Girl booked in accident case

Hoshiarpur: The Garhshankar police have booked a girl in a road accident case wherein a youth was killed. Ravinder Singh of Simbli village said he, along with his friend Manjit Singh of Dhamai, was on his way to Nawanshahr on their two-wheeler. A car hit them near Simbli village and Manjit died on the spot. The police have registered a case against the car driver, Jaspreet Kaur, a resident of Simbli village. OC

Husband booked for dowry

Hoshiarpur: The Chabbewal police have registered a case against Harish Kumar of Bham village for allegedly harassing his wife for dowry. Mandeep Kaur of Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, told the police that she was married to Harish Kumar. After marriage, he started harassing her for more dowry. Seeing that the demand was not fulfilled, he tortured her and threw her out of the house. OC

Youth missing, case registered

Hoshiarpur: The Bullowal police have booked an unidentified person for kidnapping. Jagpal Singh of Kathe village, said his son Atul went missing from the house around 10 am on August 2 under mysterious circumstances. The victim’s father expressed apprehension in his complaint that some unidentified persons might have kidnapped him. OC

Minor abducted, one booked

Hoshiarpur: The Sadar police have booked a youth for abducting a minor girl. The complainant said his daughter left home for school on August 4, but did not return. He said Abhay Sharma of his village lured his daughter on the pretext of marrying her. A case was registered. OC

‘Golak’ money stolen, 1 held

Hoshiarpur:The Mahilpur police have arrested a man for stealing money from a golak kept at a gurdwara. Dilbagh Singh of Jassowal village said cash was stolen from the golak of Gurdwara Sahib. After checking the CCTV footage, it was found that Mangat Ram, alias Manga, of Ema Jattan village, stole the money by putting a wire in the golak. OC

Intoxicants seized, 7 held

Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested seven smugglers and seized a huge quantity of intoxicants. The police arrested Vicky, alias Vikram, of Guru Nanak Nagar and recovered 230 grams of intoxicating powder. The Model Town police arrested Chetan Hans, alias Robin, of Balmiki Mohalla, and recovered 8-gram heroin from him, while Sucha Singh, alias Sukha, of Ramgarh was arrested with 12 bottles of liquor. The Bullowal police have arrested one Rampal of Shamchuarasi and recovered 28 gram of narcotics powder from him. The Tanda police arrested Nimat Kumar of Fatehgarh Niada and Sandeep Singh of Ajjowal, and seized 600-gram opium from him. Sukhveer Singh, alias Mithu, a Miyani resident was arrested and 6,750 ml liquor was recovered from him. OC