9 held for giving shelter to BSP

AMRITPAL SINGH’S SELFIE WITH CLOSE AIDE SURFACES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Chandigarh (Agencies):

While Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh has been successful to dodge the police for last 10 days, his new picture with close aide has surfaced on the social media.

Close Aide Of Amritpal Singh Held In Punjab

Chandigarh: As the hunt of fugitive pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal is still on, his close aide and gunman, who is an ex-serviceman, was arrested by the police for his alleged involvement in the Ajnala violence case.

The accused, Varinder Singh, belonged to Patti subdivision of Tarn Taran district in Punjab. Following the invocation of the NSA, he has been sent to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail.

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RELEASE ARRESTED INNOCENT SIKHS IN 24 HOURS: AKAL TAKHT JATHEDAR

Amritsar: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Monday served a 24-hour ultimatum on Punjab Govt, led by Bhagwant Mann, to release “supporters” of Amritpal Singh, who have been arrested in the last 10 days.The decision was taken at a Panthic gathering at the Akal Takht, which was attended by more than 50 Sikh organisations. Following the Ajnala clash, the Punjab Police have launched a massive crackdown against supporters of Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh. During the Panthic gathering called to discuss “current atmosphere in Punjab’, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh allowed each representative of Sikh organisations to speak for two minutes. The Jathedar of the Akal Takht Sahib demanded that the National Security Act (NSA) imposed on all youths should be immediately removed. He said the impounded vehicles of Sikhs, who were peacefully protesting at Harike’s headworks, should be released immediately.

Border Security Force Recovers 6 Kg Narcotics Dropped By Drone In Punjab

Chandigarh: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday seized six kg narcotics dropped by a drone in Punjab’s Amritsar sector, an official said. “On March 26, at around 9.36 p.m., BSF troops deployed at the International Border heard the buzzing sound of a suspected flying object (drone) entering from Pakistan into the Indian territory near Toor village in Amritsar district,” the BSF said in a statement on Monday.

Caf Commander Killed In Ied

BLAST IN C’GARH’S BIJAPUR

Raipur: An assistant platoon commander of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force was killed in a pressure IED blast planted by Naxals in the Bijapur district of the state. The martyred officer was identified as Assistant Platoon Commander Vijay Yadav of the 19th battalion. The incident comes a day after an encounter broke out between the Naxals and a joint party of ITBP and District Reserve Guard in forest area of Chote Burgum.

Ed Attaches Assets

WORTH `1 CR OF REAL ESTATE FIRM

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that they recently carried out search operations at three places in Bhubaneswar and one at Berhampur against Keshari Estates Pvt Ltd and its directors. The searched premises include two residential premises belonging to the directors at Bhubaneswar and one office premises each in Bhubaneswar and Berhampur.

The selfie features the Waris Punjab De chief with his associate Papalpreet Singh while holding cans of energy drinks in their hands.

Papalpreet, who appears in the picture, is said to be Amritpal’s mentor. He was in contact with Pakistan’s spy agency ISI. In the photo, Amritpal is seen wearing a jacket, a maroon turban and sunglasses. His companion, sitting beside him, is in a sweatshirt. In the selfie, it can be clearly seen that Amritpal has a trimmed beard and moustache while he is drinking energy drink along with Papalpreet Singh.

Jammu (PTI): Family of the Dhangri terror attack victims on Monday threatened to migrate from their village to a “safer” place and return ex-gratia amount if govt fails to catch the attackers and bring them to justice.

Terrorists had struck Dhangri village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on January 1 and targeted villagers and fled before planting an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

While five people were killed in the firing by terrorists, two others died in the IED explosion the next morning. And 14 were injured in the twin attacks. The attackers are still at large.

Saroj Bala, who lost two sons in the terrorist attack, said if the govt cannot provide her justice, it should “shoot me dead too”.

“We don’t need jobs. We don’t need money. We need justice by bringing terrorists and their supporters to book. If they don’t address our demand, we will all migrate from here,” she told reporters.

