6 arrested for possessing synthetic kite-flying thread

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 10

The police nabbed six persons for possessing the banned synthetic kite-flying thread from various parts of the city in the past 24 hours.

The police nabbed Vijay Kumar of Kot Mit Singh area with 15 rolls (gattu) of the Chinese dor (string). Similarly, Jaswant Dass of Khandwala in Chheharta and Yusuf of Uddar village in Lopoke police station area were also arrested. They were possessing 13 rolls of the same thread. Vishal Kumar of Dam Ganj was held with 10 rolls. Amandeep Singh of Dashmesh Nagar Kot Khalsa and Ramesh Kumar of Kot Mit Singh were held from whom the police recovered eight and two rolls of Chinese thread, respectively. All the accused were later released on bail.

Though the district administration and the police conduct awareness drives every year, the sale of Chinese threat goes on unabated in the city. Such drives remain limited to completing formalities, but in the absence of stringent measures there seems no end to it, said Gurmeet Singh, a local resident.

“People do not spare a thought that it can injure or kill people or even birds and that the synthetic string can pollute the environment. People, especially youngsters, should stop using the thread,” said Jagmohan Singh, who runs an NGO.

Police Commissioner Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill said whenever the police got specific inputs, they took appropriate measures as per the law. Nevertheless, the people should also understand the demerits of using the Chinese string and desist from using it. The low demand would help in tackling the menace, he added.

Four booked for online fraud

Online fraudsters cheated two local residents and withdrew huge amount from their bank accounts in separate incidents. The incidents came to light when the victims reported the matter to the police.

On their complaints, the police have booked four West Bangal residents for fraud. They were identified as Abdul Gazi, Chander Beera, Mujpar Sardar and Shamsher Maudal.

Naveen Kumar stated to the police that on October 5, he bought gas stove through his Paytm account and three days later he checked the status and found that the parcel had reached Amritsar. However, it was not delivered to him due to some discrepancy at the address.

Naveen said later he searched the internet and found details of three offices with contact numbers. When he contacted at one of its numbers, the person on other side gave a link for delivery. He said when he clicked the link many unauthorised transactions to the tune of Rs 1 lakh were made from his account. Following preliminary probe, the police booked Gazi, Beera and Sardar.

In the second incident, online fraudsters withdrew Rs 3.16 lakh from the account of Aman Chadda. The case was registered following a probe by the police. In this case the police have booked Shamsher Maudal.