Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested four persons, including a couple, with narcotics. The Dasuya police have arrested Prince, alias Baba, a resident of Dasuya and seized 100 grams of intoxicating powder from him. In another case, the model town police have arrested Balwinder Singh, a resident of Kamalpur in Hoshiarpur city, and seized seven grams of heroin. Also, in the third case, the Chabbewal police, in the presence of DSP (PIB & NDPS) Prem Singh, have arrested a couple from a car and seized 270 grams of heroin from them. Drug money worth Rs 88,000, an electronic weighing scale and some plastic pouches were also seized from them. Those held have been identified as Davinder Singh and Bakhshinder Kaur, both residents of Jallowal, Jalandhar. Separate FIRs have been lodged under the NDPS Act. OC

LPG delivery man robbed of Rs 8,500

Hoshiarpur: An LPG delivery man on Monday was looted by car-borne robbers by making him sit in the car on the pretext of showing the address for delivery. Rakesh Kumar, who is working as a LPG cylinder delivery man at Shaheed Joginder Singh Gas Agency, Miani, told the police that he was returning to the agency after delivering cylinders. A car stopped beside him near the Miani bus stop. A man, who was driving the car, asked him to deliver the cylinder to their office. They made him sit in the car on the pretext of showing their office. The car stopped near a “chappal” (slipper-making) factory and the man sitting on the back seat brandished a weapon and snatched Rs 8,500 from him and fled. There was also a woman in the car. The police have registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC against the unidentified persons. OC

Farmer dies in road mishap

Garhshankar: In an accident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon on Shri Anandpur Sahib Main Road, Garhashankar, a cement-laden truck hit a bike near the Vishvakarma Temple, seriously injuring a farmer, who was riding the bike. The victim later succumbed to his injuries at the Garhshankar Civil Hospital. Balvir Singh (61) of Garhi Matton village was returning on his bike when the truck hit him. Balvir had returned from the peasants’ struggle at Singhu border two days back. The truck was driven by Gurmukh Singh of Fatehpur, Kathgarh (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar). The police said investigation was on in the incident. oc

Two nabbed with illicit liquor

Hoshiarpur: The district police on Monday arrested two persons with illicit liquor. In the first case, Dasuya police arrested Bhupinder Singh, alias Sonu, a resident of Kawanwali, and seized a gunny bag having 30 packets (22,500 ml) of illicit liquor. In the second, the Model Town police arrested Banu, a resident of Nai Abadi, who was carrying a plastic bag containing 24 bottles of illicit liquor. Separate cases under the Excise Act have been registered against both the accused by respective police stations. OC

Online class on map work

Jalandhar: Though the pandemic has forced the closure of schools, it has failed to dampen the spirit of the government school teachers. With a view to hone up skills of Class X students in map work, English and social studies teams of the State Council for Educational Research and Training has started a weekly class on Zoom app accompanied with a YouTube link. The inaugural virtual class by Jalandhar-based teacher Omeshwar Narayan was taken on Tuesday. TNS

Agri Department holds webinar

Jalandhar: The Agriculture Department has been reaching out to farmers to encourage them to switch to Direct Seeding of Rice technique. Department officials said last year, 10 per cent of the total area was sown by using this technique. Chief Agriculture Officer Dr Surinder Singh held a webinar on Tuesday with at least 50 farmers and encouraged them to adopt the technique. TNS

‘Covid hits BP patients more’

Jalandhar: In Shahkot block, Senior Medical Officer AS Duggal held a meeting with the health officials and asked them to conduct regular checkup of people suffering from hyper-tension. He said Covid was attacking people with comorbidities such as hypertension more. TNS