Brief: Man dies, wife hurt in mishap

Phagwara: A Mahilpur resident Paramjit Singh was killed on the spot while his wife Gurminder Kaur sustained serious injuries when a car in which they were going to the Jalandhar side dashed against a pole on Banga-Phagwara highway on Wednesday evening. Witnesses said Paramjit lost his control of the vehicle while talking to his wife. The injured Gurminder was admitted to the Civil Hospital. oc

Four booked for murder bid

Phagwara: The police have booked four villagers on the charges of attempt to murder and firing. The accused Dilbag Singh, Sukhpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh and Varinder Pal Singh were residents of Reharrwan village. Kulwindar Singh of Punia Mand village complained to the police that the accused attacked and broke his vehicle's windowpanes to kill him and opened fire. A case has been registered against the accused. oc

Jewellery, cash stolen from shop

Phagwara: The Lohian police have booked some miscreants for stealing jewellery and cash. Baljindar Singh, a resident of Ward no.12, complained to the police that some thieves broke the shutter of his jewellery shop on January 5 night and decamped with 100 gram of gold and 2 kg of silver ornaments and Rs 15,000. A case has been registered against the accused. oc

Man arrested with stolen bike

Phagwara: The Nakodar police have arrested one miscreant on the charge of stealing motorcycles. The accused has been identified as Vansh of Malarri village. A motorcycle was recovered from him . A case had been registered against the accused. oc

Booked for stealing bike

Phagwara: The police have booked a miscreant on the charge of stealing a motorcycle. Yadwindar Singh, a resident of Fazilka district, complained to the police that he had parked his motorcycle near a gurdawra at Malsian village on July 31 last year from where it was stolen. A case has been registered against the accused. oc

Woman held

for assault

Phagwara: The police have arrested a woman on the charge of assaulting a co-villager. The accused has been identified as Bholi of Kot Badal Khan village. Som Nath of the same village had complained to the police that the accused and her accomplices barged into his house on July 5 afternoon, attacked and injured him. A case was registered against the accused and five others. oc

De-Addiction Centre sealed

Phagwara: A team of health and police administration raided a private drug de-addiction centre “Sehaj De-Addiction Centre” near Civil Hospital, Phagwara, on Thursday. SMO Dr Parminder Kaur said a huge quantity of 2.63 lakh intoxicated medicines were also sealed. oc