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Police violating NDPS Act
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Cops use ‘secret dope info’ for frame-up
Drive a farce, say addicts’ relatives
ED quizzes Damanvir again, this time for 6 hrs
Amarinder writes to PM
52 youths stuck in Iraq back home, vow never to return
They survived on single meal, water
Big farmers given rights of land reserved for us: Dalits
Rural medical officers to wear black badges on Doctor’s Day
Digital library in a limbo at Fazilka
Rs 1,300 MSP for maize too less, says Kapurthala MLA
Police thwart protesters’ designs
Two docs suspended in TB medicine scam
Staff shortage: 28 PCS officers get extension
Anandpur Sahib to have 3-star
hotel
Spurious fertilisers seized
Self-help: Villagers set up laboratory
Surprise check by CM, 14 officers found
absent
Woman, two kids burnt to death
Akali Dal Panch Pardhani seeks action against
publisher Honorarium of nambardars enhanced
MOGA SHOOTOUT
Sangrur cops solve 2-yr-old murder
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Cops use ‘secret dope info’ for frame-up
The police station has Gurmeet's record and his present status of being a convict. Yet he faces a case registered at a time when he was in jail. Investigating officer Assistant Sub-Inspector Daljit Singh said he was unaware whether Gurmeet was in jail. "If Gurmeet is really in jail, then his name will be deleted from the list of the accused during the investigation", he said. These are a few instances that reflect police flip-flops resulting in infamy and innocent people being framed. This also causes wastage of time of the judiciary as well as of the investigating agencies. Sources said in the past few weeks, the local police have booked more than 200 people under the NDPS Act on "secret information" without recovering drugs from them. The police wording in the case files in all these cases is almost similar: "Daurane gasht gupt soochna par darj rgister kita gia uktaan doshi bhukki, chura post, afeem, heroin, nasheelian dwaian vechan da dhanda karde han" (This case has been registered on secret information that the accused persons are selling poppy husk, opium, heroin, psychotropic drugs). President of the District Bar Association Ramesh Grover says the police should first verify the facts brought to their notice by the informers and then recover drugs before registering the cases under the NDPS Act. "Section 58 of NDPS Act clearly states that if the investigating officer fails to recover drugs from a person against whom a case has been registered under the NDPS Act, then a criminal case will also be registered against the investigating officer for fabricating a false case", he said. Section 58 of the NDPS Act states, "Any police officer empowered under Sections 42, 43 and 44 of this Act vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both". Similarly, "Any person willfully and maliciously giving false information and so causing an arrest or a search being made under this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or both". Another lawyer Sukhwinder Singh Ramuwalia said normally the police officer after registering the NDPS cases on secret information try his/her level best during the course of investigation to show the recoveries of drugs by corrupt practices so as to protect themselves from the eyes of the law. "The police should not play with the career and life of the innocent people without establishing concrete evidences against them in the cases of drug trafficking". Former MLA and senior Congress leader Vijay Sathi says it is almost a normal practice with the police to name maximum people in the FIRs and then cleverly expunge some names during the investigations while presenting the cases for trial. "In most cases, people bribe the investigating officers to come out of the cases," he said.
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Drive a farce, say addicts’ relatives
Sources said fearing police harassment, a large number of addicts had shifted to their relatives’ place in the neighbouring states of Haryana and Rajasthan. "The problem has been alarming for the last over three years, but the government realised it only after its drubbing in the Lok Sabha election," alleged Jatinder Singh whose brother Bikram Singh (40) of Kotkapura was arrested on June 11 for allegedly possessing some sedative substance. Bikram died under mysterious circumstances in the Faridkot Central Jail on June 16. "To show its concern over the problem, the state police are making arrests on frivolous grounds”. “Most of the arrested persons are addicts while smugglers have not been held," said Balkaran Singh whose relative Jasbir Singh was arrested with
8 gm of heroin.
158 persons arrested in Sangrur district
Sangrur: The campaign against drugs seems to have had the desired results. With no easy access to husk, opium and smack, addicts are queuing up outside hospitals and Jan Aushadhi stores for medicines. Since May 21, the Sangrur district police have registered 138 FIRs and arrested 158 persons under the NDPS Act. Eighteen FIRs mention 200 persons believed to be involved in the drug trade. In the past 40 days, the district police have recovered 11 quintals of poppy husk, 4.750 kg of opium, 175 gm of smack, 31 gm of heroin, 150 gm of sulfa, 1.10 kg of narcotic powder, more than 30,000 pills and capsules, 1.5 kg of charas, 688 bottles of syrup. Most of the recoveries have been made on a tip-off during " search operations." Though Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu claims the arrest of petty peddlers has helped the police break the supply chain, critics allege an “eyewash”. They say that wary of the public perception that big leaders were patronising drug traders, the state government has gone on an overdrive against addicts. Keeping in view the insignificant recoveries, it is clear that most of those booked are addicts, they maintain.
