Man cheated of Rs 2.91L, 1 booked

Hoshiarpur: The Mukerian police have booked a man on the charge of duping a resident of Tangralian village of Rs2.91 lakh on the pretext of selling a piece of land. Vikramjit Singh of Tangralian village in his complaint to the SSP said Gurnam of Bagowal village in Mukerian took money from him on the pretext of selling a piece of land to him but he did not execute the sale deed. A case has been registered. OC

One held in bid to nab 8-yr-old

Hoshiarpur: A man trying to flee after kidnapping an eight-year-old girl from Street no. 4 of New Deep Nagar herewas nabbed by people of the nearby areas. Mohammad Talib, a native of UP’s Moradabad district, presently residing in street no. 4 of New Deep Nagar locality, told the police that his 8-year-old daughter was playing in a street on Tuesday. Around 6:30 pm, he went to bring her back but she was not there. After sometime found that a man was forcibly grabbing her arm near Rahimpur Mandi. He was nabbed and handed over to the police. The accused, Mohammad Yusuf, a native of Bihar, has been booked under Section 363 of of the IPC. oc