Nine booked in assault cases

Ludhiana, June 14

The police have booked as many as nine persons in three separate incidents of assault, house trespass, intimidation and other criminal charges yesterday.

Sukhdev Singh, his wife Amarjit Kaur and their two sons Gurdeep Singh and Gurjit Singh, residents of Dhode village, were booked for allegedly assaulting Surinder Singh, a resident of the same village, his sister Kirandeep Kaur and mother Harjiwan Kaur due to some old enmity.

Three more persons, Neha, Neeraj Chopra, alias Budhu, and Kala, all residents of Subhash Nagar, were booked by the police for allegedly beating up Sunil Kumar, a resident of Ajit Nagar, Jalandhar. The complainant said he had gone to the police station in connection with a marital dispute of his relative Raj Kumar with his wife Neha when the suspects, including the woman, attacked him.

In another incident, the police have registered a case against Mandeep Singh and his accomplice Pardeep Singh, residents of Alampatti, for assault and forced entry into the house of Kulwinder Singh of the same village. The complainant said they barged into his house, beat him and his wife, tore his turban and also broke door of the bathroom with bricks. — OC