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Highway robbers’ gang busted
Ludhiana, July 27
The district police today claimed to have arrested five members of a notorious gang of highway robbers, who used to rob taxi drivers as well as passengers in the region. Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Gurpreet Singh, SP (Detective), said that a taxi driver Rachpal Singh was the latest victim of the gang.
The five youths accused of highway robbery being presented before
the media in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
— Photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
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BJP leader’s relative booked
Ludhiana, July 27
The city police has booked a relative of Senior BJP leader and former Deputy Speaker of the state legislative
Assembly, Mr Satpal Gosain, in a fraud case. The accused, Kamal Gosain, has been booked for taking money from a woman of Amarpura colony here on the promise of sending her son abroad.
Two killed in hit-and-run cases
Ludhiana, July 27
The Sarabha Nagar police yesterday registered a case under Sections 279, 337, 338, 304-A and 427 of the IPC on the statement of Mr
Pappi, a resident of Jawahar Nagar Camp, against an unknown driver of a Mahindra jeep (HR-34-D-0216).
Poppy husk seized, 5 booked
Jagraon, July 27
A case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 has been registered against Sonu of Kaunke Kalan and four others following a raid near Budha Darna Bhaini Arayian in which 482 kg of poppy husk was seized.
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