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Gagandeep Jassowal

A staff correspondent, based in Jalandhar covers Doaba Region of Punjab. Reports about Punjab Police, Enforcement Directorate, politics, corruption, legal, rural areas, socio-economic issues and technical education besides having specialisation in the investigative stories.

Articles by Gagandeep Jassowal

Vicky Gounder killed: Punjab’s most wanted gangster shot dead by police

Punjab Police confirmed Vicky Gounder and another gangster, Prema Lahoria, were killed near the Rajasthan border.

Vicky Gounder had remained elusive ever since he fled from the Nabha jail in November 2016.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jan 27, 2018 05:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot/Chandigarh | ByGagandeep Jassowal and Ravinder Vasudeva

MLA ‘insult’: Assembly panel for action against Moga DC

Baghapurana MLA had accused the officer of keeping him waiting in his office and of humiliating him in August 2017; panel recommends that the DC not be posted in any office that requires public dealing

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Updated on Jan 25, 2018 01:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bathinda | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Cop who helped nab Punjab gangster Simma seeks security for his family

Since January 2017, the Faridkot police have arrested 10 gangsters and Amritpal had played an important role in these arrests.

Harsimrandeep Singh Simma(Facebook Photo)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2018 02:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

300 acres valued at Rs 2,000 crore encroached upon in Moga, MC turns blind eye

Huge losses: Estimates put the value of the encroached upon land at around Rs 2,000 crore

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Updated on Jan 20, 2018 01:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Finally, horror story of Punjab’s Sewewala gang comes to an end

The gang, started by gangster Ranjit Singh Sewewala along with slain gangster Davinder Bambiha who was also killed in an encounter by the Bathinda police in 2016, mostly had Jaitu sub-division as its target base.

The four arrested gangsters, including Harsimrandeep Singh Simma, in Dehradun.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 15, 2018 10:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal

Gounder aide and Jaitu rice mill owner’s killer held in Dehradun

According to police, he had joined the world of crime eight years ago and has been booked in six cases of murder, robbery, extortion and snatching.

Harsimrandeep Singh, alias Simma Sekhon, in custody on Saturday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 13, 2018 11:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Embezzlement probe: Funds of 3 Adarsh Schools put on hold

The schools located at Middumann and Pacca Kalan villages in Faridkot and Ransih Kalan village in Moga and are run by the Sukh Sagar Avenue Welfare Association.

The government supports the Adarsh schools which are run under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 13, 2018 10:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Illegal sand mining leaves behind a trail of scarred landscape in Faridkot

Dozens of trucks carrying unaccounted sand and gravel consignments worth nearly Rs 5 lakh move out of the area everyday.

The worst hit are Dod and Jandwala villages where landscape, particularly fields, has been scarred, with the adjoining cultivated land facing the threat of a massive cave-in(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 09, 2018 09:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Bizman’s family leaves country as police fail to arrest his murderers

Sources close to the family said that owing to the inability of the police to arrest the two gangsters, the family was fearful that they may be harmed by them.

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Updated on Dec 28, 2017 10:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal

Assembly SC panel asks Faridkot SSP for report on teacher’s rape in Adarsh School

On the victim’s complaint, the police had booked the then chairman of the school, Narinder Singh Randhawa, and his son Jasmit Singh at Sadar police station, Kotkapura, on September 6 for rape and cheating.

Now, the victim had approached the assembly committee, accusing an ASI Baldev Singh of pressuring for a compromise in the case(Representative image)

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Updated on Dec 23, 2017 04:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal

Bathinda encounter is fake, claims Facebook post from Shera Khuban gang

Assuming a warning note, the post mentions that police officers in Bathinda were staging fake encounters to get easy promotions.

Gangster Vicky Gounder is associated with the Shera Khuban group.(Ht File)

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Updated on Dec 16, 2017 01:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bathinda | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Vigilance probing cases of result change of BDS students at Baba Farid varsity

A student was awarded six grace marks after she applied for these; rules say grace marks cannot be applied for, with the ceiling kept at five marks.

File photo of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.

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Updated on Dec 15, 2017 10:08 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Health ministry gives nod to shift 249 students of Chintpurni Medical College

Around 30 students were taken to police station at Mandir Marg, New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon.

Students of Chintpurni Medical College being taken to Mandir Marg police station, in New Delhi on Wednesday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 14, 2017 09:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Differently-abled Pak boy in Faridkot juvenile home gets Sushma Swaraj’s attention

This happened after Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar tweeted a Geo News report alleging that a Pakistani boy with hearing and speech disabilities was lodged in Amritsar jail, and asked Swaraj to look onto the matter.

