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Tribune News ServiceLudhiana May 16The Khanna city police nabbed three persons and recovered 500 bottles of a banned syrup from their possession. The accused have been identified as Rajdeep Singh Shiv alias Monu and Gurpreet Singh all residents of Ludhiana. The police said acting on a tip-off a naka was laid near the Pristine mall where a Swift car which was coming from the Mandi Gobindgarh side was stopped on suspicion for checking which led to the recovery of the banned syrup. The police said the accused were on the way to deliver the consignment of the banned syrup to their clients. Meanwhile the Koom Kalan police arrested a person Sukhdev Singh of Chaunta village and recovered 11 gm of heroin from his possession.

Ludhiana May 14Amid the Covid crisis the Northern Railways have decided to suspend eight more pairs of unreserved short-run trains from May 15-16 2021. Railway officials said 04659/60 Amritsar-Pathankot-Amritsar 04503/04 Ambala Cantt-Ludhiana-Ambala Cantt 04631/32 Bathinda-Fazilka-Bathinda 04637-38 Jalandhar City-Ferozepur Cantt-Jalandhar City 04625/26 Ferozepur Cantt-Ludhiana-Ferozepur Cantt 04629/30 Ludhiana-Lohian Khas-Ludhiana 04627/28 Ferozepur Cantt-Fazilika-Ferozepur Cantt and 04643/44 Ferozepur Cantt-Fazilka-Ferozepur Cantt trains would remain suspended.

A case was registered against five members of the gang on complaint of Joginder Singh a resident of Hans Kalan. The complainant said he was lured to the house of a tailor of Boparai Kalan village by the accused on Tuesday. “Amarjit Singh of the gang usually posed as a cop and asked other members to take the victim to the police station. The DSP(I) said the police had initiated an investigation to identify other victims of the gang. “We have retrieved a few video clipping from mobile phones of the arrested accused and will try to identify other victims.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana April 26As many as 753 persons tested positive for Covid while 10 lost their lives to the virus today. Total positive cases from Ludhiana have now reached 50356 while 1309 have lost their lives to the virus till now. Those who tested positive include a cop five healthcare workers teacher from GSSS Cemetry Road and an undertrial. Eight women and two men belonging to BRS Nagar Jawadi Kailash Nagar Ramgarh Sibia Basti Jodhewal Arya Mohalla Khanna Basti Jodhewal Haibowal and Rajguru Nagar lost their lives today. The Mass Media team of the Civil Surgeon office carried out an awareness drive in slums of Ludhiana.

Nikhil BhardwajTribune News ServiceLudhiana April 28The Ludhiana police have registered over 500 FIRs for violations of Covid norms and night curfew in the past over two weeks. Investigating officer SI Maninder Kaur said over 100 persons had gathered at the shooting venue and there were clear violations of the Covid and night curfew norms. The parlour which belongs to a Congress leader of the city used to serve customers during night curfew. It was only after the Tribune carried a report regarding the violations the police registered a case against it. A case was also registered against Sarabha Nagar-based restaurant 'Just Baked' which was found opened after 8 pm.

Nitin JainTribune News ServiceLudhiana April 28Ludhiana continues to get ravaged by the current onslaught of the devastating second Covid wave and falls under the Centre's criteria for imposing additional restrictions to contain the further loss caused by the deadly virus. In a presentation on current Covid situation in the state before Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday a copy of which is with The Tribune the Health and Family Welfare Department has listed Mohali Mansa Muktsar Bathinda Fazilka Ferozepur Moga Faridkot Amritsar Patiala Barnala and Hoshiarpur besides Ludhiana as the worst-hitdistricts that meet the Centre's criteria of imposing stricter restrictions. “The Chief Minister has been apprised of the situation with facts and figures. Any decision on imposing stricter restrictions as per the Centre's advice has to be taken at the highest-level” a top government functionary told The Tribune. The Union Government has recommended to put in place all these restrictions with complete enforcement for a period of 14 days before reviewing the situation for further course of action.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana April 27Lok Sabha MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Tuesday visited the Civil Hospital Ludhiana and took stock of the isolation wards and beds. After holding a meeting with officials at the hospital Bittu inspected isolation wards and all essential equipment being used for the treatment of Covid patients. The MP spoke with the medical staff and appreciated their dedication and hard work. He said private hospitals had already set up special isolation wards in their respective premises to contain the current unprecedented hike in Covid cases. He said there was no need to panic and the Punjab Government was better prepared to deal with the ongoing wave.

