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Brief spell of rain in city exposes civic body’s preparedness for monsoon
Widespread condemnation of Pannu thrashing incident in Amritsar
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Retired police inspector commits suicide
The wailing relatives of Jagir Singh in Amritsar on Friday. Photo: Sameer Sehgal
Lure of foreign land makes gullible fall in trap of fake travel agents
2 snatching incidents in city
Cops clueless about culprits in Golden Temple abduction case
Gurmilap with his mother after he was found abandoned near a gurdwara in Amritsar. A file Photo
Railways’ properties decaying for want of care
Family of suicide victim meets Joshi
Artists from Goa enthrall Amritsar residents
Jatt and Juliet-2 opens to packed theatres
A huge rush outside a cinema hall where 'Jatt and Juliet-2 is being screened in Amritsar on Friday. A Tribune Photograph
Six held for bootlegging, possessing narcotics
1 booked for fraud
Man accuses wife of theft
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Brief spell of rain in city exposes civic body’s preparedness for monsoon
Amritsar, June 28 This elevated road, leading to multiple destinations, including the Golden Temple complex parking, had come into being after spending over Rs 230 crore, yet no thought was spared to devise a mechanism here so that water should not get accumulated on the road. From day one, it has been a major snag, which is posing as a risky ride to the commuters. Besides, the entry and exit points of the elevated road, which get flooded with water without fail when it rains, the whole stretch especially leading straight to the Bhandari Bridge, got inundated at several points in-between. Since this stretch caters to heavy and fast moving vehicles only, it becomes quite risky and it has been a constant problem when either the levelling of the road is faulty or the water drain pores remain choked for want of cleanliness. Whatever be the reason, the bottom-line is that the commuters suffer great inconvenience, besides risking their lives. At the entry and exit points, every time it rains, the MC men are spotted draining out water by installing a water-sucking motor as a stop-gap arrangement. Naresh Johar, a resident, resented that it was the poor workmanship, which leads to the chaos. “Even after spending crores on this project, it is a pity that no care was taken to make adequate provision for rainwater drainage mechanism here,” he said. Endorsing his views, another resident Jagdish Singh questioned the integrity of the MC officials. “Even after missing many deadlines, this project could not be executed error-free. This clearly shows that the material of required specifications was not used to build this elevated road and a large amount of money has been siphoned off.” — Bhupinder Singh, MC Commissioner
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Widespread condemnation of Pannu thrashing incident in Amritsar
Amritsar, June 28 The Virsa Vihar Society and other literary and cultural societies today conducted a candle-march in the city to condemn the incident. Prominent Sikh organisations like the SGPC and the Chief Khalsa Diwan, former minister Luxmi Kanta Chawla, gazetted officers, and even autorickshaw operators took cognisance of this heinous attack by miscreants on Pannu, now Director-General of School Education (DGSE), Punjab, who went as government’s representative to distribute relief materials to the pilgrims stranded at Gobind Ghat in calamity-hit Uttrakhand recently. To aggravate the matter, one amongst them video-graphed the whole episode and further uploaded it on a widely followed social networking site. Even as the police is on the job to identify the attackers, Chief Khalsa Diwan president Charanjit Singh Chadha said it was extremely painful for a Sikh to be humiliated in such a way in Gurudwara Sahib. “This assault is really an unfortunate, shameless and tragic incident and against Sikh ethics in all measures. The accused are not capable of being called Sikhs,” he said. Endorsing it, a resident Nirmal Singh called it an inhuman act and added that the Punjab officer was attacked by some miscreants while he was there for their safe return home and well being. The Chief Khalsa Diwan appealed to the government to investigate the matter and demanded immediate judicial probe into the incident, identification of those who were involved in the brutal attack and punishment for them so that such incidents do not recur. Terming Pannu as an intelligent and honest senior officer, former Cabinet minister Luxmi Kanta Chawla viewed that it was a pre-planned conspiracy against him. “It is astonishing that when a group of persons were beating up the officer, someone was capturing it. It was as if he was placed there for the job. I am afraid that some influential persons of Punjab, for whom the officer’s honesty and integrity was creating trouble, had planned the incident. It becomes the utter responsibility of the government to investigate the matter in an unbiased manner and punish the anti-social elements who were involved in this case,” she said. Daljit Singh Kohli and Kulwant Singh Ankhi, general secretary and president of the Amritsar Vikas Munch, respectively, said the contribution of Pannu in promoting Sikhism