Woman ends life, three booked

Amritsar: Parvinder Kaur, a resident of Ishwar Nagar, falling under the jurisdiction of Sultanwind police station committed suicide by consuming some poisonuous substance. On the complaint of her husband Raj Singh, the police have booked Paramjit Singh, Barinder Singh and Lakhwinder Kaur, of same the locality on charges of abatement to suicide. Raj told the police that he runs a cycle repair shop. He said the accused used to quarrel with his wife and she was very upset. He said he talked to the accused and urged them not to harass his wife, but they did not stopped. He said on Saturday, the accused quarrelled with his wife due to which she got stressed and ended her life by consuming poison. Sultanwind police station SHO Perneet Dhillon said they have booked Barinder, Paramjit and Lakhwinder under Section 306 of the IPC. The SHO said raids have been launched to nab the accused. TNS

‘Give security to sarpanch’s kin’

Tarn Taran: Dr Tarsem Singh Sialka, member, Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission, has taken a serious note of atrocities and killings against SC community members in the state. He said it was the failure of the state police to check atrocities on the community members. Sialka was in Padhri Kalan village on Sunday, where Shagandeep Singh, 20-year-old son of the village’s lady sarpanch, was shot dead by armed persons of the village’s well-to-do families. He took serious note of not providing protection to the sarpanch’s family members despite his conversation over the phone with the local SSP on June 25. Sialka instructed the district police to provide security to the aggrieved family. The SC Commission member organised meeting with sarpanchs of the area belonging to the SC community. OC

AB-SSBY: Rs88-cr claims registered

Amritsar: In a review meeting of the Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (AB-SSBY), DC Gurpreet Singh Khaira instructed the Health Department to raise more awareness about the health insurance scheme, so that more people can avail the benefit. He said the department has registered claims of over Rs88 crore so far. He said with more awareness, more people would be able to get free of cost treatment at government and empanelled private hospitals. The DC asked officials to get LEDs installed at all health facilities to display information about the scheme. Civil Surgeon Dr Charanjit Singh said a total of 3,28,459 families have been issued cards under the scheme. He said of these 2,41,000 families have availed the benefit under the scheme. He said 10 government hospitals and 95 private hospitals in the district have been empanelled under the scheme, which are providing services to beneficiaries. He said total 1,469 ailments are covered under the scheme of which 180 are reserved for government hospitals only. TNS