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Amritsar
Pak prisoner repatriated: A Pakistani prisoner was on Thursday repatriated through the Attari-Wagah land route after completion of his imprisonment here. Mohammad Abdul, a resident of Shaheed
Ganj, Lahore, said he was caught in the Kupwara sector in Jammu and Kashmir in 1996 for illegally crossing over to the Indian territory. He was released after spending 17 years in jail.
More Afghan onions arrive at Attari: With more Indian traders placing orders for Afghan onions in view of high prices in the domestic market, 55 truckloads from Afghanistan arrived at the Integrated Check Post at Attari on Thursday. Sources said onion import from Afghanistan had gained momentum since last week.
Fatehgarh
Sahib
One of terror module held: In a joint operation with the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Uttar Pradesh (UP), the district police on Thursday arrested Janpal Singh of Rangana village in Shamli district in UP. Janpal was held with a 7.62 bore pistol and two cartridges in Nanded, Maharashtra. SSP Gurmeet Chauhan said the total number of terrorists of this particular module now arrested had now gone up to 16. Janpal, allegedly a supplier of illegal arms, was sent to police remand till September 30. Further investigation is on.
Moga
Moga hospital’s records seized: A Health Department team on Thursday raided a private hospital at Kishanpura village in the district. The team seized record books of the hospital. A local resident had recently complained to District Magistrate Arshdip Singh Thind that the hospital was functioning for the past few years without permission. The village panchayat has also sought sealing of the hospital and registration of a case against its owner.Patiala
23 policemen promoted: The Punjab Police on Thursday promoted 23 police officers and presented a DGP commendable disc to 48 other policemen for busting the international gang of smugglers in Fatehgarh Sahib. Ishwar Singh, Inspector-General (IG), Patiala Zone, said Hardial Singh Mann, Senior Superintendent of Police, Patiala, had busted the gang that had roots in Canada, America and other European countries and seized drugs worth Rs 554 crore, 24 luxury cars and 27 vehicles, over Rs 1 crore, foreign currency and arms/ammunition in Fatehgarh Sahib. Sangrur
Protest against sale of drugs: Naujwan Bharat Sabha activists on Thursday staged a dharna outside the district administrative complex here in protest against the rampant sale of drugs and the poor ration distribution system in the state. The protesters demanded that those ration holders who do not supply the ration to card holders should be punished. They urged the government to re-enter the names of BPL families whose names had been deleeted.The protesters also sent a memorandum enlisting their demands to the Chief Minister. They demanded that Punjab Jails Minister be removed; liquor vends be removed from main roads in state as per the directions of the High Court, and report of former DGP (Jails) on drug trade be made public. Doctor held for
aiding prisoners: The local police on Thursday arrested Dr Gaurav Sachdeva for allegedly referring prisoners at the district jail to hospitals to facilitate their home visits. Earlier, a case was registered against four head constables and a jail pharmacist in the matter. Mandeep Singh
Sidhu, Superintendent of Police, said during investigations it was found that Dr Sachdeva had referred three undertrials for endoscopy or MRI tests several times in a couple of months.
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