could never be forgotten, especially during his stint as DC, Amritsar. It was Pannu only who raised his voice against fire crackers in and around Golden Temple so that pollution might not harm it. “It was he, who worked for the suffering humanity by heart. The Beggars' Home at Karam Singh ward and the Panghura scheme for destitute infants and new ICP at Attari-Wagah were some of his unforgettable projects. Humiliating such an officer is nothing but a serious crime committed by some insane persons,” said Ankhi. The Gazetted Employees School Services Association has also condemned the attack on Pannu. In a release issued here today, the association said the Punjab Government should take up the matter with Uttarakhand Government so that the guilty could be brought to book. The Association smelt a conspiracy in the incident and sought a judicial probe into it. The Revenue Patwar Union, Punjab, also flayed the attack, saying it was unfortunate that such an honest and competent officer was assaulted. The union said Pannu launched the path-breaking scheme like "Panghura" which saved many precious lives of girl child, besides working on various projects during his stint as Amritsar DC. Hundreds of autorickshaw operators even conducted a special meeting at Company Bagh against this incident. “He was like an angel for us. During his stint, he always listened to our grievances, even called us at his residence after office hours. It is a blot on the SAD-BJP government if the miscreats go scot-free after assaulting the officer,” said Bittu, president of the auto-union.
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Retired police inspector commits suicide
Amritsar, June 28 The incident came to light when he failed to return to his new house, where his family shifted about a month ago. His family members asked about him from neighbours, who found him hanging from iron grills. They then informed the family and the Cantonment police in this
connection. Senior police officials, including Police Commissioner Ram Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Kaustubh Sharma and Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Harjit Singh Brar reached the spot on hearing the news. According to police officials, Jagir Singh was a brave policeman who had arrested a number of notorious terrorists. Jagir Singh had retired from the Tarn Taran police in 2011. He was mentally disturbed due to an encounter case that took place at Tarn Taran in 1993. The case was pending in the CBI court and due to this he was not getting any pension. The body was today handed over to the family after the post-mortem examination. He was cremated at the cremation ground with police honors. Senior police officials, including two IGs, DIG, SSPs of nearby districts, SPs, DSPs, besides SHOs were present at his cremation. Jagir Singh has two sons who are studying abroad.
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Lure of foreign land makes gullible fall in trap of fake travel agents
Amritsar, June 28 The craze for earning big bucks among them seemed to be so strong that they adopted every mean, legal or illegal, to achieve their aim (of settling abroad) and, therefore, landed themselves in the hands of the fake travel agents. A majority of them ended up losing huge amounts. Several among them, instead of landing in their dreamland, land in the jails or the countries which themselves suffer from unemployment and poverty. Vikas, a resident of Mai Gujra Wali, Sachkhan road located on Tarn Taran road, is a perfect example of this. He lodged a complaint with the Sultanwind police that Gurwant Singh and his wife, residents of Manian Kohawa defrauded him on the pretext of sending him to South Africa. But, instead, he said they sent him to Kenya and, thus, cheated him. In a recent incident, Jatinder Singh, a resident of village Adliwal was duped by Mohinderpal Singh and Dev Roop Singh of Industrial Area, Goindwal Sahib (Tarn Taran). He alleged that the accused took Rs 21 lakh from him to send him to America on a permanent basis. He said that the accused neither sent him to America nor returned the money. Baldev Singh of village Langarwal (Gurdaspur), Jasmel Singh of Kartar Nagar here and Rashpal Singh of village Cheecha has a different story to tell. They told the police that Rashpinder Kaur of Ganga Building and Mohraj Singh of village Bhagowali (Gurdaspur) took Rs 15.55 lakh from them to send their wards to Armenia with the promise that they would get a work of $ 700 to 1000. Ahough they landed Armenia, they did not find any work. Going by the police records, the Amritsar police (city as well as rural police) recorded around 26 cases – 16 in city and 10 in Amritsar rural - this year. Out of this, only one case was cancelled. In June, five cases were registered in the city alone. Jasdeep Singh, SP (D) pointed out that travel agents exploited the Punjabi youths’ temptation of foreign shores. But they must contact registered travel agents for going abroad rather than falling in the trap of the fake travel agents. The police department has adopted a zero tolerance towards such people. Whenever we receive a complaint, the department registers a complaint after holding a proper inquiry. He said there was a dedicated wing, Economic Offences Wing, to investigate such cases.
