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‘Fake office of Civil Surgeon’ unearthed
Officials of the district Health Department conduct a raid on a clinic, run by a retired pharmacist, on Ladowali Road at Preet Nagar in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
Illegal bakery flourishes as MC ‘fails’ to act
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Two city advocates declared POs
From schools and
colleges
Ladhar raises eyebrows over ADC probe into Rs 2.75 crore embezzlement
SBI branch celebrates 90th foundation day
Assistant General Manager of the main branch of the State Bank of India shows a salary register of the employees of the Imperial Bank of India on the 90th foundation day of the branch in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
POSCON hails French cooperative for aiding farmers
Tension prevails in Basti Danishmandan
Two killed in road, rail accidents
Bank donates ceiling fans to schools
NRI’s house burgled at Dosanjh Kalan village
20 buses challaned Two killed
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‘Fake office of Civil Surgeon’ unearthed
Jalandhar, May 15 The health officials recovered stamps and other documents besides medicines with expired date in bulk from the clinic being run by a retired pharmacist without obtaining a valid licence and qualification. Items like ECG machine, sphygmomanometer, stethoscope and a blood sugar-testing machine were also seized from the clinic. The pharmacist, Suresh Sharma, who had retired from the Health Department, had been running the trade from the clinic for the past nearly eight years. Swinging into action on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner, who reportedly alarmed the health officials regarding the trade on a complaint of a local resident, Civil Surgeon Dr RL Bassan led a team of his officials and raided the clinic. The team also seized fake fitness certificates, duplicate stamps of the Civil Surgeon, District Health Officer, Drug Inspector and certain other officials apart from habit-forming drugs and medicines having expiry date from the clinic. Members of the raiding party revealed that the suspect was running a full-fledged clinic without having any degree. Moreover, he had been issuing fitness certificates, medical certificates for driving licences, fake certificates to taking medical leaves
to the seekers on throwaway prices. Dr RL Bassan claimed that a comprehensive report regarding the seizure would be sent to the DC to seek directions for further action against the suspect. Sources said apart from registering a case under the Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Health Department would also write to the Police Department for registering a case of impersonation and forgery against the retired the retired pharmacist. After sealing the establishment, the health authorities also helped the police nab the suspect, sources disclosed. |
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Illegal bakery flourishes as MC ‘fails’ to act
Jalandhar, May 15 While as per the Municipal Corporation (MC) bylaws, the bakery shop at 250, Adarsh Nagar, which has come up without payment of fees and permission for the change of land use (CLU) and sanction of building plans, should ideally have been demolished or at least sealed, the staff of the MC office has simply been allowed to do a cover-up by issuing notices. The delay on the part of the MC to act has allowed the owner to fully construct, do the interiors and even start running it commercially by keeping a variety of bakery items in the shop. Joint Commissioner, MC, Anupam Kler, who heads the building branch, said she did not get time to visit the building today. "I had sought the file from the office, but I could not get time to study it for I was busy in connection with a court case," she seemed evasive. Senior Town Planner Tirlok Singh said notices had been issued to the builders from time to time. Asked as to why no demolition or sealing had been done, he replied, "We will do that after following proper procedure." Ever since the building was demolished on an earlier instance in February last year on the orders of the court, the owner perhaps has managed to take shelter from politicians and has been given a free hand at their behest. No action in Dera Satkartar and Meera Florist cases
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Two city advocates declared POs
Jalandhar, May 15 The orders passed by the Judicial Magistrate on April 29 (the copy of which got available now), reads, “Today the case was fixed for awaiting appearance of accused Kagra, whose proclamation was effected on March 29. The statement of serving constable, Mohan Singh, was recorded in this regard on April 1. Period of 30 days has lapsed. The case was called several times. But neither accused Kagra nor anyone else has appeared on his behalf. Accordingly, accused Satpal is declared as PO. A notice in this regard be given to the SHO concerned. The case will be revived as and when accused Satpal Kagra and Om Parkash are arrested or surrendered before the court.” In another case filed by the same elderly complainant, the court of Judicial Magistrate Pushpinder Singh had on March 16 this year sentenced