Two cops in dock after suspect flees

 Tribune News Service

Ropar, August 11

The district police have taken action against two cops who allegedly allowed a suspect, nabbed in connection with illegal mining, to flee here today.

Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu, SSP, sent Chamkaur Sahib SHO Satish Kumar to the Police Lines and suspended ASI Sarabjit Singh.

Sandhu said he had got a tip-off that illegal mining was rampant in the Chamkaur Sahib area and the local police were turning a blind eye to it. A team led by DSP Manvir Singh was despatched from Ropar to conduct a raid at Kahanpur village. Manvir took along Satish, Sarbjit and local police post incharge Sarbjit Singh. They caught Sikandar Singh and seized three sand-laden tractor trailers.

The team handed over Sikandar and the seized vehicles to the local police before returning to Ropar. Later, the SSP was informed that the suspect had fled. He said a department inquiry had been ordered.

23-year-old girl missing 

Kalka: A 23-year-old girl is missing from her house in Pinjore. 

The younger brother of the girl has lodged a complaint at the Pinjore police station in this regard today. 

Sources from the Pinjore police revealed that Kanwar Singh Pundir, brother of the girl, a resident of Abdullapur in Pinjore, had alleged in his complaint that his sister, Disha, has been kidnapped by Chander Vir, a resident of the same locality. 

The police have registered a case under Sections 363 and 366 of the IPC and investigation was underway. —OC