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Ludhiana case: Notice to night club owners
Ludhiana, December 28
The Excise and Taxation Department has sent a show-cause notice to owners of The Hub following a raid on the night club on Wednesday evening that revealed discrepancies in the sale-purchase record.

FIRs often manipulated: Sources

Murder case registered
Hoshiarpur, December 28
Following the death of Samson, son of Sardari Lal, resident of Sunder Nagar, Pathankot, the Mukerian police last night registered a case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC.

Constable gets job on fake certificate, booked
Tarn Taran, December 28
Constable Ranjit Singh, a resident of Bhanhor Dakha village in Ludhiana, has been booked for allegedly using a fake certificate to get the job in the police. A case under Section 417, 465, 468 and 471 of the IPC has been registered against Ranjit Singh.

Man arrested for fraud
Hoshiarpur, December 28
The police has arrested Rajinder Kumar of Naugrama under Section 420 of the IPC for duping a man of Rs 3.17 lakh in the name of sending his brother-in-law to Jordan.

Purse snatched
Tarn Taran , December 28
Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched the purse of a woman here late last evening. The city police has registered a case under Section 382 of the IPC.

Office-bearers
Gurdaspur, December 28
Ashok Thanewal was elected the president of the Punjab State Ministerial Services Union (Gurdaspur unit) at a meeting held here today.

Ludhiana case: Notice to night club owners
NRI under pressure, alleges Cong
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FIRs often manipulated: Sources
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Chandigarh, December 28
The First Information Report (FIR) on the altercation in a Ludhiana bar on Monday night does not have the name of Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) SS Mand. This clearly shows the lacunae in recording crime incidents. Had the police taken cognisance of the CCTV footage, it would have added the name of the AIG in the FIR.

While police reports had said the officer had broken his leg after he had slipped, the CCTV footage clearly showed him being assaulted.

The police has registered a case under Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and the Arms Act on the statement of Paramjit Singh, an NRI from Canada, who was accompanying the AIG at the time of the incident.

"Even in routine cases, courts do not accept the accused's statement made before a police officer as evidence. This is because often details in FIRs are manipulated owing to political pressure," said a senior officer.

The officer said earlier FIRs would barely mention the police station commencing investigations before a formal case was registered. But after the Supreme Court asked the police to take cognisance of public complaints, police accountability had increased. However, this had led to certain aberrations such as names being unnecessarily added in the FIR and harassment by investigation officers. 

Murder case registered
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, December 28
Following the death of Samson, son of Sardari Lal, resident of Sunder Nagar, Pathankot, the Mukerian police last night registered a case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC.

According to the police, Samson along with his friend Davinder Singh, resident of Pathankot, was returning to his house after dropping his sister at her house in a Tempo on the evening of December 26. When they reached near Mansar, three unidentified persons on a motorcycle, who were chasing them, forced them to stop their Tempo. As soon as they stopped the Tempo, they started beating both of them.

After injuring them seriously, they fled. Samson was admitted to a hospital at Pathankot where he succumbed to his injuries.

Constable gets job on fake certificate, booked
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, December 28
Constable Ranjit Singh, a resident of Bhanhor Dakha village in Ludhiana, has been booked for allegedly using a fake certificate to get the job in the police. A case under Section 417, 465, 468 and 471 of the IPC has been registered against Ranjit Singh.

He got the job in the police in the district about 18 months back.

Ranjit Singh had submitted a BA certificate along with his schedule caste certificate during the recruitment process.

When verified, the Controller of Exam, Panjab University, Chandigarh, denied to have issued the BA certificate to Ranjit Singh.

Man arrested for fraud
Our Correspondent

According to the polices, Avinash Saini, son of Devi Dass of the local Mata Rani Chowk, alleged that Rajinder Kumar took Rs 3.17 lakh from him for sending his brother-in-law Malkiat Singh, son of Mohinder Singh of Urmur, to Jordan. But neither did he send him to Jordan, nor returned the money.

Purse snatched

Tarn Taran , December 28
Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched the purse of a woman here late last evening. The city police has registered a case under Section 382 of the IPC.

Ranjit Kaur (30), a resident of the Guru Teg Bahadur locality, was going to her residence when an unidentified youth standing near her residence snatched the purse and escaped on a motorcycle driven by another youth. — OC

Office-bearers

Gurdaspur, December 28
Ashok Thanewal was elected the president of the Punjab State Ministerial Services Union (Gurdaspur unit) at a meeting held here today.

The other office-bearers are: Raghubir Singh Badhwal (chairman), Sarbjit Singh (senior vice-president), Gurdeep Singh Pannu (general secretary) and Sawan Singh (finance secretary). — TNS