District reports 1 positive case

Amritsar: With one positive case reported on Thursday, the district Covid tally increased to 47,452. At present, the district has a total of six active cases. Meanwhile, 7,343 residents were inoculated during the ongoing vaccination drive on Thursday. Of these, 2,499 received the first dose of the vaccine, while 4,844 received the second dose. TNS

Gold, cash stolen from temple

Amritsar: Some unidentified thieves struck at a temple in Ajnala town and decamped with gold, cash and goods from the temple. The priest at Lakshmi Narain temple claimed that thieves also desecrated the idols of gods and goddess. Several Hindu organisations gathered on the spot and staged protest against the desecration incident. The thieves entered the temple premises by breaking open the doors. They stole two earrings, cash box of gaushala, a motorcycle of the priest and sound system from the temple. Ashwani Kumar Mehta, president of the gaushala said: “We have requested the police to arrest the thieves within two days. We will call for a shutdown of Ajnala Town.” The police officials said they must be some drug addicts who stole the gold and cash. The police have registered a case and initiated the investigation. TNS

Police search bishop’s house

Amritsar: A team of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police on Thursday searched the house of a self-styled bishop who was arrested by the wing earlier in a fraud case. Rochus B Sandhu was held for allegedly attempting to fraudulently sell land worth crores of rupees owned by the Delhi Development Authority. The Diocese of Amritsar (DoA) and the Church of North India had hailed his arrest. After procuring his production warrant, the Delhi Police team today brought him and searched his residence in Bishop Compound located on Taylor Road, said Daniel B Das, property manager, DoA, CNI. The EOW team had arrested Sandhu last Friday from the Connaught Place area in Delhi. It said Sandhu had allegedly received Rs3.19 crore as advance for the sale of Rs45 crore property owned by the DDA. He was arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by Timpy Sabharwal, who alleged that Sandhu and SP Garg had contacted her for selling her the property in question. The complainant later came to know that the duo had no authority to sell the same, he said. TNS