Three booked for duping residents

LUDHIANA: The police have booked three persons, including a women, for allegedly duping Rs 19,59,000 from two city residents on the pretext of sending them abroad. A case was registered against the accused under Sections 420 and 120 B of the IPC at Division Number 8 police station. The accused have been identified as Amandeep Singh, his brother Rajinder Singh and wife Praveen, all residents of Hoshiarpur. They are yet to be arrested.  In their complaint, Pradeep Kumar and Kuldeep Singh said they wanted to move abroad for a better future. “While we were trying to move abroad, we came in touch with Amandeep and others through one of our friends a few months ago. The accused told us that they have good connections in Canada and they can send us to Canada. In turn of sending both of us to Canada, they demanded Rs 20 lakh from us,” they said. “They failed to produce any visa for us even after four months. When we asked them to return our money, they refused,” the complainants said. Following this, they approached the police and an inquiry was marked. 

One held with intoxicating drugs

The police have arrested a person and seized intoxicating tablets from him. The accused has been identified as Harbir Singh of New Bhagwan Nagar, Ludhiana. IO Sub-Inspector Jagdev Singh said a police party led by him was checking suspicious vehicles near Karabara Chowk on Monday, when they saw a man coming from Jalandhar Bypass side on a scooter. On seeing the police, he tried to escape. The police stopped him and recovered 360 intoxicating capsules and 250 intoxicating tablets from his bag, the IO said.  He failed to show the papers, following which he was arrested. TNS