Car-borne men fire at woman in Tarn Taran village

Tarn Taran: Panic gripped residents of Kajikot Khurd village on Saturday after car-borne occupants fired at a woman and managed to fled from the spot. The victim, Harpreet Kaur (49) said she came out of her house after an SUV honked non-stop. She said three-masked persons came out and fired at her. Harpreet said she immediately ran inside the house. The armed men fired six bullets at her. The car occupants fled away from the spot after the incident. ASI Harpal Singh (IO), said a case under Sections 307, 336, 427, 506 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered. OC

Rape case: police station gheraoed

Tarn Taran: Residents of the town on Sunday gheraoed the local police station in protest against not arresting the accused booked for raping a 12-year-old Dalit girl who was his domestic servant. Ashok Kumar (65) of the local Gali Deekap Kairon Wali was booked under Sections 376 of the IPC and Section 7 of the POCSO Act, 2012, on Saturday. Dalwinder Singh Pannu of the CPM, Beldev Singh Pannu of the AAP and others said as the victim belonged to a Scheduled Caste, the police did not add knowingly sections under the SC/SC Act to the FIR, which was necessary to take compensation by the family from the government. The protesters warned that they would continue with their gherao till the accused was arrested. OC

Woman commits suicide, 2 booked

Amritsar: Neha (35) of Haripura area allegedly committed suicide by hanging following her harassment by in-laws. The police have booked Jaswant Kumar and Kuldip Joshi, father-in-law and brother-in-law of the victim, respectively. The victim’s sister Shallu of Rajasansi said Neha was married to Ravi Kumar for the last 14 years. She said her in-laws used to harass her. On Friday, she had gone to meet her sister when she told that Jaswant and his son harassed her. Perturbed over this, her husband Ravi did not return home for the last three days. On Saturday, Neha ended her life by hanging herself in her room. The police have registered a case under Section 306 of the IPC against Jaswant and Kuldip, but no arrest has been made till now. TNS