Cop attacked in Muktsar

Muktsar: Unidentified persons on Monday midnight allegedly attacked a constable near Sotha village in Muktsar. The injured, identified as Jagsir Singh, was returning to his residence at Duhewala on his motorcycle when the assailants attacked him and ran away with Rs 8,000, two gold rings and some documents. The police said a case would be registered once the injured policeman gave a statement. oc

Moga man rapes sister-in-law

Moga: A woman was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law at Meenia village in Nihalsinghwala subdivision in Moga. The victim said: “After marriage, my husband Sukhpreet Singh stayed here for a couple of months, but later returned to the US with his parents.” After she began to live at her in-laws’ house, her brother-in-law Harpreet Singh, who had been misbehaving with her for some time, raped her on June 12. TNS

601 cell phones recovered

Mansa: The district police have recovered about 601 mobile phones which were stolen during lockdown. Inspector General of Police, Bathinda range, Jaskaran Singh said the police had recovered 601 lost or stolen cell phones. Of 601, 26 cellphones were retrieved from outside the state. The SSP said village or ward police officials would deliver the mobile phones to the remaining people on their doorsteps. TNS

Protest at Thermal Colony

Bathinda: A team of the district administration headed by DC B Srinivasan, who went to Thermal Colony, regarding a proposal faced protest from the PSEB engineers on Tuesday. Milan Jain, secretary, Punjab State Electricity Board Engineers Engineers Association, said during a meet, ADC (G) Bathinda, snatched records from a woman engineer and pushed her. TNS