04072024-JTR-01.qxd 7/4/2024 12:41 AM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune RAIN EXPOSES CIVIC BODY’S ILL-PREPAREDNESS ASST PROFS, LIBRARIANS DETAINED AMID PROTESTS AURON MEIN KAHAN DUM THA RELEASE POSTPONED Deluge washed away tall claims of civic body about its preparedness for the rainy season. P2 Assistant professors and librarians detained after they staged a protest outside CM’s rented residence. P2 Tabu and Ajay Devgn starrer, which was scheduled to be released on July 5, has been postponed. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 35°C | MIN 28°C YESTERDAY MAX 33°C | MIN 28°C SUNSET THURSDAY 7:28 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:26 AM » THURSDAY | 4 JULY 2024 | JALANDHAR Order probe into Angural’s allegations: Jakhar to Mann INBRIEF NAKODAR MAN DUPED OF ~68L TRAVEL AGENT HELD FOR FRAUD Phagwara: The Mehat Pur police have arrested a travel agent for duping a Mehat Pur resident of ~12.46 on the pretext of sending his son abroad. Investigating officer (IO) Harwinder Singh said the suspect had been identified as Harpreet Singh, alias Sonu, a resident of Barra Salam village. Nirmal Singh, a resident of Mohalla Kasba, Mehat Pur, told the police that he paid ~12.46 lakh to the suspect to facilitate his son’s migration abroad. However, the suspect neither sent him abroad nor returned the money. A case was registered against the suspect. OC BIKER KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT Phagwara: The Nakodar city police have arrested an SUV driver for causing death by negligence and mischief. Investigating officer (IO) Sarbjit Singh said the suspect had been identified as Harpreet Singh, a resident of Bir Pind village. Charanjit Kaur, a resident of Pabwan village falling under the Nurmahal police station, told the police that his brother Surinder Singh, alias Chinda, a resident of Buland Puri village falling under the Mehat Pur police station, was returning home on his two-wheeler on May 4. The SUV hit his motorcycle near Sharak Pur village on the Nakodar-Shankar road, leading to his death. A case was registered. OC Tribune News Service TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH Phagwara: The police have booked unidentified persons for duping a Nakodar resident. Jaskaran Singh, a resident of Balkohna village in the Nakodar subdivision, told the police that unidentified persons duped him of ~68.03 lakh on the pretext of online trading. A case under Section 318(4) of the BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) has been registered. OC Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, along with AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat, holds a roadshow in Jalandhar on Wednesday. CM dares BJP candidate Asks him to release evidence against AAP today itself; holds roadshow JALANDHAR WEST BYPOLL Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 3 With the AAP and the BJP caught in a verbal war with each other ahead of the Jalandhar West bypoll, CM Bhagwant Mann today launched attack against former AAP MLA and BJP candidate Sheetal Angural. In his second roadshow in the Jalandhar West constituency today, Bhagwant Mann dared Angural to release evidences against AAP today itself. The CM also repeatedly reminded Angural of the cases AAP GETS SHOT IN THE ARM Jalandhar: Ahead of the Jalandhar West bypoll, the AAP gave a jolt to the Congress and the BJP here on Wednesday. Congress ex-councillor Tarsem Lakhotra and leaders Anmol Grover and Kamal Loch, along with their colleagues, joined the AAP. Viresh Mintu, former BJP councillor from ward number 40, also joined the AAP. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann formally inducted the leaders into the party. Welcoming them, the CM said they would be given full respect in the party. — TNS against him and said despite his warnings, Angural failed to mend his ways. The Chief Minister had warned Angural of action yesterday too. While Angural levelled corruption charges against an AAP MLA and accused him of seeking money in the name of Bhagwant Mann’s wife and sister, Angural had threatened to share ‘audio evidences’ with public if the Punjab CM didn’t act on the issue. Addressing people during a roadshow with AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat, Bhagwant Mann said: “Sheetal Angural couldn’t YOUTH DROWNS IN KANDI CANAL Garhdiwala: A youth reportedly slipped into Kandi canal and died due to drowning. The deceased has been identified as Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Pandauri Atwal village. In his statement to the police, Shakti Kumar said his son was taking a walk on the banks of the canal near Tantpala village on Tuesday evening. He reportedly slipped and fell into the canal. His body could not be found due to darkness. It was taken out of the canal water on Wednesday morning. After getting information, the police reached the spot and sent the body to the Dasua hospital for postmortem. OC State BJP president Sunil Jakhar, along with party leaders, addresses