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Man held for NRI’s murder
Hoshiarpur, August 18
With the arrest of Rajinder Singh, alias Vicky of Rehali under Chabbewal police station, the district police claims to have solved the blind murder of NRI Gurdev Kaur Parmar of Baddon village. Parmar was found dead at her residence on August 11. SP (D) Jagmohan Singh said Mehtiana police has arrested Rajinder Singh under Section 302 of the IPC for the murder of Gurdev Kaur Parmar.

Two held in Rs 27.5-lakh bank fraud case
Pathankot, August 18
e police has arrested two employees of Pathankot Hindu Cooperative Urban Bank for allegedly committing a fraud of Rs 27.5 lakh in the bank. 

Common facility centre to be set up
Hoshiarpur, August 18
The Punjab Small Industry and Export Corporation would construct a common facility centre at a cost of Rs 15 crore for the benefit of industrialists at the focal point in Hoshiarpur, said former Punjab Minister Tikshan Sud while inaugurating the Rs 34-lakh rain shelter at the industrial focal point here today. 

Man held for NRI’s murder
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The police set up nakas at various places under the Mehtiana police station. During checking at a naka, the police seized a pair of gold earrings belonging to the deceased from the possession of Rajinder Singh. During interrogation, Rajinder Singh confessed that after killing Gurdev Kaur, he had removed her gold earrings, Jagmohan Singh said.

Youth booked for rape

Hoshiarpur: Garhshankar police has booked a resident of Denowal Khurd, under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC for allegedly raping a girl from his village. Sources said the victim said she was going to the fields when the man gagged her mouth and took her to a room where he raped her.

In another case the Mehtiana police has booked Raja of Mukhliana, Jeeti Inda of Pandori Khad under Sections 363 and 366 A of the IPC for allegedly abducting the daughter of Balbir Singh of Pandori Khad village.

Robbers’ gang busted

Hoshiarpur: With the arrest of Dharamvir, alias Kala, Harpreet Singh, alias Happy, Satnam Singh, alias Sunda, Sukhjinder Singh, alias Bitta, all of Ajnoha, Dharminder Kumar, alias Binny of Panshta, and Manpreet, alias Bhanger, of Rehana Jattan, the district police claimed to have unearthed an inter-district gang of robbers. Jagmohan Singh, SP(D), told mediapersons here today that one of their accomplice Harnek Singh, alias Neka of Ajnoha was still at large. The police also recovered Rs 6,600 cash, two pairs of gold earrings, four mobile phones, one gold nose ring, one gold finger ring, one sickle and a motorcycle from them, which the accused had snatched in various incidents.

The arrests were made at a naka set up at Kahri Sahri crossing near Bist Doab Canal at Pandori Bibi village under Mehtiana police station. During interrogation, the accused admitted their involvement in 20 robbery cases committed by them in Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur districts, said Jagmohan Singh.

Two held for murder

Phagwara: The Goraya police has traced the blind murder case of a labourer Raju with the arrest of two persons under Section 302/34IPC. DSP Paramjit Singh Pannu said the accused Ajay and Dalip of Jharkhand had admitted their crime. They killed him and threw his body in the fields of Kahna-Dhesian village on the intervening night of August 15 and 16.

Two held in Rs 27.5-lakh bank fraud case
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Pathankot, August 18
e police has arrested two employees of Pathankot Hindu Cooperative Urban Bank for allegedly committing a fraud of Rs 27.5 lakh in the bank. The duo, identified as Manjinder Singh and Swaran Singh, along with their accomplice Pradeep Kumar Dutta, allegedly withdrew the amount from the bank account of Anil Gupta, managing director of Annapurna Agro Tech, through a cheque with forged signatures.

SSP SK Kalia said Pradeep Kumar Dutta had been absconding. The police has recovered Rs 11 lakh from the culprits. When Anil Gupta came to know about the withdrawal of Rs 27.5 lakh, he lodged the complaint with the police against the Pathankot Hindu Cooperative Urban Bank on May 18.

Kalia said a case under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 was registered. He said the police had been investigating the matter for the past five months. 

Common facility centre to be set up
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Hoshiarpur, August 18
The Punjab Small Industry and Export Corporation would construct a common facility centre at a cost of Rs 15 crore for the benefit of industrialists at the focal point in Hoshiarpur, said former Punjab Minister Tikshan Sud while inaugurating the Rs 34-lakh rain shelter at the industrial focal point here today. Tikshan Sud said this rain shelter had been constructed keeping in view the unavailability of a proper place for arranging meetings of industrialists.

The common facility centre for industrialists would be set up at the local focal point which would be equipped with modern machinery provided by the state government.

As much as Rs 21 crore was being spent to provide potable water, enhance sewerage connectivity and repair of roads. As many as 85 tubewells were being operated in the city for providing potable water to the people.

‘Offer citizenship to Hindu migrants from Pak’

Amritsar, August 18
Surinder Kumar Billa, president, All-India Hindu Shiv Sena, has flayed the offer of Union Home Secretary RK Singh of granting long-term stay visas to members of minority communities migrating from Pakistan to India.

Billa said there was nothing new in the offer as thousands of Hindus and Sikhs families have been living in various parts of the country on valid papers for as long as 15 to 20 years. He said the need was to grant them permanent citizenship so that they get the right to exercise their franchise, education and employment of their choice and equal opportunities to progress.

Expressing his concern at the plight of Hindu families in Pakistan, he said about 5,000 members of the community were awaiting approval of Pakistan’s foreign ministry to travel to India. He said religious, social and democratic rights of the minorities were not safe in Pakistan. — TNS