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Court comes to rescue of Dalit woman
Jalandhar, November 24
The joy of 32-year-old Naresh Rani, a Dalit woman, knew no bounds as she was able to enter her in-laws home after long struggle. Losing no hope and faith in herself and in the law, she pledged to fight a legal battle and finally came out victorious. After she won the legal battle, the Jalandhar Rural police ensured her entry into her in-laws house.

Two murders rock Tarn Taran
Tarn Taran, November 24
Murders of 18-year-old Harjit Singh and 25-year-old Ranjit Singh rocked the township today. In the first incident, Harjit Singh and his friend Jatinder Singh, residents of Dhotian village, were attacked with sharp-edged weapons by two other friends, identified as Sukhwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh of the same village, late last evening.

RMP gets 10-year jail for rape
Tarn Taran, November 24
Additional District and Sessions Judge Asha Condal has awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to Punjab Singh, a resident of Valtoha, 35 km from here, in a rape case. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also imposed on him.

Clerk booked for fraud
Tarn Taran, November 24
Gurpreet Singh, a clerk in the Child Development and Programme Office (CDPO), has been booked under Sections 420, 465, 467 and 471 of the IPC by the city police for cheating a woman.

Man dies as motorcycles collide
Phagwara, November 24
A 55-year-old man, Ravinder Singh, was killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the Phagwara-Hadiabad road late last night. The deceased was returning from his Central Town shop to his Satnampura residence on his motorcycle, when another motorcycle hit his bike.

Court comes to rescue of Dalit woman
Our Correspondent

Jalandhar, November 24
The joy of 32-year-old Naresh Rani, a Dalit woman, knew no bounds as she was able to enter her in-laws home after long struggle. Losing no hope and faith in herself and in the law, she pledged to fight a legal battle and finally came out victorious. After she won the legal battle, the Jalandhar Rural police ensured her entry into her in-laws house.

Her in-laws made stiff resistance, but the police finally ensured safe entry of the woman in her in-laws house. Naresh Rani was thrown out of the house illegally four years ago.

After her marriage with Italy-based NRI Hussan Lal in 2004, he went to Italy a few months after the wedding and left her in the lurch at his parent’s house. The victim alleged that her husband never returned and she was being tortured by her in-laws.

She was later thrown out of the house by her brother-in-law, who was allegedly trying to grab the property.

Naresh Rani then knocked at the door of the local panchayat and police and finally moved the court under the Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence Act. Despite the court orders, she was not accepted by her in-laws.

Finally, Judicial Magistrate Pushpinder Singh asked the SHO, Lambra, to ensure her entry into the house and her in-laws were directed to give her ‘istri dhan’.

Two murders rock Tarn Taran
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Tarn Taran, November 24
Murders of 18-year-old Harjit Singh and 25-year-old Ranjit Singh rocked the township today. In the first incident, Harjit Singh and his friend Jatinder Singh, residents of Dhotian village, were attacked with sharp-edged weapons by two other friends, identified as Sukhwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh of the same village, late last evening.

Reason: Harjit has asked Gurpreet to return his mobile phone, which the latter had borrowed from Harjit few months back.

In the attack, Harjit Singh and Jatinder were critically injured. They were taken to a hospital by their parents where the doctors declared Harjit brought dead.

The Sarhali police has registered a case under Sections 302, 307 and 34 of the IPC against Sukhwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh.

Sources said four of them were very close friends. Jatinder was fighting for his life at the hospital. The attackers are absconding.

In the second incident, Ranjit Singh (25) was killed by his own brothers in Bhangala village, falling under Patti police station, this morning.

Manjit Singh, Lakhwinder Singh and Jorawar Singh, deceased's brothers, have been booked under Sections 302, 427 and 34 of the IPC.

Sources said the brothers asked Ranjit Singh to go to Amavasya Mela at Tarn Taran. When he came out of his house, they killed him with sharp-edged weapons.

RMP gets 10-year jail for rape
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, November 24
Additional District and Sessions Judge Asha Condal has awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to Punjab Singh, a resident of Valtoha, 35 km from here, in a rape case. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also imposed on him.

According to information here yesterday, Punjab Singh, who is a registered medical practitioner (RMP), developed illicit relationship with a 22-year-old girl of the same township four year ago as she used to come to him for taking medicine. Punjab Singh repeatedly “raped” her by luring her with a promise of marriage.

Later, he refused to marry her. The girl approached the police for registering a rape case against him, but Punjab Singh influenced the police not to register case against him. About three years ago the victim approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which ordered the district police to register a case under Section 376 of the IPC against Punjab Singh. Punjab Singh has been sent to Central Jail, Amritsar.

Clerk booked for fraud

Tarn Taran, November 24
Gurpreet Singh, a clerk in the Child Development and Programme Office (CDPO), has been booked under Sections 420, 465, 467 and 471 of the IPC by the city police for cheating a woman.

Nirmal Singh, sarpanch of Ramrauni, 15 kms from here, brought the matter to the notice of the police. He alleged that Gurpreet Singh took Rs 33,000 from one Manjit Kaur of the village to appoint her as anganwari worker and the accused also gave her an appointment letter in July 2010. But later Gurpreet took back the appointment letter and destroyed it. — OC

Man dies as motorcycles collide
Our Correspondent

Phagwara, November 24
A 55-year-old man, Ravinder Singh, was killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on the Phagwara-Hadiabad road late last night. The deceased was returning from his Central Town shop to his Satnampura residence on his motorcycle, when another motorcycle hit his bike.

Ravinder Singh was rushed to Gandhi Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.

The Satnampura police has registered a case under Sections 304A, 279 and 427 of the IPC against the other motorcyclist Sudhir Kumar, resident of Hargobind Nagar. The body of the deceased was handed over to his family members after postmortem at the Civil Hospital.