Woman arrested with poppy husk

Hoshiarpur: The district police arrested an accused with poppy husk on Monday evening. According to the information received, the Mehtiana police arrested a woman during a naka in the area and recovered 300 grams of poppy husk from her. The accused woman has been identified as Jasveer Kaur, a resident of Bhungarni. She has been booked under NDPS Act. TNS

Two arrested with liquor

Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested two smugglers, from different places and recovered smuggled liquor from them during the last 24 hours. The Sadar police have arrested Kulwinder Badhan, a resident of Patiarian village and recovered 12 bottles of liquor from him. Similarly, Tanda’s police arrested Moonak Kalan resident Vishal Sabharwal, and recovered 30,000 ml of liquor from him during a naka in the area. Separate cases under the Excise Act have been registered against the accused. TNS

Elderly woman assaulted

Hoshiarpur: The Mahilpur police have registered a case against a woman and her brother for allegedly threatening and assaulting an elderly woman on Monday evening. According to the information, Balwinder Kaur, a resident of Kotla village, lodged a complaint with the police that his son was married to Harpreet Kaur, a resident of Garhi Ajit Singh, District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar. Her son died in 2017 and Harpreet Kaur remarried. After this, Harpreet Kaur took her share of property by signing an instrument in this regard. On December 25, accused Harpreet Kaur came to her house with her brother Amarjeet Singh and started demanding her share in the property again. She alleged that both the accused assaulted and threatened her. The people around got her admitted to the hospital. The police have registered a case against the accused under sections 323, 451, 506 and 34 of the IPC. OC

SPI appoints officer-bearers

Hoshiarpur: A general house meeting of the Socialist Party of India’s (SPI) state committee was organised at Lala Lajpat Rai Senior Secondary School. Om Singh Satiana was elected state president, Balraj Singh Nangal was elected state secretary general and Hukam Chand Sunkar, was elected state vice president unanimously. — OC