Gate Hakima News Today

A man was stabbed to death by a sharp weapon by two persons for allegedly refusing to give money for liquor in the Angarh area falling under the Gate Hakima police station here last night.

Six persons were killed in separate road mishaps which occurred in the rural belt here on Saturday. The police have registered separate cases in this connection and launched a further probe.

A week after notorious gangster Nitin Nahar escaped from police custody, the police have arrested three of his aides for allegedly sheltering him following his escape.

Despite tall claims by the Punjab Government, drug abuse is rampant in the holy city. The police have identified 31 hotspots — 26 in the city and five in the rural belt.

Amritsar: The Excise staff confiscated around 75-litre illicit liquor while two bootleggers fled the spot. The incident occurred near Bhangwa village here on Wednesday morning. Excise Inspector Avtar Singh told the police that they had put up a naka near the Bhanga canal in order to check bootleggin

Demanding arrest of Sheetal’s in-laws, activists of the All-India Democratic Women Association (AIDWA) protested outside Gate Hakima police station. Sheetal was married to Shammi Kumar of the Haripura area and had a child with him. She had died under mysterious circumstances in a hospital on S

The Gate Hakima police have arrested three youths on the charge of attempting murder and under the Arms Act after they fired at a youth, identified as Jashandeep Singh, a drug addict. The accused were known to the victim.

Two unidentified scooter-borne persons fired at a barber’s shop in Prem Nagar area in Kot Khalsa here on Friday. The shop owner, Sarvan Kumar, had a narrow escape in the incident.

The Gate Hakima police have booked Ankush, a resident of Vadda Haripura, for allegedly raping a minor girl. The incident occurred on the intervening night of August 15-16, while a case was registered on Monday. No arrest has been made in the case so far.

The police have cracked the murder case of 47-year-old Narinder Singh, a grocery shop owner of Mullechak, within 24 hours of the crime, by arresting two persons along with the cash stolen from his home.