Last week, the Gurdaspur police caught hold of a motorcycle thief giving much-needed respite to the local residents. The cops, acting on a tip-off, rounded up a notorious character. Initially, he admitted to having stolen just two bikes. However, he cracked under sustained interrogation and admitted to having stolen a dozen bikes. He would loiter around IELTS centres, banks and other crowded places before moving in to make his kill. SSP Nanak Singh was a cock-a-hoop with joy once his men had cracked the case. The SSP now says that his department has identified certain vulnerable places where thieves could be on the prowl. CCTVs have now been installed at these very places. That is indeed a first for Gurdaspur. As for the thief, he used to eye the rich because like others of his ilk, he was seldom interested in the poor. As they say, mug a banker and you might be lucky to get a wallet containing a month’s rent. Mug a chowkidar and you will be lucky to get away with the bus fare to flee the crime scene. While still on thieves, we must not forget that in a closed society where everybody is guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In the world of thieves and thefts, the final crime is stupidity.
When cops act without any bias
A flutter was created in political circles early this week when the Batala police booked President of the Sri Hargobindpur Municipal Committee (MC) Navdeep Singh Pannu for attempt to murder after he and three of his accomplices fired at a politically powerful brick kiln owner Sandeep Bhalla. Pannu had won the civic body polls as an Independent candidate but later joined the Congress. Fearing that they could come under pressure from politicians, the police were quick to register a case under Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 452 of the IPC (trespassing and wrongful restraint) against Pannu, Sachin Kumar Kalia, Amrit Pal Singh Bhinder and Bhinda Aulakh. Batala SSP Rachpal Singh knew he was bound to be pressurised and hence acted quick, a development which is normally a rare occurrence with the cops because they take their own sweet time to act and react when such incidents happen. “Navdeep had joined the Congress after winning as an Independent but it does not mean the police force was under any sort of pressure from the ruling party. We are working without prejudice and bias,” said the SSP. On the day of the crime, a fear psychosis did grip the locals because they thought that if a person as powerful as Bhalla could be attacked, where do they stand in the scheme of things?
An early bird catches the worm
Qadian MLA Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa surely knows the meaning of the adage “It is the early bird that catches the worm.” With just months to go before the election bugle is blown, he has reached out to his voters by stationing as many as 10 ambulances carrying Covid-related material at strategic places in his constituency. School buses have been converted into mini-ambulances and these are now being used to ferry villagers to the nearest vaccination centres. His sons-Arjun Partap Singh and Kanwar Partap Singh-are extended a helping hand. Masks and sanitisers are being distributed liberally. Interestingly, the material is neatly packed in cardboard boxes aptly named ‘Fateh Kits.’ Help desks have been established in almost all villages falling in the Qadian assembly seat. Volunteers manning these desks help villagers in identifying the vaccination centres. As for the MLA, he said his ambulances would remain in his assembly segment till the last of the viruses disappeared into oblivion. He said, “I have been telling my people that even with all those necessary precautions you can still get infected. But never lose your faith in safety. Your job is to focus on your actions like wearing masks and using hand sanitisers, the consequences were never in your hands anyway.” That was well said, Mr Bajwa. — Ravi Dhaliwal
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