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PMO’s clean chit to Vadra-DLF Land Deals
Girl Student’s Murder
2 youths accused of gang rape commit suicide
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Sikh leaders appeal for peace in Sirsa
Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan, SSP Rajshree Singh and others during a flag march in a Sirsa market on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Punjab wrestler injured in firing
Manesar industrialists observe bandh
LPG geyser leak kills mother, daughter
Karnal to have treatment centre
for AIDS patients
Mason killed for ‘honour’
Labourer falls into pit, dies
Traders shut shops in Rewari
Three youths killed in mishap
Man killed, wife hurt in mishap
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PMO’s clean chit to Vadra-DLF Land Deals Pradeep Sharma/TNS
Chandigarh, November 30 With the PMO giving a “clean chit” to Vadra, it would now be difficult for the three-member inquiry committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Krishna Mohan to give a report to the contrary, sources said here today. The committee, which was scheduled to submit its report on November 18, had already been given a month’s extension by the Haryana Government as it had failed to prepare the report after expiry of the stipulated one-month period. In an affidavit before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court recently, the PMO claimed that the allegations regarding irregular land dealings between Vadra and DLF "appear to be false, based on hearsay and vexatious". Even as the government functionaries put up a brave face claiming that a “fair and impartial” inquiry would be conducted by the three-member panel, Opposition BJP alleged that the PMO’s “clean chit” seemed to have stonewalled the inquiry report. “After the PMO’s ‘clean chit’, the inquiry by a government panel is merely eyewash. Nothing short of a judicial probe into the land deals between Vadra and DLF, in which the Haryana Government played an active part, can bring out the truth,” asserted Capt Abhimanyu, BJP national secretary. In fact, this is not for the first time that Vadra had been given a clean chit by functionaries of the government. Late last month, the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat in NCR region, in their reports to the state government, had claimed that there was no undervaluation of properties sold or bought by Vadra or his companies. In his order dated October 15, the then director general of land consolidation, Ashok Khemka, had set aside the mutation of 3.5 acre plot of land in Shikohpur (Manesar) that Vadra had sold to DLF for Rs 58 crore. It was cancelled on the ground that the assistant consolidation officer, who had sanctioned the change of title, was not competent to do so. And on October 12, Khemka had asked the four DCs to inspect all documents related to land deals by Vadra and his companies from 2005.
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GJU proctor manhandled
Raman Mohan Tribune News Service
Hisar, November 30 Turan was admitted to a local private nursing home. He has a fractured hand and other injuries. He had been appointed Proctor after his predecessor quit on Wednesday. Geetika’s father, Lajpat Rai, along with relatives and friends came to the campus this morning from Faridabad. He was joined by Geetika’s maternal uncle, Manohar Lal Nangru. Prominent Punjabi leader Gautam Sardana and his supporters also gathered at the university gate. After a brief meeting they decided to submit a memorandum to the university authorities regarding their demands. These included installing Geetika’s statueinside the campus, renaming the girls’ hostel after Geetika, adequate security for girl students and speedy trial of the murder case in a fast track court. They sent a message to the authorities to come to the gate and accept the memorandum. However, there was no response from the authorities for a long time. Angered by the delay, the crowd moved inside the campus and reached the administrative offices. No responsible official of the university came out to accept their memorandum even after the crowd raised slogans and staged a demonstration. After a short while the crowd forced its way inside the building despite the presence of a large police force. The crowd manhandled a woman employee. As the Proctor came out, he was pushed around. He slipped and fell on the floor fracturing his hand.Acting Vice-Chancellor KS Khokhar somehow managed to take the injured Proctor out of the building from the back door. As the Proctor was being taken to the hospital in the VC’s car, the crowd attacked them. However, Turan was saved by employees and shifted to a hospital. A team of senior police officers, university officers and teachers managed to calm down the crowd after a round of talks. However, the talks broke down when Khokhar explained that he could only convey their demands to the Chancellor. He explained that he could not take a decision as he was the acting VC . The crowd then demanded that the Deputy Commissioner be summoned. After the talks broke down, the crowd began a dharna outside the building.
