahib at Harike from where the police traced him at midnight, said the SSP. The SSP said further investigation was going on and the law would take its own course.
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Gurdaspur ill-equipped to fight drug menace
Gurdaspur/Batala, September 5 The phenomenon has reached Kafkaesque proportions following which the Red Cross De-addiction Centre in this district has formulated a multi-pronged action plan to fight the scourge. The action plan envisages an unambiguous discussion among Gurdaspur’s school and college principals; holding of seminars and camps at truck unions and bus depots as drivers are notorious for not only consuming drugs, but are also responsible for trafficking of drugs of all types; and the formation of village-level committees which should include government health workers. Significantly, the plan also moots a special programme for government employees who are regularly in touch with the rural people. These departments include the police, health, revenue, block development and social welfare. The plan suggests that the employees of these departments, due to their contacts with the common man and particularly the rural youth, will be in a better position to educate the rural youth about the ill-effects of using intoxicating substances. Romesh Mahajan, project coordinator of the centre, says the revenue department officials must be involved as cases have surfaced where many frustrated farmers, having small land holdings, have sold their agriculture lands just to satiate their urge to have drugs. The programme also puts emphasis on the fact that chemist shops in towns and villages should be reigned in as it is through these shops that psychotropic substances are being sold without any fear of the police or the district health authorities. Mahajan said, “It has been found that codeine and other drugs which produce an instant high are easily available. The profit is high and chemists do not hesitate to bribe drug inspectors to ensure that they look the other way. In certain villages, many chemist shops, which were earlier just shanties, have flourished due to this practice.” Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Dr Abhinav Trikha said he was aware of the magnitude of the problem. “I will take action against any chemist selling psychotropic substances in an unauthorised way. We also know that there is a strong drug culture existing at Gandhi camp in Batala. The recent hooch tragedy which shook the city by claiming 18 lives recently proved that there were various loopholes that need to be plugged. I have also asked the Gurdaspur and Batala police district SSPs to be extra vigilant,” he said. |
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Man shot dead
Tarn Taran, September 5 The Harike police has booked Baj Singh and 14 other accomplices under Sections 302, 34 and 452 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. Baj Singh of Manochahal Kalan village was running Zimidara Dhaba at Marhana. He indulged in a tussle with Gurwinder Singh on Tuesday night. Baj Singh along with his other associates, who were armed, went to the residence of Gurwinder Singh on Wednesday morning and attacked him.
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Three held for snatching
Hoshiarpur, September 5 The accused were identified as Sohan Lal, Sunny Kumar and Khushwant Singh (all residents of Nasrala village). Earlier, the youths snatched Rs 900 from Ketan Kumar near Gole Market Model Town and also snatched Rs 200 from Varun Sharma of Model Town form near Laxmi Theatre Chowk. As the second victim raised an alarm, passersby helped by a police team chased down the snatchers. The police recovered Rs 1,100 from them. A case under relevant sections of the IPC had been registered against them. — OC
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