Married woman attempts suicide, youth booked

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, May 20

Perturbed over the continuous harassment and stalking, a married woman attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills. She was rushed to a hospital and was under treatment. On her statement, the police have booked a youth, identified as Raj Sandeep, alias Raju, of Chowk Chabutra, while no arrest has been made till now. The accused runs an artificial jewellery shop in Gur Bazaar in the walled city.

The victim stated to the police that she runs a shop of imitating jewellery in Guru Bazaar. She said she used to work in the shop of accused Raj Sandeep around five years ago. She had a friendship with the accused at that time. She said that the accused had some pictures of her with him. She said after her marriage she asked him not to follow her but the accused started teasing her. She said the accused insisted that he wanted to marry her.

Disturbed over this she told entire episode to her husband. Following this family members of both gathered and reached on compromise while Raj Sandeep said he would not follow her. She alleged after this the accused did not desists from his acts and started sending objectionable messages and tried to blackmail her. She said the accused used to torture her by calling on her phone. She said when she did not respond to her calls he started calling her husband and sister to put her on phone.

She said she was fed up of all this and decided to end her life and therefore took the sleeping pills. When she got unconscious, she was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

On her statement, the Islamabad police have registered a case under Sections 354-D (stalking), 306, 509 and 511 of the IPC against him. The police said efforts were on to nab him.

Police crack the whip on liquor smugglers

Continuing its drive against bootlegging, the rural police arrested six persons, including a woman, while 15 fled away during raids conducted at different villages here on Tuesday. The police confiscated 780 kg of lahan and 236 bottles of illicit liquor. The police also busted an illegal distillery unit. The city police have also seized over 200 bottles of liquor and 135 litre of illicit liquor in different instances. It arrested eight bootleggers while three managed to slip away. The Punjab police have launched a campaign against bootlegging and illicit sale of liquor following the orders of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

One booked for ‘rape’

The police booked a person for allegedly raping a woman at gunpoint. The victim, a resident of Jalandhar, said she, along with her friend, had come to Beas to meet the latter’s friend on May 14.

She said the accused, who was accompanying her friend’s friend, took her to his car and raped her at gunpoint. A case under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC has been registered against the accused, identified as Santokh Singh.