5 booked for abducting girl in Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran: Five car-borne abducted a teenage girl from Thatha village here on Monday. Chabal police have registered a case in this regard on Tuesday. Three of the accused have been identified as Harwinder Singh of Chabal, Balbir Singh and his wife Happy of Bhojranwala while two other persons, involved in the crime, have not been identified. In her statement to the police, the victim’s mother stated that on Monday night, the accused came near her house in a car. When her daughter came out of the house, the accused abducted her and fled away. The victim’s mother said the main accused, Harwinder Singh, had been forcing her to marry the girl with him for the last two years. The accused have been booked under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC. The victim’s family suspect the POCSO Act has not been added to the FIR. OC

One held with 120-gm heroin

Tarn Taran: Sarhali police arrested a person with 120 grams of heroin at Naushehra Pannuan village on Tuesday. ASI Devinder Singh, who was leading a police party, said the accused, identified as Ajaypal Singh of Sarhali, was stopped on the basis of suspicion. On checking, the contraband was recovered from his possession. A case under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. OC

‘Ashirvad Scheme’ beneficiaries

Tarn Taran: Beneficiaries of the ‘Ashirvad Scheme’ are going to get the benefits soon. There are a total of 1,550 beneficiaries of the scheme who had not been given the amount from this April to September. From July month, the amount of the scheme was raised from Rs21,000 to Rs51,000. The DC said the state government had sanctioned Rs2.04 crore to be distributed among 934 families and the proposal for Rs3.14 crore had also been sent for approval. OC

No new positive case in district

Amritsar: The district has reported no Covid-19 positive case on Wednesday. However, the health authorities have reported recovery of two patients with which the recovery count has increased to 45, 793. The district, at present has a total of eight active cases. Meanwhile 4612 residents were inoculated during the ongoing vaccination drive on Wednesday. Of these 1799 received first dose of the vaccine while 2813 received second dose. tns

T20: Krishnam XI beat DCA Malwa

Amritsar: Krishnam XI beat DCA Malwa by six wickets in the T-20 Sardar Sardev Singh memorial cricket tournament played here on Wednesday. After winning the toss DCA elected to bat first. Its players were all out at 119 runs. Chasing the target Krishnam XI scored 124 for four. In another match Amandeep Cricket Club defeated Roshan Rangers by five wickets. The losing team posted a target of 121 runs for nine wickets in 19.2 overs. In response the winning team scored 125 runs. TNS