Hoshiarpur: Two persons, including a teacher, were killed in two separate road accidents in the district in the last 24 hours. According to the information, Hardev Singh of Hariana town said his wife Shivali (38), who was a teacher at a government school in Cheema Khuddi village of Gurdaspur district, was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Boore Rajputan village, due to which she died. The Bullowal police have registered a case against the unidentified driver. In another case, Kamlesh Saini of Suraj Nagar said her husband Ramesh was returning from Saila on his bike, but when he reached near Chhawni Kalan village, a car hit him. She got him admitted to a hospital in a critical condition, where he died. The Sadar police have registered a case. OC

Gang of robbers busted, 5 held

Hoshiarpur: The police have busted a gang of robbers by arresting five persons, besides recovering gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 15 lakh, stolen from a house in Arora colony on August 11. The accused have been identified as Gaggi and Kala, their spouses Jannat and Shakku, respectively. The fifth accused has been identified as Asha of Dharamkot in Moga. SSP Navjot Singh Mahal said after a theft at Harjinder Kaur’s house, they had constituted a team under SP (D) Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu. He said the team achieved a major success when four members of the gang were nabbed near Chohal and one member was apprehended from Dharamkot. The police have seized 200-gm gold and 600 gm of silver from them. The SSP said on August 11, Harjinder and her daughter went to Naher colony to get vaccinated. When they came back after half an hour, she found her house ransacked. A case under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC was registered against the miscreants. OC

Father of three murders wife

Jalandhar: A 30-year-old man killed his 28-year-old wife in a fit of anger late last night after the duo had an argument. Mohammed Jasheen, a resident of Mohalla Kasaban in Kapurthala, works at a boutique. When he came on late Friday night, he had a quarrel with his wife Shabiya. After a heated argument, Jasheen strangulated his wife. Married for the past eight years, the duo have three children — a 6-year-old son, a five-year-old girl and another boy who is just six months old. A case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered against Jasheen at the Kapurthala police station and he was arrested on Friday. Shabiya’s body has been sent to the local Civil Hospital for a postmortem. The police said the duo hailed from UP and Bihar and their families also stayed in the same city. They have been living in Kapurthala for the past 20 to 25 years. On the complaint of Sahbiya’s parents, a case was registered. DSP, Kapurthala, Surinder Singh said, “Domestic disputes between the husband and wife seems to be the reason behind the murder. The children have been handed over to their grandparents.” TNS