Rs 1.6 lakh snatched from flour mill owner in Ludhiana

Ludhiana: The police have arrested a person allegedly involved in snatchings with the seizure of two mobile handsets from him, while a miscreant snatched an envelope containing Rs 1.60 lakh and some important documents from a flour mill owner in the city. The police arrested Dev Nand Chauhan, resident of Ishwar Colony, on a tip-off at a check post near Kanganwal. Two snatched mobile phones were recovered from Dev Nand, who has been booked under Section 379 of the IPC. Elsewhere in the city, a flour mill owner, Suresh Kumar, resident of New Subhash Nagar, reported to the police that two unidentified persons snatched an envelope containing Rs 1.60 lakh and some official documents from him when he was going towards his car parked outside the mill. “The duo threatened me with a sword, snatched the packet from my hands and fled away,” he said in his complaint. The police have registered a case under Section 379-B of the IPC. TNS

Girl abducted, another missing

Ludhiana: A minor girl was allegedly abducted, while another was reported missing from different parts of the city. A 14-year-old girl, residing in Prem Vihar on Tibba Road, was allegedly abducted on the allurement of marriage by a youth in the neighbourhood. According to a complaint lodged by the mother of the missing girl with the police on Sunday, the girl had been missing from her residence for the last 10 days. The family, she said, had been trying to locate the girl during all these days without any success. On the suspicion of the complainant that a youth in the neighbouring area might be behind the abduction with the intent of marrying the girl, the police have booked Nitin Kumar, resident of Grewal Colony on Tibba Road, under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act and further investigation is in progress. Another 15-year-old girl was reported missing from Bharti Colony in the Salem Tabri area from her house in Saturday evening. According to a complaint filed with the police by the mother of the missing girl on Sunday, the girl had left without telling anybody about her whereabouts. The police have registered a case under Section 346 of the IPC. TNS

Man killed in hit-and-run

Ludhiana: A resident of Mundian Kalan identified as Ranjit Prasad (56) was critically injured after being hit by a speeding vehicle near Pathak Petrol Pump at the Focal Point on Sunday morning. The victim was rushed to Fortis Hospital where he was declared ‘brought dead’ by doctors. Victim’s son Onkar Nath told the police that his father was returning home after his night duty in a factory at the Focal Point, Phase VIII, when he was run over by an unknown speeding vehicle. The police have registered a case under Sections 279/304-A of the IPC and started investigation. TNS

Youth held with 5 gm of heroin

Ludhiana: The police arrested Sunny Gill of Vishal Colony on Kakowal Road on Sunday. The accused was stopped at a check point on suspicion. During search, 5 gm of heroin was recovered from him. The accused was booked under the NDPS Act. TNS

Smuggler held with liquor

Ludhiana: Mandeep Singh, a resident of Model Gram, was nabbed by the police with five cases (60 bottles) Dollar Rum and charged under the Excise Act. The police said the accused was intercepted at a check post on a tip-off while he was going on an Activa scooter (bearing registration number PB-91H-6225) near Tahli Chowk in Model Gram and liquor bottles recovered from him. TNS

Obstructing traffic: 6 held

Ludhiana: In a crackdown on roadside encroachments and causing obstruction in flow of the traffic the police have arrested six persons, who were booked under Section 283, IPC. The police said those arrested include a roadside cloth vendor was arrested from Chaura Bazar, a garment seller near Clock Tower Chowk, another vendor from Old GT Road, a mule-cart puller near a dhaba in Sahnewal, one truck (container) driver from Sahni village, near GT Road, Sahnewal, and a trawler driver from Moti Nagar Puli. TNS

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