4 booked for abducting girl

Tarn Taran: A teenage girl was abducted from Algon Khurd village by her close relatives luring to marry her. The father of the victim girl in his complaint to the Valtoha police alleged that his daughter had gone to duty at the village Suvidha Kendra on November 27 but she did not return home. On the complaint of father of the victim the Valtoha police had registered a case under the IPC against four of his relatives. The accused had been identified as Sandeep Singh, her mother Amarjit Kaur, a resident of Kaimwala Jalandhar, sister Daljit Kaur and sister’s husband Kala Singh of Sangowal in Phillaur. The accused were still at large and efforts were on to nab them, said ASI. OC

Differently-abled give memo to DC

Tarn Taran: On the International Day of Persons with disabilities, the state unit of the Angheen and Blind Union, Punjab, presented a demand charter to Kulwant Singh, DC, here on Friday. The union led by Lakhbir Singh Saini, state president, demanded reservation in the institutions in local self government such as panchayats, municipal corporations etc. Reservation quota to be raised from 4 per cent to 10 per cent in the jobs, Rs 5,000 pension across the nation under ‘One Nation-One Pension’. oc

One arrested with weapon

Tarn Taran: The police arrested Sajan, alias Ghanna, of Ekta Nagar on the Chamrang road, for allegedly possessing an illegal weapon. ASI Vinod Kumar said the police intercepted him during patrolling on the Majitha road. He said the police got suspicious of his activities and during search, they recovered a .32 bore pistol with two live bullets. A case under the Arms act was registered against him and further investigations were under progress to ascertain the source of the weapon. OC