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Two families looted at gunpoint
Kartarpur, June 19
Youths riding a red beacon SUV allegedly looted a Panchkula-based family on Kartarpur-Amritsar highway late last night. The incident occurred at 12.10 am when Panchkula-based Balwinder Goyal, his wife Ramma and mother Bimla Devi were returning home on their car after paying obeisance at Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar, said the police sources. When they reached near Kartarpur, a red beacon car signaled them to stop.

• Three arrested for robbery

Four killed
Phagwara, June 19
Four persons were killed in separate mishaps here on Tuesday.A vegetable seller Raj Bahadur died after consuming some medicine which had crossed its expiry date in Hajipur village this afternoon. The police has sent the body to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. 

Man found dead 
Tarn Taran, June 19
Gurjant Singh (46), a resident of Harike village was found dead in Mundapind village late on Monday evening. A case has been registered under Section 174 of the CrPC. The body was found on the outskirts of the village.

Two families looted at gunpoint
Nikhil Bhardwaj

Kartarpur, June 19
Youths riding a red beacon SUV allegedly looted a Panchkula-based family on Kartarpur-Amritsar highway late last night. The incident occurred at 12.10 am when Panchkula-based Balwinder Goyal, his wife Ramma and mother Bimla Devi were returning home on their car after paying obeisance at Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar, said the police sources. When they reached near Kartarpur, a red beacon car signaled them to stop.

“When we stopped our vehicle, the car-borne youths posed as some transport officials and asked us to show vehicle documents,” Balwinder said adding that after checking the documents, the so-called officials allowed them to leave.

“After leaving the spot, we had just covered a kilometer when the same vehicle again started chasing us and forcibly stopped us on the way,” Balwinder said the moment he was to ask the reason, six youths, who were carrying country-made pistols, alighted from the vehicle and took them at gunpoint.

“The armed youths then asked us to deliver cash and other valuables,” he said adding that youths decamped with Rs 6000, gold bangles and earrings of her wife and mother.

The victim couldn’t manage to note the registration number of the vehicle.

The Kartarpur police sounded an alert in the area. A case under Section 395 of the IPC has been registered against the accused. Inderjit Singh, in charge, Kartarpur police station, said raids are being conducted to nab the accused.

Meanwhile, five armed accused allegedly looted a Toyata Fortuner from a family belonging to Talhan village near Kishangar area in the wee hours today. The incident occurred at 3.30 am, when the victims were returning home from a religious place.

One of the victims Gurdial Singh told the police that he along with his wife Dilraj and mother Charan Kaur had gone Baba Nalua ji in their Toyata Fortuner SUV when a Bolero jeep stopped them near Kishangarh.

“When I opened the windowpanes to ask about the reason, four youths, carrying weapons, alighted from the vehicle and put a gun to our head,” he alleged. He alleged when his family members protested, one of the accused hit his mother in her eyes with a pistol.

The other accused began arguing with his wife and hit her in the head after which the accused snatched the keys to the SUV, cash and other valuables and fled with the vehicle. The police took the injured to a nearby hospital.

Three arrested for robbery

  Four killed

Phagwara, June 19
Four persons were killed in separate mishaps here on Tuesday.A vegetable seller Raj Bahadur died after consuming some medicine which had crossed its expiry date in Hajipur village this afternoon. The police has sent the body to the Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. 

In the second mishap, a villager identified as Binder Paul of Dhanipind village drowned in the pond in Jagatpur Jattan village on Monday night. He slipped in the pond in the dark. In two other mishaps, Prem Pardip of Hoshiarpur and Ram Parshad of Hoshiarpur Road sucummbed to their injuries in the hospital. — OC

 Man found dead 
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, June 19
Gurjant Singh (46), a resident of Harike village was found dead in Mundapind village late on Monday evening. A case has been registered under Section 174 of the CrPC. The body was found on the outskirts of the village.

Gurjant had gone to meet Kanwal, the wife of Harjit Singh of the same village, at her parents house in Mundapind village.

Kanwal allegedly had illicit relations with Gurjant for last four years. She had gone to Mundapind village few days back after her relations with her husband reached a dead end.