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LUDHIANA: The police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested the couple who had robbed two men of Rs 1.50 lakh at gunpoint near Gill bridge nine days ago.
The arrested are Harinder Singh and his wife Manjeet Kaur of Sidhwan Bet. They had been living in a rented accommodation in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar for the past some years.
Additional deputy commissioner of police-II Jaskiranjit Singh Teja said “On June 28, the couple had robbed Ankush Kanda of Amritsar and his relative Babat Sharma of Rs 1.50 lakh at gunpoint. Ankush and Babat were waiting for a client to handover the payment. Rs 1.09 lakh of the robbed amount, a toy pistol and the SUV used in the crime have been recovered from the accused.”
Ludhiana: After recent protest on May 26, which the farmers unions observed as ‘black day’, again farmers are mobilising people to strengthen their ag.
On a tip-off, police nabbed the trio near Tehsil Chowk.
Two pistols, seven live cartridges and a car (HR 16C 1900) were seized from Gurman Singh Turr, Gurtej Singh Ramna, both residents of Chakar village, and Parwinder Singh Binder of Lakha village in Hathur.
City Jagraon SHO Simar Shergill said, “All the accused are gangsters. They are close associates of gangster Gurpreet Lehamber of Sidhwan Bet, who is mainly active in Ludhiana rural. At present, Lehamber is residing in the USA. Gurman is wanted in two cases of attempt to murder in the district. Gurtej is wanted in a double murder case in which a police officer was also killed and three attempt-to-murder cases. Parwinder is wanted in two cases of attempt to murder.”
Updated Apr 18, 2021 | 18:33 IST
Three members of a family, including a youth who was in a coma for the last 7 years, were found dead in Chandigarh. The incident came to light when the woman s neighbours went to check up on her (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The three members of the family allegedly ended their lives as they were struggling financially
Chandigarh: A youth, who had been in a coma for the last 7 years and was bed-ridden, was found dead in Chandigarh. The youth was found dead soon after his mother and sister consumed poison and ended their lives. The incident took place in Sodhiwala village of Sidhwan Bet. It is suspected that the family took the drastic step owing to its poor financial condition.
Ludhiana: Two days after a man died of suspected drug overdose, police are yet to arrest the couple who had allegedly sold him drugs. Meanwhile, a video of the man and his friend doing drugs has gone viral.
Deceased Balvir Singh, 26, of Cheemna village and his friend, Gurvinder Singh, had allegedly injected drugs at the drain near Malsihan Bajan on April 4.
Balvir’s father Rajinder Singh told cops, “My son would get drugs from Jelly and his wife. After I came to know of it, I went to Jelly’s house in Saleempura Tibba village and told him not to give my son drugs.”