Traffic
regulation in Jammu division
DB directs Govt to file status
report within five days
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: In
a public importance order regarding regulation of
traffic/ transport in Jammu region, the Division
Bench of the State High Court Jammu Wing
comprising Chief Justice Bashir Ahmed Khan and
Justice JP Singh today directed Transport
Commissioner, Divisional Commissioner Jammu, IGP
Jammu, DIG Traffic, Commissioner CAPD,
Commissioner JMC, Vice-Chairman JAD and RTO Jammu
to file their status reports within five days.
This order was
passed in a writ petition titled J&K All
India Taxi Sumo and Others in which the Division
Bench took serious note for not complying with
the directions passed by the Court on December 5,
2005 in which the DB directed to file status
reports in respect of directions passed by the
Court for better transport and traffic regulation
in Jammu region.
No such status
report supported by affidavits have been filed
which tantamounts to disobedience of the orders
of the Court and for which suo-moto contempt
action would have been initiated against all
those concerned authorities, the Court observed.
At this stage Additional Advocate General B S
Salathia prayed for more time. He prayed for some
more time to be given to these authorities to
submit reports. Upon this the DB granted five
days time for filling status report as per the
directions passed by Court.
Senior Advocate DC
Raina assisting Court in this matter submitted
that Govt was watching as an idle spectator when
petrol/ Oil Tankers had gone on strike to build
pressure tactics upon the orders passed by the
Court. He further submitted that if no immediate
action was taken by the Govt, by taking
alternative steps to make alternative
arrangements, Jammu city would be badly affected
for want of petrol and diesel.
Upon the
submissions made by DC Raina, the Division Bench
directed Chief Secretary to take immediate steps
to deal with this situation and to save the
Public from inconveniences being caused as result
of the strike.
The Division Bench
at the same time observed that the State level
Coordinator on behalf of oil companies supplying
petrol/ diesel to Jammu city/ State; is directed
to furnish particulars of Managing Directors of
these companies, require them to make alternate
arrangements to ensure un-interrupted supply of
petrol and diesel to the City of Jammu.
Regarding the
Strike of tankers, the DB further took serious
note and observed that it will be considered
later whether any such strike was directed
against the Court order in which case necessary
orders would have to be passed to declare the
Strike Illegal.
The Division Bench
further observed that at this stage it is
submitted by Sr. Advocate DC Raina that whatever
reports being submitted, as per experience, these
reports existed on papers only and were aimed at
buying time.
In this regard he
referred to pressure and double tone horns being
used. The DB upon this took serious note of this
and said that this should have again invited a
contempt action against SSP Traffic Jammu and
also an explanation from Traffic Magistrates but
granted them time to explain their position in
this regard.
Divisional
Forum's directive to National Insurance
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: Divisional
forum Jammu comprising S L Pandita its president
and JK Gandotra and Meenu Sharma its members has
directed national Insurance company to pay the
full sum insured in policy of Constable Rohit
Sadhu, who died on October 1, 2001 while fighting
with militants along with interest at the rate of
6% PA from November, 2001 till realization by
depositing the amount before the forum.
The Forum further
ordered that complainant is also held entitled to
an amount of Rs 1000/- as litigation expenses as
the litigation has been thrust upon the
complainant by the insurance company. The mother
of late Rohit Sadhu had filed this complaint
before the forum for release of insurance amount.
After hearing the attorney holder of the
complainant and counsel appearing for the
Insurance company and finance department, the
forum observed that "we are satisfied that a
case of deficiency in-service is established and
national insurance company is found negligent in
discharging its obligation towards the customers/
consumers which is nothing short of deficiency in
service. The National Insurance Company having
been found guilty of deficiency in providing
service is directed to pay the full sum insured
in the policy of Rohit Sadhu along with 6%
interest".
‘Options
of joining coalition open’
Tarigami supports self-governance
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: After
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and NC president Omar
Abdullah, CPM leader Mohd Yusuf Tarigami has also
supported the demand for self governance in Jammu
and Kashmir describing it as only viable solution
to Kashmir problem.
Calling for
setting up of a Federation of Jammu and Kashmir
on this side and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)
on the other side with regional autonomy, Mr
Tarigami told the Excelsior: "the position
which our State enjoyed under the Constitutional
provisions should be restored".
"There is no
difference between self-governance and
autonomy", he said in response to NC
president Omar Abdullah’s stand that
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s
proposal for self-governance was what NC
patriarch Sheikh Abdullah stood for.
Mr Tarigami said
Jammu and Kashmir has to emerge as a truly
Federal State by evolving proper
mechanism—both at political as well as
administration level—to ensure that rights
of all the regions are defined, safeguarded and
protected Constitutionally.
Despite terror,
the peace process must continue, the veteran CPM
leader said, adding terror tactics shouldn’t
weaken the resolve of people in the region.
"It will be tragic if India and Pakistan
can’t or will not work towards some form of
co-operation for peace and democratic
future".
He said will of
the people of the region must prevail. "No
outside authority or alliances like of NATO has
any business to meddle in the affairs which the
people of the region are capable. Our friends
must know what the track record of America and
NATO has been and what exactly they are doing in
Iraq", he said in response to Hurriyat
leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq’s statement
seeking NATO’s intervention in the State.