— Sushil Goyal
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ED quizzes Damanvir again, this time for 6 hrs
Jalandhar, June 30 The queries pertained to bank statements of Damanvir, his links with Goraya-based businessman Chunni Lal Gaba and his sons Gurmej Singh Gaba and Gurjit Singh Gaba alias Monu, they said. The officials told Damanvir that they could call him anytime. His passport is already with the ED. Damanvir had earlier appeared before the ED on June 24. Move to attach property
The Patiala police have initiated the process to attach the property of Gaba's son Gurjit Singh Gaba against whom two separate FIRs were lodged at the Fatehgarh Sahib police station and the Passiana police station in Patiala district.
More raids in Jalandhar, HP
It is also learnt that a team of the Patiala police has raided several places in Himachal Pradesh, New Delhi and Jalandhar. Sources said some persons involved in the drug trade had been nabbed, but their identity had not been revealed. "The Patiala police would brief the media about their operation tomorrow," said a senior police official.
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Amarinder writes to PM
Chandigarh, June 30 Capt Amarinder has written to the Prime Minister that "without a coordinated effort by states under the guidance of the Centre, it is not possible to eradicate this problem". A copy of The Tribune report on the drug menace in Punjab and the state's "inability" to deal with the issue has also been sent to the PMO along with the letter. He said: "I do not have much faith in and any expectations from the Punjab Government as it has been sitting on this matter since long. The situation has now assumed alarming levels". Capt Amarinder said during his tenure as Chief Minister, he had repeatedly sought the formulation of a national drug policy at the Chief Ministers' conferences, but even after over a decade nothing has been done so far.
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Judicial remand for six Nigerians Amritsar: Six Nigerians who were arrested in connection with drug trafficking from Delhi on June 18 were sent to judicial remand. They were produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Yukti Goel after their 10-day police remand ended today. The accused are said to be the "end recipients" and kingpin behind a drug cartel operating in Punjab and Delhi. They used to procure drugs from Pakistan through the Indo-Pak border.
Those arrested were identified as Sydney Obinna, Uzochekwu Clement, Alogsis Ezechinelu, Mike, Victor and Peter. They were residing in a rented accommodation in Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, for the past three years. They were allegedly in contact with Pakistan-based heroin smugglers Abid Ali, Sajabad and Bhola. Abid Ali and Sajabad had sent a consignment of 22 kg of heroin which was seized by the state police in April. Bhola's courier Mohd Ishfaq alias Malangi, a Pakistan national, is at present lodged in the Amritsar jail in connection with the seizure of 6 kg of heroin, a huge quantity of fake currency and an MP-5 weapon.
— TNS
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Sniffer dogs to check drug flow into jails
Chandigarh: The state government has decided to use high-breed trained sniffer dogs to check the flow of drugs into jails. In recent months several recoveries have been made in various jails across the state.
Under a pilot project, eight high-breed sniffer dogs have been procured by the state government and sent to the Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, for special training, said Sohan Singh Thandal, Minister for Jails, in a press note issued on Monday. He said the sniffer dogs, six of them Labradors, would be deployed at the central jails in Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bathinda, Patiala, Nabha, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur
and Jalandhar. He said their 32-week training programme would commence on July 1. “For the upkeep of these sniffer dogs, 16 police personnel and four caretakers have also been deployed at the Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur,” the press note added.
