Five booked for culpable homicide
Amritsar: The Gharinda police have booked five persons on the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of an elderly woman in Dhaone Kalan village on Sunday after a group of armed persons scuffled with her son. Those booked are Amanpreet Singh, his brother Gurpreet Singh, Rajinder Kumar of Dhanoe Kalan village, Inderjit Singh of Attari and Gora. Rani told the police that on Sunday evening, the accused entered their house and asked her brother to remove all clothes in front of his mother Balwant Kaur. They pointed a pistol before Balwant and demanded Rs3 lakh. Shocked, she fell unconscious. On seeing this, the accused fled and they rushed her to the hospital. Balwant died on her way to the hospital. The police have registered a case under Sections 304, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. The suspects are on the run. No arrest has been made so far. TNS
Trader gets extortion msg
Amritsar: A fertilizer shop owner, identified as Rajan Gandhi of Ajnala, got extortion messages on his mobile. The unidentified person demanded Rs55 lakh besides a mobile phone with active SIM. The accused threatened to blow his shop and house in case he failed to provide the same. Gandhi in a complaint to the Ajnala police said earlier, he got an extortion letter in September 2020, in which the accused had threatened to kill him if he failed to give the same. After his complaint, the police have registered a case under Sections 387, 511 and 506 of the IPC against unidentified person and launched further probe. The police authorities said the police were looking into the call details of the phone number, from where the victim got six extortion messages. The police said the accused would be arrested soon. TNS
Three held with stolen weapons
Tarn Taran: The district police on Tuesday arrested three persons on the charge of stealing arms and ammunition from Raju Gun House, Khadoor Sahib, on the intervening night of January 10 and11. SSP Dhruman H Nimble in a press conference on Tuesday said that the arrested persons had been identified as Gurpal Singh, Navdeep Singh Nav and Jagroop Singh of Sursing village. The police have seized nine air guns, 242 gun cartridges of different type from the arrested persons. The accused had stolen 12 air guns, one air pistol, 2,060 cartridges and other material from the gun house. A case under Sections 457, 380and 34 of the IPC had already been registered by the Goindwal Sahib police. OC
