Hoshiarpur: The Mahilpur police have booked three accused for alleged indecent acts and assaulting a woman. The injured woman was referred from the hospital in Mahilpur to Hoshiarpur. According to the information, a woman resident of Khanpur village said her son had torn a diaper and threw it in the street. After which Satish, who lived in her neighbourhood, abused him. She went to the police station to complain in this regard. When she came back from the police station, the accused Satish and Kamal Kumar started beating her husband. When she tried to rescue him, the accused, along with Usha Rani, attacked her and injured her. The police have registered a case. OC

Man kills self by jumping into canal

Hoshiarpur: Disturbed over a land dispute, a man ended his life by jumping into a canal after being allegedly harassed by his brother and nephew. The Hajipur police have registered a case against the accused father and son for allegedly abetting the suicide. According to the information, Aneet Devi, a resident of Sibo Chak village, has lodged a complaint with the police. She said her husband’s brother Tarsem Singh and his son Rohit Kumar used to mentally harass her husband Ram Sarup over the land dispute. Being fed up of this, her husband ended his life by jumping into Bhavnal Canal. OC

Drugs, liquor seized, 3 held

Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested three smugglers after recovering huge quantities of intoxicants from them on Tuesday. Mehtiana police arrested Amarjeet Singh, alias Ladi, and recovered a huge quantity of sedative injections from him. Mahilpur police arrested Ranjit Singh, alias Jeeta, and recovered a huge quantity of sedative injections from him. Separate cases under the NDPS Act have been registered against the accused. Similarly, the Hariana police arrested Amar Singh, and recovered 7,500 ml of liquor from him. An FIR under the Excise Act has been registered. OC

Thieves break into shop

Hoshiarpur: Unidentified thieves stole cash by breaking opening the locks of a shop in Mahilpur. The Mahilpur police have registered a case in this regard. Harbans Singh, a resident of Sarhalan Kalan village, told the police that some unidentified thieves broke opened the locks of his shop located in Mahilpur and took away cash worth Rs6,000. The police have registered a case. OC

Three arrested for betting

Hoshiarpur: The Talwara police have booked four accused on the charges of betting and arrested three of them after recovering cash worth Rs 17,950 from them. The arrested accused have been identified as Harjit Singh, a resident of Hoshiarpur, Naresh Kumar, a resident of Datarpur and Shamlal, resident of Talwara. While the absconding accused has been identified as Amit Kumar, alias Googly, a resident of Talwara. OC