J A L A N D H A R

Daughter-in-law held for couple’s murder
Kapurthala, June 9
The Kapurthala police today claimed to have solved the double murder case of the retired Deputy Commandant of BSF, Mohinder Singh, and his wife Daljit Kaur, with the arrest of three persons — the widow daughter-in-law of the couple, Gurjit Kaur, her paramour Ajay Kumar and his friend Rajinder in this connection.

PSEB sets up control rooms to monitor supply
Jalandhar, June 9
To achieve the target of providing at least eight hours of uninterrupted power supply to farmers of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, and Nawanshahr districts daily, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has set up round-the-clock control rooms, equipped with mobile phones, at circle level.

Girl, lover stoned to death by family
Phillaur, June 9
A girl and her lover were stoned to death by her father and brother in the fields at nearby Bhattian village in Phillaur sub-division in the wee hours today.

PTU likely to declare CET result on June 12
Jalandhar, June 9
Even as the Punjab Technical University (PTU) had earlier set June 15 as the date for declaring the result of the Common Entrance Test conducted for B. Tech, B. Pharmacy and B. Architecture courses for its own colleges and those affiliated to the Punjabi University and the Guru Nanak Dev University, it is likely to come out with the result on June 12.

Bodies of Bangar, driver found, two arrested
Jalandhar, June 9
The bodies of Mangat Rai Bangar, vice-president of Block Samiti, Nakodar, and his driver, Sandip Kumar, who had been missing since June 5, have been recovered from two separate places near Kangra in Himachal Pradesh. Two of the three accused in the case have also been arrested.

NGO appoints new state president
Jalandhar, June 9
The Union for Civil Liberties and Human Rights, a Shimla-based NGO, has appointed Mr Amarjit Singh Rai from Jalalabad as its state president. The NGO has withdrawn the power of attorney granted to its “former” state president following an enquiry conducted by the Honourary National President into some complaints received from the former.

Daughter-in-law held for couple’s murder
Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, June 9
The Kapurthala police today claimed to have solved the double murder case of the retired Deputy Commandant of BSF, Mohinder Singh, and his wife Daljit Kaur, with the arrest of three persons — the widow daughter-in-law of the couple, Gurjit Kaur, her paramour Ajay Kumar and his friend Rajinder in this connection.

The couple was found shot dead in their bedroom on Wednesday morning. The Deputy Commandant was shot in the head, while Daljit Kaur was shot in the head and stomach after she was stabbed repeatedly and hit by a hammer on her head.

Mr Rajiv Ahir, SSP, Kapurthala, told media persons in a press conference that Gurjit Kaur had developed illicit relations with Ajay Kumar, a ‘munshi’ and a resident of Kapurthala. Gurjit Kaur and her parents had strained relations with the deceased couple, as they did not agree to the remarriage of Gurpreet Kaur with their younger son Apaar Singh after the death of their elder son, informed the SSP.

Apaar Singh got married recently and is now settled in the USA. Four months back, Gurjit Kaur asked Ajay Kumar to eliminate the couple and offered him Rs 4 lakh for this. Ajay, along with his friend Rajinder, procured a country-made pistol with the help of an unidentified person from Betia in Bihar, Mr Ahir said.

The money was arranged by Gurjit Kaur in cash and she also gave her gold chain to Ajay for the purpose. Gurjit Kaur also promised Ajay to pay Rs 4 lakh from the savings account of the deceased couple after their murder over a period of time, revealed the SSP. Gurjit Kaur guided the assailants about intruding into the house telling them that they could enter the house through the terrace door on the roof, said Mr Ahir.

PSEB sets up control rooms to monitor supply
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 9
To achieve the target of providing at least eight hours of uninterrupted power supply to farmers of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, and Nawanshahr districts daily, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has set up round-the-clock control rooms, equipped with mobile phones, at circle level.

Apart from opening up of control rooms, the PSEB authorities have also directed all of its field staff, including Executive Engineers, SDOs, and Junior Engineers, to remain present at their respective headquarters during the ongoing paddy season, which runs up to September 30.

Mr K.K. Vohra, the Superintending Engineer, Headquarters (North Zone), has been appointed as the Nodal Officer who would be responsible for monitoring the power supply position in the North Zone, comprising of the four districts. He could be contacted at his mobile number — 98725-16003 — by consumers in case they have any complaints or suggestions to put forth.

In case of any power supply related problem, the agriculture sector consumers could contact the PSEB officials at its control rooms in the four districts circles, which have been equipped with both land line telephones and mobile phones. Officials of the PSEB (Jalandhar circle) would be available at telephones—0181-2235615 and mobile—98725-16004, Kapurthala circle—01822-233772 and mobile—98725-16005, Hoshiarpur circle—0882-250327, mobile—98725-16006, and Nawanshar circle—01823-222038 and mobile—98725-16007.

An order, issued by Mr G.S. Gill, Engineer-in-chief (Distribution-North Zone), said that the daily supply schedule, telephone numbers, and mobile numbers of the respective officials on duty would be displayed on the notice boards, provided at each complaint centre, on a daily basis. Mr Gill has also requested senior officers to check up the working of complaint centers daily with regard to attendance of telephone enquiries and complaints.

Exhorting farmers to not to pay any money, in case any demand was made by any official for the replacement of damaged transformers, Mr Gill said that the damaged transformers would be replaced by the PSEB at its own cost.

Speaking on the measures adopted by the PSEB to meet any natural calamities, particularly floods, Mr Gill said that elaborate arrangements were being made by the board to tackle such situations. The PSEB was busy making the lists of officers to be deputed for the purpose. The list would be shortly supplied to the district administration.