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2 youths accused of gang rape commit suicide
Rohtak, November 30 Sandeep Kumar and Sunil Kumar, both in their early twenties and from
Ajaib, were found dead on the railway track this morning by some local residents. The woman, mother of four children, had got a case of gang rape registered against five persons. She claimed she was gangraped on Wednesday night in her house. It is reported that the two youths who committed suicide were among the three unidentified accused. The Government Railway Police took possession of the bodies and contacted the family members from the mobile phone recovered from them. Meanwhile, the police has arrested another suspect identified as Samunder (25), who is a kin of the victim’s husband, in connection with the case. Police sources say the victim had talked on the mobile phone with the suspects before they went to her house. Sources added that though the victim in her statement to the police has said that she had not talked to the suspects that night, the mobile phone record evidence says otherwise. However, kin of the youths claimed that they were innocent and the complainant had tried to implicate them.
Rohtak senior superintendent of police Vivek Sharma said the victim had been taken for a medical examination and for recording her statement. “We are scrutinising the calls made by the victim and suspects in this connection,” he said. |
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Sikh leaders appeal for peace in Sirsa
Sirsa, November 30 Though several hardliner Sikhs like Sant Baljit Singh Daduwal and Sukhwinder Singh Khalsa advocated a tough stand on the issue, the maturity exhibited by Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh of Takht Damdama Sahib who appealed to the residents to maintain peace, helped save the situation. Several other prominent Sikh leaders like Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Prakash Singh Sahuwala, Baba Pritam Singh and others were at the meeting held in Gurdwara Shri Dashm Patshahi here. Nandgarh demanded that the police should complete investigations in the case registered against followers of the dera for the November 24 violence at the earliest and arrest all the accused. He added that the issue would be taken to the five high priests in case the local people felt they had not been provided justice by the authorities. While the meeting was in progress at the gurdwara, a youth, allegedly carrying out a reconnaissance on behalf of the dera, was caught by some Sikh youths, thrashed and handed over to the police. Meanwhile, the authorities today extended the closure of schools, colleges and all other educational institutions for two more days. They will now reopen on December 3. Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan, the authorities would not allow anyone to take law in their hands. |
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Punjab wrestler injured in firing
Sonepat, November 30 He was rushed to a private hospital in Delhi where he was reported to be out of danger. Sources said Gurupal Singh and his wrestler friends were returning from Sonepat around 9 pm on Wednesday when their car was stopped near Gulia petrol pump by five unidentified persons. One of the persons was holding a carbine and another was having a pistol. When the unidentified persons asked about Gurupal’s identity, Gurupal also reportedly questioned about their identity who were reportedly in plain clothes. The persons reportedly told him about their identity as police personnel. After some heated exchange, Gurupal along with his friends sped away in his car. However, his car was chased by the persons and they allegedly fired indiscriminately at his car. One of the bullets him him in the back injuring him
seriously. Gurupal is the son of Swaran Singh, an IPS officer in Punjab, and nephew of Kartar Singh, Inspector General of Police in Punjab. Superintendent of Police Arun Singh said DSP Rakam Singh, had been asked to inquire into the incident and a case under Section 307 of IPC had been registered against the unidentified persons. |
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Manesar industrialists observe bandh
Manesar, November 30 The protesters, including industrial captains from the Gurgaon-Manesar belt and other parts of the state as well as industrial workers, also took out a rally and staged a demonstration to register their protest at IMT Manesar. It may be pertinent to mention here that small and medium industrialists have been protesting against the lack of facilities and authorities highhandedness for long. However, instead of fulfilling their demands, the authorities “concerned” imposed a massive enhancement of more than Rs 5,000 crore on the industrial units located in the IMT Manesar. The MIWA has been spearheading the movement to improve the infrastructure and fight the imposition of the massive enhancement, which, it maintains, would destroy the small and medium industrial enterprises. Amina Sherwani of MIWA maintained that if the state government did not revoke its decision to levy the massive and unreasonable enhancement, they would take the legal recourse against the move. |
