Ludhiana: In a firing incident reported at Shimlapuri here on Tuesday night, the police identified two persons namely Gagandeep, alias Gaggu, and Guri Handa. The accused fired at Charanpreet Singh Channa, who had come to meet his aunt at Preet Nagar. They had fired at Channa but accidentally a bullet hit a retired patwari, Shavinder Singh. He suffered bullet injury on his shoulder. A case of attempt to murder has been registered. They are yet to be arrested. TNS

MAN, wife NABBED in loot case

Ludhiana: The police nabbed a man and his wife, who had looted Rs 1.5 lakh from Ankush Kunda on June 28. They are identified as Harinder Singh and his wife Manjit Kaur of Sidhwan Bet. The cash was looted from Ankush, a resident of Amritsar, by pointing a toy pistol at him near the Gill canal. Harinder had a criminal past. Recently, he came out on bail from jail in a snatching case. The police said Rs 1.09 lakh, a toy pistol and a Mahindra Scorpio were seized from them. TNS