Mr Tarigami said
"the coalition Government led by Mr Azad
will be getting our support provided it sticks to
the CMP". It seems a good effort is being
made by Mr Azad to revamp administration and
provide good governance, he added. He asserted
that CPM’s options to join the coalition
Government are open.
Accident
victim succumbs; 13 injured in mishaps
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: An
accident victim succumbed to injuries in the
hospital while as 13 persons were injured in road
accidents.
Police spokesman
said that one Jatinder Singh, son of Kuldeep
Singh of Gole Gujral camp, who was admitted in
Government Medical College Hospital Jammu
yesterday, succumbed to injuries today. He had
reportedly sustained severe injuries in road
accident. Police has taken the cognizance of the
incident.
A
woman—Naseema Begum, wife of Mohd Afzal Wani
of Banihal received severe injuries after she was
hit by a speeding tipper number JK02H-7786. She
was immediately rushed to hospital and her
condition was stated to be critical when reports
last came in.
Driver of the
tipper—Sanjay Bhatt has been arrested by the
police for negligent and rash driving.
Meanwhile, 12
persons were injured in road accidents. All have
been hospitalised and their condition was stated
to be out of danger when reports last came in.
They have been
identified as Vikas, son of Mool Raj, Arun, son
of Yog Raj of Hari Nagar, Rajni Jamwal, wife of
Bhanueshwar Singh of Link Road, Lal Singh, son of
Kaan Singh of Chatha Pind, Bari Ram, son of Kali
Ram of Palma, Mohinder Singh, son of Chander Ram
of Udhampur, Hoshiyar Singh, son of Ram Singh,
Sharda Devi, wife of Hoshiyar Singh, Priya Devi,
daughter of Hoshiar Singh, all the residents of
Doda, Kulbir Singh, son of Makhan Singh of Chak
Sain, Munish Bhatia, son of HC Bhatia of Gandhi
Nagar and Dr Gurej Singh, son of Bhupinder Singh
of Tali Morh Miran Sahib.
A
woman—Sunita Devi, wife of Swaran Lal, who
was admitted in Government Medical College
Hospital for the treatment of burn injuries,
succumbed to injuries today.
She had reportedly
received injuries in accidental fire at her
residence.
Blind
murder case of Katra worked out
Wife killed husband in connivance
with paramour 5 days after marriage
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: Mystery
behind the recovery of body of an unidentified
youth from a hotel in the holy town of Katra some
days back has been worked out by Police with his
wife and her paramour turning out to be the
murderers.
The deceased had
entered into wed-lock five days before the
incident and visit to holy town was planned by
his wife only to eliminate him with the support
of her paramour.
Both the accused
have been arrested from Delhi, by a police team
from Katra Police Station headed by SHO S S
Sambyal under the supervision of SDPO Katra Anil
Magotra that visited the capital, today. The
accused have been identified as Archna, wife of
deceased Hira Lal, son of Sohan Lal of Indira
Lake area of Sultanpuri New Delhi and Ramesh
Thakur, son of Jaswant Thakur of Ram Park area in
Extension Loni Gaziabad. They are being brought
to Jammu for action warranted under law.
The deceased was
found dead under the heap of mattresses in Prem
International Hotel on December 3 and initially
police started investigation under Section 174
CrPC which has now been converted into Section
302 RPC.
Giving details,
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Udhampur
Rajesh Kumar said that during the course of
investigation, Katra police came to know that
couple, which accompanied the deceased, had made
a phone call from the Public Call Office (PCO)
near the hotel on December 2, when they checked
in the hotel alongwith the deceased.
Police verified
the list of phone numbers dialed from the PCO on
that day and ultimately came to know that the
couple had made a call to Gaziabad. On this, a
message was flashed to the police stations in
Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Yesterday, Katra Police
came to know that a missing report has been
lodged in one of the police stations in
Sultanpuri area of Delhi by a woman namely
Archana. On this a team led by SHO S S Sambyal
was immediately deputed to Delhi.
On the request of
Katra Police, Delhi Police called Archana and put
her to sustained interrogation during which she
confessed that the body which was recovered from
a hotel in Katra was that of her husband.
"During
questioning, Archana revealed she had relations
with Ramesh Thakur since long and her parents
married off her with Hira Lal on November
27", the SSP disclosed and said that she
also confessed that the visit to Katra was
planned with the sole motive to eliminate Hira
Lal. To pave the way for accompanying of Ramesh
Thakur with them, Archana introduced her paramour
with her husband as her cousin.
Archana further
revealed that at Katra Hotel she and Ramesh
Thakur gave some sedatives to Hira Lal in tea and
strangulated him to death after he fell
unconscious. "On reaching Pathankot after
leaving Katra, Archana made a call to her in-laws
and informed that Hira Lal had gone missing near
Pathankot", SSP said quoting Archana’s
statement and on reaching Delhi, she got a
missing report lodged.
She also disclosed
the address of Ramesh Thakur but before police
could raid at his residence he managed to escape.
