Tarn Taran: Three policemen suffered injurious after a group of Nihangs attacked them in Goindwal village on Wednesday. The injured have been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sukhwinder Singh, ASI Sukhdev Singh and head constable Charanjit Singh. The trio had been admitted to the Khadoor Sahib Civil Hospital. The Nihangs attacked cops with swords and sticks after being stopped to enter Kapurthala district with cattle due to possible rush of devotees on Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev. The police said Nihangs under Baba Bharath, also known as baba gaowala proceeded from GVK Thermal Plant, Goindwal Sahib to Sultanpur Lodhi with around 50 followers and cattle. A case under Sections 307, 353, 186, 148, 149 and 506 of the IPC has been registered by Goindwal Sahib police. oc

Kar Sewa sect plants saplings

Tarn Taran: Followers of the Kar Sewa sect, Khadoor Sahib, under the patronship of environmentalist Baba Sewa Singh, planted saplings on the land of Gurdwara Birh Baba Budha Sahib, Rattoke. Bhai Satnam Singh Chabal, manager of the gurdwara, inaugurated the plantation drive. Bhai Davinder Singh, a sect follower, said 1,500 saplings of 50 species had been planted on one acres of gurdwara land. The SGPC in its understanding with the sect is committed to forest-like plantation on the land of 80 historic gurdwaras under its control. The sect has planned to grow 550 mini forests in memory of 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev. It was the 74th mini forest in a row. OC

4-yr-old sexually abused by minors

Tarn Taran: A four-year-old girl, daughter of a migrant labourer, was sexually abused by two teenage boys of the nearby Pandori Gola village. The incident occurred about three weeks back while the local Sadar police registered the case on Wednesday. The police said the suspects aged 11 and 12 years of age. They lured the girl child by giving her some eatables and took her from the local Bath road to the nearby godown on November 7. The accused abused her sexually and the mother of the victim came to the spot searching for her. The accused who managed to escape from the spot have been booked under Sections 376-D, 34 of the IPC, 6-POCSO Act by the local sadar police. OC

Youth held with ‘illegal’ weapon

Amritsar: The Majitha police have nabbed a person, identified as Lovepreet Singh, a resident of Kallomahal village falling under the Ramdas police station here, allegedly for possession of a pistol. As he could not produce any documents regarding the weapon, a case under the Arms Act has been registered against him. ASI Surjit Singh said Lovepreet was produced in court which remanded him in one-day police custody. He said as per a preliminary probe, it was a licensed pistol which belonged to his friend Karamjit Singh, alias Kamma, a resident of Chheharta. He ran a readymade garment shop in Ajnala. A case under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered. TNS