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Police lodge complaint against Inspector General Cheema
CM begins 3-day tour of Talwandi Sabo
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Govt offices to have biometric attendance
4 youths held on murder charge in Kuwait let off
Sushma assures CM of all help
Farmers blame SAD leader for water theft
Summons by couriers soon, says HC Judge
Man who shot at J’khand ex-CM’s stepbrother held
Rs 4 cr transactions from Daduwal’s accounts
Shoe-hurling: PHRC flooded with letters seeking ‘justice’ for accused
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Police lodge complaint against Inspector General Cheema
Mohali, August 30 Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti confirmed the development. He said they had submitted a detailed report to the Inspector General, Patiala Zone, Paramjit Singh Gill. Paramjit said he had forwarded the report to the higher officials. Sources said it had been mentioned in the DDR that Cheema was allegedly drunk at the time of the incident. Gulati is allegedly the co-accused of conman Davinder Singh Gill in a Rs 2 crore land fraud case registered in March. He was taken into custody by the police from a hospital where he had come to meet Krispy Khaira, Davinder’s wife. Krispy was admitted there following an alleged suicide attempt by her. Sources said Cheema came to the police station around midnight and took away Gulati to the hospital where Krispy was admitted. After a chase and high drama, the police again arrested Gulati from the hospital premises. Krispy today claimed that Cheema brought Gulati to her room in the hospital around 12.15 am on August 27 and allegedly slapped him repeatedly to pressurise her. “He was threatening me to take back my statement related to my suicide attempt as well as the molestation case,” she said while talking to the media. Krispy, who lodged two fresh complaints against Cheema last evening, demanded the police officer’s suspension. She threatened to sit on fast-unto-death in front of the Mohali SSP’s office from tomorrow in case her demand was not met. “I have filed two complaints against Cheema for threatening me and kidnapping and assaulting Gulati in my room at the hospital,” she said. The SSP said statements had been recorded in the molestation complaint lodged by Krispy. “The report will be sent to the higher authorities within a day or two,” he said.
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CM begins 3-day tour of Talwandi Sabo
Talwandi Sabo, August 30 Several people turned up and complained about broken streetlights, potholes on roads, lack of medical facilities, stray cattle menace and corruption at local offices. Badal assured them of addressing the issues. Badal asked local officials as to how much of the grants disbursed during the previous sangat darshan programmes had been utilised. The officials said nearly 70 developmental projects had begun in Talwandi Sabo. He also laid the stone for a vegetable market, which is likely to be constructed over an area of 1.18 acres within three months.
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Govt offices to have biometric attendance
New Delhi, August 30 Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal announced this while presiding over a Sangat Darshan at Punjab Bhawan here today. He directed the Chief Secretary to take immediate steps to install the devices. This was in response to complaints of non-availability of a section of officers of the Revenue Department, which caused hardships to the public. He assured the complainants that the government would ensure the presence of its employees. He said the devices would be linked with a centralised control room to keep record of employees’ timings.
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4 youths held on murder charge in Kuwait let off
Jalandhar, August 30 Efforts were on to secure the release of the remaining 10, said Jaswinder Singh of the Punjab Welfare Society in Kuwait. The released youths confirmed the development while talking to The Tribune over the phone from Kuwait. They said they were let off after the police investigations found that the Egyptians had died a natural death. The number of the detained youths was yesterday put at 24, but the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed today that the count stood at 14. Sodhi Singh of Harbadpur village in Kapurthala, said: "Three of the detainees were freed by the police on their own. My release was secured by the company I am employed with." The youths have now returned to the site of a mosque under construction in Doha along with other fellow Egyptians workers. While a majority of the Indians have been employed as masons, the wooden work is being done by the Egyptians. Pawan Kumar from Jandu Singha village in Jalandhar said: "The police have assured the safe release of all our fellow Punjabi workers." Several of the Punjabi youths reportedly turned down the offer of the Indian Mission in Kuwait to send them back (to India) due to the heavy loans they had secured for their visas. "I came here a few months ago after taking a loan of Rs 1 lakh. If I return to Punjab, how will I pay such a huge amount?" said Sodhi Singh, who had sustained injuries in the brawl. Sodhi's wife Manpreet Kaur has appealed to the Punjab Government and the Centre to ensure the safety and treatment of her husband.
