Veteran lensman Pyare Lal passes away at 84

Jalandhar: Having captured pictures at incident spots even at the age of 81 years, Pyare Lal (84), one of the oldest lensmen of the city, breathed his last at his residence in Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar this afternoon. His sons Naveen Sagar and Munish Sagar said their father had not been keeping well for the past nearly two and a half years. Having served as a photojournalist for a long span of 66 years, Pyare Lal had entered the field at a tender age of 15 years. He had captured some rare pictures of former CM Partap Singh Kairon and covered events like Kapoori Morcha in Patiala and the arrest of activist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. He is survived by his wife Saroj and two sons. His last rites were performed at Harnamdasspura cremation ground. TNS

Sedatives seized, three arrested

Hoshiarpur: The district police arrested two smugglers with a huge quantity of sedative medicines and injections on Monday night. Garhshankar police arrested Lakhi Singh, a resident of Dagham, near Chauhra village on the Banga road while on patrol on Monday night and recovered 100 sedative pills from him. Meanwhile, Mehtiana police seized a large number of sedative injections and syringes from Kuldeep Singh Deepa, alias Mukhliana. The accused has been arrested. Separate cases under the NDPS Act have been registered against the accused. OC

K’thala man wins fitness contest

Kapurthala: Manpreet Singh (29), a city-based fitness enthusiast, clinched the Iron Man of Punjab title in the recently concluded Fitness International Federation (FIF) bodybuilding and men’s physique competition. Harminder Dulowal, president, FIF India, who is also known as a vegetarian bodybuilder, stated that they did not charge any fee from the participants instead gave cash prizes, trophy, certificates and medals to the winners. Manpreet Singh was awarded a cash prize of Rs11,000 followed by Rs5,000, Rs4,000, Rs3,000, Rs2,000 and Rs 1,000 to the runners-up. TNS

Betting: 2 held, Rs21K recovered

Hoshiarpur: The district police arrested two persons who were betting (gambling) at different places and recovered Rs 11,360 cash from them on Monday. Garhdiwala police arrested Rakesh Kumar Gill, a resident of Hariana, and recovered cash and betting slips worth Rs 10,530 from him. While Mahilpur police arrested Charan Das while indulging in betting and recovered cash and betting slips worth Rs 830 from him. OC

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