Tarn Taran: Satnam Singh (47), a resident of Chabal, who was seriously injured in a road accident on the Tarn Taran-Shahbazpur road near Dalake crossing on Friday succumbed to his injuries at the local Civil Hospital on Saturday. The deceased’s motorcycle was hit by another bike coming from the front. He was admitted to the local Civil Hospital, where he died on Saturday. The Sadar police have registered a case under Section 304-A, 427, 337 of the IPC against the bike rider Partap Singh of Dial Rajputan village. OC

Man shot at, four booked

Tarn Taran: Jagjit Singh, a resident of Assal Uttar village, was crticially injured when four persons of Machhike village fired at him on Saturday. The injured was admitted to a private hospital in Amritsar where his condition was stated to be critical. The Valtoha police said the accused had been identified as Pritam Singh, his two sons Satnam Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Prabhjit Singh, who wanted to grab land of Jagjit. The police said when Jagjit resisted them, the accused fired at him and one bullet hit his stomach and another his hand. OC

Man threatens suicide, booked

Tarn Taran: A Khalra village resident was booked for threatening to end his life at the house of the girl he liked who was about to get married to someone else. ASI Sahib Singh of the Khalra police said Nirmal Singh liked a girl of the same village, but her parents had arranged her marriage somewhere else. The accused went to her residence and threatened to kill himself with a sharp weapon or consume some poisonous substance. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the police after which the accused was booked under Sections 309 and 506 of the IPC. He is still at large, the police said. OC