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P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 36°C | MIN 24°C YESTERDAY MAX 37°C | MIN 24°C SUNSET SUNDAY 7.07 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 5:31 AM » SUNDAY | 12 MAY 2024 | LUDHIANA 11 booked for attacking AAP man outside marriage function venue Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 11 During a marriage-related function of the son of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from the Gill constituency Jiwan Singh Sangowal, some persons armed with sharp weapons attacked Sahibjit Singh, alias Sabi, block president of AAP and a resident of Jarkhar, who had come to attend the event at Sangowal village on Thursday night. He was attacked outside the venue. Mandeep Singh, a close aide of the AAP MLA, who intervened to save Sahibjit, was also attacked. Sabi’s turban was also tossed during the incident. The Sadar police yesterday registered an attempt to murder case against Charanjit Singh, a resident of Bulara village and 10 unidentified persons. Mandeep, a complainant in the case, said a a marriagerelated function was organised at the MLA’s house on his son’s marriage. Sabi also came to attend the event. When he went out, Charanjit and about 10 other persons surrounded him. They attacked Sabi with sharp weapons. The complainant said when he tried to stop the assailants, they also beat him up. Sabi, who suffered serious injuries, was undergoing treatment at a hospital. SI Satwinder Singh said five persons were arrested and raids were on to nab the other suspects. Of 20 nominees, only one CBI files case against SHO, postgraduate, 2 graduates three other police officials Three are agriculturists, four seasoned politicians as well 2017 CUSTODIAL DEATH OF WOMAN AT DUGRI POLICE STATION Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service WARRING YOUNGEST, PARASHAR ELDEST INDIA VOTES 2024 Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 11 In what appears to be a record of sorts, 17 of the total 20 nominees, including those of all five main political parties announced so far for the Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency are undergraduates or below the undergraduate level. So much so, eight of them have not even passed the senior secondary standard, with four of them even under-matriculates. While the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Ashok Parashar Pappi (59), who is also the sitting MLA from the Ludhiana Central segment, is the least educated with the qualification of Class VII standard, the main Opposition Congress nominee, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring (46), who is also the Punjab Congress president, three-time MLA from Gidderbaha, and former Transport Minister, is a matriculate. The sitting MP Ravneet Singh Bittu (48), who had recently quit the Congress, ASHOK PARASHAR PAPPI (AAP) RANJIT SINGH DHILLON (SAD) which he represented thrice in the Lok Sabha from Anandpur Sahib in 2009, and Ludhiana in 2014 and 2019, to contest the General Election to the 18th Lok Sabha on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, is a Class XII pass-out. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate, Ranjit Singh Dhillon (58), who is a former MLA, had done Giani certificate course, for which the eligibility is Class XII pass-out. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) nominee Jaswinder Kaur (63) is a matriculate and while her husband Davinder Singh (63), who has filed papers as her covering candidate from the BSP had , done diploma in machinist. Interestingly, three of these six contestants — Ravneet Singh Bittu, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and Ranjit Singh Dhillon — are agriculturists by profession while AAP nominee Ashok Parashar Pappi deals in a AMRINDER S RAJA WARRING (CONG) RAVNEET SINGH BITTU (BJP) cable network business. Also, two of them – Bittu and Parashar – are turncoats, who had shifted from the Congress. Another similarity among these candidates is that all are seasoned politicians. While Bittu is a threetime MP, Warring is a three-time MLA. If Pappi is a sitting MLA, Dhillon is a former MLA, having won from the Ludhiana East segment in 2012 and had lost in 2017 and 2022. Among the eight Independents and eight nominees of other parties, who have filed their nominations so far, the Independent, Baldev Raj Katna (69), who is a retired PSPCL Senior XEN, is till now the most educated with a postgraduate degree of Master of Engineering (Electrical), while Bhupinder Singh (51) of the Bharatheeya Jawan Kisan Party, who is a retired army man, and another Independent Karan Dhin- While Amrinder Singh Raja Warring is the youngest among the four main nominees, Ashok Parashar Pappi is the eldest. However, all four are in the age bracket of 46 to 59. gan (31) are both graduates. However, the rest 13, including six more Independents and seven from other parties, are also undergraduates. Amandeep Singh (42) of the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation is a Class XII pass-out. While Independent Vipan Kumar (47) is a Class VIII pass out, another Independent