AAP leader booked in Goindwal Sahib firing case

Tarn Taran: The police booked AAP’s senior leader Sewakpal Singh of Jhander Mahan Purkhan along with 18 others in the firing incident that took place in Goindwal Sahib here on late Monday evening. Gurpreet Singh Gopi of the same village, who belonged to the Congress, was injured in the incident and admitted to a private hospital in Amritsar. Besides Sewakpal Singh, other five accused nominated were Taranjit Singh, Harpreet Singh, Navdeep Singh, Simranjit Singh and Jagroop Singh of Jhander Mahan Purkhan village while 13 other accused had not been identified as yet. In his complaint to the police, Gurpreet Singh stated that he was on his way home when the accused stopped him and fired at him with their revolvers, besides attacking him with other weapons. ASI Lakhbir Singh said the reason behind the attack was differences between two rival parties. A case had been registered. OC

Farmers’ protest: trains cancelled

Amritsar: With the farmers’ ‘rail roko’ protest entering the second day on Tuesday, train services were greatly affected as only two trains departed from the Amritsar railway station. Before the protest, the station would see departure/arrival of nearly 30 pairs of train before the start of the rail blockade. Only two trains — one from Amritsar to Pathankot and the other from Amritsar to Qadian — operated from the railway station. Thousands of passengers were inconvenienced as most of other trains were cancelled and short-terminated due to the rail blockade here. Meanwhile, the railway authorities refunded Rs 5,33,235 to 1,084 train passengers. TNS

Two more test positive in dist

Amritsar: With two positive cases reported on Tuesday, the total count of Covid-19 cases increased to 47,451 in the district. With recovery of one patient, the total number of those who cured also rose to 45,844. At present, the district has a total of eight active cases. Meanwhile, a total of 4,424 residents were inoculated during the vaccination drive on Saturday. Of these, 1,296 received the first dose of the vaccine and 3,128 the second dose. TNS