P’kula police join hands with city cops
Hina Rohtaki
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 6
The Panchkula and Chandigarh police, who are usually at loggerheads when it comes to coordination, today joined hands to ensure security at the borders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Police officials from Panchkula and Chandigarh together held a flag march inside and around the colonies lying on the Panchkula-Chandigarh border. This was done to check the presence of bad elements.

Commissioner of Police Ajay Singhal said, “The purpose of the flag march is to remove the fear from the minds of public and to instill confidence in them. It also breaks the morale of bad elements.”

During the flag march, Singhal said, “It is a combined show of strength.”

Sixty officials from the Panchkula police, including the local force and jawans from ITBP, and 75 from the Chandigarh police, including station house officer (SHO) of the Mani Majra (Chandigarh) police station marched together.

They started from the Sector 16 police post to Mauli Jagran area (Chandigarh) and then to Rajiv colony and Budanpur area (Panchkula). Later, they marched inside the Indira colony and again to Budanpur area.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Adarshdeep Singh said, “We are having the flag march on daily basis to check any suspicious element particularly in these colonies. Also, the use of liquor and money is being checked at the nakas.”

Meanwhile, coordination with the Himachal and Punjab police has also been done.

ACP Jagtar Singh said, “We have asked the Himachal and Punjab police to set up nakas at their borders and check any group entering Panchkula. During elections, nakas will be laid on our borders and we will check any person who enters the area.”

Phool Chand Mulana criticises BJP, INLD
Our Correspondent

Kalka, April 6
Phool Chand Mulana, former president of the state Congress, today severely criticised the BJP and INLD on various aspects during a public meeting organised in local Sabzi Mandi in connection with the canvassing of Raj Kumar Balmiki, Lok Sabha candidate from the Ambala Constituency.

Mulana said Narinder Modi was the product of media. While attacking the BJP, he said during the tenure if Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the party did not fulfill its promises, including abolishing of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Raj Kumar Balmiki expressed his gratitude to Mulana for recommending his name for the ticket. He said development was the main issue during elections this time. The state government has already implemented pension to even chowkidars and lambardars.

The farmers have been provided electricity at 10 paisa per unit. The state government has abolished Inspectory Raj and abolished 38 farms.

Balmiki further added that Kalka MLA belonging to INLD had not been taking any initiative for the development of the area.

30-year-old found dead in car
Our Correspondent

Kalka, April 6
Body of a 30-year-old man was recovered under mysterious circumstances from a car by the police. According to police sources, some one informed them that a man was lying dead on the front seat of a car. The police reached the spot and sent the body for autopsy the Kalka Civil Hospital.

The deceased has been identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of Shiv Shakti Colony, Pinjore.

The police have recovered a suicide note, a wine bottle and some cigarettes from the car. Fakir Chand Vashishth, father of the deceased, said his son, who was running a driving school, had gone to a petrol pump yesterday around 4.30 pm, but did not return.

Pooja, wife of the deceased, said they came to know about the incident when they received a call from the Pinjore police. She is suspecting some foul play.

In the primary investigations the police are considering it as a case of suicide.

In the suicide note, written in English, the deceased has not blamed any body for his this step. The police have sent the suicide note to Madhuman for matching the hand writing.