BATHINDA
30 boxes of illicit liquor seized: The police have recovered 30 boxes of illicit liquor during a checking near Kotha Guru village. They have arrested Sukhwinder Singh and Balbir Singh, residents of Kotha Guru village, under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. The accused were in a Mahindera car (PB-03-P-5353).

Three booked for assault: The police have booked three persons for thrashing a resident of Akalian Jalal village over a land dispute. In a complaint, Gurjant Singh said he was attacked by Sukhmander Singh, Manpreet Singh and Harpreet Singh of the same village. A case under Sections 452, 324, 323 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Dyalpura police station.

One arrested with illegal weapon: The police have arrested a person with illegal weapon during a checking at Lehra Bega village. They have arrested Simranjit Singh, a resident of Poohla with 315 bore weapon and one live cartridge. A case has been registered under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the Nathana police station.

Body found from Goniana: A body was found floating in Goniana canal on Saturday. Volunteers of Sahara Jan Sewa took out the body. Gautam Goyal of the Sahara Jan Sewa said, "It seems that the body is seven days old and nothing has been found from which the identification of the deceased can be made."

Ludhiana
Youth booked: The police has booked a youth for sending lewd SMSes to a schoolteacher. The complainant said she had been receiving such messages for the past three months, adding that the act had traumatised her.  The police are trying to trace the sender. SHO Sukhdeep Singh said they had started a probe and would arrest the accused soon.

Muktsar
Court complex inaugurated: A four-member team of the Punjab and Haryana High Court judges on Saturday inaugurated the court complex in Malout, built at a cost of Rs 12 crore. The team comprised Justice TPS Mann, Justice Bharat Bhushan Parsoon, Justice Paramjeet Singh and Justice Rameshwar Singh Malik.

Patiala
Man, son killed in dispute: A man killed his father over a property dispute, while his younger brother avenged his father's murder in Mehmoodpur village on Saturday. The accused has been arrested. Manjit (42) allegedly crushed his father Karnail (76) and then Manjit's brother Swarn killed him with a sickle.

Phagwara
Stir against police inaction: Hundreds of Ambedkar Sena activists blocked the national highway near Sugar Mills Chowk on Saturday, protesting police inaction. They demanded that the accused who threw acid on a girl a few days ago be arrested.

Sangrur
Farmer commits suicide: A farmer from Nagra village near Bhawanigarh, Balwinder Singh (50), allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree. The police also recovered a suicide note and have registered a case of abetment to suicide against Gurwinder Singh and Bhupinder Singh of Sanghrerri village.