Two held with heroin, Rs 1 lakh

Hoshiarpur: Police station Model Town arrested two youths, identified as Abhishek Bhatti of Mohalla Bhagat Nagar and Mohit of Mohalla Rishi Nagar, with 50 gm of heroin and Rs 1 lakh. Giving information, SP (D) Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu said that DSP (City) Jagdish Raj Attri and Model Town SHO Karnail Singh’s team was patrolling near Rahimpur in Improvement Trust Scheme No. 2. Purheean Sukhdev Singh stopped two youths and during search contraband was seized from them. During preliminary investigation, it was found that they were involved in buying and selling of the heroin. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against them. oc

Man sent to police remand

Garhshankar: Hardeep Kumar, who was arrested on the charge of killing his wife and seriously injuring his father-in-law with a sword, was produced in the court on Monday. Mahilpur SHO Satvinder Singh Dhaliwal said Hardeep was produced in a Garhshankar court which sent him to two-day police remand. The accused reached his in-laws’ house in Baghaura village on Sunday and killed his wife. He was arrested by the people while trying to flee. The Mahilpur police registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC against the accused. OC