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raman mandi rape case
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Five booked for assaulting Bhucho Mandi resident
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raman mandi rape case
Bathinda, February 16 The doctors have warned that they would resort to an indefinite strike if the suspension of the doctor was not revoked by Wednesday. Dr Jagroop Singh, secretary, PCMS, said, “The OPD services were suspended for three hours as a mark of protest. A rally was organised at the Civil Hospital and a memorandum was handed over to the civil surgeon.” He added that in a medico-legal case, there are two responsibilities of a doctor — to check the health status and to provide medico-legal help. "The girl's health was stable and for medico-legal help, she had to be examined by a female gynaecologist. Due to the non-availability of a female gynaecologist at the Civil Hospital in Raman Mandi, the patient was referred to the gynaecologist at the Civil Hospital in Talwandi Sabo,” he said. Ajay Sahni, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the Civil Hospital, agreed that rape victims can only be examined by a female gynaecologist and a male doctor cannot examine such a patient. Dr Babita Aggarwal, the gynaecologist who examined the victim at Talwandi Sabo hospital, said, "Dr Gaurav Grover informed me about the case on time. The condition of the girl was stable, her blood pressure was 100/60, pulse rate was 96 and respiratory rate was 28 per minute. She was conscious, comfortable and was wrapped in a blanket of the hospital. There was no active bleeding, but there were dry blood stains on her legs." She went on to say that Dr Grover acted wisely by not interfering with the evidence. "If by any chance, Dr Grover had cleaned the blood from the girl's body or changed her clothes, then it would have removed the important evidences, creating difficulty in further investigation of the case," she said. Claiming that the government's decision to suspend the doctor was hasty, Dr Beant Mann, head of PCMS, said, "The government has taken a hasty decision in its attempt to pacify the mob.” “The government must revert its decision. Such wrong decisions affect the morale of sincere doctors," he added. He warned of launching an indefinite strike if the
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Chief justice inaugurates two new blocks at courts complex
Bathinda, February 16 The Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice AK Sikri inaugurated the new blocks. The blocks are not only spacious but have also been designed to make optimum use of daylight thereby making both the buildings environment friendly. The new blocks — B and C — have been constructed as part of the government’s policy of constructing ultra-modern judicial courts complexes in the state. The Chief Justice also laid the foundation stone of the Alternate Dispute Redressal (ADR) Centre on the premises of the judicial complex. The construction of the building will be completed by October this year. The two blocks have been constructed at the cost of Rs 14 crores. The four-storeyed Block B has a total covered area of 58,000 sq. ft while the single-storey Block C is built on 21,600 sq ft. The Block B has a post office, a bank, a canteen for advocates, a bar room, a library and a waiting hall for litigants. Apart from having two lifts, it also has a ramp facilitating access for the differently-abled persons. The Block-C has four courts of civil judges, a ‘peshi’ room, a record room and a waiting hall. The provision of adding three more storeys to the building has also been kept. Owing to poor weather, the inauguration function was shifted inside the new building. Students from various schools presented cultural items. Confusion prevailed for a short while after the fire alarm went off obstructing the skit being presented by the students. Initially, all thought it was part of the skit but after the organisers realised it was a fire alarm, workers rushed to the control box to switch it off. |
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SHO, ASI among others booked under Prevention of Corruption Act
Bathinda, February 16 Addressing a press conference here today, SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar, accompanied by SP (D) Amarjit Singh and ASP City-II Alka Meena, said a police official has been accused of accepting Rs 3 lakh as bribe in a case while he was posted as SHO, Rama Mandi. The ASI is accused of assisting him in manipulating a criminal case. The police has also registered a case against Rama Mandi MC president Kaur Singh for helping the accused policemen and four others. The SSP said the ASI has been suspended and the SHO has been arrested with Rs 3 lakh that he pocketed in a case of rape and blackmailing. SHO Paramjit Singh was earlier posted as SHO Rama Mandi for seven months and was recently shifted to Fazilka. ASI Jagdev Singh has been suspended and a departmental enquiry has been initiated against him. The SSP said a truck driver died in a blast while trying to pilfer gas from the gas tankers near Rama Mandi last month. Instead of registering a case of gas pilferage, the Rama Mandi SHO, with the help of the MC president, concocted a story and showed that the truck driver died in a road accident. The cops initiated proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC in connivance with some truck drivers and the MC president. The truckers and others became witnesses in the case. “The story was concocted as the police had connived with the truckers to extract gas from the tankers to make fast bucks,” the SSP said. He said seven persons, including the SHO and ASI, were found guilty of manipulating the facts. He added that police have booked Gursahib Singh, three dhaba workers Jassa, Bhupinder and Shibu in the case. The truckers used to pilfer gas from trucks by parking the trucks near Swagat Dhaba on Bathinda-Rama road. Terming it as operation clean-up, the SSP said the accused were arrested
after detailed investigations by the Special Investigating Team. A case under Sections 304, 120-B, 420, 3/6 of the Essential Commodities Act and the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused. The SSP said in another case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, a case has been registered against inspector Paramjit Singh, who pocketed Rs 3 lakh to help an arhtiya involved in a rape and blackmailing case registered in the month of January this year. The money has been recovered from the possession of the accused and efforts are on to nab the rest of the accused, the SSP said. Answering the media queries over allegations
by family members of Rama Mandi rape accused, the SSP said everything was done in a transparent manner and anybody raising doubt is free to interact with the six-year-old
rape victim to ascertain the truth. Fact file
