Health Dept recovers 220 MTP kits, one arrested

Karnal: A joint team of the Health Department and CM Flying Squad arrested a man on Tuesday with 220 medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits from Dhand bus stand in Kaithal. The accused has been identified as Mohit Kumar, a resident of Jind. TNS

Trader shot dead in Jind, nephew suffers injury

Hisar: A trader, Shyam Sunder, was shot dead when he was sitting outside his house on Rohtak Road in Jind on Tuesday morning. The police said a group of three-four youths had walked up to the victim and opened firing on him. He died on the spot while his nephew suffered a bullet injury. TNS

Provident fund official arrested for graft

New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday said it had arrested an enforcement officer of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation posted at Jagadhari, and another person, Ashok Gupta, in an alleged bribery case of Rs 1 lakh. The CBI caught Gupta while he was demanding and accepting the bribe from the complainant at the behest of enforcement officer Anil Kumar. TNS

Surjewala demands SIT probe into HPSC job ‘scam’

Chandigarh: Randeep Surjewala on Tuesday demanded an inquiry by an SIT into the alleged job scam in the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC). He said the HPSC and the Haryana State Selection Commission (HSSC) should be disbanded immediately so that fair investigations could take place. TNS