Ludhiana: High drama unfolded here Monday when a police team attempting to arrest an accused in a minor rape case allegedly came under attack from his family members.The Moti Nagar police said one of the three accused booked in the case was arrested after a scuffle at his residence, where relatives allegedly tried to obstruct…
Ludhiana: An alleged dowry seeker was arrested on Friday after his wife of less than four years was discovered dead on her bed at Shimlapuri, with a dupatta wrapped around her neck.Chetna, the victim, was 30. The first-information report (FIR) names her husband, Harjinder Singh, a contract employee with the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited…
LFour unidentified gunmen fired at least 12 shots at a realtor’s house in Ludhiana’s Shimlapuri early Tuesday, also vandalising two vehicles parked outside.The homeowner, Ramesh Kumar, reported waking to gunfire and seeing four men shooting at his property and pelting his car with bricks. The attackers fled when Kumar raised the alarm.While Kumar claims he…
GST scam, representational image Ludhiana: The state GST (goods and services tax) department has registered police complaints against three local firms, accusing them of cheating and forgery.The first case was filed at the Daba police station after inspectors discovered a company had used falsified identification documents to secure an official GST registration number fraudulently.Separately, the…
Representational image of a drug deaddiction centre Ludhiana: Police have raided a clandestine drug rehabilitation facility operating out of a village shed, arresting three men for allegedly running an unlicensed operation that charged vulnerable families premium rates while allowing inmates to use drugs in public.The operation in Kutbeawal village, off Humbran Road, was exposed after…
Ludhiana: Two masked men stabbed and robbed a jewellery shop employee in broad daylight on ATI Road Friday, fleeing with gold, silver, a licensed pistol, mobile phone and a scooter in a heist that lasted barely five minutes and was caught on CCTV.Ranjeet Singh, who was alone in the shop between 11.37am and 11.41am, was…