SSP Ravcharan Brar today pacified the scribes who complained that he didn’t answer their calls to answer queries over sensitive and important cases. He announced that he would appoint nodal officers of the rank of SP to answer media queries during eventualities. He said the district is divided into three parts and the SPs would get in touch with the mediapersons of their respective areas to answer their queries. |
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Rain adds to farmers’ worries
Bathinda, February 16 Besides the low output, the potato harvesting, which was about to start next week, has also got delayed. Farmers said as per the rain gauge meters installed in villages around Goniana, 49 mm rainfall was received within two hours in the villages surrounding Goniana. The farmers said untimely rains have upset their schedule to harvest potato and sowing of maize and other crops. "I don't feel like visiting my farm which is inundated with water. There is no way through which I can enter the fields to drain out the water,” said progressive farmer Jagtar Brar at Mehma Sarja village. A life-time member of the Indian Potato Association, having 35 acres of land under the potato cultivation, Jagtar said 10 to 15 per cent of the potato crop would be damaged due to heavy rains. “The keeping quality of potato is damaged and due to high cost of seeds and labour the farmers would also suffer economic losses,” Brar said. Mohan Singh, a farmer from Bhucho said crops of other vegetables had also been affected due to the stagnant water. He added that if similar weather conditions persisted, the problem may aggravate. Horticulture officer, Narinderjit said no major loss to the vegetable, kinnow or potato crops had been witnessed. He however, admitted damage to the potato crop in areas adjoining Goniana and Rampura. The farmers said rainfall proves detrimental for potato at this stage as 80 per cent of potato is water. The farmers added that per acre output of potato, which is a labour-oriented crop, is 120 quintal per acre. They said the potato seed is quite costly and the climactic conditions in coming days would reveal the exact loss to the crop. The farmers added that this was the second spell of untimely rains in the month of February, which may prove detrimental for the overall production of potato. Some of the most popular varieties of potato grown in this belt are Kufri Sandhuri and Kufri Bahar. In some areas, farmers have also sown the Kufri Surya variety of potato. The farmers said there is no affect of rain on wheat but if similar weather conditions persist then the wheat crop may be infested with yellow rust. |
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WD ushers in wet weekend for City residents
Bathinda, February 16 The city experienced a storm late Friday night. The storm was followed by heavy rainfall. The morning also remained overcast and the city experienced light to medium showers through the day. Hailstorm, followed by heavy rains lashed the city during late afternoon. As per the agri-met department of the PAU regional station, Bathinda, the city registered 1.6 mm of rainfall on Saturday. The wind velocity was recorded at 10 kilometres per hour. The city, however, did not experience much cold due to heavy cloud cover throughout the day. While the maximum temperature recorded on Saturday was 17.2 degree Celsius, the minimum temperature was recorded at 11.5 degree Celsius. On Friday, while the maximum temperature was recorded at 16.4 degree Celsius, the minimum temperature was recorded at 12.2 degree Celsius. As per the forecast released by the weather department on Friday, similar weather will persist in the city and its adjoining areas on Sunday as well. The weather is however, expected to clear out on Monday, although there is slight possibility of the day beginning on a cloudy note. As per the weather forecast issued by the Indian Meteorological Department, in the next 48 hours, rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and decrease significantly thereafter. The Western Disturbance cause rainfall/thunder squalls in the Northwestern part of India. On Saturday, rain/snowfall occurred at most places over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Rainfall/thundershowers occurred at most places over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. Fact file
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Tech conference concludes
Bathinda, February 16 The conference started with an expert lecture
by Dr SM Ishtihaq of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, on innovations in textile manufacturing systems. In technical sessions, papers were presented on a variety of topics like web-based 3-D garment simulation and uranium concentration in groundwater. A paper authored by Prakash Arun Khude was presented to highlight the market profile of apparels in India. The concluding day of the conference focussed on paper presentations on different topics by delegates from various institutions. At the valedictory function, a book titled "Ferroelectric materials: Polymer composite films" authored by Dr Navneet Dabra, Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal and Dr Rabinder Nath (IIT-Roorkee) was released in the presence of the chief guest, Dr SM Ishtihaq. In the end, Dr Anupam Kumar, chairman, FEAT-13, proposed the vote of thanks. |
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Five booked for assaulting Bhucho Mandi resident
Bathinda, February 16 The complainant further stated that the accused attacked him as he had purchased a house from one of the accused, Manish Kumar. He added that Manish now wanted the house back after returning the money that he had received from Chhinder Singh. A case under Sections 452, 506, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused at the Nathana police station. The police is investigating the matter. |
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1 booked for duping Ludhiana man
Bathinda, February 16 The complainant stated that the accused had demanded Rs 3 lakh from him over the pretext of sending him abroad. However, the deal between the two was struck at Rs 2 lakh. Sukhjiwan said he duly paid the accused the agreed amount. To the complainant's dismay, the accused neither sent him abroad nor did he (the accused) return the money received from him. The matter was investigated by the Economic Offences Wing of the Bathinda police. After the probe, a case under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the accused, Sandeep Kumar, at Kotwali police station. Booked for stealing gold
Four persons have been booked for stealing gold from a house in Kacha Dhobiana. In a complaint to the police, Mahinder Kaur stated that the accused - Lohni Singh, Gagan Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Dharam Singh - had stolen gold jewellery worth nearly Rs 13,000 and Rs 2,000 in cash. She further stated that the jewellery was stolen by the accused in connivance with her husband, Kuldeep Singh, who had consumed liquor with them at her house while she was away to her parents' place. The police has registered a case against the accused persons under Section 380 of the IPC at the Cantonment police station. |
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