A Kurukshetra-based travel agent duped a man from Punjab on the pretext of sending his son to Italy. The son was later found dead in Libya in an illegal confinement.
The road blockade has resulted in traffic jams on both sides. Hundreds of stranded tourists who could not get accommodation in guest houses and hotels were compelled to spend the night in their vehicles.
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who has been running a Khalistan Referendum campaign, has been missing for the last three days. This came as his aide Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in Canada. Not only Pannun, several other Khalistani terrorists have also gone into hiding after the mysterious deaths of separatists.
Mandeep Kaur and her husband Jaswinder Singh were arrested on their way to Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand's Chamoli. Punjab Police had laid a trap in the form of a free drink service to catch them.
A low-intensity explosion was heard in a Ludhiana court complex on Thursday. A police probe revealed that the sound was caused due to garbage being set on fire.