Hoshiarpur: Mahilpur police have booked a person for stealing liquor and cash from a liquor vend. The accused has been identified on the basis of the footage recorded in the CCTV camera. According to information, Jarnail Singh told the police that when he opened the vend at around 9 am, he found that someone had broken into the vend through the back wall. The thief stole 42 bottles of different types of liquor and Rs 3,500 lying in the cash box. He said he checked the CCTV camera installed there, the accused was identified as Charanjit Singh, a resident of Bilron village. The police have registered a case against the accused. OC

1 held for trying to steal Activa

Hoshiarpur: The police on Saturday arrested a person who was trying to steal an Activa scooter from outside a house. The other accused fled from the spot. According to information, Shubham Soni, a resident of local Mohalla Arya Nagar, told the police that two accused were running away with the Activa from outside his house. When he raised an alarm, people nabbed one of the accused while the other one escaped. According to the police, the arrested accused has been identified as Rajesh Kumar while another accused has been identified as Monu, a resident of Chatta Bazaar. Both have been booked by the city police. OC

Two held with heroin, liquor

Hoshiarpur: The police arrested two persons in two cases and seized intoxicants and liquor from them. According to information, the Tanda police stopped a man near Rada Mod and during search 10 gm of heroin was found from his possession. The accused, identified as Harmesh Singh, alias Meshi, a resident of Buta Pind in Kapurthala district was arrested and booked under the NDPS Act. Meanwhile, the Dasuya police arrested Harjipal, alias Happy, a resident of Changla village and seized 18,750 ml of liquor from him. the accused has been booked under the Excise Act. OC

Man cheated of Rs1L; one booked

Hoshiarpur: The Tanda police have booked a man for allegedly cheating Budh Singh, a resident of Joda village of Rs 1 lakh, on the pretext of providing a job for his son in the court. According to information, Budh Singh, in his complaint to the police, alleged that Jasvir Singh, a resident of Behram Sarishta village in Jalandhar district, took Rs 2 lakh from him and promised of getting his son Ravinder Singh recruited as a Class IV employee in the court. But after taking money the accused neither got his son appointed nor returned the money. The complainant told the police that after a lot of efforts, the accused returned him only Rs 1 lakh. OC