Bonded workers rescued, 1 held in Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran: The Chabal police on Thursday rescued two bonded labourers from the custody of a farmer from Majjupur village. The labourers have been identified as Uppal (35) of Assam and Narayan Paswan (37) of Bihar. According to the police, the accused, Gurdev Singh of the village, had brought them from the railway station, Amritsar, and chained them at his farm house. The accused had been arrested from the spot and the victims were released. The accused had been booked under Section 16 of the Bounded Labour (Abolition Act), 1976 and 365 , 341, 342 of the IPC. OC

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4 cell phones found in jail

Amritsar: The Amritsar Central Jail authorities confiscated four mobile phones during checking here on Wednesday. While three mobiles were seized from three prisoners, a cell phone was found abandoned in the bathroom’s exhaust fan of barrack number 6 of room number 6. The police have booked three jail inmates including Savan, alias Dhuti; Amritpal Singh, alias Kala, and Tarsem Singh, alias Kairon. Najjar Singh, Assistant Superintendent, Central Jail, said during checking barrack number 6 of room number 6, the jail staff found two mobile phones from Savan and Tarsem, while a third phone was recovered from the bathroom. Similarly, a search operation was conducted in the isolation cell and a smart phone was recovered from Amritpal Singh, alias Kaka. The Islamabad police have registered a case under Sections 42 and 52-A of the Prisons Act against them. Further probe is on to ascertain how they managed to sneak in the prohibited material inside the high-security jail. TNS

No vax to invite action, says DEO

Tarn Taran: Satnam Singh, District Education Officer (Secondary Education), has issued instructions to all the heads of government schools to take stern action against teachers and other staff members who had not vaccinated themselves against Covid. The DEO said in case the staff members had not been vaccinated, stop them to mark their attendance and their salary too be stopped. The DEO had sent a list of 250 staff members who had not taken vaccination till date. The officer warned that if these staff members were vaccinated and data not updated on e-Punjab portal then strict action be taken immediately and in case of staff who exempted from vaccination their reason and certificate on e-Punjab portal to be uploaded. OC

Five snatchers nabbed by cops

Amritsar: The police have arrested five snatchers who used to rob people at knife point. Cops recovered a motorcycle, five mobile phones and a sharp-edged weapon from their possession. Those arrested have been identified as Raunak Singh, Akash alias Kali, Abhimanyu Thapa, Sanjay and Bir Singh, all residents of Chheharta. During interrogation they had confessed to six snatching. According to police, the accused were held near Naraiangarh cremation ground. TNS