7 shops burgled in Phagwara

Phagwara: Seven shops were reportedly burgled at various places in the wee hours here on Monday. The shops targeted are Hall Sethi Medical in Hargobind Nagar, Chana Autos near Model Town, Oberoi Medical Hall in local Model Town, PK Watch Co in Model Town, Sharma Grocery Store, office of Jagjit Chana in Model Town and Bittu Electricians in Model Town locality. The burglaries were reportedly committed between 5am to 5.45am. Valuable goods worth lakhs of rupees and Rs 1 lakh cash were found stolen from the shops. The burglars committed thefts after breaking the shutters of these shops with the help of iron rods. Interestingly, Additional SHO Bharat Bhushan, who visited different places of crime in the absence of SHO Sarabjit Singh, himself briefed mediapersons about the incidents. No cases have been registered so far. TNS

Man ends life, four booked

Hoshiarpur: Disturbed by alleged harassment of his wife and in-laws, a 32-year-old youth ended his life by consuming some poisonous substance here on Sunday. On the complaint of the victim’s family, Sadar police have registered a case against four persons, including his wife, mother-in-law and brother-in-law, for allegedly abetting suicide. Ravinder Singh, a resident of Mohalla Bhavani Nagar, lodged a complaint with the police that his brother Navdeep Singh (32) was married in 2019 with Hina Teji, daughter of Teerth Singh, a resident of Guru Nanakpura, Jalandhar. According to him, after marriage, his brother’s wife, mother-in-law Kiran, brother-in-law Kunal and his friend Paramjeet, alias Pamma of Jalandhar, allegedly tortured him mentally. He alleged that being fed up with his harassment, his brother got upset and ended his life. On the basis of the complaint, the police have registered a case under Sections 306 and 34 of the IPC. OC

cash snatched, Miscreant held

Hoshiarpur: The Tanda police on Sunday arrested a person and registered a case against three other snatchers. Varinder Singh, a resident of Mohalla Valtoiyan, told the police that he was returning after collecting money from clients. When he reached near Rada village, three miscreants snatched about Rs 65,000 from him. It is said that one of the accused, who was running away after the incident, was overpowered by people and handed over to the police. He has been identified as Deputy Singh, alias Kaka, a resident of Madi Poonaya. The police have arrested one of the accused. OC

five new cases surface in dist

Jalandhar: The Doaba region reported seven new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. Jalandhar reported five new cases. Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur reported one each. Kapurthala did not report any new case even as 955 new samples were taken. In Jalandhar, seven patients were discharged and three in Nawanshahr and one in Kapurthala. Now, Jalandhar has 37 active cases. Hoshiarpur has 14 active cases, Nawanshahr has three and Kapurthala seven. TNS