AMRITSAR
Liquor seized: The police has unearthed
a racket of illegal sale of English liquor with
the arrest of two persons, including a leader of
a political party. The accused leader, who also
has a business of sale and purchase of cars at
Court Road, and the other person Vijay Kumar
were, arrested on Saturday. Fourteen cases of
English liquor were seized from their sale out
let situated near Vallah Grain Market. A case in
this connection had been registered under various
Sections of the Excise Act. Both the accused were
later produced before a duty magistrate who sent
them to judicial custody till July 2.GURDASPUR
Dowry death: In a dowry related case,
Rita Kumari (19) of Aner Ghiala village in
Pathankot subdivision was allegedly murdered by
her in-laws on Sunday. Mother of deceased, Mrs
Sudarshana, alleged in an FIR registered with
Kahnuwan police station that her son-in-law,
working for the Indian Navy in connivance of his
father. Krishan Singh, brother-in-law Jhankar
Singh, mother and sister, had been pressing Rita
to bring scooter and gold ornaments from her
parents. The girl had reportedly died of
poisoning.
Contribution: Members of the
Gurdaspur Municipal Employees Union have
contributed their one day's salary to the
National Defence Fund, according to Ram Mahajan,
president of the union. Sita Ram Naam Karcharni
Sabha organised a function here on Monday and
appealed to the citizens to contribute to the
fund. Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, was
the chief guest. About Rs 21,000 were collected
on the occasion for the said fund. The sabha has
decided to give Rs 10,000 each to the families of
two soldiers, who had sacrificed their lives
while fighting the enemy in Kargil sector.
Resentment: Resentment prevails
among the Punjab Government pensioner about the
failure of the government to implement
recommendations of the Fourth Pay Commission. Mr
Satpal Singh Bedi, press secretary of the
association, said the central formulae to keep at
par the pensioners who retired before 1996 and
who retired afterwards had not been implemented.
Arrested: The police today
arrested Lovely, of Majra in Himachal Pradesh,
and Deepak Raj, of Dinanagar in the district, on
the charges of smuggling illicit liquor from
Himachal Pradesh to Punjab and seized 165 bottles
from their possession. According to Mr Varinder
Kumar, SSP, a case under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of
the Excise Act had been registered against the
accused.
KHANNA
Wife killed: Ashok Kumar, a migrant labour,
killed his wife on Sunday after an altercation.
The accused reportedly did not like his wife's
visit to her parent's house and in a rage hit her
with a stick on the head. She died on the spot.
The police has registered a case under Section
304 of the IPC and started investigations. Ashok
Kumar is, however, absconding.
MOGA
Opium smuggling: The CIA staff has arrested
Gurmel Singh, member of a gang indulging in opium
smuggling from Uttar Pradesh and seized half kg
opium from his possession. The SSP said the
accused was being interrogated. He said the
police had also busted a gang indulging in poppy
husk smuggling a few days ago and had seized 35
bags of poppy husk.
Protest: At least 200 Registered Medical
Practitioners (RMP) from all over the district
blocked traffic in Baghapurana town, 15 km from
here on Sunday for about half-an-hour to protest
against the government for uprooting them and not
allowing them to run their clinics. They later
raised slogans against Punjab Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal and State Health Minister.
Earlier, they staged demonstrations, organised a
protest march and urged the government to
withdraw the restrictions imposed on them. A
deputation of RMP's also met Sardar Sadhu Singh,
MLA, and apprised him of the situation.
Urged: Members of the BJP urged the district
administration on Monday to take action against
one of the security guards of a politician of
Baghapurana constituency for molesting a girl of
Baghapurana town a few days ago. They said the
guard was let off due to political pressure.
PATIALA
Smuggler killed: An alleged poppy
smuggler was killed in an encounter with the
police near here on Sunday and 20 kg of poppy
husk was also seized, official sources said here.
A police party intercepted a gang of seven
smugglers at Dhablan village, 15 km from here, on
being challenged, they opened fire, injuring
Assistant Sub-Inspector Ram Avtar. The police
returned fire, killing one of the smugglers while
the others managed to escape. The identity of the
alleged smuggler, aged about 40, however, could
not be established.
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