— TNS
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52 youths stuck in Iraq back home, vow never to return
Hoshiarpur, June 30 The company for which they worked released their passports and provided them with tickets. However, $90 were deducted from the salary of each of them for it. Now, they do not want to go back there at any cost, even if peace was restored there and higher salaries were offered to them. The process of their return would continue and all of them would be back home by July 15. There were 450 Indians in Karbala. They were all working for a construction company building two hospitals on Najaf Road there. Among them were workers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh who were stranded in Karbala, about 110 km from Baghdad. The workers had alleged that the company for which they worked was not ready to let them go. It had restricted their movement and they were not allowed to go out. They alleged that in spite of an advisory issued by the Government of India for Indians in Iraq to return, the company officials were not letting them go. The Tribune highlighted their plight in its June 20 edition. After the matter was highlighted, the recruitment agents who had sent them to Iraq contacted the workers as well as the company and arranged for their return. Sunny Singh, a youth from Una in Himachal Pradesh, said when the issue made headlines, the agents contacted them and asked them to stay calm and told them that they were arranging for their return. “They also asked us not to sign any paper given to us by the company and in the meantime the company officials came to us with new agreements to sign, but we refused to sign those papers,” Sunny said. The company officials told them that they would be sent to India in separate groups. The first group sent back home included 52 Indians but they were also further divided into four groups of 13 each. “They did not give us a fair account of our balance wages and the cost of the air ticket was deducted from the balance salaries of each of us,” he said. He said he wished to work in India but could not find any job, so he decided to go to Iraq four months ago. He could not sent even a penny to his parents here. He would never go back there even if the company offered better salaries, he declared. Harnek Singh of Rahon Road, Ludhiana, worked as a cook in the company for three years. He said $90 were deducted from his salary for the ticket and those with a stay of less than a year were not paid at all. They were not offered even a glass of water during the flight. Back in India, many of them did not have even a single penny to pay for the bus or train fare to reach their homes and no one helped them there. “Some of us who were there for long periods, had some money with us which was shared by us with those youth so that they could also reach their homes. It was quite miserable that no one from the government or the administration cared for us.” On being asked if he would go back if the peace was restored in Iraq, he said, “I will never go to Iraq and I will not even let any of my children to go there.”
SGPC, DSGMC offer aid to victims Amritsar:
The SGPC and the DSGMC are extending a financial aid of Rs 60,000 to the families of around 40 Punjabi youths each abducted by ISIS militants in Iraq. According to a press note issued by Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia's media cell, the families are facing a tough time for the past around a fortnight. In view of their concerns, they were given another opportunity to meet Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj. During the meeting, DSGMC chief Manjeet Singh GK announced an aid of Rs 4 lakh for the families. Similarly, the press note said SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has also okayed an aid of Rs 50,000 each to these families.
— TNS
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They survived on single meal, water
Khatuali (Patiala), June 30 Exposing tall claims of the Centre and the Punjab Government of helping Punjabis stuck in the war-torn country, three Patiala youths who recently returned from there have a tale of horror to narrate. No government envoy could reach them, leave aside offering any help, they say. They, however, thanked Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann for his concern for those stuck in Iraq. He offered free return tickets to such persons and also used his links in Iraq to mitigate their misery, they say. Khatuali village resident Harjinder Singh spent four months in Iraq. He says as soon as he reached Iraq, he was sold as a daily wager to a Turkish construction company with its base in Karbala, 80 km south of Baghdad. "As soon as the war broke out, the company officials left us to fend for ourselves on June 11. We, a group of 52 persons, stayed in a dingy room in the summer heat. We survived on half-cooked rice that was made available once a day," he says. Harjinder's cousin Amarjeet Singh also recollects how he survived on a bottle of water and bread for over five days after the food stock in their camp exhausted. "Our company seniors left us. Over 231 Indian youths are still there in the same camp without any documents and visa to return. We spoke to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from our camp. Though he said help was on its way, my fellow campers told me this morning on telephone that their food stock was now completely exhausted and that they now feared the worst," he said. Both Harjinder and Amarjeet were sent abroad by a Kurukshetra-based travel agent after charging over 1.5 lakh as processing fees. Besides wanting their money back, they want a strict action against the travel agent for sending them as contract labourers with a foreign firm and then selling them off to another firm there. "I returned on Sunday and called back my fellow campers in Iraq. They said in case help did not arrive fast, they would die without anyone coming to know about them ever," Harjinder said. Another Patiala resident Sahib Singh has also returned after his parent company paid for his ticket and returned his passport.
