4 nabbed for illegal sand mining

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 26

The Lopoke police on Monday nabbed four persons while five persons escaped in three separate cases. The police confiscated 1,100 cubic feet of sand from them.

Those arrested have been identified as Labh Singh of Bhagupur Utar village, Manjit Singh of Bhilowal village and Harpreet Singh of Tareen village. Kulwinder Singh of Ajnala, along with four of their accomplices, escaped from the spot.

The police also confiscated a tractor-trailer with sand, a JCB machine, a Bolero and a Canter-407. The police registered a case under Sections 188, 379 and 120-B of the IPC added with Section 21 of the Mining and Mineral Act.

In another incident, the police nabbed another person, identified as Inderjit Singh of Bhindi Aulakh village. The police had laid a naka at Lolian village and seized 300 cubic feet of sand from his possession.

Meanwhile, another 300 cubic feet of sand laden in a tractor-trailer was confiscated at Mehmadpura village. The accused, identified as Gurmej Singh, fled the spot leaving the vehicle behind.

The police registered two separate FIRs under Section 379 of the IPC and Section 21 (1) of the Mineral and Mining Act against them.

Two killed in road mishaps

A youth, Karan Shergill, was killed while two pedestrians were seriously injured when a rashly driven car hit them near the Sultanwind canal here on Monday evening. The injured, identified as Surjan Singh of Jaspal Nagar and Jatinder Singh of Mahan Singh Gate, are under treatment at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital.

Gautam, brother of the victim, told the police that he, along with his brother Karan, was standing along the canal near Sultanwind area when a rashly driven car hit them. Then the car hit Surjan and Jatinder Singh leaving them seriously injured. They were rushed to the Civil Hospital from where they were rushed to GNDH. Karan succumbed to injuries.

Meanwhile, another youth, identified as Akashdeep Singh of Adliwal village (Gurdaspur), lost his life while a rashly driven tipper hit his car on the Mehta road. He was rushed to a private hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Monday.

Youth beaten to death in Sursingh village

Tarn Taran: A man was beaten to death in Sursingh village, 25 km from here, on Tuesday. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Mandeep Singh.

Tarsem Singh, father of the deceased, and his relatives held a protest outside the police station with the victim’s body, seeking registration of a case. Later, the police booked four persons, three of them unidentified, under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code. SHO Gurcharan Singh said one of the suspects was identified as Kuldeep Singh Bhutto. The four persons suspected the victim of stealing their motorcycle and beat him severely, resulting in his death. — OC