Des Raj

NEW DELHI: Slain poet Madhumita Shukla's domestic help Des Raj on Tuesday identified Prakash Chandra Pandey as the person who pulled the trigger on the poet at her residence on May 9.

Bathinda: A 28-year-old youth was killed in a busy market of Badhni Kalan in district Moga on Friday. The victim, Des Raj, wa attacked on the neck by some youth, escaped from the spot after committing the crime. Raj was taken to a hospital later, he was declared brought dead. tnn

An alleged rape victim from Butrela resiled from her statements in court, resulting in the acquittal of accused.

Chandigarh: Punjab vigilance bureau arrested ASI Sukhdev Singh, posted at Malout police station in Muktsar in a bribery case. The case was filed on a complainat filed by Des Raj of Muktsar Sahib on an anti-corruption helpline. tnn

A 28-year-old man was bludgeoned to death at busy bazaar of Badhni Kalan in district Moga on Friday evening.

A woman, her daughter and an old man were booked under sections of IPC including abetment to suicide, after a 40-year-old man committed suicide by consuming poison.

On Friday, when the controversial movie ‘Messenger of God’ featuring Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was scheduled to be released, death of one of his followers in Sangrur has given another twist to the issue.

An NRI was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the suicide case of a dalit sarpanch of Khangura village near here, police said.

Police have booked a 70-year-old man for raping his daughter after drugging her for the past more than 20 years. The accused works in a factory.

Two labourers died allegedly due to poisonous gas emitting from a septic tank in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district on Friday, officials said.

A month after his father Des Raj, a home guard jawan, was killed by terrorists in Dinanagar town of Gurdaspur district, 22-year-old Jatinder Kumar joined the Punjab police on Wednesday as a constable.

HOSHIARPUR: A gang of eight to ten robbers suspected to be members of Kale Kachhewale' gang struck early on Sunday morning at two different colonies on the outskirts of Hoshiarpur.

A local court has sentenced six persons, including a private firm official and three doctors, to 2-year rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case related to issuance of driving licence in the district transport office (DTO).

FEROZEPUR: Assistant sub inspector Des Raj, posted at Ferozepur Cantt police station, was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000.

PANCHKULA: Two members of the striking Haryana Employees, Des Raj Lamba and Sube Singh, were arrested on Tuesday by Panchkula Police from Sector 34, Chandigarh where they were holding a meeting. Arrest warrants had earlier been issued against them by police station, Sector 5, Chandigarh, under sections 506, 323, 353 of the IPC and ESMA. They will be produced before chief judicial magistrate Ved Pal Gupta on Wednesday.

CHANDIGARH: An angry mob of nearly 200 phariwallas who were cane-charged in front of Municipal Corporation building, staged a dharna at the residence of the the Sector 22 area councillor, Des Raj Tandon.

KOTKAPURA, Faridkot: A handicapped youth along with his brother on Saturday began a fast unto death in front of police station here demanding return of the bribe money which they claim had been paid to a assistant sub inspector.

In yet another incident of gang violence in Punjab, three goons barged into the house of a farmer at Bahman Majra village in Ropar district and shot him in front of his wife and son on Friday early morning.

FEROZEPUR: In the elections of panchayat samiti's chairman and vice-chairman, held on Tuesday, the Congress candidates won the post of chairman in all the 10 blocks of the district.

JAMMU: Three ultras fired indiscriminately after waking up 23 people who were sleeping in temporary huts at Ladder village in Doda district around midnight on Friday. killing 13 of them, survivors said.

PATHANKOT: Former chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal will be arriving in Dhariwal on Saturday to address a political conference at Burj Sahib Gurdwara.