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Woman set ablaze, husband among 5 booked
Tarn Taran, October 6
In a shocking incident, one Gurmit kaur (35), a married woman, was allegedly set ablaze by her husband and four others of the in-laws family in Naurangabad village a few days ago.

4 arrested in murder case
Batala, October 6
Four people, identified as Nirmal Singh, Vijay Kumar and Lakhbir Singh, all resident of Murgi Mohalla, and Lucky have been arrested in connection with the murder of Bahadur Singh, a resident of Murgi Mohalla here.

One booked for attempt to rape
Hoshiarpur, October 6
The police has booked Manav of Chack Sher for allegedly attempting to rape a village woman and abducting her son.

Eight of peddlers’ gang nabbed
Hoshiarpur, October 6
With the arrest of 8 persons, the district police today claimed to have busted a gang of inter-district drug peddlers. The arrested persons were identified as Narinder Singh of Moda village, Kulwinder Singh of Mule Chack village, Manjit Singh of Jandor village, Sukhwant Singh of Jandor, Gurwinder Singh of Moda village, Mohan Singh of Jalandhar, Manjit Singh of Gurdaspur and Kulwant Singh of Boparai.

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‘SAD-BJP causing loss to paddy growers’
Gurdaspur, October 6
Senior Congress leader and former Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, today accused the ruling SAD-BJP alliance of conniving with the businessmen to cause colossal losses to the paddy grower by not carrying out the procurement of same in a smooth manner.

Paddy procurement
Procurement officials check moisture in paddy of a farmer at the Grain Market in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Phagwara: A total of 24,189 quintals of paddy have been purchased by six government agencies in Phagwara subdivision till Tuesday.This was stated by SDM Amarjeet Paul while talking to mediapersons here on Tuesday evening. The SDM appealed to the farmers not to bring wet crop in the mandis. — OC

Procurement officials check moisture in paddy of a farmer at the Grain Market in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

Three killed in accidents
Hoshiarpur, October 6
Two persons, including a woman, were killed in two separate accidents in the district since last evening. According to the police sources, Harbans Kaur of local Mohalla Rahimpur died on the spot when a speedy tractor-trailer (No PB-07-S-5096) hit her while she was going to a gurdwara. In another accident, Didar Singh of Gangrela village was crushed to death by some unknown vehicle.

Woman set ablaze, husband among 5 booked
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, October 6
In a shocking incident, one Gurmit kaur (35), a married woman, was allegedly set ablaze by her husband and four others of the in-laws family in Naurangabad village a few days ago.

However, a case was registered only today after receiving the complaint from the victim’s family. The police authorities claimed that two parties were trying to work out a compromise, which was the reason of delay in the registration of case.

Husband Heera Singh, mother-in-law Harbans Kaur, Sahib Singh, Dhira Singh and Harbans Singh, other members of the in-laws family, have been booked under section 307 of the IPC by Sadar police. However, no arrest was made so far as the accused absconded after the incident.

According to information, Gurmit was admitted to local Civil Hospital in serious condition and later referred to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar where her condition is stated to be critical with more than 75 per cent burn injuries.

The victim in her statement recorded to the police alleged that her husband and other accused sprinkled kerosene oil on her and set her ablaze. The accused fled away after admitting her to some hospital. The domestic quarrel was said to the root cause of the incident.

4 arrested in murder case
Our Correspondent

Batala, October 6
Four people, identified as Nirmal Singh, Vijay Kumar and Lakhbir Singh, all resident of Murgi Mohalla, and Lucky have been arrested in connection with the murder of Bahadur Singh, a resident of Murgi Mohalla here.

Though according to complaint filed by Sanjeev Kumar, son of Bahadur Singh, three more people, identified as Gurinder Singh, Naresh Kumar and Guddu, were also involved in the murder, they could not be arrested till date.

One booked for attempt to rape

Hoshiarpur, October 6
The police has booked Manav of Chack Sher for allegedly attempting to rape a village woman and abducting her son.

