Ludhiana: Eatery manager booked for rape

Ludhiana: A restaurant manager has been booked on the charges of raping a 16-year-old girl. The accused has been identified as Deepak Kumar, manager of Basant Restaurant, Fountain Chowk. The victim has lodged a complaint with the police that she had gone to Basant Restaurant where she met the manager and they exchanged phone numbers. On August 7, she again went to the restaurant from where the accused took her to some hotel on the Mall road. He allegedly raped her there and deleted their entire WhatsApp chat from her mobile phone. He also threatened her not to reveal anything to her family, the victim alleged. ASI Visakha Singh of Police Division 8 said raids were on to nab Deepak. TNS

3,900 banned tablets seized

Ludhiana: A surprise checking in the Central Jail led to the recovery of 3,900 intoxicating tablets. Jail officials suspected that someone from outside the jail seems to have thrown the packet of the banned medicines. Assistant Jail Superintendent Harminder Singh said on Monday night, jail officials carried out a surprise checking in the jail during which a packet was spotted near the outer wall. When it was checked, intoxicating tablets were seized. The official said it could be possible that some unknown persons had thrown the packet from outside. An inquiry would be initiated to verify if any jail inmate was supposed to get the packet or not. TNS