Jai Parkash Jain is a matriculate. The rest eight — Simrandeep Singh (34) and Ravinder Pal Singh (34) (both Independents), Devinder Singh (47), from the Aam Lok Party United, and Gursewak Singh (51), from Sarvjan Sewa Party, are educated up to Class XII, while Independents Lakhvir Singh (50) is a Class VIII pass out, Naresh Kumar Dhingan (53), is a matriculate, Santosh Kumar (48) of the Bhartiya Inklab Party is under-matric, and Harvinder Kaur (57) of the Samajik Sangharsh Party, is also a matriculate. YAD leader joins AAP Mysterious death of Jagraon Ludhiana, May 11 While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Ashok Parashar Pappi campaigns for the Lok Sabha seat in Ludhiana, the party is also witnessing a surge in new members joining its ranks. Today, Sandeep Bains of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) has officially become a member of AAP at an event, marking a significant shift in the Ludhi- ana’s political landscape. It was attended by Parashar, along with MLA Kulwant Singh Sidhu, MLA Madan Lal Bagga, state secretary and chairman Amandeep Singh Mohi and Sharanpal Makkar. Parashar expressed delight in seeing more people aligning themselves with AAP He . emphasised growing support from the youth, which would bolster party’s efforts. — TNS man turns out to be murder Ludhiana, May 11 After the death of a man who was found dead under mysterious circumstances near a pond in Nanak Nagri village in Jagraon on May 6, the Jagraon City police yesterday registered a case of murder against unidentified persons. The complainant, Harman Kaur, the wife of the deceased, said her husband was working at a tailor shop in Jagraon. On May 6, when he did not return home, they started searching for him. Later in the night, he was found in an unconscious state near the village pond. He was taken to the Civil Hospital, Jagraon, where doctors declared Ludhiana, May 11 In connection with the custodial death of a woman at the Dugri police station in 2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a case against four police officials, including the then SHO of the police station. The copy of the FIR registered at the CBI police station, Chandigarh (which is with The Tribune) states that the case under Section 304A (causing death by negligence), IPC, was registered against the police officials identified as Inspector Dalbir Singh (the then Dugri SHO), ASI Sukhdev Singh, woman constables Rajwinder Kaur and Amandeep Kaur. The copy of the FIR states: “The High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, order dated March 11, 2024, passed in the CRM filed by Mukul Garg, a resident of Phase 1, Urban Estate, Dugri, Ludhiana, has entrusted the Cops conduct a probe after the death of a woman at the Dugri police station. FILE further investigation of the FIR registered at the Dugri police station, Ludhiana, to the Central Bureau of Investigation. A regular case is, therefore, re-registered under Section 304-A, IPC, against Inspector Dalbir Singh, ASI Sukhdev Singh, constable Rajwinder Kaur and constable Amandeep Kaur and entrusted to a CBI inspector at SCB, Chandigarh for investigation, “the FIR further states. Mukul Garg a complainant in the case, told The Tribune that with the registration of the case against the guilty police officials by the CBI, hope for justice had regained. Now, the CBI would thoroughly investigate the role of these officials and they might be called for questioning. Notably, Ramandeep Kaur had died in police custody during investigation of an FIR registered in August 2017 against her and her fiance for cheating, theft, forgery, criminal conspiracy and other offences under Sections 379, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 201 and 120-B of the IPC at the Dugri police station. On August 3, 2017, officials posted at the police station entered the house of his (Mukul’s) paternal uncle and took them to the police station. On the night of August 4, 2017, both were beaten up and tortured. As a result, Ramandeep died in police custody. She was found hanging inside the washroom of the police station. Man jumps from hospital building, dies Ludhiana, May 11 A man undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital, Khanna, died by suicide by jumping from the third floor of the hospital on Friday night. The Khanna police today arrested two out of the four suspects. They were identified as Bagga Singh and Balbir Singh of Rasoolra village. The deceased was identified as 35-year-old Kulwinder Singh Soni, a resident of Rasoolra. Deceased’s brother Pawandeep said his brother Kulwinder was assaulted by some persons over some old enmity and he was undergoing treatment at the hospital. Now, the assailants were allegedly threatening to kill him. On Friday, he ended his life by jumping from the bathroom’s window of the male ward due to the threats and intimidation by the suspects. On May 2, when Kul- winder had gone to a shop in the village, some people from the village abused him and later attacked him with sharp weapons. The victim had suffered serious injuries in the assault. SHO, Khanna City police station, SI Gurmeet Singh, said an