One booked for raping widow

Amritsar: The Bhindisaida police have booked Jagga of Varian village for allegedly raping a widow. The victim (31) runs a medical store. She said her sons Akashdeep Singh and Sukhjit Singh, who works with her at the shop, had gone to see a religious fair in the neighbouring village on Saturday. Around 4pm, Jagga came to the store and found her alone. He forcibly took her to a room insider her house and raped her. IO Inspector Snehlata said a case under Section 376 of the IPC was registered against Jagga, while raids were on to nab him. The medical of the victim would be conducted on Tuesday. TNS

Two snatchers nabbed

Amritsar: The city police have arrested two persons — Vijay Singh of Guru Gobind Singh Nagar and Gurjit Singh, alias Gora, of Sandhu Colony on Majitha Road, for looting an SBI customer at a Sewa Kendra at Ghala Mala Chowk on Monday. The incident reported on Saturday was captured in the CCTV camera and following probe, both accused were identified and arrested. The police recovered an air gun pistol, a bike and four ATM cards from them. Police said both accused were drug addicts and habitual offenders. They used to do snatchings to procure drugs. TNS