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Big farmers given rights of land reserved for us: Dalits
the controversy
Sangrur, June 30 At least 537 bighas of land reserved for SCs in the village has been taken by eight persons for Rs 29.98 lakh while the land was auctioned for Rs 27.54 lakh last year. As per Rule 6 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act 1961, one-third of the cultivable land
proposed to be leased shall be reserved for the SC community. The Rural Development Department auctions the land by fixing a reserve price 10-15 per cent higher than the last year's auctioned amount. The Dalits say it is not possible for them to take rights of the land at such high rates. Harjinder Singh, a leader of the Zamin Prapati Sangharsh Committee, said only the rich and influential got the rights to cultivate the land reserved for the SCs. He said this year, four persons from a family and four others had got the rights by paying a huge amount. Harjinder said there was about 2,200 bighas of panchayat land in the village, of which over 700 bighas was reserved for the SCs, but 537 bighas had been auctioned as the remaining land was uncultivable. He said there were over 140 SC families in the village which wanted to get the rights of the reserved land, but the administration did not allow them to participate in the auction. Baljit Singh, District Development and
Panchayat Officer (DDPO), said all successful bidders had deposited Rs 29.98 lakh. Bhupinder Longowal, another SC leader, demanded an inquiry into the auction process and financial background of the successful bidders since it was not possible for any Dalit to arrange such huge
money.
‘Probe financial status of bidders’ The successful bidders have deposited
Rs 29.98 lakh. We have demanded an inquiry into the auction process and the financial background of the bidders since it was not possible for any Dalit to arrange such a huge
amount. Bhupinder Longowal, SC leader
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Rural medical officers to wear black badges on Doctor’s Day
Jalandhar, June 30 The RMSA vice-president and general secretary, Dr JP Narula and Dr Anand Malhotra, said that medicines had not been supplied to the rural dispensaries for the past two years.
Medicines for patients suffering from asthma, hypertension, diabetes and cardiac problems as well as antibiotics for children were out of stock. Drugs to treat fever and other infections were also not available. Even the oral rehydration solution (ORS), which was a must to treat diarrhoea cases, was not available. The Jalandhar unit chief, Dr Rohit, claimed that because of the depleting stock of medicines, the number of patients at the OPD had come down from 80 lakh patients to just 12 lakh patients in two years. The RMOs say that the state government has made no recruitments since 2011 despite the fact that 400 of the total of 1,186 rural dispensaries across the state are without RMOs. "Because of staff scarcity, one RMO is looking after three rural dispensaries," claimed Dr Hemraj and Dr Bikram Mann. Threat to gherao CM: The decision of the Rural Development and Panchayats Department that the BDPOs will monitor the functioning of rural doctors has not gone well with the latter. The RMSA state chief, Dr Aslam Parvez, has threatened that the doctors will gherao the CM if the order is not withdrawn.
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Digital library in a limbo at Fazilka
Fazilka, June 30 The work commenced and was left incomplete three years ago after spending about Rs 36
lakh on the new building of the digital library, due to reported shortage of funds. Later on, the construction work was transferred to the Panchyati Raj Department. Official sources said the department received another installment of Rs 16 lakh. A boundary wall was raised from the funds. “The construction work again came to a standstill three months ago as the department did not receive funds to complete the construction of the double-storey building and necessary electronic gadgets,” said Sub-divisional Officer (Panchayati Raj), Balraj Singh. He said a total of Rs 1 crore was needed to make the library functional.
The area has been left abandoned. At present, the library is being run from a portion of the old building of
the college. The library has a total of 22,140 books on record but it has no permanent librarian for the past one decade. The work is being carried out by an
employee recruited on contract basis. There is a transaction of over 200 books
per day during the academic session. The books are stocked in decades-old cupboards and steel almirahs. Some of the books are tattered. With the development of information and technology, the need for converting the library into a digital one was felt.
A distant dream?
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Rs 1,300 MSP for maize too less, says Kapurthala MLA
Jalandhar, June 30 He said this in reference to the Rs 1,300 per quintal minimum support price (MSP) announced for maize. Rana said, “The way the Government of India, which the Akalis are a part and parcel of, has fixed the MSP for maize when the MSP of fodder was fixed at Rs 1,700 per quintal reflects its non-seriousness in encouraging maize farming. As a result, farmers are going for distress sale and they are not able to sell maize for more than Rs 1,000 per quintal. This has been done despite the fact that the nutritional value of fodder is far less than that of maize.” In a statement issued
here today, the senior Congress leader urged the Punjab Government to purchase maize at Rs 1,400 per quintal and debit the interest and handling costs to the Union Government’s account as per the policy laid out. He said the Union Government should have no problem in crediting the amount to the state government as the MSP is guaranteed by the Centre only. Rana said, “A large number of farmers who had tried to diversify by growing maize as an alternative crop and save water were facing discouragement at the hands of
the government. While last year, they got Rs 1,300 to Rs 1,500 per quintal, this year they were not able to sell it even for about Rs 1,000 per quintal and that too when the MSP for maize had been fixed at Rs 1,300 per quintal. Such fluctuations in the prices will simply devastate farmers.” Rana said that even the state Agriculture Minister had demanded Rs 1,800 MSP for maize. He said, “With its own government at the Centre, the state should not have had any problem in getting it done but they apparently were not serious about it”. He said the state government had purchased high quality maize driers but these had not been made functional so far.
