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AMRITSAR
LOOTERS BOOKED: Based on specific information, the Lopoke police booked five looters who were planning to loot a petrol station. A case under Sections
399 and 402 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against them. The accused
are Harchand Singh, a resident of Bijliwal village, Balwinder Singh of Chogwan village, Nirmal Singh of Khadoor Sahib, Jasdev Singh of Baba Bakala and Darshan Singh of Batala. Mr R. P. S. Bajwa, SSP Majitha police district, said the police
had received specific information that the accused, who were armed, were planning to loot petrol stations and banks near Kohali Rest house. When the police raided the spot, they fled. The police has been raiding various spots to arrest the culprits.WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE: Ms Rajwinder Kaur, a resident of Shahpur, reportedly committed suicide by consuming a pesticide here on Monday. The police has registered a case under Section 306 of the IPC at the Beas police station falling under Majitha police district against five persons, including in-laws and husband of the
woman. According to the complaint lodged by Ms Lakhwinder Kaur of Ghariar village and mother of
Rajwinder, the accused are Mukhtiar Singh (husband), Naranjan Singh
(father-in-law), Jeet Kaur (mother-in-law), Avtar Singh (brother-in-law) and
Paramjit Kaur, sister-in-law of
Rajwinder. BATHINDA
OPIUM SEIZED: Mr Kapil Dev, SSP, in a press note issued here on Tuesday said the Sangat police had
seized 500 grams of opium from Mr Manjeet Singh, a resident of Kot Mehtab Singh village in Amritsar district.
A case has been registered in this connection. OFFICE-BEARERS: Mr P.
D. Goyal has been nominated to the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, Punjab, Mr Wazir Chand
Mangla, patron of the district unit of the sabha, stated this in a press note issued here on Tuesday.
PATHANKOT
TWO ARRESTED: The police arrested two car thieves here on Tuesday. Mr Narindra Bhargav, SSP, said a police party stopped a Maruti car (CH 03-3772) at the Simble chowk. Those travelling in the car failed to produce documents of the car. They later admitted that they had stolen the car from the office of the Municipal Council in Pathankot. They also admitted that they had stolen two Maruti cars. The accused have been identified as Anurag Sharma and Arun Rana, both local residents.
Abohar KILLED IN MISHAP: A BSF jawan was crushed to death here on Tuesday. Sources said Mr Amrender Kumar Misra (35) was posted as a caretaker of the temple at the brigade headquarters of the BSF. He had come to the town on his bicycle to get the wall clock of the temple repaired. As he was returning to the headquarters, a mini bus (PB 04-9660) reportedly hit him outside the Balaji temple on the college road. He died on the spot. The city police has registered a case. INJURED: Eight persons, including two women, were injured in a clash over irrigating the fields with canal water at Sayeedwala village on the Abohar-Sriganganagar road here on Tuesday. They included Ms Kamla Devi, Ms Parvati Devi, Mr Mahender Kumar, Mr Daulat Ram, Mr Vinod Kumar and Mr Prabh Dayal. All were admitted to the Civil Hospital here. The police has registered a case against both the factions.
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