However, after series of raids at different
places, Ramesh Thakur was arrested from the Red
Fort area.
It was due to the
professional approach of the Katra Police that
the sensational and blind murder of an
unidentified youth has been worked out.
Meanwhile, Deputy
Inspector General of Police (DIG) Udhampur-Doda
Range Satvir Gupta said that the names of police
personnel in the investigating team will be sent
to DGP for suitable cash reward.
Bhim for
vigilance raids on Ministers
JKNPP to decide next line of
action on Dec 13
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: Jammu
and Kashmir National Panthers Party, one of the
constituents of the Coalition Government in the
State, will decide next line of action regarding
extension of support to the Government on
December 13, as the ultimatum of 40 days,
extended by it to implement Wazir Commission and
constitute Delimitation Commission, is expiring
on December 12.
Disclosing this at
a press conference here today, JKNPP supremo Prof
Bhim Singh said that even the new Chief Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azad has failed to implement CMP
which was furnished in his presence three years
back and added that since the 40 day ultimatum is
expiring on December 12, a special session of the
State Council of the party will be held at Gulab
Bhawan on December 13 to discuss the failure of
the Government to implement CMP and take decision
on future line of action.
"Even new
Chief Minister seems to be not interested in
implementing the CMP despite the fact that All
India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia
Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh have
issued clear instructions for the same",
Prof Singh asserted and said that during one
month, the new Chief Minister didn’t utter
even single word about implementing CMP which
``makes it clear that he is like other Kashmiri
rulers’’.
The JKNPP supremo
said that recent raids on the name of corruption
were only aimed at diverting the attention of the
people from the CMP and added that nabbing
officials like Block-Development Officers (BDO)
was not going to bring down the corruption graph
in the State.
Advocating similar
raids on the former and present Ministers, Prof
Singh said that Government should seek details of
property of former as well as present Ministers
and their close relatives if it really wants to
get the state rid of the menace of the
corruption. "Drive against corruption should
not remain confined to bureaucrats and officers
only", he further said.
"What sort of
session of State Legislature is being convened
when no body will be allowed to move private bill
or calling attention motion", he asked and
said that the main aim behind convening
Legislature session was just to pass the
anti-defection law.
Governor
appreciates Azad’s vision for J&K
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: Government
Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha has appreciated Chief
Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nationalistic
convictions and said that his efforts to provide
good governance in the State will bring radical
improvement in the ground situation in the State.
In an interview
with Zee Kashmir in the Take 1 studio here Gen
Sinha hoped that Azad’s vision for J&K
will lead to the normalisation in the State.
The Governor laid
emphasis on ‘Kashmiriyat’ and said that
he was committed to revive the secularism, sofism
and brotherhood of ‘Kashmiriyat’ in
Kashmir, which he said was the greatest strength
of Kashmir. He was emphatic that the forces of
religious fundamentalism need to be crushed and
old values of Kashmir need to be revived to lay
the path for normalcy and peace in the State.
He reposed his
confidence in the democratic values of India and
said that record of human rights of India was
better than many countries.
The Governor
appreciated the role of Indian Army during the
snow Tsunami last year and the devastating
earthquake this year. He said that yeoman service
provided by the Indian Army during these natural
calamities has brought them closer to the people
of Kashmir and touched their hearts.
Asked to name the
soldiers, who impressed him most during his
service in the Indian Army, he named General
Carripa, General Thimmaya and General Sam
Manekshaw.
Going down the
memory lane, Gen Sinha described his childhood
impression of his grandfather who was the first
Indian IGP of the Imperial Police.
Earlier, Gen Sinha
was received by Devender Singh Rana, president
Take One Television, Sujoy Sen, vice-president
Zee Network and other staff members of Take One
TV. Gen Sinha, who appreciated effort of Take One
TV was presented with a memento as a token of
gratitude by Devender Singh Rana.
IA
organizes function to honour selling agents
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Dec 9: Indian
Airlines organized function here today to honour
the top selling agents for the year 2004-05.
The Chief
Secretary Vijay Bakaya was the chief guest.
The agents of B M
Travels gets first prize as gold trophy, K K
Travels clinched second prize as silver trophy
and Omani Travels gets third prize as bronze
certificate.
M/s Nidheesh Tours
and Travels was rewarded for highest Cargo Sales,
M/s Sacred Travels, Udhampur was rewarded 02
Tickets on IA network (domestic or international)
for achieving highest sales in and out station
agents category.
In addition, lucky
draws were also draw on the occasion where three
prizes comprising of two return tickets for
couple on Indian Airlines network which were won
by Divisional Commissioner Jammu B. R. Sharma,
Unit Logistics Manager Shashi Bhushan Giri,
General Manager BSNL R. K Kaul and Omani Travels,
A. K Oswal.
Prominent among
those present included C. M Powar, General
Manager Indian Airlines Delhi, Director General
Tourism Mohammad Saleem Beig, Managing Director,
J&K Tourism Development Corporation, Aziz
Wani, Dr Daljeet Singh, Director, Prasar Bharti,
and Doordarshan Kendra Jammu.
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