A Special Operations Group man of the Jammu and Kashmir police displays arms and ammunition found in a paddy field which allegedly belongs to separatist militants at Ganderbal, 22 km east of Srinagar on Monday. — Reuters photo

Amritsar Mayor’s effigy burnt
AMRITSAR, Sept 18 — An effigy of Mr Subhash Sharma, Mayor of the municipal corporation, who was expelled from the BJP for six years, was burnt in front of Hall Bazar by hundreds of workers belonging to the CPM.

Dawood’s arms seized, smuggler held
KAPURTHALA, Sept 18 — The Kapurthala police has arrested a member of the international gang of narco-terrorists. On his disclosure to the police, 21 mausers (30 calibre), 41 magazines and 148 cartridges and 500 grams of opium were found from a place disclosed by him.

DCC chief booked on SDM’s FIR
AMRITSAR, Sept 18 — On the basis of a complaint lodged by Mr Harcharan Singh Sandhu, SDM, Ajnala, the Rajasansi police has registered a case against Mr Sukhbinder Singh, alias Sukh Sarkaria, president of the District Congress Committee (Rural), and three others for allegedly interfering in government duty, snatching ballot papers, damaging official records, misbehaving and illegally detaining government employees.

DGP Rathore writes to CBI chief Alleges factionalism among cops GURGAON, Sept 18 — The rivalry and internecine struggle in the top echelons of Haryana police, including present and former Director-Generals and a number of senior IPS officers from the state and Punjab, has been, for the first time put on record by the incumbent Director-General of Police of Haryana, Mr S.P.S. Rathore to the Central Bureau of Investigation.