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Police thwart protesters’ designs
Talwandi Sabo, June 30 The bid to intensify the protest was, however, thwarted by the police. The policemen did not allow them to venture out in the open and stopped them from raising slogans against the state government. The protesting members of the committee initially gathered at Baba Dall Singh Park from where they decided to move further to the office of the SDM. Heavy police force was deployed outside the park led by the area SHO and the DSP (Headquarters). Heated arguments ensued between the police and protesters. Later, talking to mediapersons, committee members Buta Singh, Sukhpal Gora, Darshan Maur and others said they were protesting against delay in releasing their salaries and their other long-pending demands. “The government, in the name of Sangat Darshan is fooling the masses by announcing grants to the people and claims massive development. However, in reality, many government departments are in the state of neglect,” committee members said. People are still bereft of basic facilities in the state, they added. The protesters said they would soon launch a massive protest in support of their long-pending demands to make their grievances heard by those running the government. The police said they did not allow anyone to take out the protest in the larger interest of the people and to maintain peace in the area.
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Two docs suspended in TB medicine scam
Patiala, June 30 The department is contemplating further legal action against these two officials and also against various Civil Surgeons posted in the district during that period, who allowed the things to go that way under their nose. According to Vini Mahajan, Principal Secretary, Health, Dr Bhupinder Singh and Dr Jawahar Joshi have been suspended following the VB report that pointed towards
their alleged role in the scam. "We are further recommending legal action against the guilty
officers named in the report," she said. According to the VB report "the firms that supplied the medicines belonged to close relatives of the officials concerned". The probe covered purchases made between 2008 and 2012. The Economic Offence Wing had received a complaint that medicines and other materials used at the District TB Centre were being purchased in violation of the rules. The probe found that the prices of medicines and other material were 15 to 20 times higher than the market rates. The probe officers had recorded statements of the district programme officer, the centre head and his subordinate staff. The centre receives Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 lakh every year for buying medicines. The purchases are done by the district programme officer, civil surgeon and district TB officer.
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Staff shortage: 28 PCS officers get extension
Phagwara, June 30 Though the hovernment has appointed 28 more new PCS officers, most of them have yet to clear the departmental exams. The PCS officers whose services have been extended till December 31 include Amarjit Pal, Sukhminder Pal Marar, Opjit Singh Brar, Balraj Singh Sekhon, Gurvariam Singh, Jora Singh Thind, Dharminder Pal Singh, Narinder Singh Riar, Surinder Kaur Riar, Dr Baljit Singh, Pritam Singh, Indu Mishra, Sukhwinder Singh Gill, Gurtej Singh, Mohan Lal Sharma, Harminder Singh, Kuldip Singh Chandi, Ajmer Singh, JC Sabharwal, Pritam Singh Johal, Avtar Chand Sharma, Mohan Lal, NS Bath, Ashok Kumar Sikka, Govt move
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Anandpur Sahib to have 3-star
hotel
Ropar, June 30 The hotel, proposed to be built on a five-acre
plot, was supposed to have 20 rooms with a multi-cuisine restaurant.
The land for the purpose was to be provided by the state government on
lease for 99 years. However, the ITDC started disinvestment and the
incomplete hotel building was put on sale in 2004. Director (Tourism)
Najotpal Randhawa said there was a good footfall of NRIs in Anandpur
Sahib. As many of them preferred to put up in good hotels, there was a
need to set up a good hotel in the area. So, the decision to revive
the project, he said.
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Spurious fertilisers seized
Moga, June 30 Dr Jaswinder Singh Brar, agriculture officer who seized the material, said the fertiliser had been manufactured at Ahmedabad and Ludhiana. Two samples of the seized material had been sent for examination to a government laboratory. Dr Brar said a canter, carrying 30 quintals of fertilisers manufactured by Shri Ram Fertilisers, Ahmedabad, and Global Fertilisers, Ludhiana, was intercepted on the Moga-Baghapurana highway on the outskirts of Moga. Both the companies did not have the government permission to manufacture fertilisers. The canter driver, Amit Jain, claimed he was transporting the material to the dealers.
