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3-year-old raped, thrown in canal
Second incident within a week
Ludhiana, May 26
Even as the district police has failed to find the exact cause of the death of a two-year-old girl suspected to have been raped and murdered or killed by stray dogs, another three-year-old girl was raped today. The incident has shocked the city residents.

62 buses found plying without route permit, RCs
Ludhiana, May 26
Unearthing a massive evasion of road tax and route permit duty by the owners of private, especially tourist buses, which was causing a loss of over Rs 1 crore per year to the state exchequer, the Ludhiana Vigilance Bureau has found that 62 buses have been running without permit or other papers for the past several years.

60 residents duped of lakhs
Ludhiana, May 26
Over 60 residents of the city, mainly government employees, today staged a protest in front of the Division No. 5 police station demanding immediate registration of a case of cheating against proprietors of Nihal Singh Motors, who had reportedly duped them of lakhs of rupees.

No sign of soccer mania
Ludhiana, May 26
Do you know where the 2002 World Cup Soccer Meet is going to be held from May 31? No, I don’t know anything about this and moreover, I have no interest in football. This is how a Class XII student replied to reporter’s queries when he asked about the world’s top most sport event.

Punters’ financiers: you bet, they get
Ludhiana, May 26
Private players here have found a lucrative business in financing those who bet on cricket matches and the other sport. These financiers are looking forward to the soccer World Cup that begins on May 31.

Accident turns ‘supari’ killing
Drug addict got father ‘killed’ to grab property
Ahmedgarh, May 26
The death of Ved Parkash of Jandali Khurd village near here, which the police had mistaken to be an accident, has turned out to be a contract killing, where Ved’s son had given the ‘supari’ or the contract. The arrest of the son has devastated the family that had already lost a son to terrorists’ bullets in 1992. The mother had died later.

COMMUNITY

Prophet’s birthday celebrated Ludhiana, May 26 Prophet Mohammad’s birthday was celebrated with enthusiasm here today. A large number of Muslims from all over Punjab assembled at Shahi Mosque at Field Ganj. A procession being taken out in Ludhiana on Sunday to mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammad. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Residents lift dharna

Ludhiana, May 26 The dharna by residents of the Bhora Colony, near Jalandhar bypass, to protest against the opening of a liquor vend adjoining the Guru Ram Dass Bhavan was lifted by the residents today after the intervention of the district administration. The SDM (West), Mr Malwinder Singh Jaggi, persuades residents of Bhora Colony to lift the dharna. — IV

CRIME

Man confesses to killing brother
Khanna, May 26
The body of Kailash Kumar, a migrant labourer, was found on the railway track here on May 23. The police has arrested Kailash’s brother Ranjit Singh and two of his associates — Raju Kumar and Surinder Kumar — on the charge of killing the labourer.

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