Farmers’ protest in Amritsar tomorrow to demand justice for Lakhimpur Kheri victims

Amritsar: Farm unions will stage a demonstration outside the DC office on October 26 and demand justice for the victims of Lakhimpur Kheri. A meeting of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, led by state general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher, state office secretary Gurbachan Singh Chabba was held here on Sunday. The union leaders said farm organisations across the country have decided to hold a nationwide dharna on October 26 demanding justice in Lakhimpur violence incident. After the meeting, they demanded that the state government should conduct a special survey to examine the damage to crops with untimely rain and compensate Rs50,000 per acre for the damaged crops. They also demanded Rs60,000 per acre for cotton crop and Rs30,000 for labourers. TNS

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Four held with 545-gm heroin

Tarn Taran: The police on Saturday arrested four persons from different places and recovered 545-gram from them. A police party from Patti Sadar led by Sub-Inspector Gurtej Singh arrested Charan Singh Chandi of Patti town, from Bhaggu village and recovered 275-gram heroin from him. A local CIA staff team led by SI Sukhdev Singh arrested Rajwinder Singh Raju and Gurjant Singh Jantu, both residents of Bainka village, with 120 grams of heroin. In another case, Shamsher Singh of Goindwal Sahib village was arrested with 150 grams of heroin from Fatehbad village. The accused have been booked under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. OC

Dist reports 4 positive cases

Amritsar: With four positive cases, the district tally of Covid cases increased to 47,355 on Sunday. The Health Department also reported recovery of two patients, with which the total recovery count increased to 45,748. The district at present has 11 active cases. Meanwhile, 6,161 residents were inoculated during the ongoing vaccination drive on Sunday. Of these, 4,019 received the first dose of the vaccine, while 2,142 received the second dose. TNS

Beautician’s purse snatched

Amritsar: Two unidentified motorcycle-borne persons snatched the purse of a beautician when she was returning home after closing down her salon in Basant Nagar late on Friday. Victim Rashmi Sharma, a resident of the same area, said she runs a beauty parlour opposite Sehaj Enclave. She said around 9.25pm, she closed her shop and was returning home on foot. She said around 9.40pm, she reached near Roop boutique, when two bike-borne persons came from behind and snatched her purse. She said she had Rs40,000 cash, a mobile phone besides other important things in the purse. The police have registered a case under Section 379-B of the IPC and further investigations were on. The police said they were scrutinising the CCTV cameras in the area to find clues about the suspects. TNS