Amritsar: An unidentified motorcycle-borne person snatched a purse from a woman when she came out of an eating joint on the Majitha road here on late Sunday evening. The victim, identified as Aradhna Lal, told the police that she along with her relative had gone to Makhan Fish Hotel for having a meal. As she came out and moved towards her car, the miscreant snatched her purse containing Rs6,000 cash, credit and debit cards, a mobile phone. The police have registered a case. TNS

Two lose cash to online cheaters

Amritsar: Local residents continue to loss their money to online fraudsters with two more cases of online frauds reported with the city police on Sunday. In both cases, the police have booked five persons, including two persons from Bihar and one each from West Bengal, Jharkhand and Delhi. Those booked were identified as Suman Kumar and Kanyanand from Bihar, Asadur Rehman from West Bengal, Vishal Kumar of Jharkhand and Bharatvir Singh Pun from Delhi. Sumit Arora, a local resident, told the police that unidentified fraudsters withdrew Rs 76,500 from his bank on different occasions. Following a probe, the police booked Asadur Rehman, Vishal, Suman and Kanyanand. It registered a case under Sections 420 and 120-B, IPC, and Sections 66-C and 66-D, IT Act against them. Similarly, Mandeep Sharma told the police that an unidentified person withdrew Rs 1.29 lakh from his account. The police booked Bharatvir of Delhi for the fraud. TNS