Woman arrested with marijuana

Ludhiana: The police have nabbed a woman, Bala Verma, a resident of EWS Colony, while she was coming from the Sandhu Colony side carrying a heavy carry bag. The police said on suspicion, she was stopped near the garbage dump on Kakka Road and her search led to the seizure of 1.6 kg of marijuana. A case under Sections 20, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act had been registered against the woman. OC

Man run over by speeding tipper

Ludhiana: Manoj Kumar (26), a construction worker and a resident of Labour Colony, Dugri, was run over by a speeding tipper while crossing a road near Kandhari Chowk in Dugri on the intervening night of May 18 and 19. He died on the spot. In a complaint to the police, Ravinderpal Singh of Dugri said the deceased used to come to him for work. “On Tuesday, he got late and slept at my place. In the night, when he got up and crossed the road to pass urine near the PUDA ground, a speeding tipper ran over him,” the complainant said. The police have booked the unidentified tipper driver under Sections 304-A, 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC. OC