2 booked in murder case

Hoshiarpur
Two persons have been booked for culpable homicide (not amounting to murder). Ramesh Kumar of Dogarpur complained to the police his father died after having a scuffle with Jasdeep Singh of their village and another person. He alleged his father later had chest pain and died at the local civil hospital.

Phagwara
Fog signal posts set up
Fog signal posts have been set up near all railway stations of Ferozepur Division to ensure smooth running of trains in this weather. Several trains in the area have been delayed due to dense fog.

Phagwara
Cop dies in mishap
Head Constable Charanjit Singh died and Head Constable Bahadur Singh was injured when a speeding Tata-Indigo car hit their motor cycle near Dharamkot on Wednesday night. The car driver fled the spot. The policemen were on PCR duty. A case has been registered.

Moga
Woman electrocuted
Pooja Rani was electrocuted at Bedi Nagar in Moga city on Wednesday. Pooja's kin have alleged that she was murdered by her husband Jimmi Dhamija. A case of murder has been registered against Jimmi.

Faridkot
1 held with fake currency
The Jaitu police have arrested Kulwant Singh with counterfeit notes having face value of Rs 2 lakh. The accused had 200 fake notes with face-value denomination of Rs 1,000 each. The police are probing the source of this fake currency and its circulation in the area.

Bathinda
UAD calls off protest rally
A 17-member delegation of the United Akali Dal (UAD) called off its protest march from Bathinda to Badal slated for Thursday, following a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday evening. Sukhbir listened to the delegation for more than an hour and assured them a fresh look into their demands.

Abohar
1 killed, 39 hurt in accidents
A 68-year-old man was killed and 39, including 17 students, were injured in two road accidents due to fog in Hanumangarh, near Abohar. In the first accident, a Bathinda-Jaipur luxury bus collided head on with a truck loaded with stone metal near Hariyasar village on the Rawatsar-Sardarshehar mega highway. In another accident, a bus of Guru Hargobind  Public School and a Sangria-bound private bus collided on the Abohar-Hanumangarh road.