Suicide: husband, in-laws booked

Amritsar: Five months after a woman ended her life, the Mohkampura police have booked her husband and his parents on the charges of abetment to suicide on the complaint of victim’s mother Jaswant Kaur, a resident of Ludhiana. The complaint was lodged with the police in mid-January this year. She said the victim, Harjit Kaur, was married to Sandeep Kumar of Judge Nagar here four years ago. In November last year, when she came to meet her, she alleged that she was facing harassment at the hands of her in-laws as the victim was a Christian. She said on January 1, she got a call that Harjit got a heart attack. She said she along with other family members rushed to Amritsar where they were informed that Harjit had committed suicide by hanging. She said the accused strangled and killed her. On her complaint, the police have registered a case against Sandeep Kumar Sunny, his father Satpal and mother Satya Devi. No arrest has been made so far, the police said, adding that further investigations were under progress. TNS

3,499 peddlers held in 4 yrs: SSP

Tarn Taran: The police have registered 2,861 cases against drug peddlers and arrested 3,499 smugglers since April 2017 so far. SSP Dhruman H Nimbale said the property of 98 drug smugglers worth Rs125 crore has been freezed to teach them a lesson. The SSP said they had seized 241- kg heroin, 568-gm smack, 66-kg opium, 1,425-kg poppy husk , 36 kg ganja, 1.37-kg narcotics powder and 20,41,421 intoxicanting tablets in the last four years. Nimbale said vehicles were being inspected round the clock. OC

BSF, police seize 1.2 kg of heroin

Amritsar: Acting on a tip-off, the Amritsar rural police and BSF in a joint operation on Thursday confiscated 1.2-kg heroin from the Daoke border post area here. It was concealed in hollowed iron draw bar used to connect the tractor-trailer. A case was registered against unidentified persons with the Gharinda police. Gurpartap Singh Sahota, DSP Attari, confirmed the seizure. The iron bar was apparently concealed by the Pakistan-based smuggler. He said probe was on to identify their Indian accomplice who would have come to take the drug consignment. TNS