Six booked for sodomising boy

Hoshiarpur: The Chabbewal police have booked six persons for allegedly sodomising a 10-year-old boy. The mother of the boy said her son, who is a student of Class IV, had been ill for the past few days. When she asked him the reason, he told that Sahil alias Sabi, Vishal, Hardeep Singh alias Tiddu, Mohit, Baljinder Kumar, all residents of Maili village and Puran Singh, a resident of Nagdipur, allegedly sodomised him and threatened of dire consequences. The police have booked a case against under Section 377 of the IPC and POCSO Act on the complaint of the victim’s mother. OC

Three booked for assault

Hoshiarpur: The Hariana police have booked three persons for attacking a Mahidipur village resident and forcibly putting intoxicating medicine in his mouth. The victim, Gurjit Singh, alleged that his wife, Manjeet Kaur, father-in-law and wife’s aunt attacked him when he went to his laws’ house on August 29 to collect his cheque book. His father-in-law allegedly hit him on the head with a stick. After that, his wife and her aunt allegedly caught hold of him and his father-in-law allegedly put a vial of intoxicating medicine into his mouth. OC

Illicit liquor seized, 2 held

Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested two persons, including a woman, and seized a huge quantity of illicit liquor. According to information, during a naka in the area, the Dasuya police seized 24,750 ml of liquor from Balwinder Kaur, a resident Himmatpur. The Mukerian police have arrested Chak Kalan resident Balwinder and recovered 15,000 ml liquor from him. OC

Small Industries Day celebrated

Hoshiarpur: On the occasion of Small and Cottage Industries Day, a poster-making contest was organised at DAV College, Hoshiarpur, in association with National Small-Scale Industries Corporation, Jalandhar. In the event, students prepared posters on the theme ‘Importance of small-scale industries’. Parminder Singh, CEO, Handicraft Centre, Chhawni Kalan, were present on the occasion. OC