Batala, April 29
Four-year-old Shane Mash, who was not enrolled in Government Primary School, Jaadpur Sekhwan village (9 km from here) died under mysterious circumstances inside the school premises today.

Head teacher Surinder Singh said the minor was not a student of the school.

Parwinder Mash, father of the deceased and resident of Jaadpur Sekhwan village, said his son, who used to go with his brother Sonu, studying in class I, went to the school along with his sibling today.

According to the father, at about 9:00 am, Shane went to drink water from school’s submersible pump, where he fell down and died. It is alleged that the boy died due to electric shock.

Parwinder alleged that even the teachers of the school did not take any initiative to send his son to the Batala civil hospital for treatment and didn’t even inform him.

It was the students of the school who spread the news in the village after which the parents and villagers reached the school and took the boy to the civil hospital.

However, the doctors on duty said Shane had died two hours before.

The Rangar Nangal police, under whose jurisdiction the village falls, has filed a case under section 174 of the CrPC. More sections could be included after getting the postmortem report, the police said.

Kulwinder Singh fled after committing the crime. The Mahilpur police has registered a case under sections 302 and 34 of the IPC and sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act against the accused.

SSP Parmod Ban said that the police had got vital clues in the murder of Navdeep Singh and the accused would be arrested soon.

Nurmehal, April 29
A man slit the throat of his elder brother with a sharp-edged weapons last night. The incident occurred at Pandori village, near here.

Fateh Singh, allegedly in an inebriated condition, indulged in an argument with his younger bother, Santokh Singh.

Fateh Singh had allegedly been showing interest in his brother’s wife for sometime and both the brothers were having strained relations over this. They often used to fight in the house over the issue.

Last night both brothers had a fight in which Santokh Singh reportedly attacked Fateh Singh with a sword and slit his neck. Fateh Singh died on the spot.

The police took the body to the local Civil Hospital for post-mortem examination. A case of murder has been registered against Santokh Singh, who is absconding.

Amritsar, April 29
Close on the heels of solving the murder of a taxi driver with the arrest of a person, in another incident a taxi driver was injured and his car was taken away by two persons, including a woman.

The police has registered a case under section 394, IPC, at Majitha police station on the statement of Rajinder Singh, taxi driver and resident of Nanakpura in Tarn Taran.

In his complaint, he stated that accused Rachhpal Singh of Mattenangal and Swarnjit Kaur hired his Indica car (PB-46-E-0616) from Tarn Taran bus stand to the Fatehgarh Churian road.

He said on the way the accused injured him with a knife and fled with his car. No arrest has been made so far and investigations were on in this regard, said Majitha DSP Gursewak Singh.

Amritsar, April 29
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pradhani) filed a petition against one of the secretaries of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for violating the model code of conduct of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission and the Punjab Election Commission.

Baldev Singh Sirsa, special secretary, SAD (Panch Prashani) in his complaint alleged that Dalmegh Singh, secretary, SGPC, violated the model code of conduct by addressing a public rally in favour of Akali candidate Charanjit Singh Atwal at Khatra village in Fatehgarh Sahib district on April 26.

Atwal is contesting from the Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituency while Khatra is the native village of Dalmegh Singh. Sirsa mentioned in his complaint that Dalmegh delivered speech against the Congress and in favour of the Akali Dal.

He requested that the secretary must be dismissed from service and a fine of Rs 5 lakh be imposed on him.