MLA’s murderer

Kaushambi (PTI):

Nine people were arrested in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday for allegedly giving shelter to an accused in the 2005 murder case of BSP MLA Raju Pal, police said.

The accused were arrested from Purkhas Yusufpur village, located within the Sarai Akil police station limits.

With these arrests, the number of people nabbed so far in connection with the case has gone up to 19, police said.A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including eight country-made pistols, was seized from those arrested, they added.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said the arrests were made during a search operation to nab Abdul Kavi, who is wanted in the Raju Pal murder case.

“Those arrested are Mohammad Anas, Hameedul Gufran, Daniyal Kareem, Ehsan-ul Kareem, Satish Vishwakarma, Nafees Ahmed,

Ex-Union minister Sharma calls on Sukhu

Shimla (Agencies): Former union minister and senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday called on Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at his official residence Oak Over and discussed various issues. The Chief Minister honoured Sharma with a Himachali cap and a shawl. Interacting with the media, the Chief Minister said Rahul Gandhi’s fearless campaigning to

BJP MLA raises stray dogs’ issue in Delhi Assembly

New Delhi: BJP MLA save democracy was a hitch to the Union government and the decision of his disqualifica- tion from Lok Sabha has been attempted to suppress his voice. He said Rahul Gan- dhi had started Bharat Jodo Yatra to raise awareness of the misdeeds of the Centre. He said people would give befitting reply to the BJP in the coming elections in the country.

The arrests were made during a search operation to nab Abdul Kavi, who is wanted in the Raju Pal murder case.

Akhtar Hussain, Ajit Pratap Singh and Nawaz Ashraf,” he said. Ten others were arrested from Bhakanda village on Friday and Saturday. The police action is being seen as a move to tighten the noose around gangsterturned-politician Atiq Ahmed.

Sukhu urged all Opposition parties to unite to save the democracy.

On the occasion, Anand Sharma said Rahul Gandhi has every right to speak in Parliament, but the Centre had targetted him under a conspiracy.

Seven-year-old girl ‘raped, killed’; violent protest erupts in Kolkata

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CHANDRA KANTA MURASINGH PASSES AWAY AT 66

Agartala: Noted poet Chandra Kanta Murasingh (66), who was Sahitya Akademis first Bhasha Samman awardee, passed away in Agartala on Monday following a cardiac arrest. Murasingh, who wrote poems, prose and drama in both Bengali and Tripura’s tribal Koknorok language, is survived by two sons, a daughter and wife. In recognition of his contribution to Kokborok’ literature, Sahitya Akademi had conferred the prestigious Bhasha Samman award on him, which is given to poets and authors.

Ajay Mahawar raised issue of stray dogs in the Delhi assembly. “Stray dogs killed two brothers in three days in Vasant Kunj. Over 100 people are attacked by dogs every day in Delhi”, he said.”A house committee was also formed under the chairmanship of the house member, Somnath Bharti, which gave its report in December 2019, this report should be implemented.

Kolkata (PTI): A 7-year-old girl was killed after being sexually molested by one of her neighbours in Kolkata’s Tiljala area, prompting local people to blockade roads and railway tracks and vandalise police vehicles on Monday.

The girl, a resident of Kustia’s Shri Dhar Roy Road, was missing since Sunday morning and after an extensive search, policemen found her body in one of the flats in an apartment block in the locality, the police said. The flat owner was arrested and the body was sent for post-mortem examination.

PREZ’S HISTORICAL PILGRIMAGE IN WB

Alleging that the police “delayed” in searching for the missing girl, locals staged protests outside the Tiljala Police Station.

Amaravati (PTI): Besides welfare and development work in villages, temples are being built on a massive scale, an Andhra Pradesh Minister has said. Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy made these remarks while laying the foundation for Sri Radhakrishna Mandir at Mohammadapuram village of Podalakuru mandalam in Nellore district, which is being built with the funds provided by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Vani Trust. He said construction of 28 temples have been sanctioned in Sarvepalli constituency with cooperation from TTD, official custodian of the Tirupati Lord Venkateswara temple, until now.