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World War II live shells found in well

Kurukshetra, August 19
Around 56 ‘live shells and mortars’ of the Indian Army, dating back to World War II, have been discovered from a well near Mohanpur village of Pehowa sub-division.

The explosives were found in the well by labourers employed to desilt it for the purpose of irrigation.

The Pehowa police, which has deployed two policemen to guard the shells which have been stored in a small tubewell room, said the village chowkidar informed them of the discovery.

The police then called forensic experts as well as Army personnel from Ambala. The Army officers, after inspection, said the mortars and shells were probably from World War II and used by the Indian artillery. UNI

Minister’s brother booked for abusing doctor
Our Correspondent

Malerkotla, August 19
The Malerkotla police today registered a case against Kale Khan, a brother of Punjab Sports Minister, Mr Nusrat Ali Khan Bagga, for his alleged misbehaviour with a doctor of the local Civil Hospital on Friday night in the emergency ward while he was on duty.

According to an FIR lodged with the police, Dr Harpreet Singh said he was on emergency duty on August 17, when at about 8 p.m., two medico-legal cases came. He admitted and wrote the medical legal report (MLR) in both the cases.

Meanwhile, Kale Khan who came to the hospital in support of one party, involved in the above MLR cases, started abusing him and threatened him with dire consequences on the pretext that he had treated the patients without his permission.