Two booked for Rs 50 lakh fraud

TARN TARAN: Two rice millers (siblings) have been accused of defrauding a man of Rs 50 lakh. ASI Harbans Singh, investigating officer, said the accused had been identified as Surjit Singh of Amritsar and his brother Tarlok Singh of Dode Chhapa. Complainant Mohinder Lal of Khalra grain market said the accused purchased basmati (1121 variety) from him worth Rs 50 lakh two years ago and later refuted to make the payment. The accused have been booked under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC. OC

3 inmates held with mobiles

AMRITSAR: Central jail authorities have confiscated two mobile phones and intoxicants from three jail inmates. They have been identified as Rahul Gill, alias Raghu, of Rambagh, Akashdeep Singh of Mallan village in Tarn Taran and Shammy Kumar, alias Raman, of Ram Nagar Colony. Rahul and Akashdeep were found possessing cell phones while two-gm intoxicating powder was seized from Shammy. Separate cases have been registered against them at Islamabad police station. TNS