The woman alleged that she along with her son had gone to the nearby forest area to urinate at about 2 pm on Sunday, when Manav came there and allegedly made an attempt to rape her. During scuffle she fell down on the ground and lost consciousness. When she regained consciousness, she found her son missing. She suspected that Manav had abducted her son to kill him. Manav has been booked under sections 376, 511, 364 and 323 of the IPC. — OC

2 held with poppy husk

Nawanshahr: The police has arrested two drug peddlers, Jassi, resident of Phillaur, and Balwinder Kumar of Bilga village, at a naka at Garhi Ajit Singh village and seized 40 kg of poppy husk from them, Kewal Krishan, SHO, Sadar police station, said here on Tuesday. — OC

Eight of peddlers’ gang nabbed
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, October 6
With the arrest of 8 persons, the district police today claimed to have busted a gang of inter-district drug peddlers. The arrested persons were identified as Narinder Singh of Moda village, Kulwinder Singh of Mule Chack village, Manjit Singh of Jandor village, Sukhwant Singh of Jandor, Gurwinder Singh of Moda village, Mohan Singh of Jalandhar, Manjit Singh of Gurdaspur and Kulwant Singh of Boparai.

In a press conference here today, SP (D) Sushil Kumar claimed that the police seized half kilogram of heroin and a country-made pistol from the aforesaid accused.

Sushil Kumar said acting on a tip-off, the police erected special nakas (check-posts) at various places in the district. At one such naka at Saincha village, the police seized 300 gm heroin from 4 motorcyclists, who were riding two bikes (PB 08BD 9472 and PB 09H 1844). Identified as Narinder Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Manjit Singh and Sukhwant Singh, they were booked under sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act in Sadar police station. Gurwinder Singh, Mohan Singh, Manjit Singh and Kulwant Singh were arrested near Koharian Di Kulian, village Ajowal while they were going on two scooters (PB-07-D-6159 and PB-65-G-1366). During their search police seized 200 gram heroin from Gurwinder Singh and one country made .12 bore pistol from Kulwant Singh.

Two more held

Nawanshahr: The police claimed to have busted an inter-district gang of drug peddlers by arresting its two members, identified as Jugraj Singh, alias Bobby, resident of Jasrour village, near Lopoke Kalan (Amritsar), and Gursahib Singh, alias Sabi, of Kathu Nangal village (Amritsar). Forty boxes of India-made foreign liquor were seized from them at a police naka at the bus stand in Mallpur Arkan. — OC

‘SAD-BJP causing loss to paddy growers’
Tribune News Service

Gurdaspur, October 6
Senior Congress leader and former Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, today accused the ruling SAD-BJP alliance of conniving with the businessmen to cause colossal losses to the paddy grower by not carrying out the procurement of same in a smooth manner.

In a press note issued here this evening, Randhawa alleged the farmers of Punjab had been suffering due to sluggish paddy procurement in grain markets of the state as the paddy growers were being looted by the private entrepreneurs, who had been purchasing the same at less price than the minimum support price.

In some pockets, the farmers had been forced to sell their paddy produce at the rate, which was about Rs 100 less than the MSP, he claimed.

He said there was immediate need to speed up procurement and clearance of paddy stocks, which had piled up in grain markets. As per the prediction, the bad weather could hit Punjab in coming days and could add to the woes of the farmers, who were already facing difficult times due to slow procurement.

Three killed in accidents
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, October 6
Two persons, including a woman, were killed in two separate accidents in the district since last evening. According to the police sources, Harbans Kaur of local Mohalla Rahimpur died on the spot when a speedy tractor-trailer (No PB-07-S-5096) hit her while she was going to a gurdwara. In another accident, Didar Singh of Gangrela village was crushed to death by some unknown vehicle.

Batala: One person was killed, while three sustained serious injuries when the Maruti car they were travelling in met with an accident on Sunday. Tarlok Singh Singh, his wife Nirmal Kaur, sister Bholi and another person were returning from Jalandhar to the town in the car, but when they reached near Adda Mathola, the car met with an accident resulting in the death of Tarlok Singh and injuries to the other three.