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2 snatching incidents in city
Amritsar, June 28 Harpreet Kaur stated to the police that it was for the first time that she had come to meet her parents after her marriage, but she became a victim of the snatchers, who took away her purse having an expensive phone, besides Rs 5,000 and an ATM card. She said she was going on a rickshaw when two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths came from behind and tried to snatch her purse near the Simran Marriage palace. She resisted their attempt, but the miscreants pulled the purse so strongly that she fell from the rickshaw and the snatchers took away the purse. Jaswinder Kaur told the police that she, along with her sister, was going to Sant Avenue by rickshaw when some unidentified youths on a motorcycle snatched her purse near the Prince Marriage palace. She said she was having Rs 1,000, besides a pair of gold earrings and medicines worth Rs 20,000. The B-division police authorities said a case under Sections 382 and 34 of the IPC had been registered in this connection.
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Cops clueless about culprits in Golden Temple abduction case
Amritsar, June 28 The police today released the photographs of the accused who was involved in the kidnapping that took place on the intervening night of June 7-8. The boy, Gurmilap Singh, was abandoned by the suspects at a toy shop near Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh the next day. Gurmilap was sleeping with his family when he was kidnapped by an unidentified woman. The family which belongs to Ferozepur had come to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple. The CCTV footage pointed out that the accused was accompanied by three others who left the shrine immediately after kidnapping. The footage revealed that
the boy was abducted at about 1 am. Releasing the photographs of the culprits, the police officials said that
an appropriate cash prize would be given to the person who would give a tip-off about the kidnappers. The police said people could pass the information to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP-Central) Harjit Singh (9781130106) or Kotwali police station Station House Officer (SHO) Sukhwinder Singh Randhawa (97811-30205). The name of the informer would be kept secret,
the police officials assured.
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Railways’ properties decaying for want of care
Amritsar, June 28 The Railway Colony B-block situated near Islamabad area is awaiting renovation for the past many years. The residential colony for the Railways employees is facing utter neglect as anti-social elements are resorting to theft from half-built houses in the area. The Railways had five colonies in the city. The Railway Colony No 1 is situated at GT Road near Bhandari bridge while the Railway Colony No 2 is situated close to the platform and extends up to the rail coach factory. The Railway Colony No 3 is situated near Gole Bagh and Railway colony A block is in Amritsar Cantonment. Among all these, B-block settlement is the least inhabited. Majority of the partially built, half built and unfinished structures are marked by wild undergrowth and hence deteriorating for want of upkeep. Unscrupulous elements steal bricks, window panes and other stuff with impunity. The anti-social elements take refuge in these structures. Sources say about half of the total 1,200 quarters were classified as unfit for habitation and were demolished some time back following which work on nearly 200 quarters was initiated. However, the work was abandoned half way for lack of funds. The Northern Railways’ Sub-Divisional Hospital is also situated in this colony. Patients from all railway colonies visit the hospital to get treatment. The Ferozepur division manager of the Northern Railways, Naresh Chander Goel, said he was not aware of the condition of the colony. He said after assessing the real situation, he could chalk out a plan to restore it.