the media in Jalandhar on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH itored enquiry on the issue.” Jakhar said: “Angural has shown courage to ask these questions. He has proven his mettle. The CM cannot suppress everyone.” During a roadshow yesterday, the CM had said that Angural would be booked for his past misdeeds. Jakhar said the CM could not act against drug issue. Referring to the AAP candidate, he said: “Mohinder Bhagat tweeted that in Jalandhar West, even children know who is selling drugs and as soon as he (Bhagat) is elected as an MLA, he will put an end to drug menace. The CM doesn’t know, but his colleague knows about the drug trade.” On state government’s application for parole to Amritpal, Jakhar questioned: “Issue was raised that bail should be given to him (Amritpal) because he wants to make Punjab drug-free. From Sunaria jail too, parole was sought to work on welfare issues. Will all the welfare and drugs issues be solved from jails? In what direction is Punjab heading?” BJP leaders protest Jalandhar: District BJP leaders, along with Sheetal Angural and a large group of supporters, gathered at the Basti Bawa Khel police station on Wednesday and staged a protest. The protest was fuelled by allegations that the AAP government was using police pressure to force workers from other parties to switch allegiances. Sheetal Angural accused the AAP of falsely implicating BJP leader Yogesh Malhotra in a fabricated case to intimidate him into joining their ranks. “Despite facing immense pressure, Malhotra has steadfastly remained with the BJP Angural stat,” ed. Angural claimed that similar tactics were being used to threaten other BJP workers. During the protest, the ACP West clarified that it was just rumours that an FIR has been lodged against Malhotra. Warring criticises state govt BJP’s defection policy led to bypoll: Rana KP for neglecting Jalandhar West Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 3 Rana KP Singh, chairman of the Punjab Congress Campaign Committee, today blamed the BJP for forcing an unnecessary bypoll on the state as it had engineered the defection of Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural from AAP and made him resign. MAN NABBED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS Phagwara: The Nakodar City police have arrested a resident on the charge of criminal trespass. Investigating officer (IO) Harinder Pal Singh said the suspect had been identified as Amarjit Singh, a resident of Mohalla Sher Pur, Nakodar. Raj Kumar, a resident of Amar Model Colony, Nakodar, told the police that the suspect forcibly demolished some parts of his shop in Dakhani Gate and attempted to encroach upon it on the night of February 11. He blocked entry to the shop by dumping garbage in front of the shutter. A case was registered against the suspect. OC earn money from AAP. So, he switched to the BJP. When Rinku was given ticket from the AAP as Jalandhar bypoll candidate in 2023, Sheetal Angural had said he would consume poison pills. Now, he rides with Rinku on a motorbike. I wonder where the poisonous pill went now. I used to get complaints against Angural. I asked him to mend his ways. If I had any fear of losing the Jalandhar West seat, why would I have accepted his resignation? He wanted to come back. But his intentions had changed.” Jalandhar, July 3 State BJP president Sunil Jakhar today sought an enquiry from CM Bhagwant Mann into allegations made by BJP leader and Jalandhar West bypoll candidate Sheetal Angural against a Jalandhar AAP MLA. Posing questions to the CM on the issue, Jakhar sought a court-monitored enquiry from him on allegations made by Angural. Speaking on Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal, Jakhar said while granting him parole for taking oath was fine, but he was against bail or parole to those jailed under sedition charges over issues such as drugs or welfare works. After AAP MP Malvinder Singh Kang had levelled extortion allegations against BJP leader Sheetal Angural’s brother on Sunday, Angural on Tuesday took to FB lives wherein he made serious accusations against an AAP Jalandhar MLA Raman Arora “of seeking money and playing middleman in the name of the CM’s sister and wife”. Releasing some audios, whose veracity is yet to be established, on FB, Angural threatened to release all audios available with him by July 5 if CM did not act on the issue. Addressing media here today, Jakhar said: “The CM has a habit of making allegations against political rivals. Today, allegations have reached his doorsteps. Mann should institute a court-mon- He pointed out that the state had to bear expenses of crores of rupees because of this bypoll, which could have been avoided. Rana, also a former Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, was here in connection with the campaigning of the party. He said Angural’s defection was not an isolated case, but a part of the national policy of the BJP to engineer defections from other parties as it had been doing all over the