Carjacking at gunpoint in Tarn Taran

Tarn Taran: Three armed miscreants on Tuesday robbed a man, a resident of Nven Warianh village, of his Honda city car at gunpoint from National Highway No.54. The victim, Angrej Singh, said here on Thursday that he was on way back to his village on Tuesday. He said when he reached Pandoro Gola village on the national highway the robbers stopped him near Majha dhaba and took away his car (DL-4-CAH-2802). ASI Kanwaljit Singh of the local Sadar police station said a case under Section 382 of the IPC had been registered in this regard on Wednesday. OC

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15 units of blood donated at camp

Tarn Taran: The District Red Cross Society with the assistance of the Health Department organised a blood donation camp in the Civil Hospital on Thursday. SMO Swaranjit Dhawan said 15 units of blood was donated by new donors who were given certificates on behalf of Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh and also honoured on the occasion. OC

Lahan, illicit liquor seized

Tarn Taran: In a drive against illicit liquor, personnel of Valtoha and Jhabal police seized 1,320 kg of lahan and 4,500 ml of Illicit liquor in the raids conducted in their respective areas here on Wednesday. The police said here on Thursday that Valtoha police seized the illicit liquor and 1,200 kg lahan from the residence of Jugraj Singh of Mehmoodpur village who fled the spot. Meanwhile, Jhabal police and Excise Department officials seized 120 kg lahan from the residence of Lovdeep Singh of Majjupur village. The accused was arrested on the spot. Cases under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act had been registered by respective police stations. OC

Youth to observe Jan 26 as ‘black day’

Amritsar: Striking a salvo against the Centre and the Delhi Government for maintaining studied silence on the issue of release of Sikh detainees, Sikh youth bodies led by Dal Khalsa have declared to oppose the BJP and the AAP in the Assembly poll. Terming the Republic Day as a “betrayal day for Sikhs”, three youth organisations on Tuesday said their groups would take out a march in Amritsar on January 26 to protest against “constitutional injustices and denials”. The announcement was made during a meeting of heads of the SYP, SYFB, AISSF held at the Dal Khalsa office under the leadership of Dal Khalsa spokesperson Paramjit Singh Mand. The leaders asked Kejriwal to break his silence and clear the air on Prof Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s release documents. Informing mediapersons about their proposed rally, Paramjit Singh said their party workers carrying black flags would organise a peaceful rally and march from Bhandari bridge to the Golden Temple to mark India’s Republic Day as ‘Black Day’.