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LUDHIANA: A day after a mob pelted cops with stones and bricks at Rahon Road, the police registered a murder bid case against unidentified people on Tuesday.
The FIR has been lodged on the statement of ASI Jasbir Singh. The ASI said, “On Monday, more than 100 people gathered at Rahon Road, near Gehlewal crossing, after a truck killed a man. They blocked the vehicular movement and set the truck on fire. Thereafter, the mob pelted cops with stones and bricks. A brick hit Meharban police station SHO sub-inspector Simranjit Kaur on face. The injured SHO was taken to a hospital. ACP (east) Davinder Chaudhary also suffered minor injuries.”