14-yr-old missing from Uppal village in Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran: Fourteen-year-old Amritpal Singh, who went missing from Uppal village here on Tuesday, has not been traced as yet. Paramjit Kaur, mother of the missing boy, expressed her fear that her son may have been abducted by some mischievous element. On her complaint, Verowal police on Saturday registered a case under Section 365 of the IPC. Paramjit stated that her son left home on the morning of September 21 and never returned. As per Sub-Inspector Mukhtar Singh, the village sarpanch said that the boy often left home to visit a sect dera and the police had searched different sect deras to locate the boy. OC

Asr in Katoch Shield final

Amritsar: Amritsar made it to the final of Punjab Katoch Shield (one-day cricket tournament) after defeating Mohali in semifinal match played on Sunday. Sharad Lumba (100 not out) and Abhay Chaudhary (101 not out) enabled Amritsar to beat Mohali by nine wickets. Mohali won the toss and elected to bat first at Gandhi Ground. Vishwanath Pratap Singh scored 118 runs for Mohali, which gave a target of 240 runs in 50 overs. Kamal Passi took four wickets for Amritsar. In reply, Amritsar won the match by nine wickets and scored 243 runs at the loss of one wicket. Tilak Raj, manager, Amritsar cricket team, said final will now played in Mohali on October 7. TNS

Drone spotting: KMO seeks probe

Tarn Taran: Khalra Mission Organisation (KMO) has demanded a high-level probe into the incidents of drone movement in the border area, recovering of arms-ammunition and arresting of Sikh youths in this regard. Bibi Paramjit Kaur, Khalra patron, and other leaders at a joint press statement released here on Sunday said it was clear that all these were well-planned move of ‘Manuvadi’ elements (pro-RSS) to create situation on the fictitious background to defame Sikhs, Muslims, minorities, farmers, downtrodden sections and other deprived sections. They alleged that this was responsible for attack on the Harmandir Sahib and ’84 riots. They condemned the NIA for arresting Sikh youths and also alleged that incidents like the arrest of three youths from Bhikhiwind area a few days ago and killing of two Nihangs near Sursingh village were among a series of such moves. They alleged that during the last few months, drugs worth Rs1,75,000 crore had arrived at the Adani Port and had been delivered at different parts of the country. The NIA had done nothing against this, the KMO leaders alleged. They demanded a high-level probe into all their incidents. They supported the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call on September 27 given by the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha. OC

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