Accidental firing near Pakka Bagh, Jalandhar

Jalandhar: An incident of accidental firing took place outside a jewellery shop near Pakka Bagh here on Thursday. However, no casualty was reported. The bullet, which was reportedly fired accidentally from the service weapon of a security guard of the jewellery shop, hit the bonnet of a car. The incident happened outside Kirat Jewellers at around 11am. The security guard is a retired CRPF personnel. He was reportedly cleaning his rifle when the incident happened. The guard was identified as Ram Singh, a resident of Vidhipur. The guard was being quizzed to ascertain the exact cause of the incident. TNS

1 booked for raping minor

Hoshiarpur: The Mahilpur police have booked a youth on the charge of raping a minor girl and blackmailing her by taking her obscene photos. A 17-year-old girl of a village lodged a complaint with the police and said Jasveer Singh of Paddi Sura Singh allegedly raped and blackmailed her, whom she had come in contact with at a wedding ceremony at her relatives’ house. He also threatened her with dire consequences if she complained against him to anyone. OC

Former sarpanch raped, 1 booked

Hoshiarpur: The Mahilpur police have registered a case against an accused on the charge of raping and blackmailing a former sarpanch of a village. The victim in her complaint to the police said she was the sarpanch of a village under the Mahilpur police station in 2013 and during this time she met with Harjit Singh of Padrana. In February 2014, the accused called her to his shop where he offered her tea, on drinking which she went unconscious and on regaining consciousness, she found him and herself naked in a room. She said the accused also took her obscene photos and blackmailed her. OC

Dacoits loot cash from post office

Hoshiarpur: The Chabbewal police have registered a case against two unidentified accused for robbing cash from a post office. According to information, the postmaster, Kajal, working in the post office located in the Patti village, said the accused on Wednesday, claiming to be from Bohan village came there for some official work but later snatched her mobile phone and escaped with the cashbox that contained about Rs7,000. OC

Pistol, five live cartridges seized

Hoshiarpur: The Garhdiwala police arrested an accused at a checkpoint in the area and recovered a pistol and five live cartridges from him. According to information, the police on Wednesday night stopped a car at a naka near Argowal and seized a pistol and five live cartridges from the vehicle. The accused has been identified as Prince Bains of Pathankot. OC

2 smugglers held with intoxicants

Hoshiarpur: The Mehtiana police arrested two smugglers and recovered intoxicants from them on Wednesday night. According to information, the arrested Harpreet Singh, alias Happy of Chautala, and recovered 70-gm intoxicating powder from him. In another case, 25-gm heroin was recovered from a Bala resident, Jasdeepak Singh, alias Billa. A case has been registered against both the accused under the NDPS Act. OC

14 Milk samples found adulterated

Hoshiarpur: A free of charge milk testing camp was held in Mohalla Hari Nagar by the Dairy Development Department. Giving information, Deputy Director Dairy Harvinder Singh said 23 samples were collected in the camp, out of which 14 were found adulterated with water. Apart from this, urea tests of three samples were done and neutralisers were tested in four samples and harmful substances were found in none of them. The team constituted Gurpreet Singh, Willian conducted tests at the camp and made people aware to use good quality milk. OC

Theft of cash, ornaments

Hoshiarpur: Unidentified thieves stole foreign and Indian currency and gold and silver ornaments worth lakhs from a house. The Model Town police have registered a case against unidentified thieves. According to information, Parveen Kumari, wife of Harish Kumar of Purheeran, has lodged a complaint with the police. She said she had gone to Hoshiarpur city after locking her house for some work. When she returned home on Tuesday, she saw that the locks of her house were broken and a robbery of around 900 US and Canadian dollars, Rs 70,000, gold, silver ornaments, passport and green card etc was committed. OC

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