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Sushma assures CM of all help
Chandigarh, August 30 Swaraj assured the Chief Minister that she was personally keeping tabs on the situation and had already directed the Secretary, External Affairs (Gulf), to liaison with the Kuwait Foreign Ministry. A spokesperson of Chief Minister's Office said during the telephonic conversation, Badal apprised the Union Minister about the plight of detained Punjabis. — TNS
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Farmers blame SAD leader for water theft
Patiala, August 30 The Irrigation Department officials alleged they were attacked whenever they went to check water theft. They accused the police of not taking action against the accused. The farmers said they would stage a dharna outside the Akali leader's house in Patiala if water theft was not stopped. They claimed the accused would steal water from Udaipur minor and Ghurram distributary. Avtar Singh, a farmer from Sanaur, said, “A majority of the farmers who divert water to their fields are close to the senior SAD leader.” Rajinder Singh, additional general secretary, Diploma Engineers Association, said, "One of our Junior Engineers was attacked and roughed up on August 18 when he reached the site to act against those stealing water. The police failed to take any action. An FIR was lodged when the association threatened to go on strike." Sanaur SAD halqa in charge Tejinder Pal Sandhu claimed he had met the Senior Superintendent of Police several times on the issue, but to no avail. Ghanaur MLA Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur blamed on the Irrigation Department officials. Patiala Deputy Commissioner Varun Roojam said, “We will start a flag march against water theft in Devigarh from September 1.”
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Summons by couriers soon, says HC Judge
Ludhiana, August 30 “At times the delay in the service of summons adversely affects a case. With the start the services by designated courier companies, the strength of the judiciary will increase manifold. It will, in turn, speed up the justice delivery system,” he said. — OC
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Man who shot at J’khand ex-CM’s stepbrother held
Ludhiana, August 30 Mukesh had been on the run for nearly eight years. The police go to know about Mukesh during the interrogation of Dalip Kumar alias Guddu, a notorious arms supplier. Guddu had sold weapons to several gangs operating in the state. He was arrested from Uttar Pradesh. Surinder Kumar Chopra, Station House Officer, PAU police station, said Mukesh had fired at Munda's stepbrother Sassi Balan at Telco in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Chopra said Mukesh was a small-time builder and had a dispute with Sassi over the construction of a flat. Mukesh had been in Ludhiana for some time. He got hold of a weapon and was planning to return to Jharkhand to kill
Sassi.
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Rs 4 cr transactions from Daduwal’s accounts
Mansa, August 30 The police are investigating whether any of these transactions were made to purchase arms. The police had yesterday registered a case under the Arms Act against Daduwal after allegedly recovering ammunition and his Aadhaar card from an SUV. Senior Superintendent of Police Bhupinder Singh Khattra said, “Daduwal made several transactions amounting to Rs 4.13 crore from his different accounts. We are investigating whether he purchased any illegal weapons. We had recovered ammunition of an AK-47 rifle from an SUV and an investigation is on.” Daduwal’s supporters, on the other hand, raised slogans against the state government for allegedly unleashing political vendetta against Daduwal, who was in support of a separate gurdwara panel in
Haryana.
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Shoe-hurling: PHRC flooded with letters seeking ‘justice’ for accused
Chandigarh, August 30 The letters, not more than two or three lines, seek Bikram''s immediate release and an end to "police atrocities" on his family and friends. Most of the senders are anonymous. Some emails, that are full of expletives, will not be taken on record. Several letters accuse the commission of remaining mum on "violation" of Bikram''s civil rights and the police "unleashing terror" in his native village, Dhanaula. The ‘unique petitions’ have been clubbed as one. Justice Jagdish Bhalla (retd), commission chairman, will hear the case on September 9. Officials said: "The commission has, in the interest of justice, decided on an early hearing. The chairperson will look into the issue." “Give justice to Bikram... He was only expressing his anger at the political system,” reads an email. Bikram was arrested immediately after he had hurled a shoe at the Chief Minister. The police claims that he is an activist of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). But the Sangrur MP and AAP leader, Bhagwant Mann, maintains that his party had no role in the incident. There have been several videos on the social media showing shoes been thrown at pictures of political leaders. The Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police is reportedly tracing the source of these videos.
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Patiala, August 30
Three of the detainees were freed by the police on their own. My release was secured by the company I am employed
with