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Bid to smuggle drugs into jail
Ludhiana, October 11 The incident follows the incident two days ago when an inmate tried to smuggle tablets in a milk powder can. The jail authorities said they were shocked at today’s attempt. The accused had made a hollow in the root of the vegetable and filled the tablets. The cut portion was then glued on with an adhesive. Kala Singh, a former convict, was caught by the jail staff and handed over to the police. Sources said he was released from the jail about two weeks ago. He had developed links with an inmate, Balwinder Singh. The drugs were meant for Balwinder. He had come to meet him in the visitors’ room today. The drugs would have been smuggled successfully if a small portion of the upper crust of the vegetable had not fallen off when a jail guard was checking it. Kala Singh tried to run away, but he was overpowered. He has been booked under various Sections of the IPC. The jail authorities have sounded maximum vigil on the activities of visitors and the food items that they give to inmates.
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Panchayat hands over rape accused to police
Khanna, October 11 After fleeing from Rampur village where he had committed the crime, he took shelter at Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib. He had dinner and spent the night there. Instead of going to his house, he then went to the house of his brother-in-law. As the panchayat of Rauni got to know that he was putting up in the neighbouring village, it decided to nab him and hand him over to the police. Panchayat members said after they got to know that he had committed such a heinous crime, they felt morally bound to take him to the police. The panchayat would also award him a suitable punishment. During interrogation, he confessed that he had taken the girl with him on the pretext of buying her some sweets from a local shop in Rampur. He took her to the fields and raped her. He admitted that when her condition got critical, he decided to throw her into a well. It was after 14 hours of the incident that labourers working at a brick-kiln heard her cries and rescued her. A case under Sections 376, 307 and 201 of the IPC had been registered against the accused by the Doraha police after the incident was reported by the victim’s parents.
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Infighting put before development
Ludhiana, October 11 The meeting did not mention gastroenteritis and dengue cases that have been reported from several areas. Nobody expressed concern over the issue though the media has been highlighting the cases for the past many days. The committee will comprise joint commissioner M.S. Kainth, mayor Hakam Singh Gyaspura, senior deputy mayor Pravin Bansal and leader of opposition of MC house, Prem Mittal. Though the media was kept away from the proceedings of the meeting, sources said chief parliamentary secretary Harish Rai Dhanda and Gyaspura decided on the committee members. Heavy police force had been deployed outside the MC office. Even a riot control team was there. Opposition councillors said it was for the first time in the history of the MC house that a riot control party had been deputed. Prem Mittal said they had come to demand several things for the city, but they did not get any time as the meeting seemed to concentrate on the room issue. Later, while talking to the media, he demanded that the F&CC committee and house tax committee should be constituted. The estimates should be passed for development projects sanctioned under the councillors’ quota. He expressed concern over the spread of gastroenteritis and dengue, and mixing of potable and contaminated water. He criticised the mayor for the heavy police deployment outside the MC. Councillors’ rooms exist in Zones A and C offices and an SAD councillor, who had been a strong contender for the post of mayor, had recently set up a room in the Zone B office. The mayor, who did not like the initiative taken by his rival, allegedly got the furniture thrown out and asked the MC staff to lock the room. Resentment among a faction of Akali councillors forced the mayor to call for an all-party meet today. Development issues were not discussed as the ‘‘ego clash” got all attention. Even the F&CC committee has not been constituted yet and all projects are lying pending for want of approval.
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Invoking Gods to keep the wall clean
Ludhiana, October 11 In a city where most walls carry slogans like “Don't urinate here” or “See, a dog is urinating here”, residents have achieved what the slogans could not. In the process, they have also got rid of people who used to dump garbage near the wall. “It took me almost 20 days to clear the garbage and white-wash the wall to paste these pictures. Residents take care of the pictures. Our aim was to tell those soiling the wall to respect civic rules,” Ashwani Kumar, who lives near to the school, said. “Earlier, the management of a local temple had objected to the pasting of religious pictures on the wall, but when they saw that we take due care, it supported us. In the beginning, we had to shoo away rickshaw-pullers and migrant labourers, but now no one dares litter the place or urinate,” Babu Lal, who works as a gate keeper in a house near the school, said. Earlier, the badly stained wall would present an ugly picture, but now says Vaibha Khullar, another resident, “I have never seen the wall so clean. It was nearly impossible to play in the nearby park as the stench was awful.” He said residents of neighbhouring colonies were also excited at the innovative idea and were planning to follow it to keep the walls of their colony clean.
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Two cops suspended
Tribune News Service
Khanna, October 11 Khanna SSP Gautam Cheema said Bachitar Singh, constable, and Pritam Singh, home guard, had been suspended and sent to the Police Lines. A departmental inquiry has been ordered against them, he added. The two policemen had tortured Mandeep Singh, a resident of Baraichan village near Amloh. He was returning home from Kalour village in Fatehgarh Sahib late in the night. Mandeep alleged that he was waylaid and abused by least seven persons, including four women, on the outskirt of the Lalheri village where he had gone to drop his driver. He said on being confronted they started beating him up. Later, he was locked in a house located in the village. Two policemen arrived and started beating him up without any provocation. He was taken to the Sadar police station and thrashed again.
