22-yr-old woman commits suicide

Tarn Taran: A 22-year-old woman committed suicide on Thursday by strangling herself. The deceased has been identified as Jaimeet Kaur. Bikramjit Singh, father of the deceased, said Jaimeet got married four years ago, but was living separately with them at Jamarai village. Bikramjit said his daughter went missing from the house on February 10 and she came back today. He said his daughter went to her room and strangled herself. Goindwal Sahib SHO Jaswant Singh, said a case under Section 174 of the CrPC, had been lodged on the statement of Bikramjit. OC

Two arrested with 1-kg heroin

Tarn Taran: A team of the local CIA staff, led by Sub-Inspector Anokh Singh, on Wednesday arrested two car-borne persons and recovered 1 kg of heroin from their possession near the local T-Point Sarhali road on the national highway. SSP Dhruman H Nimbale said the accused were identified as Ranjit Singh Rana and Gurjant Singh, both residents of Patti town. The accused in the interrogation revealed that they had their links with Chanchal Singh of Chheharta (Amritsar) in the drug trade. The police had launched a hunt to nab Chanchal Singh. A case under Sections 21-C, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act had been registered against both accused by the local Sadar police. OC

DC khaira reviews govt schemes

Amritsar: Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira on Friday reviewed various works in the city. He said during third and fourth quarter of 2020-21, around 1,14,272 beneficiaries from the age of six months to six years, besides pregnant woman and nursing mothers, were benefited by supplementary nutrition programme. He said under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana as many as 246 pregnant women were given financial help to the tune of Rs 12.30 lakh. He said the beneficiaries were given financial help in three instalments. District Programme Officer Manjinder Singh said around 32 children were found malnourished during national nutrition month (September 2020). He said the kids were given treatment at primary health centres. Khaira said women above 60 years of age were distributed bus passes. TNS

Snatching: Case filed after 21 days

Tarn Taran: After three weeks of being informed about a snatching incident, the police registered a case only on Thursday (February 11). The victim, Anju Arora, a resident of the local Gali Mann Singh Wali, was going to her shop situated in the town when two motorcycle-borne snatchers robbed her purse. The victim said soon after the incident she went straight to the police station to lodge a complaint but the police overlooked her request and she visited the police station regularly but her complaint was lodged only on Thursday. The victim said the purse contained Rs 18,000 cash, a mobile phone, Aadhaar card and PAN card. Balwinder Lal, investigating officer, said the victim lodged her complaint with the police only on Thursday. OC