Kagra to two years of rigorous imprisonment under Sections 465 and 468 of the IPC. Since the convict had already remained under detention for the same period during the inquiry and trial, he was ordered to be set free. The complainant, Bali, had filed a case saying that the accused was a tenant in a small portion of kothi number EH-149, Shantipura, Ladowali Road, owned by his mother-in-law and NRI Prem Lata (more than 95-year-old). He had contended that Kagra had filed a number of cases against him and his mother-in-law with malafide motive to grab her whole valuable property. “To fulfil this evil motive, he forged and fabricated an agreement of its sale on January 9, 1995,” he had alleged. Prem Lata had filed an "ejectment" petition against the lawyer, which was allowed on March 9, 2010. Kagra had submitted in writing that he would vacate the premises on or before August 31, 2011, but in order to mislead the court to retain illegal tenancy, he fabricated an affidavit on July 27, 2011 alleging that Prem Lata had died since long. The affidavit had read, “Prem Lata has died since long which CK Bali, the so-called attorney, has concealed intentionally and in case the attorney is claiming that Prem Lata is alive let him produce her in the court. Prem Lata has never appeared in the court since April 7, 2001, onwards and she concealed herself from that day in connivance with CK Bali. With death of Prem Lata, Bali has no right to appear as attorney of Prem Lata.” In order to bring the truth before the court, the elderly NRI widow appeared personally in the court on August 23, 2011, along with her passport, green card and travel documents. It was on the establishment that the affidavit regarding the death of Prem Lata was false and had been filed with fraudulent intention to commit fraud with the complainant, Kagra was convicted for the offence under Sections 465 and 468 of the IPC two months back.
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From schools and
colleges
Jalandhar, May 15 Scholar invited for conference in
Toronto Kanya Maha Vidyalaya research scholar Ruchika Bagga from the PG Department of Physics has been invited to present her research findings at the Fourth International Conference on
Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications at Toronto from August 12-14. She is working under Dr Gopi Sharma for glass nanocomposites and their light-emitting applications. Principal Dr Atima Sharma congratulated Ruchika and her supervisor Dr Gopi Sharma for the remarkable honour of being invited to such a prestigious conference. Basketball competition organised Inter-house basketball competition was organised at Innocent Hearts School. The students of four houses participated with great zeal. Teresa House bagged the first position in boys and Sarojini House stood second. Tagore House bagged the first position in the girls’ category and Teresa House got the second position. School principal Dheeraj Banati congratulated the students. Students selected for internship
programme Seven students of CT Institute of Engineering, Management & Technology
(CTIEMT) were selected for the Rajiv Gandhi Youth Leadership Internship Programme
(RGYLIP). Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), the premier national training institute for the youth, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, focuses on holistic development of the country’s youth through an array of training and innovative postgraduate
programmes. As part of its consistent pursuance of the goal of youth empowerment RGNIYD organises an internship programme RGYLIP for the youth from all over India. The internship endeavours to expose the youth to a range of branches of knowledge, skills and field experiences and enable them to develop leadership qualities which will result in strengthening their commitment to the task of nation-building. The programme will start on May 15 in
Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
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Ladhar raises eyebrows over ADC probe into Rs 2.75 crore embezzlement
Jalandhar, May 15 A clerk from the office Charanjit Singh has been arrested since February last year. The report is said to have pointed fingers on other staff members as well who allegedly connived with the accused by using forged challan papers and not depositing the collected amount in the treasury and their failure to reconcile the account details every month. The ADC conducted his probe into the matter on the basis of evidences provided to him by a presenting officer working in the Divisional Commissioner’s office. He has pointed to the involvement of more persons in the office saying such a big scam indicating siphoning of crores of rupees for more than two years could not be the handiwork of just one man. Though the scam was detected during the tenure of Anurag Verma in Jalandhar, he only had a stint of four months in the office. Most of the remaining period during which scam went on is said to be during the tenure of Ladhar. Ladhar confirmed having received the copy. “I have gone through the report, though hurriedly, and found that the inquiry had not been properly done as one third of it was based on comments rather than