(Chd,Pb)Death Toll in Punjab Spurious Liquor Tragedy Rises to 62
23 more casualties were reported from the state’s Tarn Taran district,
Till Friday night, the state authorities had reported 39 deaths from three districts. Nineteen of them had taken place in Tarn Taran alone, followed by 11 in Amritsar and nine in Gurdaspur’s Batala.
In Tarn Taran, the death toll has reached 42, Maximum deaths took place in the Sadar and city areas of district.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has already ordered a magisterial probe into the tragedy, unfolding since Wednesday night. Till now, police have arrested 10 people in connection with the case.
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Death Toll in Pb Spurious Liquor Tragedy Rises to 62
Punjab Police Awakes as Hooch Tragedy Rose to 38
(Chd,Pb)Punjab Police Awakes as hooch tragedy rose to 38, Shows 7 Arrest in 40 Raids
As per DGP Dinkar Gupta a huge quantity of spurious liquor,drums, storage cans etc have been recovered from the accused More arrests are likely, he said, adding that raids were continuing and the police teams would continue to crack down on all those involved in the case to unravel the extend of the spurious liquor mafia operating in the region.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has already ordered a magisterial inquiry by Divisional Commissioner Jalandhar into the hooch tragedy.
The Chief Minister has given Commissioner Jalandhar Division the liberty to co-opt any civil/police officer or any expert to facilitate the expeditious conduct of the enquiry. He has promised strict action against anyone found complicit
6355 Police Personnel Withdrawn From Non-Core Duties
(Chd,Pb)6355 Police Personnel Withdrawn From Non-Core Duties
6355 personnel withdrawnfrom non-core duties to create COVID Reserves and reinforce its field force at police stations and in the Armed Battalions.
While 202 COVID Reserves have been created in police stations across districts, another 20 have been constituted in the Armed Battalions, to improve operational readiness for enforcement of the various safety norms and protocols in place in the state.
Disclosing this during the Covid review Video Conference (VC) meeting chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the DGP said, post the exercise, an additional 1800 police personnel have been mobilised at the police stations, across the ranks of Constable to Inspector.
Punjab CM Orders Crackdown on Liquor Smuggling
(Chd,Pb) Punjab CM Orders Crackdown on Liquor Smuggling
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday directed police to crack down on liquor smuggling in a bid to prevent revenue loss to the cash-strapped state.
The chief minister also ordered immediate action against the DSPs and SHOs under whose jurisdictions liquor smuggling or illegal distillation takes place, said a government release.
Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta issued necessary directives to all commissioners of police and district police chiefs in the state to identify liquor smugglers by May 23.
On May 14, police along with officials of the excise department had raided an illegal distillery-cum-liquor bottling plant at Ghanaur in Patiala.
School Bus Driver Shot Dead by Pradhan Pati in Pb’s Batala
(Batala,Pb)School Bus Driver Shot Dead by Pradhan Pati in Punjab’s Batala
A 48-year-old school-bus driver was allegedly shot dead by the husband of a village chief
Victim Dilbag was first taken to a hospital in Qadian from where he was referred to a Amritsar hospital. He died on the way to the hospital
Ludhiana ACP (North)Anil Kohli Dies of COVID 19
(LDH,PB)ACP Anil Kohli Dies of COVID 19 in Punjab’s Ludhiana
The 52-year-old Ludhiana assistant commissioner of police, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a private hospital, died on Saturday.
Yesterday Punjab had lost Gurmail Singh Kanungo
ACP (North) Anil Kohli breathed his last at the SPS hospital, Ludhiana, civil surgeon Rajesh Bagga said. On Friday, the Punjab government had given its go-ahead to the hospital to conduct plasma therapy on the police officer.
The officer had tested positive for coronavirus on April 12. His wife, security guard and a station house officer tested positive on Friday.
The Mohali district administration on Saturday morning sent a fully-recovered coronavirus patient to the hospital to use his plasma for treating ACP Kohli.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta condoled the death.
133 Bhutanese Students Stranded in Punjab Airlifted Back
(Phagwara,Pb)133 Bhutanese Students Stranded in Punjab Sent Back
They were studying in different parts of the state,
They were stranded in Punjab due to a lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19
All were airlifted to their country through a special flight from Amritsar on Monday,
Special flight was arranged by the Bhutanese government only after getting tested for the virus.
Punjab Police Officer Test Positive For Covid 19
(LDH,Pb)Punjab Police Officer Test Positive For Covid 19
An assistant commissioner of police tested positive for novel coronavirus in Ludhiana in Punjab
As per Ludhiana Civil Surgeon Rajesh Bagga the test reports of the officer, confirming him to be positive for the virus, came on Sunday night.
The ACP (North) was admitted to a local hospital, Bagga ,Now health teams were identifying his contacts.
Crackdown on Fake News Spreaders :34 Booked in Punjab
(Chd,Pb)Crackdown on Fake News Spreaders :34 Booked in Punjab
Sedition case was registered on Friday against a Ludhiana resident
. As per DGP Dinkar Gupta , police have registered 34 cases so far, of which 27 were lodged between March 21 and April 6.
The Ludhiana resident had allegedly misled people about the availability of critical medical equipment besides “spreading hatred” against the state government
The DGP had earlier this month constituted a special team headed by a ADGP-ranked officer to monitor all social media platforms to check any instance of fake news or information.
Four Inmates Escape from Ludhiana Central Jail
(Ludhiana,Pb)Four Inmates Escape from Ludhiana Jail
This came to the notice of the jail authorities at the time of attendance in the morning
The inmates have been identified as
Ravi Kumar (24) of Samrala ,
Suraj Kumar (23) of Sultanpur district in Uttar Pradesh
, Aman Kumar alias Deepak (23) of Mandi Govindgarh and
Arsh deep Singh alias Deepa (24) of Sangrur
Police have not ruled out the possibility of internal involvement.
It is the first jail break after the CRPF took over the charge
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