Father-son held with illicit liquor
Garhshankar: Two accused were arrested and 40 boxes of smuggled liquor was seized from them while an accused managed to escape on Friday. Giving information in this regard, SHO Mahilpur Satwinder Singh Dhaliwal said he recovered 40 boxes of liquor during the raid which was for sale in Chandigarh only. He said two accused Joga Singh and his son Amandeep Singh have been arrested with liquor, while the third accused Inderjit Singh managed to escape in his Alto. An FIR has been registered under the Excise Act. OC
Two killed in road accident
Jalandhar: Two youngsters from Phagwara lost their lives in a road accident. The deceased were identified as Sajan Kumar (23) and Abhishek Kumar (19), both residents of Dharamkot Mohalla. The accident took place on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road. The deceased were heading towards their home on an Activa when a speeding truck hit them from the rear side. Having received fatal injuries on their head and chest, both succumbed to their injuries on the spot. SHO Phagwara City, Inspector Surjit Singh said, the accident was reported at midnight. The SHO said after conducting the post-mortem, the bodies were sent for cremation on Saturday. While the police are searching for the CCTV footage, an FIR was registered against an unidentified person. TNS
Man booked for duping youths
Hoshiarpur: The Mukerian police have registered a case against travel agent on the charge of cheating youths of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of sending them abroad. In his complaint to the SSP, Parminder Singh, a resident of Behbal Manjh, said the accused travel agent, Amandeep Singh, a resident of Ladowali Road, Jalandhar, took several lakhs of rupees from him and some other youths for sending them abroad. The accused neither sent them abroad nor returned his money. The complaint was investigated by the economic offences wing of the district police and after that the police registered a case against the accused under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC. OC
