29062024-ATR-01.qxd 29-06-2024 00:56 Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY PATWARIS STAGGER AGITATION AGAINST AAP AFTER TALKS WITH CM VAANI EXPLORING GENRE THAT SHE HASN'T HAD CHANCE TO DIVE INTO TAHIRA SAYS HER DEBUT FILM AS DIRECTOR IS ABOUT STRUGGLE The Punjab Revenue Patwar Union will stagger its scheduled agitation against AAP during the ensuing Assembly bypoll. P3 VaaniKapoorhassaidwithherupcomingfilm BadtameezGill,sheisexploringagenrethat shehasn’thadthechancetodiveinto.P4 MAX 36°C | MIN 29°C YESTERDAY MAX 38°C | MIN 29°C There is a bit of Tahira in all the five female leads of Sharmajee Ki Beti, says the director about her first film. P4 » » SUNSET SATURDAY 7.39 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:28 AM » SATURDAY | 29 JUNE 2024 | AMRITSAR INBRIEF TWO NABBED WITH ILLEGAL WEAPON Amritsar: Acting on a tip-off, the Mattewal police have arrested two persons for allegedly possessing an illegal weapon. They were identified as Gurbhinder Singh, alias Bhinda, of Suropadda village, and Arshdeep Singh of Bhoewali village. According to the police, the suspects were going from Mattewal village to Boparai village when they were intercepted. During search, the police seized a .32 bore pistol along with four rounds of ammunition from them. A case under the Arms Act was registered against suspects. TNS ONE HELD WITH 260 GM HEROIN Amritsar: The Jandiala police have arrested Sukhwinder Singh of Dharad village for allegedly possessing 260 grams of heroin. A case under the NDPS Act was registered against the suspect and further probe was on to find the source of the drug, the police said. TNS PRTC bus conductor injured in brawl with toll plaza officials Amritsar, June 28 Officials of the Manawala toll plaza, which is situated on the city outskirts, and a PRTC bus conductor fought a pitched battle over allowing a passage to the vehicle on Friday. Bus conductor Gurlal Singh, who was injured in the scuffle, said he was taking the bus with passengers from Amritsar to Subhanpur. He said the bus got late after coming out of the ISBT and got further delayed on its journey as the road ahead was congested. However, when he reached the toll plaza, he was shocked to find a long queue of vehicles. So, he requested officials at the toll plaza to let him pass from the side lane, but nobody paid heed, the conductor alleged. “As I was getting late, I tried to remove barricades myself when toll plaza officials attacked me,” the conductor said. He alleged that toll plaza official attacked him with iron Armed bike-borne snatchers attack, rob food delivery boy PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service A video grab shows the bus conductor and officials involved in a scuffle at the Jandiala toll plaza in Amritsar on Friday. rods and tore his clothes. However, officials of the toll plaza said it was Gurlal, who tossed turban of their colleague, which led to the scuffle. — TNS Amritsar, June 28 Snatchings have become a bane for the holy city. Snatchers strike on their own will in almost every part of the city. So far, the police have failed miserably to check the growing menace of snatching valuables from innocent residents by bike-borne miscreants. Snatching incidents are so common that people, who fall prey to snatchers, preferred not to get an FIR registered as they knew that there were little chances of recovery of their snatched items and they would only face harassment at the hands of the police. In majority of snatching cases, the police failed to reach a logical conclusion during investigations. On Thursday night, a food delivery boy was assaulted attacked him with a sharp weapon. Though the victim was injured, he managed to save his iPhone while the suspects fled with his second mobile phone and bike. In another incident on Wednesday, Abhay Puri, a resident of the Majitha Road area, was robbed by three armed bike-borne persons who had covered their faces. The suspects snatched victim’s iPhone 14 and his bike. He was returning home from the Medical Enclave area after playing cricket with his friends when the incident happened. In another incident, a resident of Uttar Pradesh was looted by three bike-borne persons near Aditya Heritage Hotel. The suspects snatched a mobile phone and Rs 1,200 in cash from the victim. ❝ A case has been registered against suspects in this connection. The entire incident was captured in footage of the CCTV camera installed near the crime spot. Investigation is in progress to identify the suspects. ❞ Sukhbir Singh, SHO, DIVISION B POLICE STATION with a sharp weapon and his cellphone and motorcycle was snatched by the armed bike-borne snatchers in the East Mohan Nagar area. The snatchers left their two-wheeler on the spot as it developed some snag while fleeing on the victim’s motorcycle. The victim, identified as Jaswinderpal Singh, suffered sharp weapon injuries on his head, arms and hand. One of his fingers was almost chopped in the assault. The victim was admitted to a hospital where he underwent a surgery. “A case has been registered against suspects in this connection. The entire incident was captured in footage of the CCTV camera installed near the crime spot. Investigation is in progress to identify the suspects,” said Sukhbir Singh, Station House Officer, Division B police station. Victim Jaswinderpal Singh is from the Batala area. He works in a private hospital as an operation theatre attendant. He had started working as a part-time food delivery boy recently. When he resisted snatching attempt of the miscreants, the latter Married woman ends life, 1 booked