Amritsar: A youth was stabbed to death at Bal Khurd village here on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Sukhdev Singh of the same village. A minor altercation over covering head with a cap in a religious programme led to the incident. The police have booked six persons for the murder, who have been identified as Mannu, Baldev Singh, Baz Singh, Nirmal Singh, Binder Singh and Sajan Singh of the same village. No arrest has been made so far. The victim’s brother Amarjit Singh told the police that he along with Sukhdev Singh and Mandeep Singh had gone to attend a religious function where the accused had an altercation with him. Sukhdev had covered his head with a cap and the accused objected to this. He said at that time they returned from the programme. However, the accused kept a grudge and later attacked him with sharp-edged weapons leaving him seriously injured. He was immediately rushed to the spot where he succumbed to his injuries in the evening. Sub-Inspector Harsimarpreet Kaur, SHO, Kamboh police station, said raids were on to nab the suspects who are absconding. TNS

Minority panel member’s visit

Tarn Taran: Lal Hussain, a member of the Punjab State Minority Community Commission, on Thursday visited Dargapur Garbi village to have first-hand information regarding the alleged encroachment of the land of the village graveyard and disrespecting the sentiments of the Muslim community. The complaint in this regard was lodged with the commission by members of the Muslim community and Manjinder Singh, sarpanch of the village. The complainants alleged that the encroachers had not only encroached upon the land of the graveyard, but also hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslim community by disrespecting the graveyards of their forefathers and were disposing of their garbage on the land. The graveyard was spread in an area of four canals and nine marlas. Lal Hussain ordered the district administration to get the land vacated and submit the report within 10 days to the commission’s office. OC