Man booked for abducting teen

Tarn Taran: Harpal Singh, a resident of Mianpur village, was booked for abducting a teenaged girl from his neighbourhood on November 15 after luring her to marry him. The mother of the victim in her complaint to the Sarai Amanat Khan police alleged that her daughter had gone to the market in the evening when the accused abducted her by luring to marry her. ASI Sukhwinder Singh had registered a case under Sections 363, 366-A and 506 of the IPC. OC

Three held for snatching purse

Tarn Taran: The city police have arrested three persons who were on the run after committing a snatching from the local Jhabal-Amritsar bypass. The police said the accused have been identified as Lovepreet Singh Labha, Lakhwinder Singh Sonu and Bikramjit Singh of the local Nanaksar locality. The police said the accused snatched the purse from one Rajwant Kaur of local Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar locality on Thursday, who read the registration number (PB-46, AF-3452) of the bike used by the snatchers. ASI Satnam Singh, Investigating Officer, said the accused were booked under Section 379-B of the IPC and produced in court on Friday and sent in two-day police remand. OC

Robbers flee with Rs 2.5L, car

Tarn Taran: Four armed robbers robbed cash worth Rs 2.5 L and a Brezza from an Amritsar-based trader who had visited the Goindwal Sahib area to collect cash from his clients. Trader Ranjan Mahajan, a resident of Bhandian Wala Bazar said after collecting the amount from the customers of Goindwal Sahib, he was moving towards Jamarai village with one of his associates. Four armed robbers stopped the trader near Jamarai village on gunpoint and took his bag which contained Rs 2.5 L cash and also his Brezza car. The robbers were in the Swift car and went towards Chohla Sahib. The trader lodged a complaint with the Goindwal Sahib police. The further investigation is on. OC

Man commits suicide

Amritsar: A man identified as Ravinder Singh, alias Ravi, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his home in the Chowk Crori area falling under Division B police station here. The police took the body of the deceased in custody and sent it for autopsy following inquest proceedings. Prince, a friend of the victim, told the police that Ravinder used to work in the insurance branch of the Punjab National Bank. Earlier, he was employed with the HDFC Bank. Ravinder got married to a Jalandhar-based woman a year ago. However, a few months after marriage, he had a quarrel with her and she left him and went to stay at her parents’ home. His wife lodged a complaint with the woman police station in Jalandhar and he, too, had filed a complaint with the local police to get her back. ASI Harjit Singh said the investigations were under progress. TNS

Three more test +ve in district

Amritsar: With three Covid-19 positive cases reported on Friday, the total count of cases in the district has increased to 47,417. No recovery has been reported by the health authorities today and the recovery count stood at 45,808. The district has a total of nine active cases. TNS

Youth dies in road mishap

Amritsar: A youth died in road accident near Mall of Amritsar on Thursday. The deceased Paras (21) was a resident of Gobind Nagar. He was a driver. The police have registered a case against unknown person. Baldev Kumar, father of the deceased, said his son was heading back home and was crossing the road near Mall of Amritsar when an unknown vehicle hit him. He sustained serious injuries while the accused fled. Paras was rushed to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital where he succumbed due to his injuries. The police have registered a case under Sections 304-A, 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC against an unidentified person and further investigations were under progress to identify the accused. TNS

Girl raped: two persons booked

Amritsar: The Lopoke police booked a Sangrur youth along with his accomplice for allegedly raping a girl. The accused have been identified as Gurinderpal Singh of Sherpur in Sangrur, and Sunny. The complainant said she came in contact with the accused through social media. She said the accused called her to Sangrur threatening to make her certain pictures viral on social media. She said when she went to meet him on November 8, Gurinderpal and his friend took her to some unknown place, where they repeatedly raped her for six days. She said they left her at Sangrur bus stand on November 14 threatening to kill her if she told anyone about the incident. She said she returned and narrated the entire incident to her family. A case was registered. TNS

Powercom staff go on mass leave

Tarn Taran: Powercom staff protested the implementation of recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission. On the first day of the nine-day mass casual leave under the banner of the PSEB Employees’ Federation, they protested against the management and the state government. OC