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Family of suicide victim meets Joshi
Amritsar, June 28 They urged the minister to direct the police department to immediately arrest the five accused who have been booked in the case on the basis of suicide note recovered from the deceased's clothes. Rajesh had committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance. In a suicide note, he had alleged that he took the extreme step as the accused were pressurising him as he had borrowed money from them on interest. The police, on the basis of the suicide note, booked Nindi Pehalwan of fish market, Mohna Pehalwan, Avinash Sanju, Ashwani of Rambagh area and Babbu of Chita Gumat Ram Bagh. A case under Section 306, 120-B of the IPC was registered against them. Joshi called the police officials concerned demanding immediate arrest of the accused. The Kotwali police said they were conducting raids to nab the culprits who were on run since the registration of case against them.
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Artists from Goa enthrall Amritsar residents
Amritsar, June 28 A Goan cultural gala at Sham Regency saw the evening start with musical performances by Goan dance troupes and cuisines of the state. The initiative was the first from the state tourism department and they will travel to Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar soon. “Goa is famous for its beaches and nightlife but very few know about its hinterland where the real Goa is. Our aim is to make people aware about every aspect of Goa- whether it is countryside, popular tourist destinations, food, culture, music or history. We have planned two more days of entertainment for the people of Amritsar with musical concerts, folk dances and presentations on all the facets of this beautiful state,” he said. The tourism department also plans to offer special holiday packages for tourists from the city.
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Jatt and Juliet-2 opens to packed theatres
Amritsar, June 28 “The film has got five star rating with a great script that doesn’t lose grip any time. Everything about the film is being loved, be it the chemistry between the lead pair, dialogues, story or the locales. We are running 12 shows in a day and have a packed house till weekend,” said Davender Singh, manager, Big Cinemas, Amritsar. Trade analysts and industry experts claimed that the film had already cashed in over Rs 1 crore on its first day and is expected to go past its previous record in terms of business. “Usually Punjabi films do brisk business as compared to big Bollywood releases. Jatt and Juliet-2 has got tremendous response on its opening day. It’s expected to do better as the weekend progresses,” says Pratiek Kaushik, F&B manager, Cinepolis, Amritsar.
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Six held for bootlegging, possessing narcotics
Amritsar, June 28 Ashok Kumar of Mustfabad and Avtar Singh were arrested with 120 and 210 capsules of habit forming drugs. Jaswant Singh of Fakir Singh Colony, Gate Hakima was nabbed with 40 bottles of country-made liquor while 30 bottles of illicit liquor were seized from Baljinder Singh of Ghanupur Kale. Separate cases under the NDPS Act and the Excise Act have been registered against them. 2 booked for pilfering ghee
The police has booked Bhai Parkash Singh and Amarjit Singh for allegedly pilfering the ghee which was donated by devotees at the shrine. Raghbir Singh alleged that the accused were caught red-handed while selling ghee.
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1 booked for fraud
Amritsar, June 28 The police recovered a motorcycle besides some spare parts in this connection. A case under Section 379, 411, 468 and 473 of the IPC has been registered in this regard. One dies in road
mishap
Charanjit Singh, a resident of Muradpura village, died while three persons were injured in a road mishap near Bir Balpura village. The incident took place when a speeding car collided with their vehicle. The injured were identified as
Sunita, Kuldeep Raj and his wife Ram Narain Murti. They were going to Ramdass while the other car was coming from Fatehgarh Churian side.
— TNS
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Man accuses wife of theft
Amritsar, June 28 He said when he returned, he found that his wife had decamped with the money. He alleged she had illicit relations with Mukha Singh of Tur village. A case under
Section 406 and 497 of the IPC has been registered in this regard.
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Amritsar, June 28
Amritsar, June 28
The film Jatt and Juliet-2 opened houseful at multiplexes and single-screen theatres here.
The occupancy of the film was 80-100 per cent with rush for weekend bookings.
“The film has got five star rating with a great script that doesn’t lose grip any time. Everything about the film is being loved, be it the chemistry between the lead pair, dialogues, story or the locales. We are running 12 shows in a day and have a packed house till weekend,” said Davender Singh, manager, Big Cinemas, Amritsar.
