Issuing of fake passes: 2 held

Amritsar: The police have nabbed two stationery shop owners for allegedly fleecing residents on the pretext of making curfew passes. He was identified as Sargundeep Singh and Preetam Singh, both residents of Sant Avenue area, here. They own a shop on the Sultanwind road. Sukhwinder Randhawa, in-charge, CIA staff, said the accused had pasted their mobile numbers outside their shop for providing curfew passes to vegetable, fruits vendors and grocery stores. They used to take from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 for the same, he added. The accused used to apply online the same district administration website. They did not have any authorisation in this connection, he added. TNS

KCCS donates to covid fund

Amritsar: Principals of 18 colleges and schools under Khalsa College Charitable Society (KCCS) contributed half of their month’s salary to PM-CARES Fund to strengthen the fight against Covid. Besides, this, Rs1.25 lakh was donated by the society, taking the total contribution to Rs10 lakh. Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, secretary of the KCCS, said fashion designing departments of Khalsa College and Khalsa College for Women were making around 20,000 masks which would be handed over to the district administration. “The staff members have offered to donate their one-day salary to the state government for fighting Covid,” said Chhina, adding that the Khalsa College of Pharmacy would also donate 2,000 sanitisers. TNS

Two arrested in firing case

Amritsar: The CIA staff nabbed Vikas Malhotra and Ritik Malhotra, both of Khai Mohalla inside Lahori Gate, for allegedly firing in Waryam Singh Colony near the Gate Hakima police station on March 21. The incident had left four persons injured. The police have recovered a .32bore revolver and three live bullets from their possession. TNS