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7 more cases of dengue
Ludhiana, October 11 A suspected dengue case at SPS Apollo Hospital was serologically confirmed to be that of dengue. Officials in the health department, however, continued to be skeptical over the incidence of dengue in the city, claiming that most of the dengue patients had been brought to the local hospitals from other towns, and even neighbouring states.
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Tributes paid to Munshi Prem Chand
Khanna, October 11 Floral obeisance to the great writer were paid by Dr Ashok Sharma, regional director, IGNOU. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sharma said that Munshi Prem Chand had made huge contributions in building up the society through his stories, novels and other literary works. He expressed his deep concern over the diversion of present society from quality literature being one of the major reasons for social downfall. He also stressed on the need to regularly read good literature for the development of humans and humanity. Prof. R.S. Toki, Head, Department of Hindi, AS College, Khanna, who was the chief guest said that Munshi Prem Chand’s literary work was the mirror of the society of his time, which was relevant even today. He said Munshi was a writer of the common man because he always gave a very prominent place to the pitiable condition of the poor, schedule castes, students, farmers and other downtrodden of the society in his writings. On this eve, IGNOU, regional centre, Khanna ,also organised an exhibition of literary works of Munshi Prem Chand. Dr Santosh Kumari, assistant regional director later proposed a vote of thanks.
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Withdraw hike in VAT fee: panel
Ludhiana, October 11 “The increase is significant and will have an adverse impact. The department should withdraw the hike,” said association’s president Jatinder Khurana. The fee has been increased on numerous occasions, he said.” Prior to implementation of VAT it was only Rs 100 and the fee for obtaining a sales tax number was just Rs 5.
— TNS
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Lack of facilities
The city does not have sufficient venues for extra-curricular activities, particularly for the youngsters. The administration needs to create venue for sports activities, particularly, gymnasiums, pools and grounds for cricket, and other sports. There are scores of indoor games which at common venue can emerge as centres of refreshment and get-together. The city has certain privately owned venue for special training sessions, however, government needs to step in and create special infrastructure, spread all over the city. The administration needs to have frequent interaction with societies and other organisations for preparing an agenda for festivals and sports competition in the city. Special awards instituted for popularisation of sports and excellence in cultural activities can be of immense help. Raminder Singh, Ludhiana Readers are invited to mail letters (not more than 200 words) at "ludhiana@tribunemail.com" or post the same to The Tribune, 1, 2 Improvement Trust Building, Badaur House, Clock Tower, Ludhiana.
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Fake documents used for mobile connection
Ludhiana, October 11 Car stolen
The police has registered a case in connection with the theft of a Maruti Zen (PB 10 T-0057). The complainant, Kulbhushan Singla, a resident of Agar Nagar, alleged that his car was stolen on September 30 evening from outside Ansal Plaza. Fraud
The police has booked four persons and arrested another for allegedly trying to cheat the government by making fake affidavits. It was found that Satya Narayan had reportedly prepared two fake affidavits and nambardar Fatta Ram had attested it wrongly in the name of Sansari Ram and Ramandeep Singh. Satya Narayan has been arrested while the others are absconding. Gambling
The police has arrested Tusli Ram, a resident of Kashmir Nagar, for playing “satta” last night. The accused was later released on bail. Abduction charge
The police has booked Charanjit Singh, a resident of Lohara village, for allegedly abducting a minor daughter of Avtar Singh of Jamalpur. The complainant alleged that the accused had abducted his 15-year-old daughter on September 29 from Jamalpur Awana village.
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Gang of five busted
Ludhiana, October 11 The youths allegedly committed seven crimes, including a gruesome murder of Munish Sharma, and robbing and injuring a local newspaper editor UK Sharda. Those arrested include Dipu alias Sikinder, Johny Sharma, both residents of Noorwala road, Gagan Sharma, Bablu Kumar and Jatinder Singh, all residents of Kakowal road. SSP R.K. Jaiswal said the accused were nabbed near Jalandhar bypass behind Amal Tas and a .315 pistol, two sharp edged weapons and three motorcycles were recovered from their possession. The police has recovered the mobile phone of deceased Munish Sharma from the accused. Earlier, the accused were involved in the stabbing and looting of local newspaper editor UK Sharda in Haibowal on Monday night. The police claimed that the chain of events took place at Chuharpur road.
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Man fires at house
Ludhiana, October 11 According to SHO focal point the incident took place around 4:00 pm. During the time of
firing, Rajan Kumar’s wife Rashmi was working in the kitchen and their 3 and a half year old son was
sleeping. Police is suspecting that it is a handiwork of some miscreants and investigating the matter.
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Biz Word Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, October 11 Sources said officials of the department seized account books and other records of M.B. Export Private Limited, manufacturers of machine tools and allied items, at Dashmesh Nagar. Surveys were also conducted on two other companies of the same group, M.B. Machinery and M.B. Brothers. One of these units is located at a village near Mandi Ahmedgarh. The IT sleuths also conducted survey on a desi ghee manufacturing unit, Idasa India, in Malerkotla.
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