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LPG geyser leak kills mother, daughter
Fatehabad, November 30 The family members got suspicious when the two did not come out of the bathroom for over an hour. When they did not get any response on knocking at the door, the family members broke open the door and found the duo lying on the floor. They were rushed to a local hospital, but doctors could not save them. Experts maintain that carbon monoxide, a toxic gas, is emitted during combustion in these geysers. "The toxic gas with no colour or odour is emitted during combustion in the LPG-fuelled geyser, and is a silent killer. Within minutes of being exposed to the gas, the victims are poisoned and rendered unconscious," experts said. The gas geyser has emerged as a cost-effective method for heating water at homes and offices over the past two years. Retailers label it as 70 per cent cheaper than
electric-powered water heaters. |
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Karnal to have treatment centre
for AIDS patients
Chandigarh, November 30 In a message issued here on the eve of World AIDS Day, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the theme of World AIDS Day was “Getting to zero: Zero new HIV infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS related deaths”. He said the state government was committed to providing better treatment facilities to people living with HIV and AIDS and to putting a check on deaths caused by it. Haryana Health Minister Rao Narender Singh said to reduce the prevalence of HIV among drug-injecting users, three new Opioid Substitution Therapy centres would be started at Panipat, |
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Mason killed for ‘honour’
Gurgaon, November 30 The police said Kalu’s body was found in pool of blood in a tubewell room near his lodging. He had received multiple injuries on his head and other parts of the body. Kalu was a native of Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh. The victim’s colleague, Kishori Lal, a native of Uttar Pradesh, lodged a complaint with the police, saying that he was murdered by their contractor Siya Ram Thekedar, a resident of Maruti Kunj, Bhondsi, as Kalu was having an affair with his neice and it came to light a few days ago. “Kalu was threatened and warned by Siya Ram to stay away frm his neice or face dire consequences,” said Kishori lal. The Bhondsi police lodged an FIR against Thekedar under Sections 302 and 201 and is investigating the matter. The postmortem report has, meanwhile, stated that the victim was killed with iron rods and sharp weapons. The police is looking for the contractor. |
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Labourer falls into pit, dies
Sonepat, November 30 Sources said the department had dug up the pit to lay sewer pipelines and it was left uncovered without displaying any signboard. He was found lying in the pit by his wife Rama when she was going to drop her 4-year-old son to school today around 7.30 am. The police also reached the spot and after preliminary investigations, took the body to the Civil Hospital here for postmortem examination. Head injury was suspected to be cause of his death. On the complaint of the victim’s father, Raj Pal, a case has been registered against the area’s sub-divisional engineer of the Public Health Department and the contractor, who had dug the pit. |
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Traders shut shops in Rewari
Rewari, November 30 Irate shopkeepers, who staged a dharna in Katla
Bazar, announced that their strike would continue until arrest of the miscreants and recovery of the looted money. In the meantime, the police has arrested a gangster, Rahul of Khalilpur village in Gurgaon district, in connection with the robbery. He was today produced in a local court which remanded him in police custody for two days. |
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Three youths killed in mishap
Sirsa, November 30 Parveen, Pardeep and Chander Sain died on
the spot. Manoj was shifted to a hospital in Sirsa in a critical condition from where he was referred to Hisar. |
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Man killed, wife hurt in mishap
Jhajjar, November 30 The deceased has been identified as Sonu of Jatwara Mohalla in Bahadurgarh. His wife Deepika is in a hospital. The police has registered a case against the unidentified driver. The incident took place when Sonu and Deepika were coming back to Bahadurgarh from Uttam Nagar in Delhi. |
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Sirsa, November 30
The State AIDS Control Society, Haryana, has decided to open two new anti-retroviral treatment
centres--one at Karnal and the other in the NCR region-- in the next financial year with a view to expanding the treatment facilities in the state. There is one Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centre at the
PGIMS, Rohtak and 16 Link Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centres in the districts for treatment of HIV and AIDS patients free of cost.
