Lt Gen sharma is Goc vajra corps

Jalandhar: Lt Gen Sanjeev Sharma took over as the General Officer Commanding of the Vajra Corps here on Wednesday. He was commissioned in the Rajputana Rifles in December 1983 and is an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, College of Defence Management and National Defence College. The General Officer has commanded an infantry battalion in an active counter- insurgency environment in the North East, Infantry Brigade on the Line of Control and infantry division in Jammu and Kashmir. The General officer has held prestigious staff appointments at Headquarters Army Training Command, Headquarters Directorate General of Assam Rifles, Military Operations and Military Intelligence Directorates at Army Headquarters. He has also served as a Military bserver with UN Mission in Liberia. oc

Three held with banned pills

Hoshiarpur: The city police have arrested three persons, including a couple, with banned pills in a large quantity at a naka. The suspects have been identified as Manpreet Singh of Dhahaipur, Gurvinder Singh, a resident of Phillaur, and his wife Kuljit Kaur. According to information, the city police searched two persons riding a motorcycle at a naka near the Bhangi Cho causeway and recovered a large quantity of banned pills from them. Based on a tip-off given by the two suspects, the police recovered 2,300 tablets and capsules from Kuljit. While 20,675 tablets and capsules were recovered from Gurvinder 600 pills were seized from Manpreet. OC

Scribe’s bike stolen

Phagwara: A motorcycle (PB-09AB-3804), belonging to a scribe, Harish Bhandhari, was found stolen from near the Chiheru railway station on Tuesday. The Government Railway Police, Chiheru, have registered a case. OC 

Gold earrings snatched

Phagwara: Two unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched gold earrings from Kanta Devi, from Labour Colony on Tuesday. The victim was coming from a shrine after paying obeisance. The police have registered a case. OC