Ludhiana April 27Miscreants committed two thefts in Ludhiana and Khanna and decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs of rupees. In the first incident complainant Jeet Ram told the police that he owns a scrap shop on GT Road in Khanna. After entering the shop they decamped with Rs 7.36 lakh in cash which was lying in the almirah. Another incident took place at an electrician shop in New Madhopuri from where miscreants took away goods worth lakhs of rupees. Deepak Sharma owner of Bittu Electrician said last night thieves broke open locks of the main shutter and decamped with expensive cable rolls fans and other electronic goods.

Our CorrespondentLudhiana April 25The police have arrested two persons — Dharam Veer and Jatinder Kumar both residents of 33-Feet Road in Giaspura — on the charge of forging and fabricating documents affixing them with bogus stickers bearing a logo of the Government of India to prepare fake identifications papers. They allegedly used the fake identification for opening bank accounts with public and private banks. They have been booked under Sections 420 465 467 468 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. The police said the duo was obtaining vehicle loans from several banks and used to purchase vehicles from KK Motors and some other firms. The vehicles purchased were fraudulently sold to unsuspecting buyers without disclosing anything about the bank loans obtained by them against these vehicles.

Despite bearing huge losses restaurant owners and those dealing in catering business believe that the government should impose a complete lockdown to break the chain of the virus. Talking to Ludhiana Tribune Vishal Malhotra from Bistro Flambois Pakhowal Road said he was suffering huge losses and footfall had come down to 70 per cent due to rising cases. We do not see profits in the near future as daily Covid-19 cases are touching an all-time high. Perhaps with a lockdown the number of cases will go down and business will pick up” said Rai. “Social life in Ludhiana has slowed down as the number of cases has seen an alarming increase these days” she said.

In another incident Sukhwinder Singh a resident of Suraj Nagar in Shimlapuri was nabbed with 5 gm of heroin while coming on foot from Street No. The police said the accused made an attempt to flee the spot but was overpowered by the police. A case under Sections 21 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered in this regard. Tarsem Singh of Mallewal village was nabbed from his shop at the bus stand in Koom Kalan where the accused was selling smuggled liquor. The accused was stopped by the police on suspicion and his search led to the recovery of 12 bottles of countrymade liquor.

Shivani BhakooTribune News ServiceLudhiana April 25The city streets today wore a deserted look on account of a total lockdown. All shops except medical stores and essential services were shut in the city. Steel industry confusedBusinesses in the steel industry today expressed fear of closure of steel units due to non-supply of oxygen. Daily wagers sufferThe daily wagers had to bear the brunt in absence of any work today. Pushkar Yadav a migrant said he was working at a construction site but since everything was shut he did not get any work today.

Ludhiana April 25The Ludhiana police today booked 11 persons and a mob of nearly 40 people in three alleged cases of assault. In the first case four assailants along with a mob of 40 persons allegedly beat up Mohit Narang of Gobind Nagar in Shimlapuri on Saturday. According to the complainant the suspects were quarrelling and hurling abuses at each other in front of his house. In the third case four unidentified persons were booked for allegedly beating up two on the Kohara Link Road after they refused to give money. “When we reached a brick- kiln near the village four youths on two bikes stopped us and demanded money.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana April 22The police have intensified the drive against violation of night curfew and Covid norms. In a day more than 70 FIRs were registered against residents who violated the night curfew and coronavirus guidelines. After Ludhiana Tribune carried out reports that liquor vends were not paying heed to night curfew norms the police started registering cases against such violators. Meanwhile the Khanna police have also registered 20 cases of curfew and Covid norms violations. The police even registered cases for not following the social distancing norm against commuters shopkeepers and others.

The prevailing scenario of proliferation of illegal and unlicensed colonies in and around the city has taken an alarming turn. Unscrupulous developers now openly and aggressively advertise their colonies in print electronics and social media. Most of them try to befool the gullible members of public with false claims that their colonies are approved by the GLADA . Even after a couple of policies having been launched by the state government for regularisation of illegal colonies across the state which were developed till March 2018 the official number of illegal colonies which failed to avail of the scheme stood at nearly 2000. “We have already recommended registration of criminal cases (FIRs) against many such developers of colonies on Dugri-Dhandra Road and some other locations” said an official of engineering branch of the GLADA.