assult case was already registered against the four suspects and now, another case of attempt to murder was registered against them. Two of them were arrested. — TNS him brought dead. She said initially, the police initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174, CrPC. Now, after the autopsy, the man was found to be murdered and the police registered a murder case. She demanded that the police should identify the killers and arrest them soon. — TNS Dr Surjit Patar leaves a rich legacy behind Manav Mander Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 11 Leaving behind rich legacy, eminent Punjabi poet and Padam Shri awardee Dr Surjit Patar passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning at his residence in Ashapuri here. His death has left a void in the Punjabi literary and poetic world which can never be filled. People from all walks of life expressed grief over the demise of the legendary poet. Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney and Commissioner of Police (CP) Kuldeep Singh Chahal on Saturday visited his residence to express their condolences with the poet’s family. Patar hailed from Patar Kalan village in Jalandhar district, completed his master’s degree in Punjabi from Punjabi University, Patiala, and PHD from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. A pall of gloom descended on Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) from where he retired as a professor of Punjabi. PAU Vice-Chancellor Dr Satbir Singh Gosal in his message said the void created by The inconsolable kin and friends of eminent poet Dr Surjit Patar at his house in Ludhiana on Saturday. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN CONDOLENCES POUR IN ON X In a post on X, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said he was deeply saddened by the passing away of Dr Surjit Patar. Education Minister Harjot Bains wrote: “Passing away of Surjit Patar ji is a great loss to Punjab. So much more was to be written. I shared a very special bond with him. For me this loss is personal too.” Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring called it an irreparable loss for the Punjabi literature. Former CM and BJP leader Capt Amarinder Singh called it, end of an era. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said the death of Patar had left a void in the world of literature. Dr Patar’s death could not be filled and it is a great loss to the world of Punjabi literature. He began his poetic career in the mid-60s, with his notable works, including ‘Hawa Vich Likhe Harf’, ‘Birkh Arz Kare’, ‘Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varnmala’, ‘ Lafzaan Di Dargah’, ‘ Patjhar Di Pazeb’ and ‘Surzameen’. Beyond his own works, he translated Federico Garcia Lorca’s three tragedies, Girish Karnad’s ‘Nagmandala’, and poems by Bertolt Brecht and Pablo Neruda into Punjabi. Dr Patar’s legacy also includes adaptations of plays by Jean Giradoux, Euripides and Racine. He was the president of the Punjab Arts Council and previously the president of the Punjabi Sahit Akademi and was awarded Padma Shri in 2012. Ranjodh Singh, president, Ramgarhia Educational Council, said: “His poetry touched the chords of the heart and its musical quality reverberated in the recesses of the mind. There was something magical in his voice and narration and he turned everyday events into something much deeper just by his interpretation and understanding. He deeply missed by us all for his generosity and candour. May his guiding light inspire the youth to reach out for the stars.” Shahi Imam of Punjab, Maulana Muhammad Usman Ludhianvi, said: “Whenever I used to meet Patar, I call him Ustad ji and once he asked me that I have never been his student, then why I call him ‘Ustad’. To this I replied that you are ustad of the Punjabi literature, Punjabi poetry, Punjabi language and his con- c m y b tribution is immeasurable. He has left a lasting impression on the world of language and literature, which is unmatchable,” he said. Rajya Sabha MP from Ludhiana Sanjeev Arora said luckily he had met Dr Patar a couple of times. He said during his meetings with the legend, he observed that Dr Patar was not only a renowned Punjabi poet but a great thinker and a good human being, who was completely down to earth. Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar while expressing grief over the sudden demise of the illustrious Punjabi writer and poet said the death of Dr Patar was an irreparable loss that had created a vacuum hard to fill. His verses inspired all. Punjabi literature would always remain indebted for his contribution. Dr Patar is survived by his wife Bhupinder Kaur and two sons, Ankur Singh Patar and Manraj Singh Patar. He will be cremated with full state honours at 11 am on May 13 (Monday) at Model Town Extension Cremation Ground, Ludhiana. B.Tech. CSE (Cyber Security & Forensics) with IBM | BBA (Cyber Security & Forensics) with IBM B.Com. (Hons.) with Tally Integrated with IAS Coaching | BBA (Artificial Intelligence) with IBM B.Sc. Hotel Management & Catering Technology (BHMCT) | B.Tech. 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