Hoshiarpur: 4 of family booked for assault

Hoshiarpur: The Bullowal police have registered a case against four members of a family for assaulting a woman and stealing goods by forcibly entering the house. Surinder Kumari, a resident of Raipur village, said her brother-in-law Harpal Singh, along with his wife Kamlesh and sons Purohit and Vijay Kumar forcibly entered her house and assaulted her. After which her daughter got her admitted to the hospital, where she is under treatment. She alleged that the accused took away her TV and other valuables while leaving the house. After registering the case, the police have started further action. OC

Three booked for dowry death

Hoshiarpur: The Dasuya police have registered a case of dowry death against a husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Jaswant Singh, a resident of Badda Guda, Sirsa, Haryana, had lodged a complaint with the police in this regard. He told that his niece Sumandeep Kaur was married to Gurjinder Singh, a resident of Kotli Khurd. He told that after the marriage, her husband, mother-in-law Sukhjinder Kaur and sister-in-law Lovepreet Kaur started harassing her for dowry. Seeing that the alleged demand for dowry was not being met, the accused allegedly poisoned her niece. The police said a case under section 304-B of the IPC has been registered. OC

Woman killed in road accident

Hoshiarpur: A woman died in a road accident while her son and another woman got injured in the mishap. The Hariana police have registered a case against the accused driver, identified as Naveen Saini. Harvinder Singh, a resident of Bassi Maroof, told the police that his daughter-in-law Harpreet Kaur was going to a school in Hariana with her son Tejveer Singh and relative Balveer Kaur when a tractor driver hit them. All three were admitted to a hospital where Harpreet Kaur died during treatment. OC

2 held with intoxicants

Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested two smugglers from different places and recovered a huge quantity of intoxicants from them in the past 48 hours. The Model Town police arrested Somprakash, a resident of Pathial and Javed Ahmedani, a resident of Kupwara, and recovered 20 kg of poppy husk from him. While the Dasuya police have arrested Sunny, a Chhangla resident, and recovered 30 grams of intoxicating powder from him. Separate cases under the NDPS Act have been registered. OC

1 arrested for smuggling liquor

Hoshiarpur: The Hariana police have arrested a person and recovered 18,000 ml smuggled liquor from him. The accused Harsh Varma, a resident of Janauri village, was nabbed by a police party on Wednesday night near Atbarapur. The accused tried to flee seeing the police party. He has been booked under the Excise Act. OC

Two booked for Rs40-lakh fraud

Hoshiarpur: The police have booked two persons for duping a Dasuya resident of Rs 40 lakh by selling him a disputed land. Harinder Pal Singh Virk, a resident of Old Bank Road, Dasuya, filed a complaint to the SSP, Hoshiarpur, on October 12 alleging that Pradeep Kumar Goyal, a resident of Homeland Heights, Sector 70, Mohali, and Amarjit Singh of M/S Reetu Constructions Private Limited, Sector 37, Chandigarh, sold a piece of land to him for Rs 40 lakh. Later, he came to know that there was a case pending regarding the land and the accused had not informed him about it and cheated him. After inquiry over the said complaint by DSP (R) Gurpreet Singh, a case was registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. OC

7 booked for murder attempt

Hoshiarpur: The Dasuya police have booked seven persons in a case of firing in Kainthan Mohalla. Rachhpal Singh, a resident of Mohalla Kainthan, Dasuya, has filed a complaint with the police alleged that he along with Rajat and Vishal had gone to buy sweet potatoes from a street vendor Khimu on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, Khimu had a argument with them. During this Ranjit Singh alias Vicky, Harmanpreet Singh Harry, Vicky Jaggu, Sukhwant and Sanjeev, all residents of Kainthan came there. They were armed with a revolver, swords and sticks. Ranjit attacked at his brother Avtar Singh alias Ladi with a sword and Harmanpreet shot five bullets. One of the bullets hit Ladi in the chest and he was seriously injured. The Dasuya police have booked the seven accused under Sections 307, 323, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of Arms Act. OC

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