1 dead, another hurt in accident

Tarn Taran: A 27-year-old man, Tejinder Singh, died in a road accident near Piddi village on Tuesday. Amanpreet Singh (22) also sustained injuries in the accident. Both are residents of Shekha Barnala. They were going to Amritsar on a motorcycle to pay obeisance at Harmandir Sahib on the Parkash Purb of Guru Granth Sahib. At about 1am, Tejinder Singh, who was driving the motocycle, lost control over the vehicle and fell down. He died on the spot. Amandeep Singh was admitted at the Civil Hospital and was referred to Amritsar. The body was handed over to the family after conducting postmortem. OC

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Helpline to ease traffic woes

Amritsar: To regulate and solve the problem of frequent traffic chaos in different parts of the city, the police have launched a traffic helpline besides deputed dedicated traffic cops for opening traffic jams. Police Commissioner Vikram Jeet Duggal said: “Joint Commissioner of Police D Sudarvizhi will supervise the traffic helpline. People can call on the helpline 1073 if there is any traffic chaos. Besides, they can also WhatsApp at the traffic control room number 97811-30630 or post on Facebook page of the Amritsar Traffic Police Commissionerate. They can also tweet at @cpamritsar. He said people can inform the administration about traffic bottlenecks. They can send the location of wrongly-parked vehicles and traffic police will take stern action against the offender. Duggal said people can also share views at cpo.asr.police@punjab.gove.in. He said 30 cops on 15 bikes will remain stationed at different points, from where they can reach at the traffic bottleneck for streamlining traffic. TNS

SC commission visits Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran: Deepak Kumar, senior vice-president, and Raj Kumar Hans, member of the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission, visited three villages of the district to probe the cases related to atrocities on members of the SC community here on Tuesday. The commission visited nearby Doburji village where two minor children belonging to the SC community were beaten up with a shoe for plucking mangoes from the fields of a farmer. The commission also visited Jalalabad and Talwandi Saran villages in connection with the complaints lodged with the SC commission regarding atrocities committed by landlords who had encroached common land in villages. The commission instructed local DSP Sucha Singh Bal to submit the report of the three cases to the commission office on September 16. OC