One booked for culpable homicide

Hoshiarpur: The Mukerian police have booked a resident of Aima Mangat village, after a man was found dead under mysterious circumstances near power house on August 2. The accused has been identified as Amandeep Singh. The complainant, Ramesh Kumar, said the body of his son, Anu Jaswal, was found on August 2 from the canal near the power house no 2. He said his son had gone somewhere on July 29 in a car with Amandeep Singh alias Happy. Amandeep later admitted that both of them were going to Aaspur Wadalian village to meet his sister. However, the car fell into the canal. He somehow managed to come out of the car but Anu got swept away in water with the car. A case has been registered. OC

26-yr-old hit by vehicle, dies

Garhshankar: A 26-year-old youth was seriously injured after being hit by an unidentified vehicle near Darapur on the Garhshankar-Nawanshahr road on Friday. Later, the victim died. In the statement given to the police, Narinder Kumar, a resident of Garhimansowal, said he was going from Garhimansowal to Nawanshahr on Friday evening when he saw a young man lying in a pool of blood, who was injured after being hit by an unidentified vehicle near Darapur village. When he had a second look at the injured person, he found that it was his nephew Sahil Aery, son of Ravinder Kumar, a resident of Dashmesh Colony, Begumpur, and Nawanshahr. He was taken to the Civil Hospital, Garhshankar, with the help of people where doctors declared him brought dead. The police have started investigation by registering a case against unidentified driver. OC

Two held with illicit liquor

Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested two persons in separate cases and seized smuggled liquor. In the first case, the Talwara police searched a bike-borne person at the turn near Roli village on Saturday night and seized 6,750 ml of illicit liquor. The accused has been identified as Manish Chand, a resident of village Khatigarh, Hajipur. Meanwhile, the Garhdiwala police arrested Rinku, a resident of Mahashian Mohalla, Garhdiwala, and recovered 27,000 ml of smuggled liquor from him. A case under Excise Act has been registered. OC

Biker, cyclist killed in mishap

Hoshiarpur: The police have registered a case against a truck driver, identified as Sandeep Kumar, a resident of village Begumpur Kamluh, in a case of road accident. The complainant, Davinder Singh, a resident of Taggad Khurd village, said his uncle Nirmal Singh (62) was going from Gahaldian village to his village on his motorcycle on Saturday night at 9:45 pm. On the way, a speeding truck hit his bike near Thakur Timber, and then collided with Rohit Kumar (26), a resident of Gopalpur, Lakhi Sarai, Bihar, who was riding a bicycle. Both Nirmal and Rohit were taken to the hospital where both succumbed. The police have registered a case against the truck driver. OC