country. He said, like people of Punjab taught the BJP a lesson in the Parliamentary elections by defeating all its candidates, similar fate was awaiting the party in Jalandhar West also. He observed that the BJP would not even manage to get the same number of votes that it got in the parliamentary elections from the Jalandhar West segment. The Congress Campaign Committee Chairman said people were looking forward to the Congress to get out of the day-to-day problems. He said the AAP government had belied the expectations of people as it had failed on all its promises. Bajwa asks Mann to debate with Angural Amarinder S Raja Warring seeks votes for Congress candidate Surinder Kaur in Jalandhar. MALKIAT SINGH Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 3 Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president and Ludhiana MP , during the inauguration of a party office in Ward No. 47, expressed concern over the current state of Jalandhar West ahead of the bypoll. The PPCC chief criticised the state government for neglecting Jalandhar West following the defection of their MLA to the BJP He said . switching parties by opportunistic politicians led to these bypoll, with the defector now contesting for the same seat under a different party banner. “Jalandhar West has been left unattended with significant issues emerging in the constituency due to the absence of a dedicated MLA. The area is particular- ly afflicted by the drug menace, which is most severe in entire Jalandhar. Despite promises from the AAP government to eradicate this issue, the situation has worsened,” he said seeking support for candidate Surinder Kaur. ‘Satta market’ in Jalandhar West is prevalent. The AAP government has failed to control this illegal market, allowing it to thrive. Jalandhar, July 3 Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann should call his former MLA and now BJP candidate from Jalandhar West Sheetal Angural for an open debate on the allegations of extortion that he has been levelling against AAP leaders in Jalandhar. “Angural was one of the two frontmen from Jalandhar and a party insider. If he is saying that he has certain audios with which he can expose the prevailing corruption in the AAP on June 5, then Mann should have the courage to listen to those and respond to the allegations,” said Bajwa. Bajwa also alleged that there are 250 shops of betting in Jalandhar, which had also become a den of drugs and gambling. He alleged that 6065 per cent of the houses in the Assembly seat had become affected by drugs. He repeated that this could be the last election of Bhagwant Mann as the CM as his chair was at stake. — TNS Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, along with Congress leaders, interacts with people during campaigning in the Jalandhar West constituency on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO On police assurance, kin cremate ex-sarpanch’s body Youth’s decomposed Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 3 Residents of Lakhanpal village today bid tearful adieu to Gurmel Ram, an 80-year-old former sarpanch and a social worker, who was brutally murdered on the night of June 28. Family members today cremated the body after the police assured them that the suspects would be nabbed within next two to three days. Initially, the family members of the deceased had decided not to cremate the body till the suspects were arrested. The body was getting decomposed due to hot and humid weather. So, the family members decided to cremate it today. The incident took place on Suspects to be nabbed within two to three days: Cops Friday when Gurmel left his house for a night walk close to the nearby fields. When he didn’t return home, his family members, along with other villagers, started looking c m y b for him. They found his body on the roadside with multiple stab wounds on his chest, neck and stomach. They immediately informed the police about the matter. Gurmel’s son Balwinder Kumar said: “The police have assured us that they are on the verge of solving the case and the suspects will be arrested within this week. The body was getting decomposed due to hot and humid weather. So, we had to cremate it today”. Balwinder said the motive behind the murder was not clear yet. They had no enmity with anyone. Sanjeev Kumar, SHO of the Sadar police station, said teams were working on the case and were investigating it from various angles. The suspects would be apprehended soon. body found at house Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, July 3 The decomposed body of a youth was found in a house at Arjan Colony in Dasuya town. The deceased has been identified as Sanchit Bansal, alias Sanchu. According to the family members of the deceased, Sanchit was in depression. According to information, Sanchit’s mother Tripta Bansal, a resident of Arjan Colony, Ward No. 7, said she went to Beas Dera with her husband and son Sanchit recently. Later, Sanchit Continued on page 3
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