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Bathinda
One held with fake degrees: The police has arrested one person for possessing fake degrees during a raid at a computer centre in the Guru Nanakpura area. Bathinda SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill said a case had been registered. He said the accused was in possession of fake degrees of a Karnataka-based university. He said ASP Vikrampal Bhatti was supervising the investigations. Bhatti said the case was at its preliminary stage. "This could lead to a well-organised racket involving more people from the surrounding areas or even far off places. We have arrested Bhupinder Kumar during a raid at F-Soft institute in Guru Nanakpura," he said.
Train traffic remains affected: Torment of train passengers continued on Wednesday as the movement of some trains touching Bathinda remained affected on third consecutive day in view of the pro-reservation agitation launched by the Jats at Hisar in
Haryana.Hoshiarpur
Six booked for abducting minor: On the complaint of a 15-year-old girl of Sarhala Kalan village, the Chabbewal police has booked Paramjit Kaur, Sucha Singh, sarpanch of the village, Joginder Singh, his sister Sandeep Kaur, mother Mohani, brother Harjinder Singh under sections 363, 366, 376 of the IPC. Police sources said the victim had alleged that she was abducted by the accused and forced her to marry Joginder, who later raped her. Man commits suicide, in-laws booked: Facing harassment at the hands of his in-laws, a resident of Hardokhanpur village allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a ceiling fan at his house. Police sources said Tilak Raj, deceased Charanjit Singh's father, stated in his complaint that his son married Ranbir Kaur about eight years ago and had three children. Members of his in-laws family, Jaswinder Singh, his wife Paramjit Kaur, and Gogi, all of Mojalipur used to harass and maltreat him. About two years ago, Charanjit's wife left him and started living with her parents. This had made Charanjit mentally upset following which he committed suicide, he alleged. A case has been registered against members of his in-laws family, including deceased's wife. Muktsar
10-yr jail term for two rape accused: In a three-and-a-half-year old rape case, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Hemant Gopal today awarded the two accused with an imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of Rs 10,000 each. Kamaljit Singh of Jaito town in Faridkot district had filed a complaint with the local police alleging that Rohit Kumar of Jaito along with the help of his friend Ashok Kumar abducted her minor daughter and took her to Beas, where Rohit raped her on the pretext of marry her, but later refused. Before pronouncing the order, the court heard the arguments of both the sides and finally held Rohit and Ashok guilty of the heinous crime.
Shahkot
No breakthrough in murder case: The Shahkot police has not able to make any arrest in the murder case in which a woman was found dead at her residence on Tuesday morning. On the statement of deceased’s parents, the police had booked her husband Kailash Nath, her mother-in-law Kamlesh, sister-in-law Punam and deceased’s brother’s wife Rekha
Rani. SHO Lakhwinder Singh said raids were being conducted at the suspected hideouts of the accused.
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