The Border Security Force (BSF) had detained the 12-year-old when he crossed over to the Indian side in the Ferozepur sector of Punjab on May 1

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Updated on Dec 19, 2017 10:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

600 students of this school suffer as teachers at loggerheads with chairperson accused of sexual harassment

The teachers have involved students in their drive to ensure ouster of chairman, who is on bail in rape case and facing allegations of fraud.

Adarsh School at Middumaan village in Faridkot district.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 07, 2017 09:47 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

A month after Chintpurni medical college shut down, students take protest to Delhi

Over 90 students and their parents protested outside the headquarters of the Medical Council of India in New Delhi on Monday, demanding early shifting of students to other colleges.

Chintpurni Medical College students protesting outside the headquarters of the Medical Council of India in New Delhi on Monday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 04, 2017 10:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Residents lock Faridkot school over head teacher’s transfer

Sources said earlier there was a dispute between two teachers of the school which led to the transfer of one of them.

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Updated on Nov 22, 2017 08:17 PM IST

Hindusta Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Now Diljit Dosanjh broaches Johal’s ‘torture’ in Punjab target killings case

In his Facebook post, Diljit Dosanjh writes that he is saddened to hear about the “torture” of Jagtar Singh Johal after his arrest in Punjab.

It’s the first time that someone from the Punjabi entertainment industry has reacted to Johal’s arrest.(Facebook)

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Updated on Nov 20, 2017 06:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Faridkot govt primary school is a lesson in self-sustenance

The secret, a determined state awardee teacher and willingness to pool in money on the part of staff and villagers.

The students at Government Primary School, Wara Bhai Ka village enjoy facilities like LED screens in the class.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 19, 2017 10:27 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Six villages in Punjab’s Faridkot shun stubble burning, courtesy this man

Of 12,00 farmers here, around 930 did not burn stubble after Nirmal Singh suggested alternatives.

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Updated on Nov 16, 2017 11:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Ex-sarpanch in Faridkot village creates guest room in school; classes held in open

The majority of the students come from the underprivileged and the Scheduled Caste category.

Faridkot SDM Gurjit Singh said he had directed deputy education officer, Dharmvir Singh, to take necessary action and get the room unlocked for the use of the school.(HT File)

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Updated on Nov 12, 2017 01:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Thalassemia patients buying filters for ‘free’ treatment in Faridkot govt hospital

For six months now, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, has failed to procure filters for blood transfusion in children with Thalassemia; 50 such patients are to be treated for free under a Central scheme.

The Centre sponsors the treatment of these patients under the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), yet the hospital is unable to extend the benefit to these patients.(Shutterstock)

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Updated on Nov 09, 2017 11:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Former PA dupes AAP’s Faridkot MP of Rs 33 lakh

While Sadhu Singh was suffering from an illness, he said he gave the accused access to his bank account.

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Updated on Nov 06, 2017 08:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Politicians failed to protect interests of Punjab, Punjabi, says novelist

Kanwal said that after Independence, everyone expected the rise of Punjab and Punjabi language but the betrayal by political leaders led to its downfall.

noted novelist and activist Jaswant Kanwal (left) being felicitated in Faridkot on Sunday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 06, 2017 11:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Punjab govt finally shuts down Chintpurni Medical College, withdraws essentiality certificate

The Punjab government had already decided to shift all 249 MBBS students of batches that started the course in 2014 and 2016 at the Chintpurni Medical College to three government medical colleges in Amritsar, Patiala and Faridkot.

Sources told HT on Friday that the government will inform the Medical Council of India (MCI) regarding its decision on Monday.(HT File)

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Updated on Nov 04, 2017 09:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Chintpurni medical college students to be shifted to govt colleges in Amritsar, Patiala and Faridkot

The decision will mean a lockdown on the college that is owned by BJP leader Swaran Salaria.

Chintpurni Medical College in Faridkot.(HT File)

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Updated on Oct 29, 2017 08:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Immigration agent’s jibe on FB Live angers Kiwi-Punjabis: ‘We are not goat grazers!’

The agent had said, “New Zeland jaake karna ki e? Bakriyaan chaarde e log othe jaa ke! (What will you do by going to NZ? People there only raise and graze goats!)”

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Updated on Oct 27, 2017 08:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal

Two acre government land worth Rs 50 lakh sold illegally in Faridkot

In 1958, Rajasthan govt had paid compensation and acquired the land for a canal, but officials failed to transfer the ownership to the government.

The property in question pertains to a part of the land that was acquired by the Rajasthan government for the construction of a canal in 1956.(Representative image)

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Updated on Oct 26, 2017 02:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Faridkot

Cancer care falls victim to GST confusion at Faridkot govt hospital

While GST came into effect from July 1, sources at the hospital said the problem started mid-September when new stock of drugs came with GST-charged bills from the suppliers.

