Sector 38 Man held with marijuana

Chandigarh: The police arrested a Sector 38 resident, Ashok Kumar (32), near Dhanas and recovered 610 grams of marijuana from his possession on February 26. A case under Section 20 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the suspect at the Sarangpur police station. TNS

Cash stolen from gurdwara box

Dera Bassi: Miscreants broke the collection box of the gurdwara at Isapur village on Thursday night and fled with cash. The CCTV footage shows two masked men cut open the grill of a window and turn the camera away around 1:30 am. In another incident, miscreants stole Rs 17,000 from the house of Talwinder Singh at Haripur Kuda village. TNS

17-yr-old girl goes missing

Chandigarh: A Mauli Jagran resident reported that his 17-year-old daughter has been missing from her residence since February 25. A case under Section 363 of the IPC has been registered at the Mauli Jagran police station. TNS

Three booked for cheating

Chandigarh: The police have registered a case of cheating against Sector 20 residents Parvinder Singh, Balbir Singh and Mala Devi on the complaint of Anil Kumar. In his statement, the complainant mentioned that the suspects duped him of Rs27 lakh in lieu of sale of a house at Victoria Enclave in Pabhat. A case under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC was registered at the Mani Majra police station on February 25. TNS

Missing person report lodged

Zirakpur: The police have registered a missing person report on the complaint of a Zirakpur resident, Avtar Singh. The complainant stated that Arjun Singh (19) had been missing from his house in New Defence Colony since February 2. The youth, who is mentally disturbed for the past sometime, left the house around 6 am. TNS