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Self-help: Villagers set up laboratory
Ropar, June 30 Instead of waiting for the government help, the villagers collected Rs 80,000 and the local gurdwara management contributed Rs 50,000 for the project, said sarpanch Gurjasbir Singh. “The laboratory has blood test facilities, including uric acid, RH factor and diabetes tests. Now, efforts will be made to install X-ray and ECG machines there,” said former sarpanch Gurdev Singh. In absence of any such laboratory, the people had to go to Chamkaur Sahib or Morinda for these tests. The charges of tests at the newly opened facility have been fixed at par with the state government hospitals, he said.
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Surprise check by CM, 14 officers found
absent
Chandigarh, June 30 Senior officers found present in their offices during the surprise check were Principal Secretary, Defence Services, SR Ladhar; Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, A Venu Prasad; Principal Secretary, Surplus Pool, Dharamvir; Principal Secretary, Jails and General Administration, Sanjay Kumar; Secretary, Transport, Anurag Aggarwal; Secretary, Freedom Fighters, VK Janjua; Secretary, Finance, JM Balamurgam; Special Secretary, PWD (B&R), HS Kandhola; Special Secretary, Transport, Dr Amarpal Singh; Special Secretary, Higher Education, Chander Gaind; Special Secretary, Civil Aviation, APS Virk; Secretary, School Education, Rahul Bhandari; Additional Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Avtar Chand Sharma; and OSD, Litigation (Health), RL Mehta. The Chief Minister interacted with the officers to learn about the problems they faced while discharging their duties. He inspected the civil dispensary and found all doctors and paramedics present. But the entire staff of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) was absent.
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Woman, two kids burnt to death
Abohar, June 30 Since all the three bodies were badly charred, the authorities decided to conduct a post-mortem examination on the spot. Residents said the dwelling had been raised using dry grass, bamboo sticks and plastic sheets but had an electricity connection. It is believed that there was a sparking in wires due to a dust storm in the morning. The dwelling was completely destroyed, officials said. Sources said Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had directed
the authorities concerned to submit a file for providing compensation to
the family.
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MOGA SHOOTOUT
Moga, June 30 Local residents Sukhdev Singh, allegedly involved with the land mafia, and his private gunman Inderjit Singh Gora were shot dead by the Chandigarh Police on June 25. Rinku and Khuspinder, who were on the spot, were taken into custody. Earlier, Harpinder Singh, a resident of Chandigarh, had lodged an FIR against the two, accusing them of assault and robbery. The Chandigarh police had come to Moga to arrest them, but they shot dead Sukhdev Singh and his driver.
SIT constituted
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Sangrur cops solve 2-yr-old murder
Sangrur, June 30 Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sangrur Mandeep Singh Sidhu said the main accused was the brother of the deceased, Rajinder Singh of Panwan village (Bhawanigarh). The SSP said on September 8, 2012, Rajinder along with Jasvir Singh had been attacked near Panwan village by four unidentified persons when they were returning to the village from Channo on a motorcycle. The accused put chilly powder in the eyes of
Jasvir and Rajinder, attacked them with a part of a cot and fled. Rajinder died on October 3, 2012, during his treatment. Those arrested are Rajinder’s brother Baljinder Singh, Dilbar Singh, Rustam Khan, Harvinder Singh and Harmeet Singh. The SSP said during
the interrogation, Baljinder had confessed to have molested his brother’s wife. When this came to the notice of his brother, he rebuked him, following which he planned to beat him up. He took his friends’ help in the crime.
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In over a month, the govt agencies in their biggest drive against narcotic drugs arrested 4,402 persons — putting 163 persons behind bars every day. FIRs reveal a pattern: Names & locations are changed, but circumstances leading to the arrests remain the same
Many alleged drug peddlers put behind bars have various versions about the circumstances leading to their arrest. But the FIRs registered against them have common charges: that they were found with drugs — something which the police are unable to show on record.
As per the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the accused arrested with commercial quantity of drugs are not granted bail whereas those held with non-commercial quantity can be granted bail in a month or two.
A clash between the police and members of the Mulazim Sangharsh Committee was averted Talwandi Sabo today. The protesters, comprising members of various government department unions, had decided to take out a protest march before submitting a memorandum to the Sub Divisional Magistrate
(SDM).
Moga, June 30
Faridkot, June 30
