Tarn Taran: In continuation with its drive against illicit liquor under Operation Red Rose, the Excise Department is raiding the places of suspects indulging in smuggling illicit liquor. On the orders of Rajat Aggarwal, Excise Commissioner, Punjab, officials of the Excise Department along with police personnel arrested senior leader of the district Congress and member panchayat Nirhe Singh and his associate Ranjit Singh with 4 lakh ml of illicit liquor and 400 kg of lahan at Dialpur village here. Excise Officer Navjot Bharti said the team was led by Excise Inspector Jatinder Singh. The team also conducted raid at the residence of Nishan Singh of the same village and recovered 20,000 ml of illicit liquor and 400 kg of lahan. Cases under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act had been registered against the accused by the Kacha Pakka police. oc

Mobile tower set on fire

Amritsar: A miscreant burned down a mobile tower located in Akalgarh Dhapia village falling under the Jandiala police station here. Amrik Singh, a resident of the New Partap Nagar area, who is supervisor in the Indus mobile tower installation company, told the police they had installed a tower in the village. He said on the intervening night of May 11-12, an unknown person set the tower on fire by pouring some fuel. The tower was badly damaged leading to disruption in the signals. The incident led to heavy losses to the company. The police have registered a case under Sections 435 and 427 of the IPC in this regard while further probe is on. TNS

9,000 intoxicating tablets seized

Amritsar: Ranjit Avenue police have confiscated as many as 9,000 tablets of Tramadol from one Prabhjit Singh of Chak Mishri Khan village falling under Lopoke police station here. However, his accomplice Samanpreet Singh of Ajnala managed to escape from the spot. Robin Hans, SHO Ranjit Avenue police station, said Prabhjit was nabbed from near Dushehra ground. The police also seized the car in which both the suspects were travelling. He said raids were on to nab his accomplice, while Prabhjit was produced in the court and brought on three- day police remand for further investigations. TNS

Married woman commits suicide

Amritsar: A married woman ended her life by hanging from the ceiling fan of her parents’ house in Chowk Laxmansar area falling under Division C police station here on Sunday. The police have initiated inquest proceedings in the case following the statements of two families. The victim has been identified as Gurpreet Kaur (35), a resident of Rana Garden near Mall of Amritsar, and was in depression as per her family members, ASI Nirmal Singh said. She had come to meet her parents. TNS