Lopoke firing: Former policeman, 3 other suspects sent to police remand Tribune News Service A heroin packet recovered by the BSF in Amritsar on Friday. BSF recovers 560 grams of heroin from border village Amritsar, June 28 The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered one packet of heroin weighing 560 grams from the border area village in Amritsar district today. As per information provided by the intelligence wing, during search around 2.30 pm, the BSF troops recov- ered one packet containing heroin in wet condition. It was wrapped in a yellow adhesive tape which was torn and a metal ring was also found attached with it. The drug was recovered from a waterlogged field adjacent Mahawa village of the Amritsar rural area. — TNS Amritsar, June 28 A married woman ended her life by hanging from a ceiling fan in a hotel room here on Wednesday. The incident came to light when the victim did not open the room despite repeated knocks on the door. The hotel authorities called the police, which found the woman hanging, after opening the room. Following a complaint by her husband Sukhdev Singh, an Army man and a resident of Kaler village in Tarn Taran district, the police have booked Surinderpal Singh, a “pathi” (the one who recites prayers), of Tarn Taran and his unknown accomplice on charges of abetment to suicide. The complainant alleged that the suspects used to keep a bad eye on his wife and harass her. She was perturbed over this. He said around one-and-halfmonth ago, the pathi barged into their house and started quarreling with them. He said the people then intervened and they reached a compromise with the suspects after the latter promised not to repeat the mistake again. The complainant said around a week ago, Surinderpal again entered their house and by the time family came to know about it, he managed to flee. He said his wife became very upset following repeated harassment by the suspects. He said five days ago, his wife went out of the house without informing anyone. Though they tried to locate her, but in vain. He said her body was later found hanging in a hotel room yesterday. The police also found a suicide note from the spot. Harsandeep Singh, Station House Officer, Kotwali police station, said a case under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the suspects. He said efforts were on to nab Surinderpal Singh and his unknown accomplice. 1 hurt in firing incident over land dispute in Chak Mukad village Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 28 The Lopoke police have booked at least 20 persons, including 13 by name, in connection with the yesterday’s firing by a group of armed persons led by a retired police inspector at Kakkar Tarin village. Two persons died and five received bullet injuries in the incident. Though the police arrested four suspects, including retired cop Inderjit Singh, the remaining suspects were still absconding. Besides Inderjit others, who were arrested included Harpreet Singh, Charanjit Singh and Satnam Singh, all residents of Gumanpura village. They were produced in a court and brought on police remand for further investigation, said Sukhjinder Thapar, DSP Attari. , The deceased were identified as Gurpreet Singh and his nephew Beant Singh while Gajjan Singh, Mangal Singh, Jagtar Singh, Nirmal Singh and Baljit Singh were injured in the firing incident. Among others, who were booked are Harbhej Singh, least 20 persons ❝Atbeen booked for have Lakha Singh Wala Road. He said on one side of the road he and his brothers had their land while on the other side of the road Inderjit Singh had his share of land. Inderjit’s five kanal land was adjoining the complainants land. He said around 40 years ago, elders of both the families had mutually agreed to exchange the land so that their children did not face any problems in the future. Now Inderjit was selling his land and wanted his five kanals back. Yesterday, he along with his accomplices, ploughed the land where complainants had grown green fodder. He said when they reached there, a group led by Inderjit entered into verbal dual and later opened fire at them leaving Gurpreet and Beant Singh and five other seriously injured. Gurpreet and Beant died on way to a hospital. Thapar said the bodies of the deceased were handed over to the family members after an autopsy and raids were on to nab the remaining suspects who fled with weapons used in the crime. murder, attempt to murder, and under the Arms Act. Besides retired cop Inderjit Singh, others who were arrested included Harpreet Singh, Charanjit Singh and Satnam Singh, all residents of Gumanpura village. They were produced in a court and brought on police remand for further probe. ❞ Sukhjinder Thapar, DSP, ATTARI Shamsher Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Bagicha Singh, Surjit Singh, Gurmit Singh, Mahinder Singh, Navdeep Singh, Manohar Singh and Inderjit Singh’s grandson, besides six unknown persons. Nirmal Singh, one of the complainants, told the police that he was a farmer. He said they were three brothers and two sisters, all married and tilled their own share of land. He said they had a piece of land on Awan Amritsar, June 28 A day after two persons died and five were injured in firing over a land dispute in the Lopoke area, another such incident left a man injured in Chak Mukad village. The incident occurred last night. The police have booked three persons by name and their unknown accomplices on charges of the attempt to murder and the Arms Act. The injured was identified as Surjit Singh of Chak Mukad village. Those booked included Ranjit