Hoshiarpur: A man who was injured in a road accident succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital in Jalandhar on Saturday. The Bullowal police have registered a case against an unknown vehicle driver. According to information, Bahiram Sarishta village resident Preeti Kashyap told the police that her father was crossing the road at Mandialan Adda and a vehicle hit his father. She took her father, Phool Chand, to a private hospital in Jalandhar where he died during treatment. The police have registered a case against the unknown driver. OC

Fraud by travel agent, booked

Hoshiarpur: The Hariana police have registered an FIR against a travel agent for allegedly duping a man of Rs 95,000 on the pretext of sending him abroad. According to information, Hardeep Singh, a resident of Model Town, told the police that Vikram Singh, a resident of Ghasipur village took Rs 95,000 from him for sending abroad. But the accused neither sent him abroad nor returned his money. After investigating the complaint, the police have registered a case against the accused. OC

Three held with drugs, liquor

Hoshiarpur: The district police arrested three persons from different places and seized narcotics from them in the last 24 hours. According to information, the Mehtiana police arrested a man near the turn of Kahari Sahari village and seized 22 gm of heroin from him, while the Sadar police arrested Ashok Kumar, alias Sunny, a resident of Aslamabad, and seized a huge quantity of sedative pills from him. Meanwhile, the city police seized 8,750 ml of liquor from Pradeep Kumar, alias Kala, a resident Marwaha Mohalla. Cases have been registered against the accused. OC

MC acts against illegal colonies

Jalandhar: Acting tough against 29 illegal colonies coming up in the city, the Municipal Corporation officials have written to the Commissioner of Police, seeking penal action against their developers under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act (PAPRA) Act. The officials of the town planning wing of the MC have also written to Chief Engineer of PSPCL not to issue any connection for these colonies. The officials have also handed over the list to the O&M wing of the MC, asking the staff not to install any water connection. Further, even the sub-registrars in the tehsil complex have been apprised of these colonies and have been told not to register any plots in these localities. These illegal colonies where plotting had just begun are located near Aman Nagar, Hargobind Nagar, Mohan Vihar, Patel Nagar, Dhaliwal Qadian, Subhana, Ram Nagar Birring, Salempur Musalmana, Khurla Kingra, Sheikhe Pind and Nandanpur areas. TNS

Foundation day of SBI observed

Jalandhar: On the occasion of 66th Foundation Day of State Bank of India, the Regional Business Office of the bank here started a large scale plantation of 5,000 saplings. The drive would continue till July 31. The drive was started from the Jalandhar ESI Hospital campus where Mayor Jagdish Raja was the chief guest. ESI Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Sudha Sharma appreciated the initiative of the bank officials. Dr Gagandeep Singh and Regional Manager of State Bank of India Pradeep Kumar, Chief Manager Jatinder Mohan Kalia, Chief Manager Sanjeev Choudhary, Chief Manager Anand Vir Singh Bhalla, Deputy Manager Pawan Bassi and Sanjay Pandey from SBI Wealth were present on the occasion. TNS