That the students of COAE were agitating since May 9 and were adamant that they would end the stir after they were made to meet the Minister for Agriculture. He said they were also assured by the Education Minister, Mr Tota Singh, that the vocational posts in schools would be advertised soon. He said he had assured the students that the university would write to the Department of Soil Conservation of the state for filling the vacancies of agricultural engineers in the department. He had said yesterday that the university authorities had assured the students that they would arrange their meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Gurdev Badal, after he recovered from his ailment, in connection with which he had gone to Delhi. He said they had gone back on their promise and he would not waste his time again to meet the Vice-Chancellor. The Dean said they had promised him day before yesterday that they would call off their strike and would attend classes from today. They thanked the various unions that had offered them help and aided that they would not like to intensify the stir further and would like to resolve the matter within the university. They said the authorities of the university were not helping them and the Vice-Chancellor had refused to meet them unless they were accompanied by their Dean, who refused to accompany them. While talking to Ludhiana Tribune here today, the students said all the students of COAE would gather in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office tomorrow and would also request the teachers of their college to join them. They said they would end their stir after the Vice-Chancellor had arranged their meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Gurdev Badal. However, the spokespersons of students today said they would continue the strike till all their demands were met. The speculations were fuelled by the reported statement of the Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering, that the students had assured him that they would attend classes from today.
The announcement ended speculations that the strike was likely to be called off shortly. The agitating students of the College of Agricultural Engineering (COAE), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), today announced to stage a dharna in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office tomorrow to press for their demands. The gang was also wanted by the Ludhiana police in two robberies in the Sadar police station area.Īccording to police sources, the arrest of two former terrorists in cases of contract killing, robberies and kidnappings were isolated cases. The list also includes a dare-devil daylight robbery when the gang members hijacked a truck carrying utensils and robbed the owner of about Rs 2 lakh. Most of the time the gang targeted liquor shops and robbed them of cash in the night. The record mention 46 cases of robbery in Phillaur in Jalandhar district and in Phagwara. He had confessed to hiring contract killers. The main accused, the son-in-law of the deceased, was arrested by the Jalandhar police. The enormity of his criminal acts can be gauged from the long list of murders, robberies and snatching incidents registered against him.Īccording to records, the gang, in a case of contract killing, murdered an aged woman in Noor Mahal village against a payment of Rs 80,000 about three years ago. He had tried to steal the car of the youth in Ghumar Mandi early this week.īalwant Singh also a former terrorist, has been a hardcore one was a headache for various police districts. His most recent one was the alleged murder of a city youth. The terrorist was caught several times but was either released on bail or fled from police custody and again committed crimes. He was also booked in a case of sensational kidnapping of a Ferozepore based industrialist from whom he received a ransom of Rs 15 lakh.
The Jalandhar police had also recovered 40 kg of RDX from him. Jasbir Singh was wanted in eight cases of murder, robbery and kidnapping registered against him in various police districts. While Balwant Singh Sodhi, alias Checker, a former terrorist, was arrested by the Ludhiana police on May 6, Jasbir Singh, alias Jassa, listed in the hardcore category, was arrested as a robber four days ago and the police come to know of his real identity yesterday. Police sources reveals that several other cases have taken place earlier. The arrest of two former terrorists along with their other gang members recently by the city police is a fresh indicator to this trend. Some former terrorists, absconding in some cases or after having completed their jail term, are going back to their old ways, that is, of looting people through kidnapping or robberies. While a number of terrorists who were spearheading the movement are coming back to the mainstream, several others have been indulging in robbery, kidnapping and even contract killings.
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