Singh, Gagandeep Singh, both of Chak Mukad village, and Gurjant Singh of Naushehra Dhalla village. No arrest was made till now, the police said. Ramandeep Singh, the com- Woman booked on charge of cheating MC asks hotels, restaurants to install Passengers complain of overcharging for bottled machinestoconvertwasteintomanure water by vendors in trains, on railway stations Amritsar, June 28 The municipal corporation (MC) today convened a meeting of hotels and restaurant owners in the city and asked them to install machines to convert wet waste into compost. The meeting, held at the civic body office, was chaired by Additional MC Commissioner Surinder Singh, Medical Officer Dr Kiran Kumar and all chief sanitary inspectors. As per instructions issued by Municipal Commissioner Harpreet Singh, the main purpose of the meeting was to comply with the guidelines of National Green Tribunal (NGT) and Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, whereby it was mandatory for all commercial units, which generated 100 kg of wet waste daily, to install machines for convering it into compost. ing .315 bore rifle while Gagandeep had a “datar” (a sharp weapon), and Gurjant Singh a .32 bore pistol along with his accomplices who had come there on five vehicles. He said Gurjant caught him from his T-shirt and challenged him to stop him from irrigating disputed land. He alleged that the suspects attacked him. The complainant said when he tried to escape from the spot, the suspects opened fire at him. During the incident, one bullet hit Surjit Singh’s leg. As people started gathering, the suspects fled from the spot. The Gharinda police have registered a case and initiated further probe into the matter. — TNS Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Officials and commercial unit owners at a meeting in Amritsar. It is also mandatory for all household owners to keep their wet waste of fruits, vegetables, tea and other materials in a separate bin, which is lifted by garbage trucks of the MC Additional MC Commissioner Surinder Singh instructed all those present at the meeting to strictly comply with the directions of NGT and waste management rules, or face action for violations as per guidelines. The MC had long begun its tryst with solid waste management under the smart city project, by inviting workshops by experts on SLRM (Solid and liquid resource management) techniques. Though the project was never completely implemented, several areas, including Amritsar Cantonment, were turned into zerowaste zones, with successful implementation of the garbage segregation and waste management methods. — TNS c m y b Amritsar, June 28 Passengers at the Amritsar railway station and in trains running in its periphery are being forced to shell out more to buy their favourite brand of bottled water. Baljit Singh, a passenger, said he had to pay Rs 20 for a one litre bottled water which had Rs 15 MRP (maximum retail price) printed on it. He said upon questioning, the hawker told him that no other bottled water except that of Rail Neer, a brand of Railways, was allowed to be sold in trains and at railway stations. He said the vendor told him that they were taking calculated risk by bringing bottled water of private brands in trains. Similar, practice can be seen at the railway station Officials says commuters should buy only Rail Neer SUNIL KUMAR Tarn Taran, June 28 The Chabal police have booked one Ranjit Kaur of Chabal Kalan for giving wrong information to get a new passport under the plea of travel document having gone missing. A case was registered on the complaint of her husband Yogeshwar Singh, a resident of Dolo Nangal village, presently settled in England. Tarsem Masih, DSP Tarn , Taran, said Yogeshwar in his complaint had stated that Ranjit Kaur lodged a missing passport report with the North Commissionerate, Amritsar, in which she mentioned her residential address of Dolo Nangal, which was her in-laws village. But to get a new passport, she gave her residential address of Chabal Kalan at the Sanjh Kender and cheated the police. Masih said a case under Section 420 of the IPC was registered against Ranjit Kaur who had absconded. — OC plainant, alleged that he had a land dispute with his uncle Ranjit Singh. He said yesterday around 10 pm, he was at his house while his father was sitting outside Surjit Singh’s residence. Ramandeep said he heard some loud noises outside his house. The complainant said when he came out, he saw Ranjit Singh carry- A customer buys bottled water at the Amritsar railway station. where one litre bottled water of Rail Neer is sold at Rs 15 and of private brand at Rs 20 despite Rs 15 MRP printed on the latter. A vendor on condition of anonymity said the Railways provides one litre bottled water of Rail Neer brand to vendors at Rs 10.50 upon which Rs 15 MRP is printed. He said private companies were supplying one litre bottled water at Rs 8.30 which had Rs 15 MRP printed on it. He said the demand of bottled water of private companies was extremely high. Tara Chand Meena, Assistant Commercial Manager, Ferozepur Division, said the Railways staff keeps round the clock vigil on vendors to prevent overcharging from passengers. He said for this reason only Rail Neer bottled water was allowed to be sold in trains and at railway stations. Other brands of bottled water were allowed to be sold only when the stock of Rail Neer got exhausted, he said. Passengers must be vigilant and bring overcharging for products sold by vendors to the notice of the Railways staff, he added.
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