factual points. The inquiry heavily relied upon the presenting officer. There is a clear-cut procedure for conducting an inquiry which has not been followed. I will study it in two more days and send it back to the ADC for re-submission,” Ladhar said. A government auditing team had in the first week of February last year unearthed the scam leading to the arrest of a clerk and owners of two finance companies. Brothers Ajay Soni and Yogesh Soni, owners of two companies and residents of New Harbans Nagar, had also been arrested on the charges of misappropriation of funds for the amount they collected was not traced to authorised banks of the department. The three were allegedly using forged receipts and forged stamps while levying charges from NRIs as embossing fee while receiving power of attorney letters from them. The team had compared the amount received through challan forms with corresponding deposits in the treasury and found much variation for the month of November (2009). The receipts attached in the file were also compared with deposits for the first three quarters of financial year 2010-11 and a difference of Rs 95 lakh was found. It was found that the two companies were involved in more than half of these transactions. The auditing of year 2009-10 had showed a difference of Rs 35 lakh. The amount forged is being recovered from the applicants who are being made to pay up all over again. While the revenue department had decided that an amount of Rs 37,74,790 be recovered from nearly 4,411 applicants of Jalandhar district, only 299 paid up the dues till March end this year. The remaining 4,112 applicants are yet to pay up an amount of Rs 34,47,940. The case
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SBI branch celebrates 90th foundation day
Jalandhar, May 15 Assistant general manager Satish Kumar Verma briefed on the history of the branch to his subordinates and appealed them to extend all possible help to the customers. While talking to the Tribune, Verma said the branch (Imperial Bank of India) was the oldest and the State Bank of India became its successor on July 1, 1955. The Imperial Bank of India opened its branch in Jalandhar in 1923 and had a bank deposit of Rs 10 on May 23, 1923. The bank deposit rose to Rs 87, 95,914 on June 28, 1924, which is about Rs 1,250 crore at present. First branch head (called agent in last 1920’s) RE Ledbi was given a monthly enumeration of Rs 625, while Telu, a peon, was getting a salary of Rs 5 per month, he said. In 1926, GS Butalia was appointed first Indian manager of the SBI, Jalandhar branch, he said. Pensioners and elderly customers of the bank were also invited to grace the occasion. |
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POSCON hails French cooperative for aiding farmers
Jalandhar, May 15 Giving further details, Sangha said the aim of Axereal was to provide full integrated solution to farmers from seed to grain through extension services, marketing and processing. He further said Axereal was bringing new technology and proper know-how of agriculture for farmers in the country like seed drills, sprayers, agri inputs etc. "The POSCON has also made a tie-up with Monsanto to bring new seed varieties and diversification from paddy to maize, sunflower, menthol and cucurbits,” he Sangha. |
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Tension prevails in Basti Danishmandan
Jalandhar, May 15 Over 1,500 Christians reportedly gathered at the programme venue as nearly 300 Hindus led by BJP activists Amit Taneja and Sheetal Angural and ABVP workers came down demanding that the programme be wound up. Police force from four adjoining police stations immediately reached
the spot. Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP-West) Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu reached the venue. Leaders of the either group demanded registering of a case. No FIR, however, was lodged and the ACP asked them to meet him in his office tomorrow. |
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Two killed in road, rail accidents
Phagwara, May 15 In another incident, an unidentified aged man was run over and killed by a train near Bhattian village on the Phagwara-Phillaur section last night. The police has registered cases and sent the dead bodies to the Phillaur Civil Hospital for postmortem examination.
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Bank donates ceiling fans to schools
Jalandhar, May 15
Staff of the Basti Adda Road branch of the State Bank of India donate 10 ceiling fans to Government Girls High School, Gandhi Vanta Ashram, in Jalandhar on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
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NRI’s house burgled at Dosanjh Kalan village
Phagwara, May 15 The burglars took away valuable goods worth more than Rs 1 lakh when the house owner was away. The police has registered a case. |
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Jalandhar, May 15
Jalandhar, May 15
While the Basti Adda branch of the bank donated 10 fans to Government Girls High School, Gandhi Vanta Ashram, the Harbasn Nagar branch donates fans (five each) to Government High School, Mithu Basti, and Government Sports School,
Jalandhar.