Girl, lover stoned to death by family
Our Correspondent

Phillaur, June 9
A girl and her lover were stoned to death by her father and brother in the fields at nearby Bhattian village in Phillaur sub-division in the wee hours today.

According to information, 22-year-old Sandeep, an ‘Adharmi’ boy, and his beloved Manjit belonged to labourers’ families, but the parents of the girl were against the relations between the two.

According to sources, Sandeep had gone to Manjit’s house to meet her in the midnight. Kewal Ram, father of the girl, saw the two on the roof of the house and called other members of his family.

Out of panic, Sandeep and Manjit jumped from the roof and sustained injuries. Both ran away towards fields in injured condition. But they were found by the girl’s family, who attacked the two with bricks. The two succumbed to their injuries soon.

The members of the Sandeep’s family were also looking for him when he was not found on the roof of his house, where he was sleeping. They reached the spot. But the two could not be saved.

The Phillaur police has arrested Kewal Ram and his son Kuldip under Section 302 /34 of the IPC.

PTU likely to declare CET result on June 12
Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 9
Even as the Punjab Technical University (PTU) had earlier set June 15 as the date for declaring the result of the Common Entrance Test conducted for B. Tech, B. Pharmacy and B. Architecture courses for its own colleges and those affiliated to the Punjabi University and the Guru Nanak Dev University, it is likely to come out with the result on June 12.

The university Vice-Chancellor, Dr S.K. Salwan, said that the result of the entrance test had already been prepared and the manual checking of the samples from different sets of question papers was on to verify the result shown by the computer software. He added that this was being done thoroughly to prevent any errors in the result as had happened last year. He said that if everything went on smoothly, the result would be out on coming Monday.

Even as the university had received applications of nearly 19,000 candidates, 17,103 candidates had appeared for the test, the university officials said.

After a gap of nearly three years, the number of candidates this year was above the number of total seats that is 12,000.

Interestingly, against the norms laid down by the university, almost all colleges have already filled their 33 per cent management quota seats. Most of the top B.Tech colleges, affiliated to the university, have already saturated their seats and they are openly doing this by advertising the same through various media. While filling these seats much before the CET counselling has become an annual affair, the university officials have reportedly never taken any action on the erring colleges.

Realising that they can easily get a sure shot seat through management quota in a college of their choice, many candidates do not even appear for the mandatory CET examination. This at a later stage also becomes a problem for the university, as most students entering through this system find it very difficult to clear their B.Tech examination bringing down the pass percentage of the university to as low as 40 per cent in many subjects involving mathematics.

The university has 41 affiliated engineering colleges that offer nearly 19 streams, including bio-medical engineering and automobile engineering that started last year in a few colleges. Almost all colleges offer electronic engineering that has had maximum response from the students in the previous years. There are as many as 1,260 seats for the stream as against the civil engineering course which has just 280 seats in all. But the university VC believes that civil engineers will have the brightest future in the times to come going by the number of openings available for them in road construction sector, bridges, flyovers, housing and industrial development.

Dr Salwan said that from the next year onwards, the seats for B.Tech in manufacturing engineering for the proposed Lord Swraj Paul School of Excellence would also go for counselling through the CET.

He added that the seats for B.Tech in material sciences would, however, be added up two years later. 

Bodies of Bangar, driver found, two arrested
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 9
The bodies of Mangat Rai Bangar, vice-president of Block Samiti, Nakodar, and his driver, Sandip Kumar, who had been missing since June 5, have been recovered from two separate places near Kangra in Himachal Pradesh. Two of the three accused in the case have also been arrested.

According to the SSP, Mr Ishwar Singh, it was suspected to be a case of illicit relationship.

According to sources, Pradip, his wife Anita and Manjeet, the three accused, had asked Bangar, who allegedly had illicit relations with Anita, to come to Jalandhar on Monday. The trio that night murdered Bangar and his driver.

The accused thereafter took the bodies to Himachal Pradesh in an Opel Corsa car and dumped the bodies at two separate places near Kangra.

The Special Investigating Team, led by SP City II Pritam Singh, has been dispatched to Kangra to take the bodies under its possession.

The body of Sandip Kumar was found from Rani Taal, 3 kms from Kangra, Mr Pritam Singh said while talking to The Tribune from Rani Taal. He added that the body of Mangat Rai Bangar was reported to have been found at a place, around 80 km away from Kangra.

The police had recorded the statements of the family members of the duo. Earlier a case under Section 364 of the IPC was registered. Section 302 has now been added to the case.

The SIT comprises of SP City II, Mr Pritam Singh, DSP Nakodar Dilijinder Singh Dhillon, DSP City II Jharkanwalpreet Singh Khakh, and SHO Nakodar Paramjit Singh.

NGO appoints new state president
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 9
The Union for Civil Liberties and Human Rights, a Shimla-based NGO, has appointed Mr Amarjit Singh Rai from Jalalabad as its state president. The NGO has withdrawn the power of attorney granted to its “former” state president following an enquiry conducted by the Honourary National President into some complaints received from the former.

In a statement, Mr S.S. Kanwar, an office-bearer of the NGO, said that the then state president had complained that a local organisation had harmed some cows in the process of “encroaching upon Municipal land” recently.

But the subsequent enquiry, conducted by the Honorary National President, found that there was no reason to believe that any cow had been harmed. It was also found, according to Mr Kanwar, that in fact, the path being acquired was to provide access to Sri Devi Talaab Charitable Hospital, which was rendering yeoman’s service to the community.