Hoshiarpur
Man ‘kills’ father, arrested: The Mahilpur police has arrested Bhupinder Kumar of Sardulapur under Sections 304 and 323 of the IPC last night. Kumar allegedly assaulted his father Som Nath (65), mother Balbir Kaur and brother with a wooden rod on some minor dispute. All were seriously wounded and were admitted in primary health centre, Mahilpur, where Som Nath succumbed to his injuries.
House burgled: Some miscreants stole Rs 60,000 cash and gold ornaments from the house of Avtar Singh Jhikka of Nangal Road, Garhshankar on Saturday. All the family members were away from the house at the time of the burglary. In another incident miscreants also stole ration goods and a telephone set worth Rs 35,000 from the shop of Parmodh Singh at village Nathual. Garhshankar and Hajipur police stations have registered cases.
Fire damage: As many as 150 bee-hives, estimated worth Rs 1.5 lakh, of Jang Bahadur were destroyed in fire at Chansu Brahmna village on Saturday evening.
Road blocked: Hundreds of residents of New Fatehgarh held a dharna and blocked the vehicular traffic on the Hoshiarpur-Phagwara road for more than one and half-hour here on Saturday. The residents were protesting against the police failure to trace a 15-year-old dalit girl Amandeep Kaur, daughter of Harpal Singh of the area. However, following the assurances of SDM Hoshiarpur, Karnail Singh and DSP (R) Bakhshish Singh to trace the girl within a week, the protestors lifted the blockade.
Goods gutted: Fire broke out in Harmesh Bartan Store at Saila Khurd last night. The utensils and other goods lying in the shop were gutted. According to police, Harmesh Lal, owner of the said shop, said the estimated loss of the destroyed goods were about Rs 3 lakh. The
cause of the fire is stated
to be sparking of the electric wires in the shop.
BATALA
Smack seized: Police arrested Kulwinder Singh, a resident of Manjianwala village and Satnam Singh, a resident of Umarpura village. The police recovered 35 and 15 grams of smack from their possession, respectively. The arrests were made at a naka at the Canal Bridge at Aliwal bye-pass. The police stopped three persons riding on a motor cycle. One of the three persons escaped while the other two were arrested.
Devp aid:
Jagdish Sawhney, chief parliamentary secretary, Punjab and MLA Batala, on Saturday promised to give Rs 2 lakh to built a government building in the village, a road from Khan Patta village to Kila Lal Singh village and Karam Chand to Kila Lal Singh village. He was addressing a sangat darshan programme organised at Kila Lal Singh village.
SANGRUR
Action against doctor: Secretary of the local Comrade Jagdish Chander Freedom Fighter Yadgari Trust Krishna Mittu has asked the state government to take action against a doctor and a pharmacist of the Civil Hospital here for not providing medical aid , including an ambulance, to freedom fighter Jagdish Chander three and half years’ ago due to which he died. She has convened a meeting on June 13 in his regard. Principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Vijay Kain said a show-cause notice had been issued to the doctor.
FEROZEPORE
ASI booked: ASI Harbhajan Singh, who was investigating a case under the NDPS Act, was himself booked under Section 409 of the IPC during the hearing of the case. Accused Joginder Singh of Mahalam village testified before Special Judge (NDPS) Bir Inder Singh that the police had, in fact, seized Rs 33,000 from him instead of Rs 8,000. He alleged that Harbhajan Singh might have siphoned off Rs 25,000. After listening to both sides, the judge ordered the registration of a case against the erring ASI.
Malerkotla
Imam held: The Moga police on Saturday arrested Imam of the local Shahi Masjid Mufti Tahir Kasmi in a forgery case. Mohd Aslam, a resident of Moga, in an FIR lodged against the imam alleged that the imam performed his “Nikah” with Shahida Parveen, a Pakistani resident, but kept him in dark that she was already to a resident of Lahore. A case under Sections 379 and 420 of the IPC was registered against Kasmi, Shahid Parveen, deed writer Mohd Anwar and two other accused. The Moga police yesterday raided the houses of Kasmi and Anwar and arrested them.
PHILLAUR
Suicide: Kamaljit of the Ravidasspura locality allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Saturday night. According to Kamaljit’s uncle Harbhajan Ram, she got married to Harmesh Kumar six years ago and has a three-year-old daughter. She was being harassed by her in-laws for bringing insufficient dowry. Lal Chand, brother of the deceased, who lives in the UAE had sent Rs 50,000, but the in-laws continued to demand dowry. A case has been registered against them.
Amritsar
Gangraped: A minor girl of Tarn Taran district was gang-raped allegedly by 13 persons in Sultanwind village here where she was held captive in a room for four days. She was also beaten up by the accused when she tried
to resist the criminal act. The police has registered a case against all accused persons,
including the friend of victim girl on her complaint, while three persons,
including Sabi was arrested in this regard.
