Man held for raping woman in Amritsar

Amritsar: The police have arrested the rape accused, identified as Varinder Singh, alias Bubba, of Bhai Vir Singh Colony in Mullechak village for allegedly blackmailing and raping a married woman. A case was registered on August 4. The victim (37) accused him of blackmailing and raping her and later uploading her objectionable pictures on a social platform. The accused blackmailed and forced her to talk to him saying that he had made a video of her while bathing. TNS

2 attend bhog with weapons

Amritsar: The police have reportedly nabbed two persons, identified as Harpreet Singh of Kala Afghana village and Husandeep Singh of Ramdass, and seized two illegal weapons and cartridges from them. They were held from Kandowal village, where the bhog ceremony of notorious gangster Rana Kandowalia was underway. Though the police were tight-lipped over the incident, sources confirmed their arrest, adding that the probe was still in the preliminary stage. The police are also learnt to have seized Pakistan SIMs from them but official confirmation is awaited. “Their interrogation is still underway. Their motive behind carrying weapons at a bhog ceremony was yet to the ascertained,” said sources. Ranbir Singh, aka Rana Kandowalia, was shot dead by a rival gangster at a private hospital in Amritsar, where he had gone to meet his relative who was in the ICU. Another notorious gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, lodged in the Tihar Jail, had taken the responsibility of the murder. Besides Bhagwanpuria, the police had booked Mandeep Toofan, Jagroshan Hundal, Happy Shah and Mani Rayya for the incident. Later, six more persons were booked for sheltering and harbouring them. So far, four persons had been arrested in the case. TNS

26 DAV College students get jobs

Amritsar: Under a placement drive, 26 students of the DAV College’s Computer Department have been selected in Infosys and TCS. Thirteen college students would join Infosys and remaining thirteen students would join TCS. TNS