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Updated on Oct 17, 2017 09:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal

Radicals declare to fight SGPC polls even as protest gets lukewarm response

The current SGPC general house was elected for a five-year term in 2011 but was suspended by the Supreme Court after Sehajdharis (gradual practitioners) filed a case against denial of voting rights.

Parallel Jathedar holding a protest on the second anniversary of the sacrilege incident at Bargari and the subsequent police at firing at Behbal Kalan, in Kotkapura on Saturday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 14, 2017 09:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByGagandeep Jassowal

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Gagandeep Jassowal

A staff correspondent, based in Jalandhar covers Doaba Region of Punjab. Reports about Punjab Police, Enforcement Directorate, politics, corruption, legal, rural areas, socio-economic issues and technical education besides having specialisation in the investigative stories.

Punjab Police confirmed Vicky Gounder and another gangster, Prema Lahoria, were killed near the Rajasthan border.

Baghapurana MLA had accused the officer of keeping him waiting in his office and of humiliating him in August 2017; panel recommends that the DC not be posted in any office that requires public dealing

Since January 2017, the Faridkot police have arrested 10 gangsters and Amritpal had played an important role in these arrests.

Huge losses: Estimates put the value of the encroached upon land at around Rs 2,000 crore

The gang, started by gangster Ranjit Singh Sewewala along with slain gangster Davinder Bambiha who was also killed in an encounter by the Bathinda police in 2016, mostly had Jaitu sub-division as its target base.

According to police, he had joined the world of crime eight years ago and has been booked in six cases of murder, robbery, extortion and snatching.

The schools located at Middumann and Pacca Kalan villages in Faridkot and Ransih Kalan village in Moga and are run by the Sukh Sagar Avenue Welfare Association.

Dozens of trucks carrying unaccounted sand and gravel consignments worth nearly Rs 5 lakh move out of the area everyday.

Sources close to the family said that owing to the inability of the police to arrest the two gangsters, the family was fearful that they may be harmed by them.

On the victim’s complaint, the police had booked the then chairman of the school, Narinder Singh Randhawa, and his son Jasmit Singh at Sadar police station, Kotkapura, on September 6 for rape and cheating.

Assuming a warning note, the post mentions that police officers in Bathinda were staging fake encounters to get easy promotions.

A student was awarded six grace marks after she applied for these; rules say grace marks cannot be applied for, with the ceiling kept at five marks.

Around 30 students were taken to police station at Mandir Marg, New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon.

This happened after Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar tweeted a Geo News report alleging that a Pakistani boy with hearing and speech disabilities was lodged in Amritsar jail, and asked Swaraj to look onto the matter.

The teachers have involved students in their drive to ensure ouster of chairman, who is on bail in rape case and facing allegations of fraud.

Over 90 students and their parents protested outside the headquarters of the Medical Council of India in New Delhi on Monday, demanding early shifting of students to other colleges.

Sources said earlier there was a dispute between two teachers of the school which led to the transfer of one of them.

In his Facebook post, Diljit Dosanjh writes that he is saddened to hear about the “torture” of Jagtar Singh Johal after his arrest in Punjab.

The secret, a determined state awardee teacher and willingness to pool in money on the part of staff and villagers.

Of 12,00 farmers here, around 930 did not burn stubble after Nirmal Singh suggested alternatives.

The majority of the students come from the underprivileged and the Scheduled Caste category.

For six months now, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, has failed to procure filters for blood transfusion in children with Thalassemia; 50 such patients are to be treated for free under a Central scheme.

While Sadhu Singh was suffering from an illness, he said he gave the accused access to his bank account.

Kanwal said that after Independence, everyone expected the rise of Punjab and Punjabi language but the betrayal by political leaders led to its downfall.

The Punjab government had already decided to shift all 249 MBBS students of batches that started the course in 2014 and 2016 at the Chintpurni Medical College to three government medical colleges in Amritsar, Patiala and Faridkot.

The decision will mean a lockdown on the college that is owned by BJP leader Swaran Salaria.

The agent had said, “New Zeland jaake karna ki e? Bakriyaan chaarde e log othe jaa ke! (What will you do by going to NZ? People there only raise and graze goats!)”

In 1958, Rajasthan govt had paid compensation and acquired the land for a canal, but officials failed to transfer the ownership to the government.

While GST came into effect from July 1, sources at the hospital said the problem started mid-September when new stock of drugs came with GST-charged bills from the suppliers.

The current SGPC general house was elected for a five-year term in 2011 but was suspended by the Supreme Court after Sehajdharis (gradual practitioners) filed a case against denial of voting rights.

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